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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my favorite thing about making videos is speculating something like "i bet this guy has conversations like this" and the someone forwards me an email that the guy sent when the emailer was employed by him. validating! fun!
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
my favorite thing about making videos is speculating something like "i bet this guy has conversations like this" and the someone forwards me an email that the guy sent when the emailer was employed by him. validating! fun!
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It's day TWENTY-FIVE of our national ULP strike.
You know our baristas are dedicated when they're running picket lines in these freezing temps. ⛄️ We're ready to keep fighting until Starbucks stops union busting and delivers a fair contract! #NoContractNoCoffee
You know our baristas are dedicated when they're running picket lines in these freezing temps. ⛄️ We're ready to keep fighting until Starbucks stops union busting and delivers a fair contract! #NoContractNoCoffee
December 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's day TWENTY-FIVE of our national ULP strike.
You know our baristas are dedicated when they're running picket lines in these freezing temps. ⛄️ We're ready to keep fighting until Starbucks stops union busting and delivers a fair contract! #NoContractNoCoffee
You know our baristas are dedicated when they're running picket lines in these freezing temps. ⛄️ We're ready to keep fighting until Starbucks stops union busting and delivers a fair contract! #NoContractNoCoffee
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Something that just occurred to me is for all Hegseth's machismo prostrating it's like a classically cowardly thing to kill defenseless men in war. Like by millennia-old standards of honor.
December 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Something that just occurred to me is for all Hegseth's machismo prostrating it's like a classically cowardly thing to kill defenseless men in war. Like by millennia-old standards of honor.
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This is leadership I want in Milwaukee.
This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is leadership I want in Milwaukee.
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Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
December 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
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WELKER: “Why should death without due process be the punishment? 🇺🇸 doesn't shoot people at the border who are bringing drugs in… Are you saying we should start shooting people at the border?” 🎯
COTTON: “No, I'm not, Kristen.” 😕
COTTON: “No, I'm not, Kristen.” 😕
December 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
WELKER: “Why should death without due process be the punishment? 🇺🇸 doesn't shoot people at the border who are bringing drugs in… Are you saying we should start shooting people at the border?” 🎯
COTTON: “No, I'm not, Kristen.” 😕
COTTON: “No, I'm not, Kristen.” 😕
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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i think socialist policies will help reduce the divorce rate overall
December 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
i think socialist policies will help reduce the divorce rate overall
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Olivia Williams's powerful reading of an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer and the national broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing. Full version here: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Olivia Williams's powerful reading of an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer and the national broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing. Full version here: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
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Yup! Capitalism rewards cruelty by destroying prosocial relationships and replacing them with cruel transactions they call markets
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Yup! Capitalism rewards cruelty by destroying prosocial relationships and replacing them with cruel transactions they call markets
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Under end stage capitalism, art is the only thing keeping us sane and serves as a fragile connection to our shared humanity. That's why neoliberals and fascists are so desperate to destroy it with garbage like AI. They've already enshittified and commodified most forms of interaction and culture.
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Under end stage capitalism, art is the only thing keeping us sane and serves as a fragile connection to our shared humanity. That's why neoliberals and fascists are so desperate to destroy it with garbage like AI. They've already enshittified and commodified most forms of interaction and culture.
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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“Constitutional law is not classified” is absolutely and obviously correct. I wish it had been the Obama administration’s position—it would have saved human rights lawyers a lot of time and energy. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...
December 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“Constitutional law is not classified” is absolutely and obviously correct. I wish it had been the Obama administration’s position—it would have saved human rights lawyers a lot of time and energy. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...
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BTW @emmarjanssen.bsky.social and @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social went down to the World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center on Friday, and found a big anti-ICE protest from soccer fans.
prospect.org/2025/12/06/b...
prospect.org/2025/12/06/b...
