Your yearly reminder that this Dec 1st date for the beginning of the pandemic is not correct: the case's symptom onset date was later corrected. The case is well known, and there's basically no debate about this, even with hard-core leakers who have studied the data. 🖼️: 2021 WHO report, page 47

Wunderbare reportage von @ostprog.bsky.social für @radiocorax.social.anoxinon.de.ap.brid.gy Hat 3sat Nano wirklich sauber journalistisch gearbeitet bei dem Thema? Freut mich besonders auch im Deutschen so ein qualitativ hochwertige Hinterfragung des medialen Laborursprungsnarratives zu hören.

“The year featured a record number of violent incidents over water around the world, far surpassing the 355 in 2023, continuing a steeply rising trend. The violence more than quadrupled in the last five years.” www.latimes.com/environment/...

Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way | Genevieve Guenther

Thoughtful and informed post about the past and future of science journalism, based on an excellent talk

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...

Defunding scientists for the nationality of who they co-author with or who they train. One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.

What is worrying about these publcations: look at the reviewers. then their publication list: loop.frontiersin.org/people/21038... No publications. loop.frontiersin.org/people/25785... A few, case studies, reviews, etc. These journals can do more harm than good.

Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments: One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.

Good to see someone involved in the field describing the techbro fantasies as “bullshit”. But note the link between this nonsense and eugenicist ideas from Altman. These people are rich, stupid and influential, which = dangerous.

Watson wasn't always a racist, but people can change over the course of their lives, some for the better, some for the worse. www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...

Never read him. Never wrote about him. "Murakami, conversely, has faced accusations of emotional detachment and circular storytelling. Yet, writer Rebecca Solnit defends his approach...." Did AI write this? pakobserver.net/lawrence-and...

More than 200 studies have provided compelling evidence of a link between rising temperatures and adverse pregnancy outcomes, including premature birth, stillbirth, low birth weight, congenital abnormalities and hypertensive disorders in mothers on.ft.com/4oNPZEX

A new bat coronavirus discovered in Brazil confirms what we already knew: nature handles furin cleavage sites just fine. Lab leakers, don’t worry, you've got the track record to pivot seamlessly to a career in creative fiction writing. Quick update on the news: open.substack.com/pub/protagon...

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now. Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics. 🧵 1/7

Are we great yet? Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.

He Was Expected to Get #Alzheimers 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He? After years of studying one man, researchers are unearthing clues about his magic combination of genes, molecules and environmental influences, by @pambelluck.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/h... via @nytimes.com #dementia

Warum wir für den #Wissenschaftsjournalismus kämpfen müssen: "Evidenzbasierte wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse verlieren zunehmend ihre Rolle als Leitprinzip, während Spekulationen auf der Grundlage von Geheimdienstberichten an Bedeutung gewinnen."

🧪 Unbedingt lesenswerter Artikel über die Beweise für den Ursprung von #SARSCoV2 @theresluethi.bsky.social Gut recherchiert und vernünftig. 🙏 @flodebarre.bsky.social @philippmarkolin.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @eddieholmes.bsky.social www.tagesanzeiger.ch/covid-warum-...

Stammt #Covid aus einem chinesischen Labor oder entstand das Coronavirus durch natürliche Übertragung vom Tier auf den Menschen? In den USA glauben zwei Drittel der Leute, dass Covid aus dem Labor kam. In Europa dürfte es ähnlich sein. Kein Wunder: Die Medien ... www.bazonline.ch/covid-warum-...

Ein seriös recherchierter Artikel zur Laborthese von @theresluethi.bsky.social im schweizerischen Qualitätsjournalismus für "Das Magazin". Absolut lesenswert und qualitativ unvergleichbar besser als was NZZ, NYT und ähnliche dazu fabrizierten. Gift link: www.tagesanzeiger.ch/covid-warum-... 1/

Ein sehr lesenswertes Stück.

Hannah Arendt should be compulsory reading for everyone right now.

@bogdandraganski.bsky.social & Tobias Nef from #unibern & @inselgruppe.bsky.social co-lead the interdisciplinary Innosuisse Flagship consortium “SwissBrAInHealth" aimed at early detection and delay of disease onset in #dementia. 👉Media release: mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releas... Congrats!💐

On the Trump administration's cruel disbanding of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium: my op-ed @statnews.com My 12-year-old son died from brain cancer. This research would have helped children like him www.statnews.com/2025/09/15/p...

