Gully Burns

In 1991, I saw 'Hook' but felt its depiction of the Lost Boys felt all wrong. On the walk home, I had an idea for an alternative, darker retelling. This lead to my first work of published fiction: an RPG adventure called "Dreams of Lost Children". Out today. thedesignmechanism.com/dreams-of-lo...

www.usatoday.com/videos/news/... At no point, ever again, can the GOP complain or even speak about tyranny, corruption, or government incompetence or any other damn thing.

Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".

The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.

"White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants" [everybody up in arms, as they should be, but for those who have been paying close attention, this has pretty much already happened - the realization just hasn't sunk in yet] www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...

This is ALWAYS the best explanation of Trump’s actions. There’s literally nothing more to him than pure narcissism.

Seriously. 😳 Holy shit! Rainbow Falls is looking more like Niagara Falls right now.

Well said sir.

Just an appreciation post for this guy. The COVID pandemic would have been far worse without Dr. Fauci's decades of experience as guidance through it. Had he been working under an adult president and not the child that presided over 2020, he would have saved even more lives without having to contend

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g79G...

This seems significant

The most sober, terrifying thing I can say as a Trump presidential historian is that what happened tonight was not about you, me, or America. He's going to do what he's going to do based on how he convinces *himself* to do it. Nothing else matters. He's not listening to anyone.

“Somewhere along the way, we've forgotten the computer is just a metaphor for the brain. A powerful metaphor but still a metaphor. We always get into trouble when we confuse a metaphor with the thing itself – the map with the territory.” Lucid piece by @anilseth.bsky.social on LLMs & consciousness.🧪

"Lindsey Graham lived his life as a pilot fish, a parasitic sucker fish hovering about larger predators. He was a sidekick and the hollowest of hollow men." open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

Finally - something in the realm of politics that doesn’t make me want to shout obscenities at the TV.

When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.

A Real President, Not A Poseur.

Interesting. Journalism based on careful long-running analysis over the course of time. Just the kind of thing my work in AI agents could be used for (sciknow.io)

Staggering levels of corruption. They’re using every possible lever of power to enrich themselves and their friends and families. And the “party of fiscal responsibility” simply doesn’t care.

It’s impossible to understand American politics without also understanding the American economy (and vice versa). Politics and economics may be different disciplines, but they’re two sides of the same coin. Here is what's going on...

Rolling Stone nailed it. The level of corruption is off the charts. Trump will go down in history as the worst, most corrupt president ever. His legacy will be greed over country. Shameful.

"If you wanted to cripple science research and were disappointed that Congress continued to fund it, this is the sort of document you would produce. It pulls US scientists out of the international community, leaves them unable to communicate their findings ..." arstechnica.com/science/2026...

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This is horrific

elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of... Scientists!!!! Write to congress to fight this existential threat.

Sure, the Pope's encyclical is cool, but do you know what's *really* cool? What the theory of mimetic desire as posited by French 'immortal' Rene Girard suggests will happen to a world saturated with AI automation. And if that's not enough to entice you, I also throw shade at Alpha School.

As a dad, I think this is important c.org/P4jQhVD8Jd

Seems reasonable

www.bbc.com/news/article...

ZERO 👇 LIES DETECTED HERE.....

Look forward (as always) to listening to this episode of Ground Truths; my @wsj.com review of this v interesting if disquieting book -> www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...

Also, it is germane to point out that the National Science Foundation, which is overseen by the NSB, is now working from home because their building was taken away & there is no concrete timeline for when they will be able to move into a new building. So yes, science is being sabotaged.

Taken together, these four features can create a trancelike state that can keep us stuck on social media apps or video games for hours. Children are particularly vulnerable. n.pr/4mH6i6s

(🚨) OK, the time has come. Everyone needs to read the 2020 bestseller Proof of Corruption, in which the man pictured below is a key antagonist trying to steal the 2020 election for Trump. Don't care about the money here, just borrow it from the library.

What Do Authoritarians Fear Most? People Who Stick Up for Each Other. truthout.org/articles/wha...

This reality check by Rebecca Solnit grabs you right from the killer first sentence. Do yourself a favor & give it a read.

Strangely apropos

Octavia E. Butler, 1998:

One of thew few senior scientists who is willing to take a stand and speak up--I'm thankful for Jack and wish more of his colleagues would follow him

In Worse Than War, Daniel Goldhaven explains how genocide works - it's a political calculation. Perpetrators do it because they don't incur cost amongst their political constituents. www.politico.com/news/2026/04... Who are we, as citizens, to permit this monstrosity? 25th Amendment. Now.

Excellent thread by @ksadjadpour.bsky.social:

Constitutional lawyer here. I don't think it would violate the Constitution for the VP/Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment, but the intended constitutional remedy for this behavior is impeachment & removal. The fact that that remedy is politically impossible is a scandal and a crisis.

that the president is making unhinged threats of war crimes on easter sunday should be an immediate presidency-ending scandal and that the media is rewriting this as just a normal negotiating tactic should be a career-ending scandal for everyone involved

www.thehandbasket.co/p/refusing-t... Posting to think about and write about in more depth later. Marisa is the real deal. If AI is going to contribute to our shared everyday human understanding of the world (news + journalism) then it'll have to be on her terms, true to how she does her work.

🔔Exclusive: CDC just posted a tranche of genomic data from measles. 1,000 genomes have been sequenced, so researchers expect an answer to the elimination question within the month. "That we're even talking about this is nuts," said @kgandersen.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...