Adriana
@adrianaowens.bsky.social
Latina 🇵🇷, LICSW, mom, wife, book lover, sports enthusiast #NY Knicks and Liberty. Not much for posting…prefer sharing information, things I find interesting or funny.
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More than 40% of Amazon workers get injured on the job, according to a 2023 report. The company says they are “industrial athletes.”
“It Kind of Feels Like Prison”: Injured, Burned Out and Under Surveillance at Amazon
More than 40% of Amazon workers get injured on the job, according to a new report. The company says they are “industrial athletes.”
inthesetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
More than 40% of Amazon workers get injured on the job, according to a 2023 report. The company says they are “industrial athletes.”
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conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.
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The four kids shot in Stockton, California were 8, 9, 14 and 21.
Why isn’t that a national tragedy?
Why doesn’t that provoke the outrage that we saw with Charlie Kirk or the National Guard shooting?
This country doesn’t care about children. They don’t care about gun violence.
Why isn’t that a national tragedy?
Why doesn’t that provoke the outrage that we saw with Charlie Kirk or the National Guard shooting?
This country doesn’t care about children. They don’t care about gun violence.
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The four kids shot in Stockton, California were 8, 9, 14 and 21.
Why isn’t that a national tragedy?
Why doesn’t that provoke the outrage that we saw with Charlie Kirk or the National Guard shooting?
This country doesn’t care about children. They don’t care about gun violence.
Why isn’t that a national tragedy?
Why doesn’t that provoke the outrage that we saw with Charlie Kirk or the National Guard shooting?
This country doesn’t care about children. They don’t care about gun violence.
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No more pretense or excuses. Trump and his team have made the white supremacist foundations of this project explicit and clear.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
To make common cause with this Administration is to support an affirmatively white supremacist vision of this country. Period.
Every corporation.
Every Republican.
Every influencer.
Every Governor.
Every evangelical leader.
Every voter. Yes. Every voter.
Every corporation.
Every Republican.
Every influencer.
Every Governor.
Every evangelical leader.
Every voter. Yes. Every voter.
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
No more pretense or excuses. Trump and his team have made the white supremacist foundations of this project explicit and clear.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
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“If I had funding or grants, I would be willing to plant as much as I can plant just to be able to give back to food banks and the Black community to just help people, period.” https://capitalbnews.org/collard-greens-thanksgiving-holiday/
Why Fresh Collard Greens Are Becoming a Holiday Lifeline in These Communities
From farmers to churches, residents across the country are working together to provide free food for those in need this holiday season.
capitalbnews.org
November 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“If I had funding or grants, I would be willing to plant as much as I can plant just to be able to give back to food banks and the Black community to just help people, period.” https://capitalbnews.org/collard-greens-thanksgiving-holiday/
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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America's gun psychopathy continues: *453* mass shootings so far in 2025. 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer
The latest, with at least 4 people killed and 10 wounded, during a family gathering in Stockton, Calif.: abc7.com/post/several...
The latest, with at least 4 people killed and 10 wounded, during a family gathering in Stockton, Calif.: abc7.com/post/several...
4 dead, 10 injured in mass shooting at California child's birthday party, officials say
Approximately 14 people were struck and four are dead in a mass shooting at a California child's birthday party, officials said Saturday night.
abc7.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
America's gun psychopathy continues: *453* mass shootings so far in 2025. 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer
The latest, with at least 4 people killed and 10 wounded, during a family gathering in Stockton, Calif.: abc7.com/post/several...
The latest, with at least 4 people killed and 10 wounded, during a family gathering in Stockton, Calif.: abc7.com/post/several...
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The psychology of this website is so transparent. They're not attacking progressive media (who don't give a shit) so much as they're naming access bootlickers who already often cater to the WH anyway — because they’ll actually freak out and change their coverage *even more.*
Just working the refs.
Just working the refs.
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
www.whitehouse.gov
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The psychology of this website is so transparent. They're not attacking progressive media (who don't give a shit) so much as they're naming access bootlickers who already often cater to the WH anyway — because they’ll actually freak out and change their coverage *even more.*
Just working the refs.
Just working the refs.
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There are 133 million households in the US. If households shifted just $25 of spending to small businesses, it will move $3.3 billion back to local communities instead of going to large corporations #weaintbuyingit #shoplocal #smallbusinesssaturday
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
There are 133 million households in the US. If households shifted just $25 of spending to small businesses, it will move $3.3 billion back to local communities instead of going to large corporations #weaintbuyingit #shoplocal #smallbusinesssaturday
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Nuevo León restaurant owner Laura Gutierrez-Ramos “says it's hard not to wonder about many of those regulars they haven't seen in quite some time.”
"What's happening?" she said. "Are they okay? Are they still around? We just don't know."
"What's happening?" she said. "Are they okay? Are they still around? We just don't know."
“It's been a difficult couple months for businesses across Little Villages as many people stayed away from the area because of federal immigration operations. As those operations are now winding down, and the holiday season is in full force, business owners are hoping for more customers.”
