What Planet Are We On?
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"As 2026 begins, what a strange planet we find ourselves on. The two great empires of my youth, the Soviet Union (now Russia) and my own country, are clearly experiencing some version of imperial decline, even if Vladimir Putin is acting otherwise in Ukraine (as is Donald Trump in his own strange fashion in the Caribbean More
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American Imperialism and the Mad Fantasies of Donald Trump
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"Trump has said that he intends to “run Venezuela.” That should come as a surprise to the thousands of Venezuelans who have taken to the streets to denounce the American assault on its capital. Regardless of Trump’s fantasies, he can barely run the US, except by driving it further into the abyss. No matter how More
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堂本光一が「レコメン!」生出演、原嘉孝と「Endless SHOCK」の思い出語る(ステージナタリー)
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Digital by obligation? Defending the right to not be digital

"We must not overlook the enormous environmental and energy costs of digital transformation and artificial intelligence, whose development heavily depends on the massive processing of both personal and non-personal data."

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Restoring the Nobel Peace Prize to Its Peace-Promotion Vocation
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"On 27 November 1897 the multi-millionaire Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament establishing a foundation to honour, among others “champions of peace”, those “who shall have done the most or the best work for creating the brotherhood of nations, for the abolition of reduction of

Mixed messages from Trump administration on US ‘running’ Venezuela
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Secessionist Pantomime: Israel Recognises Somaliland
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"For a country so upset about recognition being afforded peoples under their thumb and control, the Israelis have decided to get into the state recognition business with festive aplomb. Africa’s Somaliland presented itself as a suitable candidate, an entity that remains part of Somalia but has asserted its own autonomy since 1991. Israel’s

Flutterwave buys Nigeria’s Mono in rare African fintech exit
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Captain America for Sale: $72 Billion
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"On 5 December 2025, Netflix announced it would buy Warner Bros — including the film studio, TV studio, HBO, HBO Max, and the entire DC Comics universe — for $72 billion. The deal is expected to close, despite interest from Paramount, in the third quarter of 2026.​ Everyone is talking about higher subscription fees, tighter More
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Roaming Charges: Preliminary Notes on a Kidnapping
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"The cocksure boast that the US will "run" Venezuela appears to be another Trumpian fantasy. It’s impossible to “run a country,” if you don’t have control of it, which the US doesn’t by any measure. The Maduro government remains in place and defiant, even with Maduro renditioned to New York City. Indeed, the attack appears to have only strengthened the

Leftwing militants claim responsibility for arson attack on Berlin power grid

Protest over climate crisis and AI has cut power to tens of thousands of homes which may take days to fully restore
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Venezuela’s acting president meets cabinet ministers
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2026: The Year We Say ‘Enough is Enough’
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"It’s almost impossible to fathom the extent of the fall of democracy in our nation in one year — but 2025 indeed saw an assault on our freedoms across the board from the most authoritarian president and administration in recent history. Unfortunately, those same tendencies have trickled down through various state governments as well — More
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ROVETTA Jérôme, ouvrier mécanicien, anarchiste italien de Milan.
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"Ministère de l’Intérieur Police des chemins de fer Commissaire spécial d’Annemasse Haute-Savoie N°590 Anarchistes ROVETTA Jérôme Annemasse, le 7 mai …Lire la suite →"

Blatant colonialism: Trump says USA will 'run' Venezuela and take its oil

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The Arctic–Greenland–Florida Conga
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"According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (an agency that is subject to drastic cuts in Trump’s FY2026 budget) from October 2024 to September 2025 temperatures across the entire Arctic region were the hottest in 125 years of modern record keeping, As of year-end, the status of the Arctic and Greenland present the world More
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