Keith Gillette
@keithgillette.bsky.social
Freelance Philosopher. Systems Savant. Incessant Optimizer.
My #NoKings protest sign prompted people to ask if I was a dentist. No, just an ardent advocate of the oral hygiene of telling the truth.
October 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My #NoKings protest sign prompted people to ask if I was a dentist. No, just an ardent advocate of the oral hygiene of telling the truth.
The Rawlsian Veil of Ignorance is cognitive empathy writ large.
August 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The Rawlsian Veil of Ignorance is cognitive empathy writ large.
Thank you, Big Brother! The doubleplusungood Smithsonian has an oldthink exhibition malreporting that Oceania was at war with Eurasia. But all goodthinkers know Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
Trump administration to review 19 Smithsonian museums to ensure exhibits are ‘patriotic’
White House letter orders review as part of a broader push to assert oversight over cultural institutions
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Thank you, Big Brother! The doubleplusungood Smithsonian has an oldthink exhibition malreporting that Oceania was at war with Eurasia. But all goodthinkers know Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
With crime in Washington D.C. at a 30-year low, may I suggest that the National Guard keep an eye out for criminality and lawlessness at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, home of a known felon and sex offender, whose name, I hear, is in the Epstein files.
National guard begins deploying on DC streets after Trump police takeover
Troops appeared in US capital Tuesday night as president’s move is widely condemned as an authoritarian power grab
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
With crime in Washington D.C. at a 30-year low, may I suggest that the National Guard keep an eye out for criminality and lawlessness at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, home of a known felon and sex offender, whose name, I hear, is in the Epstein files.
May Day! May Day! Demonstrating for a democracy in distress.
May 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
May Day! May Day! Demonstrating for a democracy in distress.
100 days of high crimes and misdemeanors (infilled with incessant lying, callous cruelty, extraordinary incompetence, and deliberate destruction of important institutions and alliances).
March on May Day. Agitate for Impeachment.
March on May Day. Agitate for Impeachment.
Trump 100 days: Trump’s whirlwind start to his second presidency
The president has begun his second term at a whirlwind pace, slashing the government, upending international alliances, challenging the rule of law and ordering mass deportations
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
100 days of high crimes and misdemeanors (infilled with incessant lying, callous cruelty, extraordinary incompetence, and deliberate destruction of important institutions and alliances).
March on May Day. Agitate for Impeachment.
March on May Day. Agitate for Impeachment.
Boston’s historical contempt for mad kings continues.
April 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Boston’s historical contempt for mad kings continues.
“These are not normal times in America and they should not be treated as such. ... The threats to America’s democracy are grave and urgent.”
Corey Booker’s record-breaking ultramarathon of words must now be met with persistent and unyielding action. Forward.
Corey Booker’s record-breaking ultramarathon of words must now be met with persistent and unyielding action. Forward.
Cory Booker breaks record for longest Senate speech with Trump condemnation
In speech that began Monday night, Democratic senator warns of ‘grave and urgent’ danger of Trump administration
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
“These are not normal times in America and they should not be treated as such. ... The threats to America’s democracy are grave and urgent.”
Corey Booker’s record-breaking ultramarathon of words must now be met with persistent and unyielding action. Forward.
Corey Booker’s record-breaking ultramarathon of words must now be met with persistent and unyielding action. Forward.
The Trump/Musk regime’s clear conflicts of interest and flagrant corruption are a dangerous, metastasizing cancer on our republic. With all this unfolding in the open, one can hardly imagine the scale of closed-door collusion seeking to sell out our country.
Fire Elon. Impeach Trump.
Fire Elon. Impeach Trump.
Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
www.youtube.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Trump/Musk regime’s clear conflicts of interest and flagrant corruption are a dangerous, metastasizing cancer on our republic. With all this unfolding in the open, one can hardly imagine the scale of closed-door collusion seeking to sell out our country.
Fire Elon. Impeach Trump.
Fire Elon. Impeach Trump.
The Trump/Musk regime’s mendacity may only be matched by its incompetence. The “move fast and break things” mantra may work well in most Silicon Valley startups, but is downright dangerous in much government work.
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The Trump/Musk regime’s mendacity may only be matched by its incompetence. The “move fast and break things” mantra may work well in most Silicon Valley startups, but is downright dangerous in much government work.
An Enormous Gulf … between the integrity of a news organization that refuses to compromise its standards, and that of the petty, vengeful man punishing them for it.
Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’
Agency says its reporter wasn’t allowed into event in effort to ‘punish’ style guide on upholding use of Gulf of Mexico
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
An Enormous Gulf … between the integrity of a news organization that refuses to compromise its standards, and that of the petty, vengeful man punishing them for it.
