James Gleick
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James Gleick
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Author. Chaos, The Information, Time Travel.
Other work can be found at https://around.com.

On the open social web I'm gleick@mas.to.
"there wouldn't be anything, because magnets are such a part.
Now, nobody knows what magnets are. And not overly sophisticated, but to build a magnet system would take two years.”
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"If China refused to get magnets, 'cause they have a monopoly on magnets, 'cause they were allowed to happen over a 32 year period.
There wouldn't be a car made in the entire world.
There wouldn't be a radio, there wouldn't be a television, there wouldn't be internet,
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Reposted by James Gleick
October 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Now he’s made a belated contribution of $130 million to the Treasury (not, as he seems to think, to our troops, who are getting paid regardless).

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Here, for instance, you know very well that there are no protesters in Portland engaging in insurrection.

And you know equally well that federal forces are attacking protesters without provocation.

So don't be lazy. Tell your readers what you know.
October 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"Agents left the people tied up outside for hours before letting all but 37 of them go. The apartments residents returned to were trashed.”

US citizens seized from their homes. No warrants. No due process.

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 2, 2025
At about 1:00 on Tuesday morning, federal agents from Border Patrol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) raided an apartment b...
open.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
... and dressed in military fatigues, agents broke down the doors of the residents of the five-story building and pulled them from their homes in zip ties, some of them naked.
October 2, 2025
At about 1:00 on Tuesday morning, federal agents from Border Patrol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) raided an apartment b...
open.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“Today is another liberation day, the liberation of America's warriors, in name, in deed and in authorities. You kill people and break things for a living.”
October 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our war fighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement. Just common sense, maximum lethality and authority for war fighters.
October 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM