Philipp Markolin
@philippmarkolin.bsky.social
Science blogger and communicator:
www.protagonist-science.com
Mein investigatives Buch über die Insider-Geschichte hinter der COVID-19 Ursprungskontroverse jetzt exklusiv auf Deutsch erhältlich:
www.lab-leak-fever.com
www.protagonist-science.com
Mein investigatives Buch über die Insider-Geschichte hinter der COVID-19 Ursprungskontroverse jetzt exklusiv auf Deutsch erhältlich:
www.lab-leak-fever.com
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Lab Leak Fever
The COVID-19 Origin Theory that Sabotaged Science and Society
www.protagonist-science.com
Happy August.
Here is a little surprise for everybody: The english version of my book is finally available. You can get it on Amazon. You can also read and listen to it on my blog, where I will release the book as freely accessible serialized novel.
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Here is a little surprise for everybody: The english version of my book is finally available. You can get it on Amazon. You can also read and listen to it on my blog, where I will release the book as freely accessible serialized novel.
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This is prime example of "CBS News" under Bari Weiss turning to pure "see BS News"
h/t @nikkiglaser.bsky.social
h/t @nikkiglaser.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This is prime example of "CBS News" under Bari Weiss turning to pure "see BS News"
h/t @nikkiglaser.bsky.social
h/t @nikkiglaser.bsky.social
Credit to @taylorlorenz.bsky.social for this interview
This is a valuable conversation for multiple reasons.
It's about the absurdity, cruelty and harm of X towards even somebody who was key MAGA figure.
It shows that being ideologically aligned does not protect you from this extreme movement when you are female.
youtu.be/W0x7bMbOavU?...
It's about the absurdity, cruelty and harm of X towards even somebody who was key MAGA figure.
It shows that being ideologically aligned does not protect you from this extreme movement when you are female.
youtu.be/W0x7bMbOavU?...
How Ashley St Clair Escaped The Right Wing Bubble
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Credit to @taylorlorenz.bsky.social for this interview
This is a valuable conversation for multiple reasons.
It's about the absurdity, cruelty and harm of X towards even somebody who was key MAGA figure.
It shows that being ideologically aligned does not protect you from this extreme movement when you are female.
youtu.be/W0x7bMbOavU?...
It's about the absurdity, cruelty and harm of X towards even somebody who was key MAGA figure.
It shows that being ideologically aligned does not protect you from this extreme movement when you are female.
youtu.be/W0x7bMbOavU?...
How Ashley St Clair Escaped The Right Wing Bubble
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 4:10 PM
This is a valuable conversation for multiple reasons.
It's about the absurdity, cruelty and harm of X towards even somebody who was key MAGA figure.
It shows that being ideologically aligned does not protect you from this extreme movement when you are female.
youtu.be/W0x7bMbOavU?...
It's about the absurdity, cruelty and harm of X towards even somebody who was key MAGA figure.
It shows that being ideologically aligned does not protect you from this extreme movement when you are female.
youtu.be/W0x7bMbOavU?...
"The right-wing talking points, the disgusting social media comments cheering on the violence, the expected milquetoast both-sidesism of legacy news media have all contributed to a surrealness around the actual events on the ground and questions from folks out of state."
"Those of us in Minneapolis-St.Paul and throughout the state have, in clear conscience, no choice but to resist through activation and observation—distractions to our daily lives be damned."
Please take a few minutes today to read this essay by my friend @taylorcarik.bsky.social
Please take a few minutes today to read this essay by my friend @taylorcarik.bsky.social
So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?
What’s it like to live in America with a domestic military occupation? Minnesota has the answer.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:27 PM
"The right-wing talking points, the disgusting social media comments cheering on the violence, the expected milquetoast both-sidesism of legacy news media have all contributed to a surrealness around the actual events on the ground and questions from folks out of state."
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
January 14, 2026 at 12:13 AM
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
Fully agree with this article from @cwarzel.bsky.social
This is not yet another scandal to gloss over, but blatant and often (or in many places) illegal sexualized violence content against women and children.
Never forget.
Never forgive.
Accountability is needed more than ever.
This is not yet another scandal to gloss over, but blatant and often (or in many places) illegal sexualized violence content against women and children.
Never forget.
Never forgive.
Accountability is needed more than ever.
