Ali
@afp557.bsky.social
Investments/capital markets, ex B737 Instructor. World traveller, avgeek and petrolhead. I own a Jaaaaaaaaaaaag.
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The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
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As WSJ calls Mamdani a "communist" for suggesting that the wealthiest pay tax rates that are still lower than they were under Eisenhower, Trump is engaged in bona fide communism by forcing state ownership of major commercial ventures. Here's yet another one.
January 16, 2026 at 3:39 AM
As WSJ calls Mamdani a "communist" for suggesting that the wealthiest pay tax rates that are still lower than they were under Eisenhower, Trump is engaged in bona fide communism by forcing state ownership of major commercial ventures. Here's yet another one.
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Spain decides not to buy US F-35 jets because of fears of US political reliability. There will be more of this on.ft.com/41tL4zH via @FT
Spain shuns US F-35 jets as tensions grow with Washington
Madrid to purchase European military aircraft in sign of deepening rift with Trump over defence and foreign policy
on.ft.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Spain decides not to buy US F-35 jets because of fears of US political reliability. There will be more of this on.ft.com/41tL4zH via @FT
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On the aid program in Gaza, which is "forcing hungry Palestinians into a dangerous journey from which many never return"
Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ - on.ft.com/4lWhVoM via @FT
Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ - on.ft.com/4lWhVoM via @FT
Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’
A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back
on.ft.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
On the aid program in Gaza, which is "forcing hungry Palestinians into a dangerous journey from which many never return"
Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ - on.ft.com/4lWhVoM via @FT
Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ - on.ft.com/4lWhVoM via @FT
The incompetence is just staggering. They only want Yes Men... the intelligence itself is completely irrelevant to them.
This is how you get distorted intelligence assessments, where dissenting analysis is deterred or suppressed. Hegseth: “anyone who says the bombs were not devastating is just trying to undermine the president and the successful mission” www.ft.com/content/023c...
US strikes only delayed Iran’s nuclear progress, says intelligence report
Leaked assessment casts doubt on Trump’s claims to have ‘obliterated’ facilities
www.ft.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The incompetence is just staggering. They only want Yes Men... the intelligence itself is completely irrelevant to them.
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This is the ghraph I just referenced.
June 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This is the ghraph I just referenced.
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Amazing. NYT has more confirmation that Trump's decision to bomb Iran was motivated in large part by the way the Israeli strikes were "playing" on Fox News, which drove him to want credit for it
June 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Amazing. NYT has more confirmation that Trump's decision to bomb Iran was motivated in large part by the way the Israeli strikes were "playing" on Fox News, which drove him to want credit for it
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Well, gosh, whoda thunk
June 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Well, gosh, whoda thunk
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Sanctioned shadow fleet oil tanker "Unity" has drifted for a week outside Norway's far northern Varanger Peninsula. "It is not a question of if, but when, an accident will happen along our coast," says Frode Pleym, leader of Greenpeace Norway
“Sooner or later an accident will happen”
A sanctioned shadow fleet oil tanker has drifted for a week outside Norway's far northern Varanger Peninsula. 'It is not a question of if, but when, an accident will happen along our coast,' says Frod...
www.thebarentsobserver.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Sanctioned shadow fleet oil tanker "Unity" has drifted for a week outside Norway's far northern Varanger Peninsula. "It is not a question of if, but when, an accident will happen along our coast," says Frode Pleym, leader of Greenpeace Norway
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“The genocide we are witnessing today, is something that I recognize from my own experience as a Holocaust survivor… What is happening today in Gaza is an extreme form of repeat genocide, a holocaust in our own time, in front of our eyes.” — Stephen Kapos
April 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“The genocide we are witnessing today, is something that I recognize from my own experience as a Holocaust survivor… What is happening today in Gaza is an extreme form of repeat genocide, a holocaust in our own time, in front of our eyes.” — Stephen Kapos
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SCOOP: Barnard students are being interrogated about a bomb threat last month on the day students held a pro-Palestine sit-in at the library. But the school never revealed to the public -- or the students -- that the threat was against student protesters. theintercept.com/2025/04/24/b...
A Bomb Threat Targeted Student Protesters. So Why Did They Get Blamed for It?
