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Nicholas Bauer PhD
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Computational biology and superresolution microscopy. Tech and politics nerd. Promoter of rationality. Progressive. Somerville, MA

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · Jan 7
It ends:

"So, unfortunately, the only message that the public will receive from this “peaceful transfer of power” is: We surrender."
Democrats’ high road in peaceful transfer of power feels like a dead end In her article “As Harris certifies her own loss, some see message about democracy” (Page A1, Jan. 4), Tal Kopan presents the view of top Democrats, including our own Senator Elizabeth Warren, that not making a stand to object to Donald Trump’s reelection is “the right thing to do,” that it shows “we still believe in following the Constitution.” Maybe there once was a world where that could be true, but that is not this world. Trump’s election to a second term is the culmination of the Jan 6, 2021, insurrection. Our Founders knew a Republic cannot hand power to an insurrectionist and expect to get it back when his turn is up; Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which Warren did not mention, exists to prevent this scenario. So, unfortunately, the only message that the public will receive from this “peaceful transfer of power” is: We surrender. Nicholas C. Bauer Somerville
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
as so often, the explanation is probably 'animals feel emotions that are similar to ours, and when we disregard the evidence to avoid 'anthromorphism' it's fundamentally ideological, not scientific'
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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niedermeyer.online
Tesla's EU sales were down 48.5% in October, and are down 30% in a year-to-date when EV sales are up 26%.

Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.

Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.

IT'S HAPPENING!

www.reuters.com/business/aut...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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internethippo.bsky.social
Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against the demonic computers
vulture.com Vulture @vulture.com · 3h
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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lebassett.bsky.social
They didn’t even try to name it something less obvious lmao
thedailybeast.bsky.social The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 26m
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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socio-steve.bsky.social
Sounds less revolutionary than the fax machine
stokel.bsky.social Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 6h
Anyway, tech-wise, AI will have a "positive effect on productivity growth", the OBR say, with a 0.2 percentage point impact in five years
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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kagi.com
Kagi gives you the power to block domains, filter out AI slop, and keep search clean, relevant and human. All with no ads or manipulative algorithms.
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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reuters.com
Officials from the Hong Kong Fire Services Department have said firefighters were struggling to get to the top of the residential buildings due to intense heat. Their efforts to contain the blaze were getting more difficult in hours of darkness reut.rs/4oXaEXD
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
bioturbonick.net
What if unicorns had bumblebee wings?
What if RFK Jr. reacted to his cousin’s terminal cancer as JFK reacted to his baby’s death?
When President Kennedy’s newborn son died in 1963, it galvanized research. A new Kennedy family tragedy should spur RFK Jr. to support cancer research, not cut it.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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jamellebouie.net
if you let me write a star wars movie it would be an adaptation of the rogue squadron/wraith squadron books. post-jedi, early new republic. captains wedge antilles and tycho celchu must assemble a team of pilot/commandos to take out a gathering of high-ranking officers among the imperial remnant
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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jonathancohn.bsky.social
It's embarrassing that our state still hasn't taken action to disentangle state and local law enforcement from ICE. Let's get it done already. #mapoli

www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
Immigrant groups want Beacon Hill to bolster protections for migrants in Massachusetts
Immigrant rights advocates called on Beacon Hill Democrats Tuesday to pass a trio of policies they argued would bolster protections for migrants who are being targeted for deportation amid a push by P...
www.wbur.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
bioturbonick.net
Ah damn, this week's episode of Pluribus was released tonight and I wasted my time finishing All Her Fault.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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aaronhuertas.bsky.social
A single issue candidate who runs on eliminating political spam wins any primary.
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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mtsw.bsky.social
Also one of the most egregious cases of "mini-series should've been a movie" with some really egregious padding in the plot - extraneous subplots, huge fuck-the-audience misleads etc
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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theplanetaryguy.bsky.social
Pretty.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
bioturbonick.net
Still no action by @massgovernor.bsky.social to protect her residents?
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
bioturbonick.net
If you find yourself inclined to watch All Her Fault, you can pretty much skip episodes 2-6.

1 - setup
7 - what really happened
8 - conclusion

Most of it is irrelevant, overstretched prestige-y soap opera bullshit. The actual meat of the plot is interesting though.

Or do your laundry during.
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
Again, she is welcome to caucus with the Democrats at any time until the lawless authoritarianism ends.
jael.bsky.social jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 18h
Republican senator now publicly defending Mark Kelly
Lisa Murkowski : Senator Kelly valiantly served our country as an aviator in the U.S. Navy before later completing four space shuttle missions as a NASA astronaut. To accuse him and other lawmakers of treason and sedition for rightfully pointing out that servicemembers can refuse illegal orders is reckless and flat-out wrong. The Department of Defense and FBI surely have more important priorities than this frivolous investigation.
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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jeffhauser.bsky.social
This is effed up.
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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tomjoscelyn.bsky.social
This should be a major scandal. The Blaze falsely reported that a former U.S. Capitol Police officer was the Jan. 6th pipe bomber. But it wasn’t just another miss by conservative media promoting conspiracies.

Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:

www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
SUSTKEVER says age of scaling is over; it’s “back to the age of research.”

“.. We are in a world where there are more companies than ideas by quite a bit.” 👀

www.dwarkesh.com/p/ilya-sutsk...
Ilya Sutskever – We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research
“These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people. It's a very fundamental thing.”
www.dwarkesh.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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gadyepstein.bsky.social
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
"I asked for their names. They didn't give me their full names," Hestmark recalled of the agents. "They didn't show me their badge numbers. They didn't remove their masks. They simply said, 'We have a warrant for his arrest, and they handed me a QR code, and they put my husband in handcuffs. And they took him and said I couldn't follow." "She was just stunned," Paul said. "She kept asking what was wrong, what did we do? We'd done everything right." "We kept asking them if there was something we could do, if there was any way we could keep her from being separated from the family," he continued. We’re just trying to figure out what's happening, and they're just telling us, I'm sorry. We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders."| • "I had to take my baby, our baby, from his crying mother's arms," Paul said. "We were completely shocked, and I feel like we were tricked," Hestmark said. "We went through every possible legal and appropriate channel. We followed the advice of our lawyer. We were told that our case was straight forward." "He just wanted to be part of this country and for us to start our future together. And he wanted to do it… "Tom isn't in the system. I can't find him," Hestmark said. "I can't call him. I can't put money into his account. The lawyer doesn't know how to proceed because he hasn't been charged with anything." Both said their spouses were able to call them Thursday night, and they believed they were still being held in the basement of the federal building as of Friday afternoon. "She said that she was scared. She was anxious, missed her baby. She just wants to come home," Paul said. "She said the agents themselves were in the detention down in the basement of the federal building, saying, What are we doing here? These aren't the sort of people were supposed to be arresting.” "They hadn't given him anything to eat or any information," Hestmark said. "They gave him a mat and a foil blanket to sleep on." As she was detailing his arrest Friday afternoon, Bilger called Hestmark again from detention. She said he told her they had moved him to the Otay Mesa Detention Center and back but he hadn't slept and still hadn't been processed. "My wife's alone and terrified," Paul said. "My baby doesn't have his mom to hold him. I can't work right…
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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sbworkersunited.org
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
NY FED: The rejection rate for all types of credit (auto loan, credit card, credit card limit increase, mortgage, mortgage refinance) over past 12 months rose to a series high of 24.8% in October.

(via Liz Ann Sonders)
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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rutgerbregman.com
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM