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‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US
‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US
Most of the Americas have suffered from interference from their powerful northern neighbour – and are usually the worse off for it
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:25 AM
‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US
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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 has promised.
Despite Maduro's capture, there are no quick wins in tapping Venezuela's oil reserves
The South American country may have the world's largest estimated oil reserves, but output has plummeted over the past decades.
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January 4, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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 has promised.
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Wild idea: Trump takes over Venezuelan oil; floods the oil market making oil very cheap; Russia goes bust and has to withdraw from Ukraine; Iran regime finally collapses.
And we all live happily ever after.
Tonight's posts are sponsored by Ketamine.
And we all live happily ever after.
Tonight's posts are sponsored by Ketamine.
January 3, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Wild idea: Trump takes over Venezuelan oil; floods the oil market making oil very cheap; Russia goes bust and has to withdraw from Ukraine; Iran regime finally collapses.
And we all live happily ever after.
Tonight's posts are sponsored by Ketamine.
And we all live happily ever after.
Tonight's posts are sponsored by Ketamine.
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Along with Julia Wester, Shiffman surveyed over 800 scientists, science educators, and science communicators and found that Twitter—once the gold standard for online science discussion—is being abandoned by scientists in droves
www.southernfriedscience.com/twitter-suck...
www.southernfriedscience.com/twitter-suck...
“Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky:” Our new survey shows that scientists no longer find Twitter professionally useful or pleasant
My colleague Dr. Julia Wester and I have a new paper out in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology reporting on the results of a survey distributed to over 800 scientists, science educator…
www.southernfriedscience.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Along with Julia Wester, Shiffman surveyed over 800 scientists, science educators, and science communicators and found that Twitter—once the gold standard for online science discussion—is being abandoned by scientists in droves
www.southernfriedscience.com/twitter-suck...
www.southernfriedscience.com/twitter-suck...
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For the first time since the pandemic there are more unemployed people than job openings.
Everything is going according to plan, Project 2025.
Everything is going according to plan, Project 2025.
September 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
For the first time since the pandemic there are more unemployed people than job openings.
Everything is going according to plan, Project 2025.
Everything is going according to plan, Project 2025.
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Bill Gates writes about the privilege of being raised in a generation where everyone was feral by the standards of today’s overparenting.
Bill Gates’s ‘Source Code’ Is a Thank You Letter to Lax Parenting
In a memoir of his childhood, the Microsoft founder attributes his success to a mix of freedom and luck.
www.bloomberg.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Bill Gates writes about the privilege of being raised in a generation where everyone was feral by the standards of today’s overparenting.
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I've activated the emergency newsletter-writing system open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
The End of North America
Trump pulls the trigger on tariffs
open.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I've activated the emergency newsletter-writing system open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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January 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Voter fury is driven by online disinformation, which is driven by foreign bad actors for this exact reason - power. We are in the middle of an information war that is winning elections, and we need to fight back!!!
January 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Voter fury is driven by online disinformation, which is driven by foreign bad actors for this exact reason - power. We are in the middle of an information war that is winning elections, and we need to fight back!!!
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the crazy part is this means the facebook we’ve all been experiencing for the past 5 years was the *good* version
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
the crazy part is this means the facebook we’ve all been experiencing for the past 5 years was the *good* version