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Worth remembering that the Cartel de los Soles, which the US accuses Maduro of running, likely doesn't exist as a specific entity. www.france24.com/en/live-news...
US targets Venezuela over 'Soles' cartel. Does it exist?
Washington cited Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's alleged role in the "Cartel de los Soles" as it dispatched five warships and thousands of Marines toward the Caribbean country for an anti-drug…
www.france24.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Worth remembering that the Cartel de los Soles, which the US accuses Maduro of running, likely doesn't exist as a specific entity. www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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Another health breakthrough.
(h/t Gav)
(h/t Gav)
New study shows Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed to achieve full neurological recovery—not just prevented or slowed—in animal models | CWRU Newsroom | Case Western Reserve University
For more than a century, people have considered Alzheimer's disease (AD) an irreversible illness. Consequently, research has focused on preventing or ...
case.edu
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Another health breakthrough.
(h/t Gav)
(h/t Gav)
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12 Monkeys turns 30!
Dive into the brilliant chaos of Gilliam’s time-bending masterpiece on its anniversary—from its La Jetée roots to its dystopian genius
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cinephiliabeyond.org/12monkeys/
Dive into the brilliant chaos of Gilliam’s time-bending masterpiece on its anniversary—from its La Jetée roots to its dystopian genius
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cinephiliabeyond.org/12monkeys/
‘I Am Insane, and You Are My Insanity’: Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Terry Gilliam’s Captivating World of ‘12 Monkeys’ • Cinephilia & Beyond
12 Monkeys poster art by Yvan Quinet By Sven Mikulec By the time they got to me, they had tried proper directors and nobody wanted to do it. Nobody seemed to understand what it was, what it was about,...
cinephiliabeyond.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
12 Monkeys turns 30!
Dive into the brilliant chaos of Gilliam’s time-bending masterpiece on its anniversary—from its La Jetée roots to its dystopian genius
⬇️⬇️⬇️
cinephiliabeyond.org/12monkeys/
Dive into the brilliant chaos of Gilliam’s time-bending masterpiece on its anniversary—from its La Jetée roots to its dystopian genius
⬇️⬇️⬇️
cinephiliabeyond.org/12monkeys/
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THE YEAR IN REVIEW, PART 1
A Year of Trump, Musk, A.I., and Other Sh*t That Was Absolutely Impossible to Avoid:
open.substack.com/pub/dreamwea...
A Year of Trump, Musk, A.I., and Other Sh*t That Was Absolutely Impossible to Avoid:
open.substack.com/pub/dreamwea...
The Year in Review, Part 1
A Year of Trump, Musk, A.I., and Other Sh*t That Was Absolutely Impossible to Avoid
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
THE YEAR IN REVIEW, PART 1
A Year of Trump, Musk, A.I., and Other Sh*t That Was Absolutely Impossible to Avoid:
open.substack.com/pub/dreamwea...
A Year of Trump, Musk, A.I., and Other Sh*t That Was Absolutely Impossible to Avoid:
open.substack.com/pub/dreamwea...
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"Say I tell you 'My father is choking my brother.' What do you say to that?
"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
www.the-reframe.com/cult-ure-of-...
"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
www.the-reframe.com/cult-ure-of-...
Cult(ure) of Abuse
How do we deal with a culture of abuse? What is our part in ending it? How do we deal with an abusive cult of millions?
www.the-reframe.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"Say I tell you 'My father is choking my brother.' What do you say to that?
"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
www.the-reframe.com/cult-ure-of-...
"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
www.the-reframe.com/cult-ure-of-...
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A mitigation strategy for nations hit by US tariffs: no longer allow companies monopoly power on repairs and apps. Apple, Tesla, John Deere could lose billions - and consumers around the world would gain.
Cory Doctorow explains: www.wired.com/story/us-tra...
Cory Doctorow explains: www.wired.com/story/us-tra...
US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.
www.wired.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A mitigation strategy for nations hit by US tariffs: no longer allow companies monopoly power on repairs and apps. Apple, Tesla, John Deere could lose billions - and consumers around the world would gain.
Cory Doctorow explains: www.wired.com/story/us-tra...
Cory Doctorow explains: www.wired.com/story/us-tra...
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The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.
You'll remember that when Biden delivered an address in 2022, networks refused to air it because they said it was "political" www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
As Biden warned about democracy’s collapse, TV networks aired reruns
Broadcasters NBC, CBS and ABC usually air presidential prime-time addresses live. But they found Biden's Philadelphia speech more "political" than newsworthy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.
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Updated timeline with 3 more strikes, killing 8 more people 👇
Reminder: all of the strikes are extrajudicial killings that #Trump ordered and the military is carrying out.
