Rod Hilton
@rodhilton.bsky.social
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Rod Hilton
@rodhilton.bsky.social
· Nov 10
It's me, the guy from the screenshot about Elon's cars and rockets
Rotisserie chickens are, for reasons that truly baffle me, cheaper than whole chickens. It's literally the cheapest option.
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Rotisserie chickens are, for reasons that truly baffle me, cheaper than whole chickens. It's literally the cheapest option.
Possibly the worst one I've seen. We aren't mad enough.
February 11, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Possibly the worst one I've seen. We aren't mad enough.
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Trump's approval ratings are low so... they're going to stop reporting his approval rating.
Can't make this complict shit up any more.
Can't make this complict shit up any more.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Trump's approval ratings are low so... they're going to stop reporting his approval rating.
Can't make this complict shit up any more.
Can't make this complict shit up any more.
Oh my god with the "Qanon was right" shit from conspiracy theorists and now Bill Maher.
The things Qanon was right about were the things that they were INTENTIONALLY FED BY THE PERPETRATORS OF ALL THIS. All the other stuff they just made up and were super wrong about.
The things Qanon was right about were the things that they were INTENTIONALLY FED BY THE PERPETRATORS OF ALL THIS. All the other stuff they just made up and were super wrong about.
February 11, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Oh my god with the "Qanon was right" shit from conspiracy theorists and now Bill Maher.
The things Qanon was right about were the things that they were INTENTIONALLY FED BY THE PERPETRATORS OF ALL THIS. All the other stuff they just made up and were super wrong about.
The things Qanon was right about were the things that they were INTENTIONALLY FED BY THE PERPETRATORS OF ALL THIS. All the other stuff they just made up and were super wrong about.
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A PARTY BALLOON
www.cbsnews.com/news/airspac...
www.cbsnews.com/news/airspac...
February 11, 2026 at 5:21 PM
A PARTY BALLOON
www.cbsnews.com/news/airspac...
www.cbsnews.com/news/airspac...
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
The notion that Trump would cover up crimes for another person - a dead one at that - is beyond laughable. There's exactly one person who Trump would make any effort to cover up for and it's the one he sees in the mirror every day
"Do you think Trump is covering up Jeffrey Epstein's crimes?"
Yes: 52%
No: 30%
YouGov / Feb 9, 2026
Yes: 52%
No: 30%
YouGov / Feb 9, 2026
February 11, 2026 at 12:02 AM
The notion that Trump would cover up crimes for another person - a dead one at that - is beyond laughable. There's exactly one person who Trump would make any effort to cover up for and it's the one he sees in the mirror every day
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"Images obtained by CBS News appear to show the zip ties and bruised wrists of Anabel Romero's 14-year-old daughter SueHey, a U.S. citizen who was tending to her 6- and 8-year-old siblings when the agents descended on the crowd in military-style gear and herded them into a confined area."
Feds zip-tied a 14-year-old girl during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
www.cbsnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"Images obtained by CBS News appear to show the zip ties and bruised wrists of Anabel Romero's 14-year-old daughter SueHey, a U.S. citizen who was tending to her 6- and 8-year-old siblings when the agents descended on the crowd in military-style gear and herded them into a confined area."
Everyone needs to be doing this.
A 920,000-sq-ft warehouse in south KC could detain up to 8,000 people. Port KC says that’s not what it signed up for and has now cut ties with the developer, citing misalignment and poor communication.
www.kmbc.com/article/port...
www.kmbc.com/article/port...
Port KC cuts ties with developer of potential ICE detention center in south Kansas City
Port KC has formally cut ties with Platform Ventures, the private developer that owns a massive warehouse in south Kansas City that could house an immigration detention center.
www.kmbc.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Everyone needs to be doing this.
'The Necessary Conversation' isn't necessary anymore. It's been 4 years, and nobody has budged or conceded anything, nobody is closer, nobody has been "humanized" to the other side.
Once one side is defending sexual abusers of children, the conversation is over.
Once one side is defending sexual abusers of children, the conversation is over.
February 10, 2026 at 11:20 PM
'The Necessary Conversation' isn't necessary anymore. It's been 4 years, and nobody has budged or conceded anything, nobody is closer, nobody has been "humanized" to the other side.
Once one side is defending sexual abusers of children, the conversation is over.
Once one side is defending sexual abusers of children, the conversation is over.
Proposal:
1. All elected officials salaries are set at 2x the median annual income for the area they represent.
2. Elected officials may not participate in stock trading, sports betting, or crypto trading.
3. All statements made by elected officials to the press are considered made under oath.
1. All elected officials salaries are set at 2x the median annual income for the area they represent.
2. Elected officials may not participate in stock trading, sports betting, or crypto trading.
3. All statements made by elected officials to the press are considered made under oath.
February 10, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Proposal:
1. All elected officials salaries are set at 2x the median annual income for the area they represent.
2. Elected officials may not participate in stock trading, sports betting, or crypto trading.
3. All statements made by elected officials to the press are considered made under oath.
1. All elected officials salaries are set at 2x the median annual income for the area they represent.
2. Elected officials may not participate in stock trading, sports betting, or crypto trading.
3. All statements made by elected officials to the press are considered made under oath.
"I’m not typing the code anymore. I’m reviewing it, directing it, correcting it. And I’m good at that [...] That’s valuable. I know it’s valuable. But it’s a different kind of work, and it doesn’t feel the same."
www.jamesdrandall.com/posts/the_th...
www.jamesdrandall.com/posts/the_th...
