Maria Corina Machado is the 2025 Nobel Prize Winner -Not Trump

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado. We guess the Nobel committee doesn’t see a man who provokes violence on a daily basis, led a violent insurrection, murders people without evidence or trials, deploys the military on his own citizens, detains migrants in inhumane conditions, sends innocent people to torture prisons, rips families apart and orders law enforcement to violate the constitutional rights of his citizens, worthy of the award.

Here's the Video of her Reaction:

https://fb.watch/CEUQB5lh5h/

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to María Corina Machado for "promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela." Machado is a leader of the democracy movement in Venezuela, which has campaigned for free elections and representative government. Announcing the award, the Nobel Committee said Machado's role as a "unifying figure" in Venezuela's opposition movement "is precisely what lies at the heart of democracy: our shared willingness to defend the principles of popular rule, even though we disagree." Machado went into hiding after the Venezuelan government moved to crush dissent following last year's election. It is unclear whether she will be able to attend the prize ceremony in Norway in December.

What Trump allies & MAGA figures have said on Trump Not winning the Peace Prize

White House / Trump aides

• Steven Cheung (White House Communications Director):

  “The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.” The Guardian

• Richard Grenell (Trump special envoy):

  He tweeted: “The Nobel Prize died years ago.” The Guardian

These are fairly direct and dismissive statements. They frame the Nobel Committee as corrupt or politically biased rather than neutrally judging.

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Social media and MAGA-aligned voices

• A MAGA-aligned account (via Economic Times reporting) posted:

  “THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IS A JOKE. Anyone with a brain knows Donald Trump should have won … TRUMP COULD HAVE CURED CANCER SUCH A JOKE.” The Economic Times

• Laura Loomer (right-wing activist):

  Called Machado’s win “affirmative action nonsense.” The Economic Times

• Another MAGA account:

  “What a disgrace and total BS” about the Nobel Committee’s decision. The Economic Times

• Memes & mockery:

  Social media was flooded with edited images of Trump “throwing a tantrum,” or with captions like “Trump cries ‘I want my Nobel’” in response to the snub. India Today

Meanwhile, here's my article yesterday, on the Chances of Trump winning the Nobel Peace Prize

https://chateaudumer.blogspot.com/2025/10/what-is-chance-of-trump-winning-peace.html

Lastly, here are the Winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Omar Yaghi (UCBerkeley)– awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry – established a milestone in the development of metal–organic frameworks (MOF) in 1999, when he presented MOF-5 to the world. This material has become a classic in the field. It is an exceptionally spacious and stable molecular construction. Even when empty, it can be heated to 300°C without collapsing.

However, what caused many researchers to raise their eyebrows was the enormous area hiding inside the material’s cubic spaces. A couple of grams of MOF-5 holds an area as big as a football pitch.

Omar Yaghi laid the final bricks in the foundation of metal–organic frameworks in 2002 and 2003. In two articles, in ‘Science’ and ‘Nature’, he shows that it is possible to modify and change MOFs in a rational manner, giving them different properties. One thing he did was to produce 16 variants of MOF-5, with cavities that were both larger and smaller than those in the original material (see figure). One variant could store huge volumes of methane gas, which Yaghi suggested could be used in RNG-fuelled vehicles.

Subsequently, metal–organic frameworks have taken the world by storm. Researchers have developed a molecular kit with a wide range of different pieces that can be used to create new MOFs. These have different shapes and characters, providing incredible potential for the rational – or AI-based – design of MOFs for different purposes. For instance, Yaghi’s research group has harvested water from the desert air of Arizona. During the night, their MOF material captured water vapour from the air. When dawn came and the sun heated the material, they were able to collect the water.

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to💚 Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”

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Lastly, Did you know that......

The Ateneo de Manila University traces its origins all the way back to 1601, when the Jesuits founded the Colegio de San José — one of the earliest formal schools in the Philippines.

After their return from expulsion, the Jesuits took over the Escuela Municipal de Manila in 1859, transforming it into a rigorous institution for higher learning.

This humble municipal school would later evolve into the Ateneo de Manila University, one of the most prestigious universities in the country today. Imagine — a school born in the 1600s still shaping Filipino minds more than 400 years later.

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UST, 5 OTHER PH UNIVERSITIES KEEP SPOTS IN TIMES HIGHER ED WORLD RANKING

BREAKING: The University of Santo Tomas (UST) stays in the 1,501+ bracket of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026 released Thursday.

Ateneo de Manila University led Philippine schools in the global list, placing within the 1,001–1,200 range, followed by the University of the Philippines, which ranked within the 1,201-1,500 range.

De La Salle University, Mapúa University, and Mindanao State University–Iligan Institute of Technology joined UST in the 1,501+ band.

The annual rankings assessed 2,191 universities from 115 countries based on 18 indicators in teaching, research quality, knowledge transfer, and international outlook.