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Philipp Schmid

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Political science 18%

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fabianhutmacher.bsky.social
This morning at #FGSP2025 @ruhr-uni-bochum.de we had a symposium on current views on motivated reasoning with talks from @marlephie.bsky.social @kwinter.bsky.social @philippschmid.bsky.social and Arne Stolp (from @tobiasrothmund.bsky.social‘s lab) and myself.

For some more details, here’s a🧵

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washingtonpost.com
Breaking news: President-elect Donald Trump announced he had selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services, the agency responsible for administering millions of Americans’ health insurance and responding to infectious-disease outbreaks.
Live updates: Trump selects vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS
Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress.
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bernybelvedere.bsky.social
RFK believes pandemic lockdowns were more restrictive and oppressive than the Holocaust, that vaccines cause autism, and that tap water may be turning kids gay.

But, sure, let’s question whether the “conspiracist” label applies because some countries in Europe don’t fluoridate their water.
lewan.bsky.social
Does microtargeting work? The idea that people can be manipulated by political messages that are furtively tailored to their personality or other vulnerabilities has triggered much concern. But how well founded are those concerns? 1/n

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rebeccacalisi.bsky.social
DEI is under attack, but the stakes are higher than many realize. Universities *must stand firm* in defending it. I lay out why in my latest piece for Nature.

Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.

www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown
Higher-education establishments must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion.
www.nature.com

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en.afp.com
#BREAKING Court bans French far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running for office after conviction
philippschmid.bsky.social
What a week…good to see EU courts doing their Job!
en.afp.com
#BREAKING Court bans French far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running for office after conviction
philippschmid.bsky.social
„Smashing the old order does not, in itself, create anything at all. The Visigoths and the Vandals built nothing on top of the ruins of Rome. They indulged their thumos and scampered away to feast for a while on the wealth they looted, and then they disappeared..“ www.noahpinion.blog/p/this-thing...
This thing will fail
Trump will not restore the "strong gods" of community, family, and faith.
www.noahpinion.blog

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caulfieldtim.bsky.social
The NIH canceled my research on vaccine hesitancy www.statnews.com/2025/03/28/v... via @statnews

"Each year in the United States, approximately 6,000 people die from influenza.

More than 7,000 will die from Covid-19 in 2025.

...an American child died from measles for the first time in a decade."
The NIH canceled my research on vaccine hesitancy
The decision to end research on vaccine hesitancy is deeply disrespectful of those who have lost or will lose loved ones to vaccine-preventable disease.
www.statnews.com

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judah-grunstein.bsky.social
We're seeing a lot of very rapid geopolitical and geo-economic thinking going on right now in Europe about what the end of the US alliance means for its security, economy & diplomacy.

I haven't seen any parallel thinking among the US Atlanticist community about what it means for the US.

(Brief) 🧵
philippschmid.bsky.social
Nice comments! „makes it feel like a consciousness with which we can have a relationship, but as far as I know that would be like a bird falling in love with its reflection in a window. What’s behind the glass is an empty room with no bird.“ Nick Harkaway

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
‘A computer’s joke, on us’: writers respond to the short story written by AI
Sam Altman, the OpenAI boss, has declared its new model ‘good at creative writing’. We asked writers including Tracy Chevalier, Kamila Shamsie and David Baddiel if they agree
www.theguardian.com
philippschmid.bsky.social
Nice Initiative!: „a group of volunteer science communicators and artists dedicated to amplifying the voices of scientists affected by budget cuts and grant terminations. Our portraits highlight their contributions and the importance of their work.“ silencedsciencestories.com?trk=feed_mai...
Silenced Science Stories
Featuring the faces and stories of federal scientists.
silencedsciencestories.com
philippschmid.bsky.social
This 👇
rebeccacalisi.bsky.social
DEI is under attack, but the stakes are higher than many realize. Universities *must stand firm* in defending it. I lay out why in my latest piece for Nature.

Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.

www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown
Higher-education establishments must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion.
www.nature.com

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