Patrick Fullick
@insect-project.org
unrecovered academic https://fullick.net ~ writer ~ habitually techy ~ InSECT Project team member https://insect-project.org - working to restore trust in science, bolster democracy and counter the erosion of truth
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The InSECT Project is developing a new teaching program to bolster democracy and counter the erosion of truth, with science being considered as a form of knowledge alongside arts and humanities knowledge.
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Noteworthy that of the 2 institutional representatives, one thought there weren’t enough cases for an independent agency, other worried they’d be overwhelmed
Scientific misconduct can waste public funds and harm human health. But views differ about the best way to tackle it.
Should Australia establish an independent body to investigate scientific misconduct? We asked 5 experts
theconversation.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Noteworthy that of the 2 institutional representatives, one thought there weren’t enough cases for an independent agency, other worried they’d be overwhelmed
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A (very distant) relative, his green revolution came under criticism in recent years as organic agriculture grew in prominence. Glad to see folks like @mikegrunwald.bsky.social making case now for intensifying ag productivity on environmental grounds (in addition to very real human welfare grounds)
#OnThisDay Dec 11, 1970: University of Minnesota agronomist Norman E. Borlaug receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his work hybridizing wheat to increase crop yields. Known as the "father of the green revolution," he is credited with saving over a billion people from starvation worldwide.
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
A (very distant) relative, his green revolution came under criticism in recent years as organic agriculture grew in prominence. Glad to see folks like @mikegrunwald.bsky.social making case now for intensifying ag productivity on environmental grounds (in addition to very real human welfare grounds)
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Please support science-based climate action this year. It's needed more than ever.
We have made our choice: a world without a climate crisis, achieved within a generation. ⭐️🌍
Project Drawdown has the science, the platform, and the influence to make it happen. What we need is your support. Donate today and make the impossible, POSSIBLE!
Support ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ijt7Ln
Project Drawdown has the science, the platform, and the influence to make it happen. What we need is your support. Donate today and make the impossible, POSSIBLE!
Support ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ijt7Ln
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Please support science-based climate action this year. It's needed more than ever.
Just finished "An Anthropologist on Mars", a wonderful book by Oliver Sacks. Bought in a charity bookshop a couple of years ago, halfway through I found the original purchase receipt from a Berlin bookshop.
Pre-loved books can contain such lovely surprises. 😍
Pre-loved books can contain such lovely surprises. 😍
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Just finished "An Anthropologist on Mars", a wonderful book by Oliver Sacks. Bought in a charity bookshop a couple of years ago, halfway through I found the original purchase receipt from a Berlin bookshop.
Pre-loved books can contain such lovely surprises. 😍
Pre-loved books can contain such lovely surprises. 😍
What goes around comes around - chlorine dioxide is the substance that some parents were using in order to "cure their children from autism" some six years ago.
NEW: Sen. Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation.
Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer.
“It is all lunacy," one expert said.
Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer.
“It is all lunacy," one expert said.
Sen. Ron Johnson Endorses Book Touting Chlorine Dioxide's Unproven Health Benefits
Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It i...
www.propublica.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What goes around comes around - chlorine dioxide is the substance that some parents were using in order to "cure their children from autism" some six years ago.
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Even though a large majority Americans are worried about climate change, they are talking about it less and less. Break the climate silence. Share your concerns, especially with people who can do something about it—like your mayor & county council.
@mason4c.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@mason4c.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
For day 11 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, we're highlighting research by @climatewithmargs.bsky.social and colleagues:
"Breaking the climate silence: Predictors of discussing global warming with family and friends"
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
"Breaking the climate silence: Predictors of discussing global warming with family and friends"
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
December 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Even though a large majority Americans are worried about climate change, they are talking about it less and less. Break the climate silence. Share your concerns, especially with people who can do something about it—like your mayor & county council.