"companies such as Apple and Google seem to be counting on their “No comment”s being buried by whatever scandal comes next. They are banking on a culture in which people have given up on demanding consequences"
There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
January 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Fully agree with this article from @cwarzel.bsky.social
This is not yet another scandal to gloss over, but blatant and often (or in many places) illegal sexualized violence content against women and children.
Never forget.
Never forgive.
Accountability is needed more than ever.
This is not yet another scandal to gloss over, but blatant and often (or in many places) illegal sexualized violence content against women and children.
Never forget.
Never forgive.
Accountability is needed more than ever.
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"companies such as Apple and Google seem to be counting on their “No comment”s being buried by whatever scandal comes next. They are banking on a culture in which people have given up on demanding consequences"
There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM
"companies such as Apple and Google seem to be counting on their “No comment”s being buried by whatever scandal comes next. They are banking on a culture in which people have given up on demanding consequences"
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Precisely, and it is surprising (?) and disappointing that this point is not made 24/7 at 100dB+ by European politicians and media who ostensibly support democracy. In the 1930s, ignorance of what is coming was an excuse. Today they cannot pretend not to know of what the fascists really want.
I wonder how many Dutch voters fully realize that what ICE is doing in Minnesota is *exactly* what Wilders (and van der Plas, Baudet, Eerdmans etc) would like to see happen here. It’s a free preview of what far right government actually looks like.
January 14, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Precisely, and it is surprising (?) and disappointing that this point is not made 24/7 at 100dB+ by European politicians and media who ostensibly support democracy. In the 1930s, ignorance of what is coming was an excuse. Today they cannot pretend not to know of what the fascists really want.
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This is our justice system now: guilt or innocence are determined based on political criteria, no investigation needed. DOJ pursues a former FBI Director, or Chair of the Federal Reserve on trumped up charges, but refuses to investigate a killer.
NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting
At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now
January 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
This is our justice system now: guilt or innocence are determined based on political criteria, no investigation needed. DOJ pursues a former FBI Director, or Chair of the Federal Reserve on trumped up charges, but refuses to investigate a killer.
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I think it's fair to say that X's integration of an abusive nudify app that includes children as victims of its users is not really going to have any sort of material dent in the volume of people contributing their labor to ensuring there is a broad hesitation to quit the app.
So: now what?
So: now what?
January 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I think it's fair to say that X's integration of an abusive nudify app that includes children as victims of its users is not really going to have any sort of material dent in the volume of people contributing their labor to ensuring there is a broad hesitation to quit the app.
So: now what?
So: now what?
Why are those minions not falling in line to protect her dear new leadership at CBS?, Bari Weiss asks.
Maybe because she is a privileged, unqualified narcissist who got installed at by a Trump-associated billionaire for her client propaganda?
Now playing the eternal victim.
How unexpected.
Maybe because she is a privileged, unqualified narcissist who got installed at by a Trump-associated billionaire for her client propaganda?
Now playing the eternal victim.
How unexpected.
January 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Why are those minions not falling in line to protect her dear new leadership at CBS?, Bari Weiss asks.
Maybe because she is a privileged, unqualified narcissist who got installed at by a Trump-associated billionaire for her client propaganda?
Now playing the eternal victim.
How unexpected.
Maybe because she is a privileged, unqualified narcissist who got installed at by a Trump-associated billionaire for her client propaganda?
Now playing the eternal victim.
How unexpected.
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Yes, and the whole "never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by neglect, ignorance or incompetence" aka Hanlon's razor doesn't apply to things like white supremacy, patriarchy, etc. These systems need constant top down fascistic control. modelthinkers.com/mental-model...
January 13, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Yes, and the whole "never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by neglect, ignorance or incompetence" aka Hanlon's razor doesn't apply to things like white supremacy, patriarchy, etc. These systems need constant top down fascistic control. modelthinkers.com/mental-model...
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What is the opposite of a Cassandra?
Someone who was warned over and over again, hurled juvenile insults at those who warned him, only to realize the threat after it was too late?
Someone who was warned over and over again, hurled juvenile insults at those who warned him, only to realize the threat after it was too late?
January 13, 2026 at 12:02 AM
What is the opposite of a Cassandra?
Someone who was warned over and over again, hurled juvenile insults at those who warned him, only to realize the threat after it was too late?
Someone who was warned over and over again, hurled juvenile insults at those who warned him, only to realize the threat after it was too late?
