John Mashey
@johnmashey.bsky.social
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.
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.
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John Mashey
@johnmashey.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Merchants of Doubt (2014) with Naomi Oreskes, Jamy Ian Swiss, Frederick Singer Movie
YouTube video by hos Ben
www.youtube.com
1/ Given CDC evisceration, attacks on climate science, NASA... here's a short tale of worrisome prescience from 2014.
I attended an early showing in San Francisco of the fine film "Merchants of Doubt". It has book's foci of climate denial/tobacco, but adds more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRWE...
I attended an early showing in San Francisco of the fine film "Merchants of Doubt". It has book's foci of climate denial/tobacco, but adds more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRWE...
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💥 🍃 🎉 🧪 Jane Richardson, Renown Biophysicist
Jane Richardson was born #OTD in 1941
+ Developed the Richardson (ribbon) diagram to represent proteins' 3D structure (becoming a standard representation for protein structures)
+ MacArthur Fellow, 1985
+ Elected, Nat'l Academy of Sciences, 1991
+ President, Biophysical Society, 2012
#WomenInSTEM
+ Developed the Richardson (ribbon) diagram to represent proteins' 3D structure (becoming a standard representation for protein structures)
+ MacArthur Fellow, 1985
+ Elected, Nat'l Academy of Sciences, 1991
+ President, Biophysical Society, 2012
#WomenInSTEM
January 26, 2026 at 4:46 AM
💥 🍃 🎉 🧪 Jane Richardson, Renown Biophysicist
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In the 1950s, members of a cult called "The Seekers" believed the world would end in a great flood on a specific day. Some members gave up their belongings and quit their jobs to prepare. The prophesied day came, and there was no flood. /1
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 AM
In the 1950s, members of a cult called "The Seekers" believed the world would end in a great flood on a specific day. Some members gave up their belongings and quit their jobs to prepare. The prophesied day came, and there was no flood. /1
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Yesterday, I awoke to news of another ICE killing in MN. On Bluesky, the conversation was deeply critical of ICE. But I wanted to see how things were going on X. Surprisingly, the attempts there to blame the victim weren't getting as much traction as I suspected. So I wrote a thing.
Another Killing on ICE
The right wing propaganda machine can’t spin the killing of Alex Pretti
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Yesterday, I awoke to news of another ICE killing in MN. On Bluesky, the conversation was deeply critical of ICE. But I wanted to see how things were going on X. Surprisingly, the attempts there to blame the victim weren't getting as much traction as I suspected. So I wrote a thing.
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And if we only plot the Natural Variability component (i.e. the difference between the imputed human-induced temperature and the observed global temperature), we can see that without anthropogenic forcing our climate would basically be UNCHANGED since mid-20th Century, with a very slight COOLING.
January 26, 2026 at 2:01 AM
And if we only plot the Natural Variability component (i.e. the difference between the imputed human-induced temperature and the observed global temperature), we can see that without anthropogenic forcing our climate would basically be UNCHANGED since mid-20th Century, with a very slight COOLING.
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Quite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont
January 25, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Quite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont
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Feels like another tactical error: if they wanted to pretend they’re doing everything by the book, they’d announce that the officers on paid leave and wait until the results of their sham investigation exonerate them. This will only raise more questions and intensify the scrutiny (laudatory)
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Feels like another tactical error: if they wanted to pretend they’re doing everything by the book, they’d announce that the officers on paid leave and wait until the results of their sham investigation exonerate them. This will only raise more questions and intensify the scrutiny (laudatory)
I don’t take individual videos/photos on faith, as deepfakery is so much cheaper than in 1990s, when I was at SGI and we helped ILM & others make dinosaurs and other unreal things look real.
However, consistent multiple videos from different viewpoints, posted quickly, are very convincing.
However, consistent multiple videos from different viewpoints, posted quickly, are very convincing.
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I don’t take individual videos/photos on faith, as deepfakery is so much cheaper than in 1990s, when I was at SGI and we helped ILM & others make dinosaurs and other unreal things look real.
However, consistent multiple videos from different viewpoints, posted quickly, are very convincing.
