Antonio Gomes da Costa 🏳️🌈
@antoniogdac.bsky.social
Science communicator, stubbornly against pseudoscience, passionately for science and democracy
BBC just published this article from a so-called “health reporter”. Someone should explain this reporter (and BBC) that science is not a matter of opinion. This is one of the most insidious anti-science article I have seen.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Robert Kennedy Jr: Could he really revolutionise US healthcare?
The most powerful public health official in the US is reviled by some medics - but even some of his critics accept that he is bringing drive to healthcare areas that have long been neglected
www.bbc.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
BBC just published this article from a so-called “health reporter”. Someone should explain this reporter (and BBC) that science is not a matter of opinion. This is one of the most insidious anti-science article I have seen.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ontem, em Portugal, o Chega chegou a líder da oposição. Ontem, 22,3% (mais os que hão de vir da emigração) votaram num partido feito de estúpidos, ignorantes ou mal-intencionados. Votaram, assim, de forma estúpida, ignorante ou mal-intencionada.
May 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Ontem, em Portugal, o Chega chegou a líder da oposição. Ontem, 22,3% (mais os que hão de vir da emigração) votaram num partido feito de estúpidos, ignorantes ou mal-intencionados. Votaram, assim, de forma estúpida, ignorante ou mal-intencionada.
GMOs are safe, they will not harm the environment or the health of people, animals or plants.
THIS IS THE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS: since 2016 a letter supporting GMOs has been signed by 179 Nobel laureates,
63 of them in Medicine and Physiology.
supportprecisionagriculture.org/nobel-laurea...
THIS IS THE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS: since 2016 a letter supporting GMOs has been signed by 179 Nobel laureates,
63 of them in Medicine and Physiology.
supportprecisionagriculture.org/nobel-laurea...
Laureates Letter Supporting Precision Agriculture (GMOs) | Support Precision Agriculture
supportprecisionagriculture.org
February 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
GMOs are safe, they will not harm the environment or the health of people, animals or plants.
THIS IS THE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS: since 2016 a letter supporting GMOs has been signed by 179 Nobel laureates,
63 of them in Medicine and Physiology.
supportprecisionagriculture.org/nobel-laurea...
THIS IS THE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS: since 2016 a letter supporting GMOs has been signed by 179 Nobel laureates,
63 of them in Medicine and Physiology.
supportprecisionagriculture.org/nobel-laurea...
A lesson in critical thinking and what it means to be a skeptic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3z5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3z5...
When Skeptics Disagree | Steve Novella
YouTube video by Center for Inquiry
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A lesson in critical thinking and what it means to be a skeptic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3z5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3z5...
Crackpots and conspiracy lunatics are now in charge of health and science in the USA.
Science is being dismantled, on purpose. Obscurantism is back.
It is a global trend, unfortunately.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Science is being dismantled, on purpose. Obscurantism is back.
It is a global trend, unfortunately.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Live updates: Trump picks Mehmet Oz to serve as Medicare and Medicaid services administrator
Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Crackpots and conspiracy lunatics are now in charge of health and science in the USA.
Science is being dismantled, on purpose. Obscurantism is back.
It is a global trend, unfortunately.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Science is being dismantled, on purpose. Obscurantism is back.
It is a global trend, unfortunately.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"We have been born into an age in which science and reason - indeed truth and reality itself - once again need defending. Don't give into despair. There is something you can do today to fight back against the truth killers."
Read it!
#democracy #disinformation #misinformation
Read it!
#democracy #disinformation #misinformation
November 18, 2024 at 10:56 AM
"We have been born into an age in which science and reason - indeed truth and reality itself - once again need defending. Don't give into despair. There is something you can do today to fight back against the truth killers."
Read it!
#democracy #disinformation #misinformation
Read it!
#democracy #disinformation #misinformation
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Just going to say again, as a Musk biographer, that you cannot possibly contemplate what a bad person he is. You probably think you have an idea... but you do not have an idea.