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
Excellent analysis
6/ For decades, large parts of the media have framed #climate action as coercive, elitist, economically reckless, or culturally imposed, while marginalising discussion of regulation, redistribution & structural reform
As shown by @sylviahayes.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social &Catherine Butler
As shown by @sylviahayes.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social &Catherine Butler
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January 13, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Excellent analysis
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15/ This is precisely why rigorous and critical social science of #climate action is indispensable.
You cannot understand public response without analysing power, agenda-setting, media ownership, and the political economy of delay.
You cannot understand public response without analysing power, agenda-setting, media ownership, and the political economy of delay.
Three Decades of Climate Mitigation: Why Haven't We Bent the Global Emissions Curve?
Despite three decades of political efforts and a wealth of research on the causes and catastrophic impacts of climate change, global carbon dioxide emissions have continued to rise and are 60% higher ...
www.annualreviews.org
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
15/ This is precisely why rigorous and critical social science of #climate action is indispensable.
You cannot understand public response without analysing power, agenda-setting, media ownership, and the political economy of delay.
You cannot understand public response without analysing power, agenda-setting, media ownership, and the political economy of delay.
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14/ #Climate action has not stalled because it demanded too much of people, but because institutions protected incumbents, delayed regulation, & shifted responsibility downward, a dynamic that reliably produces cynicism & withdrawal.
This new book tells the history in detail ...
This new book tells the history in detail ...
Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment
Abstract. Climate obstruction involves intentional actions and efforts to slow or block policies on climate change that are commensurate with the current s
academic.oup.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
14/ #Climate action has not stalled because it demanded too much of people, but because institutions protected incumbents, delayed regulation, & shifted responsibility downward, a dynamic that reliably produces cynicism & withdrawal.
This new book tells the history in detail ...
This new book tells the history in detail ...
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13/ Calls to “think like advertising executives” capture one core insight of #climate social science: framing matters.
But no amount of clever framing can overcome hostile media ecosystems that undermine collective solutions
That requires media system reform & governance, not just messaging tweaks
But no amount of clever framing can overcome hostile media ecosystems that undermine collective solutions
That requires media system reform & governance, not just messaging tweaks
New Impress Report Into Climate Change News Highlights Need To Boost Independent Regulation - Impress
A new report has highlighted the need for further policy work on how climate change information is reported and regulated.
www.impressorg.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
13/ Calls to “think like advertising executives” capture one core insight of #climate social science: framing matters.
But no amount of clever framing can overcome hostile media ecosystems that undermine collective solutions
That requires media system reform & governance, not just messaging tweaks
But no amount of clever framing can overcome hostile media ecosystems that undermine collective solutions
That requires media system reform & governance, not just messaging tweaks
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7/ This creates a circular dynamic: the media constructs a reality in which #climate action equals loss & resentment, then later cites that mediated resistance as proof that climate ambition itself was misguided.
As Bakaki et al. explain...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
As Bakaki et al. explain...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
7/ This creates a circular dynamic: the media constructs a reality in which #climate action equals loss & resentment, then later cites that mediated resistance as proof that climate ambition itself was misguided.
As Bakaki et al. explain...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
As Bakaki et al. explain...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Malaysia is now launching legal action against X and xAI, over Grok’s creation of sexualised images
Musk’s X Faces Legal Action by Malaysia Over Grok Sexual Images
Malaysia said it will take legal action against Elon Musk’s X for failing to protect users in the Southeast Asian nation, just days after it banned the artificial intelligence tool Grok over its gener...
www.bloomberg.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Malaysia is now launching legal action against X and xAI, over Grok’s creation of sexualised images
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Sehr guter Kommentar! „Die Frage ist, wann die EU-Kommission und die nationalen Regulierungsbehörden begreifen, dass sie längst Teil des Problems sind – durch Untätigkeit, durch Verharmlosung, durch die Weigerung, digitale Gewalt als das zu behandeln, was sie ist: Gewalt“ (via @docgaby.bsky.social)
Elon Musks Chatbot Grok erstellt auf X sexualisierte Bilder realer Frauen – und von Kindern. Dahinter steckt ein neues System digitaler Gewalt.
KI-Deepfakes von Frauen auf X: Sexualisierte Gewalt als Feature
Elon Musks Chatbot Grok erstellt auf X sexualisierte Bilder realer Frauen – und von Kindern. Dahinter steckt ein neues System digitaler Gewalt.
taz.de
January 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Sehr guter Kommentar! „Die Frage ist, wann die EU-Kommission und die nationalen Regulierungsbehörden begreifen, dass sie längst Teil des Problems sind – durch Untätigkeit, durch Verharmlosung, durch die Weigerung, digitale Gewalt als das zu behandeln, was sie ist: Gewalt“ (via @docgaby.bsky.social)
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Weil Fragen kamen:
Nein, keine Konkurrenz zum Digital Independence Day.
