Mitch Waldrop
@mitchwaldrop.bsky.social
Science journalist, book author, hopeless nerd. Still trying to figure it all out as I go along.
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There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
October 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
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No Kings rallygoers in Nashville are lining streets and chanting: the crowd is a mix of ages and genders.
October 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
No Kings rallygoers in Nashville are lining streets and chanting: the crowd is a mix of ages and genders.
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Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland
October 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland
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Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.
October 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.
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Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
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OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.
October 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.
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Looks like people showed up in DC
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Looks like people showed up in DC
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The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
October 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
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This really is a GREAT sign!
October 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This really is a GREAT sign!
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The antifa terrorist marxists are out
October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The antifa terrorist marxists are out
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The Abundance Agenda Has Its Own Theory of Power
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
Opinion | The Abundance Agenda Has Its Own Theory of Power
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The Abundance Agenda Has Its Own Theory of Power
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
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+ in our 2020 mini-documentary.
youtu.be/3zI4xXGmNPw
youtu.be/3zI4xXGmNPw
Rethinking recycling
Follow the path of what people discard in the blue bin to the recycling facility that sorts and tries to profit from it. Recycling faces many challenges, but...
youtu.be
May 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
+ in our 2020 mini-documentary.
youtu.be/3zI4xXGmNPw
youtu.be/3zI4xXGmNPw
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More: @mitchwaldrop.bsky.social's 2020 report
♻️ Recycling meets reality
knowmag.org/Recycling_bsky
♻️ Solving the growing plastics waste puzzle
knowmag.org/plastic_bsky
♻️ Design for recycling
knowmag.org/Design_bsky
♻️ One bin future
knowmag.org/OneBin_bsky
♻️ Recycling meets reality
knowmag.org/Recycling_bsky
♻️ Solving the growing plastics waste puzzle
knowmag.org/plastic_bsky
♻️ Design for recycling
knowmag.org/Design_bsky
♻️ One bin future
knowmag.org/OneBin_bsky
May 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
More: @mitchwaldrop.bsky.social's 2020 report
♻️ Recycling meets reality
knowmag.org/Recycling_bsky
♻️ Solving the growing plastics waste puzzle
knowmag.org/plastic_bsky
♻️ Design for recycling
knowmag.org/Design_bsky
♻️ One bin future
knowmag.org/OneBin_bsky
♻️ Recycling meets reality
knowmag.org/Recycling_bsky
♻️ Solving the growing plastics waste puzzle
knowmag.org/plastic_bsky
♻️ Design for recycling
knowmag.org/Design_bsky
♻️ One bin future
knowmag.org/OneBin_bsky
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Platforms can design better algorithms. Our new guide serves as a resource for understanding how. bit.ly/3QzxVzq
The guide provides detailed explanations of how algorithms work. So much so, that it has been cited in an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit led by @epic.org!
bit.ly/3DyBe6S
The guide provides detailed explanations of how algorithms work. So much so, that it has been cited in an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit led by @epic.org!
bit.ly/3DyBe6S
March 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Platforms can design better algorithms. Our new guide serves as a resource for understanding how. bit.ly/3QzxVzq
The guide provides detailed explanations of how algorithms work. So much so, that it has been cited in an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit led by @epic.org!
bit.ly/3DyBe6S
The guide provides detailed explanations of how algorithms work. So much so, that it has been cited in an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit led by @epic.org!
bit.ly/3DyBe6S
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New research from Costello, Pennycook, and Rand. Can conversations with AI help reduce belief in conspiracy theories? Quite possibly. What’s the mechanism? Evidence production. Let me explain my little-t theory about how this might work.
Last year, we published a paper showing that AI models can "debunk" conspiracy theories via personalized conversations. That paper raised a major question: WHY are the human<>AI convos so effective? In a new working paper, we have some answers.
TLDR: facts
osf.io/preprints/ps...
TLDR: facts
osf.io/preprints/ps...
February 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New research from Costello, Pennycook, and Rand. Can conversations with AI help reduce belief in conspiracy theories? Quite possibly. What’s the mechanism? Evidence production. Let me explain my little-t theory about how this might work.
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9