Ariane Panzer, PhD
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"If allegiance to objectivity and detachment blinds us to other values, it produces neither humane behavior nor sound science.” -- Martha Solomon, The Rhetoric of Dehumanization (bit.ly/32D0FyZ) 2/2
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We're tired of the false information and wrote this letter to the NIH director Jay Bhattacharya. FACT: clinical trials have been halted. With real ethical impacts. Is this what Americans want to be known for? Let's see what the director says.
June 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We're tired of the false information and wrote this letter to the NIH director Jay Bhattacharya. FACT: clinical trials have been halted. With real ethical impacts. Is this what Americans want to be known for? Let's see what the director says.
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Does anyone feel like the current media coverage of the regime is completely divorced from the reality of how deeply unpopular it is?
It's absolutely mind boggling.
It's absolutely mind boggling.
June 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Does anyone feel like the current media coverage of the regime is completely divorced from the reality of how deeply unpopular it is?
It's absolutely mind boggling.
It's absolutely mind boggling.
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The Onion has sent the following letter to all 535 members of Congress. This special edition will be in their physical mailboxes as they return from recess tomorrow.
We hope it inspires them to continue to cower as our essential liberties are systematically dismantled.
theonion.com/letter-to-co...
We hope it inspires them to continue to cower as our essential liberties are systematically dismantled.
theonion.com/letter-to-co...
June 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The Onion has sent the following letter to all 535 members of Congress. This special edition will be in their physical mailboxes as they return from recess tomorrow.
We hope it inspires them to continue to cower as our essential liberties are systematically dismantled.
theonion.com/letter-to-co...
We hope it inspires them to continue to cower as our essential liberties are systematically dismantled.
theonion.com/letter-to-co...
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November 1, 2024: "If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace... I am peace." Donald J. Trump. www.politico.com/live-updates...
‘This must be disqualifying’: Harris calls out Trump's violent Cheney comments
www.politico.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
November 1, 2024: "If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace... I am peace." Donald J. Trump. www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Impeachment now. This is not a legal gray area - this open defiance of our constitutional system.
There's no declaration of war, and no AUMF that covers this. Entering this war is wrong on the merits; we had a perfectly peaceful way to address Iran's nuclear program. It's also unlawful. A democratic republic should not be able to enter a war of choice on one man's say-so.
The US has hust dropped bombs on three Iranian nuclear sites, according to Trump, bringing American military forces into Israel’s war with Iran.
June 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Impeachment now. This is not a legal gray area - this open defiance of our constitutional system.
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Jay, please stop gaslighting early career researchers.
June 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Jay, please stop gaslighting early career researchers.
It isn't open minded or neutral when podcasters/pundits say they're unsure if the 'lab leak' or 'rushing kids into transition' theories are true or not. "What it actually means is that they reject the scientific consensus in a field that they don't have any personal expertise in." bit.ly/4lhHqR6
What Covid “Lab Leak” and “Rushing Kids into Transition” Have in Common
and more general thoughts about conspiracy theories and negativity bias
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It isn't open minded or neutral when podcasters/pundits say they're unsure if the 'lab leak' or 'rushing kids into transition' theories are true or not. "What it actually means is that they reject the scientific consensus in a field that they don't have any personal expertise in." bit.ly/4lhHqR6
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Important context to the Supreme Court ruling is that Tennessee only has one gender clinic for kids and it performs 5 top surgeries per year.
This entire "debate" is about a phenomenon — large numbers of kids being rushed into hormones and surgeries — that doesn't exist.
apnews.com/article/heal...
This entire "debate" is about a phenomenon — large numbers of kids being rushed into hormones and surgeries — that doesn't exist.
apnews.com/article/heal...
June 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Important context to the Supreme Court ruling is that Tennessee only has one gender clinic for kids and it performs 5 top surgeries per year.
This entire "debate" is about a phenomenon — large numbers of kids being rushed into hormones and surgeries — that doesn't exist.
apnews.com/article/heal...
This entire "debate" is about a phenomenon — large numbers of kids being rushed into hormones and surgeries — that doesn't exist.
apnews.com/article/heal...
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This is a gift to everyone in academia. And a lot of the rest of us. zenodo.org/records/1569...
June 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is a gift to everyone in academia. And a lot of the rest of us. zenodo.org/records/1569...
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🚨In PNAS🚨
The right often accuses fact-checkers of political bias
But we analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and found posts flagged as "misleading" are 2.3x more likely to be written by Reps than Dems!
The issue is Reps sharing misinformation, not fact-checker bias...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The right often accuses fact-checkers of political bias
But we analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and found posts flagged as "misleading" are 2.3x more likely to be written by Reps than Dems!
The issue is Reps sharing misinformation, not fact-checker bias...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
June 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🚨In PNAS🚨
The right often accuses fact-checkers of political bias
But we analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and found posts flagged as "misleading" are 2.3x more likely to be written by Reps than Dems!
The issue is Reps sharing misinformation, not fact-checker bias...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The right often accuses fact-checkers of political bias
But we analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and found posts flagged as "misleading" are 2.3x more likely to be written by Reps than Dems!
The issue is Reps sharing misinformation, not fact-checker bias...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Again we aren’t really fighting fascism because folks aren’t even fighting the folks on “our side” who support it
"75 Democrats broke ranks to join Republicans voting for a House resolution, which expressed gratitude for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other law enforcement officers."
www.newsweek.com/democrats-ic...
www.newsweek.com/democrats-ic...
