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Palestinian children hands broken before the camera

@PJDScout @SchopenhauerNow The language never did it for me.

@I_m_reenaCA @SchopenhauerNow That’s another one I couldn’t get through too!

You picked up a book once and never finished it. Name it.

Translation from Spanish, the Venezuelan Ambassador to Lebanon and Syria, HE Jose Biomorgi: The far-right scavengers are frantically searching for food. They're failures, and all they have left is to scavenge for scraps. Just like the "CIA influencers." Those who, while profiting from the Revolution, even wrote personalized books about the Bolivarian leaders. Now that their gravy train has dried up, they're strangely critical. Those who speak Spanish very well, but with a thick American accent. So what I am writing is directed to comrades who may be confused, and with good reason. A few days ago I posted that this is not the time to throw darts, but to build bridges. To generate solid arguments, based on real facts, so that our comrades who have always fought for and defended this beautiful Venezuelan process of change and justice can continue the necessary battle and we can maintain our firm commitment to the collective construction of a more just system. I think no one doubts that a new era is dawning in the world. What has been brewing for years is finally coming to fruition. As history has consistently shown, every change of era brings with it traumas and very complex situations. Venezuela, whose certified oil reserves are the largest on the planet, was not going to go unnoticed or be left out of this global realignment. We must not forget that we live in a world where fossil fuels remain fundamental to the development of nations, especially for global powers. The empire, whose moral decay is plain for all to see, has dealt a very hard blow to Venezuelans. We must be brave and acknowledge this fact, without hesitation or reservation. The US took advantage of its technological and military supremacy to attack our homeland. They have violated our sovereignty. I think that's quite clear by now. In my humble opinion, that disproportionate and completely unjustified aggression by the US was entirely unnecessary. Venezuela is a land of peace. It always has been, and we have always welcomed with open arms anyone who has come to our country in search of new horizons. But the US, whose imperial structure is crumbling and whose credibility is seriously questioned, needed to send a message to the international community. And they used us as cannon fodder for it. Just listen to President Trump's speech in Davos and it all becomes clear. Perhaps we, in our pacifist leanings, were naive and believed that the US wouldn't dare launch such an operation because it would reflect very poorly on them in the eyes of the world. But the US doesn't care at all what the world thinks. They have an unlimited license for aggression. All the peoples of the world must internalize this. Brothers and sisters in the struggle. Venezuela has not surrendered. It is not kneeling before anyone. It is not a protectorate. It is not any of that nonsense they have tried to spread to demoralize us. The noble and courageous people of Venezuela have withstood years of intense pressure and aggression, not only from the United States, but from all the subservient governments of this continent, Europe, and other parts of the world; as well as international institutions and organizations such as the UN, the OAS, the IMF, the World Bank, the world's private banks, etc. Are there other examples of besieged towns? Of course there are. Do those towns have large, enormous hydrocarbon reserves? Yes, they do. Are these nations possessing vast reserves of fossil fuels and minerals, located in the same hemisphere as the most powerful empire in human history, and is that empire currently governed by highly morally committed individuals? I'm not so sure about that. What is absolutely certain, however, is that Venezuela meets those criteria. Trying to compare ourselves to other nations or other peoples seems absurd to me. Each country has its own realities, idiosyncrasies, culture, strengths, vulnerabilities, beliefs, and a long list of other things that everyone should be aware of. I insist. We suffered a very hard blow, and that must always be kept in mind in any analysis we do. Colleagues, I invite you to broaden your perspective and delve deeper into the analysis. Let's examine what is happening in the world and how events are unfolding. Comrades, I invite you to evaluate and reflect before making any judgments or reaching conclusions that do a disservice to the movements for change and are used by our enemies. The enemies of the people. History is full of examples where countries in the midst of war conducted parallel negotiations. Countries that were invaded and were fighting and negotiating at the same time. Some have even spoken of surrender. What a flippant view. A battle should not be seen merely as a confrontation using weapons of war. We are fighting. We are fighting to prevent fascism from taking over our homeland. We are fighting to keep Venezuela at peace. We are fighting to maintain national unity and the Republic after the lethal blow dealt to us, in which more than 100 Venezuelans were killed, the President and his wife were kidnapped, and our sovereignty was violated. We are fighting to improve our capabilities as a state. In short, we are fighting, putting the national interest first. I know there are many questions. Many uncertainties. But we must trust in the vanguard of our Bolivarian movement. The Bolivarian leadership has been given a very difficult task. Extremely difficult. Let us not forget that we are the children of Bolívar. Questions? We all have questions and criticisms. We all have doubts and uncertainties. But as Chávez said many times: "Irreverence in discussion, loyalty in action." At this moment, perhaps more than ever before, our homeland is threatened, the nation is experiencing very complex times, and its sovereignty is under attack. Therefore, compatriots, brothers and sisters in the struggle, we must act with great caution and maturity. Maintaining peace, ensuring the functioning of the state, preventing bloodshed, and safeguarding the Republic are no easy tasks. I've heard some very petty people questioning the very concept of the Republic. Again, as Chávez said, let them deal with their selfishness and technicalities. People who, by the way, bear a great deal of responsibility for what's happening to us today. But let's not get distracted by that. This isn't the time for it. History will judge them. Let us remain steadfast. Let us have faith in the project. Let us remember when Commander Chávez passed away and President Maduro won the election by a very narrow margin in 2013, followed by the electoral debacle of 2015. Many at that time began to criticize, to distance themselves from the Bolivarian movement, and even tried to fracture Chavismo. We have already seen how that story ended: with a profoundly ignorant and incompetent young man swearing himself in as president, with the plundering of the nation, with sanctions, with sabotage, with violent protests, with the blocking of food and medicine for the people, among other abuses. As the saying goes, "You reap what you sow." It is in setbacks and difficulties that political stature and the capacity for analysis and direction are most required. It was not for nothing that the greatest politician and military strategist ever born in our land was called the "Man of Difficulties." And remembering that Bolívar, I conclude by saying: “A man of honor has no other homeland than that in which the rights of citizens are protected and the sacred nature of humanity is respected.” QUESTION: I totally agree with your points, but sometimes I feel like the government doesn't give us the media tools to defend the revolution, for example, the Alex Saab case, I have no doubt there are reasons for his deportation, but how do we defend that decision? JB RESPONSE: It's true, compatriot. Perhaps we're failing in our communication. But as President Maduro said many times: it had to be in silence. We're in a very complex moment and we must be quite bold and cautious. It's widely known that the US was behind Saab, from the very day of the aggression against Venezuela. He was deported more than 4 months after that fateful January 3rd. Our leadership must know something. Something was investigated. Something must have been found. Otherwise, I think, if the idea was to hand him over just for the sake of handing him over, they would have done it just a few days after the aggression. And, as Interim President Delcy Rodríguez said, every decision is made thinking of the nation's well-being. Let's trust our leadership. The truth will be known at the right time.

@JucheAffirmer From where is this article from?

@InSchlimeOut @khud_ajnabi @BarneysRubble0 I mean she is literally the subject of the article.

Do four of the Granta/Commonwealth prize finalists even exist? I make the case that Granta might have been infiltrated by AI agents in its recent scandal. unherd.com/2026/05/invasi…

She was younger than Anne Frank

@firebirdiee @ZEGUEVERA @kittykareninas It's a mob here and they will scream and try to cancel whoever doesn't meet their piety test.

@I_m_reenaCA @ZEGUEVERA @kittykareninas It’s become a pretentious and performative community, they don’t even talk about books critically in any capacity here, just the personal lives of authors. The other day someone was talking about how much rf kuang’s parents paid for her housing and education like what 😭

A representative from Granta confirmed that its editors did not participate in the selection or editing of the prize-winning stories beyond copy editing, and Nazir did not respond to a request for comment. vulture.com/article/granta…

@MushtaqBilalPhD But how do to deal with this problem? Because genuine writers tomorrow could be stand accused of using AI

This should tell you the absolutely abject level of AI literacy among literary critics and publishers. Sigrid Rausing is the publisher of Granta, probably the most prestigious literary magazine in the English-speaking world. And Rausing holds a PhD in social anthropology from the University College London. In response to the criticism that Granta published an AI-generated story, they ran the story through Claude and asked if it was AI-generated. Even people like Rausing don't understand that Claude or any other AI can never tell you with certainity if a text is AI-generated or not.

@never_oppressed Hahaha. So cute!

Last time this happened I was a teen. A uniquely great day to be a gooner.

@BruvRoy21806 @ZEGUEVERA @kittykareninas How so? If they used multiple sources to fact check

@I_m_reenaCA @ZEGUEVERA @kittykareninas I never assumed it was. But if they used it at any point then it sullies their fact-checking for that particular work, period.

@MonOno @amhcrane87 @PKhakpour I agree. Granta is receiving unnecessary criticism.

@amhcrane87 @PKhakpour What’s insane here? They’re copping to the fact that it’s difficult to gauge how much was ai and what wasn’t. That’s what they are saying…. Lines are blurring very fast and I’m not sure how else they should’ve reacted.

Granta's response is truly breathtakingly insane

@ReVelvetWriter @amhcrane87 @SarahFPoetry I fully agree with you. I find it strange that suspicion is now taken for evidence. The story could be AI, but the pretense is that it is definitely AI and no other reality is plausible.

@amhcrane87 @SarahFPoetry What are you talking about? Thks just says "AI says it's AI, but that's not definitely trustworthy. And while we take the allegations seriously, we won't remove the works from our website until the investigation is complete." That's the least insane response imaginable.

A Palestinian man kept shouting, "Israel killed my son," while he was assaulted by German police in Berlin for protesting against Israel's Genocide in Gaza.

Being a victim of the Zionist genocide is a crime in Germany.

I’ll take ‘Things That Never Happened’ for 500, Alex

Western hypocrisy.

@firebirdiee @ZEGUEVERA @kittykareninas Book Twitter is extremely self righteous and full of people waiting for their "I-told-you" and "caught-you" people.

@ZEGUEVERA @kittykareninas book twt is weird as hell, you just have to take everything they say with a grain of salt

@BruvRoy21806 @ZEGUEVERA @kittykareninas But who is to say that AI was there only source to fact check?

@ZEGUEVERA @kittykareninas I do agree that this makes the framing of the original tweet a bit disingenuous but using AI to fact check is still disconcerting as AI is frequently wrong