#Rodney Powers

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Free this brother Rodney Hinton Jr 🟥⬛️🟩✊🏿

"Every Black parent that has lost a child to the bullets of the enemy in uniform that's supposed to be your protector, you should go kill those enemies. That's your duty as a human being."

Professor James Smalls

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Richard Horvitz characters

[orawyra]

idfk why my last post got so many notes last week lol but thats prettycool. part two electric boogaloo

[supernightboy08]

“Dad I know you kinda felt bad when I growing up that you couldn’t give me a lot of stuff but you gave me the most important thing, you believed in me”

- Rodney Copperbottom

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14-year-old Arisa Trew makes her mark as the first Woman to Successfully land a 900

[sga-owns-my-soul]

thinking about the memorial site they would have on atlantis for all the lost members of the expedition

[this-man-is-my-friend]

John Sheppard absolutely believes in the power of friendship. He yells "Friendship is maaaagggiiiccc" while doing yet another suicide save the day run

[bobbie-robron]

That’s alright for some. I’ve got to spend the rest of the day at that garage on my own. (Part 1)

Daz’s panel is now being held at Rodney’s. All arrive at the Mill to determine the fate of Daz where he speaks up for himself. While the panel are making a decision, Jack, Andy and Daz make a stop at the garage to fill Robert in on what’s going on. The panel are nearly unanimous regarding Daz until Scott puts a kibosh on things as he sees Daz playing everyone for fools. Note, the first part is setup for what is going to happen at the end of the episode.

25-Jan-2004

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Walter Rodney (1942–1980) was a prominent Guyanese historian, political activist, and scholar whose work and activism significantly influenced Pan-Africanism and anti-colonial struggles in the 20th century.

Rodney earned his PhD in African history from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London in 1966, with a focus on African resistance to European colonization. His landmark book, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), became a seminal text in Pan-African studies, critiquing the exploitative relationship between Europe and Africa and exposing the ways in which colonialism stunted Africa's development.

A committed Marxist and Pan-Africanist, Rodney believed in the liberation of all oppressed peoples and was deeply engaged with grassroots movements. He travelled extensively, including in Tanzania, where he taught at the University of Dar es Salaam and advocated for African socialism and self-reliance.

Rodney’s activism often puts him at odds with political elites. In 1968, he was banned from Jamaica after criticizing the government and the capitalist structures that perpetuated inequality. This led to the famous “Rodney Riots,” as his followers protested his expulsion, sparking broader conversations about social justice.

In his native Guyana, Rodney co-founded the Working People's Alliance (WPA) to challenge the authoritarian rule of Forbes Burnham. His outspoken opposition to oppression and his advocacy for the working class made him a target of state repression. On June 13, 1980, Rodney was assassinated in Georgetown, Guyana, under circumstances widely believed to involve state security forces.

Rodney’s life and work continue to inspire Pan-Africanists, social justice advocates, and scholars worldwide. His legacy is one of unwavering dedication to the struggle against imperialism, racism, and inequality. 🇬🇾

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it's easier to apply for jobs than ever! so what if you lost your insurance, anyone can get a job these days, even without meds. everyone is hiring! there's a "good employee" shortage!

well you just need to revamp your resume, here's a paid app subscription that can read it for you. rewrite the cover letter they won't read. google jobs in my area and then scrawl through Monster/Indeed/worbly. did you want to save the search? this was posted 98 days ago. over 1 billion applicants! this position is trending.

jobs i actively like doing and get paid for. your search returned no results. easy-apply with HireSpin! easy apply with SparkFire! easy apply with PenisFlash! with a few short clicks, get your information stolen.

watch out! the first 98 links on google are actually scams! they're false postings. oopsie. that business isn't even hiring. that other one is closed permanently. find one that looks halfway legit, google the company and the word "careers". go to their page. scroll past brightly-lit diversity stock photo JOIN US white sans serif. we are a unique, fresh, client-focused stock value capitalism. we are committed to excellence and selling your soul on ebay. we are DRIVEN with POWER to INNOVATE our greed. yippee! our company has big values of divisive decision making, sucking our dicks, and hating work-life balances. our values are to piss in your mouth. sign here and tell us if you have gender issues so we can get ahead of the sexual harassment claim. are you hispanic although let's be real we threw out the resume when we saw your last name.

sign up to LinkHub to access updates from this company. make a HirePlus account to apply. download the PoundLink app. your account has been created, click the link we sent you in 15 minutes. upload that resume. we didn't read the resume, manually fill in the lines now. what is your expected pay grade. oh actually we want hungry people, not people driven by a salary. cut a zero off that number, buddy, this is about opportunity, and we need to be thrifty. highest level of education. autofill is glitching. here is an AI generated set of questions. what is your favorite part of our sexy, sexy company. how do you resolve conflict. will you get our company logo tattooed on your person. warning: while our CEO is guilty of wage theft, we will absolutely refuse to hire a nonviolent felon.