@mason4c.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@mason4c.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
We've just published our third set of resources for schools in our series to help teachers to explain to students how scientists find the truth about the observable world. 🧪
"The experimenter’s regress – gravitational waves" is available at insect-project.org now! #EduSky
"The experimenter’s regress – gravitational waves" is available at insect-project.org now! #EduSky
December 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We've just published our third set of resources for schools in our series to help teachers to explain to students how scientists find the truth about the observable world. 🧪
"The experimenter’s regress – gravitational waves" is available at insect-project.org now! #EduSky
"The experimenter’s regress – gravitational waves" is available at insect-project.org now! #EduSky
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59 yrs ago today (Dec 11, 1966) “Science and Survival” reviewed in Sydney Morning Herald
“We are burning fuel at such a rate that by AD2000 the extra CO2 may … raise the temperature of the earth to the point that the Antarctic ice cap begins to melt.”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/12/10/d...
“We are burning fuel at such a rate that by AD2000 the extra CO2 may … raise the temperature of the earth to the point that the Antarctic ice cap begins to melt.”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/12/10/d...
December 11, 1966- “Science and Survival” reviewed in Sydney Morning Herald - All Our Yesterdays
Fifty nine years ago, on this day, December 11th, 1966, Peter Finley (presumably Times?) reviewing Science and Survival. Reprinted in Sydney Morning Herald 11 December 1966 https://news.google.com/ne...
allouryesterdays.info
December 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
59 yrs ago today (Dec 11, 1966) “Science and Survival” reviewed in Sydney Morning Herald
“We are burning fuel at such a rate that by AD2000 the extra CO2 may … raise the temperature of the earth to the point that the Antarctic ice cap begins to melt.”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/12/10/d...
“We are burning fuel at such a rate that by AD2000 the extra CO2 may … raise the temperature of the earth to the point that the Antarctic ice cap begins to melt.”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/12/10/d...
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This is what it looked like on January 19, 2025
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December 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is what it looked like on January 19, 2025
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How much of the observed global warming was caused by humans? Science's best estimate: ALL OF IT
To be clear: the new, near-exclusive emphasis on natural causes of climate change on the U.S. EPA's website is now completely out of synch with all available evidence demonstrating overwhelming human influence on contemporary warming trends.
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
How much of the observed global warming was caused by humans? Science's best estimate: ALL OF IT
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We are in Medieval times.
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
The outbreaks are threatening to cost the country its measles elimination status, which was earned in 2000 after vaccination efforts stopped the virus from spreading continuously. 🧪
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
The outbreaks are threatening to cost the country its measles elimination status, which was earned in 2000 after vaccination efforts stopped the virus from spreading continuously. 🧪
Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
arstechnica.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We are in Medieval times.
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
The outbreaks are threatening to cost the country its measles elimination status, which was earned in 2000 after vaccination efforts stopped the virus from spreading continuously. 🧪
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
The outbreaks are threatening to cost the country its measles elimination status, which was earned in 2000 after vaccination efforts stopped the virus from spreading continuously. 🧪
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk put science on the chopping block in 2025 www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
Donald Trump and Elon Musk put science on the chopping block in 2025
The Trump administration has targeted everything from public health to space missions for funding cuts, bringing an end to the longstanding US policy of scientific pursuits as a path towards progress ...
www.newscientist.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk put science on the chopping block in 2025 www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
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IPCC Chair Jim Skea stressed the scientific foundations for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in his keynote address to the #UNEA7 High-Level Dialogue “Keeping the Promise – Boosting SDGs implementation through the MEAs” in Nairobi today.
December 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
IPCC Chair Jim Skea stressed the scientific foundations for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in his keynote address to the #UNEA7 High-Level Dialogue “Keeping the Promise – Boosting SDGs implementation through the MEAs” in Nairobi today.
An attack on science is a direct attack on the fabric of democracy. Proper policy-making demands evidence about the observable world, which is what science provides.
Extreme attacks on #science documented here for just the first six months of the Trump regime. More data and information here:
www.ucs.org/resources/sc...
www.ucs.org/resources/sc...
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
An attack on science is a direct attack on the fabric of democracy. Proper policy-making demands evidence about the observable world, which is what science provides.
The attack on science-based medicine is a threat to us all, not just our friends and colleagues in the US. Viruses and propaganda do not respect borders.
