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Michael E. Mann

@michaelemann.bsky.social

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Scientist/Author/Speaker; Presidential Distinguished Prof/Director Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media, U. Penn; National Academy of Sciences; Royal Society; Tyler Prize

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 24d

"Scientists strive to be apolitical, but they can’t keep politics out of their labs" | Great review of my new book with @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social, #ScienceUnderSiege, in the @latimes.com (and @yahoonews.com), courtesy of Michael Hiltzik: www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Hiltzik: Scientists strive to be apolitical, but they can't keep politics out of their labs

Since Galileo's time, politicians and ideologues have always tried to interfere with science. It's worse than ever today.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 5h

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 6h

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks--we tell those stories, at some length, in the book 🙂

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 7h

thank you!

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 7h

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 8h

Many thanks @pbsnews.org for the great opportunity this evening about our new book #ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 7h

"Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science" | My #ScienceUnderSiege co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I spoke with @wbrangham.bsky.social of the @pbs.org #Newshour:
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Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science

From its embrace of dubious research about autism, its skepticism over vaccines and its wholesale rejection of the consensus about climate change, the Trump administration has set off alarm bells with...

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks Loey

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you!

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 8h

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Loey Norquist @loeynorq.bsky.social · 10h

@michaelemann.bsky.social Professor, we just saw you and Dr. Hotez on PBS news hour. Excellent interview. You two are amazing! Bravo 🙌🏼

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 9h

Just watched a smart, persuasive interview with @michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social on US media.

They were asked if “naming names” about liars & their motivations risks coming across as “partisan.”

I think about that a lot as I do similar things in the city-building arena. 1/2

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Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science

The most excellent @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and @michaelemann.bsky.social have a new book!

PBS @pbsnews.org Newshour
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Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 5d

I'll be doing an event/signing for my new book w/ @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social , #ScienceUnderSiege, at the @upenn.edu bookstore, Tuesday Oct 7. Please come out for it if you're in the Philly area! 🙂
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 11h

#ScienceUnderSiege reading, conversation and book-signing in 20 minutes at the @upenn.edu bookstore

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 12h

owls exist!

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 12h

owls exist!

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 14h

Hitchcock was a visionary...
nypost.com/2025/10/07/s...

Birds are behaving strangely — and it could have dire implications for humanity, scientist warns

Is it the sign of the a-flock-alypse?

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 12h

stopped clock.

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 13h

stopped clock

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 14h

Hitchcock was a visionary...
nypost.com/2025/10/07/s...

Birds are behaving strangely — and it could have dire implications for humanity, scientist warns

Is it the sign of the a-flock-alypse?

nypost.com

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 1d

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

― George Orwell, 1984

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 1d

"How To Fight Anti-Science Forces w/ Michael Mann" | My conversation earlier today about my (and @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social) new book, #ScienceUnderSiege, with @samseder.bsky.social and @emmavigeland.bsky.social on @majorityreport.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7u...

How To Fight Anti-Science Forces w/ Michael Mann | MR Live

YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 7d

Very much looking forward to this Penn #ClimateWeek keynote event with my friend Bill Nye (though it will be in my capacity as Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth & Environmental Science and Director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media @penncssm.bsky.social)

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · Sep 5

"A Conversation with Bill Nye the Science Guy" | I'll be talking with my friend Bill Nye about where we stand today in the battle to address the climate crisis in a special #PennClimateWeek keynote event, Friday Oct 17 at @upenn.edu: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversa...
@upennclimate.bsky.social

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 1d

yes: bsky.app/profile/mich...

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 1d

Truthful, given the following definitions:
"concerned" as in "concerned it's still available to too many"
"fix" as one might "fix" a race or a dog

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1d

This book made me very very depressed, which is another way of saying bravo to @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and @michaelemann.bsky.social

JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 2d

Next off the shelf. An unfortunately topical read.
#books
#nonfiction
#booksky
#everyoneshouldreadmore
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Cover of Science Under Siege by Michael Mann and Peter Hotez

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