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The satellite image that appears the center of this controversy could be showing oil, or current convergence, or plankton blooms in the Gulf of Paria.
The truth could be had easily enough. Seems possible this could be regional politics or actual hydrocarbons. The two are never mutually exclusive.
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/oil-spill-fallout-6.2.2605123.753b6c7d80
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The satellite image that appears the center of this controversy could be showing oil, or current convergence, or plankton blooms in the Gulf of Paria.
The truth could be had easily enough. Seems possible this could be regional politics or actual hydrocarbons. The two are never mutually exclusive.
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/oil-spill-fallout-6.2.2605123.753b6c7d80
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Aviation weather for Tobago-Crown Point airport in Scarborough area (Trinidad and Tobago) is “SPECI TTCP 111212Z 10013KT 0800 RA VCSH FEW012CB SCT015 BKN035 26/25 Q1014 TEMPO TS RMK CB SE,SW VCSH ALQDS” : See what it means on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/ttcp/en #tobagocrownpointairport #airport #scarborough #trinidadandtobago #ttcp #tab #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek vl
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The beginning of the wet season paused for the saharan dust plume, and now... the greening begins.
Winter is a pause. Dry season is a marathon.
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The beginning of the wet season paused for the saharan dust plume, and now... the greening begins.
Winter is a pause. Dry season is a marathon.
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...It happened in August 1960 from a remote hilltop overlooking Macqueripe Bay in Chaguaramas. Engineers bounced radio signals off a giant metallic balloon orbiting hundreds of miles above the Earth, known as Echo 1, a NASA experimental satellite. The result was historic: the world’s first intercontinental voice transmission using an Earth-orbiting satellite...
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...It happened in August 1960 from a remote hilltop overlooking Macqueripe Bay in Chaguaramas. Engineers bounced radio signals off a giant metallic balloon orbiting hundreds of miles above the Earth, known as Echo 1, a NASA experimental satellite. The result was historic: the world’s first intercontinental voice transmission using an Earth-orbiting satellite...
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A history of the lost trains in Trinidad. In it's stead the automobile became dominant.
Much from this period I have heard anecdotally with biases, so I expect there are some implicitly in the history.
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A history of the lost trains in Trinidad. In it's stead the automobile became dominant.
Much from this period I have heard anecdotally with biases, so I expect there are some implicitly in the history.
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Gary and his partner - two wonderful people who made our stay in Trinidad and Tobago very special. Always welcoming. We spent Christmas with them both and their extended family a number of times and shared time with them on many other occaisions. This pic taken around 2008. #people #trinidadandtobago
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Yeah, that Saharan Dust traveled far.
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Yeah, that Saharan Dust traveled far.
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The air above is busy this morning.
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The air above is busy this morning.
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A mating pair of orange winged parrots feeding on bamboo seeds after the first rains of wet season in Trinidad.
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A mating pair of orange winged parrots feeding on bamboo seeds after the first rains of wet season in Trinidad.
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The latest round of literary russian roulette is from Trinidad. I honestly don't know why the writing won a prize, but I'm not someone who judges literature beyond my own tastes.
https://knowprose.com/2026/05/the-serpent-in-the-literary-grove/
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The latest round of literary russian roulette is from Trinidad. I honestly don't know why the writing won a prize, but I'm not someone who judges literature beyond my own tastes.
https://knowprose.com/2026/05/the-serpent-in-the-literary-grove/
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Meanwhile, the T&T news which leans heavily on a former Caribbean Commonwealth winner.
The analysis is less superfluous than I expected.
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Meanwhile, the T&T news which leans heavily on a former Caribbean Commonwealth winner.
The analysis is less superfluous than I expected.
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T&T: the quest for oil and gas continues. With ai too this time. Exxon.
Unimaginative governments have never diversified beyond oil and gas...
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T&T: the quest for oil and gas continues. With ai too this time. Exxon.
Unimaginative governments have never diversified beyond oil and gas...
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Disillusioned about democracy? Think of it as a community garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1773750/disillusioned-about-democracy-think-of-it-as-a-community-garden/ ##senegal #garden #gardener #gardening #IDAHOBiT #ILGAWorld #InternationalOlympicCommittee #KristinaStoeckl #PhillipAyoub #RémyBonny #TrinidadAndTobago #UnitedNations #UnitedStates
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Disillusioned about democracy? Think of it as a community garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1773750/disillusioned-about-democracy-think-of-it-as-a-community-garden/ ##senegal #garden #gardener #gardening #IDAHOBiT #ILGAWorld #InternationalOlympicCommittee #KristinaStoeckl #PhillipAyoub #RémyBonny #TrinidadAndTobago #UnitedNations #UnitedStates
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13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: ‘These were flesh-and-blood people’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/15/us-military-airstrikes-caribbean-pacific-victim-identities #UsMilitary #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #Venezuela #Colombia #Ecuador #TrinidadAndTobago #StLucia #Drugs #InternationalLaw #Caribbean #UsPolitics #UsNews #Americas #WorldNews
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13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: ‘These were flesh-and-blood people’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/15/us-military-airstrikes-caribbean-pacific-victim-identities #UsMilitary #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #Venezuela #Colombia #Ecuador #TrinidadAndTobago #StLucia #Drugs #InternationalLaw #Caribbean #UsPolitics #UsNews #Americas #WorldNews
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During a state of emergency, a local politician had his ass handed to him by school kids...