However, consistent multiple videos from different viewpoints, posted quickly, are very convincing.
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Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, on January 24. DHS claims he died after an armed struggle, but videos of the incident appears to contradict that claim. Read our analysis here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
Alex Pretti: Analysing Footage of Minneapolis CBP Shooting - bellingcat
Bellingcat has analysed video of the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The footage appears to contradict statements made by the Department of Homeland Security.
www.bellingcat.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, on January 24. DHS claims he died after an armed struggle, but videos of the incident appears to contradict that claim. Read our analysis here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
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The video evidence is clear: Alex Pretti was not armed when he was shot. An agent removed Pretti's firearm from his waist before the shooting.
See for yourself here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
See for yourself here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
January 25, 2026 at 8:22 PM
The video evidence is clear: Alex Pretti was not armed when he was shot. An agent removed Pretti's firearm from his waist before the shooting.
See for yourself here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
See for yourself here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
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Nice try, but we remember who put these vaccine deniers in positions of power… and who, once they proved utterly unfaithful to their promises, are still keeping them there.
Sen Cassidy: “Claiming that risk from vaccines is greater than the threat from disease has led to highest rate of measles in decades. Undermining faith in polio vaccine will lead to paralyzed children. What others are doing will be blamed on President Trump. Unfair but true.”
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Nice try, but we remember who put these vaccine deniers in positions of power… and who, once they proved utterly unfaithful to their promises, are still keeping them there.
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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Key Swing State AG Brings Lawsuit against Fossil industry for Blocking Clean energy, EVs
thinc.blog/2026/01/25/k...
thinc.blog/2026/01/25/k...
Key State Brings Lawsuit – Blames Big Fossil for Blocking Clean Energy, EVs
Growing list of lawsuits against fossil fuel companies now includes a suit by the Attorney General of Michigan.Particularly relevant in that, due in part to the propaganda from fossil fuel interest…
thinc.blog
January 25, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Key Swing State AG Brings Lawsuit against Fossil industry for Blocking Clean energy, EVs
thinc.blog/2026/01/25/k...
thinc.blog/2026/01/25/k...
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Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God we have video, because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It's nonsense and it is lies."
January 24, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God we have video, because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It's nonsense and it is lies."
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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Chicago Trib clear-eyed this AM
January 25, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Chicago Trib clear-eyed this AM
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Goddamit I should have known it was too good to last. Some senior editor decided to both-sides it after all. Cowards! Charlatans!
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Goddamit I should have known it was too good to last. Some senior editor decided to both-sides it after all. Cowards! Charlatans!
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Terrible, slapdash work to undercut decades of careful scientific research on emissions and their threat to our health and the planet. www.edf.org/media/newly-...
Newly Disclosed Records Show Trump Administration’s Unlawful Actions Related to Secretly Formed “Climate Working Group”
The records are part of more than 68,000 pages of records obtained by EDF and the Union of Concerned Scientists as as the result of a lawsuit.
www.edf.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Terrible, slapdash work to undercut decades of careful scientific research on emissions and their threat to our health and the planet. www.edf.org/media/newly-...
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The Nazi SA - Sturmabteilung, or Storm Troopers - were often recruited from the dregs of society: barely literate failures incapable of holding down a job and only fit for murder and terror. The scum of Germany. Hitler gave them free rein to vent their rage on their betters. Sound familiar, America?
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The Nazi SA - Sturmabteilung, or Storm Troopers - were often recruited from the dregs of society: barely literate failures incapable of holding down a job and only fit for murder and terror. The scum of Germany. Hitler gave them free rein to vent their rage on their betters. Sound familiar, America?
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As insane as this sounds, it’s true: Pam Bondi sent Minnesota officials a letter today saying ICE would leave the state if Minnesota turns over its voter files to the Trump Administration."
Isn't this called extortion?
The coup continues🤬
Read more👇✊
www.rawstory.com/pam-bondi-26...
Isn't this called extortion?
The coup continues🤬
Read more👇✊
www.rawstory.com/pam-bondi-26...
