Mike Benson
@mbensonster.bsky.social
Retired rancher, psychologist, happy to be living in Catalonia and making pipes.
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🔴 Inaugurada la primera ruta de memòria democràtica que connecta Catalunya Nord i el Principat
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Inaugurada la primera ruta de memòria democràtica que connecta Catalunya Nord i el Principat
L’itinerari uneix la Vajol i Morellàs i les Illes, tot seguint les passes de l’exili republicà de 1939 i la resistència antifeixista
www.vilaweb.cat
February 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
🔴 Inaugurada la primera ruta de memòria democràtica que connecta Catalunya Nord i el Principat
🔶 Consulteu la informació ⬇️
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📝 La revàlida de José Manuel Cuenca al congrés espanyol
Anàlisi d'Esperança Camps (@deshabitat)
Anàlisi d'Esperança Camps (@deshabitat)
La revàlida de José Manuel Cuenca al congrés espanyol
L'ex-cap de gabinet i ara assessor de Carlos Mazón torna a la comissió d'investigació per a aclarir algunes qüestions pendents
www.vilaweb.cat
February 8, 2026 at 7:13 PM
📝 La revàlida de José Manuel Cuenca al congrés espanyol
Anàlisi d'Esperança Camps (@deshabitat)
Anàlisi d'Esperança Camps (@deshabitat)
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Meet the rewilders: Jaguar Rivers Initiative director Deli Saavedra #rewilding #jaguars
Meet the Rewilders: Deli Saavedra
"Meet the Rewilders" is a series that brings you people engaged in the rewilding movement from across the globe.
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February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Meet the rewilders: Jaguar Rivers Initiative director Deli Saavedra #rewilding #jaguars
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Deberíamos comprarle a México todo lo que deje de vender a USA
‼️ CUBA NO ESTÁ SOLA, GRACIAS MÉXICO ‼️
Solo unidos derrotaremos al terrorismo imperial.
Solo unidos derrotaremos al terrorismo imperial.
February 8, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Deberíamos comprarle a México todo lo que deje de vender a USA
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FEMA has delivered generators, water, tens of thousands of meals, cots, blankets and tarps to Mississippi and Louisiana.
FEMA Approves $11M in Aid for Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana After Winter Storm Fern
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will deliver more than $11 million in combined emergency-assistance funding to Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana.
buff.ly
February 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
FEMA has delivered generators, water, tens of thousands of meals, cots, blankets and tarps to Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Another court victory 🎉🎉🎉
Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights, a judge ordered in a ruling released Friday.
Judge strikes down old Arizona abortion restrictions that clash with voter-backed guarantees
A judge has ruled that Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights.
apnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Another court victory 🎉🎉🎉
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The US gov't has moved forward w/ new arms transfers to Israel worth about $6.67 billion, separate from the $3.3 billion in annual military aid & $500 million for missile defense in the FY 2026 budget. The package includes 3,845 guidance kits for 2,000-pound “bunker buster” bombs, the same class...
February 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The US gov't has moved forward w/ new arms transfers to Israel worth about $6.67 billion, separate from the $3.3 billion in annual military aid & $500 million for missile defense in the FY 2026 budget. The package includes 3,845 guidance kits for 2,000-pound “bunker buster” bombs, the same class...
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⚡️NEW: AIPAC Coordinates Donors in Illinois House Primaries
3 Dem. candidates are benefiting from dark-money super PACs, and they share hundreds of donors who have previously given to AIPAC and its subsidiaries.
By @ryangrim.bsky.social and @ddayen.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/aipac-supe...
3 Dem. candidates are benefiting from dark-money super PACs, and they share hundreds of donors who have previously given to AIPAC and its subsidiaries.
By @ryangrim.bsky.social and @ddayen.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/aipac-supe...
AIPAC Coordinates Donors in Illinois House Primaries
Three Democratic candidates are benefiting from dark-money super PACs, and they share hundreds of donors who have previously given to AIPAC and its subsidiaries.
www.dropsitenews.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
⚡️NEW: AIPAC Coordinates Donors in Illinois House Primaries
3 Dem. candidates are benefiting from dark-money super PACs, and they share hundreds of donors who have previously given to AIPAC and its subsidiaries.
