In Venezuela last September, I found people hoping for change, but shocked and surprised by US policy, especially opaque oil deals with former regime cronies. The system looks, one economist told me, like “a coalition of two kleptocracies" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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The 3 genders are Windows, macOS and Linux

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I’m old enough to remember when Congress existed. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/w...

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Once again, as Republicans invite AfD politicians to their events, I I ask why the New York Times & every other media outlet immediately & instinctively reports on the AfD as a “far right” or “extremist” party but does not regularly cover the 🇺🇸 Republican Party as such: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

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blade runner not a great movie! it's an exercise in worldbuilding-by-suggestion, and the world it's building is super cool, especially before cyberpunk cliches became cliches, but the movie itself doesn't make a ton of sense or really go anywhere

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