Wilton Gorske
@wiltongorske.com
Climate, privacy, and democracy defender.
Co-founder along with my sister of Ground ( ground.vision / @ground.vision ) — a sustainable wallet brand. Vegan for over a decade. Tor relay operator. He/him. 🏳️🌈.📍San Francisco
Co-founder along with my sister of Ground ( ground.vision / @ground.vision ) — a sustainable wallet brand. Vegan for over a decade. Tor relay operator. He/him. 🏳️🌈.📍San Francisco
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Wilton Gorske
@wiltongorske.com
· Jan 23
Forgot to score before the bake and it still came out perfect
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Saikat Chakrabarti wants to be the leftist successor to Nancy Pelosi. The media's even called him SF's Zohran Mamdani.
But some local progressives harbor deep suspicions of Chakrabarti's track record. Here's why:
New from @eddiekimx.bsky.social (free story!): sf.gazetteer.co/what-makes-s...
But some local progressives harbor deep suspicions of Chakrabarti's track record. Here's why:
New from @eddiekimx.bsky.social (free story!): sf.gazetteer.co/what-makes-s...
What makes Saikat run?
In his race to beat Nancy Pelosi in 2026, Saikat Chakrabarti’s friends and allies are calling him San Francisco’s Zohran Mamdani. Progressives are a bit more moderate on him
sf.gazetteer.co
October 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Saikat Chakrabarti wants to be the leftist successor to Nancy Pelosi. The media's even called him SF's Zohran Mamdani.
But some local progressives harbor deep suspicions of Chakrabarti's track record. Here's why:
New from @eddiekimx.bsky.social (free story!): sf.gazetteer.co/what-makes-s...
But some local progressives harbor deep suspicions of Chakrabarti's track record. Here's why:
New from @eddiekimx.bsky.social (free story!): sf.gazetteer.co/what-makes-s...
Jack o’ lanterns, carved. Pumpkin seeds, roasted. 🫡🎃
October 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Jack o’ lanterns, carved. Pumpkin seeds, roasted. 🫡🎃
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A joint study by European Space Agency & NOAA concludes we have gravely underestimated ocean acidification.
We’ve already crossed the planetary boundary, shattered it for the Arctic, & eliminated 43% of coral habitat.
Stopping emissions cannot reverse this.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We’ve already crossed the planetary boundary, shattered it for the Arctic, & eliminated 43% of coral habitat.
Stopping emissions cannot reverse this.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Ocean Acidification: Another Planetary Boundary Crossed
In this study, employing a detailed analysis of ocean carbonate system observations, models and biological assessments, we demonstrate that by year 2020, the average global ocean conditions had alrea...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A joint study by European Space Agency & NOAA concludes we have gravely underestimated ocean acidification.
We’ve already crossed the planetary boundary, shattered it for the Arctic, & eliminated 43% of coral habitat.
Stopping emissions cannot reverse this.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We’ve already crossed the planetary boundary, shattered it for the Arctic, & eliminated 43% of coral habitat.
Stopping emissions cannot reverse this.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Solar panels & windmills do not explode.
A fireball lit up the sky across the Los Angeles area on Thursday night after an explosion at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, alarming nearby residents who said it felt like an earthquake. The cause of the explosion was not clear. No injuries were reported. nyti.ms/42pPCaW
October 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Solar panels & windmills do not explode.
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This story isn‘t about ‘the world‘s taste for soya‘, it‘s about the world‘s taste for meat. The vast majority of soya is grown for animal feed. Less than 10% is for direct human consumption. A shame it‘s not mentioned in the story.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon
Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This story isn‘t about ‘the world‘s taste for soya‘, it‘s about the world‘s taste for meat. The vast majority of soya is grown for animal feed. Less than 10% is for direct human consumption. A shame it‘s not mentioned in the story.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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“The study found over half the nationwide smoke mortalities would occur in Eastern states, where population density tends to be higher.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...
Wildfire Smoke Will Kill Thousands More by 2050, Study Finds
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“The study found over half the nationwide smoke mortalities would occur in Eastern states, where population density tends to be higher.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...
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Global meat consumption has been on the rise for over 50 years, yet some countries, like Germany and Sweden, have managed to eat less meat than before. How did they do it?
These Countries Eat the Least Meat, and Here’s What We Can Learn From Them
Income, religion and government investment all play a role in meat consumption.
buff.ly
August 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Global meat consumption has been on the rise for over 50 years, yet some countries, like Germany and Sweden, have managed to eat less meat than before. How did they do it?
What hackers are working on devices that will disrupt Meta glasses and the like from working and scanning and your face?
September 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What hackers are working on devices that will disrupt Meta glasses and the like from working and scanning and your face?
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Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences:
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way
The mainstream media seems entirely uninterested in explaining Charlie Kirk's work.
www.404media.co
September 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences:
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
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The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk sent shockwaves across the country, not only through its raw violence but as a hallmark of worsening political divisions wracking the United States. President Donald Trump could and should use his enormous platform to calm tempers.
Charlie Kirk, Col. Kurtz, and Donald Trump's Heart of Darkness
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah on Wednesday sent shockwaves across the country and around the world, not only through its raw violence, with a single, deadly sniper shot, but as a hallmark...
www.democracynow.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk sent shockwaves across the country, not only through its raw violence but as a hallmark of worsening political divisions wracking the United States. President Donald Trump could and should use his enormous platform to calm tempers.
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Horrific to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot today in Utah. Political violence must be always and totally rejected. Praying for him and all who may have been injured or impacted.
September 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Horrific to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot today in Utah. Political violence must be always and totally rejected. Praying for him and all who may have been injured or impacted.
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Violence is always unacceptable, and threats of violence have no place in public discourse. Our thoughts are with Charlie Kirk and his family.