By @ryangrim.bsky.social and @ddayen.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/aipac-supe...
3 Dem. candidates are benefiting from dark-money super PACs, and they share hundreds of donors who have previously given to AIPAC and its subsidiaries.
By @ryangrim.bsky.social and @ddayen.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/aipac-supe...
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And it should be understood that just by its nature, putting people in one of these will be terrible.
Eg: they were never built with adequate temperature control, restroom space, or food preparation facilities. Warehouses have very few people per square foot.
Eg: they were never built with adequate temperature control, restroom space, or food preparation facilities. Warehouses have very few people per square foot.
It’s hard to put into perspective how truly massive the warehouse is that was recently sold by the Rockefeller Group to the Department of Homeland Security for $70 million to build a concentration camp in Surprise, AZ. Across the street is a huge neighborhood and a school. It’s 400,000-square-feet.
February 8, 2026 at 3:07 PM
And it should be understood that just by its nature, putting people in one of these will be terrible.
Eg: they were never built with adequate temperature control, restroom space, or food preparation facilities. Warehouses have very few people per square foot.
Eg: they were never built with adequate temperature control, restroom space, or food preparation facilities. Warehouses have very few people per square foot.
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‼️ Les dades que expliquen l’estat de salut del cinema en català
🔶 Espectadors, premis, subvencions i plataformes indiquen un canvi de tendència, però amb una fragilitat extrema
🔶 Espectadors, premis, subvencions i plataformes indiquen un canvi de tendència, però amb una fragilitat extrema
Les dades que expliquen l'estat de salut del cinema en català
Espectadors, premis, subvencions i plataformes indiquen un canvi de tendència, però amb una fragilitat extrema
www.vilaweb.cat
February 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
‼️ Les dades que expliquen l’estat de salut del cinema en català
🔶 Espectadors, premis, subvencions i plataformes indiquen un canvi de tendència, però amb una fragilitat extrema
🔶 Espectadors, premis, subvencions i plataformes indiquen un canvi de tendència, però amb una fragilitat extrema
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🔴 Febrer del 1976: quan l’amnistia es va guanyar al carrer
🔶 Els historiadors David Ballester i Manel Risques publiquen 'Les manifestacions per l'amnistia i la llibertat'
🔶 Els historiadors David Ballester i Manel Risques publiquen 'Les manifestacions per l'amnistia i la llibertat'
Febrer del 1976: quan l'amnistia es va guanyar al carrer
El relat oficial sobre allò que va passar entre la desaparició física del vell general Franco i la de la dictadura que havia implantat amb la victòria a la guerra del 1936-39 ens ha parlat d’una sèrie de jocs de mans providencials de les elits del règim més proclius al canvi que van portar, com […]
www.vilaweb.cat
February 8, 2026 at 4:03 PM
🔴 Febrer del 1976: quan l’amnistia es va guanyar al carrer
🔶 Els historiadors David Ballester i Manel Risques publiquen 'Les manifestacions per l'amnistia i la llibertat'
🔶 Els historiadors David Ballester i Manel Risques publiquen 'Les manifestacions per l'amnistia i la llibertat'
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Karen Mulder was not protected. She was silenced.
She was not crazy. She was early.
She was not crazy. She was early.
February 8, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Karen Mulder was not protected. She was silenced.
She was not crazy. She was early.
She was not crazy. She was early.
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⚠️ #ÚLTIMAHORA I La participació en les eleccions aragoneses s’enfonsa en els municipis més grans de la Franja de Ponent
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La participació en les eleccions aragoneses s'enfonsa en els municipis més grans de la Franja de Ponent
Les eleccions a l’Aragó tenen gairebé la mateixa participació a les 14.00 que ara fa tres anys. Segons les dades facilitades per les autoritats, el 41,02% dels electors ja han votat. El 2023, la xifra era del 41,08%. Ara, les dades són força més baixes a la majoria dels principals municipis de la Franja de […]
www.vilaweb.cat
February 8, 2026 at 1:34 PM
⚠️ #ÚLTIMAHORA I La participació en les eleccions aragoneses s’enfonsa en els municipis més grans de la Franja de Ponent
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“Terror is not only masked men and arbitrary detention. It also operates through fear. Policies are designed to make people more compliant, more submissive.”
