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Tianshuang Han
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d
That’s the spirit of it
www.theverge.com/policy/79051...
Everything is terrorism in Trump’s America
But don’t call that fascism. That would be bad.
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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 7d
Terrific sleuthing and deep background research by @alex23.bsky.social into the horrors of "research" on autism conducted by none other than the person RFK Jr put in charge of ... you guessed it, the (non-existent) link between autism and vaccines:
From Willowbrook to the Geiers: Families Speak Out
“Once, I went down to the Geiers’ basement to use the bathroom. I saw several ladies packaging drug bottles into boxes. And in the bathroom I saw what appeared to be equipment from a chemistry lab.”
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Sander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social · 10d
Great feature with some thoughts from me;

"The undermining of democratic institutions on display in these groups echoed fascist methods used throughout history..they
are trying to undermine institutions of truth, facts & education because that is what’s standing in their way–an informed citizenry"
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10d
Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation * Far-right Facebook groups are engine of radicalisation in UK, data investigation suggests Far-right ideas are gaining ground. They are thriving in online worlds which are not easily visible to large swathes of the public but which spread misinformation that has real-world consequences. Take last year. In the summer of 2024, riots broke out across parts of the UK, fuelled by misinformation that spread on social media. Continue reading...
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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 13d
It’s becoming a tragedy that we have to keep repeating this… or maybe a farce…

newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/25/y...
You can lead people to data, but you can't make them think
Comment from Auckland University: Scientific evidence for human-induced climate change is beyond dispute, so why is disinformation still so rife?
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Philipp Schmid @philippschmid.bsky.social · 14d
Our registered report on the impact of using norms as a lever against vaccination misinformation @collabrapsychology.bsky.social online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
Expert Consensus Messaging as a Lever Against Vaccination Misinformation
The spread of misinformation about vaccines can slow down collective efforts to respond to life-threatening diseases, and thus severely damage public health. Strategies for counteracting misinformatio...
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 22d
If you're a @drilledmedia.bsky.social listener you know I think social scientists are key sources if we want to understand why governments haven't acted on climate. So imagine my nerd delight to get my hands on an incredible new batch of research on climate obstruction. drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
Welcome to the World of Obstruction
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · Sep 2
Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out.

Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding. In response, over 85 scientists have come together to write a comprehensive review, which is
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · Aug 30
The assault on expertise is driven by an agenda to place uniformed, ill-conceived, often politically-motivated antiscience from charlatans on an equal footing with scientific consensus.

Please read #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & me: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/science-un...
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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law @pppl-journal.bsky.social · Aug 25
Policies limiting immigration are often justified based on the idea that immigrants are more prone to violence. The evidence says otherwise.

New research finds that immigrants in custody show lower criminogenic risk than U.S.-born citizens.
 
Read here: doi.org/10.1037/law0...

#psychlaw #lawpsych
Photo of a fence with dirt and bushes in in the foreground. Text is overlayed with the words "Regardless of legal status, immigrants to the United States have lower levels of criminogenic risk factors than U.S.-born citizens at similar stages of the criminal legal system".
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · Aug 20
Excellent article. Telling it like it is. Kennedy is a menace to US children, adults and the US science advantage he is hosing away.
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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law @pppl-journal.bsky.social · Aug 20
Does the Considering Offender Probability in Statements (COPS) Scale allow law enforcement to distinguish between guilty and innocent people placing 911 homicide calls?

Research from the FBI BAU and Villanova University suggests it does not.

Read a summary from the authors: bit.ly/3DgM3dL
Picture of a hand holding a phone and dialing 911. Below, text reads "Studies from the FBI and Villanova University find that the Considering Offender Probability Statements (COPS) Scale fails to reliably discriminate between guilty and innocent 911 callers".
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · Aug 17
"It remains an unforgettable inspiration to all those fighting for freedom. In a world where authoritarianism, nationalism, xenophobia and political lying are all on the rise, we need Animal Farm by our side more than ever now."

Animal Farm at 80: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
‘Animal Farm was my parents’ teamwork’: Orwell’s son on 80 years of the satirical classic
Richard Blair on the role his mother played in developing the 1945 political fable – and how it nearly didn’t get published
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Manikya Alister @manikyaalister.bsky.social · Aug 10
We know that a consensus of opinions is persuasive, but how reliable is this effect across people and types of consensus, and are there any kinds of claims where people care less about what other people think? This is what we tested in our new(ish) paper in @psychscience.bsky.social
Screenshot of the article "How Convincing Is a Crowd? Quantifying the Persuasiveness of a Consensus for Different Individuals and Types of Claims"
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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · Aug 12
The world rightfully was appalled when the Taliban blew up the 1000+ year-old Buddhas of Bamiyan. Wanton destruction of world cultural heritage by ideologically-intoxicated vandals. We may be witnessing something similar right now (except death toll will be higher): theconversation.com/...
How RFK Jr is systematically undermining vaccines around the world
Vaccines saved 154 million lives. But as fear of disease fades, so does protection – raising the chilling prospect of a return to the pre-vaccine era.
theconversation.com
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Aug 12
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."

It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.

I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Aug 11
If you have ever wondered what difference does disinformation really make, please read this:
www.kff.org/health-infor...
The kicker is not this chart, but the finding that fully 40% of Republicans think more people died from the Covid vaccine than the disease, up from 25% in 2023.
KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: January 2025 | KFF
As Senate hearings begin for President Trump’s health nominees, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the latest KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust shows a decline in public trust for govern...
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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · Aug 11
He has no business what so ever calling for a retraction.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · Aug 11
RFK Jr. is upset that a recent large Danish study in Annals of Internal Medicine, conducted over 20 yrs in 1 M kids, found no association between aluminum in childhood vaccines & 50 different health conditions.

His request for the retraction was rejected.
🧪 www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Kirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social · Aug 11
1/#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight Day 20! Many people misunderstand police use of force - how often it’s used, officer shooting accuracy, & training levels. Research by Ariane-Jade Khanizadeh, Craig Bennell, & Heather McGale tests if public education can fix that. 🧵👇
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · Aug 10
Tyranny is not born overnight. It’s built one compromise at a time.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · Aug 4
Meta fired its fact-checkers, citing concerns of liberal bias, and replaced them with a version of X's "Community Notes." How's that going?

Well, my coworker @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social proposed 65 fact-checks debunking false posts... and only 3 got approved. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Column | Zuckerberg fired the fact-checkers. We tested their replacement.
Our tech columnist drafted 65 community notes, Meta’s new crowdsourced system to fight falsehoods. It failed to make a dent.
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Jaume Masip @jaumemasip.bsky.social · Aug 1
"Although participants were made aware that the consensus from scientists is that non-verbal lie detection is futile, the inclusion of balanced comments alongside the data still decreased perceived scientific consensus" (Han, Snook, & Day, 2025)

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 30
1/🚨Our new paper in Legal and Criminological Psychology🚨
Fore! Does Forewarning Inoculate People Against the False Balance Effect?
By Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, and Martin V. Day

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

doi.org/10.1111/lcrp...
Legal and Criminological Psychology | BPS Forensic Psychology Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background & Aims We examined the effect of falsely balanced messages on perceptions of expert consensus about non-verbal lie detection and whether forewarning inoculates people against the fake deb.....
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Tianshuang Han @t-han.bsky.social · Jul 25
Thank you Dr Schmid!
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Tianshuang Han @t-han.bsky.social · Jul 25
Check out our new publication bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Fore! Does forewarning inoculate people against the false balance effect? Legal and Criminological Psychology
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