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Solidarity with the Bolivarian Republic is crucial. At stake is not only the future of Venezuela but also that of the Cuban Revolution ... Cuba has been battered and besieged by the United States: one invasion defeated at Playa Girón, constant sanctions, constant attacks, constant lies. Without Venezuelan oil, supplied free since the Bolivarians came to power, there is reason to fear for Cuba’s future.
Tariq Ali, Abduction in Caracas — Sidecar

Tariq Ali, Abduction in Caracas — Sidecar
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Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR)
⭐️faked the death of Denis Kapustin, commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK),
⭐️and claimed the bounty placed on his head by Russia's intelligence service,
HUR chief Kyrylo Budanov revealed on Jan. 1.
"Welcome back to life," Budanov said on a Telegram video,
while congratulating Kapustin and the intelligence team involved in the operation

'Welcome back to life' — Ukraine's HUR faked death of top anti-Putin Russian commander, claimed Kremlin bounty money
Denis Kapustin, commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), was reported killed in action on Dec. 27.

Russian ELVIS V brain implant for restoring vision https://elvis-tech.ru/elvisv_en "After implantation, patients undergo a rehabilitation course, which may last 6 months and include activities to teach the new 'vision' from simple to complex."

ELVIS V - electronic vision of the future
Electronic vision of the future - neuroimplant ELVIS V

I gave a talk recently to some legislators. It dealt with the history of politics and trade in the region we were in. While some of what I presented was fairly obscure, most of it could be dug up by anyone with a library card and a few days to kill. But it all seemed to come as a revelation to my audience.
As a rule, our elected leaders aren't dumb - some are very smart. But we do ourselves a disservice when we imagine they know what we know. They might not - we may need to explain…

Taking notes from the successes and failures of the Russian revolution, a group of anarchists (including Nestor Makhno, a Ukrainian anarchist militant who was critical in defeating the Tzar's army and who later also fought the Red Army) wrote a document titled the "Organizational Platform of the Libertarian Communists." This document came to be known as "The Platform." It remains one of the most important first-hand revolutionary documents, outlining a clear revolutionary plan.
I've taken this, the Viable System Model from cybernetics, and my own organizing experience, to describe an organization to confront the current set of crises.
This continues to build on the stuff I have been writing, but it's a lot less high level theory and a lot more specific.
https://anarchoccultism.org/building-zion/a-solarpunk-fractal-microservices
As always, editing notes (typos, grammar, spelling, etc) are always welcome, as are any questions. My ADHD brain tends to go a lot faster than anything else, so I have a tendency to drop words and have a lot of trouble catching them later. Between my ADHD and mild dyslexia, it can be pretty hard for me to catch when autocorrect gives me the wrong word.
A lot of folks have already been super helpful in offering their editing support, and I'm really grateful. Writing this has felt collaborative, and it should. On the one hand this comes from my own experience and research, but on the other I'm also voicing things that have come from conversations here. This has all been a bit of my voice and a bit of the federated world, and I'm really appreciating that.

“It is by far the most disturbing thing Aronofsky has made, and I’ve seen the last eight minutes of Requiem for a Dream.”
Not a good look right after Ken Burns did a truly great series on the Revolution. Feels desperate. @…

Andy Carvin (@acarv.in)
“Benjamin Franklin, who turns up during episode two, is particularly nightmarish. He looks as if someone has genetically spliced Hugh Laurie with Anthony Hopkins, and then covered the resulting monstrosity in a thin layer of roving liver spots.” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/02/darren-aronofsky-ai-revolutionary-war-series-review?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Requiem for a film-maker: Darren Aronofsky’s AI revolutionary war series is a horror
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/02/darren-aronofsky-ai-revolutionary-war-series-review?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Reagan sucked in 1980 and his terrible influence continues in 2025
From: @…
https://mastodon.nu/@janhoglund/115758889451784602

🐺 Africa's rarest carnivore: The story of the first Ethiopian wolf ever captured, nursed and returned to the wild
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-africa-rarest-carnivore-story-ethiopian.html

Africa's rarest carnivore: The story of the first Ethiopian wolf ever captured, nursed and returned to the wild
What's the value of one animal? When a wild animal is found badly injured, the most humane option is often euthanasia to prevent further suffering. That's what usually happens, and often for good reason. Even when the resources to rescue one animal are available, a rehabilitated animal brought back into the wild might be rejected by its group, or struggle to find food or escape predators. If it does survive, it may fail to reproduce, and leave no lasting mark on the population.

A recently leaked DHS memo told immigration agents they have the authority to break into people's homes to conduct immigration operations,
The memo ignores parts of DHS training materials related to the Fourth Amendment,
according to David Kligerman,
the senior vice president and special counsel of Whistleblower Aid.
Kligerman discussed the memo with Adam Klasfeld on the "Legal AF" podcast on Sunday.
He said the "dangerous"
memo …

Leaked ICE memo reveals 'broader effort' of Trump's immigration regime: lawyer
A lawyer representing a group of whistleblowers who leaked a recent Department of Homeland Security memo said on Sunday that the document revealed the "broader effort" of President Donald Trump's immigration regime. Immigration has been the Trump administration's key issue during its second term. Th...