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Venezuela’s $170 billion debt is twice the size of its economy and 10 times its 2025 oil revenues.
This is why investment banks are lining up to take one of the most complex sovereign debt restructurings in the world.
But behind these $170 billion, there is a lot to unpack 🧵
This is why investment banks are lining up to take one of the most complex sovereign debt restructurings in the world.
But behind these $170 billion, there is a lot to unpack 🧵
First of all, the number:
Where does $170 billion come from?
1st) The Chavez administration consistently running budget deficits to sustain its web of populism, despite receiving $800 billion in oil revenues.
2nd) International arbitration cases against Venezuela.
Where does $170 billion come from?
1st) The Chavez administration consistently running budget deficits to sustain its web of populism, despite receiving $800 billion in oil revenues.
2nd) International arbitration cases against Venezuela.
Now let's compare Venezuela's liabilities with its finances:
Venezuela's 2025 GDP is $83 billion (IMFNews), and the country's 2025 oil exports revenues were $18.2 billion.
Venezuela's reported debt is therefore 200% of its GDP and 1000% its 2025 oil exports.
Venezuela's 2025 GDP is $83 billion (IMFNews), and the country's 2025 oil exports revenues were $18.2 billion.
Venezuela's reported debt is therefore 200% of its GDP and 1000% its 2025 oil exports.
@LauraLoomer @DNIGabbard @TulsiGabbard Victoria Nuland confirmed it in her 2022 testimony to the Senate Foreign Relation Committee hearing on Ukraine.
Just because it was a Russian talking point does not mean it it’s false.
👇 See article containing actual video in the replies below.
Just because it was a Russian talking point does not mean it it’s false.
👇 See article containing actual video in the replies below.
🚨👆🚨👆
@ggreenwald
WTF?
I just posted @ggreenwald’s 2021 Substack article containing video of Victoria Nuland confirming the existence of biolabs in Ukraine, but the video in his article became “unavailable” less than 15 minutes after I posted my comment.
@ggreenwald
WTF?
I just posted @ggreenwald’s 2021 Substack article containing video of Victoria Nuland confirming the existence of biolabs in Ukraine, but the video in his article became “unavailable” less than 15 minutes after I posted my comment.
The perfect LLM has over 10.5 quadrillion params
This number is based on actual research, but how?
Almost a year ago a paper called "Pre-training under infinite compute" came out of Stanford's most famous LLM researchers [1/6]
This number is based on actual research, but how?
Almost a year ago a paper called "Pre-training under infinite compute" came out of Stanford's most famous LLM researchers [1/6]
They argue that compute grows 4x per year, while text grows way slower, just 3% per year
So we're getting closer to a regime of infinite compute and finite data
This will be a very different setting from the current one, which focuses on maximizing capability per param [2/6]
So we're getting closer to a regime of infinite compute and finite data
This will be a very different setting from the current one, which focuses on maximizing capability per param [2/6]
Chinchilla (DeepMind 2022) proposed to train 1 param every 20 tokens. Llama used up to 1 param every ~1000 tokens
"Pre-training under infinite compute" argues that, given infinite compute, we can train over 1 param every 0.03 tokens, (35 params per token!) [3/6]
"Pre-training under infinite compute" argues that, given infinite compute, we can train over 1 param every 0.03 tokens, (35 params per token!) [3/6]
Mehr News Agency on the details of the 14 point MOU between Iran and the United States
The details of this draft are as follows:
The details of this draft are as follows:
1- Permanent and immediate cessation of war on all fronts, including Lebanon
2- The US commitment to non-interference in Iran's internal affairs and respect for the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran
@felixcruggins @DerpyDooMemes @LangleyRCMP And guess what I haven't called the police once i have only asked for their attention on this platform and I am 99% positive they and other police departments have me on mute and that's ok as long as I can write whatever the hell I wish on this platform
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In 1984, two friends went looking for rumored wrecks at the bottom of a lake near Seattle. They found a forgotten World War Two dive bomber sitting in 150 feet of water.
They raised it themselves. Then the US Navy tried to take it back.
They fought the Navy in court and won.
Forty years later, that aircraft flew again.
This is the story of the Lake Washington Helldiver..🧵1/6
They raised it themselves. Then the US Navy tried to take it back.
They fought the Navy in court and won.
Forty years later, that aircraft flew again.
This is the story of the Lake Washington Helldiver..🧵1/6
🧵 2/6
The aircraft was a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, a United States Navy dive bomber.
It was not a beloved machine. The early Helldivers were so troubled by handling and performance problems that the crews who flew them gave it a bitter nickname. The Beast. Pilots joked that the letters SB2C stood for things far less polite than dive bomber. It was difficult to fly and difficult to land.
This particular Helldiver entered service in the summer of 1944 and was sent to the Seattle area, to Naval Air Station Puget Sound, on the site of what is now a city park.
In January 1945 it was badly damaged in a ground accident. The Navy decided it was not worth the cost to repair. The early model was already being phased out, so the aircraft was simply written off.
What happened to it next is the strange part.
The aircraft was a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, a United States Navy dive bomber.
It was not a beloved machine. The early Helldivers were so troubled by handling and performance problems that the crews who flew them gave it a bitter nickname. The Beast. Pilots joked that the letters SB2C stood for things far less polite than dive bomber. It was difficult to fly and difficult to land.
This particular Helldiver entered service in the summer of 1944 and was sent to the Seattle area, to Naval Air Station Puget Sound, on the site of what is now a city park.
In January 1945 it was badly damaged in a ground accident. The Navy decided it was not worth the cost to repair. The early model was already being phased out, so the aircraft was simply written off.
What happened to it next is the strange part.
