Philipp Markolin
@philippmarkolin.bsky.social
Science blogger and communicator:
www.protagonist-science.com
Mein investigatives Buch über die Insider-Geschichte hinter der COVID-19 Ursprungskontroverse jetzt exklusiv auf Deutsch erhältlich:
www.lab-leak-fever.com
www.protagonist-science.com
Mein investigatives Buch über die Insider-Geschichte hinter der COVID-19 Ursprungskontroverse jetzt exklusiv auf Deutsch erhältlich:
www.lab-leak-fever.com
Pinned
Lab Leak Fever
The COVID-19 Origin Theory that Sabotaged Science and Society
www.protagonist-science.com
Happy August.
Here is a little surprise for everybody: The english version of my book is finally available. You can get it on Amazon. You can also read and listen to it on my blog, where I will release the book as freely accessible serialized novel.
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Here is a little surprise for everybody: The english version of my book is finally available. You can get it on Amazon. You can also read and listen to it on my blog, where I will release the book as freely accessible serialized novel.
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www.protagonist-science.com/p/lab-leak-f...
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... that is continuing to provide training in the ERI technique to health workers in the UK and beyond. The aim is to create a lasting legacy of our research: jitsuvaxtraining.com/. In case you are wondering, for a small start-up we are doing well. Keeping fingers crossed.
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Welcome To JITSUVAX ERI Training - JITSUVAX ERI Training
Book your ERI training now JITSUVAX Training is an exciting new social enterprise from the creators of the Empathetic Refutational Interview (ERI). The ERI is a four-step vaccine conversation framework designed specifically for health workers. It makes vaccine conversations easier and more effective. Our innovative ERI training teaches health workers how to: identify and correct […]
jitsuvaxtraining.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
... that is continuing to provide training in the ERI technique to health workers in the UK and beyond. The aim is to create a lasting legacy of our research: jitsuvaxtraining.com/. In case you are wondering, for a small start-up we are doing well. Keeping fingers crossed.
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Hier gibt es zum Blame Kinostart ein kurzes (und seltenes) Interview auf Deutsch mit mir für Radio Corax @ostprog.bsky.social .
Hört mal rein, wenn ihr wissen wollt, wie viel seriöser ich auf Deutsch klinge 😏
Vielleicht wäre ein deutscher Podcast was für mich? 🤔
radiocorax.de/dokumentarfi...
Hört mal rein, wenn ihr wissen wollt, wie viel seriöser ich auf Deutsch klinge 😏
Vielleicht wäre ein deutscher Podcast was für mich? 🤔
radiocorax.de/dokumentarfi...
Dokumentarfilm »Blame – Bats, Politics and a Planet Out of Balance« – Radio CORAX
radiocorax.de
February 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Hier gibt es zum Blame Kinostart ein kurzes (und seltenes) Interview auf Deutsch mit mir für Radio Corax @ostprog.bsky.social .
Hört mal rein, wenn ihr wissen wollt, wie viel seriöser ich auf Deutsch klinge 😏
Vielleicht wäre ein deutscher Podcast was für mich? 🤔
radiocorax.de/dokumentarfi...
Hört mal rein, wenn ihr wissen wollt, wie viel seriöser ich auf Deutsch klinge 😏
Vielleicht wäre ein deutscher Podcast was für mich? 🤔
radiocorax.de/dokumentarfi...
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Nice writeup of our now-finished JITSUVAX project: cordis.europa.eu/art... The main output of the project is the empathetic refutational interview...
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Inoculating against anti-vax messaging through empathy
Vaccine hesitancy can be overcome through personalised, empathetic conversational approaches.,,,European Commission
cordis.europa.eu
February 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Nice writeup of our now-finished JITSUVAX project: cordis.europa.eu/art... The main output of the project is the empathetic refutational interview...
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This is depressing but also the clearest diagnostic. We're way overdue to offer a vision for the future.
