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Such a crazy and amazing experience to be on a podcast of which I'm a huge fan!
Mindscape 330 | Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com on the Dynamics of (Mis)Information. #MindscapePodcast
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
September 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Such a crazy and amazing experience to be on a podcast of which I'm a huge fan!
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Thing is, if most Americans well and truly want Trump to be an authoritarian dictator, we are well and truly doomed. The only hope for the country is if most people don’t want that.
Therefore, reasonable people should proceed on the assumption that authoritarianism is not popular.
Therefore, reasonable people should proceed on the assumption that authoritarianism is not popular.
Chris Cillizza says Trump doing expressly authoritarian and dictatorial things right now is a political winner for him, and Democrats shouldn't do anything about it.
www.thedailybeast.com/why-dems-hav...
www.thedailybeast.com/why-dems-hav...
Why Dems Have It So Wrong: Trump Is Spoiling for This L.A. Battle
These scenes on everyone’s phones and screens are just what he wants.
www.thedailybeast.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Thing is, if most Americans well and truly want Trump to be an authoritarian dictator, we are well and truly doomed. The only hope for the country is if most people don’t want that.
Therefore, reasonable people should proceed on the assumption that authoritarianism is not popular.
Therefore, reasonable people should proceed on the assumption that authoritarianism is not popular.
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Nobel Prize Laureate Kip Thorne speaking yesterday at the Albert Einstein Institute in Postdam, Germany:
"Donald Trump is destroying America's capacity for [leading science]. We are counting on Europe to take over here and elsewhere." ⚛️ 🧪
"Donald Trump is destroying America's capacity for [leading science]. We are counting on Europe to take over here and elsewhere." ⚛️ 🧪
June 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Nobel Prize Laureate Kip Thorne speaking yesterday at the Albert Einstein Institute in Postdam, Germany:
"Donald Trump is destroying America's capacity for [leading science]. We are counting on Europe to take over here and elsewhere." ⚛️ 🧪
"Donald Trump is destroying America's capacity for [leading science]. We are counting on Europe to take over here and elsewhere." ⚛️ 🧪
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The idea of a competitive Congressional district is disappearing. This is obviously bad for representative democracy, but the people with power to change things are precisely those who benefit from the system, so there's little reason for optimism.
www.outsidethebeltway.com/a-graph-to-p...
www.outsidethebeltway.com/a-graph-to-p...
A Graph to Ponder
A fundamental flaw illustrated.
www.outsidethebeltway.com
February 18, 2024 at 4:52 PM
The idea of a competitive Congressional district is disappearing. This is obviously bad for representative democracy, but the people with power to change things are precisely those who benefit from the system, so there's little reason for optimism.
www.outsidethebeltway.com/a-graph-to-p...
www.outsidethebeltway.com/a-graph-to-p...
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It's very hard for public figures to win defamation suits, but climate scientist (and former Mindscape guest) Michael Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social just did, since the lies about him were so egregious. Good for him!
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
My one sentence summary of @michaelemann.bsky.social's defamation case:
"The case came down to whether people who appear to be incapable of incorporating evidence into their opinions should still be able to voice those opinions without consequences, even if doing so has consequences for others."
"The case came down to whether people who appear to be incapable of incorporating evidence into their opinions should still be able to voice those opinions without consequences, even if doing so has consequences for others."
February 10, 2024 at 7:12 PM
It's very hard for public figures to win defamation suits, but climate scientist (and former Mindscape guest) Michael Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social just did, since the lies about him were so egregious. Good for him!
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Can't wait for the Super Bowl, where Taylor Swift will come out at halftime and endorse the Many-Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
February 2, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Can't wait for the Super Bowl, where Taylor Swift will come out at halftime and endorse the Many-Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
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Mindscape 264 | Sabine Stanley @planetsabine.bsky.social on What's Inside Planets? #MindscapePodcast
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024...
January 29, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Mindscape 264 | Sabine Stanley @planetsabine.bsky.social on What's Inside Planets? #MindscapePodcast
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024...
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Great news for physics and astronomy: Europe gives the go-ahead for LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna mission. We’re headed for a deluge of gravitational wave data that will reveal a lot about how gravity works.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
January 25, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Great news for physics and astronomy: Europe gives the go-ahead for LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna mission. We’re headed for a deluge of gravitational wave data that will reveal a lot about how gravity works.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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Last week CNN asked me how I explain the downturn in the news industry: big layoffs, scant investment, no recovery in sight.
A list of factors is not an explanation, I said. But that is what I have.
So here's my thread. None of it should be news to people in the business. 0/
A list of factors is not an explanation, I said. But that is what I have.
So here's my thread. None of it should be news to people in the business. 0/
January 28, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Last week CNN asked me how I explain the downturn in the news industry: big layoffs, scant investment, no recovery in sight.
A list of factors is not an explanation, I said. But that is what I have.
So here's my thread. None of it should be news to people in the business. 0/
A list of factors is not an explanation, I said. But that is what I have.
So here's my thread. None of it should be news to people in the business. 0/
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When the history of the early 21st century is written, the collapse of newspaper journalism will be a much bigger deal than contemporary discourse treats it as.
I'm sure making the product noticeably shittier by laying off a bunch of people will solve readership growth problems. Totally makes sense.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
L.A. Times to lay off at least 115 people in the newsroom
The L.A. Times began laying off 115 newsroom employees on Tuesday. Owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong said the cuts were necessary to trim heavy financial losses.
www.latimes.com
January 23, 2024 at 10:14 PM
When the history of the early 21st century is written, the collapse of newspaper journalism will be a much bigger deal than contemporary discourse treats it as.
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The median academic seems pretty oblivious to the fact that academia as we know it is coming under serious assault in this country.
January 14, 2024 at 4:37 PM
The median academic seems pretty oblivious to the fact that academia as we know it is coming under serious assault in this country.