Bender Rodríguez
@plungerman.bsky.social
#ChildrenOfKali :: SciFi :: El tío Ho
occupied potawatomi, ho-chunk, and menominee land.
occupied potawatomi, ho-chunk, and menominee land.
Pinned
the democrats right now in the face of GOP extremism.
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If unions were bad for workers, corporations wouldn’t pour millions into union-busting consultants.
Funny how they fight so hard to “protect” workers from better wages, safer conditions, and a voice on the job.
They’re terrified of one thing: workers having real power.
Funny how they fight so hard to “protect” workers from better wages, safer conditions, and a voice on the job.
They’re terrified of one thing: workers having real power.
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If unions were bad for workers, corporations wouldn’t pour millions into union-busting consultants.
Funny how they fight so hard to “protect” workers from better wages, safer conditions, and a voice on the job.
They’re terrified of one thing: workers having real power.
Funny how they fight so hard to “protect” workers from better wages, safer conditions, and a voice on the job.
They’re terrified of one thing: workers having real power.
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The NSPM-7 reaches Europe.
European leaders are not thrilled.
European leaders are not thrilled.
State Department Designates Antifa Groups as Terrorist Organizations
None are in the United States
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November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The NSPM-7 reaches Europe.
European leaders are not thrilled.
European leaders are not thrilled.
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaSx...
i'm not a big fan of time travel films, with a few obvious exceptions (terminator, 12 monkeys) but this could be another exception to the rule.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaSx...
i'm not a big fan of time travel films, with a few obvious exceptions (terminator, 12 monkeys) but this could be another exception to the rule.
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE | Teaser Trailer | February 13 - Only in Theaters
YouTube video by Briarcliff Entertainment
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November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaSx...
i'm not a big fan of time travel films, with a few obvious exceptions (terminator, 12 monkeys) but this could be another exception to the rule.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaSx...
i'm not a big fan of time travel films, with a few obvious exceptions (terminator, 12 monkeys) but this could be another exception to the rule.
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I would like to state that… restaurants should not try to make their version of ketchup. Heinz got that good good. Unless you got that recipe on lock? It’s just sad tomato soup.
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I would like to state that… restaurants should not try to make their version of ketchup. Heinz got that good good. Unless you got that recipe on lock? It’s just sad tomato soup.
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People pushing all of the sins of the carceral state on “private prisons” in order to shift the conversation around policing and prisons into one about greedy corporations has been a very counterproductive narrative.
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
People pushing all of the sins of the carceral state on “private prisons” in order to shift the conversation around policing and prisons into one about greedy corporations has been a very counterproductive narrative.
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"'I’m not sure what we’ve learned from it all,' Walter Johnson, a professor of History and African and African American Studies, wrote in a statement. 'I think Larry Summers told us who he was a long time ago.'"
Professor Johnson knows wassup.
Professor Johnson knows wassup.
Harvard Faculty Disturbed by Revelations of Summers’ ‘Cozy Friendship’ With Epstein | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard professors responded with outrage to a tranche of emails showing a close yearslong correspondence between former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein, reop...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"'I’m not sure what we’ve learned from it all,' Walter Johnson, a professor of History and African and African American Studies, wrote in a statement. 'I think Larry Summers told us who he was a long time ago.'"
Professor Johnson knows wassup.
Professor Johnson knows wassup.
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Read my latest on a little-noticed $112 million verdict a jury out of NY awarded last week to 674 immigrants that could have nationwide implications for local police working with ICE.
www.notus.org/immigration/...
www.notus.org/immigration/...
‘Tread Carefully’: What A $112 Million Verdict Could Mean for Local Police Working With ICE
Nearly 700 immigrants could receive damages after being held in jail solely on immigration agents’ request.
www.notus.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Read my latest on a little-noticed $112 million verdict a jury out of NY awarded last week to 674 immigrants that could have nationwide implications for local police working with ICE.
www.notus.org/immigration/...
www.notus.org/immigration/...
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The thing about cruelty and inhumanity is that the limits of who is affected keep expanding and expanding until we shove it back the other way
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
James Van Der Beek Sells Dawson’s Creek Merch to Pay for Cancer Treatment
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The thing about cruelty and inhumanity is that the limits of who is affected keep expanding and expanding until we shove it back the other way
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NEW — Rashida Tlaib and 20 other members of Congress have introduced a resolution to officially recognize Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
NEW — Rashida Tlaib and 20 other members of Congress have introduced a resolution to officially recognize Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
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"To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention."
Ursula K. LeGuin
Ursula K. LeGuin
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention."
Ursula K. LeGuin
Ursula K. LeGuin
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"The science is evolving quite rapidly and time is running out to do anything about it because the tipping point may well be quite close," says PIK's @rahmstorf.bsky.social in this piece on Iceland declaring the potential collapse of #AMOC a national security risk. 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
Iceland on alert amid Atlantic Ocean current's possible collapse | REUTERS
YouTube video by Reuters
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November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"The science is evolving quite rapidly and time is running out to do anything about it because the tipping point may well be quite close," says PIK's @rahmstorf.bsky.social in this piece on Iceland declaring the potential collapse of #AMOC a national security risk. 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
In The Ministry for the Future, the climate crisis is already well underway when catastrophic rains drown Los Angeles in water. Recreational kayaks & motorboats become crucial rescue vehicles, 1000s die in the floods, & early projections suggest some $30 trillion in damage
obrag.org/2025/01/what...
obrag.org/2025/01/what...
What If the Los Angeles Fires Were a Turning Point?
By Heather Souvaine Horn / Nation Magazine / January 14, 2025
In Kim Stanley Robinson’s widely acclaimed, Obama-praised climate novel, The Ministry for the Future, the climate crisis is already well ...
obrag.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In The Ministry for the Future, the climate crisis is already well underway when catastrophic rains drown Los Angeles in water. Recreational kayaks & motorboats become crucial rescue vehicles, 1000s die in the floods, & early projections suggest some $30 trillion in damage
obrag.org/2025/01/what...
obrag.org/2025/01/what...
"Jean-Baptiste Kempf. is the one who kept VLC free – because, had he sold out and let the app run advertising or worse, he could likely have become seriously wealthy."
a true hero.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/12/v...
a true hero.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/12/v...
VLC's keeper of the cone nets European free software gong
: Jean-Baptiste Kempf lauded for keeping the media player free of crapware
www.theregister.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Jean-Baptiste Kempf. is the one who kept VLC free – because, had he sold out and let the app run advertising or worse, he could likely have become seriously wealthy."
a true hero.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/12/v...
a true hero.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/12/v...
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"This year, nations are projected to emit roughly 38.1 billion tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide by burning oil, gas and coal for energy and by manufacturing cement, according to data from the Global Carbon Proiect."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/c...
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Head for Another Record in 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"This year, nations are projected to emit roughly 38.1 billion tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide by burning oil, gas and coal for energy and by manufacturing cement, according to data from the Global Carbon Proiect."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/c...
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Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
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lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
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they gleefully announce the llm solves a difficult problem and then you find out...they use it to respond to an email, format some python, arrange two meetings in an 8 hour period.
we are going to let these people burn the planet because we are too nice to tell them they sound stupid.
we are going to let these people burn the planet because we are too nice to tell them they sound stupid.
lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
they gleefully announce the llm solves a difficult problem and then you find out...they use it to respond to an email, format some python, arrange two meetings in an 8 hour period.
we are going to let these people burn the planet because we are too nice to tell them they sound stupid.
we are going to let these people burn the planet because we are too nice to tell them they sound stupid.
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Fascist and liberals aligned. Only a revolution will put a stop to this. So revolution it must be. Death to all anti lgbtq anti communist fascist scum.
Fascist and liberals aligned. Only a revolution will put a stop to this. So revolution it must be. Death to all anti lgbtq anti communist fascist scum.
American Fascism And The Groomer Panic
YouTube video by Second Thought
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November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Fascist and liberals aligned. Only a revolution will put a stop to this. So revolution it must be. Death to all anti lgbtq anti communist fascist scum.
Fascist and liberals aligned. Only a revolution will put a stop to this. So revolution it must be. Death to all anti lgbtq anti communist fascist scum.
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The only way we will win a better world is not only leftism for America, but internationalism. “Researchers who have anything to do with China should have their careers ended” is a bipartisan position, and it can’t be anymore. If we live in a fragmented world, it will burn in our lifetime
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The only way we will win a better world is not only leftism for America, but internationalism. “Researchers who have anything to do with China should have their careers ended” is a bipartisan position, and it can’t be anymore. If we live in a fragmented world, it will burn in our lifetime
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Paramount, Netflix, and Comcast are putting in bids for Warner Bros. Discovery.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was, in the long run, a very bad idea with disastrous consequences.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was, in the long run, a very bad idea with disastrous consequences.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Exclusive | Paramount, Comcast, Netflix Prepare Bids for Warner as Deadline Approaches
Warner Bros. Discovery is holding an auction process in the hopes of having it completed by the end of the year.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Paramount, Netflix, and Comcast are putting in bids for Warner Bros. Discovery.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was, in the long run, a very bad idea with disastrous consequences.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was, in the long run, a very bad idea with disastrous consequences.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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📍Senator Fetterman had a VFIB—the leading cause of cardiac arrest—he almost died if not for his implanted defibrillator, which can cost $34,000 to over $51,000. Days ago, he also just voted with GOP to gut health insurance tax credits for millions. Hope he has a change of heart.
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📍Senator Fetterman had a VFIB—the leading cause of cardiac arrest—he almost died if not for his implanted defibrillator, which can cost $34,000 to over $51,000. Days ago, he also just voted with GOP to gut health insurance tax credits for millions. Hope he has a change of heart.
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Chicago's Far South Side devolved into chaos when residents confronted Border Patrol agents who rammed a car to make an arrest.
The feds ultimately used tear gas to flee, despite a Chicago police leader offering to clear a path and warning that cops didn't have gas masks.
tinyurl.com/mt3sfh4j
The feds ultimately used tear gas to flee, despite a Chicago police leader offering to clear a path and warning that cops didn't have gas masks.
tinyurl.com/mt3sfh4j
Feds deployed tear gas on the Far South Side even after cops told them they had no gas masks, sources say
The agents deployed gas, smoke and other riot-control chemicals against residents and officers, including Chicago Police Department Deputy Chief Dan O’Connor, who had asked them not to use the gas, la...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Chicago's Far South Side devolved into chaos when residents confronted Border Patrol agents who rammed a car to make an arrest.
The feds ultimately used tear gas to flee, despite a Chicago police leader offering to clear a path and warning that cops didn't have gas masks.
tinyurl.com/mt3sfh4j
The feds ultimately used tear gas to flee, despite a Chicago police leader offering to clear a path and warning that cops didn't have gas masks.
tinyurl.com/mt3sfh4j
when capitalism is about to fail, the capitalists will use fascism to prop it up.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
when capitalism is about to fail, the capitalists will use fascism to prop it up.
www.instagram.com/reel/DN4Q-cM...
www.instagram.com/reel/DN4Q-cM...
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ok maybe the craziest thing about these epstein emails is how many of them are still emailing like this after october 2016 and the wikileaks dnc emails
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
ok maybe the craziest thing about these epstein emails is how many of them are still emailing like this after october 2016 and the wikileaks dnc emails