Guy Isely
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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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more of this
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
more of this
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...
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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
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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.
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"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT.
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
June 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT.
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
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“We are going to cure cancer and create limitless energy, but first we have to fire a whole lot of people.”
Top Google exec says AI will rival humans in just 5 years and predicts we’ll 'colonize the galaxy' in 2030—but he draws the line at robot nurses
2030 will be “an era of maximum human flourishing, where we travel to the stars and colonize the galaxy,” Google DeepMind CEO says. Bill Gates and Marc Benioff have shared similar predictions.
fortune.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“We are going to cure cancer and create limitless energy, but first we have to fire a whole lot of people.”
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For what it's worth: borders aren't real. If you need proof, look no further than climate change. What happens in one place affects every single acre of this planet.
May 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
For what it's worth: borders aren't real. If you need proof, look no further than climate change. What happens in one place affects every single acre of this planet.
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Add Altman saying AI will “solve all of physics” & Hassabis saying AI will help “cure all disease within a decade”. IMO they suffer from messianic AI fantasies: seeing science as a vending machine for solutions/profit, instead of a human culture of knowledge & public reason.
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Ugh… there’s also what I call messianic AI, the fantasy that AI will “solve” science. Treating science like a vending machine for solitons/profit & scientists as human cogs replaceable by machinery. But Science is a living culture of critical discussion, mentorship, shared community values &methods.
May 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Add Altman saying AI will “solve all of physics” & Hassabis saying AI will help “cure all disease within a decade”. IMO they suffer from messianic AI fantasies: seeing science as a vending machine for solutions/profit, instead of a human culture of knowledge & public reason.
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So literally the first chat I tried, asking about the first fire incident listed on the front page, and the AI instantly bombed.
Probably fine.
Probably fine.
May 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So literally the first chat I tried, asking about the first fire incident listed on the front page, and the AI instantly bombed.
Probably fine.
Probably fine.
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
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Look at this video: a *huge* crowd of Vermonters swaying alongside Mohsen right after he was freed, singing "We Shall Overcome"
Signs reading "Hands off our students" & "free speech" are peppered in between large Palestine flags
Signs reading "Hands off our students" & "free speech" are peppered in between large Palestine flags
April 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Look at this video: a *huge* crowd of Vermonters swaying alongside Mohsen right after he was freed, singing "We Shall Overcome"
Signs reading "Hands off our students" & "free speech" are peppered in between large Palestine flags
Signs reading "Hands off our students" & "free speech" are peppered in between large Palestine flags
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We’re eliminating programs that save millions of people from disease
And ending a lot of research that has cured diseases and will cure more
Because we need to funnel resources into AI
Because someday it may be able to figure out cures for disease
Do I have that right?
And ending a lot of research that has cured diseases and will cure more
Because we need to funnel resources into AI
Because someday it may be able to figure out cures for disease
Do I have that right?
April 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We’re eliminating programs that save millions of people from disease
And ending a lot of research that has cured diseases and will cure more
Because we need to funnel resources into AI
Because someday it may be able to figure out cures for disease
Do I have that right?
And ending a lot of research that has cured diseases and will cure more
Because we need to funnel resources into AI
Because someday it may be able to figure out cures for disease
Do I have that right?
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A generation of infants are being born HIV+ today who should have been born HIV-free because one of the principal propagandists of AI bullshit in the world dismantled PEPFAR and USAID.
April 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A generation of infants are being born HIV+ today who should have been born HIV-free because one of the principal propagandists of AI bullshit in the world dismantled PEPFAR and USAID.
Manipulation and mass disinfo would probably top the list of my most serious potential harms from AI. “One has to wonder whether OpenAI is simply focused on chasing revenues with minimal regard for societal impact.” If they can't effectively address a risk, just ignore it and full speed ahead.
This terrible decision heralds a dark future where disinformation is a baseline
OpenAI no longer considers manipulation and mass disinformation campaigns a risk worth testing for before releasing its AI models
OpenAI’s new AI safety policy drops pre-release testing requirements for persuasive or manipulative capabilities, sparking concern among experts
fortune.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Manipulation and mass disinfo would probably top the list of my most serious potential harms from AI. “One has to wonder whether OpenAI is simply focused on chasing revenues with minimal regard for societal impact.” If they can't effectively address a risk, just ignore it and full speed ahead.
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Mr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Admin and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family.
I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.
I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.
April 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Mr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Admin and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family.
I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.
I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.
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For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
April 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
An excellent editorial from Masha Gessen on how universities can go beyond simply forming a unified front to fight Trump by refocusing on serving the public. Hard to make a scapegoat out of an institution that is clearly there for the common good.
Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare
It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
An excellent editorial from Masha Gessen on how universities can go beyond simply forming a unified front to fight Trump by refocusing on serving the public. Hard to make a scapegoat out of an institution that is clearly there for the common good.
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De-extinction is the carbon removal of biodiversity world
Promises to magically undo the harm that in reality can only be prevented before it occurs.
Promises to magically undo the harm that in reality can only be prevented before it occurs.
I need people to understand that the animals genetically engineered by Colossal are not dire wolves. They have not performed 'de-extinction,' and it's misinformation to claim otherwise. It's incredibly worrying and damaging to conservation because things like this were bound to happen:
Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as it seeks to cut endangered species list
The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
De-extinction is the carbon removal of biodiversity world
Promises to magically undo the harm that in reality can only be prevented before it occurs.
Promises to magically undo the harm that in reality can only be prevented before it occurs.