José Borges
@jborges.bsky.social
Autor puertorriqueño de ESA ANTIGUA TRISTEZA, FORTALEZA, LAS ÚLTIMAS HORAS DE OTÍ y CASANDRA APRENDE A VOLAR.
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Not saying it’s oil but Venezuela have the largest verified oil reserves on the planet and aren’t in any hurry to drill it (they produce 10x less oil than the Saudi Arabia yet have about 20% larger reserves)… so it could be oil.
BREAKING
“The Trump administration has secretly authorized the C.I.A. to conduct covert action in Venezuela, according to U.S. officials, stepping up a campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the country’s authoritarian leader.”
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“The Trump administration has secretly authorized the C.I.A. to conduct covert action in Venezuela, according to U.S. officials, stepping up a campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the country’s authoritarian leader.”
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Not saying it’s oil but Venezuela have the largest verified oil reserves on the planet and aren’t in any hurry to drill it (they produce 10x less oil than the Saudi Arabia yet have about 20% larger reserves)… so it could be oil.
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Israel, el único país del mundo que puede secuestrar a mano armada a 200 personas de otros países en aguas internacionales, y que los gobiernos afectados le digan “porfi, cuídamelos y respeta sus derechos”.
October 2, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Israel, el único país del mundo que puede secuestrar a mano armada a 200 personas de otros países en aguas internacionales, y que los gobiernos afectados le digan “porfi, cuídamelos y respeta sus derechos”.
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Las palabras se acaban para lo que está haciendo Israel en Gaza y Cisjordania. Hoy han asesinado a 19 personas, nueve de ellas niños, en un bombardeo de instalaciones de la ONU. Todo mi apoyo a @unrwaes.bsky.social elpais.com/internaciona...
El conflicto en Oriente Próximo, en directo | Al menos 19 muertos, entre ellos nueve menores, en un bombardeo contra unas instalaciones de la UNRWA en el norte de la Franja
Israel amplía la ofensiva en Gaza y ordena un desalojo masivo de la población | El ministro de Defensa israelí urge a los gazatíes a eliminar a Hamás y devolver a los rehenes como única forma de acaba...
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April 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Las palabras se acaban para lo que está haciendo Israel en Gaza y Cisjordania. Hoy han asesinado a 19 personas, nueve de ellas niños, en un bombardeo de instalaciones de la ONU. Todo mi apoyo a @unrwaes.bsky.social elpais.com/internaciona...
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I'm posting some of my old Tides of History intro scenes. They're short examples of sociological storytelling, trying to humanize large-scale trends over time through an individual's perspective. First one: A day in the life of an Archaic Greek woman, c. 770 BC open.substack.com/pub/patrickw...
A day in the life of an Archaic Greek woman, c. 770 BC
(This is an old introductory scene from a Tides of History episode - Season 5, Episode 13, “The Roots of Archaic Greece.” These scenes are fun as a kind of sociological storytelling, an attempt to hum...
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February 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I'm posting some of my old Tides of History intro scenes. They're short examples of sociological storytelling, trying to humanize large-scale trends over time through an individual's perspective. First one: A day in the life of an Archaic Greek woman, c. 770 BC open.substack.com/pub/patrickw...
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The Nazis were indeed bad. Dancing around the issue of whether a one-armed salute was or wasn't the Nazi version is missing the basic point that anything even mildly redolent of those absolute piece of shit bastards should be off limits.
January 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Nazis were indeed bad. Dancing around the issue of whether a one-armed salute was or wasn't the Nazi version is missing the basic point that anything even mildly redolent of those absolute piece of shit bastards should be off limits.
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Yo estaba teniendo un día relativamente bueno hasta que me crucé con este video y me acordé de la negligencia del gobierno con los recintos universitarios.
Pero ese es el plan, destruir las universidades públicas para que no tengan matrícula y justificar el cierre.
Pero ese es el plan, destruir las universidades públicas para que no tengan matrícula y justificar el cierre.
December 10, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Yo estaba teniendo un día relativamente bueno hasta que me crucé con este video y me acordé de la negligencia del gobierno con los recintos universitarios.
Pero ese es el plan, destruir las universidades públicas para que no tengan matrícula y justificar el cierre.
Pero ese es el plan, destruir las universidades públicas para que no tengan matrícula y justificar el cierre.
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RIP to Thom Christopher...was a major fanboy of his as Hawk on the old Buck Rogers show in the 80s.
December 6, 2024 at 1:51 PM
RIP to Thom Christopher...was a major fanboy of his as Hawk on the old Buck Rogers show in the 80s.
