Wilton Gorske

Forgot to score before the bake and it still came out perfect

New legislation proposed in California would certify foods as not being ultra-processed. It's a bad idea. We should be using the regulatory state to improve diets, but by focusing on the specifics of nutrition and not on broad generalizations. My latest for TNR. newrepublic.com/article/2086...

I understand the impulse not to let this guy's statements dictate the news cycle but the fact that he can say shit like this and it barely causes a ripple in the media is a key to his ability to maintain power. Constantly pushing the bar of normality downwards, no pressure to take responsibility.

The number of people not wearing green today… where’s the magic? the whimsy? Do better.

Our Monthly *Global* Temp & Precip Report is out again today, this time for February 2026: The globe had its 5th-warmest February on record and experienced near-average tropical cyclone activity. MORE: bit.ly/Global202602 - via NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

counterpoint: eat some tofu and don't support factory farming. a little too much elective affinity these days between health disinfo influencers, "affordability" discourse, and the academics behind the nutritional guidelines, all getting the credulous treatment in the media.

“We expect to see that increase as long as we continue to warm up the planet by burning fossil fuels and putting carbon pollution into the atmosphere."

Federal officials now project that Lake Powell will "most probably" drop below power pool level — meaning Glen Canyon Dam will no longer be able to generate hydropower — before the end of this year: www.landdesk.org/p/the-colora... via @landdesk.bsky.social

Happy Valentine’s Day! 💘💌💝 Come by 433 Cortland Ave here in San Francisco anytime before 5:30pm for a last minute gift for your loved one(s). :)

NEW EPISODE with @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social and @gnrosenberg.bsky.social about their book "Feed the People"! They dismantle food system myths and explain why animal agriculture can't be reformed at current scale. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep900

American voters support animal welfare — and MAGA is seizing on it: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Though Veganuary is for just one month, the potential for impact is not insignificant – especially at a time when American culture and politics around meat-eating have shifted in favor of meat. @jesslsr.bsky.social explains:

When you drive a car and complain about high gas prices, this is the end result of that logic by the way. A society that demands cheap, stable fossil fuels will eventually outsource violence to maintain it.

Saikat Chakrabarti wants to be the leftist successor to Nancy Pelosi. The media's even called him SF's Zohran Mamdani. But some local progressives harbor deep suspicions of Chakrabarti's track record. Here's why: New from @eddiekimx.bsky.social (free story!): sf.gazetteer.co/what-makes-s...

Jack o’ lanterns, carved. Pumpkin seeds, roasted. 🫡🎃

A joint study by European Space Agency & NOAA concludes we have gravely underestimated ocean acidification. We’ve already crossed the planetary boundary, shattered it for the Arctic, & eliminated 43% of coral habitat. Stopping emissions cannot reverse this. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Global meat consumption has been on the rise for over 50 years, yet some countries, like Germany and Sweden, have managed to eat less meat than before. How did they do it?

Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences: www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...

The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk sent shockwaves across the country, not only through its raw violence but as a hallmark of worsening political divisions wracking the United States. President Donald Trump could and should use his enormous platform to calm tempers.

Horrific to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot today in Utah. Political violence must be always and totally rejected. Praying for him and all who may have been injured or impacted.

Violence is always unacceptable, and threats of violence have no place in public discourse. Our thoughts are with Charlie Kirk and his family.

📣 NEW -- In The Economist, discussing the privacy perils of AI agents and what AI companies and operating systems need to do--NOW--to protect Signal and much else! www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

The rising number of CAFOs in the United States are driven by a growing global population with a massive appetite for cheap meat.

Copyright is a form of policing. It’s inherently rooted in censorship and surveillance. Historically, copyright accelerates consolidation of power and extracts creativity for profit. If we use copyright to fight AI, it consolidates power further. A future where everything is licensed? No thx

LLMs are not plotting, they’re drifting. They echo patterns, not intent. Yet we mistake their coherence for mind. The mirror shows us ourselves, not hidden will. Next time you look, ask not what you see, but who is looking? Full text: pastebin.com/e6Jmg9Vg | www.tiktok.com/@cybelecante...

This, and it doesn't work. Now, it is possible to address the harms of mass engagement-driven platforms. But doing so requires pushing back on the core biz models of the platforms, not tinkering on the edges w surveillant 'solutions' that increase surveillance w/o addressing the root cause.

See also: Want a battery for your home? Your hot water tank is a great start share.google/KzH7Jmp8IbZb...

NEW: Chinese authorities are using a new type of phone hacking tool to unlock and extract data from phones, according to researchers at Lookout. Researchers warn everyone inside or traveling to China to keep this threat in mind, as authorities can force people to hand over and even unlock phone.

Just some paintings of California at the Oakland Museum. It really does look like this too.

Jaw dropping catalog work in Patterns & Motifs From The Anglo Celtic Isles from Treubhan. Support this legend! treubhan.com #pictish #scottish #indigenous

I know I need to work on the top which looks like a pencil lmao but I can’t believe how well the spring growth on my coastal redwood bonsai is doing! Don’t let anyone tell you that bonsais can’t be done indoors. Just need a good grow light~

Love being in Belgium because the guesses are totally different

The Fediverse is less “sticky” because it’s not designed to hijack your dopamine system lol

“Tokenizing” everything from real-world assets onchain to info in AI renders complex realities into units systems can compute, monitor, and control. As in Seeing Like a State, abstraction enables scale but also disciplines behavior and concentrates power. Foucault warned us!

The thing is, there aren’t even many of us soy boys left. Most have become oat boys. 😔