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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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"So, unfortunately, the only message that the public will receive from this “peaceful transfer of power” is: We surrender."
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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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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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Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against the demonic computers
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.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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They didn’t even try to name it something less obvious lmao
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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Sounds less revolutionary than the fax machine
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 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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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
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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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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
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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A single issue candidate who runs on eliminating political spam wins any primary.
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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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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Pretty.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Still no action by @massgovernor.bsky.social to protect her residents?
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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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Again, she is welcome to caucus with the Democrats at any time until the lawless authoritarianism ends.
Republican senator now publicly defending Mark Kelly
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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This is effed up.
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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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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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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“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...
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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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
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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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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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