Democrats want feds to probe Elon Musk's alleged contact with Putin, Musk says he wants to "nuke" those making accusations
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Elon Musk wants to 'nuke' those alleging he's talking to Putin
Two Democratic senators wrote a letter to federal officials Friday saying the SpaceX CEO's alleged talks with Russian officials could be jeopardizing the U.S.
www.chron.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Just going to say again, as a Musk biographer, that you cannot possibly contemplate what a bad person he is. You probably think you have an idea... but you do not have an idea.
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I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky
It’s not just an Alf pics repository.
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November 17, 2024 at 8:55 AM
I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Saw this in my FB feed. I think “cognitive dissonance” is not even close to describing such thoughts… how should we call it?
November 17, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Saw this in my FB feed. I think “cognitive dissonance” is not even close to describing such thoughts… how should we call it?
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“It’s like having somebody who believes the Earth is flat as head of NASA,” says @pauloffit.bsky.social.
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www.science.org/content/arti...
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www.science.org/content/arti...
Prospect of RFK Jr. as head of HHS panics many in medical science community
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has vowed radical change including scrutinizing long-standing vaccines and slashing staff at research and regulatory agencies
www.science.org
November 15, 2024 at 9:52 PM
“It’s like having somebody who believes the Earth is flat as head of NASA,” says @pauloffit.bsky.social.
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www.science.org/content/arti...
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A must read!
theconversation.com/disinformati...
theconversation.com/disinformati...
Disinformation campaigns are undermining democracy. Here’s how we can fight back
When people are pervasively disinformed, the very foundations of democracy can end up on shaky ground.
theconversation.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:05 PM
A must read!
theconversation.com/disinformati...
theconversation.com/disinformati...
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🆕 Blog post: neurodojo.blogspot.com/2024/11/okay...
Okay, stop. Saying “science isn’t political” will not keep science safe from political attacks
Advice from people with experience fighting powerful fascist opponents: “ Do not comply in advance. ” In a new Science editorial , National...
neurodojo.blogspot.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:49 PM
🆕 Blog post: neurodojo.blogspot.com/2024/11/okay...
We must have been doing something awfully wrong as science communicators for this to happen
#scicomm
www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
#scicomm
www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
How RFK Jr. could cause an earthquake for American public health
Food additives, pesticides and vaccines are on his “Make America Healthy Again” hit list.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:37 PM
We must have been doing something awfully wrong as science communicators for this to happen
#scicomm
www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
#scicomm
www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
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Between the Onion buying Infowars, "X" being abandoned, and the mainstream left realizing the destructive power of disinformation, it feels like something is happening. Maybe this is the beginning of an organized, well-funded, fact-based, entertaining effort to combat conspiracism. And I want in.
November 14, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Between the Onion buying Infowars, "X" being abandoned, and the mainstream left realizing the destructive power of disinformation, it feels like something is happening. Maybe this is the beginning of an organized, well-funded, fact-based, entertaining effort to combat conspiracism. And I want in.
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November 15, 2024 at 2:09 AM
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Definitely, science is under attack:
Trump says Kennedy, a known vaccine sceptic, will help protect Americans from "harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products and food additives"
Trump says Kennedy, a known vaccine sceptic, will help protect Americans from "harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products and food additives"
November 14, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Definitely, science is under attack:
Trump says Kennedy, a known vaccine sceptic, will help protect Americans from "harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products and food additives"
Trump says Kennedy, a known vaccine sceptic, will help protect Americans from "harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products and food additives"
Brace yourselves! This is going to be a nightmare and a public health problem. And it’s not going to be confined tu the USA.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c0...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c0...
US election live updates: Trump picks vaccine sceptic RFK Jr for health secretary
Donald Trump says Kennedy will help protect Americans from
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Brace yourselves! This is going to be a nightmare and a public health problem. And it’s not going to be confined tu the USA.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c0...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c0...
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