Reposted by Robin RossAP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.apnews.comhttps://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d 5542231618
Reposted by Robin RossMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18/08/2026"The news media need to say plainly, in big headlines: Trump is building a dictatorship. Use the D word. Say that this is the most corrupt presidency in American history, which it obviously is. Say that the president is mentally unstable, which he obviously is." My Stop the Presses newsletter.stopthepresses.newsThe media are missing the story of our lives: a looming dictatorshipNews outlets’ downplaying of the danger is shameful journalism neglect 45608281
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Construction zone, Burlington, WI #ManholeCoverMonday 030
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Green Neenah, Walworth, Wisconsin #ManholeCoverMonday 151
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Parisien de L’air comprime (compressed air?) near Place de la République, Paris #ManholeCoverMonday 091
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Paris Trocadéro BOUCHE D’INCENDIE (fire hydrant ) #ManholeCoverMonday 010
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Near Monet’s garden, Giverny France #ManholeCoverMonday 1224
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 20/04/2026In the Loire Valley, at Château Royal d’Amboise #ManholeCoverMonday 082
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Outside Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada #ManholeCoverMonday 020
Reposted by Robin RossSean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Donald Trump and the GOP gave our nation's wealthiest a $5 TRILLION tax cut. That's more than enough to cover these costs. That's what he's prioritized over your health and child care. Here are some other things Trump has prioritized: 22910376
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 09/03/2026A sandy cover in San Francisco’s Sunset Dunes Park — created on a former section of the Great Highway #ManholeCoverMonday 020
Reposted by Robin RossMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Wrote about this: www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...mediamatters.orgYou can’t celebrate the First Amendment with Donald Trump 1324039
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 23/02/2026In the lovely Black Forest university town of Tübingen, Germany #ManholeCoverMonday 100
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Lovely Tübingen, Germany along the Neckar river in the Black Forest #ManholeCoverMonday 111
Reposted by Robin RossGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building. 9733655911140
Reposted by Robin RossTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/01/2026So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters? 152628697
Reposted by Robin RossNBC News @nbcnews.com · 25/01/2026DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September: 11947313102
Reposted by Robin RossJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 22/01/2026a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project 15790053022
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 19/01/2026WATTENFALL grid, Berlin Germany #ManholeCoverMonday 120
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 19/01/2026City landmarks in Berlin, Germany #ManholeCoverMonday 020
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Between the streetcar tracks. Inner Sunset, San Francisco, CA #ManholeCoverMonday 173
Reposted by Robin RossRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich — not the poor or immigrants or any other group of people vilified as scapegoats. The richest 1% evade $163 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has yacht and private jet tax deductions. Hello? 21285223243
Reposted by Robin RossKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/01/2026When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you." That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen. 608198204733
Reposted by Robin RossTom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 06/01/2026I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day. Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me. 🧵 6537502198
Reposted by Robin RossDan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 04/01/2026How much has Operation Midway Blitz cost the federal government so far? The Trump administration isn't saying, so for the @chicagotribune.com I came up with a rough -- but conservative -- estimate of $59 million and counting. Check out more at this gift link www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...chicagotribune.comCost of Operation Midway Blitz: $59M and countingA Tribune review of court filings, databases and other public records detailing the scope of the incursion and typical costs shows how much the federal government has spent since September. 11346160
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Lakes Region Sanitary District—Costco parking lot, Lake Zurich, IL #ManholeCoverMonday 141
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Phoenix Iron Works on the University of California Berkeley campus #ManholeCoverMonday 091
Robin Ross @robinross.bsky.social · 01/12/2025At the Berkeley campus Sather Gate #ManholeCoverMonday 031
Reposted by Robin RossGregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 20/11/2025This is a thread detailing a series of incidents where federal Judge Ellis rules that Gregory Bovino and his agents lied or misrepresented what was happening on the streets of Chicago. In this one, she says body cam footage suggests they brake checked to cause accidents 171162457
Reposted by Robin RossThe TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 19/11/2025NEW — An investigation by a group of Chicago-area newsrooms and independent journalists found that federal agents used chemical weapons on protesters at least 49 times across 18 incidents across Chicago and the suburbs since October 1. thetriibe.com/2025/11/feds...thetriibe.comFeds used chemical agents dozens of times in Chicago • The TRiiBEAn investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation Midway Blitz. 7285177
Reposted by Robin RossRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 10/11/20251/ Do the caving Democrats need to see a few more children being ripped from the arms of their parents? Do they need a few more specific examples of ACA premiums forcing people to drop insurance in order to eat? Do they need some additional polling showing how unpopular Trump is? 1631588
Reposted by Robin RossHeather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 08/11/2025“If they are using tear gas, they better be able to back it up,” U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis said Oct. 28. “And if they can’t, then they will lose that as something they can use.” 14510180
Reposted by Robin RossGregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 01/11/2025On Halloween, “state-sponsored terror” in Chicago and the north suburbs. A @chicagotribune.com team effort on the feds’ actions on what’s supposed to be a special day for families and children www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...chicagotribune.comOn Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbsDespite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs. 515086
Reposted by Robin RossKolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 31/10/2025If you aren't paying attention to what is happening in Illinois/Chicago, you're missing out on Bovino and federal agents using tear gas, pepper balls, and force against the people. Check out our investigation alongside @evidentmedia.org 23690338
Reposted by Robin RossDavid Maraniss @davidmaraniss.bsky.social · 27/10/2025The Washington Post and NYT should have Chicago on the front page every single day. Stories, columns and photos. Every day. 32830149
Reposted by Robin RossMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Every day it amazes me that reporters who have been lied to for a decade hear something new from the liar and pretend to their audience that he might be telling the truth this time. 341120282
Reposted by Robin RossJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states. See if you can spot it! /s Then you can find today's story on p A23 17637771210
Reposted by Robin RossMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Here’s Homeland Security targeting a Chicago Tribune journalist because she reported the facts. (Homeland Security has routinely lied about its operations in Chicago and is not credible.) 18367158
Reposted by Robin RossJacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 15/10/2025here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago. 34395114845
Reposted by Robin RossSteve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 12/10/2025These guys are absolutely going to shoot more people. They’ve already killed one man, shot a woman, and we’ve seen a pattern of pulling firearms on unarmed people doing nothing violent or illegal over the past few weeks. Clearly they do not care at all about the temporary restraining orders. 5359148
Reposted by Robin RossStar:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Imagine shooting at a priest and thinking you’re the good guy 28124
Reposted by Robin RossDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 07/10/2025As basic question from an ex-police reporter: Can some of our journalists detail the training regimen all these new federal agents receive? The lethal incompetence involving use of force and perameters of the 4A suggests they are just handed guns, masks and badges and told to go fuck people up. 1193493876
Reposted by Robin RossSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden. 1451221704867
Reposted by Robin RossGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2025Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her 6162915413797
Reposted by Robin RossDave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 02/10/2025We've recieved more photos from the inside of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided over Monday night. Doors bashed in, window panes missing, furniture smashed, water on the floor. It's unclear what damage was pre-existing and what was inflicted in the raid. 13261179
