Patrick Blanchenay
@pblanchenay.bsky.social
Global Evaluations and Research Advisor at Norwegian Church Aid (Oslo). Opinions not my employer's. Making aid impact better documented, and aid work more evidence -based. Previously assistant prof (teaching) at U. Toronto; OECD. PhD Economics.
As an aside, postgraduate studies promote (perhaps extreme) skepticism, an attitude sometimes lacking in some reporting.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
As an aside, postgraduate studies promote (perhaps extreme) skepticism, an attitude sometimes lacking in some reporting.
This is probably true of many fields. It would be nice for news outlets to hire people trained in the subject matter. Maybe it'd be more effective to have subject experts trained in journalism, rather than journalists trying to learn on the job (or worse: from their interviewers).
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is probably true of many fields. It would be nice for news outlets to hire people trained in the subject matter. Maybe it'd be more effective to have subject experts trained in journalism, rather than journalists trying to learn on the job (or worse: from their interviewers).
Reposted by Patrick Blanchenay
He's not challenging "orthodoxy", he's ignoring data. Stop dancing around his disinformation campaign and call it what it is -- an all out attack on Science and America's place in the scientific world.
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
He's not challenging "orthodoxy", he's ignoring data. Stop dancing around his disinformation campaign and call it what it is -- an all out attack on Science and America's place in the scientific world.
Difficult without specifying the probability distribution.
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Difficult without specifying the probability distribution.
It'll soon be made easier thanks to off-license corner knive shops.
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
It'll soon be made easier thanks to off-license corner knive shops.
This is about lifestyle columnists right?
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is about lifestyle columnists right?