Guy Isely
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I’m a climate scientist, union organizer, and public health software engineer running for CA-32!
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I’m a climate scientist, union organizer, and public health software engineer running for CA-32!
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Democratic leaders need to fear being branded as collaborators more than they fear being called soft on crime
January 22, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Democratic leaders need to fear being branded as collaborators more than they fear being called soft on crime
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Democrats are in the role of the French leaders who surrendered to the Nazis and fled. They don't understand that the entire world and all their voters are looking for a de Gaulle, not because they think he would instantly defeat Trump, but because at least he's on the right side.
January 21, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Democrats are in the role of the French leaders who surrendered to the Nazis and fled. They don't understand that the entire world and all their voters are looking for a de Gaulle, not because they think he would instantly defeat Trump, but because at least he's on the right side.
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I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
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NYT could have had a frontpage story that read: "Aging madman making insane threats to Europe, threatening our economy & security for delusions." But instead they normalize & legitimize this madman because they are collaborators against US.
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 PM
NYT could have had a frontpage story that read: "Aging madman making insane threats to Europe, threatening our economy & security for delusions." But instead they normalize & legitimize this madman because they are collaborators against US.
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The autobiography concludes its section on this conversation interestingly:
"I [Harry Belafonte] felt as if our moorings were unhinging. "Damn, Martin! If that's what you think, what would you have us do?" I asked.
He gave me a look. "I guess we're just going to have to become firemen.""
"I [Harry Belafonte] felt as if our moorings were unhinging. "Damn, Martin! If that's what you think, what would you have us do?" I asked.
He gave me a look. "I guess we're just going to have to become firemen.""
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
The autobiography concludes its section on this conversation interestingly:
"I [Harry Belafonte] felt as if our moorings were unhinging. "Damn, Martin! If that's what you think, what would you have us do?" I asked.
He gave me a look. "I guess we're just going to have to become firemen.""
"I [Harry Belafonte] felt as if our moorings were unhinging. "Damn, Martin! If that's what you think, what would you have us do?" I asked.
He gave me a look. "I guess we're just going to have to become firemen.""
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“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
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A view on the US from Greenland: “We do not want to be rich like Americans. Look how greedy they are, even trying to invade their friends. We would not sell ourselves. We know what happened to Indigenous people in Alaska and Native Americans. Their land was taken, and they were not treated well.”
Greenlandic politician Tillie Martinussen on the sovereignty of Greenlanders, the greed in the US, and how they view their land. Also comments on how the US treated Natives, as a very good reason to not want to be a part of the US.
youtu.be/xs53IESxz80?...
youtu.be/xs53IESxz80?...
‘Big Miscalculation’: Greenlandic Politician Warns Trump Over Bid to Take Arctic Island | APT
YouTube video by APT
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January 20, 2026 at 12:06 PM
A view on the US from Greenland: “We do not want to be rich like Americans. Look how greedy they are, even trying to invade their friends. We would not sell ourselves. We know what happened to Indigenous people in Alaska and Native Americans. Their land was taken, and they were not treated well.”
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This is on you, Congress. Every single member of Congress who does not support impeachment, removal, and prosecution right now is complicit.
January 19, 2026 at 10:41 PM
This is on you, Congress. Every single member of Congress who does not support impeachment, removal, and prosecution right now is complicit.
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If you have tenure consider publishing less... doi.org/10.1038/d415...
I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too
If we don’t slow down, the research enterprise is going to crash, argues Adrian Barnett.
doi.org
January 19, 2026 at 9:59 PM
If you have tenure consider publishing less... doi.org/10.1038/d415...
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Invoke the 25th Amendment.
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Invoke the 25th Amendment.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
The AI industry is deeply dependent on exponential growth to justify the colossal investments being made into it. To say AI is small now so it’s not a huge part of the story has about the wisdom of ignoring the family of mice that just moved into your grain cellar because there’s only a few of them.
That’s why claims that AI is a huge problem for climate change puzzle me.
Sure, it’s not helping, but the numbers are still very, very small.
It’s something to watch, but right now it’s not a huge part of the climate story.
Sure, it’s not helping, but the numbers are still very, very small.
It’s something to watch, but right now it’s not a huge part of the climate story.
December 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The AI industry is deeply dependent on exponential growth to justify the colossal investments being made into it. To say AI is small now so it’s not a huge part of the story has about the wisdom of ignoring the family of mice that just moved into your grain cellar because there’s only a few of them.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
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Listen to filmmaker Laura Poitras discuss her new documentary "Cover Up" and the greatest threats to investigative journalism on the latest episode of On the Media: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Listen to filmmaker Laura Poitras discuss her new documentary "Cover Up" and the greatest threats to investigative journalism on the latest episode of On the Media: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"
February 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"
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I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
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It's irritating that they describe the effects of his racism as limited to causing controversy within science and reputational consequences for himself rather than giving an immeasurable boost, false veneer of legitimacy, and idiot-friendly prestige to modern scientific racism and eugenics.
James D. Watson died on Thursday in East Northport, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 97.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Who Helped Discover the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It's irritating that they describe the effects of his racism as limited to causing controversy within science and reputational consequences for himself rather than giving an immeasurable boost, false veneer of legitimacy, and idiot-friendly prestige to modern scientific racism and eugenics.
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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she was just the best, every time I read something she wrote I'm like 'oh wow somehow I think *even more* highly of her'
Ursula Le Guin's 1999 letter to Michael Powell, the owner of Powell's Books in Portland. Powell's workers unionized in 2000 and have faced some union-busting measures since, but were the first contract in ILWU Local 5.
October 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
she was just the best, every time I read something she wrote I'm like 'oh wow somehow I think *even more* highly of her'
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Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
October 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Something doesn't compute between their claims of the energy efficiency of their models and their ever growing demand for new power generation to feed their data centers. I think probably a lot is hidden by their choice to cite only median and not the mean energy use per query.
AI efficiency is important. The median Gemini Apps text prompt in May 2025 used 0.24 Wh of energy (<9 seconds of TV watching) & 0.26 mL (~5 drops) of water. Over 12 months, we reduced the energy footprint of a median text prompt 33x, while improving quality:
cloud.google.com/blog/product...
cloud.google.com/blog/product...
August 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Something doesn't compute between their claims of the energy efficiency of their models and their ever growing demand for new power generation to feed their data centers. I think probably a lot is hidden by their choice to cite only median and not the mean energy use per query.
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Jesse Welles wrote an ice recruitment jingle. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6PpvUBk/
#sInGeRsOnGwRiTeR #OrGiNaL #cOuNtRy #folk #song
TikTok video by Welles
www.tiktok.com
August 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Jesse Welles wrote an ice recruitment jingle. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6PpvUBk/
Scholars have invented a machine that allows you to generate more bullshit, faster, no effort, but totally professional looking in order to punish future scholars. They are saying it's an astounding breakthrough.
June 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Scholars have invented a machine that allows you to generate more bullshit, faster, no effort, but totally professional looking in order to punish future scholars. They are saying it's an astounding breakthrough.