So much on the left is defend, protect, save, shield... — as if maintaining the status quo were a win. Hegemonic collapse is here, now is the time to define the future.
So much on the left is defend, protect, save, shield... — as if maintaining the status quo were a win. Hegemonic collapse is here, now is the time to define the future.
Double digit gains for the LDP with under-30s.
February 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This is depressing but also the clearest diagnostic. We're way overdue to offer a vision for the future.
So much on the left is defend, protect, save, shield... — as if maintaining the status quo were a win. Hegemonic collapse is here, now is the time to define the future.
So much on the left is defend, protect, save, shield... — as if maintaining the status quo were a win. Hegemonic collapse is here, now is the time to define the future.
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Bhattacharya’s NIH 😢
"NIH has terminated or frozen 116 cancer research grants ($273 million), 65 Alzheimer's research grants ($94 million), 68 diabetes grants ($83 million), and 71 heart disease grants ($111 million)..."
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www.sanders.senate.gov
February 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Bhattacharya’s NIH 😢
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MAHA leaders rose to power via their COVID disinformation.
Today, they are recycling those myths to minimize measles and distract from their inability to contain it.
My latest.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/newagain-2/
Today, they are recycling those myths to minimize measles and distract from their inability to contain it.
My latest.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/newagain-2/
MAHA Leaders Are Recycling COVID Myths to Minimize Measles
Once again, everything old is new again. The circle of disinformation is complete.
sciencebasedmedicine.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
MAHA leaders rose to power via their COVID disinformation.
Today, they are recycling those myths to minimize measles and distract from their inability to contain it.
My latest.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/newagain-2/
Today, they are recycling those myths to minimize measles and distract from their inability to contain it.
My latest.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/newagain-2/
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In 2023 @enirenberg.bsky.social & I wrote about RFK Jr's role in the deadly measles outbreak in Samoa (time.com/6289037/robe...)
Turns out, Samoa was a trial run for the horrific, deadly anti-vaxx activism he's now inflicting worlwide 😔
Thx to @bymichellersmith.com & colleagues for their reporting
Turns out, Samoa was a trial run for the horrific, deadly anti-vaxx activism he's now inflicting worlwide 😔
Thx to @bymichellersmith.com & colleagues for their reporting
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that his trip to Samoa in 2019 ahead of a deadly measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines.”
But records obtained by @theguardian.com + @apnews.com — stemming from a FOIA lawsuit filed by @rcfp.org attorneys on the outlets' behalf — tell a different story.
But records obtained by @theguardian.com + @apnews.com — stemming from a FOIA lawsuit filed by @rcfp.org attorneys on the outlets' behalf — tell a different story.
Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak
Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
In 2023 @enirenberg.bsky.social & I wrote about RFK Jr's role in the deadly measles outbreak in Samoa (time.com/6289037/robe...)
Turns out, Samoa was a trial run for the horrific, deadly anti-vaxx activism he's now inflicting worlwide 😔
Thx to @bymichellersmith.com & colleagues for their reporting
Turns out, Samoa was a trial run for the horrific, deadly anti-vaxx activism he's now inflicting worlwide 😔
Thx to @bymichellersmith.com & colleagues for their reporting
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There should be Congressional hearings over this
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:10 PM
There should be Congressional hearings over this
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It only took them 12 months to build massive concentration camps all over the USA. You’d think there would be more uproar, but no. No one cares unless it’s in their backyard.
February 8, 2026 at 9:42 AM
It only took them 12 months to build massive concentration camps all over the USA. You’d think there would be more uproar, but no. No one cares unless it’s in their backyard.
Nothing is more frustrating than some factions in nominally your team ("team science") appeasing the fascists in hopes of a return to status quo.
First, status quo wasn't great.
Second, you undermine reformers.
Finally, appeasement always emboldens, not deters, fascists.
First, status quo wasn't great.
Second, you undermine reformers.
Finally, appeasement always emboldens, not deters, fascists.
I wrote about the last several days.
(It's free on Substack, we will likely also get it on the website. Don't send me death threats. THANKS!)
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
(It's free on Substack, we will likely also get it on the website. Don't send me death threats. THANKS!)
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
An Inflection Point
This week feels like an inflection point in our corner of the nation called the Scientific Ecosystem.
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Nothing is more frustrating than some factions in nominally your team ("team science") appeasing the fascists in hopes of a return to status quo.
First, status quo wasn't great.
Second, you undermine reformers.
Finally, appeasement always emboldens, not deters, fascists.
First, status quo wasn't great.
Second, you undermine reformers.
Finally, appeasement always emboldens, not deters, fascists.
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In a new piece for @wired.com, @davidgilbert.bsky.social dicusses RFK Jr.’s picks for a new federal autism panel
Many of them are extreme kooks & conspiracy theorists who "tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are 'poisoning children'.”
Here's what I say in the piece:
Many of them are extreme kooks & conspiracy theorists who "tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are 'poisoning children'.”
Here's what I say in the piece:
!["Once again, [Kennedy] proves that he is one of the world’s most extreme and dangerous conspiracy theorists who loves stacking his committees with anti-science, anti-public health kooks,” Gavin Yamey, professor of global health and public policy at Duke University, tells WIRED. “The research evidence is clear that vaccines do not cause autism.” To Yamey, “it looks like RFK Jr.’s new committee has been tasked to muddy the waters and cast doubt on that evidence. RFK Jr. has spent the past year doing all he can to dismantle public health and roll back vaccination, and this new committee is more of the same.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nuqrjelqx4a2ewqzvwekhuro/bafkreicftridd4bc6sfyxmzss3azsebdpfsbvdccrgelerovzvdxm2cxq4@jpeg)
February 7, 2026 at 11:51 AM
In a new piece for @wired.com, @davidgilbert.bsky.social dicusses RFK Jr.’s picks for a new federal autism panel
Many of them are extreme kooks & conspiracy theorists who "tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are 'poisoning children'.”
Here's what I say in the piece:
Many of them are extreme kooks & conspiracy theorists who "tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are 'poisoning children'.”
Here's what I say in the piece:
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Hot News from @naturehealthglobal.bsky.social Re. the documentary Blame: Nominated for major award, released in theaters in Germany/Switzerland, & US PREMIERE at the Sedona Film Festival in April 2026!!! 🧵
naturehealthglobal.org/update-blame...
naturehealthglobal.org/update-blame...
UPDATE! Blame Movie: Awards, Theatrical Release, US Premiere! - Nature.Health.Global
“Blame” is a documentary movie by the Oscar-nominated, Sundance Festival award winning Swiss Director Christian Frei. The film focuses on three scientists,
naturehealthglobal.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Hot News from @naturehealthglobal.bsky.social Re. the documentary Blame: Nominated for major award, released in theaters in Germany/Switzerland, & US PREMIERE at the Sedona Film Festival in April 2026!!! 🧵
naturehealthglobal.org/update-blame...
naturehealthglobal.org/update-blame...
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Wow, NBC edited out the audience booing JD Vance at the Olympics. And this is one of the few remaining news outlets NOT owned by right-wing billionaire Trump sycophants
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast
The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Wow, NBC edited out the audience booing JD Vance at the Olympics. And this is one of the few remaining news outlets NOT owned by right-wing billionaire Trump sycophants
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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More news re. Blame: bsky.app/profile/pete...
Hot News from @naturehealthglobal.bsky.social Re. the documentary Blame: Nominated for major award, released in theaters in Germany/Switzerland, & US PREMIERE at the Sedona Film Festival in April 2026!!! 🧵
naturehealthglobal.org/update-blame...
naturehealthglobal.org/update-blame...