September 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Violence is always unacceptable, and threats of violence have no place in public discourse. Our thoughts are with Charlie Kirk and his family.
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📣 NEW -- In The Economist, discussing the privacy perils of AI agents and what AI companies and operating systems need to do--NOW--to protect Signal and much else!
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
September 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
📣 NEW -- In The Economist, discussing the privacy perils of AI agents and what AI companies and operating systems need to do--NOW--to protect Signal and much else!
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
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The rising number of CAFOs in the United States are driven by a growing global population with a massive appetite for cheap meat.
What Is a CAFO, and Is It Different From a Factory Farm?
Most of the meat we consume comes from animals raised on CAFOs.
buff.ly
August 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The rising number of CAFOs in the United States are driven by a growing global population with a massive appetite for cheap meat.
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Copyright is a form of policing. It’s inherently rooted in censorship and surveillance. Historically, copyright accelerates consolidation of power and extracts creativity for profit.
If we use copyright to fight AI, it consolidates power further. A future where everything is licensed? No thx
If we use copyright to fight AI, it consolidates power further. A future where everything is licensed? No thx
July 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Copyright is a form of policing. It’s inherently rooted in censorship and surveillance. Historically, copyright accelerates consolidation of power and extracts creativity for profit.
If we use copyright to fight AI, it consolidates power further. A future where everything is licensed? No thx
If we use copyright to fight AI, it consolidates power further. A future where everything is licensed? No thx
LLMs are not plotting, they’re drifting. They echo patterns, not intent. Yet we mistake their coherence for mind. The mirror shows us ourselves, not hidden will. Next time you look, ask not what you see, but who is looking? Full text: pastebin.com/e6Jmg9Vg | www.tiktok.com/@cybelecante...
July 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
LLMs are not plotting, they’re drifting. They echo patterns, not intent. Yet we mistake their coherence for mind. The mirror shows us ourselves, not hidden will. Next time you look, ask not what you see, but who is looking? Full text: pastebin.com/e6Jmg9Vg | www.tiktok.com/@cybelecante...
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This, and it doesn't work.
Now, it is possible to address the harms of mass engagement-driven platforms. But doing so requires pushing back on the core biz models of the platforms, not tinkering on the edges w surveillant 'solutions' that increase surveillance w/o addressing the root cause.
Now, it is possible to address the harms of mass engagement-driven platforms. But doing so requires pushing back on the core biz models of the platforms, not tinkering on the edges w surveillant 'solutions' that increase surveillance w/o addressing the root cause.
It is my opinion that introducing age verification now is irresponsible, mainly because we have now reached the point where Western governments *are* using "the database state" and exploiting online surveillance to be repressive - just as privacy activists warned for decades. This applies to UK & US
July 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This, and it doesn't work.
Now, it is possible to address the harms of mass engagement-driven platforms. But doing so requires pushing back on the core biz models of the platforms, not tinkering on the edges w surveillant 'solutions' that increase surveillance w/o addressing the root cause.
Now, it is possible to address the harms of mass engagement-driven platforms. But doing so requires pushing back on the core biz models of the platforms, not tinkering on the edges w surveillant 'solutions' that increase surveillance w/o addressing the root cause.
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See also: Want a battery for your home? Your hot water tank is a great start share.google/KzH7Jmp8IbZb...
July 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
See also: Want a battery for your home? Your hot water tank is a great start share.google/KzH7Jmp8IbZb...
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NEW: Chinese authorities are using a new type of phone hacking tool to unlock and extract data from phones, according to researchers at Lookout.
Researchers warn everyone inside or traveling to China to keep this threat in mind, as authorities can force people to hand over and even unlock phone.
Researchers warn everyone inside or traveling to China to keep this threat in mind, as authorities can force people to hand over and even unlock phone.
Chinese authorities are using a new tool to hack seized phones and extract data | TechCrunch
Researchers warned that Chinese residents, and visitors to China, should be aware of the tool's existence and the risks it poses.
techcrunch.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
NEW: Chinese authorities are using a new type of phone hacking tool to unlock and extract data from phones, according to researchers at Lookout.
Researchers warn everyone inside or traveling to China to keep this threat in mind, as authorities can force people to hand over and even unlock phone.
Researchers warn everyone inside or traveling to China to keep this threat in mind, as authorities can force people to hand over and even unlock phone.
Just some paintings of California at the Oakland Museum. It really does look like this too.
July 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Just some paintings of California at the Oakland Museum. It really does look like this too.
Jaw dropping catalog work in Patterns & Motifs From The Anglo Celtic Isles from Treubhan. Support this legend!
treubhan.com #pictish #scottish #indigenous
treubhan.com #pictish #scottish #indigenous
July 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Jaw dropping catalog work in Patterns & Motifs From The Anglo Celtic Isles from Treubhan. Support this legend!
treubhan.com #pictish #scottish #indigenous
treubhan.com #pictish #scottish #indigenous
I know I need to work on the top which looks like a pencil lmao but I can’t believe how well the spring growth on my coastal redwood bonsai is doing!
Don’t let anyone tell you that bonsais can’t be done indoors. Just need a good grow light~
Don’t let anyone tell you that bonsais can’t be done indoors. Just need a good grow light~
June 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I know I need to work on the top which looks like a pencil lmao but I can’t believe how well the spring growth on my coastal redwood bonsai is doing!
Don’t let anyone tell you that bonsais can’t be done indoors. Just need a good grow light~
Don’t let anyone tell you that bonsais can’t be done indoors. Just need a good grow light~
Love being in Belgium because the guesses are totally different
June 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Love being in Belgium because the guesses are totally different
The Fediverse is less “sticky” because it’s not designed to hijack your dopamine system lol
May 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Fediverse is less “sticky” because it’s not designed to hijack your dopamine system lol