erincushing.bsky.social
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Who is susceptible to misinformation? We looked at >60,000 people from 24 countries who took our MIST test. Key results: Gen Z are more susceptible & those on the extreme right (but they don't know it).

Led by the brill @yarakyrychenko.bsky.social & Fritz Götz

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
April 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Excited to have our front yard (and research) featured in this BBC article about turning your yard into a pollinator garden (so-called "meadowscaping") www.bbc.com/future/artic.... By Ally Hirschlag
'Meadowscaping': The people turning their lawns into meadows
Turning lawns into meadows can have big benefits for people, wildlife and the climate. Here's why 'meadowscaping' has become the latest gardening craze.
www.bbc.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion - BBC
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion
Swathes of scientific data deletions are sweeping across US government websites – with decades of research at risk. Now, scientists are racing to save their work before it's lost.
www.bbc.com
April 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Dear Yale President McInnis and trustees. Conservative and liberal faculty, your alumni and students, the New Haven community have asked you to speak up for higher education. With Harvard, Princeton already out front, won’t you at least follow?
April 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Thousands of protesters gathered at the Japanese American Historical Plaza on Portland’s waterfront before they started marching south down Naito Parkway onto the Morrison Bridge.

#HandsOff protest live updates: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
April 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Yep
March 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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As a candidate last year, Trump promised “to unleash the power of American innovation” to super-charge U.S. scientific research.

He’s instead unleashed cuts and chaos, researchers and scientists warn.

Our look at the abrupt changes — and the consequences. With @dtkeating.bsky.social
Trump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say he’s breaking science.
NIH funding for biomedical research has abruptly fallen by billions of dollars, with many grant decisions on hold. Trump officials say they’re reviewing the agency.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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February 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
February 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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It is our honor to serve you. America, you broke through— the media is finally picking up on what’s happening. We love you!! 🦬 💚 🇺🇸
February 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM