Quién era Henrique Machado Zuloaga, empresario que apostaba a la creatividad en Venezuela Henrique Machado Zuloaga falleció este domingo a los 92 años, se va respetado protagonista de un modelo de gerencia eficiente hoy en jaque por el estatismo

To the surprise of no one, Carina Machado's father was a millionaire who had a "finger in the pie" all over Venezuela

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At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it.
This week's column.
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Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland U.S. President Donald Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the U.S. controlling Greenland. Trump didn't provide details Friday.

Trading partners need to pack-up. Tariff one of us, and we'll all tariff you. Bear beats dog, shit load of dogs beat bear. Enough with a corrupt leader gaming world markets for his family of gangsters.

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During Merger Talks, Trump Bought More Netflix and Discovery Communications Corporate Debt Trump also invested in Minneapolis school bonds last month.

As @netflix.com attempted to purchase Warner Bros. last month, a most notable American bought a large amount of the companies’ corporate debt: President Donald Trump.

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And Iran has an EXTRAORDINARILY strong sense of identity and pride. Iran has been Iran for over 5000 years. Iran has remained Iran through centuries of war and conquest.

Every regime that has tried to control us, from inside or out, has toppled. This one will as well.

Iran is so much more diverse than you realize.

We have Afghanis, Africans, Arabs, Armenians, Azeris, Balochis, Bakhtiaris, Gilanis, Kurds, Loris, Mazanderanis, Qashqais, Turks.

We have Ithna'asheris, Ismailis, Sunnis, Christians, Zoroastrians, Baha'i, Jews.

This isn't comprehensive. At all.

I was talking to someone yesterday about how climate support is just evaporating even in states and among people who were vocal champions, out of fear of alienating voters.

That is a strategic error, and folks really need to take lessons from @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social on how to do better.

Say it with me: 90% of people alive today will be better off if we phase out fossil fuels. That’s what the economics actually shows.

Escaping the trap of US tech dependence Canada needs real digital sovereignty, not our own digital colonizers

When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.

It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.

Can't wait.

Canada bringing back the draft? Ugh.
Images of men marching in circles.
Maybe, think more Outward Bound, w/ weapons training.
Mountaineering, whitewater, avalanche safety. Beyond comfort levels, teaching an individual how to endure & as a team how to prevail.
Much like a country.

Emerson on How to Touch the Universe The astonishing thing is that even though we will never truly know what it is like to be another creature or another person or any configuration of chemistry and chance other than ourselves, we are…

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Trump Wants to Halt Almost All Coal Plant Shutdowns. It Could Get Messy.

To understand how stupid this is - and what it says about Chris Wright’s character, I want you to imagine that it’s April 15, 1947 and you’re the manager of Brooklyn Dodgers… www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/c...

Nothing

“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy

you known who's a lot more harmful to Americans than all the immigrants combined? Donald Trump. But hey, he's a rich white guy, so ignore him. But ya' better start eating more of them soybeans to save your farmers, lads. Yum.

we have a fascist party and we have a party of fascist enablers

Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland - KTAR.com WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the U.S. controlling Greenland. Trump didn’t provide

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don't tell the old fella who used the US military to steal a Nobel prize, but the world is building a trading system that doesn't rely on the US.
Tariff away, old man, tariff away.

Prepare for a long drawn out guerrilla war targeting US infrastructure that would cripple the US and allow China to ascend to dominance.

yeah, i'm referencing Samsung's solid state battery that lasts something like a million miles, has a 600 mile range and charges in 9 minutes.
Boy I'm already pining for the ol' oil changes & replacing blown gaskets.

It's kinda hilarious, is a dark way, the United States crowing about capturing Venezuela's vast oil reserves just as the rest of the world is on the verge of electrification.

"Guys, guys! I built the world's fastest passenger ship!"
"That's cool Don, but those guys just built an airplane."

...which [Doctorow] calls the “money-losingest technology ever seen.”

Just the Telegraph casually referring to an Irish woman as a ‘washer woman’

You hit the jackpot there, lads: xenophobia, misogyny and unbridled class snobbery

Keir Starmer ‘will accept place on Trump’s board to run Gaza’ The PM is set to join a core group organised by the US president to oversee end of the Israel-Hamas war — while Sir Tony Blair will be on ‘executive board’

FUCK KEIR STARMER

A Palestinian child throws a stone at an Israeli tank

A young boy with a gas mask on Bloody Sunday in Derry

“We were born into an unjust system, we are not prepared to grow old in it.”

- Bernadette Devlin -

🇮🇪 🤝 🇵🇸

The triumph of clean energy is inevitable The ever-improving economics of technologies like wind, solar, EVs, and battery storage have become insurmountable — and, for countries in the developing world, irresistible.

Clean energy is going to win. Not even Donald Trump can stop it now. #cdnpoli

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Wikipedia at 25: What the web can be - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Today, @wikipedia.org turns 25 years old. It's never been more important — or under more attack from authoritarians. Here's what to know about how we got here, and what we can do to push for its future. There's no better example of the web we make together. www.anildash.com/2026/01/15/w...

Apparently we stand should-to-shoulder by not showing up.

“The Canadian Armed Forces are not initiating any new operations at this time,” said government sources, adding that Canada stands “shoulder-to-shoulder” with the people of Denmark and Greenland, which is an autonomous Danish territory."

Toronto Star article excerpt reads: "According to documents released Monday by the office of integrity commissioner Paul Muldoon, the Israeli consulate paid nearly $10,000 for Pasternak and Colle to attend a six-day "Canadian political leadership mission" to Israel last Nov. 23 to 28. A social media post indicates other members of the delegation included media personality Ben Mulroney, journalist Steve Paikin, former Green Party leader Annamie Paul and former independent MP Kevin Vuong. The expenses covered by the consulate came to about $3,600 for Pasternak, and about $6,350 for Colle, according to the documents, which are mandatory gift disclosure statements filed by the councillors"

Remember when I reported Ben Mulroney and Steve Paikin received a briefing from the Israeli government?

Well, it turns out the Israeli consulate paid nearly $10,000 for some of their fellow attendees to be there.

Were Mulroney and Paikin covered too?

Story here: www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...