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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
Weird how the US can arrest Maduro but not Bibi. It's almost as if it's all bullshit.
January 3, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Weird how the US can arrest Maduro but not Bibi. It's almost as if it's all bullshit.
So the US, has now become a pariah state, unilaterally attacking Venezuela (without congress, without the people support). This is all the regime, and they should be immediately removed from office, by the people and by any remaining law abiding government officials.
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 AM
So the US, has now become a pariah state, unilaterally attacking Venezuela (without congress, without the people support). This is all the regime, and they should be immediately removed from office, by the people and by any remaining law abiding government officials.
January 2, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Zohran Mamdani gave his inaugural speech as New York City's 112th mayor after ceremonially taking the oath of office outside of City Hall on Thursday.
January 1, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Zohran Mamdani gave his inaugural speech as New York City's 112th mayor after ceremonially taking the oath of office outside of City Hall on Thursday.
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Danish PM defies Trump in New Year’s speech as US rehashes Greenland annexation plans
Danish PM defies Trump in New Year’s speech as US rehashes Greenland annexation plans
Danish PM defies Trump in New Year’s speech as US rehashes Greenland annexation plans
www.independent.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Danish PM defies Trump in New Year’s speech as US rehashes Greenland annexation plans
Combined, Russia and Israel account 88% of state led violence against civilians in 2025.
acleddata.com/report/whats...
acleddata.com/report/whats...
What's driving conflict today? A review of global trends
ACLED’s conflict data shed light on how governments and armed groups are changing the global political landscape.
acleddata.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Combined, Russia and Israel account 88% of state led violence against civilians in 2025.
acleddata.com/report/whats...
acleddata.com/report/whats...
December 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left.
Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
The shocking far-right agenda behind the surveillance tech used by ICE and the FBI
Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
www.motherjones.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left.
Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
Deprivation of care and deprivation of the conditions necessary to sustain life. The genocide continues unabated.
apnews.com/article/gaza...
apnews.com/article/gaza...
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza.
apnews.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Deprivation of care and deprivation of the conditions necessary to sustain life. The genocide continues unabated.
apnews.com/article/gaza...
apnews.com/article/gaza...
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Russian losses in Ukraine rising faster than ever, finds new analysis
Russian losses in Ukraine rising faster than ever, finds new analysis
Russian losses in Ukraine rising faster than ever, finds new analysis
www.independent.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Russian losses in Ukraine rising faster than ever, finds new analysis
December 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
By 2100 it is projected that this zone may stretch from Brazil to Oklahoma. Where do you think all those people are going to go?
‘When you plant something, it dies’: Brazil’s first arid zone is a stark warning for the whole country
‘When you plant something, it dies’: Brazil’s first arid zone is a stark warning for the whole country
The Caatinga in the north-east has been transformed by the heating climate in just a generation and could become the country’s first desert
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
By 2100 it is projected that this zone may stretch from Brazil to Oklahoma. Where do you think all those people are going to go?
Sounds lovely
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Sounds lovely
December 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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“It’s hard to think of a more important English philosopher or cultural thinker this century than Mark Fisher.” Sukhdev Sandhu on the man who’s the subject of a new documentary:
The permanent influence of Mark Fisher
A new film grapples with one of the finest—and broadest—minds of the 21st century
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“It’s hard to think of a more important English philosopher or cultural thinker this century than Mark Fisher.” Sukhdev Sandhu on the man who’s the subject of a new documentary:
December 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
In fact, a major project for post-Foucaldian scholars is to construct theoretical syntheses between Foucault and Marx since such a connection does not exist from Foucault. Of course the right never actually does the reading or else they would know this.
Michel Foucault still confuses the Right, 40 years later
"The intellectual godfather behind Foucault isn’t Marx [as right wing critics like Jordan Peterson insist] but Nietzsche."
via @buffsoldier96.bsky.social
unherd.com/newsroom/mic...
