Semi-retired computer scientist, ancient UNIXer, "Big Data"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mashey
Last 20 yrs: chasing anti-science disinfo, esp. on climate or tobacco, helping defend scientists.
Supporter of UCSF, CSLDF, NCSE, CSI, member AAAS, AGU.
John Mashey
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The perfect obit headline for this particular climate denier, who knew better but preferred to live a lie
heatmap.news/daily/lee-raymond
The world has warmed by around 1.4C since 1850.
It took 148 years for the first half of that warming to occur, and just 27 years for the second half!
This problem isn't nearly as bad as people think it is, because you're not launching one giant data center into space, just a lot of small sats that are easier to passively cool.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...
Incredible - dramatic improvements in air quality in London are linked to a measurable impact on Londoners' health:
9.3% drop in heart-related emergency admissions
5.1% drop in hospital admissions of all illnesses and health conditions
Cleaning up our air protects our future.
Two 🔑 points Bush makes that I keep returning to now:
1) the surest way to ensure continued support for science is to provide benefits to the public
2) science alone is no panacea for individual, social, economic ills; it’s only effective in the national welfare as a member of a team
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Gernot Wagner
Hey everyone: this is important: please take a few minutes to post a comment objecting to this brazen attempt by #Trump administration to politicize ALL science:
www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...
"federal agencies will now have to proceed with permitting wind projects using the existing statutory and regulatory framework.. each developer will be able to make the case for permitting their individual project based on the facts and the law,”
Could be very big
heatmap.news/sparks/trump...
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
El Nino is here. My explanation of how strong it might get and what it all means for you. Repost with corrected title
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
Our research team is ramping up for coming midterms. Looks like we'll be busy. If you're interested, here's an interactive graph (thanks to Stephen Prochaska) showing how X influencers re-ran the "rigged election" narrative during/following the CA primaries.
faculty.washington.edu/kstarbi/Cumu...
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Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones
Satellites are wonders of modern technology that have improved all of our lives. But having more than a million of them in orbit could destroy our view of the heavens and seriously damage our planet
