Juan Palacios 🇺🇦🌻
@juanchodon.bsky.social
I program computers. I used to do physics.
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Old joke truer then ever
A large russian patrol is marching through the snowy woods near the border when they hear a voice shouting from behind a nearby snowbank:
"One Finnish soldier is better than ten russians!"
A large russian patrol is marching through the snowy woods near the border when they hear a voice shouting from behind a nearby snowbank:
"One Finnish soldier is better than ten russians!"
Exercise commanders had to ask 🇫🇮 reservists, the most formidable Arctic warriors, who were playing the role of invaders in the war games, to go easy on the Americans. “The Finns had to be told to stop beating the Americans as it was embarrassing and demoralising for them,” a mil source said.”
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January 23, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Old joke truer then ever
A large russian patrol is marching through the snowy woods near the border when they hear a voice shouting from behind a nearby snowbank:
"One Finnish soldier is better than ten russians!"
A large russian patrol is marching through the snowy woods near the border when they hear a voice shouting from behind a nearby snowbank:
"One Finnish soldier is better than ten russians!"
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I think Axis of the Weasels works well for this bunch.
Here's the "Board of Peace" representatives on stage at Trump's launch event.
January 22, 2026 at 10:50 AM
I think Axis of the Weasels works well for this bunch.
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A few quick thoughts on the reporting and the reality of the Trump administration’s foreign policy.🧵
January 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A few quick thoughts on the reporting and the reality of the Trump administration’s foreign policy.🧵
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![Comic. [Two adults, one with short light hair, walking with a child with spiky hair.] PERSON: Oops, I forgot to say “rabbit rabbit” on January first! CHILD: Why do you do that? PERSON: Just a superstition. CHILD: What’s a superstition? PERSON: It’s a way to train yourself to feel like any bad thing that happens is your fault.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidrs7rjct33ulawni7zummkvq43fgkc7tosrydi5fd3u5zkzttiue@jpeg)
January 9, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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“the principles of international law” rather prohibit bombing countries because their leaders “lack legitimacy”.
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
“the principles of international law” rather prohibit bombing countries because their leaders “lack legitimacy”.
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Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
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Not sure people are getting the real importance of the Russians fooling Trump about the Ukrainians attacking Putin's house. It was to demonstrate just how much they control his thinking--how much he is in their pocket. And it worked.
December 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Not sure people are getting the real importance of the Russians fooling Trump about the Ukrainians attacking Putin's house. It was to demonstrate just how much they control his thinking--how much he is in their pocket. And it worked.
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An essential precondition for authoritarianism is the neutering of sources of real news.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
An essential precondition for authoritarianism is the neutering of sources of real news.
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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IT'S HERE. I am legit overjoyed to be unleashing this shit on the world: Origin Story Season 7 has arrived.
For the first time, we're doing an entire season as one story.
This is the history of socialism, from the French Revolution to the fall of the Berlin Wall
linktr.ee/originstoryp...
For the first time, we're doing an entire season as one story.
This is the history of socialism, from the French Revolution to the fall of the Berlin Wall
linktr.ee/originstoryp...
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
IT'S HERE. I am legit overjoyed to be unleashing this shit on the world: Origin Story Season 7 has arrived.
For the first time, we're doing an entire season as one story.
This is the history of socialism, from the French Revolution to the fall of the Berlin Wall
linktr.ee/originstoryp...
For the first time, we're doing an entire season as one story.
This is the history of socialism, from the French Revolution to the fall of the Berlin Wall
linktr.ee/originstoryp...
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"Not enough people is the number one threat to the West, followed closely by too many people."
(Or are there some adjectives missing?)
(Or are there some adjectives missing?)
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
September 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"Not enough people is the number one threat to the West, followed closely by too many people."
(Or are there some adjectives missing?)
(Or are there some adjectives missing?)
