Late is the hour in which both William Broad and the New York Times (www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...) express concern over the Trump administration's promotion of antiscience: đ§”
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Late is the hour in which both William Broad and the New York Times (www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...) express concern over the Trump administration's promotion of antiscience: đ§”
Thanks #TheIntegrityProject for including #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and yours truly among your suggested reads! www.tipaz.org/books-1
Yes, this was Peter's "The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science" meeting my "The New Climate War". The two had a baby whose name is "Science Under Siege" www.barnesandnoble.com/w/science-un...
Yes, this was Peter's "The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science" meeting my "The New Climate War". The two had a baby whose name is "Science Under Siege" www.barnesandnoble.com/w/science-un...
oops, that should say: "it really IS appropriate, William J. Broad, to compare the current assault on science by the administration and its enablers in congress (and, yes, the press) to that by Stalin a century ago"
oops, that should say: "it really IS appropriate, William J. Broad, to compare the current assault on science by the administration and its enablers in congress (and, yes, the press) to that by Stalin a century ago"
thanks!
yes, color me skeptical. For all the reasons we lay out.
yes, thanks Ray! Justin was great, he understood the journalistic imperative of accuracy over balance. And that's ultimately probably why he didn't last there đ
And yes, William Broad/New York Times, it really IS appropriate to compare the current assault on science by the Trump administration and its enablers in congress to that by Stalin a century ago: bsky.app/profile/mich...
And yes, William Broad/New York Times, it really IS appropriate to compare the current assault on science by the Trump administration and its enablers in congress to that by Stalin a century ago: bsky.app/profile/mich...
And as @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I argue in #ScienceUnderSiege, it really IS appropriate, William J Broad, to compare the current assault on science by the administration and its enablers in congress (and, yes, the press): bsky.app/profile/mich...
As we near the end of this thread, another excerpt from #ScienceUnderSiege (www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...) on the pernicious role the New York Times has played in enabling the current ideologically-motivated assault on science:
We had to take Broad to task not once, but twice, at #RealClimate, for promoting climate science misinformation on the pages of the New York Times: www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar... www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
Moreover, the author--William J. Broad--as a senior science reporter for the Times, has expended copious amounts of ink in the "Gray Lady" at the height of the climate science wars of the 2000s, promoting climate change denialism & contrarianism. Here's one example: www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/s...
As @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I document in great detail in #ScienceUnderSiege (due out 9/9: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/science-un...), the New York Times is very much implicated in the false balance and "performative neutrality" that has enabled this moment. Here's a brief excerpt from the book:
yes, we have a request to the publisher to fix that.
ah, ok--we might have that wrong. Will confirm and let the publisher know so we can fix.
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Doug J. Cole: www.cjr.org/the_profile/...
And as @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I argue in #ScienceUnderSiege, it really IS appropriate, William J Broad, to compare the current assault on science by the administration and its enablers in congress (and, yes, the press): bsky.app/profile/mich...
As we near the end of this thread, another excerpt from #ScienceUnderSiege (www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...) on the pernicious role the New York Times has played in enabling the current ideologically-motivated assault on science:
We had to take Broad to task not once, but twice, at #RealClimate, for promoting climate science misinformation on the pages of the New York Times: www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar... www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
Moreover, the author--William J. Broad--as a senior science reporter for the Times, has expended copious amounts of ink in the "Gray Lady" at the height of the climate science wars of the 2000s, promoting climate change denialism & contrarianism. Here's one example: www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/s...
As @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I document in great detail in #ScienceUnderSiege (due out 9/9: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/science-un...), the New York Times is very much implicated in the false balance and "performative neutrality" that has enabled this moment. Here's a brief excerpt from the book:
Late is the hour in which both William Broad and the New York Times (www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...) express concern over the Trump administration's promotion of antiscience: đ§”
Cryptids
Cryptids
Little kids with brain cancer. Thatâs who Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are screwing over by cutting health care.
Yes, @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and I discuss the Lysenko episode and the context it provides for understanding the current ideologically-motivated assault on science in the book!
MAGA is desperately trying to convince voters that expertise is bad, or suspect, or untruthful Success at that is a key step toward not only authoritarian control, but also the end of our species - eventually
I keep coming back to this New Yorker cartoon:
The assault on expertise is driven by an agenda to place uniformed, ill-conceived, often politically-motivated antiscience from charlatans on an equal footing with scientific consensus. Please read #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & me: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/science-un...
Thanks #TheIntegrityProject for including #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and yours truly among your suggested reads! www.tipaz.org/books-1
ugggh. I hate that BlueSky won't let you edit.
Nope, he's not right. He's invoking a fallacy that equates a valid precept with an absurd one: bsky.app/profile/mich...
The assault on expertise is driven by an agenda to place uniformed, ill-conceived, often politically-motivated antiscience from charlatans on an equal footing with scientific consensus. Please read #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & me: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/science-un...
original source: cup.columbia.edu/book/the-hoc...
âWhile it may be inconvenient to the current administration, the U.S. does have some of the leading climate scientists in the world, and they will continue to find a way to do and communicate the science regardless of the oppressive political regime.â - Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social
"Despite Lack of Federal Support, US Scientists Continue Work on Key Global Climate Reports" by @bberwyn.bsky.social for @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/3008202...
I look forward to signing! đ
This explains why Russia is working so hard to melt the Antarctic ice sheet
Indeed. The fallacy here is equating "you shouldn't automatically assume someone is right because they're a subject matter expert" (fair enough) with "you should automatically assume someone is wrong because they're a subject matter expert" (laughably absurd).
Indeed. The fallacy here is equating "you shouldn't automatically assume someone is right because they're a subject matter expert" (fair enough) with "you should automatically assume someone is wrong because they're a subject matter expert" (laughably absurd).
the lowly worm has the last laugh as it destroys human civilization... #WeAreLivingAnEpisodeOfBlackMirror
the lowly worm has the last laugh as it destroys human civilization... #WeAreLivingAnEpisodeOfBlackMirror
Because I am not depressed enough, Iâll be spending the weekend digging into this by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and @michaelemann.bsky.social. Given the authors, my expectations are high.
Thanks so much Jonathan. Can't wait to hear what you think!
exactly
#ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly. Due out 9/9: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/science-un...
This explains why Russia is working so hard to melt the Antarctic ice sheet
We're all going to retire
We're all going to retire
oh, we are definitely in the Black Mirror universe now
oh, we are definitely in the Black Mirror universe now
Thanks @erictopol.bsky.social for the kind praise for #ScienceUnderSiege! Due out 9/9, by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly, courtesy of #publicaffairs/@hachettelibrary.bsky.social/ #BasicBooks / @scribepub.bsky.social www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...
No, but there was a Black Mirror episode
The saga of the most deadly brain worm in human history continues...
Lee Zeldin's energy policy:
No, but there was a Black Mirror episode
#ScienceUnderSiege www.barnesandnoble.com/w/science-un...
presumably Zeldin ACTUALLY meant an "AUTO start stop" (which prevents idling of the engine while the vehicle is stopped). Disabling the plain old "start stop" would render a vehicle inoperable đ
Thanks @erictopol.bsky.social for the kind praise for #ScienceUnderSiege! Due out 9/9, by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly, courtesy of #publicaffairs/@hachettelibrary.bsky.social/ #BasicBooks / @scribepub.bsky.social www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...
1/2 My book "Riders on the Storm: the Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being" is out in Russian from the Moscow Quakers. Thanks @BirlinnBooks for freely releasing the rights. - "A climate primer for our times ... a life-giving vision" - Prof Michael Mann www.ozon.ru/product/osed...
And now the @ametsoc.org has torn them a new one: www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
And now the @ametsoc.org has torn them a new one: www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
Sadly, there are documented cases:
in Zeldin's defense, disabling the start/stop feature in vehicles *would* greatly reduce transportation-related energy use
"we're gonna get those squirrels spinning faster!"
"we're gonna get those squirrels spinning faster!"
energy efficiency close to 100%
Lee Zeldin's energy policy:
#KinsleyGaffes
The saga of the most deadly brain worm in human history continues...
#ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly www.barnesandnoble.com/w/science-un...
#KinsleyGaffes
In #ScienceUnderSiege (www.barnesandnoble.com/w/science-un...), @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I discuss how folks like RFK Jr spew bogus talking points on climate & vaccines in service of a plutocrat antiscience agenda. The whale/windmill nonsense is part of a concerted assault on renewable energy.
thanks my friend!
Thanks @billmckibben.bsky.social for the kind praise for #ScienceUnderSiege! Due out 9/9, by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly, courtesy of #PublicAffairs / @hachetteus.bsky.social/ #BasicBooks / #ScribePub: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...
Harrisburg can't find $$$ to run your bus yet the state is giving up to $1.6 billion (!) to Shell's polluting, climate-crushing plastics plant that's a jobs bust and may even be for sale after less than 3 years Inside Pa.'s biggest boondoggle, ever. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/shel...
I take him at his word: bsky.app/profile/did:...
I take him at his word: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Greetings from #PennClimate! With Dr. Michael Mann at the helm, we are launching new events, grants, & communications to amplify the array of climate work across Penn. The message is simple: we must act now, and we can act now. Follow us to stay engaged. #UPenn
âAI âSlopâ Websites Are Publishing Climate Science Denial" | Article by @joeygrostern.bsky.social for @desmog.com: www.desmog.com/2025/08/27/a...
When fossil fuel disinformation dons a cowboy hat & rides into prime time, what appears to be narrative is, in truth, engineered inertia. If Taylor Sheridan & Paramount are laundering industry agendas through prestige drama, then Billy Bob Thornton & Jon Hamm arenât just actingâtheyâre amplifying.
Worth re-upping this one:
He sounds like an asshat
This piece by @sammyroth.bsky.social for @latimes.com from earlier this year remains must-read. Taylor Sheridan and @paramountpictures.bsky.social as well as Billy Bob Thorton and Jon Hamm are guilty of spreading fossil fuel industry disinformation: enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/art...
Worth re-upping this one:
Thanks @billmckibben.bsky.social for the kind praise for #ScienceUnderSiege! Due out 9/9, by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly, courtesy of #PublicAffairs / @hachetteus.bsky.social/ #BasicBooks / #ScribePub: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...
Isaac begs to disagree...
that's JUAN Epstein. Only very distantly related to Jeffrey. And never convicted (at least not in any of the episodes I saw)
Isaac begs to disagree...
Flemish farmers of the late Middle Ages document numerous incidents of flying whales doing considerable damage as the embarked on more land reclamation projects. (Ref: "What The Fuck Is That?", an account by one Jan Groot of narwhals burrowing into polders, 1476)
âAutomatedâ
Well put White House X-Ray:
Well put White House X-Ray:
whale teeth
