important breakthroughs are happening in the scientific community
November 4, 2026 at 12:48 AM
important breakthroughs are happening in the scientific community
I’m a physical oceanographer. Democrats’ use of the term “blue tsunami” is riddled with scientific inaccuracies.
November 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I’m a physical oceanographer. Democrats’ use of the term “blue tsunami” is riddled with scientific inaccuracies.
Smart scientific people in congress? Yes please, and thank you!
November 4, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Smart scientific people in congress? Yes please, and thank you!
A violation of scientific integrity
And yes, Im really angry after a peer reviewer likely fed my unpublished manuscript into an LLM to generate a review and didn't disclose it to the press. Dishonest and unethical behavior is what gAI encourages and breeds.
November 2, 2026 at 8:39 AM
A violation of scientific integrity
Conveniently, this is also step 1 in the playbook for rebuilding scientific capacity, research infrastructure, and higher education!
So, much work to do for the Democrats. Like rebuilding an entire federal workforce. They start that project by firing and prosecuting the people that destroyed it.
November 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Conveniently, this is also step 1 in the playbook for rebuilding scientific capacity, research infrastructure, and higher education!
Just remarked to @djrothkopf.bsky.social that I've got that delightful leg tingling feeling that signifies non-suicidal thoughts about America. This is a scientific condition.
November 4, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Just remarked to @djrothkopf.bsky.social that I've got that delightful leg tingling feeling that signifies non-suicidal thoughts about America. This is a scientific condition.
America's scientific research programs that have driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now being dismantled by Trump
How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/s...
How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/s...
How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine
The system that has driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now under intense strain.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2026 at 6:39 PM
America's scientific research programs that have driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now being dismantled by Trump
How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/s...
How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/s...
My new favourite cartoon!!
November 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
My new favourite cartoon!!
My pet peeve are people acting like a Kelshi predictuon is an actual scientific poll.
November 3, 2026 at 1:38 PM
My pet peeve are people acting like a Kelshi predictuon is an actual scientific poll.
It's a scientific fact that a hot tub is 40% hotter with Vladislav Gerasimov in it 🤣🫠
November 3, 2026 at 10:19 AM
It's a scientific fact that a hot tub is 40% hotter with Vladislav Gerasimov in it 🤣🫠
Happy to have some work on scientific understanding come out!
One paper on 'Scientific understanding in evolutionary biology'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And one lovely collaborative paper on 'Scientific understanding across disciplines'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Now back to life!
One paper on 'Scientific understanding in evolutionary biology'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And one lovely collaborative paper on 'Scientific understanding across disciplines'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Now back to life!
Scientific understanding and the controversy over adaptationism in evolutionary biology - European Journal for Philosophy of Science
In this paper, I show how explanatory and objectual scientific understanding can be used to explain the early 1980s controversy over adaptationism. In this controversy, critics of adaptationism argued...
link.springer.com
November 4, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Happy to have some work on scientific understanding come out!
One paper on 'Scientific understanding in evolutionary biology'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And one lovely collaborative paper on 'Scientific understanding across disciplines'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Now back to life!
One paper on 'Scientific understanding in evolutionary biology'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And one lovely collaborative paper on 'Scientific understanding across disciplines'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Now back to life!
some even older faves.
2020 - 2016
2020 - 2016
November 4, 2026 at 1:41 PM
some even older faves.
2020 - 2016
2020 - 2016
The Monster Mash, at its core, is a song about unfair labor practices in the scientific community.
October 31, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The Monster Mash, at its core, is a song about unfair labor practices in the scientific community.
Scientific Fact of the Day...
November 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Scientific Fact of the Day...
the scientific name for mastodon is mammut
the scientific name for mammoths is mammuthus
mastodon got their name because supposedly their teeth resembled breasts
mammoths have much more normal ridged teeth
tldr: mastodon is more mammary than mammoth
the scientific name for mammoths is mammuthus
mastodon got their name because supposedly their teeth resembled breasts
mammoths have much more normal ridged teeth
tldr: mastodon is more mammary than mammoth
November 3, 2026 at 9:48 PM
the scientific name for mastodon is mammut
the scientific name for mammoths is mammuthus
mastodon got their name because supposedly their teeth resembled breasts
mammoths have much more normal ridged teeth
tldr: mastodon is more mammary than mammoth
the scientific name for mammoths is mammuthus
mastodon got their name because supposedly their teeth resembled breasts
mammoths have much more normal ridged teeth
tldr: mastodon is more mammary than mammoth
How President Donald Trump is dismantling America’s scientific research machine
How President Donald Trump is dismantling America’s scientific research machine
www.chicagotribune.com
November 2, 2026 at 2:12 AM
How President Donald Trump is dismantling America’s scientific research machine
"Biological sex" is not a scientific concept.
November 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM
"Biological sex" is not a scientific concept.
Let’s make sure there’s a Project 2027 and 2029 focused on what the incoming Congress and potential Democratic administration in 2029 can do to start restoring a properly functioning scientific community in the US. It will take generations to recover what we lost.
November 4, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Let’s make sure there’s a Project 2027 and 2029 focused on what the incoming Congress and potential Democratic administration in 2029 can do to start restoring a properly functioning scientific community in the US. It will take generations to recover what we lost.
Would you agree with this scientific hypothesis 😌
October 30, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Would you agree with this scientific hypothesis 😌
In contrast, this is what you get on Linkedin...
People don't like the scientific method because they are personally inconvenienced by constraints
People don't like the scientific method because they are personally inconvenienced by constraints
November 2, 2026 at 8:01 AM
In contrast, this is what you get on Linkedin...
People don't like the scientific method because they are personally inconvenienced by constraints
People don't like the scientific method because they are personally inconvenienced by constraints
With my excellent scientific mind I was able to deduce just from photographs that we would not be able to survive on Mars
"A growing body of evidence from both orbital and surface missions suggests that Martian dust is chemically reactive, potentially toxic, and likely to induce inflammatory responses in biological systems" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
If you should go to Mars, don't inhale.
As well as not tasting the dust.
"Fine and ultrafine Martian dust presents additional risks for future crewed missions to Mars"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
As well as not tasting the dust.
"Fine and ultrafine Martian dust presents additional risks for future crewed missions to Mars"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
With my excellent scientific mind I was able to deduce just from photographs that we would not be able to survive on Mars
Book review 📚 How researchers debunked ‘race science’: ‘a triumph of scientific self-correction’
go.nature.com/4Bzn9Q1
go.nature.com/4Bzn9Q1
How researchers debunked ‘race science’: ‘a triumph of scientific self-correction’
An account of how nineteenth-century studies aiming to find a biological basis for human races were dismantled by good scientific practices — although their effects are still felt today.
go.nature.com
November 2, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Book review 📚 How researchers debunked ‘race science’: ‘a triumph of scientific self-correction’
go.nature.com/4Bzn9Q1
go.nature.com/4Bzn9Q1
some old faves.
2022 - 2020
2022 - 2020
November 4, 2026 at 1:41 PM
some old faves.
2022 - 2020
2022 - 2020