Joe Hanson
@drjoehanson.bsky.social
Biologist, YouTube science dude. I moved to Austin back when it was still cool
This is BlueSky so I give it a week before the horde comes after the Nobel Prizes for being funded by a dynamite baron
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August 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
This is BlueSky so I give it a week before the horde comes after the Nobel Prizes for being funded by a dynamite baron
By this logic, no one ever got a bacterial infection before Robert Koch developed germ theory in 1884.
RFK Jr on autism: "'Oh, we're just noticing it more.' But this is an absurdity ... if we were just noticing it more, we would notice it in older groups. But we're not ... so something happened in the mid '90s that changed our children"
August 10, 2026 at 10:11 PM
By this logic, no one ever got a bacterial infection before Robert Koch developed germ theory in 1884.
For no particular reason or having anything to do with current events, here is a video I made last year detailing everything that *actual qualified scientists and doctors* know about what causes autism, what doesn't, and what we still don't know.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ya...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ya...
Why Everyone Suddenly Has Autism (It’s Not What You Think)
YouTube video by Be Smart
www.youtube.com
August 10, 2026 at 9:46 PM
For no particular reason or having anything to do with current events, here is a video I made last year detailing everything that *actual qualified scientists and doctors* know about what causes autism, what doesn't, and what we still don't know.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ya...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ya...
If you've ever been,
How can you ever disappear?
How can you ever disappear?
July 21, 2026 at 11:19 PM
If you've ever been,
How can you ever disappear?
How can you ever disappear?
In 1925, Sidney Pressey built his “teaching machine”. Printed questions were put on it and it would spit candy out when you got a certain number of questions right.
The point is, for all the potential of AI has in education, people have been promising this for a while.
The point is, for all the potential of AI has in education, people have been promising this for a while.
July 21, 2026 at 1:13 AM
In 1925, Sidney Pressey built his “teaching machine”. Printed questions were put on it and it would spit candy out when you got a certain number of questions right.
The point is, for all the potential of AI has in education, people have been promising this for a while.
The point is, for all the potential of AI has in education, people have been promising this for a while.
All of these companies were so afraid of being last to the party that they peeled out right into a brick wall.
This is causing a societal and democratic blowback that I'm afraid is going to hold back or harm genuinely revolutionary science that is being enabled by AI
This is causing a societal and democratic blowback that I'm afraid is going to hold back or harm genuinely revolutionary science that is being enabled by AI
NEW: A majority of voters across party lines support a data center moratorium.
Sixty-seven percent of Democrats, 66% of Independents, and 58% of Republicans support pausing the construction of new AI data centers for at least one year.
Sixty-seven percent of Democrats, 66% of Independents, and 58% of Republicans support pausing the construction of new AI data centers for at least one year.
June 23, 2026 at 8:36 PM
All of these companies were so afraid of being last to the party that they peeled out right into a brick wall.
This is causing a societal and democratic blowback that I'm afraid is going to hold back or harm genuinely revolutionary science that is being enabled by AI
This is causing a societal and democratic blowback that I'm afraid is going to hold back or harm genuinely revolutionary science that is being enabled by AI
Dude, we just scienced so hard
April 11, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Dude, we just scienced so hard
"You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone."
Someone please send Andy Weir a copy of Meditations
Someone please send Andy Weir a copy of Meditations
March 30, 2026 at 7:11 PM
"You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone."
Someone please send Andy Weir a copy of Meditations
Someone please send Andy Weir a copy of Meditations
On one hand, this is exactly the sort of answer you’d expect from an evangelical Christian.
On the other hand, it’s not great that someone with a circa-19th century idea that UFOs are literal demons is one heartbeat away from being president.
On the other hand, it’s not great that someone with a circa-19th century idea that UFOs are literal demons is one heartbeat away from being president.
JD Vance Tells MAGA Podcaster He Thinks UFOs Are ‘Demons’ www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...
