Paul Semenza
@paulsemenza.bsky.social
Professor, consultant. Interested in technology, policy, business.
Just amazing that we have to live through this dumbfuckery again
December 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Just amazing that we have to live through this dumbfuckery again
Interesting, my version is watered down
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Interesting, my version is watered down
I was told that only a small band of Bluesky fanatics hated AI?
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I was told that only a small band of Bluesky fanatics hated AI?
Crow emerges from this profile looking like a proto-fascist
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Crow emerges from this profile looking like a proto-fascist
Trump put tariffs on Brazil for prosecuting the guy who tried a coup.
Brazil said eat your f-ing tariffs and put the coup guy in prison so he couldn't try to hide in the US embassy.
Trump dropped the tariffs and said 'Bolsonaro? Never met him'
Brazil said eat your f-ing tariffs and put the coup guy in prison so he couldn't try to hide in the US embassy.
Trump dropped the tariffs and said 'Bolsonaro? Never met him'
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Trump put tariffs on Brazil for prosecuting the guy who tried a coup.
Brazil said eat your f-ing tariffs and put the coup guy in prison so he couldn't try to hide in the US embassy.
Trump dropped the tariffs and said 'Bolsonaro? Never met him'
Brazil said eat your f-ing tariffs and put the coup guy in prison so he couldn't try to hide in the US embassy.
Trump dropped the tariffs and said 'Bolsonaro? Never met him'
"triumph of the Gaza peace deal"
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"triumph of the Gaza peace deal"
Wait a minute - if Binance was laundering money for Hamas, surely the government would be after them...right?
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Wait a minute - if Binance was laundering money for Hamas, surely the government would be after them...right?
The administration has completely revamped the CHIPS program authorized by Congress, and is now opening the door for taking equity in companies receiving funding.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The administration has completely revamped the CHIPS program authorized by Congress, and is now opening the door for taking equity in companies receiving funding.
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Wait until he really starts sweating
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Wait until he really starts sweating
"Projections suggest that ongoing deep funding cuts—combined with the potential dismantling of [USAID]—could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, including 4·5 million deaths among children younger than 5 years."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"Projections suggest that ongoing deep funding cuts—combined with the potential dismantling of [USAID]—could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, including 4·5 million deaths among children younger than 5 years."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Your choice, America
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Your choice, America
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
this guy's not influential?
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 AM
this guy's not influential?
Foxconn's gonna ramp up cable production - Scott Walker should be proud cc: @reckless.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Foxconn's gonna ramp up cable production - Scott Walker should be proud cc: @reckless.bsky.social
Interesting - David Nasaw's biography of Kennedy (The Patriarch) gives the story short shrift.
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Interesting - David Nasaw's biography of Kennedy (The Patriarch) gives the story short shrift.
Cook is at risk for being known as "the guy who got out-bribed by the Swiss"
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Cook is at risk for being known as "the guy who got out-bribed by the Swiss"
Good piece on failed nepobaby Pulte, but the framing here is quite bad. Cook and James are not his 'enemies' - they are successful black women (2 strikes) who have hindered his crime sprees and autocracy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
November 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Good piece on failed nepobaby Pulte, but the framing here is quite bad. Cook and James are not his 'enemies' - they are successful black women (2 strikes) who have hindered his crime sprees and autocracy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
Good piece, but it is surprising to see an entire paragraph on Peskin without noting how much damage he has done to SF
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Good piece, but it is surprising to see an entire paragraph on Peskin without noting how much damage he has done to SF
He has 4 adult children, and 2 born circa 2015...seems a bit young for Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
He has 4 adult children, and 2 born circa 2015...seems a bit young for Epstein