Paul Guinnessy
@paulguinnessy.bsky.social
Physicist, Journalist, Director of Digital Experience. All views are my own, not my employer. Fan of Film Festivals, Opera, and theater. Believer in buying two books for every one leaving the house. Unlikely to respond to DMs unless I know you.
Pinned
Recruitment
workforcenow.adp.com
So I have a job going: Solutions Architect, responsible for designing and implementing effective and scalable technology solutions that meet the needs of an organization that delivers programs and services to a federation of scientific societies. workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Meanwhile the US auto industry slowly retreats to one single market, a shadow of its former self.
Ethiopia last year banned the import of new gasoline-powered cars. Nepal reduced import duties on EVs so much that they are now cheaper than cars with internal combustion engines. Brazil raised tariffs on car imports to compel Chinese automakers to set up plants inside Brazil. Etc
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Meanwhile the US auto industry slowly retreats to one single market, a shadow of its former self.
I’m ok with this. Who’s going up against Schumer?
Hakeem Jeffries is about to get a primary challenger.
@chiosse.bsky.social will reportedly make an announcement about this in the coming weeks.
@chiosse.bsky.social will reportedly make an announcement about this in the coming weeks.
Against Mamdani’s Wishes, Gen Z Councilman Plans to Challenge Jeffries
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I’m ok with this. Who’s going up against Schumer?
About a century's worth of physicists started hitting their head against a wall at this point
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
About a century's worth of physicists started hitting their head against a wall at this point
Probably thinking they would be applauded by the NYTimes editorial board for not ruining their thanksgiving trip to the Hamptons
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Probably thinking they would be applauded by the NYTimes editorial board for not ruining their thanksgiving trip to the Hamptons
Canary in the coal mine
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Canary in the coal mine
This is one of the lower increases I've heard about.
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This is one of the lower increases I've heard about.
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One of the most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S. is the generic version of Lipitor.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.
The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures t...
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One of the most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S. is the generic version of Lipitor.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
If this was the House and Nancy Pelosi was speaker, it simply wouldn't have happened. Because coming out with a fake statement like this just implies you're weak. Which is why he needs to go.
SCOOP: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
Scoop: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
"We let him know what we were doing," said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If this was the House and Nancy Pelosi was speaker, it simply wouldn't have happened. Because coming out with a fake statement like this just implies you're weak. Which is why he needs to go.
This might turn out to be important in 2029
Today the Supreme Court heard a very, very technical case about whether a government contractors (in this case, private prison company GEO Group) should get essentially qualified immunity for contractors (I'm oversimplifying). The answer, it seems, will be no.
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
Justices Doubt Timing of Immunity Appeal in GEO Wage Case (1)
Several US Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of GEO Group Inc.’s argument that it can immediately appeal a lower court’s rejection of its immunity defense to escape forced labor claims from im...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This might turn out to be important in 2029
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I find this remarkable:
The Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving Mayan manuscripts, contains tables that give highly accurate timings of solar eclipses over more than 700 years, from 350 CE to the 12 century. 🧪🔭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving Mayan manuscripts, contains tables that give highly accurate timings of solar eclipses over more than 700 years, from 350 CE to the 12 century. 🧪🔭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I find this remarkable:
The Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving Mayan manuscripts, contains tables that give highly accurate timings of solar eclipses over more than 700 years, from 350 CE to the 12 century. 🧪🔭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving Mayan manuscripts, contains tables that give highly accurate timings of solar eclipses over more than 700 years, from 350 CE to the 12 century. 🧪🔭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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This isn't "internal recriminations." It's voters expressing overwhelming opposition to what the people they elected to represent them are doing, and anyone--either in journalism or politics--who characterizes it as infighting is either not seeing and hearing what's right in front of them or lying.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This isn't "internal recriminations." It's voters expressing overwhelming opposition to what the people they elected to represent them are doing, and anyone--either in journalism or politics--who characterizes it as infighting is either not seeing and hearing what's right in front of them or lying.
