At the Asobancaria Convention, Colombia's Finance Minister stated that the country faces its most critical fiscal situation in decades. ^[1] In 2025, Colombia's primary fiscal deficit reached -3.5% of GDP, the total deficit was -6.4%, and net debt rose to 58.6%, the highest level since 1999. ^[2] Steven Bennett designed the Open Task Light, an open-source desk lamp inspired by Dyson's sliding lamp, and published its parts and assembly guide on GitHub. ^[3] An inter-sectorial study by the Cree estimates that a decisive support for the hydrocarbon industry would generate $695 trillion pesos in fiscal revenue between 2026 and 2050, compared to $276 trillion pesos in an organic scenario. ^[4] Total government spending reached 22.7% of GDP in 2025, 3.5 percentage points above the pre-pandemic trend, while revenue remained at 16.3% of GDP. ^[5] The Open Task Light uses two extruded aluminum rails with a PCB running the length of one rail, powering the lamp head through pogo pins with no exposed wires. ^[6] The Open Task Light's bill of materials includes more than 50 parts and costs well under half the price of the Dyson lamp that inspired it. ^[7]