Tomas Sancio

of 3 MM bpd in 2006. An invasion couldn't force PDVSA to quickly ramp up production to 3 or 6 MM bpd. And even so, the additional oil in the market would tank prices and affect US production. "USA stealing our oil" is 1960's Cuban propaganda. Never happened, never will.

Oh, God, people still repeating this. If in the past 100+ years, nobody has "stolen" our oil, it's because it can't be done. The Venezuelan government has signed terrible contracts with China and others, with oil as a guarantee, but it's still sovereign. We produce roughly 1 MM bpd now vs our peak 🧵

At least she’s in jail, unlike a long list of rich rapists.

Photo of a student in the Metropolitan University in Caracas, Venezuela, presenting his thesis in Computer Science, using an Apple Vision Pro.

My son presented this week his thesis to opt for a Computer Science bachelor’s degree, at the Metropolitan University in Caracas, Venezuela. His software was developed with Apple’s Swift and was demoed using the Vision Pro. If all goes well, it should be available in the App Store soon #visionpro

Republican ladies: the biggest glow up you can get is a Trump non-endorsement.

Photo of a group of adults that just came back from running 18 km in Valencia, Venezuela.

We went running 18K this morning. FWIW, this was here in Valencia, Venezuela.

Nicolas Maduro's last hope is to rename this country "The Bolivarian Republic of Epstein". No way on Earth Trump would launch an attack on the country formerly known as Venezuela.

why would someone spend millions on building a factory in the US under the presumption that US-made products will be protected if the protection comes and goes on a whim?

Folk crafts
(2019)

If you don't want 40 and 50 year old adult men flopping around on top of your own 15 year old kid, nut up and ditch your demagogue and protect someone ELSE'S 15 year old.

US x Venezuela military engagement by...? Polymarket | This market will resolve to "Yes" if there is a military engagement between the military forces of the United States of America and Venezuela be...

The odds are still low polymarket.com/event/us-x-v...

General Motors market cap is 67B.

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

Screenshot of a SVG drawing of a stack of large cylinders on a pallet.

Screenshot of a SVG drawing of a stack of large cylinders on a pallet, with 25% transparency.

Screenshot of a SVG drawing of a stack of large cylinders on a pallet with 50% transparency.

Screenshots of the day: Adjusting opacity in cylinders on pallets in a SVG report. SVG drawings allow transparency with a simple setting.

War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Grocery Prices Are Way Down. Lying has worked for Trump in the past. Is this a lie too far?

War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Grocery Prices Are Way Down. By @pkrugman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

My guess is that there is a non-trivial number of Tesla shareholders nodding and agreeing with everything he says, while unloading their stock as fast as they can.

He’s probably just not good at conversations.

Photo of a Garmin smartwatch with the following message: Quick Pallet Maker (macOS) The status of version 7.6 has changed to Waiting for Review.

2025 tech is cool

Republicans Are Damaged by Their Own Cruelty They’re pathologically unwilling to help Americans in need — and Democrats should hammer this home

Republicans Are Damaged by Their Own Cruelty, by @pkrugman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

comic strip at the other end of the link, click it!

10 years old and maybe never more relevant than in contemporary software development

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How much wealth an AI stockmarket crash could destroy Our visual guide to how a bust that rivals the dotcom era could wipe out 8% of Americans’ household wealth

Our visual guide to how a bust that rivals the dotcom era could wipe out 8% of Americans’ household wealth

Venezuela produce 10% de la soya que requiere Venezuela necesita aproximadamente entre 700.000 y 800.000 toneladas de soya anuales, pero solo produce el 10% de la demanda. El

Venezuela's largest imports are in the food sector, for items that can be grown in the country. One example is soy. We produce only 10% of what we need, but there is no geographical constraint to fulfill the rest. Another example is corn. bitacoraeconomica.com/venezuela-pr...

Float & Caramel pudding
(2023)

worth it

Bears some similarity.

6 months at Lovable and why I had to throw out most of my playbook It's all different now.

"Default to shipping over polishing" is not someone that uses an app for vibe-coding wants to read. A non-developer wants to think that the app that was produced is of quality. -> 6 months at Lovable and why I had to throw out most of my playbook, by Elena Verna open.substack.com/pub/elenaver...

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Why AI Spending Reminds Jim Chanos of the Fracking Bubble Some of what I learned from the market veteran

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-ai-spe...

That was 8 months back by Chanos!

Me, two weeks ago
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr...

I wonder where Christian Bale invests his money.