Senator warns Pam Bondi already taking steps to 'take over elections in swing states'
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi came under fire over the weekend for what some have called a "breathtaking" plan to extort the state of Minnesota as a means to "seize" the state's "election infrastruc...
www.rawstory.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:25 PM
As insane as this sounds, it’s true: Pam Bondi sent Minnesota officials a letter today saying ICE would leave the state if Minnesota turns over its voter files to the Trump Administration."
Isn't this called extortion?
The coup continues🤬
Read more👇✊
www.rawstory.com/pam-bondi-26...
Isn't this called extortion?
The coup continues🤬
Read more👇✊
www.rawstory.com/pam-bondi-26...
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As promised, here is a multi-camera timeline, with sources and screenshots. Other people have drawn the same conclusions - that it was murder, that Pretti's shooter saw his gun taken - but this document can serve as a general reference. 2/
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 25, 2026 at 2:52 PM
As promised, here is a multi-camera timeline, with sources and screenshots. Other people have drawn the same conclusions - that it was murder, that Pretti's shooter saw his gun taken - but this document can serve as a general reference. 2/
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The murder of Alex Pretti is now seen in at least 5 videos. The incident unfolded over less than a minute. One agent instigated. One shot. Pretti held only a camera. He had a gun is his waistband, but never touched. it. The shooter saw him get disarmed, then shot him in the back, point blank. 1/
January 25, 2026 at 2:52 PM
The murder of Alex Pretti is now seen in at least 5 videos. The incident unfolded over less than a minute. One agent instigated. One shot. Pretti held only a camera. He had a gun is his waistband, but never touched. it. The shooter saw him get disarmed, then shot him in the back, point blank. 1/
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There should be a presumption in a court of law that if a law enforcement offer fails to provide required body camera footage, that that footage would have weighed against the officer's case, much as a judge can order a jury to assume that evidence undisclosed during discovery would be damaging.
Botox Barbie Noem and Convicted Felon Donald Trump don't want ICE to have body cameras because it would prove the brutality Botox Barbie denies is happening.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal #FuckICE
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal #FuckICE
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
As ICE arrests surged, Trump administration sought to cut bodycam program
A string of violent incidents has added fresh urgency to calls for more body-worn cameras. But DHS proposed reducing spending on them in its initial budget proposal.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:05 PM
There should be a presumption in a court of law that if a law enforcement offer fails to provide required body camera footage, that that footage would have weighed against the officer's case, much as a judge can order a jury to assume that evidence undisclosed during discovery would be damaging.
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Extortion under color of law. The Trump regime is murdering people to get Minnesota's election rolls. None of this has shit to do with immigration enforcement apart from an overarching commitment to white supremacy.
In the wake of another fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
January 25, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Extortion under color of law. The Trump regime is murdering people to get Minnesota's election rolls. None of this has shit to do with immigration enforcement apart from an overarching commitment to white supremacy.
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Déjà vu all over again?
In 1770, King George ordered a military occupation of Boston to enforce tariffs. Protests erupted and Redcoats (British soldiers) fired on civilians, killing five.
Those deaths weren't in vain.
This event is known as the Boston Massacre, and it ignited our war for independence.
Those deaths weren't in vain.
This event is known as the Boston Massacre, and it ignited our war for independence.
January 25, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Déjà vu all over again?
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The Reddit and Instagram response now is reminiscent of this media tipping point : 👇
In their classic book “The Rational Public,” about how public opinion doesn’t change much, Page and Shapiro have one chapter describing media tipping points—when public opinion shifts DRAMATICALLY.
In their classic book “The Rational Public,” about how public opinion doesn’t change much, Page and Shapiro have one chapter describing media tipping points—when public opinion shifts DRAMATICALLY.
January 25, 2026 at 3:13 PM
The Reddit and Instagram response now is reminiscent of this media tipping point : 👇
In their classic book “The Rational Public,” about how public opinion doesn’t change much, Page and Shapiro have one chapter describing media tipping points—when public opinion shifts DRAMATICALLY.
In their classic book “The Rational Public,” about how public opinion doesn’t change much, Page and Shapiro have one chapter describing media tipping points—when public opinion shifts DRAMATICALLY.