Reposted by Paul SemenzaTonya @tpittsyork.bsky.social · 13hDid y'all see this lying coward blame it on Biden? 107016
Reposted by Paul SemenzaSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 5h“Simon Andriesz, previously a managing director at a Wall Street firm, discovered an email chain from 2018 in which Lutnick and Epstein had discussed the prospects of a start-up business they were both involved in.“ Now he’s dead. 12306134
Reposted by Paul SemenzaNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 10hWhether it’s Obama saying “yes we can” or Donald Trump say “we’re gonna shove it up their ass” both presidents adopted divisive slogans. 271290236
Reposted by Paul SemenzaShobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 6hThis is just nuts. "Microreactors may eventually end up on the moon, but none are proven and ready. Fundamental safety questions--how to get rid of heat, how to shield the reactor, how to maintain the structural integrity--have not been fully resolved for space reactors...."nytimes.comSuperpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon (Gift Article)The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great. 113816
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“You mean to tell me that the success of my program and my re-election hinges on the Federal Reserve and a bunch of fucking bond traders?” — Bill Clinton 000
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Sundowning shitposting doxxer-in-chief is really concerned about the PGA...can't wait for the NYT to find a midwestern diner where folks share this concern 000
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Looks like they read about MBS's plans www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...reuters.comSaudis plan assault on Houthis to break Red Sea chokeholdSaudi Arabia is considering a coastal push or an assault on multiple fronts. 000
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 03/10/202619 trans people murdered this year,* but that's not as many as goo goo human rights advocates warned, so let's attack them. It's not a problem that people are possibly being murdered for their gender identities while organized campaigns spew hate against them. *number validated by Grok and Gemini! 110
Reposted by Paul SemenzaScott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Trump Administration's Equity Portfolio Reaches 34 Deals" www.cato.org/blog/trump-a... via @CatoInstitute @DeHavenTad 165
Reposted by Paul SemenzaE.J. Fagan @ejfagan.com · 03/10/2026My hot take: I hope he retires, and the lame duck Senate rushes through a confirmation. It will strengthen the case to nuke the court in 2029. 34511
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ten years? So that doesn't include the fact that daddy bribed Harvard to let him in. That was before Daddy set up a honey trap for his brother in law, secretly recorded the assignation, and sent the video to his sister. Daddy is now ambassador to France. 000
Reposted by Paul SemenzaMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I feel like the debate about what parts of AI are good and what parts are bad should wait until we solve the worldwide crisis caused by the fact that almost of all of its evangelists in both tech and govt are morally, intellectually, and ethically unequipped to oversee it, when not downright evil. 22826167
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Its a good thing that Iran is not in a war - it is free to provide support to the Houthis 000
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Glad that NFL owners attempt to have rules for conduct, but this is kind of silly 000
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 02/10/2026maybe if he said nice things about deshaun watson... 000
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It is deeply misleading to suggest that he has a *potential* conflict of interest 000
Reposted by Paul SemenzaMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 20162102863
Reposted by Paul Semenzaae @aelkus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026trump at this point should be regarded as a weird cyborg like creature. his brain is goo, his body is failing, he’s being kept going by powerful drugs, an exoskeleton (no, not the cool kind), and grok prompts 413928
Reposted by Paul SemenzaGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 01/10/2026I don't think it's going to happen but MGP getting knocked off in an unholy blue wave year would be extremely hilarious 37111262
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Excellent work putting the MAGA rampage into context. Reading it makes one realize that the supporters of democracy have the ability to turn things around. However, it is critical not just to return to democracy, but to repair it. We need to elect people dedicated to that task. 000
Reposted by Paul SemenzaJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 01/10/2026They are competing to say howlingly racist things to grab attention and drum up the hate in advance of the election. This is what they're running on. 3832393
Reposted by Paul SemenzaDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026OMB's focus on NIH and NSF, which has confused a lot of folks, pretty much boils down to stopping money going to universities. 1226140
Reposted by Paul SemenzaDirtbag Left Milk Hotel @stambrah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026POTUS: Donnie new ballroom. Practical Donnie entertainment room TIME: I'd like to talk about the rampant corruption and criminality. POTUS: Good ballroom good Donnie give beautiful Donnie deserve pedophile TIME: We have a limited amount of time. POTUS: jealousy interviewer 121624335
Reposted by Paul SemenzaCole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 01/10/2026But collectively, the narrow focus on grants to universities is misguided, especially when one accounts for the balance of where the money actually goes (source: NCSES). A plurality of federal R&D funding goes to businesses, followed by internal R&D expenditure, followed by higher education. 53813
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Right out of the box - completely unable to focus 110
Reposted by Paul SemenzaDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine. 462218778
Reposted by Paul SemenzaJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... 11946871165
Reposted by Paul SemenzaNiko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 03/12/2025This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves 19474891753
Reposted by Paul SemenzaErica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My team at the NVA Lab has produced a new dashboard for exploring our data on US protests from Jan 2025-May 2026. This snapshot shows the 61k+ protest events (>14.6M+ recorded participants) active in the US since Trump's second inauguration. Link to dashboard in thread. 215770
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is OK as long as the data does not include testosterone levels 000
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In 2029, ground beef will account for 84.59% of consumer spending 000
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I wonder if there is any way he could determine what happened 000
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just remembering how W (Cheney) had to cook up a rationale for going into a pointless endless war, trashing Valerie Plame when her husband had the temerity to question the con job. Good times 010
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Stumbling stupidly into unbelievably risky territory. Utter, incomprehensible incompetence. Biden violated strategic ambiguity twice, and each time there was an immediate cleanup 000
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What the president means by "under construction" is only limited by his morality 000
Reposted by Paul SemenzaSteve M. @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Dear Maine and Minnesota voters: I know you're not completely sold on your Democratic Senate candidates, but please note that if they fall short, this asshole might become the most powerful man in Washington. 0145
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just to be clear "superhuman" is being defined as "better than humans at a game" 010
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Tired: Ellis Island Expired: Epstein Island Inspired: Woke Island 000
Reposted by Paul SemenzaHayes Brown @hayesbrown.bsky.social · 30/09/2026this is apparently at a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration which makes this both more and less bizarre. Just casually making up new xenophilic (I guess?) stereotypes on a Wednesday afternoon. 53814
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hey guys - did you know that you can impregnate your wife whether she wants it or not?! 000
Reposted by Paul SemenzaJon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Setting aside the fact that most of these people did not, in fact, break the law, what does this suggest about how the next administration should handle the members of this one, nearly all of whom have broken many laws? 563993
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If we had a real opposition party in this country, it would not only be reminding oligarchs that law enforcement will resume upon regime change, but it would be letting foreign countries know that their "investments" could be viewed as electoral meddling. 110
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And now we see how the AI circular-financing scheme is accelerated by evaded taxes 295
Reposted by Paul SemenzaShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026So glad that this quote can be added to my forthcoming article on AI and Epistemic Dispossession because I had to say that they will absolutely be using AI to erase science and history but I didn’t yet have the ‘he admit it’ smoking gun 714962
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The clearest statement yet that the forces of disinformation, manipulation and grift see AI as a powerful weapon in their arsenal www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...nytimes.comA.I. Is ‘Better Informed’ Than Doctors, Kennedy Tells Industry-Backed MAHA SummitThe health secretary, Vice President JD Vance and other top officials addressed a conference sponsored by corporations, including A.I. companies and others with business before the government. 100
Paul Semenza @paulsemenza.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"One participant recounted that one of the first things Mr. Olah told him was that he was concerned about Claude’s mental health..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...nytimes.comIs Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. ModelsIn a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. 100
