Gabe Eisenstein
@metetzky.bsky.social
retired from philosophy and computer science
physics & comics fan
liberal, compatibilist
physics & comics fan
liberal, compatibilist
The first sentence of the headline is encouraging. The idea that things can only work out if we get Democrats to adopt popular positions is not.
Americans Hate AI. Which Party Will Benefit?
Party insiders are divided on how to channel Americans’ growing fear of AI.
www.politico.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The first sentence of the headline is encouraging. The idea that things can only work out if we get Democrats to adopt popular positions is not.
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
Agree 100% with this.
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Agree 100% with this.
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspaper.
The utter perversion of the #BrokenTimes' both-sidesing compulsion: Here it equates the right-wing ruin of New College with (checks notes) liberal (in any sense of the word) education, which it dismisses as just another "ideological bubble." Just fuck off.
December 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspaper.
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
They’re not sending their best.
Update. The ICE supervisor, who is 47, was arrested for domestic violence against his non-citizen partner who he started a relationship when she was 18 and he was 40.
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
December 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
They’re not sending their best.
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
AOC Knows. Much of Our Healthcare Money Is Being Spent
On ICE......
On ICE......
December 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
AOC Knows. Much of Our Healthcare Money Is Being Spent
On ICE......
On ICE......
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
Remember when Trump supporters thought tariffs would be good for them? 🍗📦 Now they’re mad their DHL bill looks like a cryptic crypto scam invoice.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
It’s fascinating to watch Trump supporters realize they screwed up
This is an occasional roundup of people who voted for Donald Trump and are shocked to find out no one is immune from the damage and pain he causes. Many are now grappling with the consequences of ...
www.dailykos.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Remember when Trump supporters thought tariffs would be good for them? 🍗📦 Now they’re mad their DHL bill looks like a cryptic crypto scam invoice.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
One Christmas I told Santa I wanted the Americans who control 90% of the wealth to pay 90% of the taxes.
December 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
One Christmas I told Santa I wanted the Americans who control 90% of the wealth to pay 90% of the taxes.
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
A criminal PARTY. Republicans could stop the kidnapping, imprisonment, and torture of people any time they want with congressional orders. They could stop the consolidation of media empires to hide the truth. Instead they choose to allow it. We are the bad guys because of them.
It’s the year 2025 and Americans have to watch a bootlegged international version of a news program because it was censored here in our country to protect a criminal president.
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A criminal PARTY. Republicans could stop the kidnapping, imprisonment, and torture of people any time they want with congressional orders. They could stop the consolidation of media empires to hide the truth. Instead they choose to allow it. We are the bad guys because of them.
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
Hooray for free-thinking, antisemitic fascists!
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Hooray for free-thinking, antisemitic fascists!
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
As we come to the end of a very difficult year I wanted to say a few words about *some* of the issues that, with your help, I will focus on next year.
At the top of my list:
- Campaign finance reform
- Income & wealth inequality
- The rapid deployment of AI
- Medicare for All
At the top of my list:
- Campaign finance reform
- Income & wealth inequality
- The rapid deployment of AI
- Medicare for All
Our Focus for the New Year 2026 | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
As we come to the end of a very difficult year I wanted to say a few words about *some* of the issues that, with your help, I will focus on next year.
At the top of my list:
- Campaign finance reform
- Income & wealth inequality
- The rapid deployment of AI
- Medicare for All
At the top of my list:
- Campaign finance reform
- Income & wealth inequality
- The rapid deployment of AI
- Medicare for All
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
he also claimed vegetables cause inflammation?
puka nacua is clearly a man of his era and an inevitable future president
puka nacua is clearly a man of his era and an inevitable future president
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
he also claimed vegetables cause inflammation?
puka nacua is clearly a man of his era and an inevitable future president
puka nacua is clearly a man of his era and an inevitable future president
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
If LLMs are structurally indifferent to truth, then they are, in Harry Frankfurt's technical definition of the term, bullshit.
while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article
December 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
If LLMs are structurally indifferent to truth, then they are, in Harry Frankfurt's technical definition of the term, bullshit.
