Erik Conway
@erikconway.bsky.social
Historian, rocketeer, capsuleer in New Eden, adventurer in Azeroth. Writer of books. Opinions not my employers.
Good thing we’re eliminating air pollution regulations! apple.news/A2HIhmBJMTQ-...
Study of 27.8M Americans may have revealed direct Alzheimer's cause — Newsweek
Experts say dementia risk is not just about personal choices, but also about the air we breathe and the environments we live in.
apple.news
February 18, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Good thing we’re eliminating air pollution regulations! apple.news/A2HIhmBJMTQ-...
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The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 3:51 AM
The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires
Still murdering people on the high seas, i see. ground.news/article/us-m...
US military says it killed 11 people in strikes on three alleged drug boats
The U.S. military blew up three alleged drug-trafficking boats, two in the Eastern Pacific and one in the Caribbean, on Monday, killing 11 people. The U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) said the militar...
ground.news
February 18, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Still murdering people on the high seas, i see. ground.news/article/us-m...
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One of my former grad students was involved in this. Really cool.
So the Obama administration oral history project went live today. An extraordinary resource for historians and teachers, and a great credit to the team of folks who compiled them all, including Evan McCormick, @pastpunditry.bsky.social and many others.
Obama Presidency Oral History
The Obama Presidency as told by 450+ officials, activists, organizers, and extraordinary people from all walks of life.
share.google
February 18, 2026 at 12:45 AM
One of my former grad students was involved in this. Really cool.
I’d guess that after the Bitcoin crash he stopped taking crypto so now it’s back to bags of cash. Maybe the color of bag matters?
After issuing thousands of pardons within hours of returning to office, Trump’s pardon pipeline petered out. Now, practically no one understands how to navigate his opaque pardon requirements, according to nearly a dozen sources including lobbyists, attorneys, & White House insiders. trib.al/nZ9Cbw0
No One Knows How Trump’s Pardon Process Actually Works
The administration is approaching pardons in a “chaotic” and seemingly deliberately opaque manner, leading to a number of concerns about potential abuse and corruption.
trib.al
February 18, 2026 at 1:41 AM
I’d guess that after the Bitcoin crash he stopped taking crypto so now it’s back to bags of cash. Maybe the color of bag matters?
AI Astroturfing. Great. apple.news/AKNVslx7uSeC...
Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments — Los Angeles Times
SoCal’s pollution authority scrapped a plan to phase out gas-powered appliances after receiving more than 20,000 emails sent by an AI-powered platform called CiviClick.
apple.news
February 17, 2026 at 11:19 AM
AI Astroturfing. Great. apple.news/AKNVslx7uSeC...
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If you’re interested in billionaire brain rot, please have a listen: pca.st/episode/a5b2...
Enough, with Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social
Enough, with Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social
Enough, with Adam Becker
In this episode, Adam Becker and I talk about our AI overlords and their “philosophical” influences — mostly eugenics-based pseudoscience and bad readings of sci-fi that make tech billionaires feel…
pca.st
February 16, 2026 at 1:36 PM
If you’re interested in billionaire brain rot, please have a listen: pca.st/episode/a5b2...
Enough, with Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social
Enough, with Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social
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This is one of those areas where California can (and will) hold the line, simply due to how many cars get sold in this state.
I remember the smog as a kid, and I’m sure plenty of others do too. We’re not going back to that.
I remember the smog as a kid, and I’m sure plenty of others do too. We’re not going back to that.
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM
This is one of those areas where California can (and will) hold the line, simply due to how many cars get sold in this state.
I remember the smog as a kid, and I’m sure plenty of others do too. We’re not going back to that.
I remember the smog as a kid, and I’m sure plenty of others do too. We’re not going back to that.
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Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction
billionaires dueling with dildos
Is also great
And would suffice.
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction
billionaires dueling with dildos
Is also great
And would suffice.
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are only going to get more competitive now that they both are focusing on the moon, columnist Tim Higgins writes.
Bezos vs. Musk: The New Billionaire Battle for the Moon
Elon Musk has changed his focus from Mars to a lunar base, going head to head with Jeff Bezos
on.wsj.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction
billionaires dueling with dildos
Is also great
And would suffice.
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction
billionaires dueling with dildos
Is also great
And would suffice.
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"Billionaires like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as good and natural. Epstein funneled ~$20m a year to academic men who shared his ideology [and got] to hold forth in formal sessions at Harvard, condemning feeding and caring for the poor as if he were making a scholarly argument."
About Epstein, Edge, eugenics, and finding my name in the Epstein files.
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 3:49 PM
"Billionaires like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as good and natural. Epstein funneled ~$20m a year to academic men who shared his ideology [and got] to hold forth in formal sessions at Harvard, condemning feeding and caring for the poor as if he were making a scholarly argument."
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The stupidest and most fearful way to run a professional military.
New: Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the US (list in replies) abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Hegseth’s campaign against schools he describes as being biased against the US military
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
Pentagon may bar tuition aid for top universities in Hegseth’s crackdown on ‘biased’ schools | CNN Politics
Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the United States abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign again...
www.cnn.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:49 AM
The stupidest and most fearful way to run a professional military.
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🚨 For-profit prison company:
“CoreCivic’s revenue from contracts with ICE skyrocketed in 2025, but some participants on today’s quarterly earnings call expressed concerns that ICE had not detained as many immigrants as investors hoped.”
#Divest #$CXW
theappeal.org/ice-geo-grou...
