Indirect Heat
@indirectheat.bsky.social
Food, science and medicine.
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We’re not even *close* to running out of good ideas. The issue is smart people’s ideas being systematically persecuted, under-resourced, and blocked from opportunity by fascists. Do not believe propaganda in the “Future Perfect” section of Vox that’s underwritten by Effective Altruism extremists.
This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We’re not even *close* to running out of good ideas. The issue is smart people’s ideas being systematically persecuted, under-resourced, and blocked from opportunity by fascists. Do not believe propaganda in the “Future Perfect” section of Vox that’s underwritten by Effective Altruism extremists.
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
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Here’s the list for anyone who wants to subscribe and block Trumpy annoyances along with me:
October 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Here’s the list for anyone who wants to subscribe and block Trumpy annoyances along with me:
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fascinating. presumably this has benefits for evaporation as well www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
California's first solar-covered canal is now fully online
The 1.6-MW pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.
www.canarymedia.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
fascinating. presumably this has benefits for evaporation as well www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
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“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.”
This is on Trump.
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
This is on Trump.
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.”
This is on Trump.
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
This is on Trump.
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
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The @NYTimes has done a fantastic job on explaining what the Trump administration’s savage
cuts to biomedical research mean: cures that won’t happen. Please share this widely. This is a catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
cuts to biomedical research mean: cures that won’t happen. Please share this widely. This is a catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The @NYTimes has done a fantastic job on explaining what the Trump administration’s savage
cuts to biomedical research mean: cures that won’t happen. Please share this widely. This is a catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
cuts to biomedical research mean: cures that won’t happen. Please share this widely. This is a catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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A pelican tried to eat my bike.
August 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
A pelican tried to eat my bike.
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The propagation of misinformation on social media is among the greatest threats to public health right now.
Many people want to ignore this, but there are millions of Americans who have been groomed to believe that science is just some kind of scam.
Many people want to ignore this, but there are millions of Americans who have been groomed to believe that science is just some kind of scam.
August 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The propagation of misinformation on social media is among the greatest threats to public health right now.
Many people want to ignore this, but there are millions of Americans who have been groomed to believe that science is just some kind of scam.
Many people want to ignore this, but there are millions of Americans who have been groomed to believe that science is just some kind of scam.
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Motherfucker wrote one sloppy paper in April 2020 and instead of being like oops, shit, my bad, he has kept doubling down until now he's killing most promising medical technology of the past quarter century rather than going to therapy.
August 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Motherfucker wrote one sloppy paper in April 2020 and instead of being like oops, shit, my bad, he has kept doubling down until now he's killing most promising medical technology of the past quarter century rather than going to therapy.
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Energy?
"Energy"?
Are you fucking kidding me?
"Energy"?
Are you fucking kidding me?
"Kennedy questioned the effectiveness of the vaccines…
'You can't control the amount of energy that everybody is getting," he said. "When you give a vaccine, you want to know exactly how much energy is because some people react very, very badly and can get very, very badly injured.'"
'You can't control the amount of energy that everybody is getting," he said. "When you give a vaccine, you want to know exactly how much energy is because some people react very, very badly and can get very, very badly injured.'"
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Energy?
"Energy"?
Are you fucking kidding me?
"Energy"?
Are you fucking kidding me?
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“I strove to be a shitty person to impress shitty people and win their admiration and patronage and it turns out shitty people are shitty. I was not expecting that because I am very dim in addition to being shitty.”
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Lauren Southern’s new memoir reveals her "painful attempts to contort herself into an archetypical tradwife,” writes our columnist Michelle Goldberg. “Her story should be a cautionary tale for the young women who aspire to the domestic life she once evangelized for.”
Lauren Southern’s new memoir reveals her "painful attempts to contort herself into an archetypical tradwife,” writes our columnist Michelle Goldberg. “Her story should be a cautionary tale for the young women who aspire to the domestic life she once evangelized for.”
Opinion | A Right-Wing Influencer Tried to Be a Tradwife. It Almost Broke Her.
Being an anti-feminist, it turns out, is no shield against abusive male power.
nyti.ms
August 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
“I strove to be a shitty person to impress shitty people and win their admiration and patronage and it turns out shitty people are shitty. I was not expecting that because I am very dim in addition to being shitty.”
Thread:
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Thread:
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like, "human consciouness is mysteroius; electricity is pretty amazing. therefore light bulbs are sentient."
it's the same argument. it's not a good argument.
it's the same argument. it's not a good argument.
August 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
like, "human consciouness is mysteroius; electricity is pretty amazing. therefore light bulbs are sentient."
it's the same argument. it's not a good argument.
it's the same argument. it's not a good argument.
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They want their own destruction and they’re getting it.
I won’t fight for NPR anymore because they won’t fight for themselves. We should stop bothering. They’re a lost cause.
I won’t fight for NPR anymore because they won’t fight for themselves. We should stop bothering. They’re a lost cause.
August 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
They want their own destruction and they’re getting it.
I won’t fight for NPR anymore because they won’t fight for themselves. We should stop bothering. They’re a lost cause.
I won’t fight for NPR anymore because they won’t fight for themselves. We should stop bothering. They’re a lost cause.
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This photo looks like JD Vance is posing with an array of slightly-off clones.
July 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This photo looks like JD Vance is posing with an array of slightly-off clones.
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One of the best reviews I’ve ever read. Outstanding
July 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
One of the best reviews I’ve ever read. Outstanding
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So... they're just browsing Wikipedia with their imaginary friend that uses more electricity than a small town.
July 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
So... they're just browsing Wikipedia with their imaginary friend that uses more electricity than a small town.
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Obligatory
July 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Obligatory
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The math error in this tweet is very funny.
June 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The math error in this tweet is very funny.
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Holy crap! They played Creedence Clearwater Revival’s song “Fortunate Son.” Someone is clearly mocking Cadet Bonespurs. Someone is going to be shot. Here’s the original version with lyrics!😂🤣
June 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Holy crap! They played Creedence Clearwater Revival’s song “Fortunate Son.” Someone is clearly mocking Cadet Bonespurs. Someone is going to be shot. Here’s the original version with lyrics!😂🤣
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Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
April 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
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Correct. The tariffs are not economic policy, but instruments of domination. To Trump, every relationship has a winner & loser. He is using US economic might to bully & dominate every trading partner, individually. Each must now scrape & plead for special permission *not* to be punished.
The purpose of these tariffs is to be able to lift them to those who bow down to him and sacrifice their dignity. That is what he did to the GOP, the billionaires, and is doing now to Big Law. Those who stand up will be punished, those who bend a knee and humiliate themselves will be rewarded.
April 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Correct. The tariffs are not economic policy, but instruments of domination. To Trump, every relationship has a winner & loser. He is using US economic might to bully & dominate every trading partner, individually. Each must now scrape & plead for special permission *not* to be punished.
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honestly that was an extraordinary speech which I kinda recommend watching in full (starts 1:14)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces Canada's response to U.S. tariffs – February 1, 2025
YouTube video by cpac
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
honestly that was an extraordinary speech which I kinda recommend watching in full (starts 1:14)
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If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.”
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks"
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
Zuckerberg Says 'Everything I Say Leaks' in Leaked Meeting Audio
"There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."
www.404media.co
January 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.”
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out