You have to commend Anthropic for having a philosopher responsible for training Claude in ethics. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/o...

Country Joe and the Fish, Woodstock youtu.be/ft0vkKCadgk?...

Yes, why have you started this war? NYT Editorial Board: “ . . . he has offered no credible explanation for why he is risking the lives of our service members and inviting a major reprisal from Iran. Nor has he involved Congress, which the Constitution grants the sole power to declare war.”

Just where "Gold Standard Science" was written and engineered to lead: the elimination of EPA's 2009 (Obama-era) guideline for controlling greenhouse gases: the endangerment finding. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...

The Defense Department cuts ties to Harvard. All educational programs suspended due to supposed "globalist and radical ideologies'" at the university. www.war.gov/News/News-St...

The Defense Department cuts ties to Harvard. All educational programs suspended due to supposed "globalist and radical ideologies'" at the university. www.war.gov/News/News-St...

If you want to know where so-called "gold standard science" leads, it leads here. It is expected that this week, the endangerment finding--a 2009 finding that guides the regulation of greenhouse gases to prevent harm to humans-- will be repealed. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

RIP WaPo 😢 www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

I am by no means a conservative, but David Brooks’s departure from the New York Times is disappointing news. He is thoughtful, and asks—and comments on—some of life’s deepest questions. I wish him well. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Another good one: "It's Not His House". Listen carefully. Keep the protest music coming! youtu.be/B12cDJIcxpM?...

On Executive Order 12333, which sets limits on spy agencies. National Security Memorandum 7, signed Sept. 25, 2025, could unravel EO 12333 by redefining domestic terrorism as anything against the current admin’s policies. NSPM-7 deserves more attention. open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...

Protest songs continue. Here's the Marsh Family's "Minnesota", sung to the tune of Scott McKenzie's "San Francisco" youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM?...

Silence is compliance

THE BOSS DOES IT!! Protest songs awakening! youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Visiting Assistant Professor, History of Science, University of Puget Sound, 2026-27 careers.historians.org/jobs/2198007...

The (il)logic of state terror in the US. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

(1/3) There was a time when a testimony like Jack Smith’s would have been the front page banner headline. Remember the Pentagon Papers? Remember Watergate? No more.

This is what it's all about. Kiss the midterm elections goodbye if this happens. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Congress is waking up: "After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives said they wanted to safeguard and even boost funds for basic research." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...

The culture of fear, forced ideological conformity, and government interference with science has intensified at NIH. www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...

Please listen. It's Heather Cox Richardson's analysis of fascism in the United States, with pointers on how we got here. Watch what the administration does very carefully. Don't take the bait. youtu.be/qQAhv7j-NLM

Maybe the way to turn Trump off Greenland is to remind him that there's toxic nuclear waste buried in its melting ice? Not such a great real estate deal after all? Jeff Colgan had this great piece in 2019 on what's buried in Greenland. @goodauth.bsky.social goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...

15/A neo-royalist order is more likely to consolidate the more capital invests in its logic. Those seeking an alternative need to call out firms that play to the Court. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/global-t...

1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

But that wouldn't make America look like a tough guy! It's almost like our leaders don't have coherent strategic rationales for doing things and are driven by deep insecurities and a thirst for performative violence.

Five years ago.

As the Jan. 6 anniversary approaches, we are reminded of how the events of that day are a stain on American history with which we still have not come to terms. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...

What next? The Library of Congress??? Such bad news on New Year' Eve! Gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

On the difference between the AI-assisted assembly of information vs the more involved process of making connections leading to historical discovery. A good read. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/o...

The Bulletin is excited to welcome @wellerstein.bsky.social as a new Senior Fellow! Alex has written many pieces for the Bulletin over the years, including some of our most popular articles. thebulletin.org/2025/12/alex...

Bill was a generous and kind colleague who will be missed. The National Security Archive is an invaluable resource for anyone in nuclear history, or more broadly Cold War history. RIP, Bill. Your memories will be special blessings to all who knew you. 🙏💕 nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/2025-12...

Nuclear-powered spy device lost in Himalayas after China detonated a nuclear weapon. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is one of the most important documents produced this year. At a time when many of our professional organizations are punting, @aaup.org has been leading on EdTech, AI, academic freedom & faculty governance. I'm humbled to be joining the team that authored this report.

Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department. One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone. When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?

Tragically, this trend is not going to end well. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I'm back writing on Substack with a four-part series on "Gold Standard Science." open.substack.com/pub/kathryno...

Justice served. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Gates bends the knee. Famous last words. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...

Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it. Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

MIT rejects Trump's deal. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

We were here a year and a half ago. Gift article reviewing the Fra Angelico exhibit in Florence. Something uplifting for a change. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/a...

Great opportunity—one I wish had been available when I was on the job market!