Rodrigo Aguilera 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🇵🇸
@rodaimonia.bsky.social
Economist. Author. Former Chatham House and Economist Intelligence Unit. Democratic Socialist. Diogenes Mindset. Currently writing a book about Mexican elites.
Hot take: Mission: Impossible is quite possibly the only movie franchise bigger than a trilogy that got progressively better over time rather than worse. The original was good but #2 and #3 are meh. Then just started getting better and and better after that with Fallout (#6) being peak excellence.
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Hot take: Mission: Impossible is quite possibly the only movie franchise bigger than a trilogy that got progressively better over time rather than worse. The original was good but #2 and #3 are meh. Then just started getting better and and better after that with Fallout (#6) being peak excellence.
You are a Frenchman on an alpine trek in 1906 and accidentally get buried in an avalanche. You are discovered in 2026 and thawed back to life. You ask to read a newspaper and see this.
February 16, 2026 at 7:14 PM
You are a Frenchman on an alpine trek in 1906 and accidentally get buried in an avalanche. You are discovered in 2026 and thawed back to life. You ask to read a newspaper and see this.
We have sex offender registries so why can't we have sociopath registries? The latter is unquestionably more damaging to every element of society.
a close up of a man peeling off a piece of plastic from his face
ALT: a close up of a man peeling off a piece of plastic from his face
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:04 PM
We have sex offender registries so why can't we have sociopath registries? The latter is unquestionably more damaging to every element of society.
The fact that this comes out the same week as the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (where the US just dropped one point relative to 2024 despite everything Trump has done) tells you everything you need to know about the normalization of private corruption and its capture of the political class.
I'm still SHOCKED by the obscene rise in billionaire election spending since Citizens United in the NYT piece, despite already knowing that election corruption w/ $ was profound. (Recall that BCRA fought dangerous campaign $ in *2002*)
The article data didn't have a graph, so I made one to show it.
The article data didn't have a graph, so I made one to show it.
February 12, 2026 at 10:06 PM
The fact that this comes out the same week as the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (where the US just dropped one point relative to 2024 despite everything Trump has done) tells you everything you need to know about the normalization of private corruption and its capture of the political class.
The fact that the USA dropped just * one point * in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index is proof that this index has always been a farce. Corruption, however egregious, that benefits private business is never punished.
February 12, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The fact that the USA dropped just * one point * in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index is proof that this index has always been a farce. Corruption, however egregious, that benefits private business is never punished.
Every day I am more and more glad that I never upgraded to Windows 11. The absolute worst mainstream operating system ever made.
The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
AI-upgraded Notepad now exposes Windows users to critical exploit
A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the AI-upgraded Windows 11 Notepad has fueled renewed criticism of Microsoft's forced AI feature creep.
cybernews.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Every day I am more and more glad that I never upgraded to Windows 11. The absolute worst mainstream operating system ever made.
Starmer needs to go.
February 11, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Starmer needs to go.
Late to the Alien: Earth game but I'm really enjoying it, mostly because of that creepy a.f. eyeball alien which frankly steals the show in terms of new hostile lifeforms for the Alien lore. Frankly I'm enjoying its scenes way more than those where the (rather AI-looking) Xenomorph appears.
February 10, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Late to the Alien: Earth game but I'm really enjoying it, mostly because of that creepy a.f. eyeball alien which frankly steals the show in terms of new hostile lifeforms for the Alien lore. Frankly I'm enjoying its scenes way more than those where the (rather AI-looking) Xenomorph appears.
It's not "going to" capital. It's being "given to".
The Wall Street Journal just illustrated the core argument of my book: a system rigged to reward capital over labor is one in which even full-time work no longer secures the most basic material needs.
This is the economic order that produces the "working homeless."
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
This is the economic order that produces the "working homeless."
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
February 10, 2026 at 6:54 PM
It's not "going to" capital. It's being "given to".
Never forget that liberal centrists tried to rehabilitate this Klanswoman after she left Fox News.
Megyn Kelly just shouting “FOOTBALL IS OURS” at Piers Morgan about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is the perfect example of this moment in time. Put it in a time capsule and send it out into space.
February 10, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Never forget that liberal centrists tried to rehabilitate this Klanswoman after she left Fox News.
I really do not understand how Wes Streeting is a leading candidate for a successor to Starmer. Same OCD-sociopath haircut, same moral void behind the eyes. No difference in ideology to the Tory-lite brand of Labour that Starmer represents. Nothing would change.
February 9, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I really do not understand how Wes Streeting is a leading candidate for a successor to Starmer. Same OCD-sociopath haircut, same moral void behind the eyes. No difference in ideology to the Tory-lite brand of Labour that Starmer represents. Nothing would change.
I thought no Super Bowl could get more boring than Pats vs Rams back in 2019 but at least that was one close until the very end. This is boring and not close.
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
I thought no Super Bowl could get more boring than Pats vs Rams back in 2019 but at least that was one close until the very end. This is boring and not close.
Not a fan of his music by any stretch or reggaeton in general but Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance was nothing short of phenomenal. Pure Latin joy in a world of White rage.
February 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Not a fan of his music by any stretch or reggaeton in general but Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance was nothing short of phenomenal. Pure Latin joy in a world of White rage.
