Les Guthman
@lesguthman.bsky.social
Documentary director & producer. Most recent “LIGO” & YouTube web series & e-book. Coming soon, “Squeezed Light” doc. Frm Disney, NBC News, Annenberg Foundation & Peabody Award-winning VISIONS series on PBS. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
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Les Guthman
@lesguthman.bsky.social
· Aug 13
OTD in 2015 I interviewed LIGO’s Kip Thorne (2017 Nobel in Physics) on camera, the 1st day of what has become a ten-year, and multiple film, collaboration with @LIGO.org. My archive of LIGO’s astonishing discoveries now resides for researchers in the Les Guthman LIGO Video Archive @caltech.edu 🧪
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Reup: MAGAts Outraged Comey Indictment Dismissed on Same "Technicality" Trump's Was!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/25/m...
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MAGAts Outraged Comey Indictment Dismissed on Same "Technicality" Trump's Was! - emptywheel
Right wing Trump supporters are outraged that Jim Comey's indictment was dismissed based on the very same "technicality" that Trump's stolen documents indictment was.
www.emptywheel.net
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Reup: MAGAts Outraged Comey Indictment Dismissed on Same "Technicality" Trump's Was!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/25/m...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/25/m...
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In 1968, a soldier named Hugh Thompson defied orders to save Vietnamese lives during the My Lai massacre. Eventually seen as a hero, in real time he was vilified and nearly court-martialed
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Catch-22 around Trump’s illegal orders | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Pennsylvania chooses a budget over the planet.
www.inquirer.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In 1968, a soldier named Hugh Thompson defied orders to save Vietnamese lives during the My Lai massacre. Eventually seen as a hero, in real time he was vilified and nearly court-martialed
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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America has a major nursing workforce shortage. We need hundreds of thousands more.
Is it any surprise the Trump team has decided to make it *harder* for aspiring nurses to afford nursing school?
Yet another healthcare “policy” that will harm our future.
Is it any surprise the Trump team has decided to make it *harder* for aspiring nurses to afford nursing school?
Yet another healthcare “policy” that will harm our future.
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
America has a major nursing workforce shortage. We need hundreds of thousands more.
Is it any surprise the Trump team has decided to make it *harder* for aspiring nurses to afford nursing school?
Yet another healthcare “policy” that will harm our future.
Is it any surprise the Trump team has decided to make it *harder* for aspiring nurses to afford nursing school?
Yet another healthcare “policy” that will harm our future.
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“It looks a lot like that Russians are seeking to bribe Americans to allow Russia to win a war it would otherwise lose.”
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“It looks a lot like that Russians are seeking to bribe Americans to allow Russia to win a war it would otherwise lose.”
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Geneticist and microbiologist Rita Rossi Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She was the first researcher in the US to use computers to analyze bacteriological data, and the first woman to serve as director of the NSF. 🧪 👩🔬
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Geneticist and microbiologist Rita Rossi Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She was the first researcher in the US to use computers to analyze bacteriological data, and the first woman to serve as director of the NSF. 🧪 👩🔬
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Fueling the Trump administration’s anti-voting efforts are election deniers in key positions who continue to spread conspiracy theories and, even more troublingly, work to undermine the fairness of future elections.
Here are some of the most important👇
https://bit.ly/3LKeRz6
Here are some of the most important👇
https://bit.ly/3LKeRz6
Trump’s Administration Is Full of Election Deniers — They’re Already Working to Rig the Vote
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Fueling the Trump administration’s anti-voting efforts are election deniers in key positions who continue to spread conspiracy theories and, even more troublingly, work to undermine the fairness of future elections.
Here are some of the most important👇
https://bit.ly/3LKeRz6
Here are some of the most important👇
https://bit.ly/3LKeRz6
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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3/ The National Security Counsel's Legal Adviser Paul Ney (who earlier served loyally as Trump 1.0 Pentagon General Counsel) "had been among the lawyers who had raised concerns about the legality of lethal strikes."
He was cast out in May.
He was cast out in May.
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
3/ The National Security Counsel's Legal Adviser Paul Ney (who earlier served loyally as Trump 1.0 Pentagon General Counsel) "had been among the lawyers who had raised concerns about the legality of lethal strikes."
He was cast out in May.
He was cast out in May.
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Trump’s 28-point peace plan with Russia “is misnamed,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. “It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future.”
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trump’s 28-point peace plan with Russia “is misnamed,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. “It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future.”
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The basic truths that escape “both sides.”
Since January 2023, the New York Times has cited Rep. Ralph Norman, R-SC, in 78 stories. None mentioned that Norman secretly urged the Trump White House in 2021 to declare martial law – in effect, a military-backed coup. Norman wasn’t charged, but the NYT gave him a “pardon” anyway.
My newsletter.
My newsletter.
How the media ‘pardon’ political criminals
News outlets paper over the ugly pasts of right-wing extremists
www.stopthepresses.news
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The basic truths that escape “both sides.”
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November 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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My Transition Co-chair Lina Khan and First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan joined Starbucks workers on the picket line today because making NYC affordable means an end to unfair labor practices and a living wage for our workers. We are their partners in the fight to live in this city with dignity.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
My Transition Co-chair Lina Khan and First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan joined Starbucks workers on the picket line today because making NYC affordable means an end to unfair labor practices and a living wage for our workers. We are their partners in the fight to live in this city with dignity.
Sad but pleased to release today our homage to LIGO’s wonderful Rai Weiss, who passed away in September just shy of his 93rd birthday. It is Episode 10 of our 9-year @ligo.org YouTube video series. In our last interview, he insisted that @NSF “is the hero of LIGO.” 🧪
youtu.be/hsiyG6Y0t4M
youtu.be/hsiyG6Y0t4M
EPISODE10 - "RAI WEISS: LIGO'S HEART AND SOUL
YouTube video by Advanced LIGO Documentary Project
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Sad but pleased to release today our homage to LIGO’s wonderful Rai Weiss, who passed away in September just shy of his 93rd birthday. It is Episode 10 of our 9-year @ligo.org YouTube video series. In our last interview, he insisted that @NSF “is the hero of LIGO.” 🧪
youtu.be/hsiyG6Y0t4M
youtu.be/hsiyG6Y0t4M
Sad but pleased to release today our homage to LIGO’s wonderful Rai Weiss, who passed away in September just shy of his 93rd birthday. It is Episode 10 of our 9-year @LIGO.org YouTube video series. In our last interview, he insisted that NSF “is the hero of LIGO.” youtu.be/hsiyG6Y0t4M
EPISODE10 - "RAI WEISS: LIGO'S HEART AND SOUL
YouTube video by Advanced LIGO Documentary Project
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Sad but pleased to release today our homage to LIGO’s wonderful Rai Weiss, who passed away in September just shy of his 93rd birthday. It is Episode 10 of our 9-year @LIGO.org YouTube video series. In our last interview, he insisted that NSF “is the hero of LIGO.” youtu.be/hsiyG6Y0t4M
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NEW: Jessica Tisch has accepted Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's offer to stay on as NYPD commissioner under his administration.
In an email to cops, Tisch wrote she will remain "a fierce advocate for you and for this department. You know how I operate: I don't mince words."
In an email to cops, Tisch wrote she will remain "a fierce advocate for you and for this department. You know how I operate: I don't mince words."
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
NEW: Jessica Tisch has accepted Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's offer to stay on as NYPD commissioner under his administration.
In an email to cops, Tisch wrote she will remain "a fierce advocate for you and for this department. You know how I operate: I don't mince words."
In an email to cops, Tisch wrote she will remain "a fierce advocate for you and for this department. You know how I operate: I don't mince words."
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I've known Catherine Lucey for 26 years, since I covered the 1999 mayor's race for the PDN and she covered it for Penn's student paper. She is, quite, simply, the best in the business, who also got under Trump's skin in his first term. Trump is the real pig here www.inquirer.com/politics/tru...
Trump lashes out at former Philly Daily News reporter when pressed on Jeffrey Epstein
“Quiet, quiet, piggy,” Trump shot back at Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey.
www.inquirer.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I've known Catherine Lucey for 26 years, since I covered the 1999 mayor's race for the PDN and she covered it for Penn's student paper. She is, quite, simply, the best in the business, who also got under Trump's skin in his first term. Trump is the real pig here www.inquirer.com/politics/tru...
