Gaye Murray
@tortymurray.bsky.social
European Scot. Located Alto Alantejo, Portugal. Prof career in psycho- therapeutic services. No more crofter, Isle of Skye.
Owned by Moça 🐕, a PWD.
Interests: thinking, learning, books!
Arts, past & present, r 🪟 to humanity's now.
Chronic pain.
Owned by Moça 🐕, a PWD.
Interests: thinking, learning, books!
Arts, past & present, r 🪟 to humanity's now.
Chronic pain.
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~ Half the visuals you/ me have seen, or poss re posted ,
r FALSE
( ref Venezuela events)
~ Half the visuals you/ me have seen, or poss re posted ,
r FALSE
( ref Venezuela events)
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 4, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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~ Half the visuals you/ me have seen, or poss re posted ,
r FALSE
( ref Venezuela events)
~ Half the visuals you/ me have seen, or poss re posted ,
r FALSE
( ref Venezuela events)
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This widely shared post, which claims to show Venezuelans celebrating the fall of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, is false.
The video was actually filmed in Miami, Florida, and not in Venezuela.
The video was actually filmed in Miami, Florida, and not in Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This widely shared post, which claims to show Venezuelans celebrating the fall of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, is false.
The video was actually filmed in Miami, Florida, and not in Venezuela.
The video was actually filmed in Miami, Florida, and not in Venezuela.
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More AI-generated images of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro being detained by US military and drug enforcement agents have been shared online.
They are all fake and created by an Instagram user who makes and posts generative AI content.
They are all fake and created by an Instagram user who makes and posts generative AI content.
January 3, 2026 at 10:34 PM
More AI-generated images of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro being detained by US military and drug enforcement agents have been shared online.
They are all fake and created by an Instagram user who makes and posts generative AI content.
They are all fake and created by an Instagram user who makes and posts generative AI content.
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This video falsely claims to show US strikes on the Fort Tiuna military site in Venezuela this morning.
In fact, it shows Iranian missile strikes on Israel during the 12-day war in June.
In fact, it shows Iranian missile strikes on Israel during the 12-day war in June.
January 3, 2026 at 5:56 PM
This video falsely claims to show US strikes on the Fort Tiuna military site in Venezuela this morning.
In fact, it shows Iranian missile strikes on Israel during the 12-day war in June.
In fact, it shows Iranian missile strikes on Israel during the 12-day war in June.
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This video falsely claims to show US strikes on a port in the Venezuelan capital Caracas tonight.
But the clip dates back to October 2024, and shows Iranian missile strikes on the Nevatim air base in Israel.
But the clip dates back to October 2024, and shows Iranian missile strikes on the Nevatim air base in Israel.
January 3, 2026 at 5:58 PM
This video falsely claims to show US strikes on a port in the Venezuelan capital Caracas tonight.
But the clip dates back to October 2024, and shows Iranian missile strikes on the Nevatim air base in Israel.
But the clip dates back to October 2024, and shows Iranian missile strikes on the Nevatim air base in Israel.
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Every clip in this 2:38-minute video montage shows Iranian missile strikes on Israel in 2024 and 2025, none of clips are linked to US strikes on Venezuela this morning.
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Every clip in this 2:38-minute video montage shows Iranian missile strikes on Israel in 2024 and 2025, none of clips are linked to US strikes on Venezuela this morning.
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1/ A doutrina Trump já está em vigor: os EUA reclamam o direito de intervir e mudar regimes no seu hemisfério,e o facto de condenarmos o regime autoritário de Maduro não nos deve fazer esquecer q estamos perante uma violação do direito internacional e da Carta das Nações Unidas.
January 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM
1/ A doutrina Trump já está em vigor: os EUA reclamam o direito de intervir e mudar regimes no seu hemisfério,e o facto de condenarmos o regime autoritário de Maduro não nos deve fazer esquecer q estamos perante uma violação do direito internacional e da Carta das Nações Unidas.
