@franzamador.bsky.social
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When the history of this cruel era is written, the shame should be no less than the shame we now feel about the roundups and detention of Japanese Americans in World War II. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-brazen-cruelty-of-the-trump-regime
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
When the history of this cruel era is written, the shame should be no less than the shame we now feel about the roundups and detention of Japanese Americans in World War II. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-brazen-cruelty-of-the-trump-regime
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Hey it’s time to take Rare Exports out of the freezer.
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) Trailer #1 | Ilmari Järvenpää, Jorma Tommila, Onni Tommila
YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Hey it’s time to take Rare Exports out of the freezer.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
December 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
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Time lapse of what the Chicago River does in weather like this. 🥶
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Time lapse of what the Chicago River does in weather like this. 🥶
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One point that may have been lost: I’ve never seen this ad before.
It’s only when I searched for Mexican folk music tonight that YouTube started running it.
Google’s surveillance technology has enabled the government to selectively terrorize specific groups in service of white supremacy.
It’s only when I searched for Mexican folk music tonight that YouTube started running it.
Google’s surveillance technology has enabled the government to selectively terrorize specific groups in service of white supremacy.
Listening to Mexican folk music on Youtube and they're running this horrible ad urging people to self-deport.
Fuck you Kristi Noem, and fuck you Google for taking her money.
Fuck you Kristi Noem, and fuck you Google for taking her money.
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
One point that may have been lost: I’ve never seen this ad before.
It’s only when I searched for Mexican folk music tonight that YouTube started running it.
Google’s surveillance technology has enabled the government to selectively terrorize specific groups in service of white supremacy.
It’s only when I searched for Mexican folk music tonight that YouTube started running it.
Google’s surveillance technology has enabled the government to selectively terrorize specific groups in service of white supremacy.
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Three evenings ago I read an article about using ice packs on the forehead to help beat insomnia. The original study was from 2011 IIRC. Apparently if you drop the temperature of your frontal lobe by a degree or so you trigger a cascade of sleepy time metabolic events.
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Three evenings ago I read an article about using ice packs on the forehead to help beat insomnia. The original study was from 2011 IIRC. Apparently if you drop the temperature of your frontal lobe by a degree or so you trigger a cascade of sleepy time metabolic events.
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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*supervillain with a heart of gold voice* Well well well
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
*supervillain with a heart of gold voice* Well well well
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Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
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The Fix Our Forests Act is being billed as a bipartisan solution to our wildfire crisis. I hate to rain on everyone's parade, but it'll only make fires worse. Here's why: wessiler.substack.com/p/why-the-fi...
Why The Fix Our Forests Act Won’t Fix Our Forests
A bipartisan group of lawmakers realize they need something to show voters in the mid-terms. The resulting bill achieves nothing beyond careless harm to our national forests.
wessiler.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The Fix Our Forests Act is being billed as a bipartisan solution to our wildfire crisis. I hate to rain on everyone's parade, but it'll only make fires worse. Here's why: wessiler.substack.com/p/why-the-fi...
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Zohran Mamdani did this as a state assemblyman and mayoral candidate polling at like 3%, and he springboarded from this moment to yesterday’s win. His campaign got a huge boost from Brad Lander’s viral moment of legal resistance and illegal arrest. I hope people with political ambition take note
Wow. Watch this from Zohran Mamdani. It looks like the exact "fight" and "conviction" people are hopelessly asking for from the people in charge of the Democratic party:
June 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Zohran Mamdani did this as a state assemblyman and mayoral candidate polling at like 3%, and he springboarded from this moment to yesterday’s win. His campaign got a huge boost from Brad Lander’s viral moment of legal resistance and illegal arrest. I hope people with political ambition take note
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Facts matter…this is true. 💙
November 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Facts matter…this is true. 💙
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When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
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Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
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This is something else in the best possible way.
September 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This is something else in the best possible way.
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Getting close to 50k views and I'm wondering is it just everybody is scared to say this and pleased I did? Because if there's so many of us who agree, trust me I'd know if 1k people disagreed with me let alone 50k, why are we letting AI ruin our universities?
Together we can turn back the tide.
Together we can turn back the tide.
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Getting close to 50k views and I'm wondering is it just everybody is scared to say this and pleased I did? Because if there's so many of us who agree, trust me I'd know if 1k people disagreed with me let alone 50k, why are we letting AI ruin our universities?
Together we can turn back the tide.
Together we can turn back the tide.
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Democracy depends on a fearless and free press.
Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media.
They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.
Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media.
They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.
September 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Democracy depends on a fearless and free press.
Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media.
They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.
Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media.
They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.
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Reminds me of when we had a Ukranian refugee join us at work, he sat in his new class and immediately 3/4 boys ran over and started talking to him. They had all learned some Ukranian phrases that might be useful and really looked after him. Nobody asked them, they were just wonderful kids!/1
September 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Reminds me of when we had a Ukranian refugee join us at work, he sat in his new class and immediately 3/4 boys ran over and started talking to him. They had all learned some Ukranian phrases that might be useful and really looked after him. Nobody asked them, they were just wonderful kids!/1
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This landed in the timeline right by the story about the Secretary of Energy's furious effort to convince Europe to turn back toward fossil fuels; hopelessness is a thing that specific people and institutions are deliberately trying to create
The U.S.’s largest estuary is showing signs of revival. Once written off as a dead zone, water clarity in Chesapeake Bay has improved, underwater grasses are expanding, and crab populations are steadier thanks to decades of pollution controls. Nature buff.ly/morNFth
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Reviving the Old Bay
To undo centuries of damage in the Chesapeake Bay, six states are fixing forests, farms, city runoff, wetlands, rivers and oyster reefs across this massive watershed.
buff.ly
September 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This landed in the timeline right by the story about the Secretary of Energy's furious effort to convince Europe to turn back toward fossil fuels; hopelessness is a thing that specific people and institutions are deliberately trying to create
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The Roadless Rule does a huge amount to protect wild areas against wildfires, the vast majority of which begin near roads. It's super easy to leave a comment urging them to keep the Roadless Rule and protect against fires. Comments like this make a big impact! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...
September 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Roadless Rule does a huge amount to protect wild areas against wildfires, the vast majority of which begin near roads. It's super easy to leave a comment urging them to keep the Roadless Rule and protect against fires. Comments like this make a big impact! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...
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Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
August 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
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No one voted for this.
Medicare will start requiring prior approval for certain procedures — and will hire private AI companies to determine if patients are covered.
The AI companies would have financial incentives to deny claims, because Medicare plans to pay them some of the savings from rejections.
The AI companies would have financial incentives to deny claims, because Medicare plans to pay them some of the savings from rejections.
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
No one voted for this.
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FUCK YEAH IOWA
NEW RESULT: Democrats have flipped a state Senate in Iowa.
This was a seat Trump carried by 11%, but Democratic nominee Catherine Drey has just won it by 10.4%.
This is the second legislative flip by Dems in Iowa this year. It also means the GOP loses its supermajority in Iowa’s senate.
This was a seat Trump carried by 11%, but Democratic nominee Catherine Drey has just won it by 10.4%.
This is the second legislative flip by Dems in Iowa this year. It also means the GOP loses its supermajority in Iowa’s senate.
August 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
FUCK YEAH IOWA