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
At least someone gets it
NEW – Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/ONGzk3a
Read here: buff.ly/ONGzk3a
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
At least someone gets it
Apparently Thune wanted this grift
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Apparently Thune wanted this grift
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
They were right, the camera does make you look taller than in real life....
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
They were right, the camera does make you look taller than in real life....
When they are fired
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
When they are fired
Although Paul Taylor was writing a book review about #AI it's more of a stepping and excellent summary of how we got to where we are now, with some hints of what might come next.
Paul Taylor · Llamas, Pizzas, Mandolins: AI Doomerism
A great deal of importance seems to be attached to preventing models from generating harmful content if used...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Although Paul Taylor was writing a book review about #AI it's more of a stepping and excellent summary of how we got to where we are now, with some hints of what might come next.
The first people to migrate to North America may have sailed from north-east Asia around 20,000 years ago. Experts argue that prehistoric people in Hokkaido, Japan, used similar stone tools to those later found in North America, suggesting that seafarers may have travelled to the continent.
First Americans may have sailed from north-east Asia, new research suggests
New research comparing stone tools found at sites across the US and on Japan’s northernmost island suggests a different timeline and mode of travel for the first humans to arrive in North America
www.theartnewspaper.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The first people to migrate to North America may have sailed from north-east Asia around 20,000 years ago. Experts argue that prehistoric people in Hokkaido, Japan, used similar stone tools to those later found in North America, suggesting that seafarers may have travelled to the continent.
"What’s happening across Sub-Saharan Africa right now is the most ambitious infrastructure project in human history, except it’s not being built by governments or utilities or World Bank consortiums. It’s being built by startups selling solar panels to farmers on payment plans. And it’s working."
Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa
Or: How Africa is building the future by skipping the past
climatedrift.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"What’s happening across Sub-Saharan Africa right now is the most ambitious infrastructure project in human history, except it’s not being built by governments or utilities or World Bank consortiums. It’s being built by startups selling solar panels to farmers on payment plans. And it’s working."
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This is also said about Europe's approach to China and I simply don't believe this is true. I was at conferences with senior US folk in the early 2010s and none thought China would become more democratic or liberal.
We thought we could compete.
We thought we could compete.
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is also said about Europe's approach to China and I simply don't believe this is true. I was at conferences with senior US folk in the early 2010s and none thought China would become more democratic or liberal.
We thought we could compete.
We thought we could compete.
Soon we'll be having black market Italian pasta controlled by the mob....
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Soon we'll be having black market Italian pasta controlled by the mob....
One "phenomenon that has perplexed mathematicians for decades is that, even when friction is minimal, that steady train of gently rolling waves still eventually falls apart and becomes irregular. Mathematicians hadn’t expected to see such unstable behavior emerge from such a simple starting point."
The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves
The math behind even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major advances toward understanding it.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One "phenomenon that has perplexed mathematicians for decades is that, even when friction is minimal, that steady train of gently rolling waves still eventually falls apart and becomes irregular. Mathematicians hadn’t expected to see such unstable behavior emerge from such a simple starting point."
"Hakeem Jeffries, said that Chuck Schumer should stay in place as leader of the party – despite calls from progressive members of the caucus for him to step down." Pretty sure he should step down too for making too many bad decisions.
Schumer faces calls to resign as minority leader after some Democrats work with Republicans to end shutdown – live
Schumer, who did not vote in favor of the legislation, faces steep pushback from progressive lawmakers who blame him for the Democrats who defected
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"Hakeem Jeffries, said that Chuck Schumer should stay in place as leader of the party – despite calls from progressive members of the caucus for him to step down." Pretty sure he should step down too for making too many bad decisions.
Vichy Eight is more like it (although the rest of the caucus knew what they were up to, and hence are just as bad).
I wrote about the "Appeasement Eight" Senate Democrats getting the party to fold to Trump in the government shutdown, and why it shows that pro-democracy Americans badly need a real opposition party, full of leaders who recognize the United States isn't a normal rule of law democracy anymore.
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
www.arcdigital.media
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Vichy Eight is more like it (although the rest of the caucus knew what they were up to, and hence are just as bad).