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Jakob Gasser
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cristianfarias.com
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
Twitter thread in Spanish by José Mario de la Garza, a human rights lawyer in Mexico, translated using Google Translate: 1. Overthrowing a dictator sounds morally right. No one mourns a tyrant. But international law wasn't built to protect the good, but to restrain the powerful. That's why it prohibits force almost without exception: not because it ignores injustice, but because it knows that if each country decides whom to "liberate" by force, the world reverts to the law of the strongest. 2. The problem is not Maduro. The problem is the precedent. When military force is used to change governments without clear rules, sovereignty ceases to be a limit and becomes an obstacle. Today it is “overthrowing a dictator”; tomorrow it will be “correcting an election,” “protecting interests,” “restoring order.” The law does not absolve dictatorships, but neither does it legitimize unilateral crusades. Cont’d: 3. The uncomfortable question is not whether a tyrant deserves to fall, but who decides when and how. Because history teaches something brutal: removing a dictator is easy; building justice afterward is not. And when legality is broken in the name of good, what almost always follows is not freedom, but chaos, violence, and new victims. The law exists to remind us of this, even when it makes us uncomfortable. Maduro isn't the problem: he's the face of the problem. Removing him from power would be merely opening the door. Behind him is the machine: Rodríguez, Cabello, the military command, the operators of repression and plunder. If you only change the person at the top and leave the system intact, what follows isn't democracy: it's a reshuffling. And there's something even more difficult: Chavismo didn't just capture institutions, it captured daily life. Economy, media, bureaucracy, employment, fear, favors, blackmail. A country can't be "de-Chavistaized" by decree or by an electoral miracle. The real transition begins when that network is broken without setting the country ablaze. The challenge is enormous, and it's also a moral one: to unite without vengeance, but without impunity. Targeted justice for those most responsible, truth for the victims, guarantees that the rest will dismantle the system, and a plan for people to live again—not just survive. Because freedom doesn't come with a new president: it comes when the state ceases to be a threat.
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
NEW: A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US news cycle and what, if anything, survives it will be a lesson for our times.

But it’s what the rest of the world does now that’s key. When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...
January 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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innes.bsky.social
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
ah yes. let's wait until dems sweep house and senate in midterms so we can have two more years of crippling constitutional crises before trump cedes power peacefully
January 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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chriswarcraft.bsky.social
Meme from Arrested Development where Tobias and Lindsay are talking about something that never works, but might work for them (it doesn’t work)
January 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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kendrawrites.com
There's no byline on this. There's an editing byline, but it appears no reporter at Reuters was willing to put their name on this.
January 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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michaelgkagan.bsky.social
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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ralphjanik.com
Maduro enjoys absolute immunity as head of state. There is no justification whatsoever to kill or capture him. He didn’t start a war, he isn’t a combatant. Remember how some whined about Ukraine’s alleged strikes on Putin (which never happened)? They would actually have been legally justified.
ralphjanik.com Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 18h
This is as illegal as it gets. Unlike all
of his predecessors (think of Bush and the Iraq war), Trump doesn’t even pretend he cares about international law.
politico.eu POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 18h
The U.S. carried out a “large scale strike” against Venezuela early this morning, capturing leader Nicolás Maduro and flying him out of the country, U.S. President Donald Trump said.
#[politi.co/49jjQit
January 3, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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hoanssolo.bsky.social
The ‘rules‑based international order’ was underwritten—again, with exceptions—by American military restraint and structured power. That era is over. If Europeans want to preserve it, military power is like a dinner jacket: when it’s required, nothing else will do.
January 3, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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thefarce.org
Succession slouches into The Righteous Gemstones
January 3, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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jamoeberl.bsky.social
Und auch auf die "Kern-Comeback"-Gerüchte zu verzichten, wäre kein Verlust an Relevanz, sondern am Ende ein Gewinn an demokratischer Substanz. Österreichische IPO wird derzeit gefühlt auf GZSZ Stories reduziert.
January 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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jamoeberl.bsky.social
Vieles im österreichischen Politikjournalismus reduziert sich inzwischen auf „Kurz-Comeback“-Gerüchte – auch im neu angebrochenen Jahr. Dabei ginge es um anderes: um Inhalte, um politische Entscheidungen und um deren konkrete Folgen. Weniger Politics, mehr Policy wäre mein Wunsch für 2026.
January 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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matthiascremer.bsky.social
Ich hab was für Euch.
Wer sich für meinen Photoblog interessiert, den ich von 2005 bis 2022 beim Standard geführt habe, kann jetzt durch die Einträge surfen.
Der Standard bietet selbst leider keine Zeitleiste an.
Aber ich habe euch eine gebastelt.
Hier:
@cremer-photoblog.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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michaelspicer.bsky.social
podcasts
January 2, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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wurzelmann.at
Klar könnte man auch ohne Krähenbegleitung ins Büro radeln, aber warum sollte ich? 🥰

