You have to commend Anthropic for having a philosopher responsible for training Claude in ethics.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/o...
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Historian of science interested in 19th c. German sci & tech., atomic cultures, science pedagogy, and developments in physics. Retired from Georgetown Univ. Now Affiliate Faculty at the Univ. of Puget Sound. Avid reader. Archival junkie. I block bots.
You have to commend Anthropic for having a philosopher responsible for training Claude in ethics.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/o...
Country Joe and the Fish, Woodstock
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Yes, why have you started this war? NYT Editorial Board:
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he has offered no credible explanation for why he is risking the lives of our service members and inviting a major reprisal from Iran. Nor has he involved Congress, which the Constitution grants the sole power to declare war.β
Just where "Gold Standard Science" was written and engineered to lead: the elimination of EPA's 2009 (Obama-era) guideline for controlling greenhouse gases: the endangerment finding.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
The Defense Department cuts ties to Harvard. All educational programs suspended due to supposed "globalist and radical ideologies'" at the university.
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The Defense Department cuts ties to Harvard. All educational programs suspended due to supposed "globalist and radical ideologies'" at the university.
www.war.gov/News/News-St...
If you want to know where so-called "gold standard science" leads, it leads here. It is expected that this week, the endangerment finding--a 2009 finding that guides the regulation of greenhouse gases to prevent harm to humans-- will be repealed.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
I am by no means a conservative, but David Brooksβs departure from the New York Times is disappointing news. He is thoughtful, and asksβand comments onβsome of lifeβs deepest questions. I wish him well.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. Itβs dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Another good one: "It's Not His House". Listen carefully. Keep the protest music coming!
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On Executive Order 12333, which sets limits on spy agencies. National Security Memorandum 7, signed Sept. 25, 2025, could unravel EO 12333 by redefining domestic terrorism as anything against the current adminβs policies. NSPM-7 deserves more attention.
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
Protest songs continue. Here's the Marsh Family's "Minnesota", sung to the tune of Scott McKenzie's "San Francisco"
youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM?...
Silence is compliance
THE BOSS DOES IT!! Protest songs awakening!
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A reminder to the news media: βconflicting accountsβ is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
Fiction all the way, but not without insights and lessons for historians
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Visiting Assistant Professor, History of Science, University of Puget Sound, 2026-27
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The (il)logic of state terror in the US. Gift article.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
(3/3) In the meantime, buried in Smithβs testimony is the admission that the charges of election interference and wrongful holding of classified papers were dropped βwithout prejudice,β meaning once Trump leaves office, he could be charged again.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
(2/3) At the moment TikTok is more important to the Times, and the adminβs threat of removing funding to sanctuary cities is more important to the Post.
(1/3) There was a time when a testimony like Jack Smithβs would have been the front page banner headline. Remember the Pentagon Papers? Remember Watergate? No more.
This is what it's all about. Kiss the midterm elections goodbye if this happens.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Congress is waking up:
"After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives said they wanted to safeguard and even boost funds for basic research."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...
The culture of fear, forced ideological conformity, and government interference with science has intensified at NIH.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
Please listen. It's Heather Cox Richardson's analysis of fascism in the United States, with pointers on how we got here. Watch what the administration does very carefully. Don't take the bait.
youtu.be/qQAhv7j-NLM
Maybe the way to turn Trump off Greenland is to remind him that there's toxic nuclear waste buried in its melting ice? Not such a great real estate deal after all?
Jeff Colgan had this great piece in 2019 on what's buried in Greenland. @goodauth.bsky.social
goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...