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#Venezuela #Trump2 2026

USA citizen, Congress candidate:
"I demand that Congress exercise its power, (...) and impeach this war criminal president"

[K. Abugazaleh]
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.

I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 5, 2026 at 8:36 AM
2026 #Venezuela #Trump2

"Really hope USAmericans do something."
"Please get your country back."

[O. Guest]
Really hope USAmericans do something. Learn from the French, anything. Please get your country back.
Citizens need to get off their ass and 'do something.' Stop waiting for those who don't have the majority power in Congress to fix the mess that ignorant voters and non voters made.
January 4, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Lewis Goodall humiliates Labour's Darren Jones who is unable to criticise President Trump for breaking international law by attacking Venezuela

Humiliating, pathetic, soulless - Darren Jones, what a let down
January 4, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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To be disappointed you first have to have some expectations of them.
January 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Trump says Maduro wanted to negotiate but Trump refused. This is a war of conquest. A smash-and-grab for oil.
January 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Making the NY Times editorial board look less like a kleptocracy-supporting gang of liberal capitalists is quite a thing… bsky.app/profile/maxt...
January 3, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Journalist's inquiry on Italian military-linked company, working with Israel, is acknowledged as [ordinary] journalism
Not defamation.

It follows: describing [any] connection with [current] Israeli gov.
rises troubles.

Does Israel need total silence? [cfr Ong ban]
altreconomia.it/materiale-da...
Materiale d’armamento dall’Italia a Israele. Il caso di Invernizzi Presse
L’azienda di Lecco ha esportato in Israele anche attrezzatura per la fabbricazione di munizioni in uso all’esercito. Aver pronunciato il suo “buon nome” ci è costato una querela, che si è conclusa con...
altreconomia.it
January 2, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Philosophy & Art
2026-07-31
December 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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The real alternative isn’t a kinder hierarchy, but a democratic culture that doesn't confuse achievement with worth. That means protecting dignity and voice for everyone, not just celebrating those who rise.
July 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
On the allegedly "innate" talent to get rich, in billionaires [own boot strapp -cfr ML King]

example from history: M. Rockfeller, '63
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Education is health.

So much strong evidence tells us that education is such a strong marker for health in the short and long term. Yet policy treats these two things separately.

Investing in wholesome education for children and young people is investing in future population health.
December 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Come work with us! We are looking for a postdoc in #philbio or #philphysics to work on an interdisciplinary project that adopts the lens of self-organization & active matter to explore the boundary between living & nonliving systems www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #academicsky #philjobs #HPS #evosky
December 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
COI
'25, Year 6 of a currently uncharted pandemic
Public Health & #airborne disease

2B read
[M Ungrin]
How many times do we have to be right about what's going on before everyone recognizes the link with the huge conflicts of interest held by the public health and infection control leaders minimizing the impacts of airborne diseases like flu and COVID, and pretending nothing can be done about them?
December 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
De-Googling
Alternative tools
Waiting for guides
👇
My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.

We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.

We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc

Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
December 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Not just "fixing" little/local problems
but "surfacing" -> building a wider systemic view?
"the industry is choosing not to adress"

[A. Birhane]
this is why I'm not interested in working towards "fixes" but in surfacing problems the industry is choosing not to address
Our collective task is not to save tech but to save us, our world.

The resonant computing manifesto is too focused on means and not on ends. And that's basically the core issue. The belief in technological determinism.
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
More of translational res (?...) in
CV & patents for surveillance tools
37% ca on human body
31% visage details
far less on spaces

1) increased focus on humans as objects
2) allegedly obfuscated surveillance [but graphs showed more explicit words in titles?]

Why? Which theoretical foundations?
Following qualitative inspection of 100 CV papers & 100 patents, we highlight two salient themes that emerged:

1. humans are subsumed under the term ‘objects’
2. the field goes out of its way to obfuscate surveillance

8/
December 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...
The Paradox of Global Warming and Colder Winters - WhoWhatWhy
If the cold weather makes it harder for you to argue with climate change deniers about the existence of global warming, this story is for you.
whowhatwhy.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
When sworn duty, as a military staff high in hierarchy,
entails
"no intention of carrying out an *illegal order*"

Knowledge of Intnl laws & own organizational structure is as needed as much as principled conscience

to appropriately disobey 2 idiots
& exercize the right/duty to be free

A. Holsey
This is an American patriot.
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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I am a retired software engineer and I volunteer at the local library to help people with their cell phones, or laptops. Most of the patrons are older and need help with getting the “easy” stuff working. I enjoy helping them and they appreciate the help. www.library.sunnyvale.ca.gov/Home/Compone...
www.library.sunnyvale.ca.gov
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Debra Houry, former @ CDC, on the CDC's further deterioration
over the last 3 months 1/2 after she left

[Initial increase of attention when she left?]
2025 USA Trump, RFK jr & C.
"What we're witnessing is not reform. It's the hollowing out of an institution Americans rely on in every emergency. The actions will leave the country less prepared for the next foodborne illness cluster, maternal mortality crisis, or emerging pandemic."
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
"Things have not improved," writes Dr. Debra Houry. "They have worsened. And Congress has still failed to act."
time.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
CAIL (Critical AI Literacy)
much needed in Edu-Res-Health👈

"AI cannot be allowed to drive change, even positive change, in education and research" and Health?

🎯Critical thinking 🎯Slow Sci
🎯Conceptual [not "data/results"] clarity

by O. Guest & C.
It's a difficult needle to thread because a bully (AI industry) has no moral compass nor will stop bullying if we acquiesce. But that doesn't also mean we don't fight back. We try to make this clear from the abstract here too: "AI cannot be allowed to drive change."

doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

1/n
December 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Good morning, cherry blossom with daffodils 😊

Have a good Wednesday 🙏
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM