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The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world

January 7, 2026 The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world2026-01-07T23:38:23+01:00 9 Comments Justice, USA, Venezuela

The seizure of the oil tanker formerly known as the Bella 1, and now called Marinera, after Russia granted it the right to display the flag of the Russian Federation,…

Nuanțat, despre Venezuela și America Latină

January 7, 2026 Nuanțat, despre Venezuela și America Latină2026-01-09T00:44:56+01:00 No Comment pe românește, Venezuela, youtube

După ce veți parcurge, fie și în fugă, acest interviu despre aliații Venezuelei, vă recomand câteva discuții audio-video cu profesora Caterina Preda. Nu sunt întru totul de acord cu doamna…

Operation ‘Emperor of the World’

January 5, 2026 Operation ‘Emperor of the World’2026-01-06T14:01:49+01:00 6 Comments apocalypse, China, longread, Russia, USA, Venezuela

The shit-orange infused Monroe Doctrine, dubbed “Donroe Doctrine,” was not invented in the last couple of days. The term that appeared on a January 2025 cover of The New York…

Wanderings around Debian

January 5, 2026 Wanderings around Debian2026-01-05T20:24:59+01:00 3 Comments Debian, Linux, lite, LXDE, LXQt, MX, Ventoy, xebian, XFCE

This is a long overdue, insignificant post on some wanderings I had while exploring some other distros based on Debian or Ubuntu. International events have delayed its writing. It all…

More AI hysteria (and some tips)

January 5, 2026 More AI hysteria (and some tips)2026-01-05T23:03:34+01:00 2 Comments AI, Claude, twitter

When I wrote three days ago that I am literally sick of so much AI, the nullification of my Facebook account was still fresh. I didn’t pay much time to visit X, which…

A premonition that aged very well: this is not about drugs!

January 4, 2026 A premonition that aged very well: this is not about drugs!2026-01-04T22:05:01+01:00 1 Comment USA, Venezuela

On Dec. 11, Sky's data and economics editor Ed Conway explained The real reason Venezuela matters. “And there's one big reason why America is so interested.” It was almost a…

Beware of what you do: you can be tried in the US even if you never set foot there!

January 4, 2026 Beware of what you do: you can be tried in the US even if you never set foot there!2026-01-04T19:58:53+01:00 5 Comments Justice, USA, Venezuela

This is my third post related to the crisis in Venezuela, and the shortest one on that matter. As usual, I defend the principles of justice and freedom, not some…

Plans for US Imperialism 2.0 predate Trump 2.0

January 4, 2026 Plans for US Imperialism 2.0 predate Trump 2.02026-01-04T19:06:05+01:00 2 Comments apocalypse, China, USA, Venezuela

I stumbled upon a video excerpt on X, and I wondered whether it's authentic or AI-generated. I googled “Laura J. Richardson lithium triangle” and Google's AI Overview spitted this: General…

Grok: Kidnapping by a state is lawful everywhere

January 3, 2026 Grok: Kidnapping by a state is lawful everywhere2026-01-04T16:02:02+01:00 14 Comments Grok, Justice, USA, Venezuela

Here’s the talk I just had with Grok: Me: In the US, like in most countries, courts consider the legality of the evidence submitted, and if such evidence was warrantless…

Patrick André de Hillerin vs Kimi și multe alte distracții cu AI

January 2, 2026 Patrick André de Hillerin vs Kimi și multe alte distracții cu AI2026-01-04T14:01:03+01:00 2 Comments AI, ChatGPT, Copilot, Grok, Justice, Kimi, Mistral, pe românește

Niciodată nu mi-a plăcut Patrick André de Hillerin, însă am remarcat pe DCNews un articol care descrie argumentația lui PAH cum că am avea de-a face cu un abuz: Dublă…

I’m literally sick of this much AI

January 2, 2026 I’m literally sick of this much AI2026-01-02T05:08:45+01:00 2 Comments AI, apocalypse, bitcoin, longread

I started to write this blog post on Dec. 30, being triggered by one too many proofs of AI madness. Meanwhile, I found one more video to discuss, so I'm…

„Crasse Montana”: spulberarea mitului elvețian

January 1, 2026 „Crasse Montana”: spulberarea mitului elvețian2026-01-05T21:21:59+01:00 3 Comments apocalypse, idiocy

După catastrofa de la „Colectiv” din 2015, credeam că doar noi, românii, putem fi atât de retardați, incompetenți, nepăsători și corupți. Își putea cineva imagina că un episod (că n-am…

ng6333 on I never thought I’ll prefer ONLYOFFICE: “It makes sense. LO/OO internal format (ODF) is not OOXML. The other office suites native format is closer to MSoft…” Jan 27, 13:16