I Started Programming When I Was 7. I'm 50 Now, and the Thing I Loved Has Changed | James Randall
I still love developing but the shifts that AI have brought are tectonic and are forcing me to re-evaluate my own relationship to building things
www.jamesdrandall.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:08 PM
"I’m not typing the code anymore. I’m reviewing it, directing it, correcting it. And I’m good at that [...] That’s valuable. I know it’s valuable. But it’s a different kind of work, and it doesn’t feel the same."
www.jamesdrandall.com/posts/the_th...
www.jamesdrandall.com/posts/the_th...
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The endless whining about not being placed at the center of the universe at all times is self-degrading.
February 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
The endless whining about not being placed at the center of the universe at all times is self-degrading.
Because it's a poll tax. Try to read past the 2nd amendment, all the way to the 24th.
You want to require ID that's fine, but you have to make it free and easy to get for everyone, otherwise it's also disenfranchisement.
This is not hard.
You want to require ID that's fine, but you have to make it free and easy to get for everyone, otherwise it's also disenfranchisement.
This is not hard.
Mike Johnson: "Americans need an ID to drive, to open a bank account, to buy cold medicine, to file govt assistance, even to attend the DNC. So why would voting be any different? They can't answer that question."
February 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Because it's a poll tax. Try to read past the 2nd amendment, all the way to the 24th.
You want to require ID that's fine, but you have to make it free and easy to get for everyone, otherwise it's also disenfranchisement.
This is not hard.
You want to require ID that's fine, but you have to make it free and easy to get for everyone, otherwise it's also disenfranchisement.
This is not hard.
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“Raskin also said that he saw ‘references to 17-year-old girls, 16-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 11-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls, and I saw a reference today to a 9-year-old girl. So it is a really gruesome and grim story.’“ www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump administration live updates: Lawmakers view unredacted Epstein files at Justice Department
Trump administration live updates: Congress members may begin viewing unredacted Epstein files at DOJ
www.nbcnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:39 PM
“Raskin also said that he saw ‘references to 17-year-old girls, 16-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 11-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls, and I saw a reference today to a 9-year-old girl. So it is a really gruesome and grim story.’“ www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
who the fuck serves meatloaf for the superbowl
Megyn Kelly just shouting “FOOTBALL IS OURS” at Piers Morgan about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is the perfect example of this moment in time. Put it in a time capsule and send it out into space.
February 10, 2026 at 3:48 AM
who the fuck serves meatloaf for the superbowl
Evergreen 🤣
every single person writing credulously about "elon will put people on the moon" should have to pin this post to their monitor
February 10, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Evergreen 🤣
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I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
Absolutely phenomenal statement from NC State Senator Michael Garrett on the Bad Bunny halftime performance.
jamesrosskelly.substack.com/p/north-caro...
jamesrosskelly.substack.com/p/north-caro...
North Carolina State Senator Watches Bad Bunny
"The leader of the free world watched a celebration of love, culture, and everything this hemisphere has given to the world, and all he could see was something foreign. Something threatening..."
jamesrosskelly.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Absolutely phenomenal statement from NC State Senator Michael Garrett on the Bad Bunny halftime performance.
jamesrosskelly.substack.com/p/north-caro...
jamesrosskelly.substack.com/p/north-caro...
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I keep thinking about that Matthew Broderick ad for AI that presented it as something that could do your work for you and let you take a day off.
Yeah, man, be sure to tell your boss that AI can do all your work for you, that'll probably lead to lots and lots of time off.
Yeah, man, be sure to tell your boss that AI can do all your work for you, that'll probably lead to lots and lots of time off.
February 9, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I keep thinking about that Matthew Broderick ad for AI that presented it as something that could do your work for you and let you take a day off.
Yeah, man, be sure to tell your boss that AI can do all your work for you, that'll probably lead to lots and lots of time off.
Yeah, man, be sure to tell your boss that AI can do all your work for you, that'll probably lead to lots and lots of time off.
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In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
Genuine concentration camps on American soil, the whole shebang. Everything you think that means, it means.
www.commondreams.org/news/militar...
www.commondreams.org/news/militar...
February 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Genuine concentration camps on American soil, the whole shebang. Everything you think that means, it means.
www.commondreams.org/news/militar...
www.commondreams.org/news/militar...
divorce
February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
divorce
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Let's dispel with the fiction that the NFL doesn't know what it's doing.
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Let's dispel with the fiction that the NFL doesn't know what it's doing.
One thing I really appreciate about the Super Bowl is that it has, overnight, completely mainstreamed hatred for AI. Now the whole country hates the incessant AI push as much as I do.
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
One thing I really appreciate about the Super Bowl is that it has, overnight, completely mainstreamed hatred for AI. Now the whole country hates the incessant AI push as much as I do.