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
Yeah, mixed feelings is usually good, helps with some thinking about issues with more nuance.
January 14, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Yeah, mixed feelings is usually good, helps with some thinking about issues with more nuance.
Yeah, I thought it was valuable because it opens up some interesting questions and also verifies some constant lamentations about influencers and the rightwing machine.
January 14, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Yeah, I thought it was valuable because it opens up some interesting questions and also verifies some constant lamentations about influencers and the rightwing machine.
I say this because there will be the urge to dogpile, leopard eats face-type comments;
But I feel more torn and do not think anybody deserves the dehumanization and often illegal sexualized harassment that grok and MAGA has unleashed on women, children and them.
But I feel more torn and do not think anybody deserves the dehumanization and often illegal sexualized harassment that grok and MAGA has unleashed on women, children and them.
January 14, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I say this because there will be the urge to dogpile, leopard eats face-type comments;
But I feel more torn and do not think anybody deserves the dehumanization and often illegal sexualized harassment that grok and MAGA has unleashed on women, children and them.
But I feel more torn and do not think anybody deserves the dehumanization and often illegal sexualized harassment that grok and MAGA has unleashed on women, children and them.
... to free themselves from its toxic, nihilistic, dehumanising claws.
So I certainy welcome that and believe that there should be a path to redemption for her, or at least, freedom from harassment from citizens who do want to build a better, more civil, pluralustic society.
So I certainy welcome that and believe that there should be a path to redemption for her, or at least, freedom from harassment from citizens who do want to build a better, more civil, pluralustic society.
January 14, 2026 at 4:21 PM
... to free themselves from its toxic, nihilistic, dehumanising claws.
So I certainy welcome that and believe that there should be a path to redemption for her, or at least, freedom from harassment from citizens who do want to build a better, more civil, pluralustic society.
So I certainy welcome that and believe that there should be a path to redemption for her, or at least, freedom from harassment from citizens who do want to build a better, more civil, pluralustic society.
It will be also interesting to see how serious the enlightenment & promise to make amends will be from somebody who has caused her fair share of harm as part of playing to this movement & becoming a leading figure for it.
I think Grok crossed a red line, and so it gives opportunity for people...
I think Grok crossed a red line, and so it gives opportunity for people...
January 14, 2026 at 4:14 PM
It will be also interesting to see how serious the enlightenment & promise to make amends will be from somebody who has caused her fair share of harm as part of playing to this movement & becoming a leading figure for it.
I think Grok crossed a red line, and so it gives opportunity for people...
I think Grok crossed a red line, and so it gives opportunity for people...
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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....