UPDATE! Blame Movie: Awards, Theatrical Release, US Premiere! - Nature.Health.Global
“Blame” is a documentary movie by the Oscar-nominated, Sundance Festival award winning Swiss Director Christian Frei. The film focuses on three scientists,
naturehealthglobal.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:17 PM
More news re. Blame: bsky.app/profile/pete...
Blame is finally coming to an US film festival ⬇️⬇️
Hot News from @naturehealthglobal.bsky.social Re. the documentary Blame: Nominated for major award, released in theaters in Germany/Switzerland, & US PREMIERE at the Sedona Film Festival in April 2026!!! 🧵
naturehealthglobal.org/update-blame...
naturehealthglobal.org/update-blame...
UPDATE! Blame Movie: Awards, Theatrical Release, US Premiere! - Nature.Health.Global
“Blame” is a documentary movie by the Oscar-nominated, Sundance Festival award winning Swiss Director Christian Frei. The film focuses on three scientists,
naturehealthglobal.org
February 7, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Blame is finally coming to an US film festival ⬇️⬇️
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This is great to see - about time this made it to the US! The movie isn't really about the origin of the pandemic, but it *is* about those wrongfully being blamed for it - it's important to hear their story, and this movie does it well.
Peter mentions April, but I believe it's February!
Peter mentions April, but I believe it's February!
Hot News from @naturehealthglobal.bsky.social Re. the documentary Blame: Nominated for major award, released in theaters in Germany/Switzerland, & US PREMIERE at the Sedona Film Festival in April 2026!!! 🧵
naturehealthglobal.org/update-blame...
naturehealthglobal.org/update-blame...
UPDATE! Blame Movie: Awards, Theatrical Release, US Premiere! - Nature.Health.Global
“Blame” is a documentary movie by the Oscar-nominated, Sundance Festival award winning Swiss Director Christian Frei. The film focuses on three scientists,
naturehealthglobal.org
February 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
This is great to see - about time this made it to the US! The movie isn't really about the origin of the pandemic, but it *is* about those wrongfully being blamed for it - it's important to hear their story, and this movie does it well.
Peter mentions April, but I believe it's February!
Peter mentions April, but I believe it's February!
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In the USA BLAME has been selected for the renowned Sedona International Film Festival in Arizona which celebrates socially & culturally engaged cinema.
OFFICIAL US PREMIERE will on Feb 22nd w/ follow-up screening Feb 24th. Link to buy tickets below: 7/
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OFFICIAL US PREMIERE will on Feb 22nd w/ follow-up screening Feb 24th. Link to buy tickets below: 7/
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February 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
In the USA BLAME has been selected for the renowned Sedona International Film Festival in Arizona which celebrates socially & culturally engaged cinema.
OFFICIAL US PREMIERE will on Feb 22nd w/ follow-up screening Feb 24th. Link to buy tickets below: 7/
prod5.agileticketing.net/websales/pag...
OFFICIAL US PREMIERE will on Feb 22nd w/ follow-up screening Feb 24th. Link to buy tickets below: 7/
prod5.agileticketing.net/websales/pag...
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Blame will be released in cinemas in Germany & Switzerland in April, following a pre-release tour with scientific panels hosted by the Max Planck Inst in 5/
www.max-wissen.de/dokumentarfi...
www.max-wissen.de/dokumentarfi...
Dokumentarfilm BLAME: Preview-Gespräche | max-wissen.de
Als sie vor Pandemien in der Zukunft warnten, wurden sie nicht gehört. Als die Welt von der COVID-19-Pandemie heimgesucht wird, müssen dieselben Wissenschaftler nicht nur gegen das Virus kämpfen, sond...
www.max-wissen.de
February 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Blame will be released in cinemas in Germany & Switzerland in April, following a pre-release tour with scientific panels hosted by the Max Planck Inst in 5/
www.max-wissen.de/dokumentarfi...
www.max-wissen.de/dokumentarfi...