#KrähenContent #KrähenLiebe
Foto schräg nach hinten während des Radfahrens, ca. 15 große dunkle Krähen fliegen mit mir mit. Neben der Straße, auf der ich fahre, ist ein breiter Fluss, links im Hintergrund ist eine Brücke, die über diesen Fluss führt. Der Himmel ist dunkel und grau, nur ein paar helle Streifen sind von hinten von der Sonne erhellt.
January 2, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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wurzelmann.at
Heute war der erste Tag, an dem ich nach meiner großen OP im Oktober wieder Rad fahren konnte/durfte. Ich hab mir Sorgen gemacht, dass meine Krähen mich nicht mehr erkennen, aber sie waren sofort da, als ob ich nicht weg gewesen wäre, es war so schön. 😭🥰

#KrähenContent #KrähenLiebe
Foto nach hinten während des Radfahrens, links unten ist abgeschnitten im Eck der Rand meiner lila messenger bag zu sehen. Ich fahre eine Straße entlang, die auf beiden Seiten von Bäumen begrenzt ist, vor grauem, verhangenen Himmel fliegt ein Schwarm Krähen (15-20 Tiere) hinter mir her.
January 2, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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funranium.bsky.social
To answer astute readers, each of those PROTIP is another Italy story in its own right. I didn’t even talk about pizza, Yoda of Napoli, or surprisingly casual violence toward Romany.
funranium.bsky.social Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 3d
As an end of year gift, I give you a story of leather pants and some Italian travel protips.

Next stop is Las Vegas for CES. Once again, I will be bartending for @edzitron.com. Who knows, you might even hear me on the podcast.

May 2026 treat us well.
A Noble Reason To Make Pants - A Tale of Italy - Funranium Labs
Once upon a time, I went to Italy. This was a very good idea and I recommend it. I don't necessarily recommend doing some of the things I did
www.funraniumlabs.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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factpostnews.bsky.social
Mandy Patinkin and the PS22 Children's Chorus of Staten Island perform "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" at Zohran Mamdani's Mayoral inauguration
January 1, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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hellafitzgerald.bsky.social
finally watched the video of this and however much I thought it would fuck me up, which was already a great deal, wow no turns out it was MUCH more
January 2, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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surcomplicated.bsky.social
It's worth reading the whole interview in full. It basically verifies that the NYT has spent the past decade-plus doubling down on top-down narratives for coverage, getting more intense over time.

Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
transnews.network Trans News Network @transnews.network · 2d
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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mmiedl.bsky.social
wir verabschieden uns heute traurig von ORF Topos. wir habens sehr gern gemacht. heute ist die letzte story online gegangen. hier zum nachlesen, was wir in den letzten drei jahren gemacht haben (und es fehlt SO VIEL, ach)

topos.orf.at/topos-drei-s...
Rückblick und Abschied - ORF Topos
ORF Topos, ein multi- und crossmediales Projekt des ORF, von 28. November 2022 bis 31. Dezember 2025. Zum Abschied blickt die Redaktion mit Lektüreempfehlungen auf drei starke Jahre zurück und sagt da...
topos.orf.at
December 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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rincewind.run
one last time, for the road
Brendel: Eric Adams is amazing because when he won every media person was leaping over each to go “this is the normal sane leadership that the political left doesn't understand normal sane Americans crave" and then every day since that Eric Adams has been like "Leprechauns are real and I'm going to cook one"
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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numb.comfortab.ly
There is an undeniable shared understanding in humanity. When people see "I hope this year it will happen" there is not a slightest doubt what "it" means.
January 1, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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wurzelmann.at
Liebe Leute, ich hoffe, ihr habt einen schönen Abend und kommt gut ins neue Jahr. Möge 2026 lieb zu euch sein, you deserve it. 🫶
December 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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timcarvell.bsky.social
As I was saying.
Promo for this year’s CNN New Year’s Eve telecast with Anderson Cooper looking at Andy Cohen like “this asshole again”.
December 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM