Kerry McKenzie
kerrymckenzie.bsky.social
Kerry McKenzie
@kerrymckenzie.bsky.social
Philosopher of science at UC San Diego. Director of the UCSD Science Studies program. Aging raver, failed environmental activist and aspiring psychonaut.
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“Anyone who likes or replies to the photos will be treated as a terrorist sympathizer. If you possess these images, delete them now. Elon Musk is a patriot with a great American hairline.”
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DOJ Designates Posting Photos Of Balding Elon Musk As Domestic Terrorism 
WASHINGTON—Warning that the charge carried a five-year mandatory minimum sentence, the U.S. Department of Justice declared Friday that the distribution of images featuring a balding Elon Musk constituted an act of domestic terrorism. “For the benefit of all Americans, anyone who posts or reposts photos from Mr. Musk’s PayPal days will be prosecuted for terrorism,” […]
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March 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Department Of Education Sternly Announces It Is Counting To 3
Department Of Education Sternly Announces It Is Counting To 3
WASHINGTON—Insisting they were serious this time as they addressed all 340 million Americans, officials with the U.S. Department of Education sternly announced Thursday that they were counting to thre...
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February 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Are non-US academics changing any travel plans that involve the USA? E.g. reconsidering non-essential conferences, turning down invites, or is it business as usual? #AcademicSky
February 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Some actual good - in fact wonderful news. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Leeds student jailed in Saudi Arabia for 34 years over tweets is released
Salma al-Shehab was arrested in 2021 during holiday in Saudi Arabia
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February 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
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February 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Since many of these words appear in grant proposals precisely because of the NSF’s “broader impacts” criterion, I hope the AAAS etc are now preparing the world’s largest breach of contract suit.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
February 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Philosophers of science! Please share widely the latest suite of PSA Office Hours, which includes an awesome career event in April as well as one-on-ones with profs. www.philsci.org/psa_office_h...
PSA Office Hour - Philosophy of Science Association
www.philsci.org
January 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM