Juan L Rodriguez
@jlrodriguez10.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Anthropology at Queens College, CUNY.
It is not called "streaming giant." It is called a move towards monopoly.
Netflix announced plans on Friday to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business, in a deal that will bulk up the world’s biggest paid streaming service.
Here's what we know: nyti.ms/48Z5jbJ
Here's what we know: nyti.ms/48Z5jbJ
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It is not called "streaming giant." It is called a move towards monopoly.
Facts.
Language mixing has no negative effect on toddlers’ vocabulary development, Concordia research shows
Language mixing has no negative effect on toddlers’ vocabulary development, Concordia research shows | News - Concordia University
Parents in bilingual families often switch languages when talking to young children, for a variety of reasons
www.concordia.ca
December 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Facts.
Why do we still care about what any of the Clintons say, or think?
December 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Why do we still care about what any of the Clintons say, or think?
"The American people..." Hmmmm
Sen. Jim Banks: "The more we learn the truth, the more we realize that President Trump and Secretary of War Hegseth are doing exactly what the American people elected them to do ... they did exactly what they were supposed to do."
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"The American people..." Hmmmm
We need primaries ASAP.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
We need primaries ASAP.
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It is kind of ironic that schools have spent so many years trying to convince students that academic writing should be completely devoid of any personal voice and are now in a state of crisis trying to deal with students using generative AI to write assignments that completely take away their voice.
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It is kind of ironic that schools have spent so many years trying to convince students that academic writing should be completely devoid of any personal voice and are now in a state of crisis trying to deal with students using generative AI to write assignments that completely take away their voice.
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You guys on my TL talking about Venezuela and I, who lives there, can't really talk about it freely.
It sucks because there are many narratives here that don't really take us Venezuelans into account and just paint us as noble savages who have zero agency.
It sucks because there are many narratives here that don't really take us Venezuelans into account and just paint us as noble savages who have zero agency.
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
You guys on my TL talking about Venezuela and I, who lives there, can't really talk about it freely.
It sucks because there are many narratives here that don't really take us Venezuelans into account and just paint us as noble savages who have zero agency.
It sucks because there are many narratives here that don't really take us Venezuelans into account and just paint us as noble savages who have zero agency.
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Today is the 65th anniversary of the slaying of las hermanas Mirabal, killed by the regime of Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo. The anniversary of their deaths has become the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Today is the 65th anniversary of the slaying of las hermanas Mirabal, killed by the regime of Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo. The anniversary of their deaths has become the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
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Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
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"You cannot defeat Trump’s racist populism without redirecting voters’ anger toward the true source of their suffering: the corporations and billionaires that bankroll both parties—and Democratic leaders like Schumer and Jeffries refuse to do that."
If Schumer & Jeffries have been hostile to his camapign, it's because Mamdani’s ability to raise millions on an explicitly anti-corporate message represents a direct threat to the entire fundraising machinery that sustains Democratic Party leadership. /1
nathannewman.substack.com/p/mamdanis-r...
nathannewman.substack.com/p/mamdanis-r...
Mamdani's Rise is a Rebuke to the DC Corporate Dems like Schumer and Jeffries
Like Bernie & AOC, Mamdani Shows an Alternative to Dem Dependence on Corporate Fundraising
nathannewman.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"You cannot defeat Trump’s racist populism without redirecting voters’ anger toward the true source of their suffering: the corporations and billionaires that bankroll both parties—and Democratic leaders like Schumer and Jeffries refuse to do that."
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Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
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Claim that Tren de Aragua planned to attack officers was widely shared – only for FBI to later acknowledge it was mistaken, internal files show
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: police across US spread false rumors about Venezuelan gang threats
Claim that Tren de Aragua planned to attack officers was widely shared – only for FBI to later acknowledge it was mistaken, internal files show
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Claim that Tren de Aragua planned to attack officers was widely shared – only for FBI to later acknowledge it was mistaken, internal files show
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Qatar gave Trump a $400M jet. Trump gave them a military facility on US soil.
The UAE bought $2B of Trump's stablecoin. Trump gave them access to rare AI chips.
