😱 "Some projects keep surprising me with their “solutions,” and this is one of those cases. A proposal under review by developers from GNOME and Mozilla could change how middle-mouse-button paste behaves on Linux and other Unix-like systems."

Linuxiac

GNOME and Mozilla Discuss Proposal to Disable Middle Mouse Paste on Linux

A long-standing Linux behavior is under threat as GNOME and Mozilla review a proposal to disable middle-mouse paste.

#linux

"The US Department of Justice indictment of Venezuela’s kidnapped leader, Nicolas Maduro, is a political rant that relies heavily on coerced testimony from an unreliable witness"

Behind the DOJ's politicized indictment of Maduro: a CIA-created 'network' and coerced star witness

The US Department of Justice indictment of Venezuela’s kidnapped leader, Nicolas Maduro, is a political rant that relies heavily on coerced testi...

Read the indictment against kidnapped Venezuelan President Maduro 👇 https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1422326/dl

"By design or desperation, the United States has crossed a historic line in Venezuela. What follows may reshape Latin America for a generation. In the early hours of January 3, 2026, as much of the world slept, the Western Hemisphere jolted awake. Reports emerged that U.S. forces had carried out a rapid military operation deep inside Venezuela, striking military installations and civilian areas alike, and, most astonishingly, removing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, from Venezuelan soil and transferring them to U.S. custody in New York. Equally striking was the apparent inaction of the Venezuelan air force and the lack of response from the nation’s air defense system, which allowed U.S. aircraft to penetrate and operate in Venezuelan airspace with almost no interference, raising urgent questions about whether internal compromise, paralysis, or extraordinary tactical surprise made the operation possible."

21st Century Wire

From Sanctions to Abduction: Venezuela, the Rule of Law, and America’s Imperial Reflex - 21st Century Wire

Freddie Ponton | How Washington broke international law to reclaim Venezuela’s oil.

⚠️ Satire Alert ⚠️ "Former human rights lawyer Sir Keir Starmer has defended President Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of the Maduros. The prime minister explained that murdering 80 civilians to kidnap a foreign leader and his wife is fine, as long as it is done in accordance with international law. He has therefore not ruled out kidnapping Zack Polanski and his boyfriend."

Sir Keir Starmer calls for safe and peaceful war in Venezuela

Former human rights lawyer Sir Keir Starmer has defended President Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of the Maduros.

"The US is not only morally, but also financially bankrupt—the real reason for Maduro's kidnapping is to refinance the American public finances."

Forum Geopolitica

Trump the Robber Baron

The US is not only morally, but also financially bankrupt—the real reason for Maduro's kidnapping is to refinance the American public finances.

Trump Threatens Venezuela's New Acting President, IDF Kills Three Palestinians in Gaza, and More

⚠Satire Alert⚠ "In the humanitarian move of the decade, the US has bombed a sovereign nation and abducted its leader to liberate the world’s largest proven oil reserves. The move happens to be in violation of international law, but this shows the law didn’t want Venezuela’s oil to be free. Clearly, the law is the problem here."

Trump abducts elderly Venezuelan couple because taking hostages is good now

In the humanitarian move of the decade, the US has bombed a sovereign nation to liberate the world’s largest proven oil reserves.

The CIA's former Venezuela chief of station, Enrique de la Torre, advertised that his lobbying firm, Tower Strategy, is supporting clients "rebuilding the country's energy sector."

Following U.S. coup in Venezuela, the CIA's former station chief is advertising support for corporate exploitation of the country's oil

The CIA's former Venezuela chief of station, Enrique de la Torre, advertised that his lobbying firm, Tower Strategy, is supporting clients "rebuild...

"The United States had no problem with Venezuela per se, not with the country nor with its former oligarchy. The problem that the United States government and its corporate class have is with the process set in motion by the first government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez."

The US War on Venezuela began in 2001

Undermining the Bolivarian Project's Use of Oil Wealth for the Betterment of the People

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"EU Sanctions against the block's own citizens and residents are a horrible development toward a totalitarian future. Their extralegal nature is what gives them their force. An explanation attempt."

What Goes Around: The EU's Extralegal Sanctions Regime

EU Sanctions against the block's own citizens and residents are a horrible development toward a totalitarian future. Their extralegal nature is wha...

"They say they want the kingdom, but they don't want God in it" Johnny Cash feat. U2 - The Wanderer

Maduro Declines To Comment on Reports of US Attack, Netanyahu and Trump Celebrate New Year, and More

"Sberbank issued Russia's first bitcoin-backed loan to a major bitcoin miner, marking a pilot transaction with potential for future expansion."

Sberbank issues Russia’s first bitcoin-backed loan in pilot deal

Sberbank used its in-house crypto custody tool to back a loan for mining firm Intelion Data, signaling broader interest in crypto lending.

"If you listen to American presidential announcements and accept them at face value, you would get the impression that many great things are being done. But it doesn't take much digging to discover that the grand plans are all works of fiction. And if you look really hard for an area of endeavor in which the United States is still the best in the world it turns out to be just this: suspension of disbelief."

Forum Geopolitica

Trump's Puffery

If you listen to American presidential announcements and accept them at face value, you would get the impression that many great things are being d...

Today in 1983, 43 years ago: The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.

Unpacking the U.S. propaganda machine

"In its bid to continue the genocide in Gaza, Israel has banned 37 international aid organizations from entering the decimated, militarily occupied coastal enclave. This leaves only five humanitarian groups still able to operate inside Gaza. At the same time, one of the US mercenary firms responsible for securing the notorious Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites which were present during the worst periods of famine in Gaza, when at least 3000 Palestinian civilians were gunned down while seeking aid, has posted an ad soliciting former special forces soldiers for offensive operations."

As Israel bans aid orgs in Gaza, notorious mercenary firm seeks "Targeter"

Are Israel and the Trump admin planning to revive the dystopian Gaza Humanitarian Foundation scheme that spawned famine and death under cover of hu...