JD Vance Tells MAGA Podcaster He Thinks UFOs Are ‘Demons’
J.D. Vance told Benny Johnson during a sit-down interview that he's "obsessed" with UFOs and believes that aliens are really "demons."
www.mediaite.com
March 28, 2026 at 12:07 AM
On one hand, this is exactly the sort of answer you’d expect from an evangelical Christian.
On the other hand, it’s not great that someone with a circa-19th century idea that UFOs are literal demons is one heartbeat away from being president.
On the other hand, it’s not great that someone with a circa-19th century idea that UFOs are literal demons is one heartbeat away from being president.
I don't think there's much sense in overanalyzing this list, This admin is so anti-science that I'd be surprised if this council affects much actual policy.
But this roster gives us a perfect look at what science and technology this admin thinks is important…
But this roster gives us a perfect look at what science and technology this admin thinks is important…
March 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
I don't think there's much sense in overanalyzing this list, This admin is so anti-science that I'd be surprised if this council affects much actual policy.
But this roster gives us a perfect look at what science and technology this admin thinks is important…
But this roster gives us a perfect look at what science and technology this admin thinks is important…
Sharks are the bouba/kiki of fish. I firmly believe if they weren't so pointy, we wouldn't be afraid of them and treat them so badly.
March 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Sharks are the bouba/kiki of fish. I firmly believe if they weren't so pointy, we wouldn't be afraid of them and treat them so badly.
xAI running unpermitted and massively polluting gas turbine generators at one of their new data centers?
Elon Musk's xAI?
Flouting EPA rules?!
Noooo… that can't be. Color me shocked!
youtu.be/KitUtjFllbg
Elon Musk's xAI?
Flouting EPA rules?!
Noooo… that can't be. Color me shocked!
youtu.be/KitUtjFllbg
We Caught Elon Musk's AI Company Flouting EPA Rules Using a Thermal Drone
YouTube video by Floodlight News
youtu.be
March 6, 2026 at 9:17 PM
xAI running unpermitted and massively polluting gas turbine generators at one of their new data centers?
Elon Musk's xAI?
Flouting EPA rules?!
Noooo… that can't be. Color me shocked!
youtu.be/KitUtjFllbg
Elon Musk's xAI?
Flouting EPA rules?!
Noooo… that can't be. Color me shocked!
youtu.be/KitUtjFllbg
It certainly is quite a time to do this science communication thing, isn’t it?
Listen to us talk about it!
Listen to us talk about it!
March 6, 2026 at 2:44 AM
It certainly is quite a time to do this science communication thing, isn’t it?
Listen to us talk about it!
Listen to us talk about it!
If the overriding priority really is "securing the future of civilization" then I thought of 20 things billionaires can do NOW right here on Earth instead of far-fetched Moon/Mars dreams
Folks, if we can't reach prosperity within our own planet's boundaries, we'll never do it anywhere else either
Folks, if we can't reach prosperity within our own planet's boundaries, we'll never do it anywhere else either
February 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
If the overriding priority really is "securing the future of civilization" then I thought of 20 things billionaires can do NOW right here on Earth instead of far-fetched Moon/Mars dreams
Folks, if we can't reach prosperity within our own planet's boundaries, we'll never do it anywhere else either
Folks, if we can't reach prosperity within our own planet's boundaries, we'll never do it anywhere else either
Look how hard it is for him to say no. He looks like he's sucking on a lemon just to get that word salad answer out
When it is this hard for the people in charge of our national health research infrastructure to tell the truth about easy and obvious things, we are in deep doo-doo
When it is this hard for the people in charge of our national health research infrastructure to tell the truth about easy and obvious things, we are in deep doo-doo
BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
February 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Look how hard it is for him to say no. He looks like he's sucking on a lemon just to get that word salad answer out
When it is this hard for the people in charge of our national health research infrastructure to tell the truth about easy and obvious things, we are in deep doo-doo
When it is this hard for the people in charge of our national health research infrastructure to tell the truth about easy and obvious things, we are in deep doo-doo
Journalists arrested. Protestors murdered by the state. Religious nationalists at every level.
