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A US-funded opposition journalist revealed the Trump DOJ has crafted a secret indictment of Venezuela’s Acting President to “hold it over her head,” and will execute it if she “derails.” The Trump administration is using a secret indictment to assert leverage over Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, according to the editor-in-chief of the US government-funded outlet, Armando.info. “One of the information we manage is that the US is holding an indictment against [Rodriguez] to make it public, just in case […]

The post US holds secret indictment of Delcy Rodriguez, top opposition journo claims first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post US holds secret indictment of Delcy Rodriguez, top opposition journo claims appeared first on The Grayzone.

I need you to write a memoir of my life as an obscure literary genius. Make it a multi-volume set, kind of like Casanova’s. Basically, the drama and bravado of my novels are outmatched only by my real life. At all times, you must make me sound tortured, misunderstood, and extremely cool.

The language should draw comparisons to David Sedaris, Joan Didion, every author with a 4.3+ average rating on Goodreads, and whoever wrote that badass Mötley Crüe memoir.

As far as the audience, it should appeal to everyone from New York Times critics to my uncle Carl, who hasn’t read a book in thirty years. Make it particularly impressive to any stepdads who might still think that I’m a “little momma’s boy.”

Give me a dramatic birth story where the umbilical cord was wrapped around my neck, but luckily, my biceps were big enough to unravel it myself. Say that I’ve used that as a metaphor for wrangling with my fears of imperfection ever since.

Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn’t know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena until months later. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.

The post Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers appeared first on The Intercept.

The newly discovered specimen shows how early herbivory evolved

The post This Football-Shaped Creature Was an Early Terrestrial Plant-Eater appeared first on Nautilus.

Mai Tran began catsitting in 2021 while Tran was on pandemic unemployment, often staying overnight in people’s homes. Tran has now cared for twenty-two cats and traveled to ten apartments all over New York City, observing the interior lives of cat owners and appeasing their neuroses. From home vet visits to black eyes to refugee cats, Chronicles of a Catsitter documents the most memorable days on the job.

I’m trail running around Buttermilk Falls in upstate New York, jumping over tree roots and water-slicked rocks. At the base, a size queen chats me up. “The water power here is not that impressive,” she says. “For real volume and height, you should go see Lucifer or Taughannock.”

New tunes from an old maker.

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Without their echolocation clicks, there’s no dinner

The post How Boats Are a Buzzkill for Porpoises appeared first on Nautilus.

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Inspired by his own experiences, an animator evokes the stormy tides of order and obsession in a striking portrayal of OCD

- Directed by João Gonzalez

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The vision of solarpunk: joining nature with technology in vibrantly inclusive ways to create a world that truly blooms

- by Yogi Hale Hendlin

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In an age of strong political commitments, a Nahuatl word encapsulates the freedom to let go of what has become oppressive

- by Carlos Alberto Sánchez

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Albanese’s hopes that he could use Isaac Herzog’s visit to win sympathy for Israel after the Bondi attack have blown up in his face.

The post Huge protests against visit of Israel’s President defy anti-protest laws and police violence first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Anthony Albanese visited Indonesia in February to sign a security treaty with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. But there was not a word about Subianto's vicious jailing and torture of political prisoners. An Indonesian socialist tells the story that Albanese ignores

The post Letter from Indonesia: the fight to free the August political prisoners first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Pauline Hanson’s screening in Melbourne of the reactionary film A Very Progressive Movie was challenged when cinema workers walked off the job and joined an anti-racism rally.

The post Stop work to stop racism: united action sends Hanson a warning first appeared on Solidarity Online.

The creature’s toxic venom revolutionized diabetes treatment

The post How the Gila Monster Gave the World Ozempic appeared first on Nautilus.

Centuries of scientific progress are at stake

The post The Long History and Uncertain Future of US Weather Forecasts appeared first on Nautilus.