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Love this tweet by (a)indiechris71: One of my favourites was when someone said 'I don't understand people who think teaching children about homosexually will turn them gay. When I was at school we learned about the Nazis, but I've never wanted to invade Poland!' x.com/gleanniucha/...
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May 3, 2024 at 12:56 PM
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Neden sosyal medyada çoğunlukla millete laf anlatmaya çalışılmaması gerektiğini 300 yıl önce açıklamışlar. #HowtoArgueWithaRacist #AdamRutherford
As Jonathan Swift said in 1721: "Reasoning will never make a Man correct an ill Opinion, which by Reasoning he never acquired."
May 13, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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#BuonSabato

Da "Cosa rispondere a un razzista" di #AdamRutherford .

#razzismo #fascismo #ignoranza #scienza #capitalismo #17gennaio
L'immagine contiene un testo in caratteri neri su sfondo bianco e recita così: "La fine immaginaria di questa «cultura occidentale», così debolmente definita a livello concettuale, è perenne fonte di ansia per i suprematisti bianchi. Costoro si figurano una persecuzione della loro gente che terminerà soltanto con l'estinzione, o un'erosione dei loro diritti a vantaggio di individui di origini diverse. Del resto, quando non si è conosciuto altro che il privilegio, l'uguaglianza sembra oppressione." Adam Rutherford.
January 17, 2026 at 10:43 AM
localnotail.bsky.social
Adam Rutherford wrote some great books on genetics and inheritance which are great for countering this masquerading English racism and also a great thread on Twitter which is easier to refer people to that you can read in full here without stepping in the Musk: threadreaderapp.com/thread/13391...
Thread by @AdamRutherford on Thread Reader App
Thread by @AdamRutherford: I see that there is a lot of chat about ancestry and indigeneity, two complex and profoundly misunderstood concepts. Here’s a thread 1/N - I have written about these ideas e...
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September 23, 2024 at 11:39 AM
yhtacgnol.bsky.social
Now listening to @AdamRutherford speak on eugenics at #ASHG23 - sobering, engaging, and thought-provoking stuff. My hot takes: American exceptionalism and monogenic determinism is really effing things up.
November 5, 2023 at 4:53 PM
snig.bsky.social
Back in 2019 John Cleese attempted to create a distinction between race and culture suggesting race is defined by DNA. He was corrected by a genetica expert. Cleese was essentially trying to say black and brown people can't be English.
John Cleese @JohnCleese A very likeable Labour MP called Davis Lammy wants to tell me that Englishness is not defined by DNA I do know that, David. I've known it a very long time That's why I make a clear distinction between race and culture. Race is defined by DNA ; culture isn't Are we agreed? 4:04 03 Jun 19 Twitter Web Client John Cleese @JohnC.... 03 Jun 19 A very likeable Labour MP called Davis Lammy wants to tell me that Englishness is not defined by DNA I do know that, David. I've known it a very long time That's why I make a clear distinction between race and culture. Race is defined by DNA; culture isn't Are we agreed ? 450 424 2.1K Dr Adam Rutherford @AdamRutherford Follow Replying to @JohnCleese John, I'm a geneticist; there is no definition of race that corresponds with variation in DNA. Race is not defined by DNA. We've known this for quite some time now, and I'm happy to send you my last book which explains this in detail. 8:10 03 Jun 19
July 28, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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@adamrutherford (does that work?) Adam Rutherford is bang on the money for science stuff
November 15, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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Thank you, @AdamRutherford, for another great #insidescience podcast.
Thank you especially questioning @Magda_Skipper's evasions about open access. As an @nature subscriber, I hope for clearer answers from the ed-in-chief.

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December 7, 2024 at 9:49 PM
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MT @AdamRutherford: @carlzimmer Way too many. #nothelpful CZ: Way too many to the power of way too many?
November 24, 2024 at 9:21 AM
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Love flywheels! MT @AdamRutherford On #insidescience R4 @ 1630: energy storage in F1 flywheels; science for politicians; UKBirdAtlas.
December 2, 2024 at 9:45 AM
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Penguin cams!! RT @AdamRutherford #insidescience @1630 BBC R4: @bengoldacre on #alltrials, @WanderingGaia on gaming, flu vax & penguin cams!
December 2, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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MT “@AdamRutherford: right, moratorium on #arseniclife now. No-one is allowed to discuss it until we have a winner. I mean data.” Done.
December 1, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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Aric Sigman is either shockingly naive or disingenuous. Not sure which is worse. RT @bengoldacre @AdamRutherford http://bit.ly/qJdbC4
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December 2, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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#Buongiorno

Da "Cosa rispondere a un razzista" di #AdamRutherford .

#razzismo #fascismo #Trump #USA #ignoranza #scienza #22gennaio
L'immagine contiene un testo in caratteri neri su sfondo bianco e recita: "Nel luglio 2019, il presidente Trump ha insinuato che quattro donne membri del Congresso USA «[provenissero] in origine da paesi i cui governi [erano] un completo e totale disastro», aggiungendo che, se non erano contente degli Stati Uniti, dovevano tornarsene a casa. Tre di queste donne sono nate negli Stati Uniti e un'altra, Ilhan Omar, è una cittadina americana nata in Somalia. I bisnonni paterni di Trump erano immigrati tedeschi, sua madre è nata in Scozia, la sua prima moglie in Moravia e la terza in Slovenia. Non è mai chiaro quale sia il parametro di riferimento comune dell'«indigenità»." Adam Rutherford.
January 22, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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Upload the cover of a book you love without saying why and mention the person who invited you (@rmathematicus) and invite 8 others for #WorldBookDay. @LauraJSnyder @flannerm @AdamRutherford @2020science @AndyBalmer @Carmen_M_McLeod @AtheneDonald @Stephen_Curry
November 8, 2024 at 3:25 AM
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Some of Dr. #Morris's theories have been criticised as untestable.

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www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/s...
Desmond Morris, 98, Dies; Explored Humans’ Animal Instincts in ‘The Naked Ape’
An English zoologist, he wrote an immensely popular 1967 book arguing that ancient genes, shared with apes, shape our lives. Objections in the scientific world ensued.
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April 21, 2026 at 1:20 AM
mau7ba.bsky.social
#BuonaDomenica #Buongiorno

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Saggio molto interessante, soprattutto nella prima parte.
Con grande rigore scientifico #AdamRutherford sviscera la questione "razza e razzismo".
Lo consiglierei ai razzisti, ma se uno ha la mente chiusa…