@janinedigi.bsky.social writing in @theguardian.com Opinions.
@janinedigi.bsky.social writing in @theguardian.com Opinions.
After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel | Janine di Giovanni
It’s chilling to watch as Trump and Netanyahu adopt the methods of regimes their countries once condemned, says war correspondent and author Janine di Giovanni
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:03 AM
“Terror is not only masked men and arbitrary detention. It also operates through fear. Policies are designed to make people more compliant, more submissive.”
@janinedigi.bsky.social writing in @theguardian.com Opinions.
@janinedigi.bsky.social writing in @theguardian.com Opinions.
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"... los palestinos, con su resistencia, con su insistencia en querer y desear ser libres, encarnan una idea que va contra este ultracapitalismo sin límites. Son una espina en el costado para todo el sistema [...] corre el riesgo de ser contagioso." Francesca Albanese @olgarodriguezfr.bsky.social
Francesca Albanese: “Las democracias liberales se dirigen hacia el modelo israelí, con vigilancia, control y exclusión"
"Muchos países corren a conseguir la última tecnología israelí, probada sobre los palestinos, para controlar a sus propias poblaciones”, advierte la relatora de la ONU, que acaba de publicar su libro ...
www.eldiario.es
February 8, 2026 at 9:18 AM
"... los palestinos, con su resistencia, con su insistencia en querer y desear ser libres, encarnan una idea que va contra este ultracapitalismo sin límites. Son una espina en el costado para todo el sistema [...] corre el riesgo de ser contagioso." Francesca Albanese @olgarodriguezfr.bsky.social
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Leon Black is mentioned more than once, including this deciphered entry, and next to this poem with highlighted lines that tell their own story.
February 8, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Leon Black is mentioned more than once, including this deciphered entry, and next to this poem with highlighted lines that tell their own story.
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I was asked to check this, the journal uses a Rail Fence Cipher, so you read each line up and down, left to right. The deciphered text in the article below is accurate, and names names. The file itself can be found here:
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 8, 2026 at 9:30 AM
I was asked to check this, the journal uses a Rail Fence Cipher, so you read each line up and down, left to right. The deciphered text in the article below is accurate, and names names. The file itself can be found here:
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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That £240m contract Palantir won after Peter Mandelson took Keir Starmer to visit them? Government asserts "there were robust processes in place to ensure that government contracts are awarded fairly and transparently" but the award notice says it was a "directed award", ie without any competition.
February 7, 2026 at 9:45 AM
That £240m contract Palantir won after Peter Mandelson took Keir Starmer to visit them? Government asserts "there were robust processes in place to ensure that government contracts are awarded fairly and transparently" but the award notice says it was a "directed award", ie without any competition.
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It only took them 12 months to build massive concentration camps all over the USA. You’d think there would be more uproar, but no. No one cares unless it’s in their backyard.
February 8, 2026 at 9:42 AM
It only took them 12 months to build massive concentration camps all over the USA. You’d think there would be more uproar, but no. No one cares unless it’s in their backyard.
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PHEV are done for in Finland
February 8, 2026 at 10:04 AM
PHEV are done for in Finland
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#OtD 8 Feb 2011 Egyptian workers joined the Arab Spring, starting a series of strikes against Mubarak and his regime, leading him to abdicate three days later stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1079...
February 8, 2026 at 10:10 AM
#OtD 8 Feb 2011 Egyptian workers joined the Arab Spring, starting a series of strikes against Mubarak and his regime, leading him to abdicate three days later stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1079...
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Wind futures - the USA misses out, China wins? renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2026/02/wind...
Wind futures - the USA misses out, China wins?
Wind power is winning out most places, and the use of offshore wind sites is also now spreading fast. The UK is currently still in the lead ...
renewextraweekly.blogspot.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Wind futures - the USA misses out, China wins? renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2026/02/wind...
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Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027
One expert says 2027 could be even hotter than the last three years, which have been the top three warmest on record
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...