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Los bloqueos más extensos en la historia de la humanidad:
1. El de USA a Cuba
2. El “writer’s block” de GRRM
1. El de USA a Cuba
2. El “writer’s block” de GRRM
George R.R. Martin doesn't know if he will ever finish #TheWindsOfWinter
"I am 13 years late ... A lot of people are already writing obituaries for me. [They’re saying] ‘Oh, he’ll never be finished.’ Maybe they’re right... I don’t know. I’m alive right now!"
(via THR)
"I am 13 years late ... A lot of people are already writing obituaries for me. [They’re saying] ‘Oh, he’ll never be finished.’ Maybe they’re right... I don’t know. I’m alive right now!"
(via THR)
December 6, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Los bloqueos más extensos en la historia de la humanidad:
1. El de USA a Cuba
2. El “writer’s block” de GRRM
1. El de USA a Cuba
2. El “writer’s block” de GRRM
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If you know someone who's chronically or terminally ill, or you yourself interact regularly with insurance companies and the providers relying on them, you've almost certainly experienced the system's cruelty, deliberate obfuscation, and straight-up lies about access to care. It's brutal.
December 5, 2024 at 12:23 AM
If you know someone who's chronically or terminally ill, or you yourself interact regularly with insurance companies and the providers relying on them, you've almost certainly experienced the system's cruelty, deliberate obfuscation, and straight-up lies about access to care. It's brutal.
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Normalize thinking of tech oligarchs as robber barons rather than transformative technocrats
December 5, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Normalize thinking of tech oligarchs as robber barons rather than transformative technocrats
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@marioalegre.proximatanda.com 50 % de descuento en algunos DVDs de Criterion en Amazon, por si no te has enterado.
November 19, 2024 at 11:01 PM
@marioalegre.proximatanda.com 50 % de descuento en algunos DVDs de Criterion en Amazon, por si no te has enterado.
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Democrats are literally just this meme whenever they want to feign outrage over shit they helped republicans get away with
November 17, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Democrats are literally just this meme whenever they want to feign outrage over shit they helped republicans get away with
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There are serious concerns with election fraud in Puerto Rico, but no coverage in US mainstream media. Why? Because PR’s comprador class maintains US Colonial interests at a time when third-party politicians and pro-independence sentiment in the world’s oldest colony are surging.
November 14, 2024 at 6:21 PM
There are serious concerns with election fraud in Puerto Rico, but no coverage in US mainstream media. Why? Because PR’s comprador class maintains US Colonial interests at a time when third-party politicians and pro-independence sentiment in the world’s oldest colony are surging.
Llevo tiempo aquí, pero ahora es que comienzo a escribir por acá.
November 14, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Llevo tiempo aquí, pero ahora es que comienzo a escribir por acá.
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The week after January 6th I wrote a thing about how the people involved in these things don’t go away unless you make them go away using the full power and authority of the state. Otherwise, they’ll keep popping up over and over for decades.
There's a reason democracies don't let people who tried coups back into power.
November 14, 2024 at 12:17 AM
The week after January 6th I wrote a thing about how the people involved in these things don’t go away unless you make them go away using the full power and authority of the state. Otherwise, they’ll keep popping up over and over for decades.
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A recent poll from Oct 2024 showed Statehood losing significant popularity in Puerto Rico. In fact, two alternative sovereignty options: full independence & free association, have begun to surge, challenging this notion. Past plebiscites are notoriously unreliable due to boycotts, corruption, etc
November 1, 2024 at 2:03 PM
A recent poll from Oct 2024 showed Statehood losing significant popularity in Puerto Rico. In fact, two alternative sovereignty options: full independence & free association, have begun to surge, challenging this notion. Past plebiscites are notoriously unreliable due to boycotts, corruption, etc
April 13, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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I knew Hemingway had killed himself, knew he had mental illness and substance abuse problems. What I didn't know was he kept saying the FBI were bugging/following him, no one believed him, the paranoia mounted, he died, and AFTER he died the J Edgar Hoover files revealed Heningway had been right.
March 2, 2024 at 12:40 AM
I knew Hemingway had killed himself, knew he had mental illness and substance abuse problems. What I didn't know was he kept saying the FBI were bugging/following him, no one believed him, the paranoia mounted, he died, and AFTER he died the J Edgar Hoover files revealed Heningway had been right.
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com This little one has had a hard week, but found some comfort with this book she inherited from me.
December 23, 2023 at 12:18 PM
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com This little one has had a hard week, but found some comfort with this book she inherited from me.
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"I honestly had no idea, but it turns out My mom’s dad was a Puerto Rican man." — The Lord God Almighty
God Discovers He 25% Puerto Rican
THE HEAVENS—Saying He was surprised and intrigued by the sudden new insight into His divine heritage, the Lord God Almighty told reporters Thursday He had recently learned He was 25% Puerto Rican. �...
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December 21, 2023 at 4:48 PM
"I honestly had no idea, but it turns out My mom’s dad was a Puerto Rican man." — The Lord God Almighty