Saudi Arabia invested $2B in Kushner's firm. Trump sold them $142B in arms.
If this isn't corruption, what is?
The UAE bought $2B of Trump's stablecoin. Trump gave them access to rare AI chips.
Saudi Arabia invested $2B in Kushner's firm. Trump sold them $142B in arms.
If this isn't corruption, what is?
October 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Qatar gave Trump a $400M jet. Trump gave them a military facility on US soil.
The UAE bought $2B of Trump's stablecoin. Trump gave them access to rare AI chips.
Saudi Arabia invested $2B in Kushner's firm. Trump sold them $142B in arms.
If this isn't corruption, what is?
The UAE bought $2B of Trump's stablecoin. Trump gave them access to rare AI chips.
Saudi Arabia invested $2B in Kushner's firm. Trump sold them $142B in arms.
If this isn't corruption, what is?
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These are the people punishing universities and denying their academic freedom, by accusing them of 'anti-semitism'
politi.co/4onLnFu via @politico
politi.co/4onLnFu via @politico
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
politi.co
October 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
These are the people punishing universities and denying their academic freedom, by accusing them of 'anti-semitism'
politi.co/4onLnFu via @politico
politi.co/4onLnFu via @politico
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US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says
President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.
apnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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In which I interview Miki Makihara and Juan Rodriguez about their book Language and Political Subjectivity: Stancemaking, Power and Politics in Chile and Venezuela
campanthropology.org/2025/10/13/m...
campanthropology.org/2025/10/13/m...
Miki Makihara and Juan Luis Rodríguez on their book, Language and Political Subjectivity
Tony Webster: I want to say how much I enjoyed reading your book Language and Political Subjectivity: Stancemaking, Power and Politics in Chile and Venezuela. It’s really a wonderful and thou…
campanthropology.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In which I interview Miki Makihara and Juan Rodriguez about their book Language and Political Subjectivity: Stancemaking, Power and Politics in Chile and Venezuela
campanthropology.org/2025/10/13/m...
campanthropology.org/2025/10/13/m...
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As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.
And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
October 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.
And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
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Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
October 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
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Spent the last decade reading conservative blogs use the word "Orwellian" more than they used the word "the" and now they're literally just saying "War is Peace" out loud in front of everybody.
Hegseth: "As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace and those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous."
September 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Spent the last decade reading conservative blogs use the word "Orwellian" more than they used the word "the" and now they're literally just saying "War is Peace" out loud in front of everybody.
Book presentation at CUNY Graduate Center (@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social) yesterday. It was a long day of very interesting conversations.
LANGUAGE & POLITICAL SUBJECTIVITY: Stancemaking, Power and Politics in Chile and Venezuela by Miki Makihara and Juan Luis Rodríguez ( @jlrodriguez10.bsky.social) has now been published!
Find out more here: bit.ly/4jTo9UQ
#PoliticalAnthropology #Anthropology #EconomicAnthropology
Find out more here: bit.ly/4jTo9UQ
#PoliticalAnthropology #Anthropology #EconomicAnthropology
September 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Book presentation at CUNY Graduate Center (@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social) yesterday. It was a long day of very interesting conversations.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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"Fascism does not always look like Nazi Germany and fascists do not always look like Hitler. Fascism does not always lead to death camps. But fascism does depend on a vague sense of oppression and victimization that flows from a powerful, shadowy opponent."
September 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"Fascism does not always look like Nazi Germany and fascists do not always look like Hitler. Fascism does not always lead to death camps. But fascism does depend on a vague sense of oppression and victimization that flows from a powerful, shadowy opponent."
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This story is WILD. Trump sent Seal Team 6 into North Korea to plant a listening device. The entire thing went sideways within minutes of landing when they noticed a fishing boat near the beach. They killed everyone on board, sunk the bodies to cover their tracks, and fled. Congress was never told.
September 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This story is WILD. Trump sent Seal Team 6 into North Korea to plant a listening device. The entire thing went sideways within minutes of landing when they noticed a fishing boat near the beach. They killed everyone on board, sunk the bodies to cover their tracks, and fled. Congress was never told.
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