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During a state of emergency, a local politician had his ass handed to him by school kids...
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Plausible.
10 barrels does seem unlikely.
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-trinidad-oil-spill-environment-4a5d06e0c8430a841569f9cf99b40ae1
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Plausible.
10 barrels does seem unlikely.
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-trinidad-oil-spill-environment-4a5d06e0c8430a841569f9cf99b40ae1
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They are saying wet season has begun early, but i have not yet seen the rain where I live. I look forward to it.
The dust has been awful.
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They are saying wet season has begun early, but i have not yet seen the rain where I live. I look forward to it.
The dust has been awful.
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When they talk about crime here, they talk about gangs and other mysterious entities that could only be seen embedded in government services. Meanwhile, a man is apparently killed over a water connection.
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/man-killed-in-dispute-over-water-connection-6.2.2575645.1f95057dd9
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When they talk about crime here, they talk about gangs and other mysterious entities that could only be seen embedded in government services. Meanwhile, a man is apparently killed over a water connection.
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/man-killed-in-dispute-over-water-connection-6.2.2575645.1f95057dd9
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The local dignitaries put on their sharpest outfits...
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The local dignitaries put on their sharpest outfits...
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Context: Bodies are a problem here. Forensics is backed up, some families can't afford funerals, etc, etc.
And you need special dispensation for cremation, so...
Just another hidden problem of bureaucratic systems that aren't based on reality that get corrupted.
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Context: Bodies are a problem here. Forensics is backed up, some families can't afford funerals, etc, etc.
And you need special dispensation for cremation, so...
Just another hidden problem of bureaucratic systems that aren't based on reality that get corrupted.
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More fire across the valley. Seems systemic. 😐
When wet season starts, they will likely regret it and complain the government should be doing something to avoid landslides...
🙄
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More fire across the valley. Seems systemic. 😐
When wet season starts, they will likely regret it and complain the government should be doing something to avoid landslides...
🙄
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...According to reports, around 10.30 p.m., a group of approximately 12 men, armed with firearms, cutlasses and axes, boarded the vessel Sea Elizabeth II, which was moored alongside a barge near the Hyatt Regency Trinidad for repairs...
Not exactly the high seas, though. Must be the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' training program...
And the country is in a state of emergency, last I checked... 🤣
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...According to reports, around 10.30 p.m., a group of approximately 12 men, armed with firearms, cutlasses and axes, boarded the vessel Sea Elizabeth II, which was moored alongside a barge near the Hyatt Regency Trinidad for repairs...
Not exactly the high seas, though. Must be the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' training program...
And the country is in a state of emergency, last I checked... 🤣
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Meanwhile, in the Caribbean, the Cuban Nurses and Doctors...
Apparently, a few have signed on with the US and the price for that is not something they considered.
Trinidad and Tobago nurses have been on strike over backpay. (That is complicated beyond this context).
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Meanwhile, in the Caribbean, the Cuban Nurses and Doctors...
Apparently, a few have signed on with the US and the price for that is not something they considered.
Trinidad and Tobago nurses have been on strike over backpay. (That is complicated beyond this context).
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The outlier being removed (see original post).
Humans suck. Clearing land on a hill for either another house or short term crops.
And all as everyone looks away.
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The outlier being removed (see original post).
Humans suck. Clearing land on a hill for either another house or short term crops.
And all as everyone looks away.
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In #trinidadandtobago it *seems* true.
There are questions related to the pitch lake still that are seemingly being ignored. I don't know the truth of it.
#China and their soft power have always interested me. To think they are no longer projecting seems much.
So... interesting times.
Not a big fan of this shield of Americas stuff because of the individuals involved. Kidnapping people and blowing up small boats without real due process? No.
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5798196-chinese-influence-latin-america-decline/amp/
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In #trinidadandtobago it *seems* true.
There are questions related to the pitch lake still that are seemingly being ignored. I don't know the truth of it.
#China and their soft power have always interested me. To think they are no longer projecting seems much.
So... interesting times.
Not a big fan of this shield of Americas stuff because of the individuals involved. Kidnapping people and blowing up small boats without real due process? No.
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5798196-chinese-influence-latin-america-decline/amp/
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...“He said it was intelligence led policing and better management of the resources of the TTPS. That statement was made in January of this year. What is happening now? There is no more “intelligence-led policing?” Gonzales asked...
Odd how all the 'intelligence lead policing' coincided with a heavy U.S. focus on #venezuela.
#trinidadandtobago #venezuela #unitedstates #stateofemergency
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...“He said it was intelligence led policing and better management of the resources of the TTPS. That statement was made in January of this year. What is happening now? There is no more “intelligence-led policing?” Gonzales asked...
Odd how all the 'intelligence lead policing' coincided with a heavy U.S. focus on #venezuela.
#trinidadandtobago #venezuela #unitedstates #stateofemergency
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Well, this is awkward. People forget the pressure on Cuba has been multipronged. And it impacts the larger Caribbean.
Especially when the incentives to retain local doctors are not high, and their numbers demonstrate it.
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Well, this is awkward. People forget the pressure on Cuba has been multipronged. And it impacts the larger Caribbean.
Especially when the incentives to retain local doctors are not high, and their numbers demonstrate it.
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Kearn Williams, winner of our three-minute thesis competition. His work on the political economy of Carnival is fascinating, and he told the story so well.