“CoreCivic’s revenue from contracts with ICE skyrocketed in 2025, but some participants on today’s quarterly earnings call expressed concerns that ICE had not detained as many immigrants as investors hoped.”
#Divest #$CXW
theappeal.org/ice-geo-grou...
Despite Increased Profits, Private Prison Companies Want to Cage Even More People
CoreCivic and GEO Group’s investors expressed frustration that ICE’s record immigration detention numbers aren’t high enough.
theappeal.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:32 PM
🚨 For-profit prison company:
“CoreCivic’s revenue from contracts with ICE skyrocketed in 2025, but some participants on today’s quarterly earnings call expressed concerns that ICE had not detained as many immigrants as investors hoped.”
#Divest #$CXW
theappeal.org/ice-geo-grou...
“CoreCivic’s revenue from contracts with ICE skyrocketed in 2025, but some participants on today’s quarterly earnings call expressed concerns that ICE had not detained as many immigrants as investors hoped.”
#Divest #$CXW
theappeal.org/ice-geo-grou...
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New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Firing a pilot for leaving Kristi Noem's blanket behind. Berating staff when she's not on TV enough. Inside the constant chaos at DHS.
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
on.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Firing a pilot for leaving Kristi Noem's blanket behind. Berating staff when she's not on TV enough. Inside the constant chaos at DHS.
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There are ~90 million people alive today because of USAID. Russ Vought illegally shut it down and now is spending the money on himself. These are deeply evil people. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
There are ~90 million people alive today because of USAID. Russ Vought illegally shut it down and now is spending the money on himself. These are deeply evil people. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
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I’ve said it before I’ll say it again
I’ve been genuinely astounded at how quickly & effectively RFK Jr & his allies—Drs Prasad, Bhattacharya, Makary, Høeg, Oz, & Kulldorff—have been able to dismantle the US vaccination system, including vaccine R&D
I thought guardrails might slow them, but nope
I’ve been genuinely astounded at how quickly & effectively RFK Jr & his allies—Drs Prasad, Bhattacharya, Makary, Høeg, Oz, & Kulldorff—have been able to dismantle the US vaccination system, including vaccine R&D
I thought guardrails might slow them, but nope
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
I’ve said it before I’ll say it again
I’ve been genuinely astounded at how quickly & effectively RFK Jr & his allies—Drs Prasad, Bhattacharya, Makary, Høeg, Oz, & Kulldorff—have been able to dismantle the US vaccination system, including vaccine R&D
I thought guardrails might slow them, but nope
I’ve been genuinely astounded at how quickly & effectively RFK Jr & his allies—Drs Prasad, Bhattacharya, Makary, Høeg, Oz, & Kulldorff—have been able to dismantle the US vaccination system, including vaccine R&D
I thought guardrails might slow them, but nope
We only wanted Democrats rights violated!
“Pro-Trump town stunned to learn they’re not exempt from ICE raids.”
"Chris Gross, a second-generation mint farmer in Wilder, told the Times that the town relies on Hispanic labor. 'Nobody thought something like this could happen here,’ he said."
newrepublic.com/post/206401/...
"Chris Gross, a second-generation mint farmer in Wilder, told the Times that the town relies on Hispanic labor. 'Nobody thought something like this could happen here,’ he said."
newrepublic.com/post/206401/...
Pro-Trump Town Stunned to Learn They’re Not Exempt From ICE Raids
The raids have left the Idaho town “nearly destroyed.”
newrepublic.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:20 PM
We only wanted Democrats rights violated!
Yep.
The history books will remember this one
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Yep.
Lying is correct.
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Lying is correct.
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The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.
Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say
Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:12 AM
The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.
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*drowning in a flood because an explosion on the moon has obliterated 10 miles of coastline*: I bet Deutsche Bank feels real silly now.
The 'Moon economy' is about to boom. Deutsche Bank thinks this one space stock will benefit
The 'Moon economy' is about to boom. Deutsche Bank thinks this one space stock will benefit
This stock is a play on lunar infrastructure and connectivity, the firm said.
cnb.cx
February 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
*drowning in a flood because an explosion on the moon has obliterated 10 miles of coastline*: I bet Deutsche Bank feels real silly now.
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“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
😂 DOGE was about data theft and protecting Elon’s business empire, not actually cutting the budget. You’d have to whack the militarized police state hard to make a dent in that.
The budget-slashing Department of Government Efficiency that upended the federal government at the start of President Donald Trump's second term has stalled out on Capitol Hill, a reality that's left conservative lawmakers fuming. https://cnn.it/4rPIfUA
February 12, 2026 at 11:32 AM
😂 DOGE was about data theft and protecting Elon’s business empire, not actually cutting the budget. You’d have to whack the militarized police state hard to make a dent in that.
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On Trump, Epstein, and their social circle of pedophiles. From HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, written in 2019, before Epstein was indicted.
"The story of Jeffrey Epstein is one that will define our era..."
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
"The story of Jeffrey Epstein is one that will define our era..."
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
February 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
On Trump, Epstein, and their social circle of pedophiles. From HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, written in 2019, before Epstein was indicted.
"The story of Jeffrey Epstein is one that will define our era..."
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
"The story of Jeffrey Epstein is one that will define our era..."
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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We don't know what's happening, but there's no good news here. As long as we keep burning fossil fuels, the world will continue to become more dangerous and chaotic.
Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened.
The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.
wapo.st
February 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
We don't know what's happening, but there's no good news here. As long as we keep burning fossil fuels, the world will continue to become more dangerous and chaotic.