Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The American Chemical Society's page proof editor doesn't you a record of your markup to save for future comparisons. I made a tool to save a well-formatted record of the online proof markup. Happy to share, and wondering if it's worth polishing it a bit for wider use. Thoughts? 🧪 110
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Wasn't the GOP once the party of fiscal responsibility? They should be ashamed. www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-...wsj.comU.S. Debt Just Topped $40 Trillion: How We Got HereThe U.S. has reached a new borrowing milestone in its struggle to get hold of its finances. 001
Reposted by Michael K GilsonRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026For the first time in US history, America betrays South Korea, one of our closest allies for over 75 years. These exercises in various forms have taken place every year since 1974. 2252170216016
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I’d say he had no moral compass, except he seems to have one and to use it to go in the wrong direction time and again. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...nytimes.comTrump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South KoreaIn a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader. 010
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Turns out you can outsource concentration camps. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/m...nytimes.comHe Was Deported to a Country He’d Never Heard Of. He May Never Go Free. (Gift Article)As the Trump administration sends a growing number of immigrants to countries they have no connection to, some find themselves imprisoned with no way out. 000
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Children will die avoidable deaths. Terrible. www.cnn.com/2026/08/10/p...cnn.comTrump signs executive order aimed at reducing number of recommended childhood vaccines | CNN PoliticsPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday aimed at reshaping the federal government’s approach toward childhood vaccines, insisting that infants should receive fewer immunizations ove... 001
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Now if only we could have "gold standard" political speech... www.nsf.gov/policies/gol... 000
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 03/07/2026www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgExclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders sayUnexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year 000
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 29/06/2026‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fearsThe National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites 030
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Current events have helped me understand that the clownish incompetence of dictators largely explains their hatred of a robust fourth estate. 000
Reposted by Michael K GilsonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23/06/2026Comply with our election demands or lose your funding for terrorism prevention and natural disasters — this is what election coercion looks like in 2026. We're documenting all of it. Subscribe to our free newsletters: bit.ly/4qskS3mbit.lySubscribe to Democracy DocketSign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the latest in the fight for our democracy in the courts. 110641
Reposted by Michael K GilsonJosh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Two defendants who received 50 years each, Savanna Batten and Elizabeth Soto, were never accused of helping plan the demonstration here. They arrived separately, left the protest when guards asked them to, and were not accused of any act of violence talkingpointsmemo.com/news/prairie...talkingpointsmemo.comPrairieland ‘Antifa’ Activists Sentenced to Decades in Prison on ‘Terrorism’ ChargesFederal judges in Fort Worth handed down maximum sentences to eight people... 9617961083
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Additional commentary explaining the implications and ways of opposing: www.science.org/content/blog... elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/this-new-o...science.orgAction! Action Now. 000
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Further damage coming to American science: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/u...nytimes.comWhite House Seeks to Impose Political Test on Billions in Federal Grants 110
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Another swipe of the scalpel further advances our national autolobotomy. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System 020
Reposted by Michael K GilsonRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This should be the headline story on every news publication and telecast including local news every day for several days. But it won’t. It will be shrugged off like so much else by so much of media. The most corrupt thing that has ever come out of the US govt. 96192323753
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I'm obviously naive, since I can't help being a little surprised that right-wingers who claim Biden was corrupt don't seem to register this mega-corruption in plain sight:https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-irs-lawsuit-slush-fund 020
Reposted by Michael K GilsonTrump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 07/05/2026The US state department has cancelled tourist visas for more than half of the board members of Costa Rica’s leading national newspaper, La Nación, which has been a critical voice against the country’s president, ... TAT: [Nationalism | Foreign policy | Controlling information | Suppressing dissent]theguardian.comUS cancels visas for board of Costa Rica newspaper critical of Trump allyLeading newspaper La Nación calls US’s barring of board members ‘indirect attack on press freedom’ 12218
Reposted by Michael K GilsonAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The Wellness industry has the same greed as the biomedical industry but nothing it sells you actually works 292610454
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Some positive news, for a change: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/c...nytimes.comThe Global Oil Crisis Seems to Be Helping One Industry: Renewable Energy 010
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 05/05/2026This: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/o...nytimes.comOpinion | ‘When You Think of It, We Shouldn’t Even Have an Election’ 000
