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Juan J. Arroyo

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Don't mind me Β· a writer for myself and others (REMEZCLA, Rolling Stone, Complex, PopSugar, Pitchfork, 🎞️) Β· #BLM "Borincano aunque naciera en la luna" πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·

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This is 100% correct

17.02.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 799 πŸ” 116 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 15
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Daddy Yankee at 50: Reggaeton Icon Looks Back at Legendary Career In an exclusive interview, the Latin music pioneer talks about the next era of his career.

NEW: Today is Daddy Yankee's 50th birthday, and in honor of the occasion the reggaetΓ³n legend sat down to chat about his career, what he's learned, and what he's looking forward to as he begins a new decade with a "blank canvas" in front of him.

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

03.02.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i truly hate how much we are living in a bad script

02.02.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 10489 πŸ” 1580 πŸ’¬ 178 πŸ“Œ 37

Bad Rabbit at the Woke Bowl

29.01.2026 22:55 πŸ‘ 234 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 3

At the same time, ordinary people are expected to watch children being snatched off the street and not so much as kick the rear fender of a rental car.

29.01.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 448 πŸ” 81 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

According to Tacoma, WA area Redditors, this was the work of ILWU Local 91 in Oakland, CA

27.01.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 1280 πŸ” 282 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 17
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I say again, this does not even approach a scintilla of the accountability that is required. These are PR moves.

26.01.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 10302 πŸ” 2462 πŸ’¬ 660 πŸ“Œ 172
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we are witnessing historic backpedaling here

27.01.2026 01:15 πŸ‘ 13138 πŸ” 2498 πŸ’¬ 462 πŸ“Œ 506

Not could. Have.

Fred Hampton.

24.01.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 2116 πŸ” 695 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 4
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

β€œWe are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the β€˜hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti β€œWe are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the β€˜hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

25.01.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 24922 πŸ” 12845 πŸ’¬ 200 πŸ“Œ 448

The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.

24.01.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 16506 πŸ” 4775 πŸ’¬ 104 πŸ“Œ 69

Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times,
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny

also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street

24.01.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 6705 πŸ” 2032 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 69

If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week

24.01.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 5858 πŸ” 2182 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 39

I'd only add, if you vote to fund ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You're also complicit

24.01.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 905 πŸ” 248 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4
Infographic about the weight of ice and the chance of this leading to power outages, having two panels. The first shows a picture of a tree rimed with ice, and the label "7,125 pounds of ice"; the second show a green tree with 7 golden retrievers in it, and the label "109.5 golden retrievers"

Infographic about the weight of ice and the chance of this leading to power outages, having two panels. The first shows a picture of a tree rimed with ice, and the label "7,125 pounds of ice"; the second show a green tree with 7 golden retrievers in it, and the label "109.5 golden retrievers"

Americans will do anything to avoid the metric system, part eleventy-billion.

22.01.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

so it’s a police force, got it, thanks

13.01.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 482 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Also, I will never forget the artists who went all-in on NFTs, and then tried to quietly pretend it never happened.

13.01.2026 13:22 πŸ‘ 589 πŸ” 162 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4
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Trump appalls with attack on Civil Rights Act: 'White people very badly treated' Critics pounced on President Donald Trump Monday after he complained to the New York Times that the Civil Rights Act – the landmark 1964 legislation that outlawed racial discrimination – was β€œunfair i...

once again shoutout to every dipshit who insisted it was hysterical to talk about trump and white supremacy in the same breath www.rawstory.com/trump-267487...

12.01.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 10462 πŸ” 2578 πŸ’¬ 170 πŸ“Œ 135

America is now at the heavily armed secret police doing warrantless door-to-door house raids in search of undesirable ethnicities and/or political dissenters stage. The difference from well known historical cases is down to scale.

12.01.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 4864 πŸ” 2177 πŸ’¬ 186 πŸ“Œ 78

I just found out last night that the $50k enrollment bonus only pays out after 5 years of service, and reader, the laugh I let out when I read that woke the dog from across the house. These absolute fucking grapes aren't seeing a dime of that money. No way they can ride out 5 years of this job.

11.01.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 10637 πŸ” 2920 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 346

I was puzzled by that too, and the only thing I thought was that she was familiar with him since she's also from Hawaii and is close to Lucy's family, so their paths prob crossed at some point in the past at least in a friendly way.