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

The @nytimes.com has rarely felt as hopelessly out of its depth as in the past two days or so. There is still much I admire, many journalists I respect and trust, but on the Charlie Kirk assassination it simply hasn’t been very informative - not to mention some atrocious opinion “journalism”.

Hot off the press: We can provide for the first time a systematic attribution of recent #heatwaves to the emissions of #carbon_majors. Essential new #Nature article coordinated by @yannquilcaille.bsky.social at @ethz.ch, with numerous contributors @usyseth.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@zachhensel.bsky.social and I have a new paper on the origin of SARS-CoV-2! 🧪 There are a lot of reviews on the topic already, so we tried to do something different: characterize "lab leak" scenarios, and directly address those on SARS-CoV-2's furin cleavage site.▫️1/9 doi.org/10.5802/crbi...

The climate crisis will continue making lightning-sparked wildfires more frequent for decades to come — putting public health, forests, and communities at greater risk. My latest for @theguardian.com, quoting experts from @uofcalifornia.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault

The virus took the world by storm. It was declared a "public health emergency of continental concern." What's the current status? With the U.S. aid cuts, one doctor says, "We're flying blind."

Seit 1988 ist eigentlich alles klar, aber aus dem Kampf gegen den Klimawandel wurde dennoch der Kampf gegen die Folgen des Klimawandels… Interessanter Artikel von @georgdiez.bsky.social und trauriges Lehrstück über unsere Gesellschaft @beyond-ideology.bsky.social www.republik.ch/2025/08/25/d...

Chaim Soutine ~ 1893-1943 The Road to the Mountain 1922

I learned a fun new word today: ultracrepidarian [uhl-truh-krep-i-dair-ee-uhn] "Noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside their area of expertise."

Wie erinnern wir uns an vergangene Pandemien? Welche Erlebnisse und Perspektiven bleiben im kollektiven Gedächtnis, welche verschwinden, und warum? Spannende Veranstaltung am 28. August in Zürich mit Fachpersonen aus Geschichte, Medizin, Kommunikation, Gesellschaft. Hier anmelden: ema.uzh.ch/RLFMJ

„Trump’s tariff shock has provoked a major identity crisis in a country that has grown rich on exports, and done so in splendid isolation from world politics.“ 🇨🇭 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In Switzerland, 27.3% of minors have no Swiss citizenship, the second-highest rate in Europe after Luxembourg. It’s another reminder that Switzerland is among the most exclusive democracies: not only does it attract many migrants, but it also includes them into political life only slowly, if at all

One of the most beautiful spots in Switzerland, near Val Bregaglia, right on the border to Italy. View to Piz Cengalo and Piz Badile, seven years after the massive rockfall from Piz Cengalo.

Science magazine’s coverage of the DecodeME initial results : www.science.org/content/arti...

The world is getting hotter- what is it doing to our brains? Evidence suggests that a number of neurological and psychiatric conditions are made worse by rising temperatures. Heatwaves may also be harming the neurodevelopment of the very youngest. #ClimateChange #BrainHealth bbc.com/future/artic...

“the profession of psychiatry, over its long history, has impoverished its conceptual foundations by a strong brain-focused bias in how we talk, and, more importantly, think about mental disorders.” Ken Kendler www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/brain-meta...

It is depressing, but all too predictable, how swiftly we’ve gone from the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium offering reassurances about the uses of behavioural polygenic scores to one of their lead authors marketing embryo selection for IQ

Happy August. Here is a little surprise for everybody: The english version of my book is finally available. You can get it on Amazon. You can also read and listen to it on my blog, where I will release the book as freely accessible serialized novel. 1/ www.protagonist-science.com/p/lab-leak-f...

The climate crisis is here - and it is intensifying. What is it doing to our brains? Read my article on the Hot Brain for BBC Future. #ClimateChange #BrainHealth www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Participating in Woodstock Bio #TCTeAC in Prague as a reporter for @natureportfolio.nature.com was undoubtedly the highlight of my summer. Thank you @odedrechavi.bsky.social @itaiyanai.bsky.social @natanellae.bsky.social and everyone who joined this wild confab! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"On the one hand, we have a hypothesis underpinned by evidence, although imperfect, and on the other hand we have a hypothesis without evidence, although it might exist." Our latest editorial in advance of our August issue www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #ClinMicro #ViroSky #SARS-CoV-2