YouTube: "NIH FFS: The Freedom From Science Lab Leak Lecture Series" www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPU4...

Early in the pandemic I said that the furin cleavage site is the grassy knoll for COVID origins loons. Yet again Ridley affirms my assessment.

@saveamericamvmt.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social and @27unihted.bsky.social are co-sponsoring an event covering this lecture with the first NIH Freedom From Science lecture with scientists who have actually worked to find evidence and unravel the origin of COVID-19 #NIHFFS 2/3

Wrong again. The paper + fine print together note residual confounding from not controlling for: - the number of rounds of improvement of the secondary response - prior infection Both confounders lead to underestimation of efficacy. Seriously, ACTUALLY READ: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Additional #Currygate background. youtu.be/mYYPDNK4Vrw?...

The stupid paradox, cont. #NIH director Jay Bhattacharya launches the "Scientific Freedom Lectures" series w/ a non-scientist. Matt Ridley is a science journalist who believes in the Covid lab leak hypothesis. "Scientific freedom" is about conspiracy theories. 🧪 arstechnica.com/science/2026...

@altnih4science.bsky.social is it true that Bhattacharya has launched a “Scientific Freedom Lecture Series” at NIH and the first speaker will be Matt Ridley, a known climate change denier and COVID19 lab leak enthusiast? I mean, if true, where’s the science here? Were no astrologers available?

It’s really rather telling that the NIH Director launches a “Scientific Freedom” lecture series, and THIS is who he asks to lecture—a kooky conspiracy theorist 🤯

More from @liberalcurrents.com, from November by @zeblarson.bsky.social. It deserves to be widely read. It's the most sober-minded version of how liberal backlash to COVID mitigation measures set the table for the take-over of public health by the far-right. www.liberalcurrents.com/propaganda-r...

Watched some of that. Certainly aligns with my experience of Matt Ridley from X, Viral and his spectator/telegraph columns. As usual he takes his political point of view and his financial interests and shapes his ‘scientific understanding’ around them. A charlatan and a shill.

Wow, this is so painful to watch (on kooky right-wing NEWSMAX, ugh) If you're a healthcare worker, I suspect it'll infuriate you: He says you were financially incentivized to SAY your patient died of COVID, even if they didn't actually die of COVID; he says you put that diagnosis just to get $$ 🤯

I know the @nytimesoped.bsky.social doesn't care and will hide this from its readers, but this sort of propaganda is why trust is down. Just watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAvw...

I teamed up with YouTuber Dave Farina to debunk the many conspiracy peddlers and false #lableak myths. I will highlight a few clips any what topics we touched in this thread. First up, every good debunk starts with explaining the scientific evidence: 1/

youtu.be/ra0WKNhQZ0U Refreshingly, this pulls zero punches, and lands them squarely on the liars, grifters and frauds responsible for the lab leak hoax and the authoritarian persecution of science and scientists.

Marty Makary was asked this question the other week: "Where did AIDS come from?" His answer: "It may very well have come from a lab in Africa" How is this not a national scandal?

Some central problems with Ridley's lukewarmism: 1) underestimating warming + sea level rise acceleration 2) dangerous warming happens decades earlier than lukewarmism predicts For point 1: 45:48 - 58:07 www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-gd... For point 2: 1:13:18 - 1:27:52 www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-gd...

Thread on how statements from current + former Trump administration staff likely contributed to death threats against experts such as Dr. Anthony Fauci. This thread focuses on violent rhetoric, not substantive criticism of experts' claims. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19976... x.com/AtomsksSanak...

The relentless Jessica McDonald has spent two weeks and hundreds of emails to fact check claims about the safety of #CovidVaccination in #pregnancy made at the #ACIP meeting. She couldn't have been any quicker. A lie can get around the world before the truth can get its shoes on.

You want to do your own research? Help out with this.

Here (1880-1899 baseline should be close enough, I hope?).

The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done! COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions. Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine. How did that happen?🧵 sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...

funny graphic: Nic Lewis' estimates of climate sensitivity over time. he'll be at 3°C before you know it. h/t @kenrice.bsky.social via andthentheresphysics.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/c...

Credit to @atomskssanakan.bsky.social for providing the data.

Linked Youtube comment providing a timestamps for the video: "Matt Ridley is Lying to You About Climate Change" www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-gd... x.com/AndrewDessle...