Paul N. Edwards
@avastmachine.bsky.social
History, politics of climate science, climate change, and knowledge infrastructures. Stanford prof. Director, STS Program and Co-Director, Stanford Existential Risks Initiative. Odds that industrial civilization survives this burning century: ???
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Alternative explanation: The president is leveraging the threat of war to get Venezuela to give him his cut of its wealth.
IOW: It's a shakedown in full public view, and the brazenness of it is why the media and GOP will pretend it is anything else.
IOW: It's a shakedown in full public view, and the brazenness of it is why the media and GOP will pretend it is anything else.
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Alternative explanation: The president is leveraging the threat of war to get Venezuela to give him his cut of its wealth.
IOW: It's a shakedown in full public view, and the brazenness of it is why the media and GOP will pretend it is anything else.
IOW: It's a shakedown in full public view, and the brazenness of it is why the media and GOP will pretend it is anything else.
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This all could end by the end of next month if the former Republicans reclaimed their Constitutionally mandated powers and said enough is enough. If they will not do this, we wait for the midterms. The big question is will there be elections? And if there are, will they be real elections?
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This all could end by the end of next month if the former Republicans reclaimed their Constitutionally mandated powers and said enough is enough. If they will not do this, we wait for the midterms. The big question is will there be elections? And if there are, will they be real elections?
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Finally got around to reading Prasad's actual memo about the purported deaths in children from COVID-19 vaccines, and it's kind of amazing in the worst ways possible.
At one point, he says (regarding rare adverse events):
"Causality is easy to assess in a randomized trial..."
At one point, he says (regarding rare adverse events):
"Causality is easy to assess in a randomized trial..."
November 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Finally got around to reading Prasad's actual memo about the purported deaths in children from COVID-19 vaccines, and it's kind of amazing in the worst ways possible.
At one point, he says (regarding rare adverse events):
"Causality is easy to assess in a randomized trial..."
At one point, he says (regarding rare adverse events):
"Causality is easy to assess in a randomized trial..."
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Fascinating when the NYTimes decides to be a newspaper versus when they don't.
November 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Fascinating when the NYTimes decides to be a newspaper versus when they don't.
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@stevehofstetter.bsky.social was banned from the r/Tennessee subreddit for posting about Tuesday's election
Also, if you're in TN-7, make sure you're voting for @aftynbehn.bsky.social
Also, if you're in TN-7, make sure you're voting for @aftynbehn.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
@stevehofstetter.bsky.social was banned from the r/Tennessee subreddit for posting about Tuesday's election
Also, if you're in TN-7, make sure you're voting for @aftynbehn.bsky.social
Also, if you're in TN-7, make sure you're voting for @aftynbehn.bsky.social
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Ummmm, seems like whiskey Pete maybe shouldn’t have tweet about the war crimes.
November 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Ummmm, seems like whiskey Pete maybe shouldn’t have tweet about the war crimes.
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Plane meme dot jpg and all that but everything I hear and see from college kids makes me think that the current crop is just unbelievably cooked
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Plane meme dot jpg and all that but everything I hear and see from college kids makes me think that the current crop is just unbelievably cooked
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This is not a "students today" post--it's more "this is a new form of dysfunction" that doesn't look exactly like it's been in previous decades. It's more than just "first-year chaos." It's an across-the-board inability to process instructions, engage with longer texts, and *connect* with others.
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is not a "students today" post--it's more "this is a new form of dysfunction" that doesn't look exactly like it's been in previous decades. It's more than just "first-year chaos." It's an across-the-board inability to process instructions, engage with longer texts, and *connect* with others.
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The U.S. government’s failure to acknowledge World AIDS Day takes us back to a troubling time. The federal government had recognized this awareness day every year since its inception in 1988. www.statnews.com/2025/11/29/w...
The U.S. government’s failure to acknowledge World AIDS Day takes us back to a troubling time
Perhaps AIDS activists’ famous slogan, “Silence = Death,” needs an update for this troubling moment.
www.statnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The U.S. government’s failure to acknowledge World AIDS Day takes us back to a troubling time. The federal government had recognized this awareness day every year since its inception in 1988. www.statnews.com/2025/11/29/w...
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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Whatever comes next, we have already committed acts of war against Venezuela. Blockading their airspace is an act of war.
November 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Whatever comes next, we have already committed acts of war against Venezuela. Blockading their airspace is an act of war.
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I said a few days ago that RFK Jr. was advancing a stealth campaign to ban vaccination in the US.
That campaign is accelerating, & it ain't that stealthy.
I'll have more to say about this soon, but for now, just take this in: the US under RFK Jr.'s reign of error is about to kill a lot of kids. 1/
That campaign is accelerating, & it ain't that stealthy.
