Bender Rodríguez

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U.S. Gov Finally Admits to Spying on Domestic Protests Intel agencies monitor protests against Israel and the overturning of Roe v. Wade, among others www.kenklippenstein.com/p/us-gov-fin... by @kenklippenstein.bsky.social

U.S. Gov Finally Admits to Spying on Domestic Protestswww.kenklippenstein.com Intel agencies monitor protests against Israel and the overturning of Roe v. Wade, among others

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Italian prosecutors in Milan investigated how Dior is producing their handbags. They found that the workers were sleeping in the facility so bags could be produced around the clock. Consumers pay $2,780 per bag. The production of the bags costs Dior $57. Ht: @maxroser.bsky.social

Now we know how much it costs to make a $2,800 Dior bagwww.businessinsider.com In recent months, Italian authorities raided Dior subcontractor workshops where people were working around the clock, they said.

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Important penguin news

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Before I step away for a bit: It's been really fun to see thousands of you care so much about the weeds of how the French elections work today, and in recent weeks! I know most of my timeline knows me for U.S. politics, but it's fun to find an audience to share all this too!

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#StarTrekProdigy Spoilers for S2E4! Yes, that is ME teaching Temporal Mechanics 101! Writing and teaching are my two greatest passions in this universe, so to get to be a Ms Frizzle/Science Guy-like educator AT STARFLEET ACADEMY is beyond an honor. (1/3)

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imagine being a french right winger spending the last week's since the EU election absolutely giddy at the prospect of the end of centrist rule, only for centrist rule to be replaced by a left coalition

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“The Bear” is the story of a workaday Chicago sandwich joint switching gears to embrace haute cuisine. But restaurant kitchens of all types are an ecosystem where class issues play out. How well — or not — does “The Bear” tackle these themes? Gift link www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/02/c...

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jane mcalevey has left us with so many essential organizing tools. her body of work is so thorough and so approachable. i’ve used it so much, i’ve recommended it to so many people. every organizer should have her work in their reference library and return to it often. grateful for everything

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I just read an article that said "Why is it taking so long for your favorite movies and tv series to air? Blame the writers and actor strikes" No I won't. I'm blaming that ✨single✨ motherfucker at the studio who makes $250 million dollars a year who's one job is supposed to make this shit happen.

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some ambitious young creative should make a series of Schoolhouse Rock-style animated info clips based on Project 2025

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sofi dog likes her hidey spot in the shade.

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So, here's the lowdown: While no single alliance is currently projected to have enough seats to form a French government, the one with the largest number of seats is the leftist alliance. Instead of the right gaining, the left did. And the centrists got kicked on both sides.

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Fuck John Roberts all my homies hate John Roberts www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...

"It is the heart of U.S. policy to use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming to save democracy from communism."—Michael Parenti

How can China be socialist if it has a stock market? Understanding the Chinese economy youtu.be/M4__IBd_sGE?... by @benjaminnorton.bsky.social

How can China be socialist if it has a stock market? Understanding the Chinese economyyoutu.be China describes its system as a "socialist market economy". How does that work? What is the role of its stock exchanges? Ben Norton explains Socialism with C...

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“Just asking for some evidence. Any. Like any.“

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I know they get rolled all the time but for the Times to get rolled by “actually they just want to reclaim the values of Western civilization as they see it … with larger families and fewer immigrants” is the Times putting the 14 words in the paper

never underestimate the benefits to your body by finding a good mattress that conforms to your shape and sleeping habits.

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JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

"God, I can't afford to retire so please just offer me comforting platitudes." www.smbc-comics.com/comic/cortex

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cerealwww.smbc-comics.com SMBC is a daily comic strip about life, philosophy, science, mathematics, and dirty jokes.

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I wrote this in 2020 in reaction to the George Floyd protest. I'm a Science journalist at heart and so whenever I have a question I'm always looking for data. I was looking for a gut check.

It’s time to change the way the media reports on protests. Here are some ideas.www.niemanlab.org "People kept sharing these videos that were coming up and it was unambiguous what was going on. We weren't looking at a stream of videos of violence erupting or clashes breaking out. We were looking a...

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I swear I don't get any kick backs for reposting this but the underlying issue is the media has a bias against protest especially liberal protest. It's called the protest paradigm and its been documented for more than 40 years at this point. Link in next skeet.

Crickets who where? Just because nobody organized a pussy hat march in front of your house on Saturday morning when you didn't have anything better going on doesn't mean people aren't and haven't been holding sustained protests in the streets, at city councils, and at fascists' houses for years

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In iceland they jailed the bankers who helped create the 2008 financial crisis. They're the only country who did www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

This Is Where Bad Bankers Go to Prisonwww.bloomberg.com Iceland is the only nation that put top finance executives behind bars after the 2008 crisis. The economy is booming again, yet fears of crony capitalism remain.

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It's similarly difficult to look at what Enron did and think oh it's fine. Like I doubt those rolling blackouts didn't cost lives nevermind the indirect effects

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if you ever donated a 24” iMac to my recycling shenanigans, you might like to know that these three friends outlasted the charity to which they were donated, and are here being refurbished for a second time. The Jobs-era Apple did not suck.

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Holy. Shit. They're literally saying Trump's felonies aren't that bad compared to the "real felonies". Bear in mind, they're ignoring J6 and "gimme 12000 votes" call and the stolen docs. We joke, but this is literally Newsmax copy.

What the FUCK is this dog turd ish www.nytimes.com/2024/07/06/u...

A Mark of Shame for 900 Years. Until Now?www.nytimes.com “Felon” carries an ancient stigma — one that falls on millions of Americans today. Trump might well redefine it.

"The mass of water is 12 billion light-years away, surrounding a huge, feeding black hole known as a quasar. Astronomers had never found water vapor this far back in the early universe. There is water elsewhere in the Milky Way, but most of it is frozen in ice." www.unilad.com/technology/s...

12-billion-year-old body of water discovered floating in spacewww.unilad.com Researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory assisted in making the discovery in 2011