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fighting for the user, issuing her assets since 1995. Assets are soft, users are hard. The issue isn't the asset, the asset is you.
planet Earth, mostly harmless
Joined April 2014
“Mr Maduro’s claims that the US is solely motivated by oil. Those [claims] seem overblown.” - Guardian editorial board Dec 12.
Trump: We want it back. They took our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. As you know. They threw our companies out and we want it back.
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The plan to seize Russian assets frozen in Belgium, mainly at Euroclear, appears to have been scuppered. According to a statement yesterday by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the US is exerting clear pressure on Europe not to steal these assets, in order to preserve them as
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Escalation - Venezuala's navy sails. Now the game is about getting the other side to shoot first, and thereby claiming to be the innocent 😇.
Venezuela's Navy is now escorting ships leaving Venezuela with oil-based exports This may mean that US would have to engage in offensive military action against Venezuelan forces — a clear violation of the War Powers Act & Constitution — in order to enforce the naval blockade
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Been thinking about this tweet ever since I saw it. Mainstream American journalists think unilateral US sanctions are *the actual international law*, and anyone who tries to circumvent them is a criminal. These are the people who are informing the American public about the world.
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JULIAN ASSANGE FILES CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST NOBEL FOUNDATION OVER “INSTRUMENT OF WAR” PEACE PRIZE WikiLeaks Founder Alleges 2025 Award to María Corina Machado Constitutes Misappropriation, Facilitation of War Crimes Under Swedish Law, Seeks Freeze of 11 million SEK ($1.18
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I'm really struck by the similarities between what we're witnessing in Europe-US relations and the Sino-Soviet split in the 1960s. The Sino-Soviet split also occurred due to an ideological fracture whereby, after Khrushchev's de-Stalinization and embrace of "peaceful
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4k angry comments telling @TulsiGabbard she is wrong, but 60k likes. 15 to 1 success rate in convincing the prolitariate to not look over here at this enemy, but look over there for a different enemy. Propaganda machine working fine today. (Ofc, a comment is much bigger than a
The tragic Islamist terror attack against those at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia sadly should not come as a surprise to anyone. This is the direct result of the massive influx of Islamists to Australia. Their goal is not only the Islamization of Australia but the entire
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Once you know that all discussion on military/foreign affairs is infected by arms manufacturers pumping up wars, you never need to spend time listening to their CEOs making points on grand strategy. You already know what their point is.
Anduril Founder @PalmerLuckey on Drone Warfare: “I don’t think China is going to adopt drones the same way that you’ve seen heavy adoption in Russia and Ukraine.” “[China] has such an enormous surplus of single men… their calculus is just completely different.” The U.S. must
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Did you know that in the 90s, U.S. export regulations deemed cryptographic systems with keys >40 bits as "munitions"? PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), using >=128 bits, landed its creator, Phil Zimmermann, in an investigation for unlicensed export of such "munition". His genius fix:
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Here's why carnivore is the ultimate vegan diet. Want to minimise animal suffering? Eat beef. 1.6 cows per person per year on carnivore. Crop agriculture kills hundreds of small animals per person annually in harvesting. Want to help the environment? Eat beef. Grassland
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The real story is why this might actually work when $3B+ of VC money just vaporized in vertical farming bankruptcies. The vertical farming graveyard is massive: Plenty ($1B raised, bankrupt March 2025), Bowery ($700M raised, shut down November 2024), AeroFarms ($300M raised,
Strawberries? From Dyson?! Yes, the same Dyson that reimagined the vacuum cleaner… is now reimagining farming. And it’s brilliant. When I think of Dyson, I picture futuristic fans — not vertical farms. But here we are. The innovation? Dyson has developed a high-tech
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"Scammers take steps to operate outside the reach of law enforcement. Legitimate people don’t. It makes legitimate builders easier to catch."
@lex_node Yes, I agree the current legal system is not able to shoehorn defi relationships and exploits into existing laws. I also agree that fraud is not the right mental model for defi exploits. But in terms of harm, impact, and what can be meaningfully improved to reduce harm +
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@lex_node Yes, I agree the current legal system is not able to shoehorn defi relationships and exploits into existing laws. I also agree that fraud is not the right mental model for defi exploits. But in terms of harm, impact, and what can be meaningfully improved to reduce harm +
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We are witnessing a civilizational collapse with the EU sanctioning Jacques Baud, a retired Swiss colonel and intelligence officer, for publishing books and articles expressing views on the Ukraine war contrary to those of the NATO leadership.
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more from the appropriations desk:
The UK prime minister has issued has issued a licence to transfer £2.5bn of frozen assets from Roman Abramovich’s sale of Chelsea Football Club to Ukraine. https://t.co/dFLPUpbj1B
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JULIAN ASSANGE FILES CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST NOBEL FOUNDATION OVER “INSTRUMENT OF WAR” PEACE PRIZE WikiLeaks Founder Alleges 2025 Award to María Corina Machado Constitutes Misappropriation, Facilitation of War Crimes Under Swedish Law, Seeks Freeze of 11 million SEK ($1.18
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THE LEGAL PARADOX THAT REWRITES WAR ITSELF On December 16, 2025, the United States executed the most consequential legal maneuver in modern military history. Not a single shot. Not a declaration of war. Something far more dangerous: a redefinition of what war means. THE
BREAKING: THE MONROE DOCTRINE JUST DREW BLOOD For the first time since 1962, American warships encircle a Western Hemisphere nation. Not Cuba. Venezuela. THE NUMBERS THAT CHANGE EVERYTHING: Largest naval armada in South American history now operational. USS Gerald R. Ford
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1.6k angry comments versus 7k likes - from this one data point, looks like there is a popular agreement to use seized Russian funds to finance Ukraine's fighting some more.
We intend to use Russian assets to finance the Armed Forces of Ukraine for at least two more years. This step is not about prolonging the war, but about bringing the war to an end as soon as possible.
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For You "Elon Saved Free Speech" White Knight Assholes: Read the New Terms of Service Released Today X just updated their Terms of Service effective January 15, 2026. Here's what you agreed to: AI TRAINING RIGHTS GRAB: Everything you post becomes training data for their AI
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A gentle reminder Gaza has suffered the equivalent of 42,500 Bondi terrorist attacks and 212 September 11s.
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