Sunday, January 11, 2026

Links 1/11/2026

The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: One Eyed Jacks (1961) Run Time: 2H 21M And A Bonus Documentary!

One Eyed Jacks is a movie about love and revenge in the Old West.

Schumer, Jeffries Refuse to Join Democrats’ Growing Calls to Slash ICE Spending

“I just don’t understand how we provide votes for a bill that funds the extent of the depravity,” says one senator. 

Is an Attack by Iran Imminent?

Signals are growing that Iran may be on the verge of Doing Something.

Links 1/10/2026

Rodriguez or Trump: Who Is Really Running Venezuela?

Will Delcy Rodriguez govern as a compliant and coerced US puppet, or as leader of an undefeated and independent Venezuela?

Thrift Store. Clinic. Roller Rink. New Orleans Center Becomes ‘Radical’ Lifeline Amid Homelessness, Drug Crises.

A New Orleans collective is a heartening example of community self help…and an indictment of income inequality and failing social programs.

Coffee Break: Pluto’s Republic, Dietary Guidelines, Vaccine Nonsense, Ancient Poison Arrows, and Renaissance DNA

Part the First: We Live in Pluto’s Republic.  With apologies to the shade of Walt Disney, this was bound to happen eventually.  From Corey Robin, who notes that at Texas A&M a philosophy professor must dispense with Plato in his course because the content will be in violation of this edict: “No system academic course […]

Portland Mayor Decries Mounting Bloodshed, Tells ICE to Get Out After Federal Agents Shoot Two

Portland mayor Keith Wilson called on ICE to halt operations pending a probe of its latest shootings. That won’t happen. So what do cities do?

Links 1/9/2026

Even the US’ Most Servile Vassal State in Latin America, Argentina, Is Determined to Keep Trading With China

“One thing is geopolitics, another is trade,” said Milei. “I’m not going to break commercial ties with China”.

Russia’s Second-Ever Use of the Oreshniks Was a Response to Three Recent Provocations

Russia seems finally to have gotten the memo about Trump’s worse-than-bad-US-norms duplicity and love of violence and is escalating.

The Next Frontier of Climate Accountability: Making Big Food Pay Its Ecological Bill

Food industry induced environmental degradation is more serious than most realize. We could reverse this trajectory….but will we?

The U.S.–Venezuela Coup: The Quiet Part Out Loud

The analysis of the U.S. abduction of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro offers three theories: an elite military raid, imperial aggression, or an internal coup

New York City’s MTA Explores How to Use AI to Monitor Thousands of Cameras in Transit System

The NYC transit authority considers how AI with its existing cameras might detect weapons, monitor unattended items or even foresee stampedes.