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Stephan Lewandowsky is an Australian psychologist. He has worked in both the United States and Australia, and is currently based… more

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thelondoneconomic.bsky.social
Calmly explain your points to them and they become incensed 👏
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by Stephan Lewandowsky

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Knock me down with a feather. What a surprise.
politico.com
Politico @politico.com · 1d
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Anna O. Law, Marc Lynch , and 26 more

politico.com
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Lisa W. Fazio, Daniel W. Drezner , and 11 more

noupside.bsky.social
I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?
Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago. The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.
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by Stephan Lewandowsky — Reposted by Nina Jankowicz

lewan.bsky.social
Oh gosh... it's a grift. Who woulda known. The people crying "censorship" (better known as fascists in everyday language) are profiting from their lies, as revealed by @ninajankowicz.com
The Grifter Complex
A new censorship documentary may have paid its on-camera experts
wiczipedia.substack.com
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by Stephan Lewandowsky

lewan.bsky.social
yea... and then there is all the crime built on crypto that may come crashing down as well. It may make the GFC from '08 look like a walk in the park. Hard to know but given the characters involved, optimism appears inadvisable.
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by Stephan Lewandowsky

lewan.bsky.social
The trillion dollar flowchart (and several gigatonnes [?] of CO2): www.bloomberg.com/ne... One may well ask if AI is different from tulips?

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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Patrick Dunleavy, Elizabeth Stokoe , and 3 more

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To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Evelyne de Leeuw

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The Mad King and his equally insane court jester are burning America’s public health agency to the ground. We—all Americans—will pay a very dear price for this madness in the form of harm to our health.

Let’s hope Congress and the courts will intervene to
#StopTheMadness
"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre
Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.
www.msnbc.com
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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Juan Cole, Césari Laurent

kakape.bsky.social
Our future is being shaped to a terrifying degree by people who have just … completely lost their marbles…

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist
The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’
www.theguardian.com
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by Anne Applebaum — Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Steve Peers, John Palfrey

anneapplebaum.bsky.social
The Trump administration has promoted the anti-vax, anti-science movement which has now produced an epidemic www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks
At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.
www.nbcnews.com
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by Christina Pagel — Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Martin McKee, Dorothy Bishop , and 21 more

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🧵🚨

The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Juliet Lodge

maddow.msnbc.com
“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here
The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.
www.theatlantic.com
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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, American Library Association, Alan Richardson , and 4 more

tmksyracuse.bsky.social
Weber State administrators told student they couldn't present their research on the state's anti-DEI law at an on-campus conference on censorship(!) unless they removed all mentions of DEI from their slides

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference
University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.
www.insidehighered.com
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by Stephan Lewandowsky

lewan.bsky.social
very good analysis of the U.S. blueprint to turn Europe into a nationalist theocracy:
Trump’s State Department Wants to Use Tech Policy to Remake Europe In Its Image | TechPolicy.Press
Tech policy is a key part of the Trump administration's dramatic project to replace the US's traditional European alliances, Dean Jackson writes.
www.techpolicy.press
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Joanna Bryson, Anna O. Law , and 11 more

brendannyhan.bsky.social
Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 8d
Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Steve Peers, Lesley A. Hall , and 7 more

sundersays.bsky.social
The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky

kimberlynicholas.bsky.social
This month's Facts in my climate action newsletter focuses on the excellent study by @cabels18.bsky.social, @kiiahuttunen.bsky.social, Ralph Hertwig & @lewan.bsky.social. I really appreciated their excellent analysis, please check out my summary here: wecanfixit.substack.com/i/174419696/...
Democracy is worth fighting for. Here's how
Facts: Fight democratic backsliding ⚖️| Feelings: Unthinkable Resource Hub🫶| Action: Protect democracy🗳️
wecanfixit.substack.com
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by Stephan Lewandowsky

lewan.bsky.social
Precisely. It seems to be a model not a deterrent.
paulbernal.bsky.social
Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 11d
We see Fascism in the U.S., and we like it!
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George Mann @sgfmann.bsky.social · 11d
Sunday Express: Tory ‘ICE' force would deport 150,000 a year #TomorrowsPapersToday
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"If we Europeans do not wake up and say, ‘We want to take back control of our democracies,’ I can tell you this: within 10 years [...] we will be a continent, like many others, of conspiracy theorists, extremists, noise and fury."

