Very thoughtful thread.
For my part, I find history as a discipline a frustrating mix of truth seeking, storytelling, and recontextualizing. They are all valuable in their own right but often work at cross purposes. Add to that the vulgarization of historical work by politics and it's quite a mess!
Christyn Parkes
In this video, @naomioreskes.bsky.social talks about the root reason authoritarians are so hostile to science: Scientific authority comes from a source that's independent of any single leader.
I think the exact same thing could be said of journalism. 🧵
Evan Urquhart
Is America repeating authoritarian history? Harvard historian discusses how current attacks on American science map cleanly onto dangerous patterns of the past. We aren't just fighting for the planet; we're fighting for the truth. Watch the new episode! @fisherdanar.bsky.social
