Kenneth Silber
@kensil.bsky.social
Writer, editor, fact-checker. Politics, science, history. Based in NJ. https://substack.com/@kensilber https://www.splicetoday.com/authors/Kenneth%20Silber https://www.eriecanalbook.com/
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Black Holes in Art and Politics
Powerful astronomical objects fire the imagination. || Kenneth Silber
www.splicetoday.com
www.splicetoday.com/writing/blac... Black holes in art and politics, by me.
Watched this. Strong case, grim viewing.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/m...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/m...
‘The Bibi Files’ Review: The Case Against Netanyahu
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Watched this. Strong case, grim viewing.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/m...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/m...
"Those who aided and abetted an arsonist are now expressing shock that the city is turning to ashes."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Intellectual and Moral Decline of the American Right
The conservative backlash against Nick Fuentes has yet to challenge the president who had him over for dinner.
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"Those who aided and abetted an arsonist are now expressing shock that the city is turning to ashes."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
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we're hiring a senior politics writer at @wired.com -- come work with me!
Senior Writer, Politics
WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...
condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
we're hiring a senior politics writer at @wired.com -- come work with me!
"A conservative movement that increasingly defines itself in ethno-nationalist terms as a protector of the supposed interests of America's white Christian majority against immigrants and minority groups cannot readily avoid descending into anti-Semitism, as well." Agree. reason.com/volokh/2025/...
The Heritage Foundation Scandal and the Growth of Anti-Semitism on the Right
Sadly, this trend runs deeper than a few "Groypers" and influencers.
reason.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"A conservative movement that increasingly defines itself in ethno-nationalist terms as a protector of the supposed interests of America's white Christian majority against immigrants and minority groups cannot readily avoid descending into anti-Semitism, as well." Agree. reason.com/volokh/2025/...
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"The emails show how aggressively some researchers prioritized him, even as allegations spilled out into the open."
this is excellent and utterly outrageous and further confirmation we are living through a period of extreme decadence and corruption by a relatively small clique that i think it’s fair to describe as leading members of the ruling class
Jeffrey Epstein Leaned on His Elite Network for Help as Investigators Closed In
A cache of 18,000 messages shows the elite support the disgraced financier got in his “hour of terror.”
www.bloomberg.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"The emails show how aggressively some researchers prioritized him, even as allegations spilled out into the open."
"I wouldn’t even call it the Justice Department anymore." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"I wouldn’t even call it the Justice Department anymore." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The problem of preserving information. www.scientificamerican.com/report/the-e...
The E-mail Time Capsule: Communicating with the Future
Link rot, deep time and the very hard problem of preserving information
www.scientificamerican.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The problem of preserving information. www.scientificamerican.com/report/the-e...
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More people need to know the name @jacobgrier.bsky.social. This, in @theunpopulist.net, is absolute gold.
Facing Down ICE in Portland as an Inflatable Dachshund
I barked at the agency led by a puppy killer and survived to tell the tale
www.theunpopulist.net
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
More people need to know the name @jacobgrier.bsky.social. This, in @theunpopulist.net, is absolute gold.
"And I am also extremely angry and frustrated with the pro-Israel and neoconservative right for looking the other way when it came to the racist takeover of the right." Agree. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
Opinion | The ‘Groyperfication’ of the G.O.P.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"And I am also extremely angry and frustrated with the pro-Israel and neoconservative right for looking the other way when it came to the racist takeover of the right." Agree. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
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Damon Linker on the New Right's factions and infighting: damonlinker.substack.com/p/the-intell... Background by me: www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
The Intellectual Right Goes to War (with Itself)
After ten years of mild skirmishes, the right’s many factions have opened fire on each other
damonlinker.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Damon Linker on the New Right's factions and infighting: damonlinker.substack.com/p/the-intell... Background by me: www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
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My son DeWitt on a strategy for a non-extreme Republican Party: www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
Lessons from Bismarck
What the Reaganite Republicans have to learn from the Iron Chancellor. || DeWitt Erich Silber
www.splicetoday.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My son DeWitt on a strategy for a non-extreme Republican Party: www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
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Judge Dismisses Bullshit Lawsuit Claiming Pollster Committed Fraud By Being Wrong
Last year, we wrote about Donald Trump's bullshit lawsuit against Iowa pollster Ann Selzer for releasing surprising polls right before the 2024 election suggesting that Kamala Harris might actually beat Donald Trump…
Last year, we wrote about Donald Trump's bullshit lawsuit against Iowa pollster Ann Selzer for releasing surprising polls right before the 2024 election suggesting that Kamala Harris might actually beat Donald Trump…
Judge Dismisses Bullshit Lawsuit Claiming Pollster Committed Fraud By Being Wrong
Last year, we wrote about Donald Trump's bullshit lawsuit against Iowa pollster Ann Selzer for releasing surprising polls right before the 2024 election suggesting that Kamala Harris might actually beat Donald Trump in Iowa. The polls turned out to be wrong—as polls sometimes are—and Trump decided this was grounds for a lawsuit. That case continues with a bunch of n…
www.techdirt.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Judge Dismisses Bullshit Lawsuit Claiming Pollster Committed Fraud By Being Wrong
Last year, we wrote about Donald Trump's bullshit lawsuit against Iowa pollster Ann Selzer for releasing surprising polls right before the 2024 election suggesting that Kamala Harris might actually beat Donald Trump…
Last year, we wrote about Donald Trump's bullshit lawsuit against Iowa pollster Ann Selzer for releasing surprising polls right before the 2024 election suggesting that Kamala Harris might actually beat Donald Trump…
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www.splicetoday.com/writing/blac... Black holes in art and politics, by me.