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On Sunday, the International Association of Genocide Scholars said that Israel’s nearly two-year military campaign in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of people and left swaths of the enclave in rubble, meets “the legal definition of genocide.”
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, leading scholars' association says
Israel's foreign ministry called the resolution “disgraceful,” but it added to a growing chorus from rights groups concluding that Israel is committing genocide.
wapo.st
September 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
On Sunday, the International Association of Genocide Scholars said that Israel’s nearly two-year military campaign in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of people and left swaths of the enclave in rubble, meets “the legal definition of genocide.”
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Thanks to Reform's polling and the sudden collapse of the old firewall separating the far right from mainstream politics, media and politicians are acting as if activists who are transparently the descendants of the NF and BNP are "ordinary people" with "reasonable concerns"
August 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Thanks to Reform's polling and the sudden collapse of the old firewall separating the far right from mainstream politics, media and politicians are acting as if activists who are transparently the descendants of the NF and BNP are "ordinary people" with "reasonable concerns"
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19 times.
That is the number of displacements the UNRWA colleague who took this photograph has had to endure since the war in #Gaza began.
Ongoing bombardments and displacement orders are forcing entire families to abandon their homes, once again, amid fear and destruction.
#CeasefireNow
That is the number of displacements the UNRWA colleague who took this photograph has had to endure since the war in #Gaza began.
Ongoing bombardments and displacement orders are forcing entire families to abandon their homes, once again, amid fear and destruction.
#CeasefireNow
August 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
19 times.
That is the number of displacements the UNRWA colleague who took this photograph has had to endure since the war in #Gaza began.
Ongoing bombardments and displacement orders are forcing entire families to abandon their homes, once again, amid fear and destruction.
#CeasefireNow
That is the number of displacements the UNRWA colleague who took this photograph has had to endure since the war in #Gaza began.
Ongoing bombardments and displacement orders are forcing entire families to abandon their homes, once again, amid fear and destruction.
#CeasefireNow
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Anyone who has ever told you the lie that Boris Johnson scuppered a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul needs to listen to this interview with the man who was in the room when all of this happened.
This lie needs to be put to bed once and for all.
bsky.app/profile/ozka...
This lie needs to be put to bed once and for all.
bsky.app/profile/ozka...
My full interview with Ukraine's former foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba is up now on The Oz Katerji Show YouTube channel.
Tune in to hear more on the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska, Zelenskyy's visit to Washington, and what really went down in Istanbul 2022.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWDm...
Tune in to hear more on the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska, Zelenskyy's visit to Washington, and what really went down in Istanbul 2022.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWDm...
Ukraine's Diplomatic Offensive - with Dmytro Kuleba
YouTube video by Oz Katerji
www.youtube.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Anyone who has ever told you the lie that Boris Johnson scuppered a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul needs to listen to this interview with the man who was in the room when all of this happened.
This lie needs to be put to bed once and for all.
bsky.app/profile/ozka...
This lie needs to be put to bed once and for all.
bsky.app/profile/ozka...
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The number of people who told me last year that ‘it can’t get any worse for Gaza.’
But it always could get worse, things can always get worse- and they have.
We are now witnessing an official, full-blown, US-approved famine in Gaza.
Shameful.
But it always could get worse, things can always get worse- and they have.
We are now witnessing an official, full-blown, US-approved famine in Gaza.
Shameful.
August 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The number of people who told me last year that ‘it can’t get any worse for Gaza.’
But it always could get worse, things can always get worse- and they have.
We are now witnessing an official, full-blown, US-approved famine in Gaza.
Shameful.
But it always could get worse, things can always get worse- and they have.
We are now witnessing an official, full-blown, US-approved famine in Gaza.
Shameful.
