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Mark Boslough

@boslough.bsky.social

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Physicist, airburst specialist, planetary defender, & CSI Fellow. I'm critical of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (YDIH) which has strong links to global warming denial, creationism, & pseudoarchaeology. It relies on misinformation & fake peer review.

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Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · Nov 16

Longtime defender of evolution. Critic of creationism. Communicator of climate science. Exposer of climate denial & misinformation. My favorite BS to debunk is the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (YDIH) which combines these topics with pseudoarchaeology & misrepresents my own research on airbursts.

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John Mashey @johnmashey.bsky.social · 12h

1/ Given CDC evisceration, attacks on climate science, NASA... here's a short tale of worrisome prescience from 2014.
I attended an early showing in San Francisco of the fine film "Merchants of Doubt". It has book's foci of climate denial/tobacco, but adds more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRWE...

Merchants of Doubt (2014) with Naomi Oreskes, Jamy Ian Swiss, Frederick Singer Movie

YouTube video by hos Ben

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Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 1d

I usually don’t get tricked by AI. It’s becoming insidious.

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Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! PNAS did have actual peer review for regular people. The rigged “pal review” was only for NAS members. Not all abused it, but Kennett took it to a whole new level.

Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 1d

The funniest thing about this is that they retreat after they shoot.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 5d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 1d

Wait till they learn about Woody Guthrie.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 1d

Koonin has become a meme. Well deserved!

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Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 3d

I was very disappointed when he went to the dark side. He used to be a critic of junk science (cold fusion) but now he's engaging in it and promoting it.

Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 3d

Koonin's schtick includes making up quotes, falsely attributing them to climate scientists, and then attacking them. He is so dishonest. yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/05/a-cr...

A critical review of Steven Koonin’s 'Unsettled' » Yale Climate Connections

‘Tilting at strawmen.’ Or ‘red flag.’ There are no finer shorthand descriptions of a controversial new book on climate science.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, it's from the fringe & appears to be self published. We suggested in 1997 that the Tunguska noctilucent cloud had the same cause as those on Jupiter after the impacts of comet fragments in 1994. I think this explanation is now accepted by most mainstream researchers.
www.unm.edu/~mbeb/Public...

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 3d

This is not normal, this is fascism. Never let it become normal.

Reuter headline "Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment"

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 4d

IN HONOR OF FRIENDSHIP MONTH:

djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."

Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it."

djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret."

And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children.

#PedoPrez

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 3d

Antifa is terrorizing Portland.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 3d

The "antifa army" that Noem stared down 😂😂😂

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Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 3d

I sat on my grandma’s lap while she told me she had sat on the lap of her aunt who was a Donner Party surviver.

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Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 3d

Sandia gold.

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Simon ⚒️⛩️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴‍☠️🇪🇺 @sulaco68.bsky.social · 7d

The view from an ANTIFA landing craft June 6th 1944

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Rob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 9d

"I've lived 82 years on this Earth, and this is the first time I've ever witnessed people delighting in the suffering of others so openly, so proudly, and even recording it for the world to see. If these people ever crossed paths with me, I swear...I would not hold back."

Mick Jagger

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Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 9d

This is a violation of the Hatch Act. Are civil servants who run federal websites aware that they have an obligation to refuse to break the law?

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 10d

Pharmacists who recommend homeopathy should be willing to accept as payment envelopes that once contained money.

- @davidjuurlink.bsky.social

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 10d

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 10d

What happened to American innovation? Just rebrand soy and market it as patriotic and manly. “Real men eat freedomame”. Sell it with BBQ sauce at sporting events.

Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 10d

Ok farm facts are back!

China is so much of the global soybean market, you can't make up losing them by selling to other countries. There isn't enough soybean demand in the world to fill that dent.

And farmers... know that.

Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 10d

They aren’t real Christians. They only identify as Christians.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 10d

Have you heard an idea called the Younger Dryas impact, about comet fragments impacting Earth 12,000 years ago and causing climactic changes? Yeah, there's a good reason I don't put any stock in it, and Mark — an impact expert — details why.

Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 12d

My opinion piece on the pseudoscience of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis was published today by Skeptical Inquirer.

skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/th...

The Problem with Inadequately Reviewed Fringe Science | Skeptical Inquirer

Skeptics usually recognize pseudoscience when we see it. Our heuristics include an assessment of the qualifications and reputations of an idea’s proponents ...

skepticalinquirer.org

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 11d

ICE kidnapped him, maniac shot him, ICE shackled him to his hospital bed. Now he’s dead and left a devastated family behind.

Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 11d

This is so sad. He leaves four kids, another son about to be born, and his US citizen wife (per NPR reporting yesterday). A breadwinner and homeowner; “they were trying to get him permanent residency”
www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...

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