The Beautiful Game Is Getting Ugly - The American Prospect
Soccer fans braved a winter storm to demand FIFA President Gianni Infantino reject Trump’s white supremacy, using the slogan ‘No ICE in Our Cup.’
prospect.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
BTW @emmarjanssen.bsky.social and @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social went down to the World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center on Friday, and found a big anti-ICE protest from soccer fans.
prospect.org/2025/12/06/b...
prospect.org/2025/12/06/b...
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half our city is shut down for a marathon and it’s like ew, don’t rub your kink in my face like this
December 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
half our city is shut down for a marathon and it’s like ew, don’t rub your kink in my face like this
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Not enough emphasis on the slow and steady acquisition of skills...everything seems to be 'the fastest way to...'.
Just saw a video that purports to teach the fastest way to get better at Zen.
Dude, it's Zen. Being 'in' it is the point. Chop wood, carry water, both before and after enlightenment.
Just saw a video that purports to teach the fastest way to get better at Zen.
Dude, it's Zen. Being 'in' it is the point. Chop wood, carry water, both before and after enlightenment.
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Not enough emphasis on the slow and steady acquisition of skills...everything seems to be 'the fastest way to...'.
Just saw a video that purports to teach the fastest way to get better at Zen.
Dude, it's Zen. Being 'in' it is the point. Chop wood, carry water, both before and after enlightenment.
Just saw a video that purports to teach the fastest way to get better at Zen.
Dude, it's Zen. Being 'in' it is the point. Chop wood, carry water, both before and after enlightenment.
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31 jaw-dropping space photos that will change how you see the Universe - www.sciencefocus.com/space/astron...
31 jaw-dropping space photos that will change how you see the Universe | BBC Science Focus Magazine
The Royal Observatory Greenwich recently announced the outstanding winners of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025.
www.sciencefocus.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
31 jaw-dropping space photos that will change how you see the Universe - www.sciencefocus.com/space/astron...
Are Raccoons Being Domesticated?
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
How China is WINNING the War Against Pollution
www.youtube.com/watch?v=si1m...
by @mikefrompa.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=si1m...
by @mikefrompa.bsky.social
How China is WINNING the War Against Pollution
YouTube video by Mike From PA
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
How China is WINNING the War Against Pollution
www.youtube.com/watch?v=si1m...
by @mikefrompa.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=si1m...
by @mikefrompa.bsky.social
live long and prosper (if you have a billion dollars)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C179...
by @acollierastro.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C179...
by @acollierastro.bsky.social
live long and prosper (if you have a billion dollars)
YouTube video by Angela Collier
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
live long and prosper (if you have a billion dollars)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C179...
by @acollierastro.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C179...
by @acollierastro.bsky.social
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Powerful to rally today with several hundred teachers, families, and community members in support of West Contra County teachers!
Our community supports the strike and will be out in the streets every day until teachers get a fair contract.
Our community supports the strike and will be out in the streets every day until teachers get a fair contract.
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Powerful to rally today with several hundred teachers, families, and community members in support of West Contra County teachers!
Our community supports the strike and will be out in the streets every day until teachers get a fair contract.
Our community supports the strike and will be out in the streets every day until teachers get a fair contract.
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The M8.1 solar flare that erupted from region 4299 at 2039 UTC yesterday resulted in an earth-directed full-halo coronal mass ejection (CME).
The CME is expected to impact Earth early to midday UTC on Tue 09 December, with G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storming and auroras.
www.swpc.noaa.gov
#Astronomy
The CME is expected to impact Earth early to midday UTC on Tue 09 December, with G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storming and auroras.
www.swpc.noaa.gov
#Astronomy
December 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The M8.1 solar flare that erupted from region 4299 at 2039 UTC yesterday resulted in an earth-directed full-halo coronal mass ejection (CME).
The CME is expected to impact Earth early to midday UTC on Tue 09 December, with G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storming and auroras.
www.swpc.noaa.gov
#Astronomy
The CME is expected to impact Earth early to midday UTC on Tue 09 December, with G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storming and auroras.
www.swpc.noaa.gov
#Astronomy
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Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
December 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff