The ultimate "we'll update our understanding but keep the old praxis" is when public health (like in Norway) made the pretty effing huge epistemic shift from droplet to aerosol, while simultaneously keeping recommendations of surgical masks, 2m, and FFP for AGP and highly symptomatic patients only.
Omfg why can infection control not get their 🤬 clown car in order and do their 🤬 jobs and tell people that for an aerosol hazard you need aerosol PPE?
Seriously, wtf is wrong with medicine that it tolerates this constant amateur-hour incompetence? We know this is killing people!
"Do no harm"?
🤬🤡
Seriously, wtf is wrong with medicine that it tolerates this constant amateur-hour incompetence? We know this is killing people!
"Do no harm"?
🤬🤡
France: "Wearing a mask is once again mandatory in Paris hospitals"
"Faced with a rapid rise in respiratory infections, several hospitals in the Île-de-France region have decided to reinstate mandatory mask-wearing for healthcare workers, visitors, and patients over the age of 6."
archive.li/ZeKtJ
"Faced with a rapid rise in respiratory infections, several hospitals in the Île-de-France region have decided to reinstate mandatory mask-wearing for healthcare workers, visitors, and patients over the age of 6."
archive.li/ZeKtJ
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The ultimate "we'll update our understanding but keep the old praxis" is when public health (like in Norway) made the pretty effing huge epistemic shift from droplet to aerosol, while simultaneously keeping recommendations of surgical masks, 2m, and FFP for AGP and highly symptomatic patients only.
Your regular reminder that a not insignificant part of Scandinavian public health and medicine, including top public health officials, have expressed support (privately) for the likes of Bhattacharya, Kulldorff, and the contrarian milieu thriving under RFK jr.
A new approach to pandemic preparedness:
1️⃣ Stop preparing for pandemics
2️⃣ Rewrite history of the last major pandemic
3️⃣ Go to the gym
Simple - 🤷♂️.
www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...
1️⃣ Stop preparing for pandemics
2️⃣ Rewrite history of the last major pandemic
3️⃣ Go to the gym
Simple - 🤷♂️.
www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...
NIH Directors: The World Needs a New Pandemic Playbook
The old one failed to cope with Covid and may even have caused it.
www.city-journal.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Your regular reminder that a not insignificant part of Scandinavian public health and medicine, including top public health officials, have expressed support (privately) for the likes of Bhattacharya, Kulldorff, and the contrarian milieu thriving under RFK jr.
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When Bill Gates Yelled At Me About Climate Change
Oh, this is good from @davidfenton.bsky.social and @theframelab.bsky.social
Oh, this is good from @davidfenton.bsky.social and @theframelab.bsky.social
When Bill Gates Yelled At Me About Climate Change
David Fenton recalls Bill Gates yelling at him in 2010 about climate change. 15 years later, Gates still gets it wrong and he's not alone.
www.theframelab.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
When Bill Gates Yelled At Me About Climate Change
Oh, this is good from @davidfenton.bsky.social and @theframelab.bsky.social
Oh, this is good from @davidfenton.bsky.social and @theframelab.bsky.social
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In case you're wondering how cozy AI giant Nvidia, and its CEO Jensen Huang, are getting to the Trump administration, Huang's now showering praise on Energy Secretary Chris Wright, a climate denying fracking executive.....
My reporting for @desmog.com ⤵️
www.desmog.com/2025/11/12/n...
My reporting for @desmog.com ⤵️
www.desmog.com/2025/11/12/n...
Nvidia CEO Praises Trump Energy Chief — a Climate Denier — and his 'Passion' for Science
Jensen Huang gives "a shout-out for Secretary Chris Wright" as Nvidia and Trump administration partner on a massive AI buildout.
www.desmog.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In case you're wondering how cozy AI giant Nvidia, and its CEO Jensen Huang, are getting to the Trump administration, Huang's now showering praise on Energy Secretary Chris Wright, a climate denying fracking executive.....
My reporting for @desmog.com ⤵️
www.desmog.com/2025/11/12/n...
My reporting for @desmog.com ⤵️
www.desmog.com/2025/11/12/n...
Vi mangler en nyansert debatt om opprustning, det er et problem. Hjelper ikke at rød-brun-venstre kupper kritikken.
Godt gjort av Friis å ikke ta opp faren for at opprustingen i Europa kan føre til utstrakt austerity-politikk, som igjen vil gi sterk grobunn for ytre-høyre kreftene han advarer mot!
Godt gjort av Friis å ikke ta opp faren for at opprustingen i Europa kan føre til utstrakt austerity-politikk, som igjen vil gi sterk grobunn for ytre-høyre kreftene han advarer mot!
Dette er hvorfor jeg gikk fra (hypotetisk) militærnekter til opprustningsforkjemper.
Europa er i stor fare
Kan ytre høyre vinne fram i Europa om vi ikke klarer å stanse Vladimir Putin i Ukraina? Det er dessverre et fullt mulig utfall.
www.dagsavisen.no
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Vi mangler en nyansert debatt om opprustning, det er et problem. Hjelper ikke at rød-brun-venstre kupper kritikken.
Godt gjort av Friis å ikke ta opp faren for at opprustingen i Europa kan føre til utstrakt austerity-politikk, som igjen vil gi sterk grobunn for ytre-høyre kreftene han advarer mot!
Godt gjort av Friis å ikke ta opp faren for at opprustingen i Europa kan føre til utstrakt austerity-politikk, som igjen vil gi sterk grobunn for ytre-høyre kreftene han advarer mot!
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By providing spatially and temporally resolved meltwater fluxes, our dataset could enable a large set of models to explore how AMOC might respond to realistic freshwater forcing, not just idealised pulses. This is a key step toward understanding future climate dynamics under continued ice loss (5/n)
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
By providing spatially and temporally resolved meltwater fluxes, our dataset could enable a large set of models to explore how AMOC might respond to realistic freshwater forcing, not just idealised pulses. This is a key step toward understanding future climate dynamics under continued ice loss (5/n)
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This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The insidious rhetoric of Lomborg has broad appeal (J.W. Moore is a huge Fazi stan!)
November 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The insidious rhetoric of Lomborg has broad appeal (J.W. Moore is a huge Fazi stan!)
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Dr. Craig Spencer: "It’s not a stretch to say this administration is touting a eugenics agenda, which was perfected by the U.S. in the 1920s and 1930s and later adopted by the Nazis. People don’t want to call it that because it feels unsayable. But it’s real.."
Public Health Professor Warns Trump’s ‘Eugenics’ Policy Echoes Nazism
Eminent ER doctor says Trump’s shutdown push defies the law.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Dr. Craig Spencer: "It’s not a stretch to say this administration is touting a eugenics agenda, which was perfected by the U.S. in the 1920s and 1930s and later adopted by the Nazis. People don’t want to call it that because it feels unsayable. But it’s real.."
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A good article on what is going on in Serbia, feat. your favourite sociology and philosophy professor explaining why there has, historically, been only one way for a true system change ;) www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
After a year of street protests, Serbia’s students split on what should come next
As a radicalised generation presses its calls for political change, a debate has opened up over whether to join battle by the ballot box
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A good article on what is going on in Serbia, feat. your favourite sociology and philosophy professor explaining why there has, historically, been only one way for a true system change ;) www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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NEW: Extraordinary scenes in the Serbian city of Novi Sad right now.
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
November 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in the Serbian city of Novi Sad right now.
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
Dette er svært uredelig, på grensen til konspiratorisk argumentasjon:
Skyrud viser først til en ikke navngitt gruppe fagpersoner som hevder Covid vil føre til samfunnskollaps, og hevder lenger ned i tråden at:
"ett av de sentrale argumentene til de som mener at samfunnet ikke vil tåle...
Skyrud viser først til en ikke navngitt gruppe fagpersoner som hevder Covid vil føre til samfunnskollaps, og hevder lenger ned i tråden at:
"ett av de sentrale argumentene til de som mener at samfunnet ikke vil tåle...
Tror det er viktig å ikke glemme at en gruppe fagpersoner har spådd at koronaviruset vil gjøre oss alle sjukere og sjukere og sjukere (fordi det visstnok ødelegger immunforsvaret), og at samfunnet derfor er på vei til å kollapse. Viktig å gjøre opp status sånn innimellom.
November 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Dette er svært uredelig, på grensen til konspiratorisk argumentasjon:
Skyrud viser først til en ikke navngitt gruppe fagpersoner som hevder Covid vil føre til samfunnskollaps, og hevder lenger ned i tråden at:
"ett av de sentrale argumentene til de som mener at samfunnet ikke vil tåle...
