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
"Science is doing okay..." according to NYT, choosing to highlight that unfortunate quote from somebody from AAAS.
We beg to differ.
Just look at some of those in: www.trumpactiontracker.info
h/t @chrischirp.bsky.social
We beg to differ.
Just look at some of those in: www.trumpactiontracker.info
h/t @chrischirp.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 8:06 PM
"Science is doing okay..." according to NYT, choosing to highlight that unfortunate quote from somebody from AAAS.
We beg to differ.
Just look at some of those in: www.trumpactiontracker.info
h/t @chrischirp.bsky.social
We beg to differ.
Just look at some of those in: www.trumpactiontracker.info
h/t @chrischirp.bsky.social
My book exists in German/English as paperback or ebook; but also as a freely available serialized blog/audio on the internet. ⬇️
So if you look for a thrilling real-life tale about scientific inquiry versus media manipulation and the insider story behind the origin controversy, this is for you:
So if you look for a thrilling real-life tale about scientific inquiry versus media manipulation and the insider story behind the origin controversy, this is for you:
January 9, 2026 at 10:28 AM
My book exists in German/English as paperback or ebook; but also as a freely available serialized blog/audio on the internet. ⬇️
So if you look for a thrilling real-life tale about scientific inquiry versus media manipulation and the insider story behind the origin controversy, this is for you:
So if you look for a thrilling real-life tale about scientific inquiry versus media manipulation and the insider story behind the origin controversy, this is for you:
Soon in my favorite podcast.
Only $99 with access code: Huberman-SnAKEoil
Only $99 with access code: Huberman-SnAKEoil
January 9, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Soon in my favorite podcast.
Only $99 with access code: Huberman-SnAKEoil
Only $99 with access code: Huberman-SnAKEoil
Step 4: Let's see if we can profit?
.... tadaa
"scientifically sound and fundable"
.... tadaa
"scientifically sound and fundable"
January 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Step 4: Let's see if we can profit?
.... tadaa
"scientifically sound and fundable"
.... tadaa
"scientifically sound and fundable"
Step 3: Retroengineer from conclusions a fundable executive summary.
Use the executive summary to do the AI optimization for it.
Use the executive summary to do the AI optimization for it.
January 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Step 3: Retroengineer from conclusions a fundable executive summary.
Use the executive summary to do the AI optimization for it.
Use the executive summary to do the AI optimization for it.
Step 2: Take the output and feed it back into the machine
Machine takes it serious.
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Machine takes it serious.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Step 2: Take the output and feed it back into the machine
Machine takes it serious.
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Machine takes it serious.
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And here we go.
Step 1: Prompting and creating AI-friendly garbage output
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Step 1: Prompting and creating AI-friendly garbage output
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January 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
And here we go.
Step 1: Prompting and creating AI-friendly garbage output
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Step 1: Prompting and creating AI-friendly garbage output
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Just the reporting on it needs to have warning labels of explicit sexual content and sexual violence.
Here from the wired article, if you must read just some of that pornographic violent garbage these oligarchs want to flood the world with.
Here from the wired article, if you must read just some of that pornographic violent garbage these oligarchs want to flood the world with.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Just the reporting on it needs to have warning labels of explicit sexual content and sexual violence.
Here from the wired article, if you must read just some of that pornographic violent garbage these oligarchs want to flood the world with.
Here from the wired article, if you must read just some of that pornographic violent garbage these oligarchs want to flood the world with.
Violent sexual deep fakes and child abuse.
Illegal AI content rolled out to millions.
Musk and his billionaire buddies and investors take Q-anon conspiracy theories about cabals of pedophiles apparently as an instruction manual for the world they wants to create.
Fucking losers in a failed state
Illegal AI content rolled out to millions.
Musk and his billionaire buddies and investors take Q-anon conspiracy theories about cabals of pedophiles apparently as an instruction manual for the world they wants to create.
Fucking losers in a failed state
January 8, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Violent sexual deep fakes and child abuse.
Illegal AI content rolled out to millions.
Musk and his billionaire buddies and investors take Q-anon conspiracy theories about cabals of pedophiles apparently as an instruction manual for the world they wants to create.
Fucking losers in a failed state
Illegal AI content rolled out to millions.
Musk and his billionaire buddies and investors take Q-anon conspiracy theories about cabals of pedophiles apparently as an instruction manual for the world they wants to create.
Fucking losers in a failed state
I end the conversation with a plea to adapt and hold strong an evidence-based worldview.
Sowing distrust in science, discarding evidence-based journalism, education and science directly attacks the epistemic integrity of democracy.
Sowing distrust in science, discarding evidence-based journalism, education and science directly attacks the epistemic integrity of democracy.
January 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I end the conversation with a plea to adapt and hold strong an evidence-based worldview.
Sowing distrust in science, discarding evidence-based journalism, education and science directly attacks the epistemic integrity of democracy.
Sowing distrust in science, discarding evidence-based journalism, education and science directly attacks the epistemic integrity of democracy.
We have entered a period of grand myth-making, the preconditions for facism and atrocities.
Even if you agree with some of the policies and societal changes proposed by the anti-reality movement, you will not want to live in that world you help create.
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Even if you agree with some of the policies and societal changes proposed by the anti-reality movement, you will not want to live in that world you help create.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
We have entered a period of grand myth-making, the preconditions for facism and atrocities.
Even if you agree with some of the policies and societal changes proposed by the anti-reality movement, you will not want to live in that world you help create.
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Even if you agree with some of the policies and societal changes proposed by the anti-reality movement, you will not want to live in that world you help create.
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We can discuss this topic rationally.
Or we used to, before manipulators filled the void of initial uncertainty and won people over through emotional lies, outrage and powerful financial and political backers.
