Stephan Lewandowsky

The Republican campaign to stop the U.S. EPA from protecting the climate » Yale Climate Connections An audacious effort to destroy climate regulations is likely headed for a showdown at the Supreme Court.

I read EPA’s 302-page proposal to nuke the endangered endangerment finding so that you don’t have to, and wrote about what the insanity all means for @climateconnections.bsky.social. Thanks to @gregdotson.bsky.social, @hausfath.bsky.social, @michaelemann.bsky.social for the input. Article & 🧵(1/14):

NEW FROM @reuters.com: Top U.S. law firms have sharply scaled back their efforts to challenge the federal government in court, especially on behalf of pro bono clients, in the face of threats from President Trump.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Some observations on the agreement Brown struck with the administration. It is nine pages if anyone wants to read it. www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

This are some things that jumped out to me as an alum and a lawyer. It's not a complete overview. 1/

Trump administration reaches $50 million deal with Brown University to restore funding | CNN Politics The Trump administration has reached a multimillion-dollar agreement with Brown University to restore federal funding – its second major deal with an elite university after last week’s $221 million se...

Brown brown noses brown shirts

More Gleichschaltung.

The Lab-Leak Hypothesis Made It Harder for Scientists to Seek the Truth Virus origin stories have always been prone to conspiracy theories. COVID disinformation has threatened research—and lives

More than 3yrs down the line this has held up surprisingly well, very much because of @lewan.bsky.social prescience borne from climategate and previous clashes with USRTK

What we couldn’t predict was how the conspiracists would destroy US biomed science
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

This is one of those moments when the hollowness of our democratic systems becomes visible to the public. Facts are verified, but deliberation is pure performance, and accountability is nowhere. The system absorbs truth without ever acting on it.

A post on X by Kyle Langford, with a composite photo showing him standing outside the gates of Auschwitz, and the caption: "My zero unemployment plan", with an emoji of factory chimneys.

I know there's a risk of amplifying the fascist horror show, but I think we need to be aware of just how far things are going, especially as this man is a Republican candidate for governor of California. All the old safeguards are being deliberately torn down, and the unspeakable normalised.

🔍 “I just want a second opinion.”

More people are turning to ChatGPT for health advice. Many would use it for self-diagnosis.

But here's the problem: These tools don’t just answer, they align. And that’s where things get risky.

🧵 on GenAI, health, and confirmation bias

NYAS Publications Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications, such as ChatGPT, are transforming how individuals access health information, offering conversational and highly personalized interactions. Whi...

New research out!🚨

In our new paper, we discuss how generative AI (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT can mediate confirmation bias in health information seeking.
As people turn to these tools for health-related queries, new risks emerge.
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nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Study of 1.2 Million Children Finds No Risk From Common Vaccine Additive A massive, 24-year-long study of more than 1.2 million children provides reassurance to parents around the world.

This study just came out maybe RFK Jr should read it:
www.sciencealert.com/study-of-1-2...

Opinion | RFK Jr. and the troubling link between the antivax agenda and potential money and influence Science does not support aluminum as a culprit of autism. Yet RFK Jr. and his associates continue to find ways to support the claim.

This piece on MSNBC, authored by Alex Morozov, Helen Petousis-Harris, and I is presenting evidence of what appears to be a long-planned campaign against vaccines by RFK Jr and his, umm, colorful associates. They discovered a new scary chemical called aluminum ... www.msnbc.com/opinio...

The most disheartening thing about America’s descent into fascism has been the abject cowardice of virtually all the people and institutions that could have stood up and refused to comply.

A photo of me holding a placard stating: Palestine Action Are Protesters Not Terrorists

If the police arrest me for this, it's a direct attack on the expression of opinion: ie on free speech. But the Terrorism Act is so madly oppressive and loosely framed that I have no idea which side of it I'm on. And I suspect it's the same for them.

a thin white woman in head to toe lululemon screaming at these thugs makes me think ICE has jumped the shark

„Incendiary“ is a weird way to spell „racist“ and „white supremacist“, Politico. (Yes, Darren Beattie - who in 2016 sat on a panel at a white nationalist conference with white supremacist Peter Brimelow & has spewed white supremacist and racist stuff, will be leading the Institute for Peace)

FCC to Appoint a Babysitter to Make Sure CBS Isn't Anti-Trump FCC commissioner Brendan Carr says CBS will have a "bias monitor."

From the people who tried everything in their power to curtail misinformation research because it is "censorship" (it isn't), here is the next instalment of a political commissar to exercise actual censorship at a major network: gizmodo.com/fcc-to-a...

🎥 Throwback to our extremely interesting recent training series on #climate #disinformation! If you missed either of the two modules, you can re-watch them anytime on our website: loom.ly/tCHLkaU

👉 Learn more about EDMO network initiatives on climate disinfo: loom.ly/lNarcf0

www.mediaite.com Stephen Colbert Brutally Mocks How Much Trump Is Making Off ‘Morally Bankrupt’ Paramount

Stephen Colbert Brutally Mocks How Much Trump Is Making Off ‘Morally Bankrupt’ Paramount https://twp.ai/4ipqTV

Multiple Countries Just Issued Travel Warnings for the U.S. For years, the U.S. has issued cautionary travel advisories to citizens heading overseas. But in a surprising twist, the roles have flipped. Several countries, including longtime allies like Australia...

I haven't checked Smarttraveller site but according to this Australia is among the countries that have issued warnings: www.yahoo.com/news/multipl...

The details here are particularly harrowing, especially the stories of other people who were not so lucky. I don't understand why anyone would take the risk of visiting the U.S. under these circumstances.

I *am* a constitutional scholar and you are correct.

I recently warned EU Parliament about threats to their sovereignty from leaders of mafia states and the tech industry.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=y3QK...

Peculiar manifestation of those elusive British values.

The paradox of democracy’s success: behavioural science helps explain why we miss autocratic red flags We tend to underestimate the threat of rare events but we can prime ourselves to be more alert to the signs.

This, by @lewan.bsky.social and Ralph Hertwig says it better than me.

theconversation.com/the-paradox-...

Yes we can but do we? Apparently not everyone does.

Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.

This perfectly describes America's elite institutions.

"They cling to the illusion that they can preserve their independence and integrity while making deals with a strongman, just as Hungary’s elite believed they, too, could emerge unscathed."

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

very nice!

<em>British Journal of Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library Behavioural science research has the potential to develop evidence-based strategies to fight disinformation about climate science and climate mitigation action; however, this research has yet to be c...

🚨Paper alert

Are you interested in interventions against climate disinformation? In this new paper, we introduce the Climate Disinformation Corpus N = 78 real, validated climate disinformation statements that can be use as exprimental stimuli
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