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Historian at a US university. Posts about history, India, technology, extremism. Do not feel safe, due to past Hindutva harassment, sharing identity publicly.
A Hinterlaces poll conducted in October found that 91% had a highly unfavorable view of Maria Corina Machado. Would dearly like to talk to the remaining 9% today.
January 4, 2026 at 9:19 AM
A Hinterlaces poll conducted in October found that 91% had a highly unfavorable view of Maria Corina Machado. Would dearly like to talk to the remaining 9% today.
Going to bed thinking of the immense fight the Venezuelan people are facing with such courage. Strength and solidarity to them as they stare down the cabal of imperialist profiteers waiting to swoop down on them like the vultures they are.
January 4, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Going to bed thinking of the immense fight the Venezuelan people are facing with such courage. Strength and solidarity to them as they stare down the cabal of imperialist profiteers waiting to swoop down on them like the vultures they are.
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You can’t report illegal acts because you don’t want to compromise them being carried out is an interesting take, if true
NYT, WaPo learned of the secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin but held off publishing what they had at the administration's request to avoid endangering US troops
January 4, 2026 at 4:18 AM
You can’t report illegal acts because you don’t want to compromise them being carried out is an interesting take, if true
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Trump is trying to force US oil companies to rebuild Venezuelan oil fields that are too expensive to invest in at current crude prices while a full blown energy revolution is happening with cheap solar and electrification growing exponentially.
This is a dying empire shit.
This is a dying empire shit.
a lot of interesting revelations between the lines of this story www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Trump is trying to force US oil companies to rebuild Venezuelan oil fields that are too expensive to invest in at current crude prices while a full blown energy revolution is happening with cheap solar and electrification growing exponentially.
This is a dying empire shit.
This is a dying empire shit.
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BJP's ally, the NPP's Meghalaya working president Hamletson Dohling said the party would urge the Meghalaya government to write to the state governments concerned, seeking serious action to prevent such attacks.
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10897...
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10897...
January 4, 2026 at 8:54 AM
BJP's ally, the NPP's Meghalaya working president Hamletson Dohling said the party would urge the Meghalaya government to write to the state governments concerned, seeking serious action to prevent such attacks.
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10897...
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10897...
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The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
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The new Swedish–American Defense Cooperation Agreement gives Trump effectively unlimited use of Swedish military bases, which he can use to threaten Denmark and seize Greenland www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...
Uhhhh. So to be clear this would be the end of the transatlantic alliance and Europeans should really make that clear.
January 4, 2026 at 8:54 AM
The new Swedish–American Defense Cooperation Agreement gives Trump effectively unlimited use of Swedish military bases, which he can use to threaten Denmark and seize Greenland www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...
When we sneaked out for a mini-date tonight before I start my hellish commute, I talked about my pipe dreams for what I want to do in the latter half of my life, my husband’s brows were furrowed with that look he gets when he is thinking about how to put stuff in motion. I am inordinately lucky.
January 4, 2026 at 6:31 AM
When we sneaked out for a mini-date tonight before I start my hellish commute, I talked about my pipe dreams for what I want to do in the latter half of my life, my husband’s brows were furrowed with that look he gets when he is thinking about how to put stuff in motion. I am inordinately lucky.
The morons at Mar-a-Lago are so used to the currency of sycophancy that they read totally normal diplomatic behavior as tribute and a promise of fealty. This is why they claimed Delcy Rodriguez, who immediately turned around and put out an anti-imperial call to arms for the ages.
"Senior Venezuelan government officials, led by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez...have quietly promoted a series of initiatives in recent months aimed at presenting themselves to Washington as a “more acceptable” alternative to Nicolás Maduro’s regime...funneled through intermediaries in Qatar."
Exclusive: Venezuelan leaders offered U.S. a path to stay in power without Maduro
Delcy and Jorge Rodríguez used Doha backchannels to offer Washington a 'Cartel Light' plan for a managed Venezuela transition that keeps chavismo in power.
www.miamiherald.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:02 AM
The morons at Mar-a-Lago are so used to the currency of sycophancy that they read totally normal diplomatic behavior as tribute and a promise of fealty. This is why they claimed Delcy Rodriguez, who immediately turned around and put out an anti-imperial call to arms for the ages.
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Folks bypass things like the fact that NYPD activated drones and 30 cop cars for a demonstration of 1000 people in freezing weather today. The levels of surveillance and potential repression are taken as regular order in this country.
January 4, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Folks bypass things like the fact that NYPD activated drones and 30 cop cars for a demonstration of 1000 people in freezing weather today. The levels of surveillance and potential repression are taken as regular order in this country.