🚨I joined a remarkable group of physicians, epidemiologists, virologists, lawyers, & other public health experts to make this short video
We cannot stand by & watch Trump, RFK Jr, & the MAGA/MAHA movement cause preventable sickness & death
Please share far & wide, thanks
We cannot stand by & watch Trump, RFK Jr, & the MAGA/MAHA movement cause preventable sickness & death
Please share far & wide, thanks
The Save America Movement’s Science & Health Committee, led by Dr. Angela Rasmussen, unites experts from Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Yale & more to expose how Trump’s plan to rewrite the childhood vaccine schedule endangers families and public health. Watch here: www.youtube.com/shorts/4wnNy...
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The attack on science-based medicine is a threat to us all, not just our friends and colleagues in the US. Viruses and propaganda do not respect borders.
From the wonderful David Malki - link in comment below.
This dates from 2014 and yet is SO topical.
This dates from 2014 and yet is SO topical.
December 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
From the wonderful David Malki - link in comment below.
This dates from 2014 and yet is SO topical.
This dates from 2014 and yet is SO topical.
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Excited to be featured in this @cenmag.bsky.social piece with @standupforscience.bsky.social friend @jeremymberg.bsky.social
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cen.acs.org/policy/nih-n...
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cen.acs.org/policy/nih-n...
‘A huge rupture in everything’: US science faced major upheaval in 2025
Amid enormous shifts, many scientists pushed back and risked dismissal from their jobs even as federal agencies fired thousands of employees
cen.acs.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Excited to be featured in this @cenmag.bsky.social piece with @standupforscience.bsky.social friend @jeremymberg.bsky.social
❤️✊
cen.acs.org/policy/nih-n...
❤️✊
cen.acs.org/policy/nih-n...
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Unfortunately, hiding your head in the sand will not make climate change go away www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...
E.P.A. Erases Mention of Humans Causing Climate Change From Some Web Pages
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Unfortunately, hiding your head in the sand will not make climate change go away www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...
Big Oil targeted science teachers to get them to question the science and present it as "not settled".
In 1998, API — Big Oil's largest trade association — declared that “victory will be achieved when average citizens ‘understand’ (recognize) uncertainties in climate science.”
CCI's Kert Davies explains why the "Victory Memo" is now considered one of the ugliest documents in climate denial history.
CCI's Kert Davies explains why the "Victory Memo" is now considered one of the ugliest documents in climate denial history.
December 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Big Oil targeted science teachers to get them to question the science and present it as "not settled".
I have no words.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I have no words.
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President of the American College of Physicians and liaison to the HHS Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices, Dr. Jason Goldman: "I have spent two days dealing with Sec. Kennedy's vaccine committee. They are destroying our public health infrastructure.
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
President of the American College of Physicians and liaison to the HHS Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices, Dr. Jason Goldman: "I have spent two days dealing with Sec. Kennedy's vaccine committee. They are destroying our public health infrastructure.
I have not yet read the Crick biography by @matthewcobb.bsky.social - it's on my list!
If you're quick, you can catch the BBC Horizon Special drama documentary about Crick & Watson, available until late Thursday evening this week. Jeff Goldblum as Watson is 👍.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
If you're quick, you can catch the BBC Horizon Special drama documentary about Crick & Watson, available until late Thursday evening this week. Jeff Goldblum as Watson is 👍.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Horizon - Life Story: A Horizon Special
Film telling the story of the race to discover the structure of DNA. Watson and Crick have the bright ideas and the will to win. But there's one little problem: Rosalind Franklin has the crucial data.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I have not yet read the Crick biography by @matthewcobb.bsky.social - it's on my list!
If you're quick, you can catch the BBC Horizon Special drama documentary about Crick & Watson, available until late Thursday evening this week. Jeff Goldblum as Watson is 👍.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
If you're quick, you can catch the BBC Horizon Special drama documentary about Crick & Watson, available until late Thursday evening this week. Jeff Goldblum as Watson is 👍.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Each year, human ingenuity cures some of the world’s most deadly diseases. 🧪
Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Each year, human ingenuity cures some of the world’s most deadly diseases. 🧪
Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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My colleague, the brilliant @colincarlson.bsky.social posted this on LinkedIn. This is devastating for Colin and his group, but also for science, for the future of the human race. #NSF is starving scientists of resources. This will not get better until we all rise up.
December 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My colleague, the brilliant @colincarlson.bsky.social posted this on LinkedIn. This is devastating for Colin and his group, but also for science, for the future of the human race. #NSF is starving scientists of resources. This will not get better until we all rise up.