Skyrud viser først til en ikke navngitt gruppe fagpersoner som hevder Covid vil føre til samfunnskollaps, og hevder lenger ned i tråden at:
"ett av de sentrale argumentene til de som mener at samfunnet ikke vil tåle...
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Every single chance I get I teach the history of Haiti.
Because it absolutely did teach the world not just about freedom but also the violent repercussions often inflicted on those who seek freedom and justice.
Because it absolutely did teach the world not just about freedom but also the violent repercussions often inflicted on those who seek freedom and justice.
Finally someone bold enough to ask, is new york ready for a mayor who opposes slavery? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
October 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Every single chance I get I teach the history of Haiti.
Because it absolutely did teach the world not just about freedom but also the violent repercussions often inflicted on those who seek freedom and justice.
Because it absolutely did teach the world not just about freedom but also the violent repercussions often inflicted on those who seek freedom and justice.
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In some climate models abrupt cooling in the subpolar gyre region is found, corresponding to a collapse of convection. Such tipping of the subpolar gyre might already occur around 2040 and could impact the stability of the AMOC.
For an analysis of abrupt shifts see: doi.org/10.1111/nyas...
For an analysis of abrupt shifts see: doi.org/10.1111/nyas...
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In some climate models abrupt cooling in the subpolar gyre region is found, corresponding to a collapse of convection. Such tipping of the subpolar gyre might already occur around 2040 and could impact the stability of the AMOC.
For an analysis of abrupt shifts see: doi.org/10.1111/nyas...
For an analysis of abrupt shifts see: doi.org/10.1111/nyas...
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Worried about shutdown of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC? The collapse of the subpolar gyre is a likely step on the way to that and could happen a lot sooner. Not quite as bad as full AMOC shutdown, but could bring major impacts already in 10-20 years. Important study on the mechanism ⬇️!
📢 New paper out!
🌊 We discuss how well mechanisms of variability in the subpolar gyre are represented in climate models, finding that models that do this best are also the models in which abrupt shifts are found 😬.
It's a technical story, so here's a simple overview 🧵
doi.org/10.5194/esd-...
🌊 We discuss how well mechanisms of variability in the subpolar gyre are represented in climate models, finding that models that do this best are also the models in which abrupt shifts are found 😬.
It's a technical story, so here's a simple overview 🧵
doi.org/10.5194/esd-...
Causal mechanisms of subpolar gyre variability in CMIP6 models
Abstract. The subpolar gyre is at risk of crossing a tipping point under future climate change associated with the collapse of deep convection. As such, tipping can have significant climate impacts; i...
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Worried about shutdown of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC? The collapse of the subpolar gyre is a likely step on the way to that and could happen a lot sooner. Not quite as bad as full AMOC shutdown, but could bring major impacts already in 10-20 years. Important study on the mechanism ⬇️!
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I edited a book "Danish Marxism: Past, Present, Future" that was released at the tenth annual conference of @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social a few weeks ago. It celebrates 10 years of critical research presented at the conferences and can be downloaded for free here marxistiskestudier.com/wp-content/u...
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I edited a book "Danish Marxism: Past, Present, Future" that was released at the tenth annual conference of @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social a few weeks ago. It celebrates 10 years of critical research presented at the conferences and can be downloaded for free here marxistiskestudier.com/wp-content/u...
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though the porcupine might disagree.
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though the porcupine might disagree.
Good article. Important to recognize that while some public-health professionals reject RFK Jr. (e.g. in Scandinavia) they might still endorse ideas aligned with social darwinism and necropolitics, and that these ideologies often operate together, as seen (though not exclusively) in the US.
Yup
“Perhaps the leading example of old-style eugenicist thinking in Trump’s orbit is Robert F Kennedy Jr”
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
“Perhaps the leading example of old-style eugenicist thinking in Trump’s orbit is Robert F Kennedy Jr”
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Eugenics doesn't do itself.
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Good article. Important to recognize that while some public-health professionals reject RFK Jr. (e.g. in Scandinavia) they might still endorse ideas aligned with social darwinism and necropolitics, and that these ideologies often operate together, as seen (though not exclusively) in the US.
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#NowAvailable Disabling Intelligences discusses the influences of eugenics on the #AI industry and the impacts of AI opportunism on disabled people, encompassing the history of AI and disability from popular culture to real-life case-studies.
@hss.springernature.com @fractalecho.bsky.social
@hss.springernature.com @fractalecho.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
#NowAvailable Disabling Intelligences discusses the influences of eugenics on the #AI industry and the impacts of AI opportunism on disabled people, encompassing the history of AI and disability from popular culture to real-life case-studies.
@hss.springernature.com @fractalecho.bsky.social
@hss.springernature.com @fractalecho.bsky.social
Disclaimer: Uten å ha utgaven i hånd, ser tidskriftet Røyst ut til å fullføre(?) den rødbrune overgangen med framhevede tekster av folk fra the Critic Mag og Epoch Times. Care to explain @thoroivers.bsky.social ?
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Disclaimer: Uten å ha utgaven i hånd, ser tidskriftet Røyst ut til å fullføre(?) den rødbrune overgangen med framhevede tekster av folk fra the Critic Mag og Epoch Times. Care to explain @thoroivers.bsky.social ?
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Crystal-clear policy implications:
October 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Crystal-clear policy implications:
For noen dager siden satt Vegard Wyller på #dax18 og hevdet at:
"Covid går inn i alle cellene i kroppen og har masse effekter i akuttfasen, men det er veldig lite forskning som tyder på at dét forklarer hvorfor noen ender opp med svært lange symptombilder". academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
"Covid går inn i alle cellene i kroppen og har masse effekter i akuttfasen, men det er veldig lite forskning som tyder på at dét forklarer hvorfor noen ender opp med svært lange symptombilder". academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
For noen dager siden satt Vegard Wyller på #dax18 og hevdet at:
"Covid går inn i alle cellene i kroppen og har masse effekter i akuttfasen, men det er veldig lite forskning som tyder på at dét forklarer hvorfor noen ender opp med svært lange symptombilder". academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
"Covid går inn i alle cellene i kroppen og har masse effekter i akuttfasen, men det er veldig lite forskning som tyder på at dét forklarer hvorfor noen ender opp med svært lange symptombilder". academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
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I think this is right and until the Democrats start talking about doing this the starting assumption should be that they're not serious about opposing this.
As I’ve said before. The only way to stop this in the future is for swift and severe justice to be served so that no one, ever again, dare jump onto the fascist bandwagon
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.
October 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I think this is right and until the Democrats start talking about doing this the starting assumption should be that they're not serious about opposing this.
Reminds me of some of the controversies around one of the founders of the quite well‑connected Norwegian longtermism think tank Langsikt, who claimed that people with Down syndrome will never be able to live full‑worthy lives no matter how much society provides support, as well as an IQ/race debate.
New article on CogPGT, "the world’s most powerful genetic predictor of IQ," plus other examples of how influential eugenics has become in recent years. I also explain why I think "IQ" is an utterly meaningless measure of "intelligence." (Ever heard of the "BITCH" test? Lol.) What do you think?
From Trump to TESCREAL, Eugenics Is Everywhere
Most people think eugenics largely vanished after the Nazis' atrocities. But that's not true: eugenics is alive and well, and probably more influential today than ever. (2,200 words.)
www.realtimetechpocalypse.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Reminds me of some of the controversies around one of the founders of the quite well‑connected Norwegian longtermism think tank Langsikt, who claimed that people with Down syndrome will never be able to live full‑worthy lives no matter how much society provides support, as well as an IQ/race debate.
The insanity of a Wealth Fund built on, hell even investing in petroleum exploration, reviewing that:
"As the physical impact of climate change gradually intensifies, it’s our intention to analyze the extent to which this development impacts the credit worthiness of individual sovereign issuers,”
"As the physical impact of climate change gradually intensifies, it’s our intention to analyze the extent to which this development impacts the credit worthiness of individual sovereign issuers,”
October 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The insanity of a Wealth Fund built on, hell even investing in petroleum exploration, reviewing that:
"As the physical impact of climate change gradually intensifies, it’s our intention to analyze the extent to which this development impacts the credit worthiness of individual sovereign issuers,”
"As the physical impact of climate change gradually intensifies, it’s our intention to analyze the extent to which this development impacts the credit worthiness of individual sovereign issuers,”