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Culture Today in corporate propaganda: Jeff Bezos and William Shatner take the ultimate ego trip — to space!
If there is something vaguely sinister about launching a beloved 90-year-old actor into space on very phallic rocket to distract the world from an egregious pattern of alleged labor rights abuses, making a one-hour corporate propaganda film about the initiative for your own streaming platform does little to convince us otherwise. But I commend Amazon…
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Fast Forward Jewish Astronaut Shows Off Her Hanukkah Socks From Space
Happy Hanukkah to all those who celebrate it on Earth! #HappyHanukkah pic.twitter.com/FKC2M5iXni — Jessica Meir (@Astro_Jessica) December 23, 2019 Jessica Meir, a Jewish astronaut, wished the world a chag Hanukkah sameach — happy Hanukkah! — from 254 miles above the surface of the Earth Sunday evening. “Happy Hanukkah to all those who celebrate it on…
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The Schmooze The Natalie Portman Sexy Space Scandal Trailer Is Here, With Nary An Astronaut Diaper
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Fast Forward Jewish Astronaut Will Bring Israeli Flag To Space
(JTA) — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin thanked American astronaut Jessica Meir on Sunday for her plans to bring an Israeli flag into space with her on a mission in September. Meir, the daughter of a mother from Sweden and an Iraqi-Israeli father, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency about the Israeli flag she’s bringing with her…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman Transforms For Role Inspired By Diaper-Wearing Astronaut
Good news for approximately the first time since 2016: Natalie Portman will play a married astronaut who falls in love with a fellow NASA worker played by Jon Hamm, in a movie that is based off the surreal 2007 story of the astronaut love-triangle that ended with a woman driving cross country in a space…
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