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Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
"Estos muertos del choque de trenes en Urda, como mi mujer, son víctimas del capitalismo, de capitalistas que quieren cada vez hacer más dinero y a más velocidad. Tenemos que rebelarnos entre todos para cambiar este sistema".
El marido de una víctima en el accidente de Urda señala al capitalismo y a la liberalización de los transportes como culpables de la muerte de su mujer.
Allá donde mete la zarpa la empresa privada y el capitalismo, solo trae recortes, ahorro de costes y precariedad... porque el objetivo de estas empresas es siempre tener más beneficios económicas, sacar más dinero y cuanto más rápido mejor, no mejorar ningún servicio ni preocuparse por el bienestar y la seguridad de nadie.
Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
"I do not intend to allow any country to wage a diplomatic war against us without paying an immediate price." Netanyahu on Spain, 2026.
Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
Orwell's great observation in "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was that to shrink a person's vocabulary is to shrink his capacity to think.
An impoverished version of English removes the mental tools needed to formulate and communicate complex (and dissenting) ideas. Such is the deep, complex relationship between language and thought.
We don't read "difficult books" to say that we've read difficult books. We read them because they expand the boundaries of what we are capable of thinking and feeling — we ascend to their level. Vocabulary helps us to recognize truths otherwise beyond our grasp.
This revelation is worse than you may think. This must be reversed.
I am speechless. Thomas Aquinas College just dropped a study on the rigor of the new SAT.
It compares the 1980/87 test with 2026. The findings should terrify every parent and teacher...
Vocabulary has collapsed.
Old SAT: 70.6% of questions tested vocab.
New SAT: 15%.
The old test forced students to know a wide range of words through analogies, antonyms, and sentence completions. The new test abandoned that. Most vocab questions now just ask students to fill in one blank from context.
Reading passages also got radically shorter (average ~97 words vs 300–340).
The new test uses short expository passages and hands you the necessary background knowledge inside the text. The older tests leaned much more heavily on argumentative and persuasive writing, assumed far more historical, scientific, and cultural knowledge, and penalized students who lacked it.
This is a redefinition of what "college readiness" means.
If you believe that kids should develop rigorous vocabulary, be capable of sustained reading, and possess background knowledge, I have bad news for you. The SAT no longer measures these.
If you want a future where children can actually read difficult texts and construct complex arguments, the SAT must be replaced now.
This cannot go on.
Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
Incredible scenes out of Genoa, Italy, where the striking dockworkers have joined student protesters in a general strike against the cost-of-living crisis and the government funding war over education.
Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
RENFE train workers in Spain fear that more "accidents" could occur.
They are demanding that RENFE management terminate its contract with an Israeli security firm.
lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ga…
Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
When I think of Patrick Stewart, it's not Captain Picard or Professor X that springs to mind. It's this quote.
May he rest in peace.
Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
Fox: Why are you here this morning?
Trump rally attendee: Well, in the late 70s, I was a little too young to go to South America for the Jonestown Massacre. But this is as close as I'll ever get, so that's why I'm here. There's nothing like seeing a cult right up front.
Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
This may be the single best post I've ever seen
Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
Here we go
BREAKING: A hacker is attempting to breach the US Federal Election Commission's systems and that agency has had to 'temporarily shut down' its web-facing services as a result, according to an email seen by Reuters reut.rs/4imQyUu
Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
I feel like Jared Kushner being at the center of the plot that ultimately led to an American journalist being dismembered via bone saw while he was still alive should be a much bigger deal than our billionaire owned news media is making of it.
Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
New from @alligordon_ and @halbritz:
Pete Hegseth’s senior adviser for religious issues has shared scores of racist and homophobic posts, spread conspiracy theories, and repeatedly denigrated Islam and immigrants.
cnn.com/2026/10/27/politics/…
Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
Two Saudis named Muhammad used Jared Kushner to funnel money to Donald Trump, the Russians hacked his phone the Dutch flipped a Russian agent and the story broke. The American media says nothing and bashes El Sayed all day for wanting to help America.
Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
Have Israelis ever been the bad guy in a film? I asked, Russians have been, Chinese have been, Iranians have been, Arabs have been, Palestinians have been, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen in Israeli terrorist on screen (other than here, every day).
Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
Da steht ein deutscher Konzernchef auf einer Wahlkampfbühne in Georgia, neben Donald Trump, und verkündet ein Vier-Milliarden-Dollar-Werk in den USA.
4.500 neue Jobs, große SUVs für Amerika. Trump präsentiert das Projekt zehn Tage vor den Midterms als Erfolg seiner Zollpolitik.
Audi-Chef Döllner bedankt sich für die Unterstützung.
Yippiehhhhh.
Und daheim?
Bis 2029 baut Audi in Deutschland bis zu 7.500 Stellen ab. Jetzt will der Konzern sogar den Zukunftspakt mit der Beschäftigungsgarantie neu verhandeln, besonders in Neckarsulm geht die Angst um. Gestrichen werden Weihnachtskonzerte, Firmenläufe und die Förderung einer Jugendchorakademie.
Für Ingolstadt und Neckarsulm der Rotstift. Für Trump die große Bühne.
Da frage ich mich schon, ob die deutschen Autobauer Europa gerade den Stinkefinger zeigen.
Daheim Sparprogramme und Stellenabbau. Und im „Drill, baby, drill“-Land Milliardeninvestitionen in riesige SUVs, um weiter die Luft zu verpesten. Bravo!
Natürlich gibt es wirtschaftliche Gründe für ein US-Werk. Audi will näher an seine amerikanischen Kunden und unabhängiger von Handelsrisiken werden. Trumps Zölle erhöhen den Druck, vor Ort zu produzieren.
Genau so soll seine Zollpolitik funktionieren. Und jetzt darf Trump den Erfolg auch noch mitten im Wahlkampf vorführen. Und ein deutscher Autobauer-Chef lässt sich einspannen wie Musk, Zuckerburg und Co. Pünktlich zu den Wahlen.
4.500 neue Arbeitsplätze in Georgia. Bis zu 7.500 weniger in Deutschland.
Man kann im Übrigen auch ein Werk in Amerika bauen, ohne dafür sabbernd auf Trumps Wahlkampfbühne zu steigen.
Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
Bell Review Confirms Only Anti-Israel Attitudes Are Rising, Not Antisemitism
As I said a few months ago, you’re being told there’s a dangerous explosion of Jew hatred to cover up the fact that there’s actually a very healthy explosion of Israel hatred.
Reading by Tim Foley.
Michael Buchsbaum retweeted
Remember Israel made up an entire story about a plumber who defied gravity to pilot a plane in a nosedive after watching a movie.
Mad the way they shelved it when it was just too unbelievable.
And the media still covered it like it was real.
All to distract from war crimes.