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Prof Eliot Jacobson: And it's a wrap. The year 2025 came in at 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, making it the 3rd warmest year on record behind 2023 (1.48°C) and 2024 (1.60°C), and likely the 3rd warmest in the last 120,000 years.
January 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Prof Eliot Jacobson: And it's a wrap. The year 2025 came in at 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, making it the 3rd warmest year on record behind 2023 (1.48°C) and 2024 (1.60°C), and likely the 3rd warmest in the last 120,000 years.
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i think it's great and a good sign that we can't decide which of america's many failed invasions this one is most like
January 4, 2026 at 1:49 AM
i think it's great and a good sign that we can't decide which of america's many failed invasions this one is most like
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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This is a quote that’ll be in The Big Short 2. His entire history is getting rich off insider stock bullshit, and OpenAI has spent more than $8 billion in OpenAI stock buying other companies too. Fake money spent like it’s real
Sam Altman has said: "The biggest economic misunderstanding of my childhood was that people got rich from high salaries."
January 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
This is a quote that’ll be in The Big Short 2. His entire history is getting rich off insider stock bullshit, and OpenAI has spent more than $8 billion in OpenAI stock buying other companies too. Fake money spent like it’s real
Decided to crash out instead of trying to write about post-oil crisis South Asia in the Cold War. Seems like a solid and healthy choice.
January 3, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Decided to crash out instead of trying to write about post-oil crisis South Asia in the Cold War. Seems like a solid and healthy choice.
Insider trading on regime change. A perfect Trumpian twist to the long arc of US foreign policy.
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Insider trading on regime change. A perfect Trumpian twist to the long arc of US foreign policy.
Honestly as an historian of empire I didn’t sign up for this much “relevance.”
January 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Honestly as an historian of empire I didn’t sign up for this much “relevance.”
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The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
A Criminal Empire
The United States launches a conquest and occupation of Venezuela to extract its oil wealth. The neocon dream is the America First dream
www.forever-wars.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
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🚨 HAPPENING NOW: Residents of Baltimore & local organizers gather in front of City Hall to protest the Trump regime's lawless military invasion of Venezuela & kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro & his wife Cilia Flores this morning. I'm on the ground for @therealnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
🚨 HAPPENING NOW: Residents of Baltimore & local organizers gather in front of City Hall to protest the Trump regime's lawless military invasion of Venezuela & kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro & his wife Cilia Flores this morning. I'm on the ground for @therealnews.com
Lol this guy makes Tony Blair look like a model of independence, integrity and strength 🤣😂
Starmer asked to respond to Trump breaking international law and seizing the leader of another sovereign nation replies that it is his "responsibility" to have a good relationship with the US President.
"I have stepped up that responsibility [and] I do get on with President Trump," he tells the BBC
"I have stepped up that responsibility [and] I do get on with President Trump," he tells the BBC
January 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Lol this guy makes Tony Blair look like a model of independence, integrity and strength 🤣😂
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The Mayor of New York City @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has released a statement:
January 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
The Mayor of New York City @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has released a statement:
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Despite the circumstances, it’s heartwarming to see all the folks who came out on such short notice braving the cold and for the socialist orgs who showed up to: @pslweb.bsky.social, Black Alliance for Peace, CPUSA
January 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Despite the circumstances, it’s heartwarming to see all the folks who came out on such short notice braving the cold and for the socialist orgs who showed up to: @pslweb.bsky.social, Black Alliance for Peace, CPUSA
Fascinating to see the speed of international leftist and anti-imperialist action on the ground in support of Venezuelans. Italian Communists have hit the ground running with demonstrations organized and announced in Rome, Milan and Livorno. The anti-genocide networks are mobilizing.
January 3, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Fascinating to see the speed of international leftist and anti-imperialist action on the ground in support of Venezuelans. Italian Communists have hit the ground running with demonstrations organized and announced in Rome, Milan and Livorno. The anti-genocide networks are mobilizing.
Interesting. Diosdado Cabello seems to be mobilizing colectivos on the street. So far the main players seem united against the imperial invasion.
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 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Interesting. Diosdado Cabello seems to be mobilizing colectivos on the street. So far the main players seem united against the imperial invasion.
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Spain will not recognize US intervention in Venezuela, PM says reut.rs/4ppZOJb
Spain will not recognize US intervention in Venezuela, PM says
Spain will not recognize a U.S. intervention in Venezuela that violates international law, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday, after U.S. forces captured long-serving Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in an overnight operation.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Spain will not recognize US intervention in Venezuela, PM says reut.rs/4ppZOJb