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Great summary of research. Remarkable benefits to adult vaccines.
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h...
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Great summary of research. Remarkable benefits to adult vaccines.
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Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that Delcy Rodríguez had been sworn in as Venezuela’s interim president and would cooperate with Washington in allowing the U.S. to run the country.
Less than 2 hours later, that narrative collapsed.
Less than 2 hours later, that narrative collapsed.
January 4, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that Delcy Rodríguez had been sworn in as Venezuela’s interim president and would cooperate with Washington in allowing the U.S. to run the country.
Less than 2 hours later, that narrative collapsed.
Less than 2 hours later, that narrative collapsed.
The PureDarwin project has a post up in memory of Cliff Sekel:
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January 4, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The PureDarwin project has a post up in memory of Cliff Sekel:
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President Trump said on Saturday that Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s interim president and would act as a partner in letting the U.S. run the country. Less than two hours later, Rodríguez made clear she viewed the U.S. as an illegal invader that must be rejected.
Venezuela’s Interim Leader Defies Trump and Calls Maduro the ‘Only President’
President Trump said that Venezuela’s new leader, Delcy Rodríguez, would help the United States run Venezuela. She quickly said the opposite.
nyti.ms
January 4, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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Less than 24 hours and it looks like little Marco isn't
going to be running Venezuela.
going to be running Venezuela.
VP Delcy Rodriguez, whom Trump indicated earlier today was collaborating with the US government, is live on television right now.
Earlier reports that she's in Russia are false. She's in Caracas with the rest of the cabinet.
Rodriguez: "We will never again be a colony for any empire"
Earlier reports that she's in Russia are false. She's in Caracas with the rest of the cabinet.
Rodriguez: "We will never again be a colony for any empire"
January 4, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Less than 24 hours and it looks like little Marco isn't
going to be running Venezuela.
going to be running Venezuela.
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It’s hard to put into words what kind of Pandora’s box this may all become. Living in a decade of unprecedented times
January 4, 2026 at 5:00 AM
It’s hard to put into words what kind of Pandora’s box this may all become. Living in a decade of unprecedented times
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Murdered.
There was no declaration of war, no pretext, no remotely legitimate process.
These people, like the fishermen previously targeted by this lawless regime, were murdered.
There was no declaration of war, no pretext, no remotely legitimate process.
These people, like the fishermen previously targeted by this lawless regime, were murdered.
NYT:
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
January 4, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Murdered.
There was no declaration of war, no pretext, no remotely legitimate process.
These people, like the fishermen previously targeted by this lawless regime, were murdered.
There was no declaration of war, no pretext, no remotely legitimate process.
These people, like the fishermen previously targeted by this lawless regime, were murdered.
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Most US presidents want only good wars, so when institutions sell them on wars they (mis)represent the war as good. Donald Trump wants only stupid and evil wars, so viziers sell him on wars by pretending they’re the kind of stupid and evil he likes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Most US presidents want only good wars, so when institutions sell them on wars they (mis)represent the war as good. Donald Trump wants only stupid and evil wars, so viziers sell him on wars by pretending they’re the kind of stupid and evil he likes.
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Admittedly, it is about oil in *Trump's* dementia-ridden noggin.
But that's a mix of his insane fantasies, and what his lunatic advisors have told him so that grandpa gives them the keys to the US war machine and they can kill some ppl just for the heck of it.
It's a war for shitposting clout.
But that's a mix of his insane fantasies, and what his lunatic advisors have told him so that grandpa gives them the keys to the US war machine and they can kill some ppl just for the heck of it.
It's a war for shitposting clout.
"This actually isn't about oil" is often perfectly correct and it's guaranteed to make the most noxious, stupid people on the internet lose their ever-living minds.
OK, crash course in oil. Oil has two main gradings, viscosity (light or heavy) and sulfur (sweet or sour). A light (low viscosity) and sweet (low sulfur) oil is easier to process into gasoline and other products than a heavy and sour one, so the light & sweet oil commands a premium price.
