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Bender Rodríguez
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#ChildrenOfKali :: SciFi :: El tío Ho
occupied potawatomi, ho-chunk, and menominee land.
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"Until we stop burning fossil fuels, extreme weather will continue to get worse."

2C increase by 2050.

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December 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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just for contrast, here is a print version with illustrations by william blake.
title page of Paradise Lost by John Milton with a water color by william blake , The Expulsion from Eden.
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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zohran mamdani continues to win.
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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"It's a simple, unavoidable choise, Donald. Communism or Fascism."—Kim Philby, Cambridge Spies

"To fight fascism you have to be a communist. Anything is appeasement."—Kim Philby, Cambridge Spies
It's a simple, unavoidable choise, Donald. Communism or Fascism.—Kim Philby, Cambridge Spies. To fight fascism you have to be a communist. Anything is appeasement.—Kim Philby, Cambridge Spies.
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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when capitalism is about to fail, the capitalists will use fascism to prop it up.

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November 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Conferencia de prensa de la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo del 11 de noviembre de 2025

www.gob.mx/presidencia/...
Entonces, sí son dos proyectos de nación, sí son dos proyectos de nación: Uno que piensa que “el pobre es pobre porque no trabaja”. Uno que piensa que “mientras más concentración de la riqueza, mejor, porque en algún momento llegará al que menos tiene”. Uno que piensa que “los jóvenes deben pagar por su educación porque, si no, no la valoran” Uno que piensa que hay Estado de derecho a veces y a veces no, cuando le toca a ellos. Uno que piensa que “es mejor una intervención de Estados Unidos en México, para poder resolver el problema de la inseguridad” y entregar el país al extranjero. Uno que piensa que “el pueblo no es sabio”. Uno que piensa que “la historia de México no representa valores”. Uno que se burla de los pueblos indígenas. Ese es un proyecto de nación. Que, por cierto, hoy le llaman “ultraderecha”. Y otro proyecto que es humanista, que somos nosotros, que se define como humanista: Que creemos en el derecho a la educación, en el derecho a la salud, en el derecho a la cultura. Que creemos en las jóvenes y los jóvenes mexicanos. Que creemos en las niñas y los niños. Que creemos en nuestro pueblo. Que creemos en los pueblos indígenas, que amamos nuestra historia. Que creemos que la Independencia, la Reforma, la Revolución y la Transformación que estamos llevando a cabo es para el pueblo y ha sido por el pueblo. Que creemos en un país fuerte, independiente y soberano. Esa es la diferencia. Y que creemos en que los privilegios y la corrupción no llevan a ningún lado. Es un modelo esencialmente humanista, frente a un modelo clasista, frente a un modelo de discriminación. Esos son los dos modelos. Ahora, está dando resultados.
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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when you have lost shit-lib centrists like ezra klein, your party is doomed.
“If I were in the Senate, I wouldn’t vote for this compromise. Shutdowns are an opportunity to make your arguments, and the country was just starting to pay attention. If Trump wanted to cancel flights over Thanksgiving rather than keep health care costs down, I don’t see why Democrats should save him from making his priorities so exquisitely clear. And I worry that Democrats have just taught Trump that they will fold under pressure. That’s the kind of lesson he remembers.”—ezra klein in the new york times opinion pages.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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"Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant."

― Elie Wiesel
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.” ― Elie Wiesel, The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, The Accident
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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fall harvest, which does not include potatoes and carrots. i am particularly pleased with the butternut squash. low maintenance high yield. that was from 5 plants.
root cellar with butternut squash, canned tomato sauce, and yellow and white onions on a black shelving unit, which doubles as the grow room in february/march.
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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While New York City just elected first socialist mayor, #Milwaukee has had 3 of them

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Frank Zeidler, Milwaukee's third (and as it turned out last) Socialist mayor, celebrates his victory on election night, April 4, 1948.
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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best post from twitter on the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social victory.
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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this new york post cover rules.
November 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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In a healthy democracy it is probably not desirable that the intelligence services be wholly efficient, or wholly admired. —John le Carré, A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré.

epigraph from the latest novel from Mick Herron in the Slough House series, "Clown Town".
book cover of Clown Town by mick herron, which features text in white, all caps on top of a drawing of a london street, in the rain, lit in places by red and green light, where a man walks down the middle of the street.
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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from The Recruit series 1, episode 7.

