EssayWells
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Scientist, husband, parent, possibly a little too into Dungeons and Dragons. @essayWells on Twitter (Ex-Twitter?)
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hmmmm I wonder if the feminists have been onto something
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
hmmmm I wonder if the feminists have been onto something
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Wow, almost like the media and journalism profession failed in some sort of professional duty to actually inform these low-engagement voters about what Trump was saying he wanted to do and the consequences of those plans.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
Trump has lost the voters who weren’t paying attention in 2024
The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 — about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Wow, almost like the media and journalism profession failed in some sort of professional duty to actually inform these low-engagement voters about what Trump was saying he wanted to do and the consequences of those plans.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
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"The global LNG industry has an economics problem. The main use for LNG (liquefied natural gas) is to burn it to generate electricity. However, there are lots of ways to make electricity these days and importing LNG to then burn it to power gas turbines is currently one of the most expensive."
LNG: The India Question
The global LNG industry has an economics problem. The main use for LNG (liquefied natural gas) is to burn it to generate electricity. However, there are lots of ways to make electricity these days and...
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February 12, 2026 at 11:58 AM
"The global LNG industry has an economics problem. The main use for LNG (liquefied natural gas) is to burn it to generate electricity. However, there are lots of ways to make electricity these days and importing LNG to then burn it to power gas turbines is currently one of the most expensive."
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Hey look! China is selling extra LNG to Europe.
"While China is the largest LNG importer, its demand has lagged over the last year as the nation’s end-users turn to cheaper alternatives."
Hmm. Cheaper alternatives? Tell me more. But they don't.
"While China is the largest LNG importer, its demand has lagged over the last year as the nation’s end-users turn to cheaper alternatives."
Hmm. Cheaper alternatives? Tell me more. But they don't.
Gas-Hungry Europe to Get Rare LNG Shipment Reloaded From China
A liquefied natural gas shipment reloaded from China — the world’s top buyer of the fuel — is heading to Europe, a rare move that highlights the continent’s push to refill dwindling inventories.
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Hey look! China is selling extra LNG to Europe.
"While China is the largest LNG importer, its demand has lagged over the last year as the nation’s end-users turn to cheaper alternatives."
Hmm. Cheaper alternatives? Tell me more. But they don't.
"While China is the largest LNG importer, its demand has lagged over the last year as the nation’s end-users turn to cheaper alternatives."
Hmm. Cheaper alternatives? Tell me more. But they don't.
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Ominous bird valentines.
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Ominous bird valentines.
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That study, for those hard of hearing/fingers stuck in ears/head in sand up the back ... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Aerosol and surface contamination of SARS-CoV-2 observed in quarantine and isolation care - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Aerosol and surface contamination of SARS-CoV-2 observed in quarantine and isolation care
www.nature.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:38 AM
That study, for those hard of hearing/fingers stuck in ears/head in sand up the back ... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I’d just like to say again.
Studies re COVID-19 published in 2020 clearly stated that deposition patterns consistent with aerosol spread was happening in hospitals.
They were finding positive samples for RNA in air ducts, on windows, under beds.
They did not match the advice to the findings…
Studies re COVID-19 published in 2020 clearly stated that deposition patterns consistent with aerosol spread was happening in hospitals.
They were finding positive samples for RNA in air ducts, on windows, under beds.
They did not match the advice to the findings…
February 12, 2026 at 10:12 AM
I’d just like to say again.
Studies re COVID-19 published in 2020 clearly stated that deposition patterns consistent with aerosol spread was happening in hospitals.
They were finding positive samples for RNA in air ducts, on windows, under beds.
They did not match the advice to the findings…
Studies re COVID-19 published in 2020 clearly stated that deposition patterns consistent with aerosol spread was happening in hospitals.
They were finding positive samples for RNA in air ducts, on windows, under beds.
They did not match the advice to the findings…
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no, it simply isnt.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
The predominent anti-AI position on bsky is that AI is useless, fake, shit and basically the same as NFTs, destined to collapse in months once everyone sees how poor it is. So anyone who suggests that it could improve or be useful to any boss in any situation in the future must be evil.
February 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
no, it simply isnt.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
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How long are we going to hear about “legitimate debates and concerns about immigration?” It’s time we told the truth and deal with it. Net migration is low, we need more migrants, we are an ageing population. Highly skilled and low paid jobs are dependent on migrants. We need safe and legal routes.
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
How long are we going to hear about “legitimate debates and concerns about immigration?” It’s time we told the truth and deal with it. Net migration is low, we need more migrants, we are an ageing population. Highly skilled and low paid jobs are dependent on migrants. We need safe and legal routes.