thank you for your interest at WEEBLIX. we actually already filled this position internally. we actually never had that posting. we actually needed you to have 9 years of experience and since you have 10 years we think it might be too many? we'll be texting you. we'll email you. we'll keep your resume. definitely absolutely we won't just completely ignore you. look at your phone, there's already a spam text from Bethany@stealyouridentity. they're hiring!

wait, did you get an interview? well that's special, aren't you lucky. out of 910 jobs you applied to, one answered, finally. and funny story! actually the position isn't exactly as advertised, we are looking for someone curious and dedicated. it's sort of more managerial. no, the pay doesn't change - you won't have any leadership title. now take this 90 minute assessment. in order to be a dog groomer, we need you to explain cell biology. in order to be a copyeditor, write a tiny dissertation about the dwindling supply of helium on the planet. answer our riddles three. great job! we just need to push this up to Tracy in HR who will send it to Rodney who is actually in charge. and then of course it's jay's decision and then greg will need to see you naked and if you survive you'll be given a drug test and a full anal examination.

and of course you'll be hungry this whole time, aren't you, months and months of the same shit. months of no insurance, no meds, no funding, barely able to afford the internet and the phone and the rent - all things you need in order to even apply for our thing. but do it again! do it again and again and again, until you flip inside out and turn into a being of pure dread!

you're not hired yet because you're lazy. there's over one million AI-generated hallucinated jobs in your area. don't worry. with zipruiter, hiring and firing is easier than ever. sign up. stay on-call.

in the meantime, little peon - why don't you just fucking suffer.

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Status: Dead; 35,705 words; last updated 2014

Summary: No one was sure what to do with the four high school students who'd fallen out of the sky when McKay touched what appeared to be an Ancient refrigerator, but in hindsight was probably one of the predecessors of the Quantum Mirror.

My thoughts: So GOOD! I like how they talk about the cultural conception of monster in the Power Rangers world due to how things evolved in their world as a result of having rangers. I wish we'd gotten to see Tommy getting involved somehow, maybe chasing after his kids. There's an unfortunate lack of Tommy. But Trent on a hairtrigger in also fun.

[greensparty]

Movie Reviews: Lynch/Oz and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

This week I got to review 2 films, one narrative and one documentary:

Lynch/Oz

Alexandre O. Philippe has very quietly become one of the great pop culture documentarians of our time. The People Vs. George Lucas looked at the love/hate relationship between Lucas and his fans, Doc of the Dead looked at zombies in pop culture, 78/52 examined the shower scene in Psycho (read my review here), and Leap of Faith was William Friedkin talking about making The Exorcist (read my review here). But more than any subject Philippe is examining, his films are really a thesis about what it is to be a film geek who is fanatical about a film, filmmaker or genre. Now he is after an iconic filmmaker David Lynch and his connection to an iconic film The Wizard of Oz with the new doc Lynch/Oz, opening this week.

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The overall doc is examining the influence that Oz had on Lynch and his work. Structurally it is set up into chapters, where each one has a different commentator (John Waters, Rodney Ascher,  Karyn Kusama and more) examining their perspective on that influence, intercutting with clips from Oz and Lynch’s films as well as other films. 

This reminded me a ton of Rodney Ascher’s brilliant doc Room 237, where he examines theories and interpretations of The Shining each with a different commentator you don’t see only hear and they are connecting dots that may or may not be there, but you’re intrigued nonetheless. So it made perfect sense that Ascher was a commentator. Going into this, the immediate film I thought of was Lynch’s Wild at Heart, which is literally and visually referencing Oz. But after watching this doc, I feel like Oz’s DNA is all over so much of Lynch’s work in more ways than I saw upon first viewing. This is definitely a treat for fans of Lynch, but at times it might get a little academic for non-fans. But for someone like me who has inhaled so much of Lynch’s work, it’s worth checking out!

For info on Lynch/Oz: https://exhibitapictures.com/films/lynchoz/

4 out of 5 stars

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

After countless iterations of Spider-Man movies (i.e. Sam Raimi’s trilogy, Marc Webb’s reboot, and Jon Watt’s reboot that plays into the MCU), 2018′s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was an animated story of Miles Morales and how he becomes Spider-Man in his universe and how he connects with other Spider People in parallel universes to defeat Kingpin. It was a breath of fresh air: the same Spider-Man story we’ve seen countless times already was now new again in a fresh, charming, and fun ride. Best of all, because it was about parallel universes, it didn’t disrupt the existing live-action Spider-Man movies of the last few years, so there was no confusion for fans. Into the Spider-Verse won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature and I named it my #7 Movie of 2018. Now the sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse opens today.

