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Tireless sleuth for useful good news, contributing writer to Daily Kos Good News Roundup, longtime community activist, passionate cook, wordsmith, animal lover, artist, Oregonian.
"Próspera is a private, for-profit city, with its own government that courts foreign investors through low taxes and light regulation," the Times' Rachel Corbett wrote. "Businesses can choose a regulatory framework from a menu of 36 countries or customize their own."
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The New York Times reported in 2024 that Thiel (who bankrolled Vice President Vance's 2022 U.S. Senate campaign), along with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and venture capitalist Marc Andreesen, worked with Hernández when he was president of Honduras' congress to launch a "start-up city" called Próspera.
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
From Carl Gibson, Raw Story, Nov. 29:

Trump did not immediately state his reason for pardoning Hernández. However, the former Honduran leader is connected to multiple wealthy Trump supporters, including Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel.
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Yup, but use kefir instead of milk.
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Ursula LeGuin's A Wave in the Mind. Writing so brilliant it lifts your heart as well as your mind.
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM