Paul Guinnessy
@paulguinnessy.bsky.social
Physicist, Journalist, Director of Digital Experience. All views are my own, not my employer. Fan of Film Festivals, Opera, and theater. Believer in buying two books for every one leaving the house. Unlikely to respond to DMs unless I know you.
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So I have a job going: Solutions Architect, responsible for designing and implementing effective and scalable technology solutions that meet the needs of an organization that delivers programs and services to a federation of scientific societies. workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
The other aspect is that SUV drivers on the whole, seem to think that road regs don't apply to them. Such as No turn on red. I mean, I saw the last one stop, read the sign, shrug, and do it anyway. While cutting off 5 cars who were patiently waiting for the light to change.
Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The other aspect is that SUV drivers on the whole, seem to think that road regs don't apply to them. Such as No turn on red. I mean, I saw the last one stop, read the sign, shrug, and do it anyway. While cutting off 5 cars who were patiently waiting for the light to change.
Heads I win, Tails, I win again!
As it was in the midst of financing a $61 million bribery scheme, FirstEnergy also improperly claimed millions in construction expenses. Now the utility is asking Ohio regulators for permission to charge its customers for the $108 million in errors. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/14/r...
Report shows scandal-plagued Ohio utility made $108 million in errors. It wants customers to pay • Ohio Capital Journal
Scandal-plagued FirstEnergy wants to make customers pay $108 million it used for things like lobbying but said was for construction.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Heads I win, Tails, I win again!
If you want reports of what life is like in Ukraine, this is a good place to start, and they are currently fundraising for a tent and some batteries so they can continue to report during the power shortages (which are getting worse).
NEWSFLASH: Close misses in Kyiv last night
Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack, narrowly missing multiple Counteroffensive staff. 9/10 capital districts were on fire, with ~30 residential buildings hit directly or by shrapnel.
www.counteroffensive.news
November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If you want reports of what life is like in Ukraine, this is a good place to start, and they are currently fundraising for a tent and some batteries so they can continue to report during the power shortages (which are getting worse).
Lots of Trump cartoons this morning, I think this is my favorite.
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Lots of Trump cartoons this morning, I think this is my favorite.
And this is going to simply increase. What I'm really wondering is what is Iran going to do? Their next conflict might be about water, not oil or religion.
Dramatic increase in conflicts over #water in 2024 compared to previous years.
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pacinst.org/announcement...
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
And this is going to simply increase. What I'm really wondering is what is Iran going to do? Their next conflict might be about water, not oil or religion.
One of the things that surprised me when the tv series Watchman came out, which had as part of its central theme, the 1921 Tulsa massacre, is how few Americans knew it happened. There seemed to be a renewed interest in learning from the past but apparently not.
Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
One of the things that surprised me when the tv series Watchman came out, which had as part of its central theme, the 1921 Tulsa massacre, is how few Americans knew it happened. There seemed to be a renewed interest in learning from the past but apparently not.
As @andreachalupa.bsky.social points out in another post, lots of countries are learning valuable lessons from the complete collapse of the Russian army's reputation after invading Ukraine. One of which is checking the receipts on if you've got a good army, or are people lying to you....
The heads of all but one of the People’s Liberation Army’s regional commands are currently unaccounted for, are under investigation or have been fired on.ft.com/4qZXPNE
November 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
As @andreachalupa.bsky.social points out in another post, lots of countries are learning valuable lessons from the complete collapse of the Russian army's reputation after invading Ukraine. One of which is checking the receipts on if you've got a good army, or are people lying to you....
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Here he’s just admitting that his hillbilly elegy narrative was a lie and he despises people who do low wage work
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Here he’s just admitting that his hillbilly elegy narrative was a lie and he despises people who do low wage work
It's really remarkable to see just how shortsighted most of these decisions coming out of Congress are. The real irony is that they think they will be long gone before the implications come out, but it will be sooner than you think.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
It's really remarkable to see just how shortsighted most of these decisions coming out of Congress are. The real irony is that they think they will be long gone before the implications come out, but it will be sooner than you think.
pretty disturbing, inhibitions online leaking into the real world #socialmedia
Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile | Gaby Hinsliff
Who is driving the populist insurgency? It’s not grumpy pensioners or vulnerable teenagers – it’s my generation, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
pretty disturbing, inhibitions online leaking into the real world #socialmedia
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If people are moving out of your city because they can work elsewhere more cheaply, your problem is affordability, not remote work.
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Love how @loyaltybooks.bsky.social is so keen on @washingtonspirit.com they spent their entire newsletter this week highlighting the team, books on soccer, and if you provide the name of your favorite Spirit player when you checkout, they will give you a 10% discount. #GoSpirit
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November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Love how @loyaltybooks.bsky.social is so keen on @washingtonspirit.com they spent their entire newsletter this week highlighting the team, books on soccer, and if you provide the name of your favorite Spirit player when you checkout, they will give you a 10% discount. #GoSpirit
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Wiley Convenes Experts to Discuss How Stronger Science Communications, Academic Societies Can Strengthen Public Trust
Wiley Convenes Experts to Discuss How Stronger Science Communications, Academic Societies Can Strengthen Public Trust
Member News Release submitted by Wiley on 11/12/2025.
www.sspnet.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Wiley Convenes Experts to Discuss How Stronger Science Communications, Academic Societies Can Strengthen Public Trust
The acquisition of medical publisher Karger by Oxford University Press is a good opportunity for both publishers but might lead to some consolidation among staff. #scholarlypublishing
OUP acquires Karger's long tail
Industry consolidation continues
newsletter.journalology.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The acquisition of medical publisher Karger by Oxford University Press is a good opportunity for both publishers but might lead to some consolidation among staff. #scholarlypublishing
The new nominee for NASA administrator has a strategy document that devotes an entire page to why Zoom meetings need to be shorter, and single bullets describing what he wants done to the research centers. Which reading the tea leaves, is a radical overhaul.
NASA Goddard Building Closures Draw Scrutiny
Sudden moves to shutter multiple buildings at the Greenbelt campus have alarmed the top Democrat on the House Science Committee.
www.aip.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The new nominee for NASA administrator has a strategy document that devotes an entire page to why Zoom meetings need to be shorter, and single bullets describing what he wants done to the research centers. Which reading the tea leaves, is a radical overhaul.
The proposed revision to the EU's #GDPR regs appear to favor big tech companies and #AI developers at the expense of individual #privacy rights, narrowing what’s considered personal data, permit the use of the “legitimate interest” legal basis for AI training, reduce data subject rights, and more.
EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR
The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.
noyb.eu
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Democrats just won their biggest landslide since LBJ in 1964.
The @nytimes.com & Kristen Soltis Anderson: Here's why that's bad for Democrats.
The @nytimes.com & Kristen Soltis Anderson: Here's why that's bad for Democrats.
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Democrats just won their biggest landslide since LBJ in 1964.
The @nytimes.com & Kristen Soltis Anderson: Here's why that's bad for Democrats.
The @nytimes.com & Kristen Soltis Anderson: Here's why that's bad for Democrats.
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The elite Russian unit hunting Ukraine’s drone warriors on.ft.com/3LELNsL
The elite Russian unit hunting Ukraine’s drone warriors
Moscow’s new Rubikon team upends Kyiv’s control of the electronic battlefield
on.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The elite Russian unit hunting Ukraine’s drone warriors on.ft.com/3LELNsL
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turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
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I think - just at a gut level - that giving law firm ownership to private equity firms is probably a bigger threat to associates' jobs and happiness than AI.
McDermott Will & Schulte said Wednesday it is in preliminary discussions about selling a stake in the law firm to outside investors, a novel move that could advance acceptance of non-lawyer backing of Big Law operations.
McDermott Will & Schulte Considers Outside Investment in Firm
McDermott Will & Schulte said Wednesday it is in preliminary discussions about selling a stake in the law firm to outside investors, a novel move that could advance acceptance of non-lawyer backing of Big Law operations.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I think - just at a gut level - that giving law firm ownership to private equity firms is probably a bigger threat to associates' jobs and happiness than AI.
I think the reason why people are mad is that Schumer is pretending this independent' group had nothing to do with it, yet his fingerprints are all over it.
Imagine if Dems in the Senate hadn't caved. The House wouldn't be in session rn, the discharge petition wouldn't be signed, people wouldn't have SNAP, govt workers would be RIF'd & the GOP would have some decent talking points. But also online rage addicts would be happier! YMMV!
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I think the reason why people are mad is that Schumer is pretending this independent' group had nothing to do with it, yet his fingerprints are all over it.
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The Physicists Coalition’s Steering Committee has put together a fact-based guide with resources that explain and contextualize Trump's remarks on nuclear testing, while assessing the feasibility and implications of the U.S. resuming nuclear weapon testing.
physicistscoalition.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The Physicists Coalition’s Steering Committee has put together a fact-based guide with resources that explain and contextualize Trump's remarks on nuclear testing, while assessing the feasibility and implications of the U.S. resuming nuclear weapon testing.
Computer scientist Yoshua Bengio has become the first person to have their work cited more than one million times on the search engine Google Scholar. (I wonder how many were bots?)
‘It keeps me awake at night’: machine-learning pioneer on AI’s threat to humanity
Yoshua Bengio talks about his efforts to identify — and address — the risks posed by AI.
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Computer scientist Yoshua Bengio has become the first person to have their work cited more than one million times on the search engine Google Scholar. (I wonder how many were bots?)