Owen Hendricks: "We work at the fucking CIA. What is the entire mandate of the agency?"

Lester and Xander: "Fuck over China."
from The Recruit series 1, episode 7. "We work at the fucking CIA. What is the entire mandate of the agency?" from The Recruit series 1, episode 7. "Fuck over China."
November 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Watch as China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) launches the Shenzhou 21 crew to the Tiangong Space Station aboard a Long March 2F/G rocket from Site 901 (SLS-1) at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China.

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October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Show Port Washington Common Council and city staff that we DON’T WANT or NEED a data center. Demand they reject the TID! The common council wants to give tax breaks to a billion dollar corporation.

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October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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i found a tesla hoodie at the park and i liked how it fit and it is cozy, so i removed the T and the A to make it an ESL hoodie.
black tesla hoodie with the T and the A removed to reveal ESL.
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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"CNN’s Kaitlan Collins hates when people share this little known video of her as a young reporter on Fox News slamming George Soros and Black Lives Matter"

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Kaitlan Collins on Fox News with the chyron: "Exploiting Opportunities: soros looks to capitalize on refugee crisis"
October 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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"There has not been a community in latin america that has not suffered a coup d'etat on the part of the CIA."—Diosdado Cabello, Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, Venezuela
"There has not been a community in latin america that has not suffered a coup d'etat on the part of the CIA."—Diosdado Cabello, Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, Venezuela
October 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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portland city councilor angelita morillo responds to krisi noem about national guard in portland

www.instagram.com/p/DPm-BJlko7X/
October 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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"the DMV should be the 51st state, everywhere the metro touches."

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from the struggle_4 stream
October 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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92F in milwaukee in october. it's fine.
92F temperature display from wunderground. feels like 93F.
October 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Two Years of Genocide: #Milwaukee rises up for gaza to #DISARMDERCO

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As we mark two years of genocide, we recall our responsibility to the people of Gaza, who have resisted an all-out war on their lives for over 700 days. In confronting those who continue to make this genocide possible, we remind our Milwaukee community about the war criminals in our backyard, fully complicit in the genocide - DERCO AEROSPACE, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin. Derco Aerospace is the sole distributor of the engine systems which power the Israeli Air Force’s F-16 fighter jets, notorious for being the “widow-maker” and the main workhorse of the bombing campaign against Gaza. The connection is clear: Derco has a direct role in the destruction and genocide of the Palestinian people. Derco is a vital link in a chain of genocide, and we intend to break it. The time is now to link arms, reenergize ourselves and our people, and stop the world for Gaza. If "world leaders" won't fulfill their obligation to impose an arms embargo, THE PEOPLE WILL! Join us on October 7th for a vigil & rally to #DISARMDERCO. 🗓️ Tuesday, Oct 7, 2025 🕦 6:00pm 📍 Derco Aerospace, 8000 W Tower Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53223 🚗 Plan for traffic - travel to this location from the south side of Milwaukee requires 25 - 30 minutes in traffic. 🚍 Bus Lines: 76 is the best, most direct option 🧣 Dress for the weather! We will be rallying outside.
October 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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socialist city councilor and iraq war vet encouraging national guard to refuse unlawful orders in portland.

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We are facing an illegal and unprecedented assault on our civil rights by the Trump Administration. I’m your city councilor for District 4, but I am also speaking to you as a former soldier and I have a special message to all my fellow veterans and those still serving.” Today, the Trump administration issued a formal notice to Governor Tina Kotek that the President has federalized Oregon’s National Guard in Portland under a Title 10 designation. Visit @vetsaboutface @aboutfacepdx to learn more about veterans taking action against militarism and endless wars.
September 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM