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Yes, just saw an example of this and it was truly hard to watch. So embarrassing but she wasn’t embarrassed at all.

I’d say he’s acting childish, but that would be an insult to children.

So, we’re now in a period which I fear will last a very long time, where parents can do any amount of harm they want to their kids. . .no vaccines, fake medical treatments, conversion therapy, and we won’t be able to do anything to stop them.

I think his aim is to harm as many children as possible.

Exactly Tim. This is what's called "cafeteria denial." You can't pick and choose what science you like and don't like. Science doesn't work that way. It's not a popularity contest. You should trust consensus science whether you like it or not.

ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.

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Shark scientists want their research to help save threatened species, but don’t know how. Our new paper can help. Sharks are some of the most threatened animals on Earth, and accordingly many scientists who study sharks want their research to be useful for conservation. However, most scientific training does n…

An all-too-common interaction I've had:

Scientist: Our research can help shape policy to protect this endangered animal.

Me: Neat! How? What policy? What is it now, and what should it be instead?

Scientist: Uhhhhh.....

Our new paper can help!

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So, Gates is just like every other billionaire.

Yes, indeed I did. And can't wait to be talking about it this weekend at ASCB in Philly!

According to a LinkedIn report, “From 2021-2025, green hiring grew twice as fast as the share of workers who have green skills.”

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How did assaults on science become the norm — and what can we do? An insightful book explores attacks on science from a historical and a personal perspective.

"How did assaults on science become the norm — and what can we do? An insightful book explores attacks on science from a historical and a personal perspective." | Great review of #ScienceUnderSiege by @gretchentg.bsky.social for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Yeah, WTAF?

Hey hey, ho ho, Pete Hegeth has got to go!

Every state needs to completely decouple their vaccination policy from ACIP if they haven’t already done so.

This is no longer a credible scientific body.

No assessment of actual criminal activity, no trial, no due process, they were just murdered.

It's whatever your cat thinks it is.

It's been more than 10 years and I still can't get over how truly horrible these people are.

So, tariffs are a terrible idea. Who knew?

Please, please, please Santa!

A woman teaching

Latest papers: Pia Campeggani, Marco Viola & Marco Marini presents experimental evidence that gender double standards significantly shape evaluative perceptions of men and women professors among philosophy students in Italian universities #philsky #philpsy doi.org/10.1080/0951...

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Flat Earth, spirits and conspiracy theories – experience can shape even extraordinary beliefs Conspiracy thinking, supernatural beliefs and pseudoscience can seem impervious to evidence. An anthropologist suggests the opposite: Extraordinary beliefs may be supported by an individual’s experien...

"Misinformation about science and politics is rampant and immensely dangerous. By recognizing how those beliefs are shaped by experience, researchers can find better ways to combat their spread."
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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.

Absolutely devastating account of the CSU's $17 million capitulation to ChatGPT, from a fellow faculty member watching it happen www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...

Americans More Likely to Accept Guidance from AMA than CDC on Vaccine Safety | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania By a 2-1 margin, Americans would be more likely to accept guidance on vaccine safety from the AMA than the CDC, an Annenberg survey finds.

Americans More Likely [by a 2-1 margin] to Accept Guidance from AMA than CDC on Vaccines www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/americans-mo...

AMA: "Despite recent changes to the CDC website, an abundance of evidence from decades of scientific studies shows no link between vaccines & autism."

Thursday's Cold Moon Is the Last Supermoon of the Year. Here's How and When to View It The best opportunity to view this spectacle will be shortly after sunset on December 4.

The best opportunity to view this spectacle will be shortly after sunset on December 4. www.wired.com/story/cold-m...

Wait. Kash has a girlfriend?!?!

"Thus, our results might be explained by the shallow processing explanation of screen inferiority, which is that students invest fewer cognitive resources or lack in-depth processing when working on screen (i.e., shallowing hypothesis), which can, however, be attenuated." #AcademicSky #EduSky

Early Career Rescue Fellowship | Universität Tübingen Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), the Tübingen College of Fellows (CoF), and the…

Are you someone "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure" and are interested in a two-year, funded post-doctoral fellowship at a German University to do that work? Then check out the link below! #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

“Trump accounts?” Oh, so it’s not so much philanthropy as currying favor.

Trump: we’re going to keep America safe. We’re keeping the drugs out!

Also Trump: pardons a guy convicted of trying to bring *hundreds of tons* of cocaine into the US.