Béranger on Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups: “Indeed, its 3 predefined sync modes, “Two-way,” “Mirror to right,” and “Update right,” should cover everything. Obviously, actions can be…” Jan 27, 10:13

xwa on Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups: “How about FreeFileSync? May not have such detailed settings, but it should be able to do all those mirror/update/left/right scenarios…” Jan 27, 09:49

Béranger on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “Nope.” Jan 24, 20:39

ng6333 on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “I tried a method that can restore some old apps or libraries; Add previous release(s) to apt sources: – unstable…” Jan 24, 04:28

xwa on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “I wonder who is going to use GNOME anymore… Do you think you are safe if you migrated to /…” Jan 23, 18:16

Béranger on The Braver and Braver New World: “Trump über alles! After the fabulous address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada (here, here, here, or here; official…” Jan 23, 11:33

Béranger on The Braver and Braver New World: “Not an official link: Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace.” Jan 22, 16:51

Béranger on The Braver and Braver New World: “Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivered a special address in Davos. His ~20+ minute speech (in English) can be watched here (with…” Jan 22, 12:14

Béranger on The Braver and Braver New World: “Trump’s speech at WEF 2026 in Davos is psychiatric material. Trump confused Greenland with Iceland several times, but he appeared…” Jan 21, 19:06

GnomeSucks on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “Ah, the good old Gnome lunatics are at it again… Doesn’t surprise me when you look at the bullshit they…” Jan 21, 13:34

Béranger on Nu, Nicușor Dan nu a rezolvat problema de clasa a patra! Actualizare: ba da!: “Pentru problema din 1988 și rezolvarea acesteia din 2020, rediscutată în 2026, vezi aici.” Jan 20, 22:49

Christian on The “joys” of systemd in Fedora XFCE: “January 2026 and the bug is still there. Thanks you for writing this! Was driving me nuts.” Jan 19, 20:13

Ashtone on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Thank you.” Jan 16, 14:23

B. Stack on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “Thanks for the notice! Somehow, this is the first I’ve heard of it. I use Devuan Ceres (unstable, just like…” Jan 16, 02:03

Béranger on The American Dream: being one crisis away from poverty: “I was aware of much of this. But the idea was that, as a non-insured person, the fees are absurd.…” Jan 15, 14:04

edel on The American Dream: being one crisis away from poverty: “Forget the abominable costs, what I’d found most horrendous in American Health Plans is the impossibility to choose adequately, specially…” Jan 15, 13:59

edel on I don’t believe in Iran’s future: “Nice article! Just one thing to add; Israel would never tolerate any country to economically succeed in the area, unfriendly…” Jan 15, 12:31

edel on Which one comes first, Greenland or Iran?: “Trump has within reach Greenland, that will give him the legacy he is so desperately to obtain, and Europe would…” Jan 15, 12:13

Béranger on AI and Linux: comments and resolutions for 2026: “Three small updates: one regarding Xebian, another one regarding MX, and a third one regarding the customization of XFCE in…” Jan 15, 00:28

Béranger on AI and Linux: comments and resolutions for 2026: “Euria was not in my short list. It’s basically Qwen.” Jan 14, 19:23

HAL on AI and Linux: comments and resolutions for 2026: “some are not worthwhile (Lumo) You forgot “the great” Euria from the equally “great” Infomaniak 😉 Worse than Lumo, better?” Jan 14, 19:20

Béranger on Happy Trump’s Kampf: “En qué estado está la industria petrolera venezolana y por qué recuperarla costará muchos millones: “Nunca pude imaginar que a…” Jan 13, 16:07

edel on We shouldn’t have forgotten Guantánamo: “Worse by number, is the number of “jihadists” arrested and convicted by online entrapment that in real life they would…” Jan 12, 19:57

Béranger on Fun and pain with a teardown—analogic radios are defunct: “UPDATE: A 10th chapter adds comments from Mistral on the ICs highlighted in this post, on old-style radio ICs, on…” Jan 11, 20:12

Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Added Romantic FM (at the end).” Jan 11, 19:16

Béranger on „Crasse Montana”: spulberarea mitului elvețian: “Service door of Crans-Montana bar where 40 died in fire was locked from inside, owner says: The French owner of…” Jan 11, 15:55

Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “FT: Nordics reject Trump’s claim of Chinese and Russian ships around Greenland: Nordic diplomats rejected US President Donald Trump’s claims…” Jan 11, 15:45

HMS on Stephan Pastis on a difference between AmE and BrE: “I thought the joke was that nobody cares about the UK anymore. I respect the history, but it’s a play…” Jan 10, 19:56

Béranger on Gramatica geto-dacă e cea mai superioară, etc. (cu completări): “Kiev sau Kyiv? La Radio Moldova, Dan Alexe înșiră o serie de argumente: O samă de cuvinte | Englezirea excesivă:…” Jan 10, 11:09

Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Added JazzRadio Berlin in the 10th position, between Europa Radio Jazz and TSF Jazz.” Jan 10, 03:52