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No quick wins in tapping Venezuela's oil reserves reut.rs/4piX1RN
No quick wins in tapping Venezuela's oil reserves
Venezuela is unlikely to see any meaningful boost to crude output for years even if U.S. oil majors do invest the billions of dollars in the country that President Donald Trump promised just hours following Nicolás Maduro's capture by U.S. forces.
reut.rs
January 4, 2026 at 1:01 AM
No quick wins in tapping Venezuela's oil reserves reut.rs/4piX1RN
Winter sunrise across the flooded river bed - before the clouds arrived again!
January 4, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Winter sunrise across the flooded river bed - before the clouds arrived again!
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Anoushka Shankar
with Sandra Carrasco
and Alvaro Antona
Raga Flamenco
live performance
youtu.be/85yqV_lfbG8?si=7l8CcyjFK6liwzjo
with Sandra Carrasco
and Alvaro Antona
Raga Flamenco
live performance
youtu.be/85yqV_lfbG8?si=7l8CcyjFK6liwzjo
November 2, 2024 at 2:52 AM
Anoushka Shankar
with Sandra Carrasco
and Alvaro Antona
Raga Flamenco
live performance
youtu.be/85yqV_lfbG8?si=7l8CcyjFK6liwzjo
with Sandra Carrasco
and Alvaro Antona
Raga Flamenco
live performance
youtu.be/85yqV_lfbG8?si=7l8CcyjFK6liwzjo
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Spot on from the brilliant @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social 👇
Wrote a thing:
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
Five Facets of the Attack on Venezuela by the Rogue Nation the US Has Become
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They are saying it baldly: this is an oil grab. There is a history of oil grabs going back to British imperialism in the middle east in the late nineteenth century and murders of Osage Nation triba...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Spot on from the brilliant @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social 👇
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Several people have asked me “how did you know to write this article right before the attack?”
I’ll never tell (it was luck).
I’ll never tell (it was luck).
Anyone advocating regime change in Venezuela is implicitly advocating for a long, bloody, expensive commitment—whether they acknowledge it or not. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social:
What ‘Regime Change’ in Venezuela Would Really Mean
It’s not clear the administration has settled on a goal, much less considered the consequences.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Several people have asked me “how did you know to write this article right before the attack?”
I’ll never tell (it was luck).
I’ll never tell (it was luck).
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An adorable Egyptian figurine: a resting hippo, painted with Nile flora in black lines, evoking the lush riverbanks where hippos lived.
In Egyptian culture, hippos were generally associated with life, fertility, and rebirth.
Dating around 1900 BC.🧵1/2
📷 me
In Egyptian culture, hippos were generally associated with life, fertility, and rebirth.
Dating around 1900 BC.🧵1/2
📷 me
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
An adorable Egyptian figurine: a resting hippo, painted with Nile flora in black lines, evoking the lush riverbanks where hippos lived.
In Egyptian culture, hippos were generally associated with life, fertility, and rebirth.
Dating around 1900 BC.🧵1/2
📷 me
In Egyptian culture, hippos were generally associated with life, fertility, and rebirth.
Dating around 1900 BC.🧵1/2
📷 me
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A video from my balcony overlooking all the security and media surrounding the West Side heliport ....
January 4, 2026 at 12:30 AM
A video from my balcony overlooking all the security and media surrounding the West Side heliport ....
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"Whatever messes can sometimes be thrown up in a world based on democratic self-determination, it is better, surely, than returning to the time when borders can be changed by force. If the world we’ve built since 1945 truly is passing, we will miss it when it’s gone."
Feels relevant this morning.
Feels relevant this morning.
Some thoughts on the border conflicts of 2025
A bit written specially for the Spanish edition of the book.
jonn.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 AM
"Whatever messes can sometimes be thrown up in a world based on democratic self-determination, it is better, surely, than returning to the time when borders can be changed by force. If the world we’ve built since 1945 truly is passing, we will miss it when it’s gone."
Feels relevant this morning.
Feels relevant this morning.
European leaders + those that support Ukraine r carefully building equivalence with Venezuela?
Essentially
No Ukraine without Ukraine
No Venezuela without Venezuela
(Pretty clear from every statement, with UK excepted cause Starmer still dithering?)
Essentially
No Ukraine without Ukraine
No Venezuela without Venezuela
(Pretty clear from every statement, with UK excepted cause Starmer still dithering?)