11.01.2026 02:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same

10.01.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 27942 πŸ” 7027 πŸ’¬ 753 πŸ“Œ 355

@philnobilejr.bsky.social Hello! Don't know if you remember me from Twitter and CHUD days. Sorry for messaging you this way, I just can't find another option. Is there any chance you can DM me your email? Would love to share something with you I think you'd be interested in.

08.01.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

04.01.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 43451 πŸ” 16075 πŸ’¬ 326 πŸ“Œ 410
In August, a clandestine team of C.I.A. officers slipped into Venezuela with a plan to collect information on NicolΓ‘s Maduro, the country's president, whom the Trump administration had labeled a narco-terrorist.
The C.I.A. team moved about Caracas, remaining undetected for months while it was in the country. The intelligence gathered about the Venezuelan leader's daily movements β€” combined with a human source close to Mr. Maduro and a fleet of stealth drones flying secretly above - enabled the agency to map out minute details about his routines.
It was a highly dangerous mission. With the U.S. embassy closed, the C.I.A. officers could not operate under the cloak of diplomatic cover. But it was highly successful. Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a news conference that because of the intelligence gathered by the team, the United States knew where Mr. Maduro moved, what he ate and even what pets he kept.

In August, a clandestine team of C.I.A. officers slipped into Venezuela with a plan to collect information on NicolΓ‘s Maduro, the country's president, whom the Trump administration had labeled a narco-terrorist. The C.I.A. team moved about Caracas, remaining undetected for months while it was in the country. The intelligence gathered about the Venezuelan leader's daily movements β€” combined with a human source close to Mr. Maduro and a fleet of stealth drones flying secretly above - enabled the agency to map out minute details about his routines. It was a highly dangerous mission. With the U.S. embassy closed, the C.I.A. officers could not operate under the cloak of diplomatic cover. But it was highly successful. Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a news conference that because of the intelligence gathered by the team, the United States knew where Mr. Maduro moved, what he ate and even what pets he kept.

That information was critical to the ensuing military operation, a pre-dawn raid Saturday by elite Army Delta Force commandos, the riskiest U.S. military operation of its kind since members of the Navy's SEAL Team 6 killed Osama bin Laden in a safe house in Pakistan in 2011.
The result was a tactically precise and swiftly executed operation that extracted Mr. Maduro from his country with no loss of American life, a result heralded by President Trump amid larger questions about the legality and rationale for the U.S. actions in Venezuela.
Mr. Trump has justified what was named Operation Absolute Resolve as a strike against drug trafficking. But Venezuela is hardly as big a player in the international drug trade as other countries. Officials had previously told congressional leaders that their objective in Venezuela was not regime change. And Mr. Trump has long said he opposes U.S. foreign occupations.

That information was critical to the ensuing military operation, a pre-dawn raid Saturday by elite Army Delta Force commandos, the riskiest U.S. military operation of its kind since members of the Navy's SEAL Team 6 killed Osama bin Laden in a safe house in Pakistan in 2011. The result was a tactically precise and swiftly executed operation that extracted Mr. Maduro from his country with no loss of American life, a result heralded by President Trump amid larger questions about the legality and rationale for the U.S. actions in Venezuela. Mr. Trump has justified what was named Operation Absolute Resolve as a strike against drug trafficking. But Venezuela is hardly as big a player in the international drug trade as other countries. Officials had previously told congressional leaders that their objective in Venezuela was not regime change. And Mr. Trump has long said he opposes U.S. foreign occupations.

The most junior copy editor at the nation’s worst college paper could find a way to squeeze β€œwhich killed an estimated 40 people” somewhere into these top 6 grafs of the NYTimes story.

It was a conscious decision to bury it in the bottom half.

04.01.2026 05:20 πŸ‘ 1619 πŸ” 397 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 16
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New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped

04.01.2026 11:35 πŸ‘ 5759 πŸ” 1565 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 64

Could an empire in decline do THIS? *launches deeply unpopular invasion cementing status as lunatic-led pariah state, its not clear what kind of move i was trying to do*

03.01.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 7838 πŸ” 1699 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 17

This was so wonderful and emotional and everyone should check it out, even if they aren’t into Taylor Swift’s music at all, because it’s just an awesome look at the bond between parents and children.

27.12.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab

27.12.2025 13:56 πŸ‘ 7041 πŸ” 1836 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 28

Grandma, start a book club

25.12.2025 14:44 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0