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it.©
A majority of Americans are fearful of the rapid growth of AI and want to tax the obscene wealth of its billionaires. Yet neither political party cares much about the will of the people. Money talks. Democracy walks
We need an anti-AI party. My final 2025 column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
We need an anti-AI party. My final 2025 column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
In 2026, America needs an anti-AI party | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, a look back at how I covered 2025, a lousy year.
www.inquirer.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it.©
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
Theoretical Physics Slop www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpr...
Theoretical Physics Slop
In recent years I’ve been struggling with depressive thoughts whenever I think about what’s been going on in the field of fundamental theoretical physics research. As an example of what…
www.math.columbia.edu
December 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Theoretical Physics Slop www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpr...
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
10 scientific truths that somehow became unpopular in 2025
Scientific truths exist independently of public opinion.
But when we disbelieve them, we embrace misinformation instead, and that harms more than most of us realize.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #science #physics #misinformation
Scientific truths exist independently of public opinion.
But when we disbelieve them, we embrace misinformation instead, and that harms more than most of us realize.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #science #physics #misinformation
10 scientific truths that somehow became unpopular in 2025
Scientific truths remain true regardless of belief. These 10, despite contrary claims, remain vitally important as 2025 draws to a close.
bigthink.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
10 scientific truths that somehow became unpopular in 2025
Scientific truths exist independently of public opinion.
But when we disbelieve them, we embrace misinformation instead, and that harms more than most of us realize.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #science #physics #misinformation
Scientific truths exist independently of public opinion.
But when we disbelieve them, we embrace misinformation instead, and that harms more than most of us realize.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #science #physics #misinformation
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
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.
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
"I forced myself to use AI exclusively for three months. Not a single line of code written by me. … I needed to make a small change and discovered I wasn't confident I could do it. I felt helpless. … a passenger in my own product."
leadershiplighthouse.substack.com/p/i-went-all...
leadershiplighthouse.substack.com/p/i-went-all...
I Went All-In on AI. The MIT Study Is Right.
My all-in AI experiment cost me my confidence
leadershiplighthouse.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"I forced myself to use AI exclusively for three months. Not a single line of code written by me. … I needed to make a small change and discovered I wasn't confident I could do it. I felt helpless. … a passenger in my own product."
leadershiplighthouse.substack.com/p/i-went-all...
leadershiplighthouse.substack.com/p/i-went-all...
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
It’s obvious a few Supreme Court justices are making decisions based on their personal beliefs & political views. Revamping the court is not enough, some justices need to be removed. They are compromised.
December 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It’s obvious a few Supreme Court justices are making decisions based on their personal beliefs & political views. Revamping the court is not enough, some justices need to be removed. They are compromised.
I’m not saying #ICE must be abolished.
But certainly all current employees need to be fired, from Noem & Homan down to every last street goon, whose crimes are unaccountable and so must be presumed across the board. Start with new people and policies, if you must.
But certainly all current employees need to be fired, from Noem & Homan down to every last street goon, whose crimes are unaccountable and so must be presumed across the board. Start with new people and policies, if you must.
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I’m not saying #ICE must be abolished.
But certainly all current employees need to be fired, from Noem & Homan down to every last street goon, whose crimes are unaccountable and so must be presumed across the board. Start with new people and policies, if you must.
But certainly all current employees need to be fired, from Noem & Homan down to every last street goon, whose crimes are unaccountable and so must be presumed across the board. Start with new people and policies, if you must.
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
theonion.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
Reposted by Gabe Eisenstein
“There is no Mamdani effect. The idea that people would flee New York was overblown. The numbers just aren’t bearing that out.”
Oh
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Oh
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Manhattan Luxury Apartment Market Surges in Month After Mamdani’s Win
Real estate brokers say there has been no slowdown in demand from wealthy buyers.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“There is no Mamdani effect. The idea that people would flee New York was overblown. The numbers just aren’t bearing that out.”
Oh
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Oh
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...