Kann es da meiner Meinung auch nicht geben.
Mike Kuketz arbeitet dazu seit Jahren.
Wir machen nur ein Angebot zur Vereinfachung.
Und dass man hier keinen Hashtags folgen kann, wusste ich nicht.
Sorry. Im Fediverse geht das :(
Nein, keine Konkurrenz zum Digital Independence Day.
Kann es da meiner Meinung auch nicht geben.
Mike Kuketz arbeitet dazu seit Jahren.
Wir machen nur ein Angebot zur Vereinfachung.
Und dass man hier keinen Hashtags folgen kann, wusste ich nicht.
Sorry. Im Fediverse geht das :(
#UnplugBigTech
Diesen Hashtag solltet ihr auf "follow" setzen!
Noch justieren Mike Kuketz und ich an einzelnen Details, aber schon bald startet unser kleiner Trimmdichpfad for Beginners der digitalen Souveränität.
Ende 2026 seid ihr fit!
Wir reduzieren, um Umsetzung leicht zu machen.
Wird gut!
Diesen Hashtag solltet ihr auf "follow" setzen!
Noch justieren Mike Kuketz und ich an einzelnen Details, aber schon bald startet unser kleiner Trimmdichpfad for Beginners der digitalen Souveränität.
Ende 2026 seid ihr fit!
Wir reduzieren, um Umsetzung leicht zu machen.
Wird gut!
January 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Weil Fragen kamen:
Nein, keine Konkurrenz zum Digital Independence Day.
Kann es da meiner Meinung auch nicht geben.
Mike Kuketz arbeitet dazu seit Jahren.
Wir machen nur ein Angebot zur Vereinfachung.
Und dass man hier keinen Hashtags folgen kann, wusste ich nicht.
Sorry. Im Fediverse geht das :(
Nein, keine Konkurrenz zum Digital Independence Day.
Kann es da meiner Meinung auch nicht geben.
Mike Kuketz arbeitet dazu seit Jahren.
Wir machen nur ein Angebot zur Vereinfachung.
Und dass man hier keinen Hashtags folgen kann, wusste ich nicht.
Sorry. Im Fediverse geht das :(
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Daniel Günther (CDU) hat Selbstverständlichkeiten ausgesprochen:
- unabhängig von US-Big Tech werden & Minderjährige schützen
- ein AfD-Verbotsverfahren ist überfällig
- Hetzportale wie Nius sind Gegner unserer Demokratie
Dafür wird er von Bild & Co angegriffen - das zeigt, wo Springer steht.
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- unabhängig von US-Big Tech werden & Minderjährige schützen
- ein AfD-Verbotsverfahren ist überfällig
- Hetzportale wie Nius sind Gegner unserer Demokratie
Dafür wird er von Bild & Co angegriffen - das zeigt, wo Springer steht.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Daniel Günther (CDU) hat Selbstverständlichkeiten ausgesprochen:
- unabhängig von US-Big Tech werden & Minderjährige schützen
- ein AfD-Verbotsverfahren ist überfällig
- Hetzportale wie Nius sind Gegner unserer Demokratie
Dafür wird er von Bild & Co angegriffen - das zeigt, wo Springer steht.
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- unabhängig von US-Big Tech werden & Minderjährige schützen
- ein AfD-Verbotsverfahren ist überfällig
- Hetzportale wie Nius sind Gegner unserer Demokratie
Dafür wird er von Bild & Co angegriffen - das zeigt, wo Springer steht.
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🔥 @markruffalo.bsky.social : “I gotta be honest, I’m not feeling so great. Renee Good was murdered... stormtroopers running around terrorizing. As much as I love all this, I can’t pretend all this crazy stuff isn’t happening. We have a president who says laws don’t apply to him- this is crazy.”
January 12, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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I recently testified in European Parliament that financial penalties against corporations or wealthy leaders often do not alter behaviour.
#corpgov
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#corpgov
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January 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
I recently testified in European Parliament that financial penalties against corporations or wealthy leaders often do not alter behaviour.
#corpgov
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#corpgov
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