Who is susceptible to misinformation? We looked at >60,000 people from 24 countries who took our MIST test. Key results: Gen Z are more susceptible & those on the extreme right (but they don't know it).

Led by the brill @yarakyrychenko.bsky.social & Fritz Götz

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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47

'Meadowscaping': The people turning their lawns into meadows Turning lawns into meadows can have big benefits for people, wildlife and the climate. Here's why 'meadowscaping' has become the latest gardening craze.

Excited to have our front yard (and research) featured in this BBC article about turning your yard into a pollinator garden (so-called "meadowscaping") www.bbc.com/future/artic.... By Ally Hirschlag

Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion Swathes of scientific data deletions are sweeping across US government websites – with decades of research at risk. Now, scientists are racing to save their work before it's lost.

Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion - BBC
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Dear Yale President McInnis and trustees. Conservative and liberal faculty, your alumni and students, the New Haven community have asked you to speak up for higher education. With Harvard, Princeton already out front, won’t you at least follow?

‘Chaos and Confusion’ at the N.I.H., the Crown Jewel of American Science Senior scientists at the National Institutes of Health fear that research on conditions like obesity, heart disease and cancer will be undermined by President Trump’s policies.

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Trump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say he’s breaking science. NIH funding for biomedical research has abruptly fallen by billions of dollars, with many grant decisions on hold. Trump officials say they’re reviewing the agency.

As a candidate last year, Trump promised “to unleash the power of American innovation” to super-charge U.S. scientific research.

He’s instead unleashed cuts and chaos, researchers and scientists warn.

Our look at the abrupt changes — and the consequences. With @dtkeating.bsky.social

This graphic via @friendsofusaid.bsky.social

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

It is our honor to serve you. America, you broke through— the media is finally picking up on what’s happening. We love you!! 🦬 💚 🇺🇸

Heartbreaking