January 3, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Admittedly, it is about oil in *Trump's* dementia-ridden noggin.
But that's a mix of his insane fantasies, and what his lunatic advisors have told him so that grandpa gives them the keys to the US war machine and they can kill some ppl just for the heck of it.
It's a war for shitposting clout.
But that's a mix of his insane fantasies, and what his lunatic advisors have told him so that grandpa gives them the keys to the US war machine and they can kill some ppl just for the heck of it.
It's a war for shitposting clout.
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It’s sobering to look back on the run-up to the Iraq war—a period of unceasing chattering-class debate, elaborate official lies, media complicity, unavailing global protest, in the end a giant stitch-up—and have it seem like some sort of paradise of public deliberation compared to these gangsters.
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
It’s sobering to look back on the run-up to the Iraq war—a period of unceasing chattering-class debate, elaborate official lies, media complicity, unavailing global protest, in the end a giant stitch-up—and have it seem like some sort of paradise of public deliberation compared to these gangsters.
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I was a teenager taking introduction to international politics during the invasion of Iraq and I am so deeply sad about the series of events that have led to me getting ready to teach introduction to international politics to a bunch of teenagers during the invasion of Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I was a teenager taking introduction to international politics during the invasion of Iraq and I am so deeply sad about the series of events that have led to me getting ready to teach introduction to international politics to a bunch of teenagers during the invasion of Venezuela
I was already like this beforehand, tbh, but yeah for a lot of people it's absolutely been a problem... sometimes I kind of want to break the habit, but it's difficult when that's just how society is now:
The pandemic brought many awful things to society… one of them being the shift in identity, from real life as primary to online as primary, for far too many people.
we have gone through to a mirror universe where instead of the government not caring about twitter because it isn’t real life, it doesn’t care about real life because it isn’t twitter
January 3, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I was already like this beforehand, tbh, but yeah for a lot of people it's absolutely been a problem... sometimes I kind of want to break the habit, but it's difficult when that's just how society is now:
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Trump's chief contribution to American politics is revealing that you don't need a respectable veneer for evil, corrupt behavior. You can rob the bank, say you did it because you like money and you'll do it again, and challenge anyone to stop you
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Trump's chief contribution to American politics is revealing that you don't need a respectable veneer for evil, corrupt behavior. You can rob the bank, say you did it because you like money and you'll do it again, and challenge anyone to stop you
Like, seriously. I didn't really realize it until I started really getting into @thatskygame.bsky.social and chatting more with the Arab players there a year or so ago, but it's a definite thing.
People should look into how popular Saddam is in much of the Arab world in 2026 lol
January 3, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Like, seriously. I didn't really realize it until I started really getting into @thatskygame.bsky.social and chatting more with the Arab players there a year or so ago, but it's a definite thing.
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“Maduro was bad.“ Sure. Saddam and Gaddafi were butchers, and our actions were much more cloaked in legality. How did those wars turn out?
January 3, 2026 at 8:14 PM
“Maduro was bad.“ Sure. Saddam and Gaddafi were butchers, and our actions were much more cloaked in legality. How did those wars turn out?
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and DSA IC absolutely says a ton of stupid shit, too lol
January 3, 2026 at 8:57 PM
and DSA IC absolutely says a ton of stupid shit, too lol
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yeah the DSA IC doesn’t look so batshit insane now that Venezuela has been couped and we’re watching the president debate how he will pillage the corpse while openly vocalizing Cuba, Colombia, and Mexico as next
I remember at that DSA convention that was held virtually, I voted against various resolutions calling for greater support for Cuba & Venezuela, bc at the time, their own leaders seemed like greater threats to their respective populaces than the US did. My calculus on this issue has since changed.
January 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM
yeah the DSA IC doesn’t look so batshit insane now that Venezuela has been couped and we’re watching the president debate how he will pillage the corpse while openly vocalizing Cuba, Colombia, and Mexico as next
I remember at that DSA convention that was held virtually, I voted against various resolutions calling for greater support for Cuba & Venezuela, bc at the time, their own leaders seemed like greater threats to their respective populaces than the US did. My calculus on this issue has since changed.
January 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I remember at that DSA convention that was held virtually, I voted against various resolutions calling for greater support for Cuba & Venezuela, bc at the time, their own leaders seemed like greater threats to their respective populaces than the US did. My calculus on this issue has since changed.
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We are very explicitly not! He rejected the very idea of it when asked. To the degree you can parse anything out of his mush-brained ramblings, his notion of it is Maduro's VP now sticks around to head some kind of puppet government under US occupation. An occupation which does not actually exist.
I think people are overreading this as Iraq redux and arguing against the neocon position. Trump isn't a neocon! we're not doing this to bring about liberal democracy!
January 3, 2026 at 7:57 PM
We are very explicitly not! He rejected the very idea of it when asked. To the degree you can parse anything out of his mush-brained ramblings, his notion of it is Maduro's VP now sticks around to head some kind of puppet government under US occupation. An occupation which does not actually exist.
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U.S. foreign policy exists in a superposition of all possible rationales. A definitive rationale is only established when a measurement, such as a Congressional reporting requirement or a lawsuit, takes place and collapses the foreign policy wave function.
A weird thing about the US is that in foreign policy there is a trump reason and a rubio reason for the thing, they are both entirely disjoint, and neither is the "real" reason; they both are
January 3, 2026 at 8:22 PM
U.S. foreign policy exists in a superposition of all possible rationales. A definitive rationale is only established when a measurement, such as a Congressional reporting requirement or a lawsuit, takes place and collapses the foreign policy wave function.
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Your city is likely voting on parking policy in 2026.
These decisions shape whether we get more homes, safer streets, climate progress – or more of the same.
The pieces are on the board. It’s time to make our move.
Show up. Organize.
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January 3, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Live in Boston, Los Angeles, Atlanta, or Ottawa?
Your city is likely voting on parking policy in 2026.
These decisions shape whether we get more homes, safer streets, climate progress – or more of the same.
The pieces are on the board. It’s time to make our move.
Show up. Organize.
Link in bio
Your city is likely voting on parking policy in 2026.
These decisions shape whether we get more homes, safer streets, climate progress – or more of the same.
The pieces are on the board. It’s time to make our move.
Show up. Organize.
Link in bio
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"The President in every possible instance shall consult with Congress before introducing United States Armed Forces into hostilities or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances." 50 USC 1542
News: Gang of Eight in Congress were only notified about Trump's Venezuela operation after it began, source familiar tells me. That means the heads of the Intelligence Committees in Senate and House were *not* consulted. Just crazy.
January 3, 2026 at 8:13 PM
"The President in every possible instance shall consult with Congress before introducing United States Armed Forces into hostilities or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances." 50 USC 1542
Again, this is worse than a war for oil: it's a war for Twitter likes:
Several of the photos have Twitter up on a screen in the background but I can’t make out what search term appears
January 3, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Again, this is worse than a war for oil: it's a war for Twitter likes:
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Not for the first time, where other European leaders wring their hands over Trump, Spain’s Sánchez draws a line. A stance that is only looking more sensible (more *realistic*) as time goes on.
Pedro Sánchez afirma que España no reconoció al régimen de Maduro, “pero tampoco reconocerá una intervención que viola el derecho internacional”
Sánchez asegura que España no reconocerá “una intervención que viola el derecho internacional”
El Gobierno llama a la “desescalada” en Venezuela tras el ataque de EE UU y se ofrece a mediar; y Feijóo pone el foco en la “férrea dictadura” de Maduro
elpais.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Not for the first time, where other European leaders wring their hands over Trump, Spain’s Sánchez draws a line. A stance that is only looking more sensible (more *realistic*) as time goes on.