A bomb threat at Barnard College targeted the “terrorists/communists that are protesting.” But you wouldn’t know that from the school’s statements.
theintercept.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
SCOOP: Barnard students are being interrogated about a bomb threat last month on the day students held a pro-Palestine sit-in at the library. But the school never revealed to the public -- or the students -- that the threat was against student protesters. theintercept.com/2025/04/24/b...
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Greenblatt and the ADL have paved the way for the rise of a fascist regime filled with noted antisemites and Nazis that is intent on gutting civil liberties. Like the ADL, the Trump regime cloaks its repressive, anti-democratic policies behind a false moral cover of fighting antisemitism.
April 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Greenblatt and the ADL have paved the way for the rise of a fascist regime filled with noted antisemites and Nazis that is intent on gutting civil liberties. Like the ADL, the Trump regime cloaks its repressive, anti-democratic policies behind a false moral cover of fighting antisemitism.
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For years, Jonathan Greenblatt and the ADL have been more focused on shielding the Israeli government from accountability for its crimes against Palestinians, than on actually countering white supremacy, racism and antisemitism.
April 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
For years, Jonathan Greenblatt and the ADL have been more focused on shielding the Israeli government from accountability for its crimes against Palestinians, than on actually countering white supremacy, racism and antisemitism.
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Some chatter out there suggests that France might revert to ambiguity over Russia under US pressure. This seems like nonsense. Let’s look at what Macron has been saying in recent weeks
Today he said that Putin should “stop lying”
“There’s one aggressor: Russia. There’s one aggressed: Ukraine”
Today he said that Putin should “stop lying”
“There’s one aggressor: Russia. There’s one aggressed: Ukraine”
April 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Some chatter out there suggests that France might revert to ambiguity over Russia under US pressure. This seems like nonsense. Let’s look at what Macron has been saying in recent weeks
Today he said that Putin should “stop lying”
“There’s one aggressor: Russia. There’s one aggressed: Ukraine”
Today he said that Putin should “stop lying”
“There’s one aggressor: Russia. There’s one aggressed: Ukraine”
April 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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BREAKING: More journalists have died in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 than in both World Wars and other major wars, combined.
Our new report outlines the costs of war to journalists – and the journalism we all rely on. [THREAD, 1/8] watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
Our new report outlines the costs of war to journalists – and the journalism we all rely on. [THREAD, 1/8] watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
April 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
BREAKING: More journalists have died in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 than in both World Wars and other major wars, combined.
Our new report outlines the costs of war to journalists – and the journalism we all rely on. [THREAD, 1/8] watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
Our new report outlines the costs of war to journalists – and the journalism we all rely on. [THREAD, 1/8] watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
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Oh, that's all.../sarcasm
Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
February 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Oh, that's all.../sarcasm
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'So Will's ended up defending Nazi salutes.'
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to a texter claiming Elon Musk's gesture is 'a Roman salute to the modern day emperor in Donald Trump.'
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to a texter claiming Elon Musk's gesture is 'a Roman salute to the modern day emperor in Donald Trump.'
January 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
'So Will's ended up defending Nazi salutes.'
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to a texter claiming Elon Musk's gesture is 'a Roman salute to the modern day emperor in Donald Trump.'
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to a texter claiming Elon Musk's gesture is 'a Roman salute to the modern day emperor in Donald Trump.'
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We got to the Nazi salutes already.
January 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We got to the Nazi salutes already.
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20 January, 2025 is a day for the history books.
Today marks the beginning Sir Lewis Hamilton's tenure at Scuderia Ferrari.
Today marks the beginning Sir Lewis Hamilton's tenure at Scuderia Ferrari.
January 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
20 January, 2025 is a day for the history books.
Today marks the beginning Sir Lewis Hamilton's tenure at Scuderia Ferrari.
Today marks the beginning Sir Lewis Hamilton's tenure at Scuderia Ferrari.
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"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power"
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
January 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power"
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
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One of the final images of the Russian government-owned cargo vessel Ursa Major, as it lists heavily, going down off the coast of Spain.
The Russian vessel sank sometime late yesterday.
The Russian vessel sank sometime late yesterday.
December 24, 2024 at 7:31 AM
One of the final images of the Russian government-owned cargo vessel Ursa Major, as it lists heavily, going down off the coast of Spain.
The Russian vessel sank sometime late yesterday.
The Russian vessel sank sometime late yesterday.
