Joe Heaver
@joerosheav.bsky.social
“The question is, will it work? I think Delcy is going to dance the tango with Team Trump and then she’s going to be stabbed in the back by Diosdado and Padrino López, and then Trump will be back in a kinetic sense.”
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The woman with Donald Trump’s nod to lead Venezuela
Washington has built its transition plans around vice-president Delcy Rodríguez, a canny operator close to the oil industry
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January 5, 2026 at 10:19 AM
“The question is, will it work? I think Delcy is going to dance the tango with Team Trump and then she’s going to be stabbed in the back by Diosdado and Padrino López, and then Trump will be back in a kinetic sense.”
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AI accounts for 40 per cent of US GDP growth this year.
Foreigners now also own about 30 per cent of the US market.
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Foreigners now also own about 30 per cent of the US market.
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America is now one big bet on AI
It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy
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October 9, 2025 at 3:14 AM
AI accounts for 40 per cent of US GDP growth this year.
Foreigners now also own about 30 per cent of the US market.
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Foreigners now also own about 30 per cent of the US market.
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"One reason that crisis seems less apt a term in the current moment is that the disruptions are so intentional. If Israel’s intent is to flatten Gaza... those aren’t processes akin to a pandemic or a financial crisis. They are deliberate acts of aggression"
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September 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"One reason that crisis seems less apt a term in the current moment is that the disruptions are so intentional. If Israel’s intent is to flatten Gaza... those aren’t processes akin to a pandemic or a financial crisis. They are deliberate acts of aggression"
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"Though many Tibetans resented China’s assault on their faith and traditions, not all mourned the fall of the rapacious feudal families who fled with the Dalai Lama in 1959"
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Dalai Lama decides to reincarnate. His successor may only get an imagined homeland to rule
There is little doubt about what Beijing will do if the successor to the Dalai Lama is chosen from within Tibet. China has no intention of allowing India or the West to influence its Tibet policy.
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July 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
"Though many Tibetans resented China’s assault on their faith and traditions, not all mourned the fall of the rapacious feudal families who fled with the Dalai Lama in 1959"
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"Ali Khamenei is likely to become the Islamic Republic's last 'Supreme Leader' in the full sense of the word."
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When the Supreme Leader emerges, he'll be leading a changed Iran
The war has left the country significantly weakened - and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a diminished leader
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June 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
"Ali Khamenei is likely to become the Islamic Republic's last 'Supreme Leader' in the full sense of the word."
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A Beijing-backed militia [UWSA] is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar [Monghsat township] near the border with Thailand, as China moves to secure control of the minerals it is wielding as a bargaining chip in a trade war with the United States.
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Exclusive: China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar
Beijing is heavily reliant on Myanmar for the rare earth metals and oxides needed to produce them.
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June 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A Beijing-backed militia [UWSA] is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar [Monghsat township] near the border with Thailand, as China moves to secure control of the minerals it is wielding as a bargaining chip in a trade war with the United States.
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"International agencies may not volunteer to step aside"
to dismantle bubble of camp life, "shift to mobile cash, scale up in-camp livelihood initiatives, ramp up development financing for host community"
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to dismantle bubble of camp life, "shift to mobile cash, scale up in-camp livelihood initiatives, ramp up development financing for host community"
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Funding cuts force new thinking for world’s largest refugee camp
The IFRC’s regional director lays out a roadmap for how to improve conditions for more than a million Rohingya refugees.
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June 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"International agencies may not volunteer to step aside"
to dismantle bubble of camp life, "shift to mobile cash, scale up in-camp livelihood initiatives, ramp up development financing for host community"
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to dismantle bubble of camp life, "shift to mobile cash, scale up in-camp livelihood initiatives, ramp up development financing for host community"
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"Heavy metals from Wa-controlled mines continue contaminating the Kok and Sai Rivers. Despite media attention, the Wa remain unbothered. Thai officials are sent in circles between the junta and the Wa"
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The Wa’s Bold Agenda and Thailand’s Minimal Response
Paskorn Jumlongrach In April 2024,
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May 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"Heavy metals from Wa-controlled mines continue contaminating the Kok and Sai Rivers. Despite media attention, the Wa remain unbothered. Thai officials are sent in circles between the junta and the Wa"
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In 2010 UN peacekeeping budget $7 billion / humanitarian operations $9 billion. In 2024, UN peacekeeping budget less than $6 billion / humanitarian operations $35 billion.
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Doing “Less with Less” at the UN | International Crisis Group
Sweeping cuts in U.S. contributions have put UN finances under great strain. Many at the UN have long felt it should slim down, but less thought has been given to what a smaller organisation will mean...
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May 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
In 2010 UN peacekeeping budget $7 billion / humanitarian operations $9 billion. In 2024, UN peacekeeping budget less than $6 billion / humanitarian operations $35 billion.
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"I'm not afraid about AI taking my job. I'm much more afriad about AI just completely sucking the joy out of my job"
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Where Do Scientists Think This Is All Going? | Quanta Magazine
We asked some of the world’s foremost experts an impossible question. Amazingly, they answered.
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May 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"I'm not afraid about AI taking my job. I'm much more afriad about AI just completely sucking the joy out of my job"
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"After the takeover, KIA announced a pause in exports. Although trade has now resumed, the price of terbium has risen significantly by more than 21 percent"
"Almost two-thirds of the heavy rare earths dysprosium and terbiumon the global market come from Myanmar"
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"Almost two-thirds of the heavy rare earths dysprosium and terbiumon the global market come from Myanmar"
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Rare Earths: Why European Industries Are Dependent on Myanmar | Heinrich Böll Stiftung
Almost two-thirds of the heavy rare earths dysprosium and terbium on the global market come from Myanmar. How should Germany and Europe deal with the mining of urgently needed rare earths in the civil...
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May 1, 2025 at 6:18 AM
"After the takeover, KIA announced a pause in exports. Although trade has now resumed, the price of terbium has risen significantly by more than 21 percent"
"Almost two-thirds of the heavy rare earths dysprosium and terbiumon the global market come from Myanmar"
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"Almost two-thirds of the heavy rare earths dysprosium and terbiumon the global market come from Myanmar"
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