Ken Sinclair
@khsinclair.bsky.social
Husband, father, empty nester, computer programmer, from MIT AI to robotics and speech and back to AI, now retired.
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Ken Sinclair
@khsinclair.bsky.social
· Jul 1
Change is inevitable.
Progress is not.
- Madeleine Albright
Progress is not.
- Madeleine Albright
My phone collects lots of fundraising messages in its spam folder. This morning I fished out five recent appeals from incumbent senators gearing up for next year and replied STOP.
Young progressive challengers only from now on.
Young progressive challengers only from now on.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My phone collects lots of fundraising messages in its spam folder. This morning I fished out five recent appeals from incumbent senators gearing up for next year and replied STOP.
Young progressive challengers only from now on.
Young progressive challengers only from now on.
Whatever they build will have to be torn down for national security. Like the US embassy in Moscow in 1985, discovered to be irreparably compromised even before completion.
Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. n.pr/48AUON2
The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom
Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom.
n.pr
October 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Whatever they build will have to be torn down for national security. Like the US embassy in Moscow in 1985, discovered to be irreparably compromised even before completion.
Great insights from Mr Stoltenberg, via the Guardian.
“‘I’m leaving,’ Trump said. ‘There’s no reason to be here any more’”: inside the meeting that brought Nato to the brink www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
“‘I’m leaving,’ Trump said. ‘There’s no reason to be here any more’”: inside the meeting that brought Nato to the brink
Former secretary general Jens Stoltenberg recalls the rollercoaster ride of dealing with Donald Trump – and how close the US president brought the alliance to the point of collapse
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Great insights from Mr Stoltenberg, via the Guardian.
Don't use phone app technology when a web site will do, without introducing a point of control. This is why we have HTML5.
This decision may have more serious repercussions to Apple than they realize.
This decision may have more serious repercussions to Apple than they realize.
This was done at the direction of Pam Bondi. The US government is now dictating what apps you can have on your phone.
The underlying threat here is if Apple didn't comply, they'd slap billions in tariffs on Apple products.
The underlying threat here is if Apple didn't comply, they'd slap billions in tariffs on Apple products.
October 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Don't use phone app technology when a web site will do, without introducing a point of control. This is why we have HTML5.
This decision may have more serious repercussions to Apple than they realize.
This decision may have more serious repercussions to Apple than they realize.
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The science of defiance: A psychology researcher explains why people comply – and how to resist
theconversation.com/the-science-...
theconversation.com/the-science-...
The science of defiance: A psychology researcher explains why people comply – and how to resist
You don’t need to be a rebel to defy. Defiance isn’t about personality, it’s a practice – one that’s becoming essential in workplaces, politics and everyday life.
theconversation.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The science of defiance: A psychology researcher explains why people comply – and how to resist
theconversation.com/the-science-...
theconversation.com/the-science-...
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Donald Trump doesn't need to deploy the National Guard to stoke fear in Massachusetts. It's already happening with ICE.
This is your regular reminder that LUCE is a great community resource. If you suspect an ICE sighting, please call so they can spread the word: 617-370-5023
This is your regular reminder that LUCE is a great community resource. If you suspect an ICE sighting, please call so they can spread the word: 617-370-5023
September 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Donald Trump doesn't need to deploy the National Guard to stoke fear in Massachusetts. It's already happening with ICE.
This is your regular reminder that LUCE is a great community resource. If you suspect an ICE sighting, please call so they can spread the word: 617-370-5023
This is your regular reminder that LUCE is a great community resource. If you suspect an ICE sighting, please call so they can spread the word: 617-370-5023
Landau can't speak for DHS/ICE, so this counts for nothing. This sort of investment in the USA will disappear until we elect a new government and hold DHS/ICE criminally accountable.
(current Dems coasting back into "power" doesn't count)
(current Dems coasting back into "power" doesn't count)
"Regret" for what? Every bit of this was Trump admin policy, including the arbitrary rounding up of everyone in sight, the appalling conditions of their confinement, and the delayed release.
Is anyone in the Trump admin / DHS / ICE getting fired over it? No. Are any policies being changed? Also no.
Is anyone in the Trump admin / DHS / ICE getting fired over it? No. Are any policies being changed? Also no.
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau expressed regret on Sunday over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia and said those who returned home will face no disadvantage when re-entering the US
September 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Landau can't speak for DHS/ICE, so this counts for nothing. This sort of investment in the USA will disappear until we elect a new government and hold DHS/ICE criminally accountable.
(current Dems coasting back into "power" doesn't count)
(current Dems coasting back into "power" doesn't count)
The jets were not to distract, they were to intimidate women into silence. Because he's afraid of what they could say.
The guy that ordered 8 fighter jets to perform a low altitude fly-over in an effort to drown out Epstein survivors is the same guy who wants you to believe he's innocent.
September 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The jets were not to distract, they were to intimidate women into silence. Because he's afraid of what they could say.
I've got a 49 star flag (kinda rare) ready to fly.
“If I got Moscow and Leningrad free”?! WTF does that mean?? What kind of “deal” is he thinking he is negotiating?
He’s going to try to give away Alaska, isn’t he
He’s going to try to give away Alaska, isn’t he
Leningrad was renamed St. Petersburg in 1991
August 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I've got a 49 star flag (kinda rare) ready to fly.