Black Friday brings boost to Little Village businesses impacted by immigration operations
It's been a difficult couple months for businesses across Little Village as many people stayed away from the area because of federal immigration operations. As the holiday season is in full force, bus...
abc7chicago.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Nuevo León restaurant owner Laura Gutierrez-Ramos “says it's hard not to wonder about many of those regulars they haven't seen in quite some time.”
"What's happening?" she said. "Are they okay? Are they still around? We just don't know."
"What's happening?" she said. "Are they okay? Are they still around? We just don't know."
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The national debt has risen $3 trillion since Donald Trump took office, prices are still extremely high, and job numbers are terrible. This is what you get with a Republican trifecta in Washington.
November 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The national debt has risen $3 trillion since Donald Trump took office, prices are still extremely high, and job numbers are terrible. This is what you get with a Republican trifecta in Washington.
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“Long before Hoover denounced King as a liar, the NYPD issued a surveillance report on the civil rights leader’s visit to Harlem in 1958, with other memos to follow in the early 1960s. Rank-and-file organizers supporting King received unwanted attention as well.“
November 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“Long before Hoover denounced King as a liar, the NYPD issued a surveillance report on the civil rights leader’s visit to Harlem in 1958, with other memos to follow in the early 1960s. Rank-and-file organizers supporting King received unwanted attention as well.“
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A supervisor at Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Woodlands, Texas has been fired and arrested for planting recording devices in staff and public restrooms.
At least eight victims have been identified.
Once again predators prey on the most vulnerable
Hospitals should be safe places
At least eight victims have been identified.
Once again predators prey on the most vulnerable
Hospitals should be safe places
More victims identified after ex-supervisor at Memorial Hermann Hospital is accused of putting hidden cameras in bathrooms
KHOU 11 has learned that the ex-supervisor at the hospital in The Woodlands now faces 8 charges after hidden cameras were found in both public and staff restrooms.
www.khou.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
A supervisor at Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Woodlands, Texas has been fired and arrested for planting recording devices in staff and public restrooms.
At least eight victims have been identified.
Once again predators prey on the most vulnerable
Hospitals should be safe places
At least eight victims have been identified.
Once again predators prey on the most vulnerable
Hospitals should be safe places
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Mercedes Wells, the mother who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from a hospital, has been hospitalized with post-birth health issues
Mom Who Was Turned Away While in Active Labor Back in Hospital with Post-Birth Health Issues, Family Says
The mom who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from an Indiana hospital has been hospitalized with post-birth health issues.
people.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Mercedes Wells, the mother who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from a hospital, has been hospitalized with post-birth health issues
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We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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"Miles said her son and uncle were both detained by ICE agents who initially did not accept their tribal IDs before they were eventually let go."
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Miles said her son and uncle were both detained by ICE agents who initially did not accept their tribal IDs before they were eventually let go."
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but please don't drink and drive
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but please don't drink and drive
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So much talk about hostages, so little talk about how many hostages Israel takes and tortures, including children.
Apartheid state with an apartheid legal system
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Apartheid state with an apartheid legal system
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Palestinian-US teen held by Israel for nine months without charge due in court
Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, from Florida, was detained by Israeli soldiers while on holiday in the occupied West Bank.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
So much talk about hostages, so little talk about how many hostages Israel takes and tortures, including children.
Apartheid state with an apartheid legal system
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Apartheid state with an apartheid legal system
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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These people get framed as a “bad cops” but the people who hire police officers clearly find they have all the traits they desire for the role.
Fired Denver officers who joked about shooting migrants rehired by other police agencies
Fired Denver officers who joked about shooting migrants rehired by other police agencies
Two of the three Denver Police officers who were terminated for making jokes in a group chat are wearing the badge again in smaller towns in Colorado.
www.9news.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
These people get framed as a “bad cops” but the people who hire police officers clearly find they have all the traits they desire for the role.
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Pretty wild to make it so the *only* conclusion people could honestly trust is the most damning one.
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Pretty wild to make it so the *only* conclusion people could honestly trust is the most damning one.
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SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
FEMA employee terminated for signing whistleblower letter
It appears to be a major violation of federal whistleblower protections and constitutional rights.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
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There have been 378 mass shootings this year as of November 25th—
#Trump & Republicans response is to dismantle the Gun Violence Prevention Office & replace it with an office dedicated to “protecting” the 2nd Amendment
#Trump & Republicans response is to dismantle the Gun Violence Prevention Office & replace it with an office dedicated to “protecting” the 2nd Amendment
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
There have been 378 mass shootings this year as of November 25th—
#Trump & Republicans response is to dismantle the Gun Violence Prevention Office & replace it with an office dedicated to “protecting” the 2nd Amendment
#Trump & Republicans response is to dismantle the Gun Violence Prevention Office & replace it with an office dedicated to “protecting” the 2nd Amendment
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(Clears Throat) Every day Trump is allowed to remain president and remain a free man is a failure of multiple government institutions.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
(Clears Throat) Every day Trump is allowed to remain president and remain a free man is a failure of multiple government institutions.
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.