Chrononaut
@chrononaut.bsky.social
Swimming on the currents of time.
Well, well, well ... will you look at that!
They declare what they want and threaten with further attacks if it's not delivered.
The attempt at occupation via Zoom call continues.
They declare what they want and threaten with further attacks if it's not delivered.
The attempt at occupation via Zoom call continues.
January 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Well, well, well ... will you look at that!
They declare what they want and threaten with further attacks if it's not delivered.
The attempt at occupation via Zoom call continues.
They declare what they want and threaten with further attacks if it's not delivered.
The attempt at occupation via Zoom call continues.
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Oh my god he admit it
A former staffer said that U.S. officials would not be performing a formal occupation like in Iraq. “We’re going to tell them: ‘Hey, this is what you have to do in order for there not to be another strike. That’s what [Trump] sees as running the country.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio takes on most challenging role yet: Viceroy of Venezuela
The top U.S. diplomat has pushed for regime change for over a decade. Now the hard part begins.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Oh my god he admit it
Well done "anti-colonialist" crowd, who did your best to make sure Harris loses and Trump wins.
Another great victory, comrades!
Keep attacking Dems and helping fascists come to power, and you'll achieve many more victories like this.
Another great victory, comrades!
Keep attacking Dems and helping fascists come to power, and you'll achieve many more victories like this.
Trump says Venezuela's oil wealth "goes also to the United States of America in the form of reimbursement for the damages caused us by that country"
January 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Well done "anti-colonialist" crowd, who did your best to make sure Harris loses and Trump wins.
Another great victory, comrades!
Keep attacking Dems and helping fascists come to power, and you'll achieve many more victories like this.
Another great victory, comrades!
Keep attacking Dems and helping fascists come to power, and you'll achieve many more victories like this.
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We had to deal with years of commentary around MAGA being “isolationist” because it despised NATO, the UN, and the EU.
It was always a bright, shining lie on the movement’s behalf.
MAGA takes up Jefferson Davis’ stunted foreign policy and advances it across the Americas.
Piracy and banditry.
It was always a bright, shining lie on the movement’s behalf.
MAGA takes up Jefferson Davis’ stunted foreign policy and advances it across the Americas.
Piracy and banditry.
MAGA's supposed "anti-interventionism" is actually pro-pillage and pro-plunder.
Trump says Venezuela's oil wealth "goes also to the United States of America in the form of reimbursement for the damages caused us by that country"
January 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
We had to deal with years of commentary around MAGA being “isolationist” because it despised NATO, the UN, and the EU.
It was always a bright, shining lie on the movement’s behalf.
MAGA takes up Jefferson Davis’ stunted foreign policy and advances it across the Americas.
Piracy and banditry.
It was always a bright, shining lie on the movement’s behalf.
MAGA takes up Jefferson Davis’ stunted foreign policy and advances it across the Americas.
Piracy and banditry.
The year is 1945, and war is coming to Nazi Germany's heartlands.
Unknown “good drones” over Moscow have delayed around 200 flights. Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky airports have temporarily restricted arrivals and departures, and several flights were cancelled, Russian reports say.
January 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The year is 1945, and war is coming to Nazi Germany's heartlands.
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Everyone laughing the “do something crowd” until one quirky brown guy from uganda shows up and decides to just do something lmao
January 4, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Everyone laughing the “do something crowd” until one quirky brown guy from uganda shows up and decides to just do something lmao
60% of the "anti-globalist" party supports acquiring a new colony through an illegal war launched by a mad emperor.
This is who they are, this is who they always were, this is who they'll always be.
Anyone treating their talk about legality and peace as genuine is either a rube or a collaborator.
This is who they are, this is who they always were, this is who they'll always be.
Anyone treating their talk about legality and peace as genuine is either a rube or a collaborator.
