New York Times: Lots of Oil, Little Production: What to Know About Venezuelan Energy

Why Venezuela?

❗️Overnight, 🇺🇦kamikaze drones attacked
the low-temperature isomerization unit Izomalk-2-LIN-800 at the 🇷🇺Ryazan Oil Refinery (Ryazan NPZ).

Trump admin removes MLK Day, Juneteenth from National Parks fee-free days In place of these days, the Trump administration has opted to celebrate more former presidents' birthdays and Trump's birthday.

In one of the most breathtakingly racist moves of tRump 2.0, the Turd Reich has removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from the list of federal holidays that offer fee free entry into our national parks and replaced them with—wait for it—Donald tRump’s birthday. No words. 🤬

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❗️"All EU countries must share the same risks that Belgium faces in the event of using frozen Russian assets in the interests of Ukraine" — Chancellor Merz.

It is now time to start talking about prosecuting the military personnel that apparently went rogue and ordered a second strike on drowning men, when they knew better!

Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child

My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.

TBG PSA: Nov 1- any families w/ SNAP can show card and get as manyHfree kids mealsS! as needed. Idgaf who you voted ForTN® SA RAERS kid will go hungry on our 48 blocks.

We get so busy focusing on the negative and forget to promote the positive.

No politics just kindness
Tony’s Baltimore Grill in Atlantic City NJ giving free meals to kids while the government lets them starve bc of SNAP Go show Tony’s some love
We need more community service

Farm Bankruptcies Already Exceed Last Year More U.S. farms filed for bankruptcy in the first three months of 2025 than during the entire 2024 calendar year. That’s according to new research from University of Arkansas Extension Economist Ryan ...

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U.S. farms filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy in the first three months of 2025 (259 filings) than in all of 2024 (216 filings). www.agricultureofamerica.com/2025/07/18/f...

Did the soldier make it away unharmed?

❗️Zelenskyy on the front line. In the Dobropillia direction, he met with soldiers of the 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine "Azov".

To defend against Russian tanks, Finland and Poland consider restoring wetlands Finland and Poland are both considering rewetting dried-out peatbogs to form defence barriers against a potential Russian ground invasion. Restoring these natural carbon sinks could also bring signifi...

They should do it anyway for the environmental benefits.

A sea turtle surfacing by a MASSIVE school of rays near Clearwater, Florida a couple days ago. Another post into the BluSky void. Maybe 2 or 3 people will see this one and my time won't have been wasted. I'll keep trying a little longer. #nature #animals #amazing #wildlife #awesome #ocean

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.

If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.

If you're under 28, the number is 100%.

Happy Labor Day.

Israel says the attack on the hospital that killed yet more innocent people including journalists was a "major accident"

So how does Israel explain the second missile strike timed to hit once first responders got there & that killed many more?

One "accident" is careless, two is criminally ruthless

While we wait for Flamingos to fly, Ukraine has shown its modified "Long Neptune" for the first time.

The 1000km-range 'R-360 Neptune' has been written about for 20 months but apparently never shown before. Pres Zelenskyy said it was first used earlier this year.

Day 5 of the fire at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Rostov.

Russia is no nearer putting out the flames following Ukraine’s dronw strikes.

Fuel price rises at the pump, and shortages, continue in southern Russia and occupied Ukraine.

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Germany's Finance Minister @larsklingbeil.bsky.social is also in Ukraine's capital right now.

He said "We remain the 2nd largest supporter of Ukraine in the world & the largest in Europe. As Finance Minister, I also give a clear promise today: Ukraine can continue to rely on Germany"

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More political VIPs arrived in Kyiv this morning.

Nice views of the central station - Vokzal - in Kyiv as Norway's PM Jonas Gahr Støre stepped off the train, with even a greeting in Norwegian on the display.

Incidentally the word vokzal comes from London's Vauxhall station.

RBK🇺🇦 reports that Ukraine Intel managed to hack TV in Russia to celebrate Independence Day.

I'm very sceptical of these as they are easily faked, but Russians are said to have been treated to real news of a million soldiers lost, Black Sea fleet lost & petrol/gas running out!

Trump has ordered the closure of the Alexandroupoli military base in Greece at the joint request of Putin and Türkiye’s Erdogan, Greek media reports.

Загальні бойові втрати противника з 24.02.22 по 26.08.25 орієнтовно склали / The estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 26.08.25

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Unveiled - Ukraine's anti-ship missile R-360 "Neptune" with increased range of up to 1,000 km.

More footage shows a direct hit and detonation at the Ust-Luga port. It is reported that the cryogenic gas fractionation unit sustained critical damage.

Arrested for filming it. And look how excited they all are to get some *action*.

🇺🇸 Watch fascism work.

Might be, it simply does not look like a refinery, more like a LNG plant. We will learn during the day, have just seen a video showing several hits on another refinery, Ukraine celebrating Independence Day 😊

The Novatek export terminal at Ust-Luga in Russia is burning. The facility, which is around 800 km (500 miles) from the Ukrainian border, supplies oil tankers at the Baltic Sea.