Science is dominated by male native-English-speakers with elevated affluence. It's a demographic that makes up less than 3% of the total global population. If someone wants to keep politics out of science, they are comfortable enforcing the status quo that benefits them (a small privileged group).

I might play this as my alarm every morning for the next month

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

“I will end my career writing dissent, that is my future. And you understand that you’re writing for a future society. That dissents are not about today. Dissents are writing for a future society that will take that dissent, that will be ready for that dissent, & enact it” @nhannahjones.bsky.social

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

Andor, a Disney+ show about resisting fascism, just won 5 Emmys. Three days later, the network caved to it.

I have the (dubious) pleasure of serving as the chair of my campus's Academic Senate. This means I have a (sometimes) office on the top floor of the admin building, along with the President, Provost, and VPs. I will share something scandalous with you. This office has a thermostat. AND IT WORKS.

I wrote about the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show and the media’s capitulation to state censorship. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is a helpful guide for students new to the publishing game. A step-by-step guide to getting your manuscript across the finish line, from start to finish. I appreciate how it doesn't assume hidden curriculum and is informed by the author's experience with English not being his first language.

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

I saw a TikTok yesterday that summed up 2025 perfectly: it’s like in the Barbie Movie when the Kens take over. It’s the era of the Mojo Dojo White House.

You know all those bad takes you've seen lately? What if you trusted me to provide a set of links to a bunch of takes that are all good, useful, funny, and/or thought-stimulating?

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"

When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.

To sum up: the President is not enforcing the law about TikTok access in order to structure the timing and sale of another giant social media platform to his political allies.

I'm late here but #SciArtSeptember: Mimic False cleanerfish! These guys look so goofy. #Art

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

If someone’s not mourning the death of Robert Redford in a manner that’s consistent with your views, make sure you set up a database, call their employer, and get them fired.

I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer. The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial. Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.

"Considering the long history of liars winning debates by lying, you would have thought that intellectuals might have learned to stop debating liars." @hormiga.bsky.social ...from old timey creationism "debates", to climate etc. social media today. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/debating-is-...

When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school. Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families? My own colleagues are silent.

Evil isn't any less evil because it uses the debate arena to cause harm. On professor watchlists, political violence, and taking liars seriously even though they are deeply unserious. scienceforeveryone.science/debating-is-...

jesus christ

Do y'all know that a sitting state senator in Minnesota was assassinated a few months ago? And this could flip majority control in the state?

The biggest lie that we teach kids in school is that white Americans were more racist 200 years ago compared to today.

This is false. For example, the libertarian @cato.org breaks down the numbers, showing about 6 deaths from right-wing politically motivated attackers for every 1 from left-wing attackers. Moreover, the claim that shooters represent anyone other than an unhinged fraction of society is the deeper lie.

As a San Bernardino native who has been to the SB train station, this is important history I didn't know about! If we know how they treat us now, imagine the atrocities of then. One of the things that upsets me the most is that Mexicans are VERY OFTEN and unjustifiably used as the scapegoat.

I spoke with the NYT Magazine a while ago but have now heard that an editor said they can't quote me because I'm "too liberal" to be a trusted source. You know what's always the first example conservatives use to claim I'm "too liberal"? My work in the 1619 Project, organized by the NYT Magazine.

idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...

I was talking about this with my uncle the other day. I thought Einstein was reclusive for the last few decades of his career and life. He wasn't. He was denouncing racism by teaching & speaking at Black collages and organisations. White people need to know that for his work to be understood

Yesterday's piece from @jamellebouie.net is the only high-profile piece I've seen that specifically discusses the watchlist, its effect on academics, and its effect on public attitudes toward academia as a whole. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

The liberal response to Kirk’s murder is a terrifying indicator that they have learned nothing whatsoever about messaging over the disastrous decade we have just lived through.

I’m not sure I really want to deeply understand the inner workings of various sects of fascists in America but I am grateful for those who are Doing The Work and are explaining what just happened. Lord knows major outlets will never ever be so frank or detailed.

Here we go: “Charlie Kirk, in his own words”

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I appreciate this commentary on AI slop, but I think it's missing something. I saw THIS EXACT image slopped around, and I asked someone who shared it if she knew it was fake. She didn't, but recognized it IMMEDIATELY when it was pointed out. And didn't care. theconversation.com/what-is-ai-s...

In my view, this is reflective of the expanding brutality of conservative fascist politics. Their power is great enough and oppressive enough that it’s starting to hurt its supporters and chip away at their solidarity. That’s a very different issue than “the left is getting violent.”

There’s a lot of climate doomerism going around as oil interests fully capture the US government. But this, like so much of America’s bullshit, is a myopic narcissism about our own importance. Big, important, irreversible positive steps are happening in much of the rest of the world.

The pundit class lives in the ivory tower. It ain’t us.

I propose that whenever a public figure dies, we should limit their obituaries and memorials to the words that came out of their mouths and fingers. We should remember them by what they gave to us.

It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.

rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words

The BLM is seeking to eradicate the Public Lands Rule, which allows the conservation to be included in land use planning. There are a lot of areas of critical environmental concern in BLM land. It's in the federal register and the public commenting period has started. Please comment!

As an animal behaviorist, when I hear “virtue signaling,” I think this genuinely communicates genuine virtue. Because real “signals” (in the behavioral ecology use of the term) communicate real information, and transmitting the signal bears some form of cost. Just sayin’

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