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Hey so remember when I said white women are endangering their own freedom when they cozy up to white supremacy? And that the hard right fantasies do not include sharing power with women? Yeah so the not so quiet part is here
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Hey so remember when I said white women are endangering their own freedom when they cozy up to white supremacy? And that the hard right fantasies do not include sharing power with women? Yeah so the not so quiet part is here
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A post that states that everyone else is being super unreasonable in their positions is not starting a discussion in good faith so it’s not surprising if the discussion doesn’t proceed that way (and that applies to both Chris’s post and yours!)
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 PM
A post that states that everyone else is being super unreasonable in their positions is not starting a discussion in good faith so it’s not surprising if the discussion doesn’t proceed that way (and that applies to both Chris’s post and yours!)
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A bit long but here’s Marx from the 1844 manuscripts providing an exposition of Goethe and Shakespeare on the power of money that all happens to sum up exactly where we are right now. (Reminded of this passage by Epstein’s capture of prominent academics.)
![That which is for me through the medium of money - that for which I can pay (i.e., which money can buy) - that am I myself, the possessor of the money. The extent of the power of money is the extent of my power. Money's properties are my - the possessor's - properties and essential powers. Thus, what I am and am capable of is by no means determined by my individuality. I am ugly, but I can buy for myself the most beautiful of women. Therefore I am not ugly, for the effect of ugliness - its deterrent power - is nullified by money. I, according to my individual characteristics, am lame, but money furnishes me with twenty-four feet. Therefore I am not lame. I am bad, dishonest, unscrupulous, stupid; but money is honoured, and hence its possessor. Money is the supreme good, therefore its possessor is good. Money, besides, saves me the trouble of being dishonest: I am therefore presumed honest. I am brainless, but money is the real brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless? Besides, he can buy clever people for himself, and is he who has [In the manuscript: "is. - Ed.] power over the clever not more clever than the clever? Do not I, who thanks to money am capable of all that the human heart longs for, possess all human capacities? Does not my money, therefore, transform all my incapacities into their contrary?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:givg3amslsq46o3f25ga5esh/bafkreig4odpf2rmnmzzaiw45dbmsiiltel6wiv4sv32o7ojwdz3vpuf34q@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 6:35 AM
A bit long but here’s Marx from the 1844 manuscripts providing an exposition of Goethe and Shakespeare on the power of money that all happens to sum up exactly where we are right now. (Reminded of this passage by Epstein’s capture of prominent academics.)
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Jeffrey Epstein’s emails show that then-Ohio State University Board of Trustees chairman Leslie Wexner was served in a Jane Doe lawsuit against the deceased sex trafficker in 2009.
Donald Trump was also served in the lawsuit.
Epstein later settled.
Full story:
www.rooster.info/p/ohio-state...
Donald Trump was also served in the lawsuit.
Epstein later settled.
Full story:
www.rooster.info/p/ohio-state...
Ohio State should have known about Wexner's Epstein problems by Sept. 18, 2009
Epstein files show that then-Ohio State Board of Trustees chairman Leslie Wexner was served in a Jane Doe lawsuit against the since-deceased sex trafficker in 2009.
www.rooster.info
February 12, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Jeffrey Epstein’s emails show that then-Ohio State University Board of Trustees chairman Leslie Wexner was served in a Jane Doe lawsuit against the deceased sex trafficker in 2009.
Donald Trump was also served in the lawsuit.
Epstein later settled.
Full story:
www.rooster.info/p/ohio-state...
Donald Trump was also served in the lawsuit.
Epstein later settled.
Full story:
www.rooster.info/p/ohio-state...
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Part One of my exploration of Jeffery Epstein's relationship with the Musk brothers is now live.
Unpacking the first year or so of the documented relationship, it shows how Epstein pursued Elon through connections and "girls," and hints at possible motivations.
niedermeyer.online/2026/02/10/m...
Unpacking the first year or so of the documented relationship, it shows how Epstein pursued Elon through connections and "girls," and hints at possible motivations.
niedermeyer.online/2026/02/10/m...
There's more than a whiff of Musk in the Epstein Files
Explore the relationship between Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein, as documented in the Epstein Files.
niedermeyer.online
February 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Part One of my exploration of Jeffery Epstein's relationship with the Musk brothers is now live.
Unpacking the first year or so of the documented relationship, it shows how Epstein pursued Elon through connections and "girls," and hints at possible motivations.
niedermeyer.online/2026/02/10/m...