"A problem well stated is half a problem half solved."
—Charles Kettering
(Only half. The other half requires calls to Congress, peaceful protests, lots of lawsuits, judicial injunctions, interminable legal proceedings, Congressional oversight hearings,...)
—Charles Kettering
(Only half. The other half requires calls to Congress, peaceful protests, lots of lawsuits, judicial injunctions, interminable legal proceedings, Congressional oversight hearings,...)
Restoring Sanity
We will prevail. We need to talk like it.
reframingamerica.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"A problem well stated is half a problem half solved."
—Charles Kettering
(Only half. The other half requires calls to Congress, peaceful protests, lots of lawsuits, judicial injunctions, interminable legal proceedings, Congressional oversight hearings,...)
—Charles Kettering
(Only half. The other half requires calls to Congress, peaceful protests, lots of lawsuits, judicial injunctions, interminable legal proceedings, Congressional oversight hearings,...)
“Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president.”
Opinion | Don’t Believe Him
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president.”
We will soon cease to be a first-world country if we allow “third-world” power politics to persist.
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
We will soon cease to be a first-world country if we allow “third-world” power politics to persist.
Freedumb | ˈfrēdəm | noun
Liberty exercised in ignorance or stupidity that is ultimately self-defeating or harmful.
Liberty exercised in ignorance or stupidity that is ultimately self-defeating or harmful.
January 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Freedumb | ˈfrēdəm | noun
Liberty exercised in ignorance or stupidity that is ultimately self-defeating or harmful.
Liberty exercised in ignorance or stupidity that is ultimately self-defeating or harmful.
Fight! Fight! Fight!
There’s not much I agree with Steve Bannon on, but would love it for Bannon to see that Musk “will not have full access to the White House. He will be like any other person.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
There’s not much I agree with Steve Bannon on, but would love it for Bannon to see that Musk “will not have full access to the White House. He will be like any other person.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’
Ex-Trump adviser denounces tech CEO’s embrace of some forms of immigration and vows to ‘take this guy down’
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Fight! Fight! Fight!
There’s not much I agree with Steve Bannon on, but would love it for Bannon to see that Musk “will not have full access to the White House. He will be like any other person.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
There’s not much I agree with Steve Bannon on, but would love it for Bannon to see that Musk “will not have full access to the White House. He will be like any other person.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Appropriate nomenclature for our incoming plutocratic oligarchy.
snyder.substack.com/p/why-is-mus...
snyder.substack.com/p/why-is-mus...
Why is Musk-Trump the "Mump Regime"?
Ask the Mumpers and the Mumpets
snyder.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Appropriate nomenclature for our incoming plutocratic oligarchy.
snyder.substack.com/p/why-is-mus...
snyder.substack.com/p/why-is-mus...
“There is no liberal, rules-based international order without an empire to enforce it.”
… And no empire responsible or accountable enough to maintain a just one. #GlobalGovernance
… And no empire responsible or accountable enough to maintain a just one. #GlobalGovernance
Enjoyed talking to Scott Horton about his new book, Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine. You can watch here or listen on my Nonzero Podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLiA...
Three Decades of Bad Foreign Policy | Robert Wright & Scott Horton
YouTube video by Nonzero
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:49 AM
“There is no liberal, rules-based international order without an empire to enforce it.”
… And no empire responsible or accountable enough to maintain a just one. #GlobalGovernance
… And no empire responsible or accountable enough to maintain a just one. #GlobalGovernance
Having come of age in the 1990s, I was very much looking forward to The End of History.
December 17, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Having come of age in the 1990s, I was very much looking forward to The End of History.
Why are we still limited to a couple hundred characters? I’m not asking for a publishing platform with no post length limit, but expressing a complete thought while providing a link or two to relevant resources is challenging to accomplish within the character limits of X, Bluesky, & Threads, which…
December 16, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Why are we still limited to a couple hundred characters? I’m not asking for a publishing platform with no post length limit, but expressing a complete thought while providing a link or two to relevant resources is challenging to accomplish within the character limits of X, Bluesky, & Threads, which…
The lover of wisdom happily trades ignorance for epistemic humility, skipping over knowledge on a technicality.
Philosophy is cool because it's the only major where you can leave school knowing fewer things than when you started.
November 24, 2024 at 8:21 PM
The lover of wisdom happily trades ignorance for epistemic humility, skipping over knowledge on a technicality.
Incentivized indoctrination at the Texas taxpayer expense.
November 23, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Incentivized indoctrination at the Texas taxpayer expense.