I'll have more to say about this soon, but for now, just take this in: the US under RFK Jr.'s reign of error is about to kill a lot of kids. 1/
Experts say strict new FDA protocol for vaccine approval is ‘dangerous and irresponsible’
Lead FDA vaccine regulator announced new approval process after claiming Covid vaccine had killed 10 children
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I said a few days ago that RFK Jr. was advancing a stealth campaign to ban vaccination in the US.
That campaign is accelerating, & it ain't that stealthy.
I'll have more to say about this soon, but for now, just take this in: the US under RFK Jr.'s reign of error is about to kill a lot of kids. 1/
That campaign is accelerating, & it ain't that stealthy.
I'll have more to say about this soon, but for now, just take this in: the US under RFK Jr.'s reign of error is about to kill a lot of kids. 1/
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RFK Jr. is against vaccines that have been proven to be safe and effective, because he claims they aren’t tested enough.
At the same time, he promotes supplements and IV peptides that aren’t approved or regulated by the FDA or any other body.
At the same time, he promotes supplements and IV peptides that aren’t approved or regulated by the FDA or any other body.
November 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
RFK Jr. is against vaccines that have been proven to be safe and effective, because he claims they aren’t tested enough.
At the same time, he promotes supplements and IV peptides that aren’t approved or regulated by the FDA or any other body.
At the same time, he promotes supplements and IV peptides that aren’t approved or regulated by the FDA or any other body.
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No Administration has done more to shatter the idea of American exceptionalism than this one.
By attempting to sell out Ukraine for a bunch of minerals deals, Trump would have America join the ranks of mediocrity.
By attempting to sell out Ukraine for a bunch of minerals deals, Trump would have America join the ranks of mediocrity.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
No Administration has done more to shatter the idea of American exceptionalism than this one.
By attempting to sell out Ukraine for a bunch of minerals deals, Trump would have America join the ranks of mediocrity.
By attempting to sell out Ukraine for a bunch of minerals deals, Trump would have America join the ranks of mediocrity.
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People are now realizing what a dishonorable country we live in
🧵A legal scholar finds the killing by special forces of survivors in the Navy attack on an alleged drug boat to be a war crime and murder.
"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...
"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
People are now realizing what a dishonorable country we live in
the astonishing hubris of contemplating that a 300,000-yr-old mammal species might survive until the end of the universe.
we’ll be lucky to survive this century.
we’ll be lucky to survive this century.
“Whether the universe will ‘end’ at all is not certain, but all evidence suggests it will continue being humanity’s cosmic home for a very, very long time.” buff.ly/O2a1LnE
How will the universe end?
Will the universe keep existing forever? An astrophysicist explains how scientists aren’t entirely sure, but they can make predictions.
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
the astonishing hubris of contemplating that a 300,000-yr-old mammal species might survive until the end of the universe.
we’ll be lucky to survive this century.
we’ll be lucky to survive this century.
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Computer, please summarize everything PG Wodehouse ever wrote in ten seconds
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Computer, please summarize everything PG Wodehouse ever wrote in ten seconds
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Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
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Wow.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... This is a good article. It asks the question: “if your government is breaking the law, what do laws mean? Can any be relied upon once some are breached? How do you tell the difference between living in such a society and hiding in it?”
What Chicago's fight against ICE can teach us all about how to resist oppression | Zoe Williams
A harrowing US podcast documents a community’s struggle against immigration raids – and warns us about herd mentality, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Wow.
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This person clerked for Judge then Justice Neil Gorsuch, given one of the most prestigious jobs in the American legal system, twice. A real meritocracy we’re running here.
November 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This person clerked for Judge then Justice Neil Gorsuch, given one of the most prestigious jobs in the American legal system, twice. A real meritocracy we’re running here.
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"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."
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Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
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“Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others agree it’s extortion but aren’t critics.”
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others agree it’s extortion but aren’t critics.”
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everything about this is obscene but here's the real tell:
"Witkoff, who hasn’t traveled to Ukraine this year, is set to visit Russia for the sixth time next week and will again meet Putin."
"Witkoff, who hasn’t traveled to Ukraine this year, is set to visit Russia for the sixth time next week and will again meet Putin."
Three powerful businessmen—two Americans and a Russian—hunched over a laptop in Miami Beach last month, ostensibly to draw up a plan to end Russia’s long and deadly war with Ukraine.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
everything about this is obscene but here's the real tell:
"Witkoff, who hasn’t traveled to Ukraine this year, is set to visit Russia for the sixth time next week and will again meet Putin."
"Witkoff, who hasn’t traveled to Ukraine this year, is set to visit Russia for the sixth time next week and will again meet Putin."
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Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.