X remains blocked after the 10 days announced by Maduro

NEW - EU may shut down X in Europe if Musk defies digital censorship laws, warns Macron ally: "[We] will impose the total dismantling of the platform."

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🇻🇪 Oil spill reported off Venezuela's Caribbean coast

An oil spill, which appeared to originate from Venezuela's El Palito refinery several days ago, has contaminated a bay off the country's north-central coast in the Caribbean Sea, according to sources.

Biologist Eduardo Klein posted satellite images on X that he said showed an oil slick of about 225 square kilometers (87 square miles) in the Golfe Triste and completely covering Morrocoy National Park.

The El Palito refinery, with a capacity to process 146,000 barrels of crude oil per day, is Venezuela's smallest oil refining complex and located in the Puerto Cabello municipality on the coast of the central state of Carabobo.

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🇺🇸🇵🇦Panama to begin US-funded migrant repatriation flights on Tuesday

The first U.S.-funded flight repatriating migrants who crossed into Panama irregularly is scheduled for Tuesday, the Panamanian president's office said on Monday.

The flights, which will carry both deported and voluntarily repatriated migrants, are part of an accord signed with the U.S. government last month.

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Palantir CEO says it's “very likely” the US will fight 🇨🇳 🇷🇺 🇮🇷 in a 3-front war; supports connoscription

«[Palantir CEO Alex Karp] thinks the United States is “very likely” to end up in a three-front war with China, Russia and Iran», writes the New York Times (August 17).

«So, he argues, we have to keep going full-tilt on autonomous weapons systems».

«“I think we’re in an age when nuclear deterrent is actually less effective because the West is very unlikely to use anything like a nuclear bomb, whereas our adversaries might,” he said. “Where you have technological parity but moral disparity, the actual disparity is much greater than people think. […] [Given that] we don’t have parity morally, they have a huge advantage.”»

«Mr. Karp said that we are “very close” to terminator robots and at the threshold of “somewhat autonomous drones and devices like this being the most important instruments of war. You already see this in Ukraine.”»

«Mr. Karp believes the Democrats need to project more [military] strength.»

«He said he would support class-based affirmative action and declared himself “pro draft”.»

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Palantir was founded in 2003 by five persons, including Karp and Peter Thiel, to resurrect the DARPA project TIA “Total/Terrorism Information Awareness”, which was suspended in late 2003. Its only client until 2008 was the CIA. Its first funder was the CIA's venture capital arm, In-Q-Tel.

Alex Karp's Jewishness is manifestly central to his activism: 1) His support for Israel is «adamantine»; «The company took out a full-page ad in The New York Times last year stating that “Palantir stands with Israel”», NYT writes. 2) Karp supports the “populist-left”; he fears fascism; when he lived in Germany, «he often thought about the young men from Iowa and Kansas who risked their lives “to free people like me” during World War II.» 3) His donations are «in multiples of 18 because it’s “in the tradition of Kabbalah”». 4) He «enjoys being a provocateur onstage and in interviews» because “I’m a Jewish, racially ambiguous dyslexic, so I can say anything”, he said.

«Palantir’s tech» is thought to have helped Israel shoot down «scores of Iranian missiles and drones in mere minutes» in April.

Palantir is thought to be behind IDF's killing algorithm, Lavender AI.

NEW - Central Bank of Germany warns, again, of "delayed" economic recovery and to "temporarily" expect "somewhat higher inflation rates."

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🇸🇴🇹🇷⚡- Turkey will send the Oruc-Reis research vessel to explore for offshore oil in Somalia next month – Director of the Ministry of Oil of Somalia, Muhammad Hashi.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian artillery uses 14,600 shells per day, while Russian artillery uses 44,500. The ratio of artillery shells is 1:3 in favor of the Russians – Ukrainian Commander-In-Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "It looks as if we are giving up the Donetsk region. Ukrainian Armed Forces are being withdrawn from the Donetsk region, the Russians are passing through empty fortifications." – Mariana Bezuhla, Peoples Deputy of Ukraine.

🇨🇳⚛️ China just approved 11 new reactors at five sites. The total cost is estimated to be $31 billion.

China's deployment of nuclear is accelerating. They're also showing that nuclear is not inherently expensive, and can be economically competitive. They're building 11 reactors at a cost similar to what the two Vogtle reactors cost!

🔗 James Hopf