SpacePrez
@spaceprez.bsky.social
Senior Engineer at EA/Maxis
Previously Blizzard
He/Him/They 🏳️🌈
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Previously Blizzard
He/Him/They 🏳️🌈
All views are my own and do not reflect my employer
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Really starting to feel like part of this is Trump and Hegseth and co. wanting their own “we got him” moment. Expecting war room photos like the bin Laden strike ones to hit CBS by noon.
#BREAKING via Jennifer Jacobs - Nicolas Maduro was captured by Delta Force, the U.S. military's top special mission unit, according to U.S. officials. Army Delta Force was also responsible for the mission that killed al-Baghdadi in 2019.
January 3, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Really starting to feel like part of this is Trump and Hegseth and co. wanting their own “we got him” moment. Expecting war room photos like the bin Laden strike ones to hit CBS by noon.
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This war is brought to you by crypto bros and AI tech execs.
January 3, 2026 at 9:59 AM
This war is brought to you by crypto bros and AI tech execs.
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Rules-based international order has had a rough couple of decades, but this pretty much ends it entirely. Both the strikes and the capture of Maduro are also blatant violations of US domestic law too, of course.
January 3, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Rules-based international order has had a rough couple of decades, but this pretty much ends it entirely. Both the strikes and the capture of Maduro are also blatant violations of US domestic law too, of course.
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Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
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Trump’s action has freed up world powers to do whatever they want. International law no longer counts. Only strength.
January 3, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Trump’s action has freed up world powers to do whatever they want. International law no longer counts. Only strength.
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If anyone supports this on the grounds that Maduro sucks, they are endorsing an end to all attempts at a post-WWII international legal regime, no matter how flawed that system might be. Accepting this means endorsing pure unilateral might makes right.
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 AM
If anyone supports this on the grounds that Maduro sucks, they are endorsing an end to all attempts at a post-WWII international legal regime, no matter how flawed that system might be. Accepting this means endorsing pure unilateral might makes right.
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When China invades Taiwan sometime in the coming years, it will say the US has no moral authority to oppose its takeover, and to the degree that the US is the Trump administration, China will be right.
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
When China invades Taiwan sometime in the coming years, it will say the US has no moral authority to oppose its takeover, and to the degree that the US is the Trump administration, China will be right.
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U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee was not notified ahead of U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela, source tells CNN
January 3, 2026 at 9:04 AM
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee was not notified ahead of U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela, source tells CNN
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The US has just done something that could lead to Russia and China retaliation against us and it’s really quite hard to fathom the simultaneous idiocy and violence of what we’re living through.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: U.S. Captures Venezuelan Leader, Trump Says
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:37 AM
The US has just done something that could lead to Russia and China retaliation against us and it’s really quite hard to fathom the simultaneous idiocy and violence of what we’re living through.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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FLASH: TRUMP SAYS U.S. HAS CAPTURED VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO AND HIS WIFE
January 3, 2026 at 9:24 AM
FLASH: TRUMP SAYS U.S. HAS CAPTURED VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO AND HIS WIFE
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APNewsAlert: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says #Venezuela's Maduro has been captured after the US conducted a 'large scale strike' on country.
January 3, 2026 at 9:27 AM
APNewsAlert: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says #Venezuela's Maduro has been captured after the US conducted a 'large scale strike' on country.
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You never do really get over the experience of being the kid who actually learned from their homework surrounded by peers who just wanted to get through it, only to reach adulthood and recognize in others that they were those peers and absorbed nothing of note from all of their schooling.
January 3, 2026 at 8:54 AM
You never do really get over the experience of being the kid who actually learned from their homework surrounded by peers who just wanted to get through it, only to reach adulthood and recognize in others that they were those peers and absorbed nothing of note from all of their schooling.
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Video from the port city of La Guaira shows the aftermath of explosions that took place across Venezuela on early Saturday morning. President Maduro has declared a state of emergency after accusing the US of striking the country.