HAL on Dedoimedo honored me!: “Oh 😀👍👏” Jan 10, 03:42

Béranger on „Crasse Montana”: spulberarea mitului elvețian: “Elemente de tâmpenie umană extrase din 68 de secunde. Reconstituirea tragediei din Elveția: ❶ După ce spuma a luat foc,…” Jan 10, 02:35

Johannes rexx on As a New Year’s gift, Facebook decided I don’t exist: “When I told my brother that the three billion facebook users are all stupid idiots he refuted that so many…” Jan 10, 00:48

Béranger on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “At most with Putin.” Jan 9, 17:32

HMS on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “The past 100 years have been a headfake on the “rules based order” and “democracy.” Realism and Great Men have…” Jan 9, 17:21

Béranger on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “– The US Civil War was before they become civilized (so to speak). – Spain in 2004 was not in…” Jan 8, 21:45

edel on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “I understand, I said I give it a “pass” check. Exceptions as you mention are few, but they are. -…” Jan 8, 21:23

Béranger on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “Nope. (1) Missiles and drones are falling in Kyiv and other “free” cities, too. (2) No country on Earth has…” Jan 8, 20:46

edel on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “True, I understand it completely since 2022! As I consider 2024 Venezuela elections as contested/suspended under the less explosive, but…” Jan 8, 20:44

Béranger on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “Regarding Kyiv: Britain didn’t hold elections during the war. They did it right after the capitulation of the Third Reich,…” Jan 8, 20:14

edel on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: ““But the US will remain a threat for everyone, even if Trump disappears.” Now, like I have been saying since…” Jan 8, 20:10

Béranger on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “Trump, on Truth Social: I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between…” Jan 8, 15:00

Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “At 6:31 (until 8:00), Stephen Miller Explains Trump’s Reasoning for Invading Venezuela. At 8:00, Stephen Miller: “The United States should…” Jan 7, 22:53

Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “From a tweet by the Chinese dissident Bin Xie: Years ago, China imported almost no oil from Venezuela due to…” Jan 7, 12:47

Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “You have to watch this! The Daily Show: Trump Kidnaps President Maduro, Targets Venezuelan Oil & Ditches “America First” (Jon…” Jan 7, 01:40

Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “Cuba publica las fotos y los nombres de sus 32 soldados muertos en el ataque a Caracas: Los muertos son…” Jan 7, 00:50

Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “Updates on Venezuela, and my question to the world: ● Trump clarifies who is ultimately in charge in Venezuela: ‘Me’:…” Jan 6, 18:54

Béranger on RECORDER, Justiția, prescripția și cazul Vanghelie: “Cazul Vanghelie: s-ar putea să fi greșit când am pus botul la teoria CAB potrivit căreia una din cele două…” Jan 6, 18:22

Béranger on More AI hysteria (and some tips): “Apparently, Claude is eating your tokens: Claude devs complain about surprise usage limits, Anthropic blames expiring bonus. See also #16157…” Jan 6, 12:54

HAL on Wanderings around Debian: “Learn Japanese ? 😁 MX is good for people who would otherwise choose Mint. I am not the typical user.…” Jan 6, 02:11

Béranger on Wanderings around Debian: “MX is good for people who would otherwise choose Mint. I am not the typical user. Otherwise… would you like…” Jan 6, 00:44

HAL on Wanderings around Debian: “Regarding Ventoy, I didn’t know. Thank you. If I ever install Debian XFCE again, I won’t choose MX, not even…” Jan 6, 00:41

Béranger on I’m literally sick of this much AI: “Even the Sky May Not Be the Limit for A.I. Data Centers: Google announced in November that it was working…” Jan 6, 00:34

Béranger on More AI hysteria (and some tips): “From the NYT’s 10 Pieces of Tech Jargon That Confused Us in 2025: – A.I. Factory: Tech companies like Nvidia…” Jan 6, 00:17

Béranger on Beware of what you do: you can be tried in the US even if you never set foot there!: “FOS meaning… ?! PRC was the legitimate government of continental China. But as long as the US (and the West,…” Jan 5, 21:48

John on Beware of what you do: you can be tried in the US even if you never set foot there!: “Nixon was FOS on that point. In retrospect, he was FOS on creating the EPA and its ever tightening standards,…” Jan 5, 21:41

xwa on A premonition that aged very well: this is not about drugs!: “So because Americans are lazy idiots who cannot spend few self FED-printed bucks to convert their refineries, they decide to…” Jan 5, 18:40

Béranger on Plans for US Imperialism 2.0 predate Trump 2.0: “Then, of course, there is this famous scene from Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan S02E01 (2019). Oil, gold, minerals, and an…” Jan 4, 23:03

Béranger on Plans for US Imperialism 2.0 predate Trump 2.0: “Let’s not forget about the Hague Invasion Act of 2002, officially the American Service-Members’ Protection Act (ASPA), [full text], which…” Jan 4, 22:50