Unpacking the first year or so of the documented relationship, it shows how Epstein pursued Elon through connections and "girls," and hints at possible motivations.
niedermeyer.online/2026/02/10/m...
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Incredible update: "This article was updated to note that CNN reports there were at least four party balloons shot down by DOD, not just one."
gizmodo.com/one-mexican-...
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Mexican Cartel 'Drones' Near El Paso Airspace Were Actually Party Balloons: Report
FAA initially ordered the closure of airspace over El Paso for 10 days before backtracking.
gizmodo.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Incredible update: "This article was updated to note that CNN reports there were at least four party balloons shot down by DOD, not just one."
gizmodo.com/one-mexican-...
gizmodo.com/one-mexican-...
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HEGSETH GAVE THE GUYS SHOOTING CITIZENS IN THE STREET AND BREAKING DOWN DOORS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT LASER.
Sorry for shouting I just can’t hear my thoughts over the ringing in my ears.
Sorry for shouting I just can’t hear my thoughts over the ringing in my ears.
February 12, 2026 at 3:29 AM
HEGSETH GAVE THE GUYS SHOOTING CITIZENS IN THE STREET AND BREAKING DOWN DOORS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT LASER.
Sorry for shouting I just can’t hear my thoughts over the ringing in my ears.
Sorry for shouting I just can’t hear my thoughts over the ringing in my ears.
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According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
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Incredible update: "This article was updated to note that CNN reports there were at least four party balloons shot down by DOD, not just one."
gizmodo.com/one-mexican-...
gizmodo.com/one-mexican-...
Mexican Cartel 'Drones' Near El Paso Airspace Were Actually Party Balloons: Report
FAA initially ordered the closure of airspace over El Paso for 10 days before backtracking.
gizmodo.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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Waymo exec says remote assistance operators are in US and also in Philippines. Markey says that's unacceptable, a national & cyber security risk. And it takes jobs away from American drivers to outsource overseas. "Transatlantic backseat driver is downright dangerous in our country" Markey says.
February 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Waymo exec says remote assistance operators are in US and also in Philippines. Markey says that's unacceptable, a national & cyber security risk. And it takes jobs away from American drivers to outsource overseas. "Transatlantic backseat driver is downright dangerous in our country" Markey says.
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A lot of people who regurgitate "improvement" talking points to discredit any criticism of AI have little to no awareness of the trickery that occurs behind the scenes to provide this mirage. Not only for autonomous vehicles, but the army of human labour used to fine tune generative AI.
Waymo exec says remote assistance operators are in US and also in Philippines. Markey says that's unacceptable, a national & cyber security risk. And it takes jobs away from American drivers to outsource overseas. "Transatlantic backseat driver is downright dangerous in our country" Markey says.
February 5, 2026 at 11:08 AM
A lot of people who regurgitate "improvement" talking points to discredit any criticism of AI have little to no awareness of the trickery that occurs behind the scenes to provide this mirage. Not only for autonomous vehicles, but the army of human labour used to fine tune generative AI.
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On my flight today, a chatty lady said, “I can’t go to New York with all that’s going on over there.” And I said, “What? Free child care?” And she stopped talking to me.
February 12, 2026 at 5:14 AM
On my flight today, a chatty lady said, “I can’t go to New York with all that’s going on over there.” And I said, “What? Free child care?” And she stopped talking to me.
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Most people don’t know this: Heat pumps REDUCE gas consumption even if running 100% on electricity from a gas fired power plant.
More here in my piece for @carbonbrief.org👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
More here in my piece for @carbonbrief.org👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Most people don’t know this: Heat pumps REDUCE gas consumption even if running 100% on electricity from a gas fired power plant.
More here in my piece for @carbonbrief.org👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
More here in my piece for @carbonbrief.org👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
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If it's so fucking useful then go do that useful thing with it! Make something that doesn't look like lazy shit! File a bunch of legal briefs that don't make a judge want to vaporize you where you stand! Fuck off!
February 12, 2026 at 3:04 AM
If it's so fucking useful then go do that useful thing with it! Make something that doesn't look like lazy shit! File a bunch of legal briefs that don't make a judge want to vaporize you where you stand! Fuck off!
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Just a couple years ago it was "have fun being poor," "your job is going away, you're being replaced loser," "you better reskill because this is the only thing that matters now." So yeah I'm hostile to the idea and I think everyone into it is a thief and a loser
February 12, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Just a couple years ago it was "have fun being poor," "your job is going away, you're being replaced loser," "you better reskill because this is the only thing that matters now." So yeah I'm hostile to the idea and I think everyone into it is a thief and a loser