Jan 3 poll of 1,902 U.S. adults (+/-2.8 points)
% who support | oppose the U.S. running Venezuela following the U.S. military's capture of President Nicolás Maduro
U.S. adults 34% | 41%
Democrats 16% | 64%
Independents 26% | 43%
Republicans 60% | 16%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
% who support | oppose the U.S. running Venezuela following the U.S. military's capture of President Nicolás Maduro
U.S. adults 34% | 41%
Democrats 16% | 64%
Independents 26% | 43%
Republicans 60% | 16%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
January 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
60% of the "anti-globalist" party supports acquiring a new colony through an illegal war launched by a mad emperor.
This is who they are, this is who they always were, this is who they'll always be.
Anyone treating their talk about legality and peace as genuine is either a rube or a collaborator.
This is who they are, this is who they always were, this is who they'll always be.
Anyone treating their talk about legality and peace as genuine is either a rube or a collaborator.
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The flip side of this is like those days when I’m like “I already fucked yo my diet at 10 am by eating a cookie so I am bad and may as well gorge myself all day.” No. We can always make the right choice and telling people they’re axiomatically bad only encourages them to continue to be so.
I am 100% tired of the "actually we're the bad guys, how dare you suggest otherwise" shtick. If a pleasant lie gets Americans to regret their country's sins tell the goddamn lie for half a minute
January 4, 2026 at 3:18 AM
The flip side of this is like those days when I’m like “I already fucked yo my diet at 10 am by eating a cookie so I am bad and may as well gorge myself all day.” No. We can always make the right choice and telling people they’re axiomatically bad only encourages them to continue to be so.
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Very specifically for these fellas
January 4, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Very specifically for these fellas
Do you know why the Roman Empire survived a few mad emperors?
Because at the time there was no way for the mad emperor to micromanage and interfere in everything 24/7.
The Roman empire had a huge administration, which ran things efficiently, while the mad emperor entertained himself in Rome.
Because at the time there was no way for the mad emperor to micromanage and interfere in everything 24/7.
The Roman empire had a huge administration, which ran things efficiently, while the mad emperor entertained himself in Rome.
Though the bleakly funniest option is that we *did* bargain for regime change, or at least something like pre-coup Myanmar with the DLP in the driver's seat but the Tatmadaw with significant influence, and then Trump spiked that this morning because he was pissed Machado got a nobel instead of him.
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Do you know why the Roman Empire survived a few mad emperors?
Because at the time there was no way for the mad emperor to micromanage and interfere in everything 24/7.
The Roman empire had a huge administration, which ran things efficiently, while the mad emperor entertained himself in Rome.
Because at the time there was no way for the mad emperor to micromanage and interfere in everything 24/7.
The Roman empire had a huge administration, which ran things efficiently, while the mad emperor entertained himself in Rome.
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They know how to break things, yet have no more idea how to conduct a war than they know how to actually govern. They'll just keep killing more people (fast and slow) and miming spectacle until we stop them.
January 4, 2026 at 3:53 AM
They know how to break things, yet have no more idea how to conduct a war than they know how to actually govern. They'll just keep killing more people (fast and slow) and miming spectacle until we stop them.
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The funniest possibility in all of this is that we indeed negotiated with Rodriguez and her set for a negotiated regime change and Trump spontaneously (even maybe unknowingly) spiked it this morning because he's pissed that Machado got the nobel peace price.
![Trump Says Machado Doesn't Have Respect to Lead Venezuela
By Yash Roy
01/03/2026 12:32:59 [BFW]
(Bloomberg) -- President Trump says Venezuelan Opposition Leader Maria Corina Machado does not have the support or respect to lead the country.
• Trump speaks at Florida press conference
• NOTE: Machado Says Venezuela Opposition
Ready to Assume Power](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pnx2fjuannbdpy3337ggthpp/bafkreid6vpsbn35ws3ykbqfxwlvkzk6jrcysgzuid7glwyroxetk2db32e@jpeg)
January 4, 2026 at 3:54 AM
The funniest possibility in all of this is that we indeed negotiated with Rodriguez and her set for a negotiated regime change and Trump spontaneously (even maybe unknowingly) spiked it this morning because he's pissed that Machado got the nobel peace price.