January 4, 2026 at 12:38 AM
European leaders + those that support Ukraine r carefully building equivalence with Venezuela?
Essentially
No Ukraine without Ukraine
No Venezuela without Venezuela
(Pretty clear from every statement, with UK excepted cause Starmer still dithering?)
Essentially
No Ukraine without Ukraine
No Venezuela without Venezuela
(Pretty clear from every statement, with UK excepted cause Starmer still dithering?)
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“Trump declared ‘Donroe Doctrine,’ another moment that will stand for ages as an embarrassment to the U.S. and raises the question yet again of whether the commander in chief is cognitively stable enough to be ordering the invasion of other nations”
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Maybe Russia and China Should Sit This One Out
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are just shocked—shocked!—by the American attack on Venezuela.
www.theatlantic.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:20 AM
“Trump declared ‘Donroe Doctrine,’ another moment that will stand for ages as an embarrassment to the U.S. and raises the question yet again of whether the commander in chief is cognitively stable enough to be ordering the invasion of other nations”
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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I'm trying to get a sense of how many (other) people were invited and then disinvited from US campuses last year. If you have a story to share, please dm. I will keep it confidential – just trying to figure out the scale of this.
January 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I'm trying to get a sense of how many (other) people were invited and then disinvited from US campuses last year. If you have a story to share, please dm. I will keep it confidential – just trying to figure out the scale of this.
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Already Congress is coming up with excuses not to do anything.
For shame.
For shame.
January 4, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Already Congress is coming up with excuses not to do anything.
For shame.
For shame.
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But another risk for Europe is Putin invading (say) the Baltic states, and Trump pressuring them as he's pressuring Ukraine, to give up territory for "peace" plus business deals for his cronies etc
To be clear, I'm not saying Trump has some innate respect for Europe's boundaries (plus, as someone rightly said, Greenland is in north America)
Whilst I don't think we can rule out the possibility that Trump will eventually set his sights on Greenland, do think maybe Europeans are centring ourselves a bit to act like it's possibly next on the list.
Right now, this is about America asserting its dominance in its home continent
Right now, this is about America asserting its dominance in its home continent
January 4, 2026 at 12:20 AM
But another risk for Europe is Putin invading (say) the Baltic states, and Trump pressuring them as he's pressuring Ukraine, to give up territory for "peace" plus business deals for his cronies etc
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Os EUA invadiram um país soberano e raptaram um chefe de Estado. É Trump que explica, a quem tenta justificar o injustificável, que isto não é sobre democracia ou liberdade. É mesmo uma ocupação para explorar o petróleo Venezuelano. Trump tem de ser travado.
January 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Os EUA invadiram um país soberano e raptaram um chefe de Estado. É Trump que explica, a quem tenta justificar o injustificável, que isto não é sobre democracia ou liberdade. É mesmo uma ocupação para explorar o petróleo Venezuelano. Trump tem de ser travado.
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The indictment doesn’t mention oil or fentanyl. Just cocaine. (After he just pardoned the president of Honduras)
January 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The indictment doesn’t mention oil or fentanyl. Just cocaine. (After he just pardoned the president of Honduras)
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Teenage sensation Indra Brown continues stunning rise with historic World Cup gold
Teenage sensation Indra Brown continues stunning rise with historic World Cup gold
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Australia skier wins freeski halfpipe to close on Winter Olympics spot
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The 15-year-old is youngest Australian to win a World Cup event
Australian teenager Indra Brown has continued her stunning rise, winning her first World Cup freeski halfpipe gold medal as the Winter Olympics loom large.
The 15-year-old from Melbourne maintained her dramatic progression in her first three World Cup career starts, following a bronze medal at Secret Garden, China and silver at Copper Mountain in the US, as Saturday’s victory in Calgary, Canada made her the youngest Australian to win a World Cup event. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Teenage sensation Indra Brown continues stunning rise with historic World Cup gold
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This is so true. The more data we get, the more we're important, unanticipated protection
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h...
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
This is so true. The more data we get, the more we're important, unanticipated protection
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h...