nestor guillen
@birdsnfrogs.bsky.social
Math as well as more worldly affairs.
Se habla español.
Se habla español.
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Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
How a TikToker and former actress is helping lead California’s earthquake work
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
bit.ly
February 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
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Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
February 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
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I’m not on the space beat and I know basic facts about *why* Musk is a failure. But our media must prop him up whenever they can
February 15, 2026 at 11:46 PM
I’m not on the space beat and I know basic facts about *why* Musk is a failure. But our media must prop him up whenever they can
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They are already both focused on the Moon. Musk is failing so badly in this competition that NASA invited Blue Origin to move up its lander from Artemis V to Artemis III, which was supposed to use Musk’s lander
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are only going to get more competitive now that they both are focusing on the moon, columnist Tim Higgins writes.
Bezos vs. Musk: The New Billionaire Battle for the Moon
Elon Musk has changed his focus from Mars to a lunar base, going head to head with Jeff Bezos
on.wsj.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:41 PM
They are already both focused on the Moon. Musk is failing so badly in this competition that NASA invited Blue Origin to move up its lander from Artemis V to Artemis III, which was supposed to use Musk’s lander
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hey, Marco and Elon...
February 15, 2026 at 11:42 PM
hey, Marco and Elon...
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Department Store, Mobile, Alabama, 1956, by African American photographer, composer, author, poet, and filmmaker, Gordon Parks (1912-2006)
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 15, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Department Store, Mobile, Alabama, 1956, by African American photographer, composer, author, poet, and filmmaker, Gordon Parks (1912-2006)
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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it's very strange to me to see guys like this blathering about how america has no common culture. america has so much common culture. we are drowning in american culture. what are they talking about. it's like he saw quesabirria once and thought "this is the end of the republic." psychotic
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
it's very strange to me to see guys like this blathering about how america has no common culture. america has so much common culture. we are drowning in american culture. what are they talking about. it's like he saw quesabirria once and thought "this is the end of the republic." psychotic
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Those notorious hippie institutions MIT, Stanford, Princeton, and LSE. All well-known for subversiveness, with no contributions to defense, military tech, or intelligence services.
NB the inclusion of Columbia, Penn, & Brown despite their having struck deals with the administration on other fronts.
NB the inclusion of Columbia, Penn, & Brown despite their having struck deals with the administration on other fronts.
Hegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.
February 14, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Those notorious hippie institutions MIT, Stanford, Princeton, and LSE. All well-known for subversiveness, with no contributions to defense, military tech, or intelligence services.
NB the inclusion of Columbia, Penn, & Brown despite their having struck deals with the administration on other fronts.
NB the inclusion of Columbia, Penn, & Brown despite their having struck deals with the administration on other fronts.
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“Let’s base our society on the sentiments” the Scots theorists rationally said after the terrible wars of religion; “No, we must build on reason alone!” the French angrily cried, overcome by their characteristic Gallic passion.
The kind of utter confusion Brooks is going to inflict on Yale undergrads.
February 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
“Let’s base our society on the sentiments” the Scots theorists rationally said after the terrible wars of religion; “No, we must build on reason alone!” the French angrily cried, overcome by their characteristic Gallic passion.
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The IOC has banned the courageous & principled Ukrainian Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych for his “helmet of memory” commemorating Ukraine’s war dead.
Meanwhile the IOC is selling a $42 "Heritage T-shirt" commemorating the 1936 Olympics, known as the Nazi Games. shop3.olympics.com/en/olympic-g...
Meanwhile the IOC is selling a $42 "Heritage T-shirt" commemorating the 1936 Olympics, known as the Nazi Games. shop3.olympics.com/en/olympic-g...
February 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The IOC has banned the courageous & principled Ukrainian Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych for his “helmet of memory” commemorating Ukraine’s war dead.
Meanwhile the IOC is selling a $42 "Heritage T-shirt" commemorating the 1936 Olympics, known as the Nazi Games. shop3.olympics.com/en/olympic-g...
Meanwhile the IOC is selling a $42 "Heritage T-shirt" commemorating the 1936 Olympics, known as the Nazi Games. shop3.olympics.com/en/olympic-g...
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This episode has been a nightmare for my city and state, but I hope people realize it’s also a profound defeat and political catastrophe for Trump and DHS, who are slinking away having accomplished nothing. Minneapolis simply wouldn’t bend to them and they lost
Homan in Minnesota: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue."
February 12, 2026 at 3:09 PM
This episode has been a nightmare for my city and state, but I hope people realize it’s also a profound defeat and political catastrophe for Trump and DHS, who are slinking away having accomplished nothing. Minneapolis simply wouldn’t bend to them and they lost
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Futureposting: We're gonna triple the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
At least 50 students hoping to win a prestigious graduate fellowship this year from the National Science Foundation have already been turned down without even having their research proposals reviewed. https://scim.ag/3MsRbA7
NSF’s flagship fellowship program is rejecting applicants without peer review
Students seeking graduate research scholarships speculate that biology is being disfavored
scim.ag
February 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Futureposting: We're gonna triple the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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Scholars of genocide have written so much about this kind of dehumanizing propaganda. Now it's happening here.
February 12, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Scholars of genocide have written so much about this kind of dehumanizing propaganda. Now it's happening here.