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Blame has now been nominated for the Best Documentary prize at the 2026 Swiss Film Awards – winners to be announced in Zurich in March 4/
www.quartz.ch/en/sfp/Nomin...
www.quartz.ch/en/sfp/Nomin...
Nominations 2026
Nominations for the Swiss Film Awards<br/>
www.quartz.ch
February 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Blame has now been nominated for the Best Documentary prize at the 2026 Swiss Film Awards – winners to be announced in Zurich in March 4/
www.quartz.ch/en/sfp/Nomin...
www.quartz.ch/en/sfp/Nomin...
Reposted by Philipp Markolin
Hot News from @naturehealthglobal.bsky.social Re. the documentary Blame: Nominated for major award, released in theaters in Germany/Switzerland, & US PREMIERE at the Sedona Film Festival in April 2026!!! 🧵
naturehealthglobal.org/update-blame...
naturehealthglobal.org/update-blame...
UPDATE! Blame Movie: Awards, Theatrical Release, US Premiere! - Nature.Health.Global
“Blame” is a documentary movie by the Oscar-nominated, Sundance Festival award winning Swiss Director Christian Frei. The film focuses on three scientists,
naturehealthglobal.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Hot News from @naturehealthglobal.bsky.social Re. the documentary Blame: Nominated for major award, released in theaters in Germany/Switzerland, & US PREMIERE at the Sedona Film Festival in April 2026!!! 🧵
naturehealthglobal.org/update-blame...
naturehealthglobal.org/update-blame...
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Es geht nicht nur um Durchsuchungen, sondern auch um Konsequenzen: "The prosecutor's office also said it was leaving X and would communicate on LinkedIn and Instagram from now on."
Möchten sich deutsche Politiker*innen und Bundesligisten. nochmal dazu äußern?
Möchten sich deutsche Politiker*innen und Bundesligisten. nochmal dazu äußern?
Musk's X office in France raided by Paris prosecutor
The Paris prosecutor says its cyber-crime unit is conducting a search of X's offices.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Es geht nicht nur um Durchsuchungen, sondern auch um Konsequenzen: "The prosecutor's office also said it was leaving X and would communicate on LinkedIn and Instagram from now on."
Möchten sich deutsche Politiker*innen und Bundesligisten. nochmal dazu äußern?
Möchten sich deutsche Politiker*innen und Bundesligisten. nochmal dazu äußern?
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Write it down. Tell the story of this time in your own words. All too soon, people will try to re-write history, their own complicity in these horrors will be scrubbed away. But take a pen, take to the keyboard. And write. Remember for the rest of us.
February 6, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Write it down. Tell the story of this time in your own words. All too soon, people will try to re-write history, their own complicity in these horrors will be scrubbed away. But take a pen, take to the keyboard. And write. Remember for the rest of us.
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🔴 NEW - MAGA Gathers in European Parliament to Attack EU Laws
The European far-right rubbed shoulders with pro-Trump groups in Brussels.
I was in the room so you didn’t have to be (and be glad you weren’t)
For @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2026/02/06/m...
The European far-right rubbed shoulders with pro-Trump groups in Brussels.
I was in the room so you didn’t have to be (and be glad you weren’t)
For @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2026/02/06/m...
MAGA Gathers in European Parliament to Attack EU Laws
BRUSSELS – Groups aligned with Donald Trump’s administration rallied against “online censorship” and “extreme environmentalism” as they took to the stage at an event held in the heart of the European ...
www.desmog.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
🔴 NEW - MAGA Gathers in European Parliament to Attack EU Laws
The European far-right rubbed shoulders with pro-Trump groups in Brussels.
I was in the room so you didn’t have to be (and be glad you weren’t)
For @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2026/02/06/m...
The European far-right rubbed shoulders with pro-Trump groups in Brussels.
I was in the room so you didn’t have to be (and be glad you weren’t)
For @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2026/02/06/m...
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