"The intellectual godfather behind Foucault isn’t Marx [as right wing critics like Jordan Peterson insist] but Nietzsche."
via @buffsoldier96.bsky.social
unherd.com/newsroom/mic...
Michel Foucault still confuses the Right, 40 years later
Michel Foucault, who died 40 years ago today, is undoubtedly one of the most influential intellectuals of the late 20th century. The standard narrative which has circulated about him for decades, espe...
unherd.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
In fact, a major project for post-Foucaldian scholars is to construct theoretical syntheses between Foucault and Marx since such a connection does not exist from Foucault. Of course the right never actually does the reading or else they would know this.
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
Important review of new panoramic history of capitalism’s takeover of world. As Lynskey points out Marx and Engels identified in 1848 that its power lay in its virtues as much as its vices. But since 1970s neoliberalism, capitalism in vulture mode, has no upside
Important review of new panoramic history of capitalism’s takeover of world. As Lynskey points out Marx and Engels identified in 1848 that its power lay in its virtues as much as its vices. But since 1970s neoliberalism, capitalism in vulture mode, has no upside
Capitalism by Sven Beckert review – an extraordinary history of the economic system that controls our lives
The Harvard professor provides a ceaseless flow of startling details in this exhaustively researched, 1000-year account
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
Important review of new panoramic history of capitalism’s takeover of world. As Lynskey points out Marx and Engels identified in 1848 that its power lay in its virtues as much as its vices. But since 1970s neoliberalism, capitalism in vulture mode, has no upside
Important review of new panoramic history of capitalism’s takeover of world. As Lynskey points out Marx and Engels identified in 1848 that its power lay in its virtues as much as its vices. But since 1970s neoliberalism, capitalism in vulture mode, has no upside
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Unreliable. Creating more problems than solving them. A negative force on the world stage.
This is how large shares of America’s closest allies view the U.S., according to our new poll.
This is how large shares of America’s closest allies view the U.S., according to our new poll.
Poll: Major allies see US as unreliable and destabilizing
Pluralities in Germany and France — and a majority of Canadians — say the US is a negative force globally, new POLITICO-Public First polling finds.
www.politico.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Unreliable. Creating more problems than solving them. A negative force on the world stage.
This is how large shares of America’s closest allies view the U.S., according to our new poll.
This is how large shares of America’s closest allies view the U.S., according to our new poll.
Som immigrant i Danmark gør hver 24-timers amerikanske nyhedscyklus mig mere og mere ydmyg og taknemmelig for at kalde Danmark mit nye hjem. Jeg ville aldrig vende tilbage, og jeg savner det slet ikke.
December 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Som immigrant i Danmark gør hver 24-timers amerikanske nyhedscyklus mig mere og mere ydmyg og taknemmelig for at kalde Danmark mit nye hjem. Jeg ville aldrig vende tilbage, og jeg savner det slet ikke.
The biggest threat to Europe (aside from Russia) is external billionaires.
Via Euronews: The rich were quieter after COVID. Now they’re not - and people are noticing
www.euronews.com/business/202...
Via Euronews: The rich were quieter after COVID. Now they’re not - and people are noticing
www.euronews.com/business/202...
When the rich flaunt their wealth, inequality feels worse, study shows
According to new research, people underestimate inequality when they live in segregated social worlds. But when wealth is openly displayed, dissatisfaction rises fast.
www.euronews.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The biggest threat to Europe (aside from Russia) is external billionaires.
Via Euronews: The rich were quieter after COVID. Now they’re not - and people are noticing
www.euronews.com/business/202...
Via Euronews: The rich were quieter after COVID. Now they’re not - and people are noticing
www.euronews.com/business/202...
December 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
December 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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The United Nations has taken notice of domestic protest repression on U.S. campuses.
U.N. Experts Blast U.S. Universities for Human Rights Violations Against Gaza Protesters
The U.N. experts wrote blistering letters to the leaders of five American universities about their crackdowns on Gaza protests.
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December 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The United Nations has taken notice of domestic protest repression on U.S. campuses.