I would argue that the person willing to give up 95% of their meat consumption cares more about making a change than the one telling them not to bother at all because it’s not the full 100%.
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Hey everyone, this is Nemes Content, but a lot of my online friends call me Macro. I'm a Canadian dork who dabbles in content creation and hops around cool social medias lately. Heard this place is like fediverse tumblr and decided to try it out. Ironically, I'm trying to be on social media less, but still wanted to try it out. :A_BlobCat_Bongo:
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Here's an update that will focus on Mr. Rockenhaus's latest violation of the conditions of his supervised release.
Background: Mr. Rockenhaus was convicted of a serious computer crime, for which he completed a prison sentence. Before he was re-arrested on 4 Sept., 2025, he was serving supervised release. He also was ordered to pay $500k in restitution, as compensation for the business damage he admitted to causing.
On 29 April, the government filed to revoke his probation. He was arrested on or about 5 May, ordered to appear for violation hearing on 13 May, and released on $10k bond. At the 13 May hearing, he was found in violation, but sentencing was adjourned to September. While out on bond, the government alleged an additional second set of condition violations, prompting his re-arrest 4 Sept. Bond has been revoked, and he remains imprisoned pending sentencing on the first set of violations, next month (this seems to indicate that the sentence will be > 1.5 month).
Mr. Rockenhaus and Mrs. Adrienne Rockenhaus filed separate civil rights lawsuits against Mr. Rockenhaus's probation officer. Dockets are here for Mr. Rockenhaus and Mrs. Rockenhaus.
I've read through the civil complaints, comments Mrs. Rockenhaus published on Hacker News, and the revocation docket. It seems to me that some fishy stuff is going on.
Mr. Rockenhaus requested to proceed in forma pauperis in his civil suit. This means he doesn't have the money to pay the $405 filing fee. In that form, he claims to have exactly zero income, and zero assets.
Mrs. Rockenhaus just paid the $400 fee in her lawsuit.
Mr. Rockenhaus owes ~$400k remaining in restitution (in forma pauperis form). (Recall that's paid down from $564k originally. There's no interest.)
The original sentencing document states that he is to pay 10% of his income each month towards restitution. (final judgement)
The repayment amount was set to $800 in Jan., 2025. This would imply that the court thinks he has $8,000 in monthly income. (Revocation petition)
The probation office attempted to complete a financial investigation of Mr. Rockenhaus's finances, that could have set the payment to a different amount, following the 10% rule. (Revocation petition)
Mr. Rockenhaus did not cooperate with the investigation. He also wasn't paying $800 or any other amount since 2023. (Revocation petition)
At the 13 May revocation hearing, Mr. Rockenhaus admitted to the truth of the above allegations in the petition. (Minute entry near ECF 10)
Mr. Rockenhaus is employed by Mrs. Rockenhaus. (Mr. Rockenhaus complaint, allegation 2)
If Mr. Rockenhaus is an employee of his own wife, what is he getting paid? Apparently it's $0 (#1). In my book, that's not employment; it's volunteer work.
If Mr. Rockenhaus is being paid by his own wife, then he should have income on his #1 form, and he should be paying 10% to restitution.
I also think the SSDI income if he has it probably counts as income toward the 10%.
As part of the conditions of his probation, Mr. Rockenhaus must install probation office spyware on all of his computers and electronic devices, and submit to the monitoring. (Revocation petition)
The spyware does not work on iOS devices; consequently Mr. Rockenhaus may not possess an iOS device. (Various sources)
On two different occasions, Mr. Rockenhaus was found to be in possession of 2 different iPhones, and 1 Apple Watch. No spyware was installed. (Revocation petition 1 and 2)
All 3 devices, including the watch are actually work devices for the job he has with his wife. (Both civil complaints)
So, the claim is apparently that Mr. Rockenhaus is allowed to circumvent the monitoring condition by keeping and using his "work phones", even after hours, and even in his home that he presumably shares with his wife.
Again, what kind of job is Mr. Rockenhaus doing where he needs to be issued a phone and a smart watch, but he doesn't get paid?
Mrs. Adrienne Rockenhaus operates a business named "Cannabytes, LLC". (Mrs. Rockenhaus complaint, allegation 3.3). This appears to be a marijuana business.
It seems to me like a terminally bad idea for a federal probationer and convicted felon to work at a marijuana business, when marijuana is federally illegal.
Various sources provide clues that the combined Rockenhaus household seems to enjoy a middle-class-ish standard of living. Mr. Rockenhaus drove a car that had an active OnStar subscription; they procured a new iPhone after the first one was seized; etc. etc.
Yet Mr. Rockenhaus has no money to pay restitution.
It seems to me like the household may be structuring things so as to hide marital income and assets from the probation office, to avoid the restitution. If I were a probation officer, that might piss me off.
Even still, I don't know what the law is on this topic with respect to criminal restitution.
On Hacker News, Mrs. Rockenhaus made various defenses to the allegations in Revocation Petition #1. For instance, the 7 lines of credit without permission were all identity theft.
Even still, the time and place to make those defenses was at the 13 May revocation hearing. In court. Not several months later on the Internet. That hearing was the due process that Mr. Rockenhaus is entitled to under the 5th amendment. There is no indication in the record that any defense was made at the hearing.
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