If we want to build a Versailles, let's expand the Capitol to accomodate a 2000 member House
We think of the White House as a big mansion, but the point is it's not a palace. It's a house. It's modest, one of the smallest residences for a head of state. The east and west wings are deliberately minimal and unobtrusive. It's not Versailles or Buckingham. It symbolizes civic republicanism.
August 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If we want to build a Versailles, let's expand the Capitol to accomodate a 2000 member House
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Romeo & Juliet, but with vehicles instead of actors. Need to see this.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
www.reuters.com/business/med...
Love-struck trucks and diggers: Estonia's take on 'Romeo and Juliet'
A production of "Romeo and Juliet" in Estonia uses a cast of vehicles to tell Shakespeare's story of star-crossed lovers, with a red Ford pickup taking on the role of Juliet, while her Romeo is a rally truck.
www.reuters.com
August 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Romeo & Juliet, but with vehicles instead of actors. Need to see this.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
www.reuters.com/business/med...
If your business had just closed a $150b funding round, would you be bragging about hiring hundreds of new workers? ICE is despised, demoralized, and feeling the pressure.
A couple thoughts:
- ICE says a lot of this rehiring people who retired in the last few years.
- ICE has over 21,000 employees, of which around 12,500 are LEOs. It’s unclear what normal hiring at replacement level looks like on an annual basis, so it’s hard to put this figure into context.
- ICE says a lot of this rehiring people who retired in the last few years.
- ICE has over 21,000 employees, of which around 12,500 are LEOs. It’s unclear what normal hiring at replacement level looks like on an annual basis, so it’s hard to put this figure into context.
The agency responsible for carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda says it has already made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 people as it ramps up hiring following the passage of legislation earlier this month giving the agency a massive infusion of cash.
August 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
If your business had just closed a $150b funding round, would you be bragging about hiring hundreds of new workers? ICE is despised, demoralized, and feeling the pressure.
Or maybe they should build cars with less steel and fewer parts? (that is, small evs)
July 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Or maybe they should build cars with less steel and fewer parts? (that is, small evs)
Change is inevitable.
Progress is not.
- Madeleine Albright
Progress is not.
- Madeleine Albright
July 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Change is inevitable.
Progress is not.
- Madeleine Albright
Progress is not.
- Madeleine Albright
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Trump's privatization crimes now includes killing the EPA's Office of Research & Development.
Killing agencies like the #EPA kills Americans.
Join up, stand up, fight back with us to #SaveScience from these bastards.
zurl.co/MLcss
#StandUpForScience
#SaveEPA
#StopTrump
zurl.co/ZILjP
Killing agencies like the #EPA kills Americans.
Join up, stand up, fight back with us to #SaveScience from these bastards.
zurl.co/MLcss
#StandUpForScience
#SaveEPA
#StopTrump
zurl.co/ZILjP
Dismantling EPA’s research office jeopardizes environmental safety, public health, and US competitiveness | PNAS
Dismantling EPA’s research office jeopardizes environmental safety, public health,
and US competitiveness
zurl.co
June 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Trump's privatization crimes now includes killing the EPA's Office of Research & Development.
Killing agencies like the #EPA kills Americans.
Join up, stand up, fight back with us to #SaveScience from these bastards.
zurl.co/MLcss
#StandUpForScience
#SaveEPA
#StopTrump
zurl.co/ZILjP
Killing agencies like the #EPA kills Americans.
Join up, stand up, fight back with us to #SaveScience from these bastards.
zurl.co/MLcss
#StandUpForScience
#SaveEPA
#StopTrump
zurl.co/ZILjP
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“We cannot let this stand, never mind letting it escalate. We must take to the streets, we must do everything in our power to change the collective perception of the political environment.” www.liberalcurrents.com/now-is-the-m...
Now is the Moment: Take to the Streets This Saturday
We cannot let this stand.
www.liberalcurrents.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“We cannot let this stand, never mind letting it escalate. We must take to the streets, we must do everything in our power to change the collective perception of the political environment.” www.liberalcurrents.com/now-is-the-m...
Three years ago, grocers like Albertsons were crowing about their increased profits and pricing power, blaming inflation. Now they're trying to blunt the inevitable consequences of GOP tariffs.
www.forbes.com/sites/errols...
www.forbes.com/sites/errols...
April 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Three years ago, grocers like Albertsons were crowing about their increased profits and pricing power, blaming inflation. Now they're trying to blunt the inevitable consequences of GOP tariffs.
www.forbes.com/sites/errols...
www.forbes.com/sites/errols...
NASA instituted "dual anonymous peer review" (DAPR) for Hubble space telescope proposals. The acceptance rate for proposals from male-led and female-led teams is now equal, where females used to be at a 2X disadvantage.
Yesterday, I judged two rounds of college mock trial at Iona. The teams from Hamilton, Brown, Cornell & Dartmouth were well-prepared, passionate and technically adept.
One rule is that judges do not learn the identity of the teams until after turning in scores to avoid bias.
It is a good rule.
One rule is that judges do not learn the identity of the teams until after turning in scores to avoid bias.
It is a good rule.
March 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NASA instituted "dual anonymous peer review" (DAPR) for Hubble space telescope proposals. The acceptance rate for proposals from male-led and female-led teams is now equal, where females used to be at a 2X disadvantage.
Stayed up late to watch the total eclipse of the Democratic Party
March 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Stayed up late to watch the total eclipse of the Democratic Party