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 25/04/2026The national autolobotomy continues apace. wapo.st/3P3DSY2wapo.stTrump ousts National Science Board membersMembers of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their position was being terminated. 001
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The WaPo Editorial Board's opinion pieces are now transparently partisan. I had naively expected that one of the richest people in the world would not feel a need to kowtow. 000
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Another sign of the ongoing national self-lobotomy: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comAnnual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth saysThe move alarmed some public health experts and legislators, who warned that it would weaken troop readiness. 020
Reposted by Michael K GilsonJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/04/2026“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”theguardian.comThe United States is destroying itself | Rebecca SolnitThe daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment 904137535845
Reposted by Michael K GilsonThe Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Brand New Campaign! We just launched it and it's already inching up to 750 letters sent! Let's see how quickly we can get it to 1,000. Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service! Ready? Go!actionnetwork.orgTell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest ServiceContact Congress today! 39147
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 12/04/2026It's not just that Orban lost, but also that he conceded defeat. 👍 000
Reposted by Michael K GilsonMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Just wanted to remind folks, especially the GOP and the FDD, that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal didn’t give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz or allow it to keep 60% enriched uranium. It sent $1.7 billion to Iran versus the tens of billions Iran will now make from tolls. 🤷🏽♂️ 800208956663
Reposted by Michael K GilsonKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Gut wrenching. 27378211
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 03/04/2026This is how corruption leads to degraded government capabilities. 010
Reposted by Michael K GilsonTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/04/2026And thus the US government badmouths Ukrainian systems that are battle tested and work. Warmongers is an old-fashioned word but it fits the Trump crew very well. 581248503
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 22/03/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Has Made a Fundamental Miscalculation about Iran 020
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 19/03/2026New preprint from Tom Kurtzman and me provides a general framework for mapping free energy by atom and in terms of spatial density. We think it will be useful for interpreting free energy calculations and guiding drug design. chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.... Feedback very welcome!chemrxiv.orgA Generalized Theory for the Structural and Spatial Mapping of Energy, Entropy, and Free Energy | ChemRxivSystems in which the free energy density is nonuniform in space are familiar: the surface tension of a water droplet and the surface energy of a solid are good examples. Some such cases can be treated with prior theory, notably inhomogeneous solvation ... 020
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 17/03/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXa...youtube.comRage Against The Machine - Killing In the Name (Official HD Video)YouTube video by RATMVEVO 001
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Our national auto-lobotomy continues: www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/p... 😢cnn.comExclusive: ‘Rescuers were flying blind’: Inside the crucial $200,000 contract Kristi Noem’s team let lapse | CNN PoliticsAs deadly tornadoes tore through the Midwest and Plains last weekend, state and local search-and-rescue crews rushed to the devastated areas to look for survivors. It wasn’t until the teams deployed t... 000
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 08/03/2026And if it is machine learnt, is it physics-taught? 010
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Bismarck apparently said it first: “Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.” 1124
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 26/02/2026All too predictable. Here's hoping the democracy survives. wapo.st/3N5cpEnwapo.stTrump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergencyActivists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting. 100
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 19/02/2026www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus.... 🤢😡nbcnews.comLarge banner of Trump unfurled at Justice Department headquartersThe DOJ has traditionally operated with a degree of separation from the White House to prevent the department's powers from being abused for political purposes. 000
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 17/02/2026"The kakistocracy is also a quackistocracy" -- P. Krugman paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-the-ka...paulkrugman.substack.comHow the Kakistocracy Became a QuackistocracyCorruption is a germ’s best friend 000
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Trump’s Off-the-Books Federal Slush Fund www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s Off-the-Books Federal Slush Fund 000
Reposted by Michael K GilsonJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 17/02/2026To the good people of the United States of America...keep squashing those proposed detention centers. They. Cannot. Be. Built. They cannot. 8834631021
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs 😡 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...nytimes.comVaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs 041
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Moreover, generations of American immigrants have served and sacrificed in the US military to defend this country. 010
Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 03/02/2026This NYTimes article lists three organizations that are working to protect US elections and that could use support: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Could Interfere With the Midterm Elections. You Can Help Defend Them. 011