Rowan T.
@rowtipping.bsky.social
23 (He/Him) 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇪🇮🇹 | LU 2024🎓
Proud Chicagoan ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶
Independent Liberal-tarian🗽
Proud Chicagoan ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶
Independent Liberal-tarian🗽
Many have seen this as a negative move but I have now come to see that a corporate head tax could have negative effects on our city’s economy. It could encourage many businesses to reduce hiring or worst relocate. We need revenue but we also need business. There must be sustainable alternatives.
In a rebuke of Mayor Brandon Johnson, the City Council’s finance committee advanced an alternative budget plan that avoids a corporate head tax. blockclubchi.co/4aQ9R6A
December 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Many have seen this as a negative move but I have now come to see that a corporate head tax could have negative effects on our city’s economy. It could encourage many businesses to reduce hiring or worst relocate. We need revenue but we also need business. There must be sustainable alternatives.
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"Political violence is..."
Never ok for people to use to achieve a political goal: 83%
Sometimes ok for people to use violence as a way to achieve a political goal: 16%
Gallup / Aug 25, 2025
Never ok for people to use to achieve a political goal: 83%
Sometimes ok for people to use violence as a way to achieve a political goal: 16%
Gallup / Aug 25, 2025
November 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"Political violence is..."
Never ok for people to use to achieve a political goal: 83%
Sometimes ok for people to use violence as a way to achieve a political goal: 16%
Gallup / Aug 25, 2025
Never ok for people to use to achieve a political goal: 83%
Sometimes ok for people to use violence as a way to achieve a political goal: 16%
Gallup / Aug 25, 2025
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The Trump administration has discovered a basic principle of economics: Tariffs raise prices.
The Trump administration finally admits that tariffs raise prices
If lowering tariffs makes things cheaper, why stop at coffee?
reason.pub
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Trump administration has discovered a basic principle of economics: Tariffs raise prices.
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#Dispatch devs have no interest in using AI for game development 🎮
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
November 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
#Dispatch devs have no interest in using AI for game development 🎮
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
Reposted by Rowan T.
Support For Marijuana Legalization:
Support: 57%
Oppose: 29%
Unsure: 14%
YouGov / Nov 10, 2025
Support: 57%
Oppose: 29%
Unsure: 14%
YouGov / Nov 10, 2025
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Support For Marijuana Legalization:
Support: 57%
Oppose: 29%
Unsure: 14%
YouGov / Nov 10, 2025
Support: 57%
Oppose: 29%
Unsure: 14%
YouGov / Nov 10, 2025
ICE Agents are Terrorists.
the word artist is surrounded by red and blue pieces of glass
ALT: the word artist is surrounded by red and blue pieces of glass
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
ICE Agents are Terrorists.
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Your School House Rock moment......
May 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Your School House Rock moment......