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DC-based technical analyst, I study that which should never be used. All opinions my own, but you probably shouldn't trust me anyways.
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Gallego's surprisingly good at messaging.
January 3, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Gallego's surprisingly good at messaging.
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DOJ plane carrying Venezuela’s Nicholas Maduro lands at New York’s Stewart Airport.
January 3, 2026 at 9:37 PM
DOJ plane carrying Venezuela’s Nicholas Maduro lands at New York’s Stewart Airport.
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"If we hadn’t already, we’ve unquestionably joined the league of ordinary nations—a league in which we’re acting as little more than a bully, and in circumstances in which no obvious principle of self-defense, human rights, or even humantarianism writ large justifies our bellicosity."
Me on Maduro:
Me on Maduro:
200. Five Questions About the Maduro Arrest Operation
Friday night's U.S. military operation in Venezuela was a textbook violation of international law. It's also entirely unauthorized by U.S. law, which ought to (but probably won't) matter.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
"If we hadn’t already, we’ve unquestionably joined the league of ordinary nations—a league in which we’re acting as little more than a bully, and in circumstances in which no obvious principle of self-defense, human rights, or even humantarianism writ large justifies our bellicosity."
Me on Maduro:
Me on Maduro:
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Here is J.D. Vance's rationale for seizing Maduro. He says Trump "was very clear throughout this process: the drug trafficking must stop, and the stolen oil must be returned to the United States." Very interesting, since the indictment says nothing whatever about oil, stolen or otherwise. /1
January 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Here is J.D. Vance's rationale for seizing Maduro. He says Trump "was very clear throughout this process: the drug trafficking must stop, and the stolen oil must be returned to the United States." Very interesting, since the indictment says nothing whatever about oil, stolen or otherwise. /1
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something worth pointing out is that Americans largely have zero concept of who Bolivar was, what he did, and what South Americans think about him
VP Delcy Rodriguez, whom Trump indicated earlier today was collaborating with the US government, is live on television right now.
Earlier reports that she's in Russia are false. She's in Caracas with the rest of the cabinet.
Rodriguez: "We will never again be a colony for any empire"
Earlier reports that she's in Russia are false. She's in Caracas with the rest of the cabinet.
Rodriguez: "We will never again be a colony for any empire"
January 3, 2026 at 7:18 PM
something worth pointing out is that Americans largely have zero concept of who Bolivar was, what he did, and what South Americans think about him
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Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
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President Trump ordered strikes on sites inside Venezuela, including military facilities, U.S. officials told CBS News, as the administration early Saturday ratcheted up its campaign against the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
President Trump ordered strikes on sites inside Venezuela, including military facilities, U.S. officials told CBS News, as the administration early Saturday ratcheted up its campaign against the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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Yep there’s no legal justification here. Either we have laws or we don’t.
They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Yep there’s no legal justification here. Either we have laws or we don’t.
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BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
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“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
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New blog post: California has done the big, difficult stuff to fix the housing crisis. Now it's time to start sweating the details.
California has done the big stuff to fix the housing crisis. What comes next?
There's been a lot of progress to fix California's housing crisis, because the State Legislature has finally decided to fix things. Credit where credit is due. There's going to be two parts to this ...
53studio.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
New blog post: California has done the big, difficult stuff to fix the housing crisis. Now it's time to start sweating the details.
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I just published Potato, a new pansharpening package. It aims to render certain kinds of satellite imagery more clearly and accurately than what’s for sale and on satellite maps today: github.com/celoyd/potato/
GitHub - celoyd/potato: A small pansharpening model
A small pansharpening model. Contribute to celoyd/potato development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I just published Potato, a new pansharpening package. It aims to render certain kinds of satellite imagery more clearly and accurately than what’s for sale and on satellite maps today: github.com/celoyd/potato/
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GM global sales are already down 40% in the last 10 years. We are into the final years of the US motor car industry.
December 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
GM global sales are already down 40% in the last 10 years. We are into the final years of the US motor car industry.
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Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
Recently saw the same thing here in DC. Bunch of unmarked HSI cars surrounded a bus, jumped out of the vehicles, and grabbed people at random. Within a minute they were gone.
People need to understand that what this country has built is a secret police force that is capable of disappearing people!
People need to understand that what this country has built is a secret police force that is capable of disappearing people!
Video shows DHS trespassers invading the private areas of a business, profiling and detaining people. They've already had to release two of them. Witness confirms what is obvious in the video: that they didn't ask anyone's names or get any information at all. "They just started taking them."
December 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Recently saw the same thing here in DC. Bunch of unmarked HSI cars surrounded a bus, jumped out of the vehicles, and grabbed people at random. Within a minute they were gone.
People need to understand that what this country has built is a secret police force that is capable of disappearing people!
People need to understand that what this country has built is a secret police force that is capable of disappearing people!
The degree to which we're seeing a backsliding of higher education in this country is astounding tbh.
When I toured UNL it seemed like things were on an upswing but honestly most of the educational opportunities that I had seem to be disappearing from red states
When I toured UNL it seemed like things were on an upswing but honestly most of the educational opportunities that I had seem to be disappearing from red states
Sad to see that my colleagues in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at UNL saw their combined department eliminated late this afternoon by the UNL Board of Regents. No more meteorology no more geology at UNL. Words escape me!
December 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The degree to which we're seeing a backsliding of higher education in this country is astounding tbh.
When I toured UNL it seemed like things were on an upswing but honestly most of the educational opportunities that I had seem to be disappearing from red states
When I toured UNL it seemed like things were on an upswing but honestly most of the educational opportunities that I had seem to be disappearing from red states
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Sad to see that my colleagues in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at UNL saw their combined department eliminated late this afternoon by the UNL Board of Regents. No more meteorology no more geology at UNL. Words escape me!
December 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sad to see that my colleagues in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at UNL saw their combined department eliminated late this afternoon by the UNL Board of Regents. No more meteorology no more geology at UNL. Words escape me!
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Two weeks from today! Should be a super fun conversation on the intersection of imagery analysis and city planning with me and Prof. Ayda Kianmehr, and Prof. Maryam Hosseini. Free and open to the public: sjsu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Two weeks from today! Should be a super fun conversation on the intersection of imagery analysis and city planning with me and Prof. Ayda Kianmehr, and Prof. Maryam Hosseini. Free and open to the public: sjsu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
I'm sorry but WHAT
Preservationists concerned by President Trump’s public musings about painting the 137-year-old Eisenhower Executive Office Building completely white sued him to halt the work.
Preservationists sue Trump over plans to paint Eisenhower building
The complaint alleges Trump’s plan would ‘permanently alter one of the most architecturally significant and historic structures in the Nation’s Capital’
www.washingtonpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I'm sorry but WHAT
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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brb, emailing my smoke detector manufacturer for a refund because I never had a fire in my house
A few years ago there was a terrible Gen Z tweet everyone dunked on about how people should get their car insurance payments back if they don’t use it. Anyway it’s fun to discover this is now the stated position of the GOP
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
brb, emailing my smoke detector manufacturer for a refund because I never had a fire in my house
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POLITICO: “.. Among those who received the ‘full, complete and unconditional’ pardons were Rudy Giuliani .. Mark Meadows, .. John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro, .. Boris Epshteyn .. and Sidney Powell ..”
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
POLITICO: “.. Among those who received the ‘full, complete and unconditional’ pardons were Rudy Giuliani .. Mark Meadows, .. John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro, .. Boris Epshteyn .. and Sidney Powell ..”
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.
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Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."