Black Holes in Art and Politics
Powerful astronomical objects fire the imagination. || Kenneth Silber
www.splicetoday.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
www.splicetoday.com/writing/blac... Black holes in art and politics, by me.
Damon Linker on the New Right's factions and infighting: damonlinker.substack.com/p/the-intell... Background by me: www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
The Intellectual Right Goes to War (with Itself)
After ten years of mild skirmishes, the right’s many factions have opened fire on each other
damonlinker.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Damon Linker on the New Right's factions and infighting: damonlinker.substack.com/p/the-intell... Background by me: www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
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Jeffrey Epstein Emails Reveal Depth of Ties to High-Profile Scientists
A trove of emails of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released Wednesday by a Congressional committee
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
A trove of emails of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released Wednesday by a Congressional committee
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
Jeffrey Epstein Emails Reveal Depth of Ties to High-Profile Scientists
A trove of emails of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released Wednesday by a Congressional committee.
www.scientificamerican.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Jeffrey Epstein Emails Reveal Depth of Ties to High-Profile Scientists
A trove of emails of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released Wednesday by a Congressional committee
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
A trove of emails of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released Wednesday by a Congressional committee
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
www.splicetoday.com/writing/blac... Black holes in art and politics, by me.
Black Holes in Art and Politics
Powerful astronomical objects fire the imagination. || Kenneth Silber
www.splicetoday.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
www.splicetoday.com/writing/blac... Black holes in art and politics, by me.
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Whoa
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Whoa
"His life seems a case study in the way ideology often follows self-interest."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | Palantir C.E.O. Alex Karp Finds a Safe Space With Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"His life seems a case study in the way ideology often follows self-interest."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
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Never forget what these people did
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Never forget what these people did
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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I review Furious Minds by
@lkatfield.bsky.social , a book that puts recent history in a new light. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
@lkatfield.bsky.social , a book that puts recent history in a new light. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
Understanding MAGA’s Furious Minds
Laura K. Field examines Trumpism as an intellectual movement. || Kenneth Silber
www.splicetoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I review Furious Minds by
@lkatfield.bsky.social , a book that puts recent history in a new light. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
@lkatfield.bsky.social , a book that puts recent history in a new light. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
I review Furious Minds by
@lkatfield.bsky.social , a book that puts recent history in a new light. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
@lkatfield.bsky.social , a book that puts recent history in a new light. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
Understanding MAGA’s Furious Minds
Laura K. Field examines Trumpism as an intellectual movement. || Kenneth Silber
www.splicetoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I review Furious Minds by
@lkatfield.bsky.social , a book that puts recent history in a new light. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
@lkatfield.bsky.social , a book that puts recent history in a new light. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
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They have no f-ing idea how big and how complex Nigeria is. No f-ing idea what they’d be getting into.
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
They have no f-ing idea how big and how complex Nigeria is. No f-ing idea what they’d be getting into.
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NASA Administrator Nominee Would Shift Future of Space Exploration
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
"Privately, some former space agency officials say that Isaacman seems as good a pick for NASA as the Trump administration could deliver."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
"Privately, some former space agency officials say that Isaacman seems as good a pick for NASA as the Trump administration could deliver."
Rejected NASA Chief Pick Jared Isaacman Renominated to Head Agency
Ahead of Jared Isaacman’s renomination for the position of NASA’s administrator, a dispute between him and its acting chief Sean Duffy spilled into the open, with potentially profound consequences for...
www.scientificamerican.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
NASA Administrator Nominee Would Shift Future of Space Exploration
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
"Privately, some former space agency officials say that Isaacman seems as good a pick for NASA as the Trump administration could deliver."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
"Privately, some former space agency officials say that Isaacman seems as good a pick for NASA as the Trump administration could deliver."