This administration has been stunningly bold in their assault on our rights. Not even trampling on one of the deep cut amendments that no one remembers, they’re just coming right after number 1
This administration has been stunningly bold in their assault on our rights. Not even trampling on one of the deep cut amendments that no one remembers, they’re just coming right after number 1
January 30, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Journalists arrested. Protestors murdered by the state. Religious nationalists at every level.
This administration has been stunningly bold in their assault on our rights. Not even trampling on one of the deep cut amendments that no one remembers, they’re just coming right after number 1
This administration has been stunningly bold in their assault on our rights. Not even trampling on one of the deep cut amendments that no one remembers, they’re just coming right after number 1
So many incredible applications of AI are being overlooked by the world because a few companies are obsessed with building slop meme machines and chatbot tamagotchis
The largest randomized trial of medical A.I.
—Over 100,000 women in Sweden
—radiologist + AI vs 2 radiologists, in follow-up
—AI added led to 29% more cancer detected, 44% reduced workload, and
—Less cancer dx in subsequent 2 years, and, when found, less aggressive
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
—Over 100,000 women in Sweden
—radiologist + AI vs 2 radiologists, in follow-up
—AI added led to 29% more cancer detected, 44% reduced workload, and
—Less cancer dx in subsequent 2 years, and, when found, less aggressive
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
January 30, 2026 at 12:02 AM
So many incredible applications of AI are being overlooked by the world because a few companies are obsessed with building slop meme machines and chatbot tamagotchis
1.24
The 1st, 2nd, 4th are not hypothetical. They are inalienable.
Today will not be forgotten.
The 1st, 2nd, 4th are not hypothetical. They are inalienable.
Today will not be forgotten.
January 25, 2026 at 2:51 AM
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The 1st, 2nd, 4th are not hypothetical. They are inalienable.
Today will not be forgotten.
The 1st, 2nd, 4th are not hypothetical. They are inalienable.
Today will not be forgotten.
Reposted by Joe Hanson
@pbs.org has had my whole heart since I was little little, so it is very surreal to be writing for a PBS Digital Studios show! Here is my first episode of Be Smart:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBX...
Thank you @drjoehanson.bsky.social & team! My nose knowledge now knows no bounds 👃
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBX...
Thank you @drjoehanson.bsky.social & team! My nose knowledge now knows no bounds 👃
Everything I Thought I Knew About Flavor Was Wrong
YouTube video by Be Smart
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM
@pbs.org has had my whole heart since I was little little, so it is very surreal to be writing for a PBS Digital Studios show! Here is my first episode of Be Smart:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBX...
Thank you @drjoehanson.bsky.social & team! My nose knowledge now knows no bounds 👃
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBX...
Thank you @drjoehanson.bsky.social & team! My nose knowledge now knows no bounds 👃
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
If the hollow souls on the authoritarian right are so certain that agents are acting within their rights when detaining or killing US citizens, they should have no problem with this
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 11:36 PM
If the hollow souls on the authoritarian right are so certain that agents are acting within their rights when detaining or killing US citizens, they should have no problem with this
Tough weekend to be a team that lost to us
December 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Tough weekend to be a team that lost to us
So… every single word of this is now true. We are now in that world.
Sorry, Carl
Sorry, Carl
December 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
So… every single word of this is now true. We are now in that world.
Sorry, Carl
Sorry, Carl
Linda Perry from 4 Non Blondes wrote and produced Christina Aguilera’s hits “Candyman” and “Beautiful”
I feel like more people should know this
I feel like more people should know this
December 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Linda Perry from 4 Non Blondes wrote and produced Christina Aguilera’s hits “Candyman” and “Beautiful”
I feel like more people should know this
I feel like more people should know this