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Across 142 routes in Europe, trains are on average twice as expensive as flights
On some routes, they are 26 times the price
Low-cost airlines profit from unfair tax exemptions, but trains are burdened with VAT, energy taxes and high track fees
Governments and the EU must stop rewarding polluters
On some routes, they are 26 times the price
Low-cost airlines profit from unfair tax exemptions, but trains are burdened with VAT, energy taxes and high track fees
Governments and the EU must stop rewarding polluters
Low-cost flights up to 26 times cheaper than trains - Greenpeace European Unit
Brussels, 21 August 2025 – A new Europe-wide Greenpeace study shows that climate-damaging flying is still cheaper than taking the train on a majority of cross-border routes – even though…
www.greenpeace.org
August 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Across 142 routes in Europe, trains are on average twice as expensive as flights
On some routes, they are 26 times the price
Low-cost airlines profit from unfair tax exemptions, but trains are burdened with VAT, energy taxes and high track fees
Governments and the EU must stop rewarding polluters
On some routes, they are 26 times the price
Low-cost airlines profit from unfair tax exemptions, but trains are burdened with VAT, energy taxes and high track fees
Governments and the EU must stop rewarding polluters
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Asbestos as a metaphor for where I suspect we might be going with LLM tools: rapid push to shove it into everything as a "modern solution," then an eventual "oh shit" walkback.
August 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Asbestos as a metaphor for where I suspect we might be going with LLM tools: rapid push to shove it into everything as a "modern solution," then an eventual "oh shit" walkback.
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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Israel kills famous Al Jazeera reporter in Gaza on.ft.com/41vw4Bm
Israel kills famous Al Jazeera reporter in Gaza
Anas al-Sharif was well known across the Arab world for reports on the famine in the enclave
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August 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Israel kills famous Al Jazeera reporter in Gaza on.ft.com/41vw4Bm
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Israel, which does not allow foreign journalists into Gaza…has killed 237 journalists since the war started, according to Gaza’s government media office.
The Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 186 journalists have been killed in the Gaza conflict.
apple.news/At7CSM72NQWe...
The Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 186 journalists have been killed in the Gaza conflict.
apple.news/At7CSM72NQWe...
Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza — The Guardian
Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital
apple.news
August 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Israel, which does not allow foreign journalists into Gaza…has killed 237 journalists since the war started, according to Gaza’s government media office.
The Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 186 journalists have been killed in the Gaza conflict.
apple.news/At7CSM72NQWe...
The Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 186 journalists have been killed in the Gaza conflict.
apple.news/At7CSM72NQWe...
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‘Can you tell us how he died?’: Mohamed Salah criticises Uefa over tribute to ‘Palestinian Pelé’
‘Can you tell us how he died?’: Mohamed Salah criticises Uefa over tribute to ‘Palestinian Pelé’
Footballer Suleiman al-Obeid, was killed in an Israeli attack in southern Gaza last week, according to the Palestine Football Association
Mohamed Salah has criticised Uefa for failing to state how a footballer known as the “Palestinian Pelé” died in a tribute it posted.
Suleiman al-Obeid, 41, was killed on Wednesday in southern Gaza when Israeli forces attacked civilians waiting for humanitarian aid, the Palestine Football Association (PFA) said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
‘Can you tell us how he died?’: Mohamed Salah criticises Uefa over tribute to ‘Palestinian Pelé’
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The core problem is this, he doesn’t practice principled anti-imperialism. He practices inversionism: if the U.S. supports something, he reflexively takes the opposite side, no matter how brutal that side is, no matter the evidence.
What's wrong with Max Blumenthal?!
August 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The core problem is this, he doesn’t practice principled anti-imperialism. He practices inversionism: if the U.S. supports something, he reflexively takes the opposite side, no matter how brutal that side is, no matter the evidence.
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Violent or destructive left wing protest is framed as delegitimising the protesters' stated cause.
Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause.
As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.
Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause.
As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.
This is a bit of a atretch/hope: there were 5 protests, with the largest two being up to 300 people, a total of around a thousand or so people.
July 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Violent or destructive left wing protest is framed as delegitimising the protesters' stated cause.
Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause.
As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.
Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause.
As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.