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
"Europeans, let's wake up!" — Defend Democracy
“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.” President Macron on the occasion of German Unity Day, 3 October 2025.
defenddemocracy.eu
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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky

paulbernal.bsky.social
We see Fascism in the U.S., and we like it!
sgfmann.bsky.social
George Mann @sgfmann.bsky.social · 11d
Sunday Express: Tory ‘ICE' force would deport 150,000 a year #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky

leibnizpandemic.bsky.social
Beim Summer Lecture zitiert @lewan.bsky.social​ eine 🇺🇲Umfrage. 85% aller Teilnehmern wissen nichts über Impfstoffe. Aber fast die Hälfte derer, die sich als „Impfstoffexperten“ bezeichnen teilen Fehlinformation. Die, die angeben am meisten zu Wissen, wissen am wenigsten. Bei Desinformation typisch.
Ein Screenshot eines Computers
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by Christina Pagel — Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Scott L. Greer

chrischirp.bsky.social
📢 I've decided to do regular 2-3 mins video updates of latest authoritarian antics of Trump administration on YouTube & TikTok.

Have been inspired by reading how many people get their news there and how dominated it is by the right.
www.tiktok.com/@profchristi...

www.youtube.com/@ProfChristi...
Professor Christina Pagel
I'm Professor Christina Pagel at University College London. My research is in health systems. I'm passionate about science, public health, supporting diversity in the sciences, and protecting liberal ...
www.youtube.com
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by Stephan Lewandowsky

lewan.bsky.social
Ah ok. So inciting violence and supporting fascism (and interfering in European elections), in addition to engaging in unethical research, are personal opinions that FRSs are free to engage in. Did I get that right? @deevybee.bsky.social
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by Stephan Lewandowsky

lewan.bsky.social
Interesting. I am not holding my breath. But yes, it will say a *lot* about the Society if they do not expel him now. @deevybee.bsky.social
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 14d
The Royal Society is meeting today to determine what action to take on Elon Musk's continued membership.
What they decide will say a great deal about what the society stands for and whether it is able to meet the needs of the modern scientific community.
Royal Society to consider expelling Musk after rally speech - Research Professional News
“Language of violence” in address to anti-immigration march pushes science academy to reassess billionaire’s fellowship
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
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by Stephan Lewandowsky — Reposted by Nina Jankowicz

lewan.bsky.social
The amazing @ninajankowicz.com does a deep dive into the machinations of the Jim Jordan reality-inversion machine which recently claimed that Tech Giants were pressured by Biden admin into "censorship." They weren't. And they said so in front of Jordan's committee:
Jim Jordan Claims Google Censored Conservatives. His Own Committee’s Work Shows Otherwise.
Google execs’ interviews before the House Judiciary Committee show no evidence of “censorship” or government coercion - so who’s lying?
wiczipedia.substack.com
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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky

kityates.bsky.social
The Royal Society is meeting today to determine what action to take on Elon Musk's continued membership.
What they decide will say a great deal about what the society stands for and whether it is able to meet the needs of the modern scientific community.
Royal Society to consider expelling Musk after rally speech - Research Professional News
“Language of violence” in address to anti-immigration march pushes science academy to reassess billionaire’s fellowship
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
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by Stephan Lewandowsky — Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Dorothy Bishop, Sarah J. Schoppe‐Sullivan

lewan.bsky.social
Terrific sleuthing and deep background research by @alex23.bsky.social into the horrors of "research" on autism conducted by none other than the person RFK Jr put in charge of ... you guessed it, the (non-existent) link between autism and vaccines:
From Willowbrook to the Geiers: Families Speak Out
“Once, I went down to the Geiers’ basement to use the bathroom. I saw several ladies packaging drug bottles into boxes. And in the bathroom I saw what appeared to be equipment from a chemistry lab.”
www.etpnews.com
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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Ruha Benjamin, Marc Lynch , and 9 more

annabower.bsky.social
Young’s opinion, which rules that the Trump admin illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation, is absolutely scathing.

“In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”
And there's the issue of masks. This Court has listened carefully to the reasons given by Öztürk's captors for masking- up and has heard the same reasons advanced by the defendant Todd Lyons, Acting Director of ICE. It rejects this testimony as disingenuous, squalid and dishonorable. ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence. Small wonder ICE often seems to need our respected military to guard them as they go about implementing our immigration laws. It should be noted that our troops do not ordinarily wear masks. Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor -- and honor still matters. To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police. Carrying on in this fashion, ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it "We can not escape history," Lincoln righty said. "[It] will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation." Abraham Lincoln, Second Annual Message to Congress (Dec. 1, 1862) . Perhaps we're now afraid to stick our necks out. If the distinguished Homeland Security intelligence agency can be weaponized to squelch the free speech rights of a small, hapless group of non-citizens in our midst, so too can the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the audit divisions of the I.R.s. and the Social Security Administration be unconstitutionally [98]
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by Stephan Lewandowsky

lewan.bsky.social
Couldn't be clearer now I suppose. And yet, some "serious" pundits who are "nuanced" will find a way to turn the obvious into a complicated unanswerable question.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 15d
An unprecedented violation of our civic and Constitutional traditions. Calling every military leader in the world back to the U.S. to hear a wildly inappropriate partisan campaign speech followed by a fascist call to use the military against Americans.
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