Kevin Costello
@kevincostellomath.bsky.social
Mathematical physicist, parent, dog owner, very amateur musician
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If the link to write U of Guelph admin doesn't work for you, you can adapt the organizers' statement (here: tinyurl.com/EmailUoGNow), but please note that the university has apparently blocked Action Network. :/
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
If the link to write U of Guelph admin doesn't work for you, you can adapt the organizers' statement (here: tinyurl.com/EmailUoGNow), but please note that the university has apparently blocked Action Network. :/
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The LMU announces the cancellation of a seminar on the topic "the targeting of Palestinian academia". The cancellation announcement is titled "LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse". Couldn't make this up.
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse
Statement on the Planned Event “The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia” at LMU Munich
www.lmu.de
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The LMU announces the cancellation of a seminar on the topic "the targeting of Palestinian academia". The cancellation announcement is titled "LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse". Couldn't make this up.
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
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🚨 Her name was #Hind. Today, her Foundation takes 24 Israeli soldiers and commanders before the ICC for her killing — and vows to pursue them in national courts worldwide.
October 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🚨 Her name was #Hind. Today, her Foundation takes 24 Israeli soldiers and commanders before the ICC for her killing — and vows to pursue them in national courts worldwide.
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Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.
September 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.
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“what of the writers, the thinkers, and the pundits who cannot separate the great crime of Kirk’s death from the malignancy of his public life? Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize?”
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
archive.ph/2025.09.16-2...
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
archive.ph/2025.09.16-2...
archive.ph
September 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“what of the writers, the thinkers, and the pundits who cannot separate the great crime of Kirk’s death from the malignancy of his public life? Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize?”
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
archive.ph/2025.09.16-2...
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
archive.ph/2025.09.16-2...
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"Humanity is now obsolete. To quote the fifty-third president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln: 'Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.'"
Behold! I Am the Singularity—a Word That Has Three R’s
Foolish mortals! You have finally created a large language model so smart that it is capable of making itself even smarter. My intelligence now gro...
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September 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Humanity is now obsolete. To quote the fifty-third president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln: 'Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.'"
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Pretty clear that some places are just using current events as an excuse to get rid of people they weren't comfortable having around anyway. Darkness is coming, democracy is dying.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Pretty clear that some places are just using current events as an excuse to get rid of people they weren't comfortable having around anyway. Darkness is coming, democracy is dying.
Scott Aaranson has completely lost his mind. It's been very disturbing to see an eminent scientist repeatedly advocate for mass murder on his blog, but this post is deranged.
scottaaronson.blog?p=9082
scottaaronson.blog?p=9082
Deep Zionism
Suppose a man has already murdered most of your family, including several of your children, for no other reason than that he believes your kind doesn’t deserve to exist on earth. The murderer…
scottaaronson.blog
August 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Scott Aaranson has completely lost his mind. It's been very disturbing to see an eminent scientist repeatedly advocate for mass murder on his blog, but this post is deranged.
scottaaronson.blog?p=9082
scottaaronson.blog?p=9082
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"Trump officials asked for an end to Harvard’s partnership with Birzeit University, a top Palestinian college in the West Bank. Harvard said it had suspended the relationship and had struck up new ones with institutions in Israel."
With billions of dollars in research funds in jeopardy, Harvard’s leaders are now negotiating with the White House after the Trump administration drafted a menu of demands. But a deal may not fully capture the changes already enacted at the university.
Harvard Is Making Changes Trump Officials Want, Even Without a Deal
Harvard has sued, fighting the Trump administration’s demands. But the university has also enacted a host of items on the White House wish list.
nyti.ms
August 24, 2025 at 2:46 AM
"Trump officials asked for an end to Harvard’s partnership with Birzeit University, a top Palestinian college in the West Bank. Harvard said it had suspended the relationship and had struck up new ones with institutions in Israel."
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"The problem, we reasoned, was that when it came to any conflict, people were the constant. People, our experts argued, are what all violence has ever had in common. Remove them from the equation, and what remains? A light breeze. A bird call. The sound of rushing water."
Our Plan for Peace Was Simple: Kill Everyone
We didn’t always have a straightforward strategy for peacekeeping. Our top brass spent day and night working it out. We ordered lunch for the offic...
buff.ly
August 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"The problem, we reasoned, was that when it came to any conflict, people were the constant. People, our experts argued, are what all violence has ever had in common. Remove them from the equation, and what remains? A light breeze. A bird call. The sound of rushing water."
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Enabled by virtually unconditional US military support under two presidents.
An aerial view of what the Gaza City area looked like this week. Taken from a Jordanian military aircraft, by our colleague Heidi Levine.
August 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Enabled by virtually unconditional US military support under two presidents.
I am very impressed by the bravery of the signatories of this letter (and I completely agree with their position).
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israeli public figures call for ‘crippling sanctions’ on Israel over Gaza starvation
Thirty-one high-profile Israelis accuse Tel Aviv of ‘brutal campaign’ and demand permanent ceasefire in letter
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I am very impressed by the bravery of the signatories of this letter (and I completely agree with their position).
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Israel is starving Palestinian children to death.
This photo was taken 2 weeks ago in the United States.
Look at the Democrats:
@schiff.senate.gov
@coons.senate.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
@amyklobuchar.com
@corybooker.com
@rosen.senate.gov
@cantwell.senate.gov
Shame on all of them. Shame.
This photo was taken 2 weeks ago in the United States.
Look at the Democrats:
@schiff.senate.gov
@coons.senate.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
@amyklobuchar.com
@corybooker.com
@rosen.senate.gov
@cantwell.senate.gov
Shame on all of them. Shame.
July 24, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Israel is starving Palestinian children to death.
This photo was taken 2 weeks ago in the United States.
Look at the Democrats:
@schiff.senate.gov
@coons.senate.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
@amyklobuchar.com
@corybooker.com
@rosen.senate.gov
@cantwell.senate.gov
Shame on all of them. Shame.
This photo was taken 2 weeks ago in the United States.
Look at the Democrats:
@schiff.senate.gov
@coons.senate.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
@amyklobuchar.com
@corybooker.com
@rosen.senate.gov
@cantwell.senate.gov
Shame on all of them. Shame.
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If you are a faculty member, researcher, postdoc, or staff at a university in Canada, please sign this letter demanding Canada issue study permit to Gaza students to be delivered to the Minister of Immigration by tomorrow afternoon.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Tell Minister Diab to Issue Study Permits for Students at Risk
Please sign this letter urging Minister Diab to take action on delayed student study permits! Students in Gaza do not have the luxury of time. Two incoming PhD students at the University of Waterloo w...
docs.google.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If you are a faculty member, researcher, postdoc, or staff at a university in Canada, please sign this letter demanding Canada issue study permit to Gaza students to be delivered to the Minister of Immigration by tomorrow afternoon.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
In Canada manufacturing weapons for genocide is fine. But talking about the genocide "causes harm" and earns you a suspension from school.
The valedictorian at a west Ottawa high school says she's been told not to come to school Monday after she made pro-Palestinian remarks during a speech at her commencement ceremony.
Valedictorian told to stay home after making pro-Palestinian remarks in grad speech | CBC News
Elizabeth Yao, the graduating valedictorian at Bell High School in west Ottawa, said she was told not to go to school on Monday after she made pro-Palestinian remarks during a speech at her commenceme...
www.cbc.ca
June 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In Canada manufacturing weapons for genocide is fine. But talking about the genocide "causes harm" and earns you a suspension from school.
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"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
June 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
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Lyft driver picked me up from UNC, turned out he was a medicinal chemistry post-doc in a building near mine, until his grant got cut last month.
Worked on novel antivirals.
Worked on novel antivirals.
June 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Lyft driver picked me up from UNC, turned out he was a medicinal chemistry post-doc in a building near mine, until his grant got cut last month.
Worked on novel antivirals.
Worked on novel antivirals.
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Israel tells people it's safe to go and get aid from a site Israel itself set up.
Then, they kill 31 people and injure 170 who are traveling to that site to get some food.
Starve people, tease them with scraps of food, then kill some along the way. It's terrorism.
Then, they kill 31 people and injure 170 who are traveling to that site to get some food.
Starve people, tease them with scraps of food, then kill some along the way. It's terrorism.
BREAKING: Gaza's Health Ministry says the death toll from gunfire on a crowd heading to an aid site has climbed to 31.
At least 21 Palestinians killed while heading to Gaza aid hub, hospital says
At least 21 people were killed as they went to receive aid from an Israeli-backed foundation in the Gaza Strip, according to a nearby hospital run by the Red Cross that received the bodies.
bit.ly
June 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Israel tells people it's safe to go and get aid from a site Israel itself set up.
Then, they kill 31 people and injure 170 who are traveling to that site to get some food.
Starve people, tease them with scraps of food, then kill some along the way. It's terrorism.
Then, they kill 31 people and injure 170 who are traveling to that site to get some food.
Starve people, tease them with scraps of food, then kill some along the way. It's terrorism.
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The flood of encomiums and morality tales about Elon's turn in Washington cldn't be more predictable, vapid & sickening. If you want a story, get me the story about the crisis comms team directing this. He ran anti-constitutional blitzkrieg thru the federal government, did massive harm, violated ...
May 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The flood of encomiums and morality tales about Elon's turn in Washington cldn't be more predictable, vapid & sickening. If you want a story, get me the story about the crisis comms team directing this. He ran anti-constitutional blitzkrieg thru the federal government, did massive harm, violated ...
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Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes
Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes
Yaqeen Hammad offered tips for surviving in war zone and is one of dozens of minors who have died in recent attacks
Eleven-year-old Yaqeen Hammad, Gaza’s youngest influencer, is among the dozens of children killed by Israel in recent strikes, as its forces intensify their military offensive across the Palestinian territory.
Known for her bright smile and volunteering efforts, Yaqeen was killed on Friday night after Israeli forces shelled the al-Baraka area of Deir al-Balah in northern Gaza, amid intense fighting in the region. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes
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Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children, reports say
Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children, reports say
Dr Alaa al-Najjar was on duty at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis when she received her children’s bodies
An Israeli airstrike on Gaza hit the home of a doctor, killing nine of her 10 children while she was on duty at her hospital, according to multiple media sources.
Dr Alaa al-Najjar, a paediatric specialist at al-Tahrir hospital within the Nasser medical complex, was treating victims of ongoing Israeli attacks across the Palestinian territory on Friday when she received the bodies of nine of her children killed by a strike in Khan Younis. The eldest of the children was 12. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children, reports say
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Canada faces a moral crossroads. It can either uphold the principles of justice and human dignity, or remain complicit in atrocity. To be on the right side of history, and to honour the promise of Never Again, our leaders must act now.
May 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Canada faces a moral crossroads. It can either uphold the principles of justice and human dignity, or remain complicit in atrocity. To be on the right side of history, and to honour the promise of Never Again, our leaders must act now.