Now they sabotage science
Facts over feelings went out of fashion
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Or we used to, before manipulators filled the void of initial uncertainty and won people over through emotional lies, outrage and powerful financial and political backers.
Now they sabotage science
Facts over feelings went out of fashion
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January 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
We can discuss this topic rationally.
Or we used to, before manipulators filled the void of initial uncertainty and won people over through emotional lies, outrage and powerful financial and political backers.
Now they sabotage science
Facts over feelings went out of fashion
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Or we used to, before manipulators filled the void of initial uncertainty and won people over through emotional lies, outrage and powerful financial and political backers.
Now they sabotage science
Facts over feelings went out of fashion
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A short recounting on the early days.
Who in China obfuscated, and why?
And why were investigative journalists so disinterested in following up on the owner of the Huanan market?
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Who in China obfuscated, and why?
And why were investigative journalists so disinterested in following up on the owner of the Huanan market?
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January 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
A short recounting on the early days.
Who in China obfuscated, and why?
And why were investigative journalists so disinterested in following up on the owner of the Huanan market?
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Who in China obfuscated, and why?
And why were investigative journalists so disinterested in following up on the owner of the Huanan market?
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Some snippets from a recent in-depths interview about my book. 🔽
I really enjoyed this conversation with Ali Mirza because we covered some themes that go beyond the book and speak directly to our current conundrums.
Full conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=-Dz3...
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I really enjoyed this conversation with Ali Mirza because we covered some themes that go beyond the book and speak directly to our current conundrums.
Full conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=-Dz3...
🧵
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January 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Some snippets from a recent in-depths interview about my book. 🔽
I really enjoyed this conversation with Ali Mirza because we covered some themes that go beyond the book and speak directly to our current conundrums.
Full conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=-Dz3...
🧵
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I really enjoyed this conversation with Ali Mirza because we covered some themes that go beyond the book and speak directly to our current conundrums.
Full conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=-Dz3...
🧵
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The cavalry is not coming.
January 5, 2026 at 12:27 AM
The cavalry is not coming.
Nothing like some peace walking along a lone mountain road in the winter 🧊🧊🧊
December 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Nothing like some peace walking along a lone mountain road in the winter 🧊🧊🧊
Hard hitting and important piece.
December 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hard hitting and important piece.
"In the weeks that followed, DOGE and Trump appointees forbade those who remained at USAID from communicating with aid groups and discouraged discussion internally, telling staff abroad not to approach ambassadors to advocate for programs, emails show."
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"In the weeks that followed, DOGE and Trump appointees forbade those who remained at USAID from communicating with aid groups and discouraged discussion internally, telling staff abroad not to approach ambassadors to advocate for programs, emails show."
Then Trump took office, signing an executive order on day one to freeze all foreign aid [...]
Days later, Rubio issued sweeping stop-work orders to aid programs worldwide. Musk declared that his DOGE team had fed USAID “into the woodchipper.”
Days later, Rubio issued sweeping stop-work orders to aid programs worldwide. Musk declared that his DOGE team had fed USAID “into the woodchipper.”
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Then Trump took office, signing an executive order on day one to freeze all foreign aid [...]
Days later, Rubio issued sweeping stop-work orders to aid programs worldwide. Musk declared that his DOGE team had fed USAID “into the woodchipper.”
Days later, Rubio issued sweeping stop-work orders to aid programs worldwide. Musk declared that his DOGE team had fed USAID “into the woodchipper.”
It was the kind of routine crisis response that USAID was renowned for handling. [...] . An aggressive sanitation campaign, largely funded by the U.S., was crucial to containing the disease.
December 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It was the kind of routine crisis response that USAID was renowned for handling. [...] . An aggressive sanitation campaign, largely funded by the U.S., was crucial to containing the disease.
"By denying and delaying those funds for months, Trump’s appointees incapacitated the fragile nation’s emergency response systems at the very moment when doctors and aid workers were scrambling to contain cholera’s spread."
December 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"By denying and delaying those funds for months, Trump’s appointees incapacitated the fragile nation’s emergency response systems at the very moment when doctors and aid workers were scrambling to contain cholera’s spread."
All of these anti-science narratives share a few similarities.
You have the initial creators / figureheads of conspiratorial narratives gaining profit or popularity; the amplifiers and shapers gaining more influence, and the elites entrenching their ideology and power.
That is how it works.
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You have the initial creators / figureheads of conspiratorial narratives gaining profit or popularity; the amplifiers and shapers gaining more influence, and the elites entrenching their ideology and power.
That is how it works.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
All of these anti-science narratives share a few similarities.
You have the initial creators / figureheads of conspiratorial narratives gaining profit or popularity; the amplifiers and shapers gaining more influence, and the elites entrenching their ideology and power.
That is how it works.
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You have the initial creators / figureheads of conspiratorial narratives gaining profit or popularity; the amplifiers and shapers gaining more influence, and the elites entrenching their ideology and power.
That is how it works.
/end
Once you become the face of a narrative desired by monied interests and political elites, many doors start to open to expand your influence and cash in.
A disturbing synergy between left-leaning virtue signaling while justifying rightwing assaults on science is irresistible to mainstream media.
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A disturbing synergy between left-leaning virtue signaling while justifying rightwing assaults on science is irresistible to mainstream media.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Once you become the face of a narrative desired by monied interests and political elites, many doors start to open to expand your influence and cash in.
A disturbing synergy between left-leaning virtue signaling while justifying rightwing assaults on science is irresistible to mainstream media.
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A disturbing synergy between left-leaning virtue signaling while justifying rightwing assaults on science is irresistible to mainstream media.
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