Can Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez become a Latin American Deng Xiaoping?

Maduro’s Sorbonne-educated successor is talking up an era of ‘reform and opening up’ modelled on China’s post-Mao boom

The Guardian
AI and the ironies of automation - Part 2

Some (well-known) consequences of AI automating work

Uwe Friedrichsen
US airlines cancel flights after aviation agency directive to cut air traffic

United, Southwest and Delta have announced they will be reducing flights amid continuing government shutdown

The Guardian
Trump Orders New Federal Buildings to Be Built in Ancient Greek and Roman Style - GreekReporter.com

Trump orders new federal buildings to follow Greek and Roman architecture, linking modern US civic design to classical democratic ideals.

GreekReporter.com
I am still dealing with the #ironies here: this is what we used to address in the anti-#globalization movement...whose agenda has now been perverted and embraced for totally different reasons by a #fascist #autocrat
https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/08/01/can-tariffs-lead-to-a-more-circular-economy/ #fascism #trump #climate #climatechange #environment #sustainability
Can Tariffs Lead to a More Circular Economy?

While controversial and often politically divisive, tariffs may have the opportunity to shift production and consumption patterns toward sustainability.

State of the Planet

Where to start with the #ironies? Maybe #Musk will pressure #AOC and #JamieRaskin to enforce the #constitution and #impeach #Trump, as opposed to bullying #ShriThanedar on the House floor? If only...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/05/trump-elon-musk-fallout?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Impeachment, Epstein and bitter acrimony: Trump and Musk joust in astonishing social media duel

Tensions over the Republican spending bill burst into public view as the president’s relationship with his former adviser deteriorated

The Guardian
Not sure where to start with the #ironies: time for #sidewalk #police #parking #impunity at the 51st precinct, in addition to "#school crossing guard supervisor"
Not sure where to start with the #ironies I was part of the anti-#globalization movement https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/opinion/globalization-collapse.html
Opinion | Globalization Is Collapsing. Brace Yourselves.

The world was just as intertwined 100 years ago, and its unraveling was a disaster. Can we avoid the same outcome?

The New York Times
Not sure where to stop with the #ironies here: Don Jr. wants to build #hotel atop the site of the former #Yugoslavian Ministry of Defense headquarters, which was bombed by #NATO 26 years ago https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-serbia.html #Serbia #SerbiaProtests #Trump
Donald Trump Jr. Mixes Business and Politics in Serbia, as Protests There Rage

President Trump’s oldest son visited Belgrade, the site of a Trump International Hotel project, and pushed back on calls for the country’s president to resign.

The New York Times

um .. thisa post below 👇 gotta me thinkin' y'all [ 🤔 ] as itsa better to be a "shit-for-brains" ignorant f..ker in the UK than be knowledgeable & sorta see the .. ya know .. "writing on the wall" and .. um .. get fings in focus. Itza "capital offence" almost .. ain't it .. if ya that type of "shithead" ⁉️ Itza an ironic but important distinction ‼️👽

#OwenJones84 #skynews #politics #society #norms #subversive #mainstream #ideas #ironies #paradoxes #hypocracies