They aren't war crimes (we're not at war), they are murder and crimes against humanity.
www.justsecurity.org/124002/timel...
Reminder: all of the strikes are extrajudicial killings that #Trump ordered and the military is carrying out.
They aren't war crimes (we're not at war), they are murder and crimes against humanity.
www.justsecurity.org/124002/timel...
Timeline of Boat Strikes and Related Actions
A timeline that chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers.
www.justsecurity.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Updated timeline with 3 more strikes, killing 8 more people 👇
Reminder: all of the strikes are extrajudicial killings that #Trump ordered and the military is carrying out.
They aren't war crimes (we're not at war), they are murder and crimes against humanity.
www.justsecurity.org/124002/timel...
Reminder: all of the strikes are extrajudicial killings that #Trump ordered and the military is carrying out.
They aren't war crimes (we're not at war), they are murder and crimes against humanity.
www.justsecurity.org/124002/timel...
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You might think this ludicrous situation would raise serious, urgent questions for the Atlanticist clowns of British politics who spent decades screaming abuse at anyone who said we maybe shouldn’t be so slavishly obsequious for Washington. Luckily, it does not www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump is pursuing regime change – in Europe | Jonathan Freedland
The US made it clear this week that it plans to help the parties of the European far right gain power. Keir Starmer and his fellow leaders have to face this new reality, writes Guardian columnist Jona...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
You might think this ludicrous situation would raise serious, urgent questions for the Atlanticist clowns of British politics who spent decades screaming abuse at anyone who said we maybe shouldn’t be so slavishly obsequious for Washington. Luckily, it does not www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I'm basically never not thinking about Wolf Hall so when I saw the Holbein portrait of Thomas Cromwell it was like worlds colliding defector.com/the-eyes-hav...
The Eyes Have It | Defector
The eyes got me. Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger isn’t the brightest, or the largest painting in its room—it might be the smallest—but it’s easily the most striking. It called to me from t...
defector.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I'm basically never not thinking about Wolf Hall so when I saw the Holbein portrait of Thomas Cromwell it was like worlds colliding defector.com/the-eyes-hav...
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Trump calls human beings “vermin,” “garbage,” “diseases,” “poison,” and “animals.”
Then, when I rightfully point out that the same dehumanizing language has been used by fascist regimes to justify humanity’s worst atrocities—Republicans lose their minds.
Give me a break.
Then, when I rightfully point out that the same dehumanizing language has been used by fascist regimes to justify humanity’s worst atrocities—Republicans lose their minds.
Give me a break.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Trump calls human beings “vermin,” “garbage,” “diseases,” “poison,” and “animals.”
Then, when I rightfully point out that the same dehumanizing language has been used by fascist regimes to justify humanity’s worst atrocities—Republicans lose their minds.
Give me a break.
Then, when I rightfully point out that the same dehumanizing language has been used by fascist regimes to justify humanity’s worst atrocities—Republicans lose their minds.
Give me a break.
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
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What a sick world.
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What a sick world.
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Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
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The U.S. has conducted 10 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing 43 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
October 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The U.S. has conducted 10 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing 43 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
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The view of the Trump administration is that the leader of Venezuela is evil and the people who flee his rule to the United States seeking freedom are also evil people. www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
‘It’s important to liberate Venezuela’: Congressional Republicans cheer Trump’s offensive
The president is expanding his “armed conflict,” authorizing CIA action as he strikes alleged drug boats. His party is behind
www.semafor.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The view of the Trump administration is that the leader of Venezuela is evil and the people who flee his rule to the United States seeking freedom are also evil people. www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
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NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
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I assume this is obvious, but I’ll say it anyway:
The advantage of proscribing a non-existent organisation is that no one can prove they don’t belong to it.
The advantage of proscribing a non-existent organisation is that no one can prove they don’t belong to it.
September 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I assume this is obvious, but I’ll say it anyway:
The advantage of proscribing a non-existent organisation is that no one can prove they don’t belong to it.
The advantage of proscribing a non-existent organisation is that no one can prove they don’t belong to it.
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This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
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Some U.S. media (such as the Washington Post here) trace U.S.-Iranian animosity back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution, conveniently forgetting that the CIA helped overthrow a democratically elected Iranian government in 1953, forcing Iranians to endure decades of the Shah’s brutal rule.
June 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Some U.S. media (such as the Washington Post here) trace U.S.-Iranian animosity back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution, conveniently forgetting that the CIA helped overthrow a democratically elected Iranian government in 1953, forcing Iranians to endure decades of the Shah’s brutal rule.
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Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To
Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
www.wired.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
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When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”
To repeat: "A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for."
Today's university slashing and burning is Edinburgh, where about 10% of the budget will be cut. There'll be another case every single day until UK govts actually do something. A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”