America is quickly turning into the cyberpunk dystopia from the classical sci fi novel "Don't Build This Terrible Cyberpunk Dystopia"
Wegmans in New York City has begun collecting biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces from anyone who enters its supermarkets
NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces
The supermarket chain says it’s a move to ensure shopper safety. Surveillance experts warn of privacy risks.
gothamist.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
America is quickly turning into the cyberpunk dystopia from the classical sci fi novel "Don't Build This Terrible Cyberpunk Dystopia"
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this is basically ricks' argument in THE GENERALS: that the structure of the american military (and political leadership) has generated an enormously competent professional force... that consistently generates useless results because of a void of strategic thinking at the top
January 4, 2026 at 1:51 PM
this is basically ricks' argument in THE GENERALS: that the structure of the american military (and political leadership) has generated an enormously competent professional force... that consistently generates useless results because of a void of strategic thinking at the top
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Beliefs (or even fully developed ideas) are encumbrances, like a lien.
They just slow you down.
They just slow you down.
January 4, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Beliefs (or even fully developed ideas) are encumbrances, like a lien.
They just slow you down.
They just slow you down.
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For all their faults, the elite foreign policy schools spent years/decades of curriculum trying to instill in every student to think long term and not repeat Iraq, Vietnam, and Operation Condor…only to be outdone by the bottom quarter of every class memeing their way to the big time.
“.. There is no evidence that anyone on the Trump team has thought about what will happen tomorrow, or next week, or next year ..
“.. we’re not even 24 hours into this .. Decades later, we’re still dealing with the aftermath in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
fallows.substack.com/p/blind-into...
“.. we’re not even 24 hours into this .. Decades later, we’re still dealing with the aftermath in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
fallows.substack.com/p/blind-into...
January 4, 2026 at 3:49 AM
For all their faults, the elite foreign policy schools spent years/decades of curriculum trying to instill in every student to think long term and not repeat Iraq, Vietnam, and Operation Condor…only to be outdone by the bottom quarter of every class memeing their way to the big time.
I really wish people would understand this and stop trying to cancel everything someone did before they became (or turned out to be) a huge piece of shit.
Most people lose their intellect, courage and previous morality when they go through traumatic experiences or grow old, but their work endures.
Most people lose their intellect, courage and previous morality when they go through traumatic experiences or grow old, but their work endures.
We’re all all of it, at once. Oskar Schindler was a womanizer and a war profiteer, and then he became Oskar Schindler. What came after doesn’t make the former less bad, but the former doesn’t make the latter less good.
January 4, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I really wish people would understand this and stop trying to cancel everything someone did before they became (or turned out to be) a huge piece of shit.
Most people lose their intellect, courage and previous morality when they go through traumatic experiences or grow old, but their work endures.
Most people lose their intellect, courage and previous morality when they go through traumatic experiences or grow old, but their work endures.
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Everybody at these legacy news media outlets apparently have too much of a hard on to actually check in with reality on whether or not these claims from Trump actually have any basis to them
With Nicolás Maduro out of power, the Trump administration is racing to assemble an interim governing structure for Venezuela.
After Maduro Ouster, Trump Takes On the Risks of Governing Venezuela
The administration is racing to get an interim government in place, even as pushback from Maduro’s allies raise fears of instability.
on.wsj.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Everybody at these legacy news media outlets apparently have too much of a hard on to actually check in with reality on whether or not these claims from Trump actually have any basis to them
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we are going to have to put Ellison in his son in prison and they are both going to have to die there
January 4, 2026 at 2:55 AM
we are going to have to put Ellison in his son in prison and they are both going to have to die there
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personally I think if a story about an illegal war and kidnapping leaks to you should publish it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 6:07 AM
personally I think if a story about an illegal war and kidnapping leaks to you should publish it.
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the legal framework against CSAM was strong and well-established, and the Trump administration has effectively destroyed it because one of their own makes it.
Grok is now also editing clear pornographic content onto uploaded images of people who are very likely underaged. This is absolutely beyond fucked up.
January 4, 2026 at 6:13 AM
the legal framework against CSAM was strong and well-established, and the Trump administration has effectively destroyed it because one of their own makes it.