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Heraskevych’s choice to forfeit the medal chance instead of give up the memorial helmet is the biggest story in Ukraine today. Everyone is heartbroken but there is a unanimous consensus that this was what had to happen rather than to give up.
February 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Heraskevych’s choice to forfeit the medal chance instead of give up the memorial helmet is the biggest story in Ukraine today. Everyone is heartbroken but there is a unanimous consensus that this was what had to happen rather than to give up.
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I certainly don't dismiss all of this. Especially for some jobs. And even given that its message is "Buy our products". But: "If you’ve always wanted to write a book but couldn’t find the time or struggled with the writing, you can work with AI to get it done." So...
fortune.com/2026/02/11/s...
fortune.com/2026/02/11/s...
Something big is happening in AI — and most people will be blindsided | Fortune
It’s not like a light switch... more like the moment you realize the water has been rising around you and is now at your chest.
fortune.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:07 AM
I certainly don't dismiss all of this. Especially for some jobs. And even given that its message is "Buy our products". But: "If you’ve always wanted to write a book but couldn’t find the time or struggled with the writing, you can work with AI to get it done." So...
fortune.com/2026/02/11/s...
fortune.com/2026/02/11/s...
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This website has the juice.
February 11, 2026 at 9:07 PM
This website has the juice.
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Once again: people are angry for very good reason, and this brand of post is perhaps one of the most tedious and bewildering. Practically every social media platform is rabidly pro-‘AI’ so are govts, academia, companies. This one small space being critical of AI is okay, I think.
February 11, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Once again: people are angry for very good reason, and this brand of post is perhaps one of the most tedious and bewildering. Practically every social media platform is rabidly pro-‘AI’ so are govts, academia, companies. This one small space being critical of AI is okay, I think.
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HOW DOES THIS GRIFT KEEP WORKING
Oh for fuck sake. How is anyone still falling for this bullshit? You can’t just dig tunnels in Florida. Our unofficial state fish is the sink hole. Anyway. RIP Harry Potter land, swallowed by Elon Musk’s giant unfinished hole in the ground probably.
Elon Musk’s tunneling company tapped to link Universal parks
The company is best known for creating the underground Las Vegas Loop. But little is known about how The Boring Company intends to proceed in Central Florida, including how it might approach constr…
www.orlandosentinel.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:40 AM
HOW DOES THIS GRIFT KEEP WORKING
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one thing that comes across in these clips is that bondi is totally out of her depth. just an absolute lightweight. barely sentient.
holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes
February 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
one thing that comes across in these clips is that bondi is totally out of her depth. just an absolute lightweight. barely sentient.
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Anyone remember what Geoff Hinton said about radiologists?
Guy who doesn’t know anything thinks you shouldn’t either.
Ex-Google exec says degrees in law and medicine are a waste of time because they take so long to complete that AI will catch up by graduation | Fortune
“Higher education as we know it is on the verge of becoming obsolete,” the former Google AI leader told Fortune.
fortune.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Anyone remember what Geoff Hinton said about radiologists?
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No appointee of this administration even bothers to create the appearance of doing their job anymore, just openly serving as the president's personal apologist and attack dog. Completely illegitimate government
wow -- Bondi throws a fit in response to Nadler's question about how many of Epstein's co-conspirators, if any, she's investigating, aggressively pointing at him and yelling. The hearing then devolves into chaos and Raskin and Bondi start yelling at each other.
February 11, 2026 at 5:46 PM
No appointee of this administration even bothers to create the appearance of doing their job anymore, just openly serving as the president's personal apologist and attack dog. Completely illegitimate government
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When we get out the other side of this, we should think seriously about making signs like this permanent, like the plaques in Paris that tell you that you're standing on the exact spot where a resistance fighter was shot down by the Nazis in 1944.
seen in my neighborhood in south Minneapolis
February 10, 2026 at 11:56 PM
When we get out the other side of this, we should think seriously about making signs like this permanent, like the plaques in Paris that tell you that you're standing on the exact spot where a resistance fighter was shot down by the Nazis in 1944.
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Everything else aside, I would urge folks not to just assume we will see a return to traditional departments and majors. The critical and creative disciplines will be rebranded as “innovation” as institutions pump money into new units and programs in the scramble to remain relevant.
February 10, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Everything else aside, I would urge folks not to just assume we will see a return to traditional departments and majors. The critical and creative disciplines will be rebranded as “innovation” as institutions pump money into new units and programs in the scramble to remain relevant.
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me, interacting with every tech product I must use daily now:
February 10, 2026 at 8:34 PM
me, interacting with every tech product I must use daily now:
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This really is a very good piece. I think quite a lot lies behind it. First that the *actual* education of the likes of Musk etc is very superficial. Just enough Western Civ classes at elite universities for them to persuade themselves that they are talented intellects without any deep study.
One lesson of the Epstein emails is the total intellectual vacuousness of the international business elite
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Jeffrey Epstein circle’s ‘big ideas’ were vacuous guff
Emails show that despite hooking up the rich, the powerful and intellectuals, the philosophising was utterly banal
www.thetimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:32 PM
This really is a very good piece. I think quite a lot lies behind it. First that the *actual* education of the likes of Musk etc is very superficial. Just enough Western Civ classes at elite universities for them to persuade themselves that they are talented intellects without any deep study.