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Before I get into this movie, let me say I always try to avoid spoilers in movie reviews. That is going to be a challenge here. It’s not just about avoiding giving away the ending, there’s so much in the beginning and middle as well that are surprises and I don’t want to give too much away to ruin the fun. Here it goes: In this universe, Miles is a teen getting used to being Spider-Man. As he goes into other universes he meets with other Spider-People too. There is a master plan and when any Spider-Person does something that veers from that plan it could unravel the fabric of history. Other films like Back to the Future and that episode of Star Trek where they go back in time, have addressed this very same concept, but this one is packing it with more action and colorful visuals.

With my movie reviews, I usually attend press screenings (sometimes screeners), and for this particular one I got to bring my son, who is 7 and loved the last Spider-Verse movie. It was such a treat to be able to bring him and enjoy this movie with him! I did not feel like this was nearly as impressive a Into the Spider-Verse, but it definitely sustained the originality of the last one and more than anything there’s a sense of fun amidst the complex storylines and theories. For a big Summer franchise sequel, you could do a lot worse. Now (semi-spoiler ahead), this does suffer a little from middle-movie syndrome, where there’s no really beginning and no real ending unless you’re watching the trilogy as a whole. It’s hard for me to get critical without giving much away, but I kind of wanted some closure the way the other Spider-Man movies are stand-alone movies. Having said all this, this is one of the best super hero movies I’m likely to see this year!

For info on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: https://www.acrossthespiderverse.movie/

4 out of 5 stars

[txttletale]

sorry if you have answered a question like this before, but what do you think of critiques from liberals/other leftists whether they be calling themselves socialist, communist, or anarchist, on the "disastrous/genocidal" effect of a "glorious revolution" on populations like children, the elderly, and the disabled? would any revolutionary action necessitate destruction of infrastructure? what kind of conversations are being had among communists about protecting these vulnerable populations? i see a lot of stuff about not wanting to watch kids die in hospitals just for a power vacuum that could go the wrong way and stuff like that and i agree with wanting to protect these populations especially, but something about the conversation in general seems off to me, since kids are already dying all over the world because of the lack of access to healthcare because of things like usimperialism or the insane costs even for people living in the us and the supply chain is already showing many cracks because of climate change and capitalism, with no global "violent revolution" to speak of. am i missing something crucial here? what can i say to my fellow disabled friends who have these concerns, partially born from dealing with ableism in leftist spaces? -- thank you, a baby communist

i mean first of all yes, it is disingenuous to pretend that the most vulnerable people are not dying constantly under capitalism. secondly, revolutions do not usually involve blowing up hospitals and care homes for no reason.

but most crucially of all this entire argument relies on a childish view of revolution inspired by the most tedious reactionary propaganda--an understanding gained from shen yun and anastasia. communist revolutions (like any revolution!) don't happen in times of unremarkable peace and prosperity--they necessarily happen in times of mass discontent and instability, because that's when large segments of the population become radicalised!

genuinely, the best antidote to all these silly liberal ideas about revolution is to read about the history of real revolutions, socialist or otherwise. actual historical knowledge trumps mind palace hystericizing every time. i recommend walter rodney's the russian revolution: a view from the third world.

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13/16 of the people at work are women. This means most days, we may have one man on staff, or we may have zero and it's just a gal's day. This woman came up to the front desk and said she had some donations and they were "pretty big" and we needed to send out our MEN to help her. The front desk called our supervisor, who was up to his elbows in something only a supervisor could do, and thus couldn't respond. He told me and another coworker to go take care of it. She does competitive weight lifting and I was a PT CNA so I'm pretty good at moving things roughly people sized. We go out to the lady's car and before we say anything, she goes, "NO. NO NO NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. I NEED MEN." I told her we had no men on staff that day, but the two of us were confident we could move anything just fine. It's not like she's bringing us cinderblocks encased in lead, right? But no, she refuses and we shrug and return to Ben. We tell him what she said, and Ben sighs in defeat because he just got off the phone with the front desk and he could hear the lady screaming for a man in the background. He does this silly little "By the power invested in me by literally every man on the planet, I dub thee honorary Bros" and sends us back out there. We talk to her and tell her that there are NO MEN on staff today and either she could deal with us unloading the stuff or she could come back another day, or she could just keep the stuff. It's up to her. She insisted that today was the only time she could drop things off, she NEEDED men. I said, "Well, our boss dubbed us men for the day, so just pretend we're the men and we'll have this unloaded." She instantly went off on this screaming tirade about how men are men and women are women, not the other way around. Something something 'men lift things' and 'women raise children'. Your usual weird boomer bullshit. But like what I don't get is after she finally relented and we moved things for her NONE of the things she brought were any heavier than your average toddler so like... wouldn't a woman who was raising children reasonably have the ability to move a 20 pound box anyway?

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