Rodriguez was cheaper to buy than Maduro - give us his location and mineral rights to your country and in return well support you as dictator for life.
There is…so much going on here, but an all time “raises questions” is what stands out the most.
![By Bloomberg News
01/03/2026 12:52:48 [BN]
(Bloomberg) -- Delcy Rodríguez, vice president of
Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro before his capture by US forces Saturday, has been sworn in as president and will work with the US to transition to a democratically elected government, President Donald Trump said.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a lengthy conversation with Rodríguez and she has agreed to help, Trump said in a news conference in Palm Beach, Florida. "She's essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again, very simple," he said.
The choice of Rodríguez as a partner would help the US ease a transition by maintaining the current institutions in Venezuela. But her long allegiance to Maduro, who is widely viewed as having stolen last year's election, is likely to raise questions about whether the US is seriously committed to regime change in the South American nation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pnx2fjuannbdpy3337ggthpp/bafkreiauhh73nuzd7bamli3yvfjdtne4fxg5bv5bmru6krfwbluzpskyye@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Rodriguez was cheaper to buy than Maduro - give us his location and mineral rights to your country and in return well support you as dictator for life.
It’s 2026. This isn’t about oil, it’s about the country’s significant reserves of strategic rare earth minerals, which Venezuela mostly exports to China.
January 3, 2026 at 9:34 AM
It’s 2026. This isn’t about oil, it’s about the country’s significant reserves of strategic rare earth minerals, which Venezuela mostly exports to China.
Do you think if everyone in Scotland posts hard enough we could get Westminster to revoke our membership of the union?
The Conservative Party is simultaneously arguing people shouldn’t be jailed for social media posts directly calling for violence, but also that people’s citizenship should be revoked over social media posts they don’t like.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
December 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Do you think if everyone in Scotland posts hard enough we could get Westminster to revoke our membership of the union?
Private schools absolutely were - and still are - stuffed to the gills with autistic kids as well. But rich people aren’t autistic, they’re “eccentric” or “gifted”, and have the wealth to compensate, so it isn’t considered to be particularly detrimental unless they’re full-on non-verbal.
Dear RFK, Jr.,
You must have attended private schools. Autistic kids attended pulic school with me in the 60's and 70's. They just didn't have the "label".
You must have attended private schools. Autistic kids attended pulic school with me in the 60's and 70's. They just didn't have the "label".
December 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Private schools absolutely were - and still are - stuffed to the gills with autistic kids as well. But rich people aren’t autistic, they’re “eccentric” or “gifted”, and have the wealth to compensate, so it isn’t considered to be particularly detrimental unless they’re full-on non-verbal.
A very merry Christmas to all the filthy animals (complimentary), and only the filthy animals (complimentary).
December 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A very merry Christmas to all the filthy animals (complimentary), and only the filthy animals (complimentary).
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Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns
Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
They should bring back tickle torture
December 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
They should bring back tickle torture
It is also a much more faithful interpretation of I Am Legend than the Will Smith movie was.
So Pluribus is just an entire tv show of that one Rick and Morty episode?
(Not a complaint, it’s quite good)
(Not a complaint, it’s quite good)
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It is also a much more faithful interpretation of I Am Legend than the Will Smith movie was.
Any movie is a Christmas movie if you drink egg nog while watching it.
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Any movie is a Christmas movie if you drink egg nog while watching it.
I sat and passed all 21 exam certificates at the Ounabara Vocational School in Yakuza! Like A Dragon today, despite not being a weeb. What’s your excuse?
December 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I sat and passed all 21 exam certificates at the Ounabara Vocational School in Yakuza! Like A Dragon today, despite not being a weeb. What’s your excuse?
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Begging. Embarrassed to my core. It’s so, so bad for us but especially for me since my son has a whole other well-off side of the family. I have no one and nowhere to go. Literally 💔 And we deserve to be together on top of all of that (most importantly) 😞 We only have $7,014 to goal!
