Aaron Lanterman
@aaronlanterman.bsky.social
I am a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. Opinions expressed here are my own. https://www.youtube.com/@Lantertronics
Maybe firing all the competent FBI agents that were deemed insufficiently loyal to Trump was a bad idea.
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Maybe firing all the competent FBI agents that were deemed insufficiently loyal to Trump was a bad idea.
This goes in the same category of Marco Rubio giving the middle finger to the visual impaired via font choice. But I also wonder if Trump comes off as even dumber when translated into American Sign Language. Pity the poor translators that have to try to make sense of his rambling.
Sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image, administration says
The Trump administration is arguing that requiring real-time American Sign Language interpretation of events like White House press briefings “would severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to ...
www.pbs.org
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This goes in the same category of Marco Rubio giving the middle finger to the visual impaired via font choice. But I also wonder if Trump comes off as even dumber when translated into American Sign Language. Pity the poor translators that have to try to make sense of his rambling.
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I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
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Gonna be interesting to see how many infectious disease programs fill today; last year 50.8% of programs filled
What will be the impact of an HHS secretary/FDA leadership openly hostile to the field? The impact of a decimated public health system? The fact that salaries are lower than most others?🤔
What will be the impact of an HHS secretary/FDA leadership openly hostile to the field? The impact of a decimated public health system? The fact that salaries are lower than most others?🤔
December 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Gonna be interesting to see how many infectious disease programs fill today; last year 50.8% of programs filled
What will be the impact of an HHS secretary/FDA leadership openly hostile to the field? The impact of a decimated public health system? The fact that salaries are lower than most others?🤔
What will be the impact of an HHS secretary/FDA leadership openly hostile to the field? The impact of a decimated public health system? The fact that salaries are lower than most others?🤔
"You become where you spend your time." -- Scott Galloway
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"You become where you spend your time." -- Scott Galloway
Olivia Nuzzi WTF.
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Olivia Nuzzi WTF.
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The worst part about the boat strikes - regardless of who ordered what and besides the ultimate tragedy of lives lost - is they’re forever a stain on the professionalism and dignity of the United States military.
They’re an insult to every American who ever sacrificed to do the right thing.
They’re an insult to every American who ever sacrificed to do the right thing.
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The worst part about the boat strikes - regardless of who ordered what and besides the ultimate tragedy of lives lost - is they’re forever a stain on the professionalism and dignity of the United States military.
They’re an insult to every American who ever sacrificed to do the right thing.
They’re an insult to every American who ever sacrificed to do the right thing.
The scene at the end of The Black Hole where the crazy Nemo-ish scientist and his scary robot Maximillian are in hell freaked me out when I was a kid.
Oh hell yeah! Memory....
Trash can robot saves day? YES! 😊
Trash can robot saves day? YES! 😊
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The scene at the end of The Black Hole where the crazy Nemo-ish scientist and his scary robot Maximillian are in hell freaked me out when I was a kid.
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Martin Kulldorff's positions on Covid could best be summarized as "Blood for the Blood God, Skulls for the Skull Throne."
www.hhs.gov
December 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Martin Kulldorff's positions on Covid could best be summarized as "Blood for the Blood God, Skulls for the Skull Throne."
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Remind me the primary purpose of Universities?
Apparently it’s to have a winning football team, cost be damned 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Apparently it’s to have a winning football team, cost be damned 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Yet another reminder that the very best job in this world is failed college football coach.
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Remind me the primary purpose of Universities?
Apparently it’s to have a winning football team, cost be damned 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Apparently it’s to have a winning football team, cost be damned 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
The CDC has been overrun by quacks, grifters, and eugenicists. It's now operating as an anti-CDC; nothing coming out of it can be trusted. We need to establish some sort of Shadow CDC to continue the original CDC's mission and counter the harmful effects of the Corrupted CDC.
November 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The CDC has been overrun by quacks, grifters, and eugenicists. It's now operating as an anti-CDC; nothing coming out of it can be trusted. We need to establish some sort of Shadow CDC to continue the original CDC's mission and counter the harmful effects of the Corrupted CDC.
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The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
"I worked as a journalist in Egypt and I was persecuted and detained and tortured. My experienced at the Butler County jail was more traumatizing than my detection in Egypt... Immigrants will be the first target. After that, they will target any opposition." -- Ayman Solimon
Inside ICE Detention: Stripped, Shackled, Starved
YouTube video by New York Times Opinion
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November 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
"I worked as a journalist in Egypt and I was persecuted and detained and tortured. My experienced at the Butler County jail was more traumatizing than my detection in Egypt... Immigrants will be the first target. After that, they will target any opposition." -- Ayman Solimon
Best case scenario is we all die of bird flu and get it over with.
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
A Kennedy adviser said he wants to preserve the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The health secretary's anti-vaccine allies prefer it collapse.
www.politico.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Best case scenario is we all die of bird flu and get it over with.
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In the last week, Donald Trump has called for the murder of Congressional Democrats and threatened to unilaterally declare an invasion of Venezuela.
If Congressional Republicans followed the Constitution, both of these would be removable offenses. But, they’re loyal to Trump, not the constitution.
If Congressional Republicans followed the Constitution, both of these would be removable offenses. But, they’re loyal to Trump, not the constitution.
November 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In the last week, Donald Trump has called for the murder of Congressional Democrats and threatened to unilaterally declare an invasion of Venezuela.
If Congressional Republicans followed the Constitution, both of these would be removable offenses. But, they’re loyal to Trump, not the constitution.
If Congressional Republicans followed the Constitution, both of these would be removable offenses. But, they’re loyal to Trump, not the constitution.
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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What I’m trying to figure out is when administrators claim that actually grants are a financial loss for the university because of the associated costs … then why are y’all doing this
We can't convince universities to stop hiring Gordon Gee, so I don't know how we push for there to be any consequences for betraying the country for a few research grants. But it feels like figuring that out will be necessary.
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
What I’m trying to figure out is when administrators claim that actually grants are a financial loss for the university because of the associated costs … then why are y’all doing this
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I’m starting to get the sense that it was a bad idea to put a deeply insecure, sexual assaulting Fox News host with a drinking problem and a crusader tattoo who said he was into war crimes in charge of the military.
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I’m starting to get the sense that it was a bad idea to put a deeply insecure, sexual assaulting Fox News host with a drinking problem and a crusader tattoo who said he was into war crimes in charge of the military.
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No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.