This is Ukrainian POW in Russian captivity levels of abuse, btw.
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM
This is Ukrainian POW in Russian captivity levels of abuse, btw.
Strike 1: Blocking Andy Burnham
Strike 2: Peter Mandelson scandal
Strike 3: Wipeout by Reform or Greens in the Gorton and Denton by-election on February 26th.
Starmer is out by Spring.
Strike 2: Peter Mandelson scandal
Strike 3: Wipeout by Reform or Greens in the Gorton and Denton by-election on February 26th.
Starmer is out by Spring.
February 6, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Strike 1: Blocking Andy Burnham
Strike 2: Peter Mandelson scandal
Strike 3: Wipeout by Reform or Greens in the Gorton and Denton by-election on February 26th.
Starmer is out by Spring.
Strike 2: Peter Mandelson scandal
Strike 3: Wipeout by Reform or Greens in the Gorton and Denton by-election on February 26th.
Starmer is out by Spring.
This guy should be pardoned on day one of the next Democratic administration (should it ever come). You know, to send a message.
Man who tried to assassinate Trump in Florida sentenced to life in prison
Ryan Routh who tried to kill president in 2024 also gets a consecutive seven-year sentence for gun conviction
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
This guy should be pardoned on day one of the next Democratic administration (should it ever come). You know, to send a message.
"ICE is throwing flash bang grenades the right way" - Ezra Klein
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
"ICE is throwing flash bang grenades the right way" - Ezra Klein
And people wonder why my unadulterated rage towards centrists.
This is why. They are evil, but unlike conservatives, continue to fool themselves into believing they are the only people rational/balanced/dispassionate enough to govern others.
This is why. They are evil, but unlike conservatives, continue to fool themselves into believing they are the only people rational/balanced/dispassionate enough to govern others.
Another banger from Jonathan Guyer, who's been on the USAID-Gaza beat for a few years.
If anyone wonders why I really, really hate Joe Biden and his administration? It's because I had to work for them on Gaza. They're evil, evil people who deserve prison.
If anyone wonders why I really, really hate Joe Biden and his administration? It's because I had to work for them on Gaza. They're evil, evil people who deserve prison.
January 31, 2026 at 6:44 PM
And people wonder why my unadulterated rage towards centrists.
This is why. They are evil, but unlike conservatives, continue to fool themselves into believing they are the only people rational/balanced/dispassionate enough to govern others.
This is why. They are evil, but unlike conservatives, continue to fool themselves into believing they are the only people rational/balanced/dispassionate enough to govern others.
My brother in christ, you had 8 years to abolish ICE.
Here’s a podcast that does a good job of laying out what’s at stake, and why all of us need to get off the sidelines to demand change.
Opinion | Minneapolis Reveals Where Trump’s Deportation Agenda Is Going
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 AM
My brother in christ, you had 8 years to abolish ICE.
When I had my YouTube channel (note to self: need to revive it) I signed up to Gab because I needed to see some videos from a few far right loons (Milo Y IIRC). I still get their e-mails and this one is just wild: apparently the reason Teh Internetz turned to crap is because... brown people. 🤡
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 AM
When I had my YouTube channel (note to self: need to revive it) I signed up to Gab because I needed to see some videos from a few far right loons (Milo Y IIRC). I still get their e-mails and this one is just wild: apparently the reason Teh Internetz turned to crap is because... brown people. 🤡
Funny how conservatives (you know, the free speech and right to offend people) hate people expressing political opinions except when they are compatible with their own.
This is quite literally one of the stupidest human beings alive
January 27, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Funny how conservatives (you know, the free speech and right to offend people) hate people expressing political opinions except when they are compatible with their own.
I guess it's now obvious that the 2nd amendment was not there to protect against tyrannical government but for its supporters to uphold said tyranny.
January 26, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I guess it's now obvious that the 2nd amendment was not there to protect against tyrannical government but for its supporters to uphold said tyranny.
The NYT would have opposed the American Revolution.
This is from the NYT masthead editorial about the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The highlighted line invalidates not just the editorial, but the very idea of newspaper editorials crafted by the consensus of a board. Better to publish nothing at all than to publish a line like this.
!["The temperature in Minneapolis is dangerously high. There is an urgent need for the federal agents deployed to the city to step back and take a breath before more Americans are hurt or killed. [Highlighted]: Those protesting the Trump administration have an equal obligation to avoid violence.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zknk3rjsatent75sdbbopown/bafkreid6g5bmlf3gyxj2egzcy33hkwiaqgrzuoh3yhbpenmvdmvyyobfq4@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 8:11 PM
The NYT would have opposed the American Revolution.
Absolutely fascinating, must-read piece.
For the New Statesman I tracked the career of the corporate raiding Thatcherite turned populist tribune, James Goldsmith
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2026/0...
James Goldsmith, godfather of British populism
Unlike Nigel Farage or Rupert Lowe, Goldsmith told the truth
www.newstatesman.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Absolutely fascinating, must-read piece.
How do I explain to non-rodents that the critter on the left would absolutely destroy the guy on the right in a pound-for-pound race.
January 23, 2026 at 10:06 PM
How do I explain to non-rodents that the critter on the left would absolutely destroy the guy on the right in a pound-for-pound race.