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I wish there was better news than this headline ⚒️🧪
"Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise by 1.1% in 2025 - reaching a record high" (globalcarbonbudget.org/fossil-fuel-...)
+ Global Carbon Budget 2025 is out globalcarbonbudget.org/gcb-2025/
+ Paper doi.org/10.5194/essd...
"Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise by 1.1% in 2025 - reaching a record high" (globalcarbonbudget.org/fossil-fuel-...)
+ Global Carbon Budget 2025 is out globalcarbonbudget.org/gcb-2025/
+ Paper doi.org/10.5194/essd...
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I wish there was better news than this headline ⚒️🧪
"Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise by 1.1% in 2025 - reaching a record high" (globalcarbonbudget.org/fossil-fuel-...)
+ Global Carbon Budget 2025 is out globalcarbonbudget.org/gcb-2025/
+ Paper doi.org/10.5194/essd...
"Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise by 1.1% in 2025 - reaching a record high" (globalcarbonbudget.org/fossil-fuel-...)
+ Global Carbon Budget 2025 is out globalcarbonbudget.org/gcb-2025/
+ Paper doi.org/10.5194/essd...
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Our Rapid Response Teams celebrate the end of our fourth observing run. Well done everyone!
www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo202...
O4 was a success thanks to lots of hard work from across the world.
🔭⚛️🧪
www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo202...
O4 was a success thanks to lots of hard work from across the world.
🔭⚛️🧪
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Our Rapid Response Teams celebrate the end of our fourth observing run. Well done everyone!
www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo202...
O4 was a success thanks to lots of hard work from across the world.
🔭⚛️🧪
www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo202...
O4 was a success thanks to lots of hard work from across the world.
🔭⚛️🧪
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Climate champions are gathering in Brazil for COP30—but high-level U.S. leadership is nowhere to be found.
Even so, global leaders are focusing on one of the biggest challenges we face: the climate crisis.
Even so, global leaders are focusing on one of the biggest challenges we face: the climate crisis.
The Calculus of Climate Change
Despite U.S. abdication at COP30, climate champions remain undeterred
contrarian.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Climate champions are gathering in Brazil for COP30—but high-level U.S. leadership is nowhere to be found.
Even so, global leaders are focusing on one of the biggest challenges we face: the climate crisis.
Even so, global leaders are focusing on one of the biggest challenges we face: the climate crisis.
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Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at UN climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet, telling them humans are failing in their response to global warming and that God’s creation “is crying out in floods, droughts, storms and relentless heat.”
Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is ‘crying out’
Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet.
trib.al
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at UN climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet, telling them humans are failing in their response to global warming and that God’s creation “is crying out in floods, droughts, storms and relentless heat.”
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A counterproductive and unlawful U.S. policy:
Several States have now curtailed counter-narcotics intelligence support and/or called out U.S. boat strikes as illegal:
Canada
Colombia
EU
France
Mexico
Netherlands?
UK
We discuss their legal obligations that forbid support for boat strikes.
Several States have now curtailed counter-narcotics intelligence support and/or called out U.S. boat strikes as illegal:
Canada
Colombia
EU
France
Mexico
Netherlands?
UK
We discuss their legal obligations that forbid support for boat strikes.
Obligation of States to Stop Intelligence Support for U.S. Strikes
The only way States can avoid complicity in “arbitrary killings” under IHRL is to refrain from sharing intelligence that enables them.
www.justsecurity.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A counterproductive and unlawful U.S. policy:
Several States have now curtailed counter-narcotics intelligence support and/or called out U.S. boat strikes as illegal:
Canada
Colombia
EU
France
Mexico
Netherlands?
UK
We discuss their legal obligations that forbid support for boat strikes.
Several States have now curtailed counter-narcotics intelligence support and/or called out U.S. boat strikes as illegal:
Canada
Colombia
EU
France
Mexico
Netherlands?
UK
We discuss their legal obligations that forbid support for boat strikes.
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NYT declares that Trump has been forced to make a rare retreat on Epstein ... 72 hours after Trump started retreating at full sprint from some of his tariffs.
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
NYT declares that Trump has been forced to make a rare retreat on Epstein ... 72 hours after Trump started retreating at full sprint from some of his tariffs.