Rob
@thedreadfulpoint.bsky.social
Pamphleteer (he/him) | serial & short fiction
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Inside Joyce Carol Oates are two wolves
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Inside Joyce Carol Oates are two wolves
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
I don't really like ska but Operation Ivy was like one of the first three punk CDs I was able to get my hands on so they are an honorary favorite
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don't really like ska but Operation Ivy was like one of the first three punk CDs I was able to get my hands on so they are an honorary favorite
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Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
A Small Town Is Fighting a $1.2 Billion AI Datacenter for America's Nuclear Weapon Scientists
Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
Getting anything done always meant getting rid of these guys
If people recognize Democratic leadership is part of the problem, that's a good thing
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Getting anything done always meant getting rid of these guys
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check out these luxurious babies
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
check out these luxurious babies
If people recognize Democratic leadership is part of the problem, that's a good thing
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If people recognize Democratic leadership is part of the problem, that's a good thing
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Illinois: $1 billion in battery investment will save consumers $13 billion in capacity costs.
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
Illinois to add 3 GW of batteries, saving consumers $12 billion over 20 years
Illinois is set to issue procurements for 3 GW of battery storage, under a bill expected to be signed by Governor JB Pritzker. Transmission improvements to speed renewable deployment are also in the w...
pv-magazine-usa.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Illinois: $1 billion in battery investment will save consumers $13 billion in capacity costs.
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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I bet I could wreck a Hobbit open palm slaps only no knuckles allowed. Just one well placed pop across the rosy cheek, thrown from the shoulder, and Pippin goes spinning to the dirt floor. Knock his fucking lights into The Age That Comes After.
November 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I bet I could wreck a Hobbit open palm slaps only no knuckles allowed. Just one well placed pop across the rosy cheek, thrown from the shoulder, and Pippin goes spinning to the dirt floor. Knock his fucking lights into The Age That Comes After.
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“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Welcome to all my new followers who have migrated from the Jeremy Renner app
November 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Welcome to all my new followers who have migrated from the Jeremy Renner app
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Video of members of the community yelling towards Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and federal officers while they conduct an immigration enforcement action Friday in Waukegan.
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Video of members of the community yelling towards Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and federal officers while they conduct an immigration enforcement action Friday in Waukegan.
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This morning, in Broadview, 14 suburban women were arrested during an act of civil disobedience calling for an end to ICE/CBP’s kidnappings throughout the Chicago area.
“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”
“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”
Fourteen suburban moms arrested in sit-in protest outside Broadview ICE facility
The mothers sat in a circle on Beach Street on Friday to “demand an end” to the immigration raids that have swept through the Chicago area since the Trump administration launched “Operation Midway Bli...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This morning, in Broadview, 14 suburban women were arrested during an act of civil disobedience calling for an end to ICE/CBP’s kidnappings throughout the Chicago area.
“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”
“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”
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we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
Ralf Hütter of Kraftwerk: I don't want to be your sex object
Me: ok
Me: ok
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Ralf Hütter of Kraftwerk: I don't want to be your sex object
Me: ok
Me: ok
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
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20 police officers across the state of Mississippi, including TWO elected sheriffs, were just arrested on charges of providing police escort for drug and weapons trafficking across state lines in exchange for bribes
“Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...
“Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...
'Monumental betrayal of public trust' Mississippi officers arrested
YouTube video by 16 WAPT News Jackson
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
20 police officers across the state of Mississippi, including TWO elected sheriffs, were just arrested on charges of providing police escort for drug and weapons trafficking across state lines in exchange for bribes
“Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...
“Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...
I'm sorry I just don't think sandwiches are something to joke about
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm sorry I just don't think sandwiches are something to joke about