🧵 3/6
The Navy turned the damaged Helldiver into a fire training aid.
They doused the aircraft in fuel and set it on fire, over and over, so that crews could practice fighting aircraft fires. When they were finished with it, they dumped the burned-out hulk into Lake Washington, where it sank to the bottom and came to rest in about 150 feet of water.
There it sat, in the cold and the dark, slowly being forgotten. The war ended. The men who had flown Helldivers grew old. The aircraft on the lakebed became a rumor, a story divers told each other about something supposedly resting in the deep water.
For almost 40 years, nobody did anything about it.
Then, in 1984, a 19-year-old named Matt McCauley and his friend Jeff Hummel decided to go looking for it.
The Navy turned the damaged Helldiver into a fire training aid.
They doused the aircraft in fuel and set it on fire, over and over, so that crews could practice fighting aircraft fires. When they were finished with it, they dumped the burned-out hulk into Lake Washington, where it sank to the bottom and came to rest in about 150 feet of water.
There it sat, in the cold and the dark, slowly being forgotten. The war ended. The men who had flown Helldivers grew old. The aircraft on the lakebed became a rumor, a story divers told each other about something supposedly resting in the deep water.
For almost 40 years, nobody did anything about it.
Then, in 1984, a 19-year-old named Matt McCauley and his friend Jeff Hummel decided to go looking for it.
⭕️Kazem Gharibabadi, Deputy Foreign Minister for Iran:
🔹The immediate and permanent end to the war and military operations on various fronts, including Lebanon, will be announced, starting tonight
🔹From tonight, the end of the US naval blockade against Iran will begin
🔹The immediate and permanent end to the war and military operations on various fronts, including Lebanon, will be announced, starting tonight
🔹From tonight, the end of the US naval blockade against Iran will begin
⭕️ Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi:
“The enemy launched this war to achieve its own objectives, but it failed on every front, while the Islamic Republic of Iran achieved major victories.
🔹 We have ensured that all of Iran’s key demands and positions are reflected in the draft memorandum of understanding.
🔹 Once the agreement is formally signed, the full text will be released publicly. Even before the signing, we will use the news media to explain the contents of the memorandum and outline what Iran has achieved through the negotiations.”
“The enemy launched this war to achieve its own objectives, but it failed on every front, while the Islamic Republic of Iran achieved major victories.
🔹 We have ensured that all of Iran’s key demands and positions are reflected in the draft memorandum of understanding.
🔹 Once the agreement is formally signed, the full text will be released publicly. Even before the signing, we will use the news media to explain the contents of the memorandum and outline what Iran has achieved through the negotiations.”
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi:
🔹 “Some of the revisions we wanted in the draft agreement were advanced by the developments in Lebanon tonight and by the statements issued by Iran’s armed forces, which helped move the negotiations forward.
🔹 Iran’s armed forces were fully prepared to deliver a decisive response.
🔹 Trump also took positions critical of the Israeli government, while Hezbollah delivered a firm and decisive response to the Israeli regime’s terrorist attack.
🔹 The military strength Iran demonstrated, along with the threats of retaliation that were made, helped finalize the text of the agreement and advance several of the remaining issues that still needed to be resolved.”
🔹 “Some of the revisions we wanted in the draft agreement were advanced by the developments in Lebanon tonight and by the statements issued by Iran’s armed forces, which helped move the negotiations forward.
🔹 Iran’s armed forces were fully prepared to deliver a decisive response.
🔹 Trump also took positions critical of the Israeli government, while Hezbollah delivered a firm and decisive response to the Israeli regime’s terrorist attack.
🔹 The military strength Iran demonstrated, along with the threats of retaliation that were made, helped finalize the text of the agreement and advance several of the remaining issues that still needed to be resolved.”
Mastitis and sepsis risk for those with ‘top surgery’
A trans man (a woman) who has had their breasts removed may have a few lobules remaining. This remaining breast tissue will respond in pregnancy to hormonal changes thus she could develop painful cystic collections in her breast tissue that puts her at risk of mastitis, infection and even sepsis.
For a woman who has detransitioned, and now accepts her natal sex and has become pregnant, this pain adds to the psychological burden of having lost her breasts from the iatrogenic harm done to her as a younger woman or even as a child. @LushLtd need to end this campaign.
A trans man (a woman) who has had their breasts removed may have a few lobules remaining. This remaining breast tissue will respond in pregnancy to hormonal changes thus she could develop painful cystic collections in her breast tissue that puts her at risk of mastitis, infection and even sepsis.
For a woman who has detransitioned, and now accepts her natal sex and has become pregnant, this pain adds to the psychological burden of having lost her breasts from the iatrogenic harm done to her as a younger woman or even as a child. @LushLtd need to end this campaign.
‘Top surgery’ means bilateral removal of breast tissue with nipple graft or reconstruction to flatten the appearance of the chest, and leaves none of the necessary organs to breastfeed.
Their reconstructed nipples are not attached firmly to the chest wall anymore, as the underlying tissue has been removed. Some women have used a tube to deliver baby formula to the child while the baby suckles from a nipple, but this would not work for reconstructed nipples. @LushLtd
Their reconstructed nipples are not attached firmly to the chest wall anymore, as the underlying tissue has been removed. Some women have used a tube to deliver baby formula to the child while the baby suckles from a nipple, but this would not work for reconstructed nipples. @LushLtd
Attempting to latch a baby onto a grafted nipple could cause that graft to fail. A grafted or reconstructed nipple only has a cosmetic function, as it has lost the supporting breast structure. Cutting the nerves leaves the skin and nipple with no sensation, so the mother may not even realise that damage is being done to her reconstruction by the baby’s suckling.
