Wayne Landsman
@wlandsman.bsky.social
Brazilian music, astronomy, political centrism
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It is strange to me that Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir are still held up as icons of one sort or another when she basically played Ghislaine Maxwell to his Jeffrey Epstein for years and years.
August 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
It is strange to me that Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir are still held up as icons of one sort or another when she basically played Ghislaine Maxwell to his Jeffrey Epstein for years and years.
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Signs pointing toward extended period of elevated to critical fire weather across Western U.S. through early Jul. Antecedent conditions: Recent anomalous heat (esp. PacNW), plus widespread severe to extreme drought, have primed vegetation (via fuel drying). Then... [Thread]
June 22, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Signs pointing toward extended period of elevated to critical fire weather across Western U.S. through early Jul. Antecedent conditions: Recent anomalous heat (esp. PacNW), plus widespread severe to extreme drought, have primed vegetation (via fuel drying). Then... [Thread]
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Many people care a lot. It’s possible to support free expression and to denounce the Trumpian assault on science and on our universities. www.chronicle.com/article/nich...
Opinion | Nicholas Christakis Doesn’t Want to Talk About Halloween
The Yale professor wants to be known for his scholarship. The culture war has other ideas.
www.chronicle.com
May 16, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Many people care a lot. It’s possible to support free expression and to denounce the Trumpian assault on science and on our universities. www.chronicle.com/article/nich...
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Today is the 65th anniversary of the slaying of las hermanas Mirabal, killed by the regime of Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo. The anniversary of their deaths has become the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Today is the 65th anniversary of the slaying of las hermanas Mirabal, killed by the regime of Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo. The anniversary of their deaths has become the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
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RIP Jerry Ostriker, one of our most creative and influential theoretical astrophysicists.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/s...
Jeremiah Ostriker, Who Plumbed Dark Forces That Shape Universe, Dies at 86
There’s more to the universe than meets the eye, he found. His studies led astronomy to the dark side, changing our view of what’s out there.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
RIP Jerry Ostriker, one of our most creative and influential theoretical astrophysicists.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/s...
March 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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If there's one thing Cuba's lily-white reactionary regime loves, it's locking up black folks who dare talk back to it: Cuban artist, rapper & racial justice activist Fernando Almenares Rivera detained on "terrorism" charges adncuba.com/derechos-hum...
Artista cubano Nando OBDC detenido bajo acusaciones de "terrorismo"
El activista fue arrestado en su casa, trasladado a la 7ma estación de la policía, en La Lisa, y luego, al centro de la Seguridad del Estado conocido como Villa Marista
adncuba.com
January 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If there's one thing Cuba's lily-white reactionary regime loves, it's locking up black folks who dare talk back to it: Cuban artist, rapper & racial justice activist Fernando Almenares Rivera detained on "terrorism" charges adncuba.com/derechos-hum...