June 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Again we aren’t really fighting fascism because folks aren’t even fighting the folks on “our side” who support it
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Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
June 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
"This is an abuse of power. This is a violent act, unjustifiably taken on a member of this body. The question is, who will we be as a Senate? The question is, how will we respond? Will we defend this institution or will we yield to the tactics of authoratiran, violent leaders?" -Sen. Cory Booker
June 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"This is an abuse of power. This is a violent act, unjustifiably taken on a member of this body. The question is, who will we be as a Senate? The question is, how will we respond? Will we defend this institution or will we yield to the tactics of authoratiran, violent leaders?" -Sen. Cory Booker
"Every day DT is making this nation look more and more like a facist state. If this is how federal agents treat a US Senator who peacefully asked questions of this administration then we all have to ask, how far will they go? How violent will they get?" --Sen. Warren
June 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"Every day DT is making this nation look more and more like a facist state. If this is how federal agents treat a US Senator who peacefully asked questions of this administration then we all have to ask, how far will they go? How violent will they get?" --Sen. Warren
"This is what we expect to see in authoratarian nations ... It's what we are seeing in the US right now. We're seeing it in the form of the Pres willfully breaking the law on the rules controlling the executive branch time & time again." -Sen. Merkley on the manhandling & handcuffing of Sen. Padilla
June 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"This is what we expect to see in authoratarian nations ... It's what we are seeing in the US right now. We're seeing it in the form of the Pres willfully breaking the law on the rules controlling the executive branch time & time again." -Sen. Merkley on the manhandling & handcuffing of Sen. Padilla
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When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
June 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
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I'll give non-anti-vaxxers a chance but I know what Malone, Kulldorff, Levi, & Pebsworth will do.
They're going after the HPV, HBV, MMR, & polio vaccines. Cancer & child mortality will skyrocket. Kids in iron lungs for the first time in 60 yrs. Make America Dead Again
www.axios.com/2025/06/11/r...
They're going after the HPV, HBV, MMR, & polio vaccines. Cancer & child mortality will skyrocket. Kids in iron lungs for the first time in 60 yrs. Make America Dead Again
www.axios.com/2025/06/11/r...
RFK Jr. names 8 new members of vaccine advisory panel
Several of the new members appear to have a history of expressing anti-vaccine sentiment.
www.axios.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'll give non-anti-vaxxers a chance but I know what Malone, Kulldorff, Levi, & Pebsworth will do.
They're going after the HPV, HBV, MMR, & polio vaccines. Cancer & child mortality will skyrocket. Kids in iron lungs for the first time in 60 yrs. Make America Dead Again
www.axios.com/2025/06/11/r...
They're going after the HPV, HBV, MMR, & polio vaccines. Cancer & child mortality will skyrocket. Kids in iron lungs for the first time in 60 yrs. Make America Dead Again
www.axios.com/2025/06/11/r...
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BREAKING: A federal court ruled there's no legitimate basis for Mahmoud Khalil's continued detention, and that it's unconstitutional for the Trump administration to use vague foreign policy grounds to deport people.
This is a win for free speech. We won't stop fighting until Mahmoud is released.
This is a win for free speech. We won't stop fighting until Mahmoud is released.
June 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
BREAKING: A federal court ruled there's no legitimate basis for Mahmoud Khalil's continued detention, and that it's unconstitutional for the Trump administration to use vague foreign policy grounds to deport people.
This is a win for free speech. We won't stop fighting until Mahmoud is released.
This is a win for free speech. We won't stop fighting until Mahmoud is released.
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Why do scientists study obscure things like Joshua trees? Because we don’t know what we don’t know. A Yellowstone hot spring microbe led to PCR, the technology behind cancer diagnostics, forensics, HIV tests, & more. Basic research leads to BIG SURPRISES that change the world. 🧪🧬🔬
Got a new op-ed in LNC/LancasterOnline this morning, on the importance of the curiosity-driven science the National Science Foundation is supposed to support
lancasteronline.com/opinion/colu...
lancasteronline.com/opinion/colu...
Plant biologist from Lancaster reflects on Joshua trees and federal science funding [column]
Joshua trees are weird. I say this as an expert on Joshua trees.
lancasteronline.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Why do scientists study obscure things like Joshua trees? Because we don’t know what we don’t know. A Yellowstone hot spring microbe led to PCR, the technology behind cancer diagnostics, forensics, HIV tests, & more. Basic research leads to BIG SURPRISES that change the world. 🧪🧬🔬
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American friends, here’s Umberto Eco’s famous checklist for signs of fascism.
It makes for disturbing reading regarding your current situation.
It makes for disturbing reading regarding your current situation.
June 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
American friends, here’s Umberto Eco’s famous checklist for signs of fascism.
It makes for disturbing reading regarding your current situation.
It makes for disturbing reading regarding your current situation.
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for no reason, an excerpt from "let this radicalize you"…
June 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
for no reason, an excerpt from "let this radicalize you"…
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*URGENT* please support NIH research and the NIH employees who are standing up for science at the risk of losing their jobs! Sign *TODAY* in support of the Bethesda Declaration. The senate appropriations committee is reviewing the NIH budget Tuesday at 10 am. SHARE widely! 🧪
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
actionnetwork.org
June 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
*URGENT* please support NIH research and the NIH employees who are standing up for science at the risk of losing their jobs! Sign *TODAY* in support of the Bethesda Declaration. The senate appropriations committee is reviewing the NIH budget Tuesday at 10 am. SHARE widely! 🧪
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The media needs to stop referring to RFK Jr. as a "vaccine skeptic." He is a conspiracy theorist and a vaccine denier.
June 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The media needs to stop referring to RFK Jr. as a "vaccine skeptic." He is a conspiracy theorist and a vaccine denier.