#libri #leggere #cosaLeggoNelWeekend #1febbraio
"Cosa rispondere a un razzista. Storia, scienza, razza e realtà" di Adam Rutherford, 144 pagine, Bollati Boringhieri, edizione 2020. Copertina del libro Cosa rispondere a un razzista di Adam Rutherford, pubblicato da Bollati Boringhieri nella collana “Scienze”. Il titolo è centrato in bianco su sfondo nero, accompagnato dal sottotitolo “Storia, scienza, razza e realtà”. La parte superiore della copertina è decorata con una griglia di ritratti illustrati di persone di diverse etnie, età e caratteristiche somatiche, rappresentate con tratti stilizzati e colori vivaci. L’insieme visivo celebra la diversità umana e riflette il contenuto del libro, che affronta il razzismo attraverso dati scientifici, argomentazioni storiche e analisi genetiche, offrendo strumenti per confutare pregiudizi razziali con rigore e chiarezza. Il design comunica inclusività e rigore intellettuale.
February 1, 2026 at 8:28 AM
wanderinggaia.bsky.social
RT @edyong209: Why GM is the natural solution for future farming http://flip.it/JzQog By @adamrutherford
Why GM is the natural solution for future farming | Flipb...
The Guardian - A new failsafe promises to prevent leakage...
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December 2, 2024 at 3:12 AM
wanderinggaia.bsky.social
16.30 Radio4 InsideScience: Crash risk; Mary Rose bacteria; History of Science; Greenwich telescope http://bbc.in/11x2XtJ w/@AdamRutherford
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Crash risk; Mary Rose b...
With seven disasters last month, Adam Rutherford asks if ...
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December 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM
wanderinggaia.bsky.social
One for @WayOfThePanda RT @AdamRutherford: utter filth disguised as science RT @evoldir: survey of bird masturbation http://bit.ly/1u5a6ek
Other: survey of which bird species masturbate, for a phy...
Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are trying to surve...
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December 2, 2024 at 3:58 AM
rokewood.bsky.social
This morning’s BBCRadio4 @AdamRutherford #STW includes a gracious tribute to the BM exhibition from William Dalrymple (though it merits higher prominence). This is amidst Sue Whitfield’s intro to the britishlibrary #silkroads exhibition. V Absorbing dialogue
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0023g5v
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September 30, 2024 at 11:53 PM
snig.bsky.social
John Cleese may be anti-Trump, which is why you see his posts shared here on Bluesky. But he has long held problematic views. One bigotry leads to another, it seems.
John Cleese @JohnC... 03 Jun 19 A very likeable Labour MP called Davis Lammy wants to tell me that Englishness is not defined by DNA I do know that, David. I've known it a very long time That's why I make a clear distinction between race and culture. Race is defined by DNA; culture isn't Are we agreed? 450 424 2.1K Dr Adam Rutherford @AdamRutherford Follow Replying to @JohnCleese John, I'm a geneticist; there is no definition of race that corresponds with variation in DNA. Race is not defined by DNA. We've known this for quite some time now, and I'm happy to send you my last book which explains this in detail. 8:10 03 Jun 19 In an appearance on Australian television to promote a show at the Sydney Opera House he said: "I'm not sure what's going on in Britain. Let me say this, I don't know what's going on in London because London is no longer an English city and that's how they got the Olympics. "They said 'we're the most cosmopolitan city on Earth' but it doesn't feel English. "I had a Californian friend come over two months ago, walk down the King's Road and say to me 'well, where are all the English people?'. John Cleese @JohnCleese Follow 39 Some years ago I opined that London was not really an English city any more Since then, virtually all my friends from abroad have confirmed my observation So there must be some truth in it... I note also that London was the UK city that voted most strongly to remain in the EU 6:21 29 May 19 John Cleese @JohnCleese Follow 28 I have been assured by some geneticists that the idea of 'race' is purely a 'social construct' that has no basis in reality Good news! But I think they should inform the Institute of Race Relations, as this may make it harder for them to pursue cases of racial discrimination 6:27 11 Jun 19
February 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
snig.bsky.social
John Cleese attempts to use sophistry to say things most people would conclude are racist - culturalism and references to DNA.
John Cleese✔ @JohnCleese Follow 46 I'll say again... Criticism of Islam is not racist, it's culturalist For example, disapproving of Female Genital Mutilation is not racist Criticism of Islam is Islamosceptic. There is no phobia involved in criticising a religion. That's for spiders Life of Brian is not Christophobic. The Pythons did not have a phobia about Christianity. We were sceptical about some of its adherents Trying to win arguments by changing the meaning of words is a cheap debating trick This quoted post is unavailable. 5:34 13 Feb 26 1.3M Views John Cleese @JohnC... 03 Jun 19: A very likeable Labour MP called Davis Lammy wants to tell me that Englishness is not defined by DNA I do know that, David. I've known it a very long time That's why I make a clear distinction between race and culture. Race is defined by DNA; culture isn't Are we agreed ? 450 424 2.1K Dr Adam Rutherford @AdamRutherford Follow Replying to @JohnCleese John, I'm a geneticist; there is no definition of race that corresponds with variation in DNA. Race is not defined by DNA. We've known this for quite some time now, and I'm happy to send you my last book which explains this in detail. 8:10 03 Jun 19 225 Reposts 16 Quotes 1,901 Likes 19 Bookmarks Post your reply
March 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
hetanshah.bsky.social
Great discussion going on led by @AdamRutherford on @BBCRadio4 right now about @23andMe model #insidescience
December 4, 2024 at 10:26 AM
hetanshah.bsky.social
Hear @AdamRutherford discuss chance and luck with @RoyalStatSoc President @d_spiegel https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b1q1fl
BBC Radio 4 - Curious Cases, Rutherford and Fry, The Luck...
How do I win the lottery?
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December 3, 2024 at 4:52 AM