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December 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Begging. Embarrassed to my core. It’s so, so bad for us but especially for me since my son has a whole other well-off side of the family. I have no one and nowhere to go. Literally 💔 And we deserve to be together on top of all of that (most importantly) 😞 We only have $7,014 to goal!
I wonder how much ChatGPT is being used to write government policy right now? In the UK budget this week, some ideas like the per mile road tax seemed like something ChatGPT would suggest - sounds like it makes sense at face value but is actually a deeply flawed idea when a human thinks it through.
November 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I wonder how much ChatGPT is being used to write government policy right now? In the UK budget this week, some ideas like the per mile road tax seemed like something ChatGPT would suggest - sounds like it makes sense at face value but is actually a deeply flawed idea when a human thinks it through.
So Pluribus is just an entire tv show of that one Rick and Morty episode?
(Not a complaint, it’s quite good)
(Not a complaint, it’s quite good)
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
So Pluribus is just an entire tv show of that one Rick and Morty episode?
(Not a complaint, it’s quite good)
(Not a complaint, it’s quite good)
I’m still using an iPhone 11. I was actually going to upgrade this year but the new iPhone is ugly af, so maybe apple sucking at product design now is also partly to blame for killing the economy?
November 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I’m still using an iPhone 11. I was actually going to upgrade this year but the new iPhone is ugly af, so maybe apple sucking at product design now is also partly to blame for killing the economy?
“Yer da sells Avon!”
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“Yer da sells Avon!”
I’m finding that generative ai is leading to an overall decline in trust. My default stance now for any image, video, animation or text whether online, in movies and tv shows or on physical products is to look out for indications that it’s ai generated.
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I’m finding that generative ai is leading to an overall decline in trust. My default stance now for any image, video, animation or text whether online, in movies and tv shows or on physical products is to look out for indications that it’s ai generated.
When someone does inevitably launch the first on-demand AI music streaming app, I hope they have the self-awareness to call it Slopify.
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
When someone does inevitably launch the first on-demand AI music streaming app, I hope they have the self-awareness to call it Slopify.
The Twisted Metal tv series is easily the best videogame adaptation ever made by a wide margin. So much fun, on a par with Z Nation. Yes, it’s even better than Fallout and The Last of Us.
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The Twisted Metal tv series is easily the best videogame adaptation ever made by a wide margin. So much fun, on a par with Z Nation. Yes, it’s even better than Fallout and The Last of Us.
“Remember the internet? It’s big now, use it.”
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
“Remember the internet? It’s big now, use it.”
Booting up ARC Raiders to do some solo runs on my lunch break because apparently my job isn’t stressful enough on its own. Need that extra jolt of anxiety to get me through the day.
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Booting up ARC Raiders to do some solo runs on my lunch break because apparently my job isn’t stressful enough on its own. Need that extra jolt of anxiety to get me through the day.
The thing that infuriates me about this is that we should be using machines to free us of the tedious, manual labor that no one wants to do, freeing us up to spend more time doing things like making art. It’s completely ass-backwards to use LLMs to do the creative things that humans enjoy doing.
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The thing that infuriates me about this is that we should be using machines to free us of the tedious, manual labor that no one wants to do, freeing us up to spend more time doing things like making art. It’s completely ass-backwards to use LLMs to do the creative things that humans enjoy doing.
Logging on
a man in a plaid shirt is holding a squirrel
Alt: Scene from Fargo where Gaear is feeding something into a wood chipper using a log.
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Logging on
Important to remember that opinion columnists are not journalists, they’re just exhibitionists who are inexplicably paid by newspapers to expose their asshole publicly.
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Important to remember that opinion columnists are not journalists, they’re just exhibitionists who are inexplicably paid by newspapers to expose their asshole publicly.
Well that's saved me £8 a month
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Well that's saved me £8 a month
Got some free time this evening, gonna eat some cheese. Nothing fancy, just a block of mild cheddar.
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Got some free time this evening, gonna eat some cheese. Nothing fancy, just a block of mild cheddar.