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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 5d

When Fox News lies, people die | We explain on PBS Newshour how the antiscience disinformation spread by the Murdoch media empire and especially Fox News, likely lead to hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths in the U.S. And that's just COVID-19. Their fossil fuel disinformation is as deadly.

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 7d

"Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science" | My #ScienceUnderSiege co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I spoke with @wbrangham.bsky.social of the @pbs.org #Newshour:
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Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science

From its embrace of dubious research about autism, its skepticism over vaccines and its wholesale rejection of the consensus about climate change, the Trump administration has set off alarm bells with...

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cr @ciaranryan.bsky.social · 21h

1) social media
2) social media / smartphones / covid
3) neoliberalism (marketisation of everything) / social media / manosphere

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 3d

Richard Tice and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is the political wing of the fossil fuel industry.

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 3d

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

www.desmog.com

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 3d

“the manosphere generates its own untested and speculative evolutionary hypotheses, or “just-so stories”, about men, women, and society…

..we reflect on implications for evolutionary scholars and for the field as a whole, in terms of ethics and public image”

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A Hundred and Two Just-So Stories: Exploring the Lay Evolutionary Hypotheses of the Manosphere | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core

A Hundred and Two Just-So Stories: Exploring the Lay Evolutionary Hypotheses of the Manosphere

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cr @ciaranryan.bsky.social · 1d

Diane Keaton Doesn't Watch "Annie Hall" | David Letterman - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3mr...

Diane Keaton Doesn't Watch "Annie Hall" | David Letterman

Why did it take over 20 years for Diane to return to Dave's show? (From "Late Show" air date: 1/18/08) #dianekeaton #anniehall #letterman Shop the Letterman Merch Store:…

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cr @ciaranryan.bsky.social · 1d

Prof. Andress explains why we love simple solutions to complicated problems. www.usefulideasproject.com/p/cultural-d...

Cultural dementia

Prof. Andress explains why we love simple solutions to complicated problems.

www.usefulideasproject.com

cr @ciaranryan.bsky.social · 2d

Billionaires and strongmen alike understand one thing: control the media, and you control democracy. Emily Bell and Peter Geoghegan. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/could-trum...

Could Trump’s war on the media happen here?

As Emily Bell says, billionaires and strongmen alike understand one thing: control the media, and you control democracy.

democracyforsale.substack.com

cr @ciaranryan.bsky.social · 4d

Entertaining documentary about HandMade Films www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-_Z...

An Accidental Studio

YouTube video by YouTube Movies

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 6d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 8d

If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).

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cr @ciaranryan.bsky.social · 8d

A reminder that much of the strong borders / anti immigration stuff that is becoming normalised in the media resembles / is a product of/ fascist ideas of national purity.
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The REAL Lesson of Nazism

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 10d

See also: D'ohge

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Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social · Jun 5

"I think we have a bias as people coming from the tech industry where we worked at companies, you know, such as Google, Facebook, these companies that have plenty of money, are funded by investors and have lots of people kind of sitting around doing nothing." www.npr.org/2025/06/02/n...

Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 10d

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters on.ft.com/4pTvJ62

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters

Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending

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ttinsley.bsky.social @ttinsley.bsky.social · 11d

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 11d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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cr @ciaranryan.bsky.social · 17d

Humour is not necessarily amusing. The humour in this episode was amusing (to me).

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17d

Wait: so the President of the United States shared a video of a fake news report, rooted in a conspiracy theory, that features an AI-generated version of himself promoting a policy that…doesn’t exist?

Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 17d

Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...

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cr @ciaranryan.bsky.social · 17d

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UK government urged to restore Electoral Commission’s independence to protect democracy

Oversight of watchdog could be abused by a future authoritarian government, report warns

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cr @ciaranryan.bsky.social · 17d

Amusing humour, under which we can hear the horror in @aiannucci.bsky.social and Lee's voices as they witness / experience the developing catastrophe... or perhaps I'm just projecting

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Strong Message Here - Hurty Words - BBC Sounds

Stewart Lee joins to look at the rebranding of cancel culture.

www.bbc.co.uk

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cr @ciaranryan.bsky.social · 17d

Rise of fascism update:

"Consequence culture" www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

and how Facebook is used to spread far-right ideas
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

BBC Sounds - Music. Radio. Podcasts

Listen without limits, with BBC Sounds. Catch the latest music tracks, discover binge-worthy podcasts, or listen to radio shows - all whenever you want.

www.bbc.co.uk

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cr @ciaranryan.bsky.social · 18d

Greg Jackson explains how energy giants suppress renewables | Climate 100 www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFEU...

Greg Jackson explains how energy giants suppress renewables | Climate 100

Octopus Energy CEO and renewables champion Greg Jackson delivered the keynote speech at The Independent's Climate 100 event in New York City, marking the launch of the 2025 Climate 100. The list…

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