January 3, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Video from the port city of La Guaira shows the aftermath of explosions that took place across Venezuela on early Saturday morning. President Maduro has declared a state of emergency after accusing the US of striking the country.
"A republic, if you can keep it"
January 3, 2026 at 8:39 AM
"A republic, if you can keep it"
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The members who did the "don't follow illegal orders" video absolutely need to immediately do a "hey these were the illegal orders we were talking about and participating in them can expect to face consequences to the fullest extent of the law" video
Uniformed military are involved in this shambolic behavior and they all need to be held to account
A primary goal of the discussion now on dragging dem pols to do the right thing has to be on widespread accountability and where appropriate prosecutions of significant numbers of servicemembers
A primary goal of the discussion now on dragging dem pols to do the right thing has to be on widespread accountability and where appropriate prosecutions of significant numbers of servicemembers
Inexcusable shit.
January 3, 2026 at 8:29 AM
The members who did the "don't follow illegal orders" video absolutely need to immediately do a "hey these were the illegal orders we were talking about and participating in them can expect to face consequences to the fullest extent of the law" video
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The thing you absolutely must remember about the Trump admin is that THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS. They just don't have enough! They don't have enough to do mass deportations, they don't have enough to occupy cities, they certainly don't have enough to suppress regular dissent.
to all the people shitting themselves about Trump somehow magically launching a nation-wide crackdown on American dissenters tomorrow: please do keep this in mind
If this admin actually had any semblance of their shit together, or felt confident about asserting domestic force against mass dissent, they wouldn’t have withdrawn the National Guard from U.S. cities right BEFORE launching an illegal and wildly unpopular war.
January 3, 2026 at 8:24 AM
The thing you absolutely must remember about the Trump admin is that THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS. They just don't have enough! They don't have enough to do mass deportations, they don't have enough to occupy cities, they certainly don't have enough to suppress regular dissent.
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Whether attempting regime change in Venezuela is smart or just is not the question. Many will try to make it the question.
The question is whether the President can start wars without the authorization of Congress. The question is whether the armed forces are still loyal to the Constitution.
The question is whether the President can start wars without the authorization of Congress. The question is whether the armed forces are still loyal to the Constitution.
January 3, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Whether attempting regime change in Venezuela is smart or just is not the question. Many will try to make it the question.
The question is whether the President can start wars without the authorization of Congress. The question is whether the armed forces are still loyal to the Constitution.
The question is whether the President can start wars without the authorization of Congress. The question is whether the armed forces are still loyal to the Constitution.
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BREAKING: Trump has ordered airstrikes on sites in Venezuela, including military facilities, U.S. officials confirm - CBS
January 3, 2026 at 7:40 AM
BREAKING: Trump has ordered airstrikes on sites in Venezuela, including military facilities, U.S. officials confirm - CBS
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He even got a green-light for oil from Maduro diplomatically, this isn't about oil, it's for fancams and dick-swinging and that's even more damning than a goddamn resource war.
January 3, 2026 at 8:17 AM
He even got a green-light for oil from Maduro diplomatically, this isn't about oil, it's for fancams and dick-swinging and that's even more damning than a goddamn resource war.
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I truly wish ill on every single one of the “what’s the worst that could happen if he gets back in the White House lol” geniuses
January 3, 2026 at 8:16 AM
I truly wish ill on every single one of the “what’s the worst that could happen if he gets back in the White House lol” geniuses
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Who couldve really foreseen this
January 3, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Who couldve really foreseen this
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Attack helicopter providing very close direct fire support. Based on the rocket pods and minigun fire this is likely an MH-60L DAP or AH-6, both of which are used by the 160th SOAR
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Attack helicopter providing very close direct fire support. Based on the rocket pods and minigun fire this is likely an MH-60L DAP or AH-6, both of which are used by the 160th SOAR
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Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.