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Kenneth Silber
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Writer, editor, fact-checker. Politics, science, history. Based in NJ. https://substack.com/@kensilber https://www.splicetoday.com/authors/Kenneth%20Silber https://www.eriecanalbook.com/
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What would personal immortality be like? Gardner contemplated various theological debates about the afterlife, noting for example that Muslims and Christians have broadly differed on whether there’ll be sex there (the former saying yes, the latter no). www.splicetoday.com/writing/memo...
Memories of Souls and Particles
Recalling Martin Gardner’s contemplations of the afterlife. || Kenneth Silber
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February 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Background: I reviewed @lkatfield.bsky.social's book recently. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
Understanding MAGA’s Furious Minds
Laura K. Field examines Trumpism as an intellectual movement. || Kenneth Silber
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February 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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R/P @cdelawalla.bsky.social from an Atlantic article by Peter Drucker.

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"What about the funding?" is the wrong question.

Science needs funds, but it needs democracy first and foremost.
Excerpt from the Atlantic: The new Nazi commissar wasted no time on the amenities. He immediately announced that Jews would be forbidden to enter university premises and would be dismissed without salary on March 15; this was something no one had thought possible despite the Nazis’ loud anti-Semitism. Then he launched into a tirade of abuse, filth, and four-letter words such as had been heard rarely even in the barracks and never before in academia. He pointed his finger at one department chairman after another and said, “You either do what I tell you or we’ll put you into a concentration camp.” There was silence when he finished; everybody waited for the distinguished biochemist-physiologist. The great liberal got up, cleared his throat, and said, “Very interesting, Mr. Commissar, and in some respects very illuminating; but one point I didn’t get too clearly. Will there be more money for research in physiology?” The meeting broke up shortly thereafter with the commissar assuring the scholars that indeed there would be plenty of money for “racially pure science.” A few of the professors had the courage to walk out with their Jewish colleagues, but most kept a safe distance from these men who only a few hours earlier had been their close friends. I went out sick unto death—and I knew that I was going to leave Germany within forty-eight hours.
February 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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They're listed at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_St...
Kent State shootings - Wikipedia
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January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Right-wing nationalism also not good for space programs. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israel's space program is falling behind – just as the global space race accelerates
Internal Documents and Testimony Obtained by Haaretz Show How Years of Policy Decisions Hollowed Out Israel's Space Capabilities – Just as the Global Sector Enters a Period of Rapid Growth
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January 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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The National Science Foundation will receive $8.75 billion, compared to $9.06 billion last year, not the administration’s proposed $3.9 billion. This means, for one thing, that the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) will not be crippled. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
Glimpses of a Better Future
Notes on some positive developments. || Kenneth Silber
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January 30, 2026 at 3:13 PM