Kai Kupferschmidt
@kakape.bsky.social
science journalist. author. molecular biologist. curious.
interested in #microbes, #misinformation and all things #blue
contributing correspondent at @science.org
co-host of @pandemia.bsky.social
2024 KSJ fellow at MIT
Signal: kakape.93
interested in #microbes, #misinformation and all things #blue
contributing correspondent at @science.org
co-host of @pandemia.bsky.social
2024 KSJ fellow at MIT
Signal: kakape.93
Hier diskutieren wir gleich in den Franckeschen Stiftungen in Halle im Unterhausformat über Medien, Misinformation und Meinungsfreiheit u.a. mit @lorenzspreen.bsky.social und @tobiasrothmund.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Hier diskutieren wir gleich in den Franckeschen Stiftungen in Halle im Unterhausformat über Medien, Misinformation und Meinungsfreiheit u.a. mit @lorenzspreen.bsky.social und @tobiasrothmund.bsky.social
Ah yes, the famous combo of German engineering and … humor?! 😅
October 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Ah yes, the famous combo of German engineering and … humor?! 😅
Over on X you can see how the Trump administration is using every channel of communication to frame the shutdown as the fault of Democrats.
Using such official communication channels for partisan politics obviously erodes trust. As with many things we are witnessing, this will have lasting effects
Using such official communication channels for partisan politics obviously erodes trust. As with many things we are witnessing, this will have lasting effects
October 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Over on X you can see how the Trump administration is using every channel of communication to frame the shutdown as the fault of Democrats.
Using such official communication channels for partisan politics obviously erodes trust. As with many things we are witnessing, this will have lasting effects
Using such official communication channels for partisan politics obviously erodes trust. As with many things we are witnessing, this will have lasting effects
NYTimes really driving me up the wall these days (and giving @nytpitchbot.bsky.social a run for its money) with framings and headlines like this one.
So an article about the government stifling free speech is a story of “success” and “efficacy” is it?
So an article about the government stifling free speech is a story of “success” and “efficacy” is it?
September 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
NYTimes really driving me up the wall these days (and giving @nytpitchbot.bsky.social a run for its money) with framings and headlines like this one.
So an article about the government stifling free speech is a story of “success” and “efficacy” is it?
So an article about the government stifling free speech is a story of “success” and “efficacy” is it?
"As of 4 September 2025, 28 suspected cases, including 15 deaths (case fatality ratio (CFR): 54%), have been reported from three areas of the Bulape health zone (Bulape, Bulape Com and Dikolo) and Mweka health zone."
4 of the deaths have been health care workers.
4 of the deaths have been health care workers.
September 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"As of 4 September 2025, 28 suspected cases, including 15 deaths (case fatality ratio (CFR): 54%), have been reported from three areas of the Bulape health zone (Bulape, Bulape Com and Dikolo) and Mweka health zone."
4 of the deaths have been health care workers.
4 of the deaths have been health care workers.
The fact that you can have all of these organizations calling for Kennedy's resignation (or the NYTimes op-ed by 9 former CDC directors) and it having so little discernible impact is a sign of how far the US has moved from valuing scientific advice and expertise and how big a challenge it faces...
September 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The fact that you can have all of these organizations calling for Kennedy's resignation (or the NYTimes op-ed by 9 former CDC directors) and it having so little discernible impact is a sign of how far the US has moved from valuing scientific advice and expertise and how big a challenge it faces...
And the second part…
August 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
And the second part…
August 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Midnight in Longyearbyen
July 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Midnight in Longyearbyen
And always follow the money...
June 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
And always follow the money...
I use that phrase all the time! Someone remarked to me yesterday how Republicans with a spine need to stand up to Trump and I just looked at him and deadpanned: "Austrian kangaroos never jump the hoop". He just looked at me like the tapioca pearls in my bubble tea had melted...
April 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I use that phrase all the time! Someone remarked to me yesterday how Republicans with a spine need to stand up to Trump and I just looked at him and deadpanned: "Austrian kangaroos never jump the hoop". He just looked at me like the tapioca pearls in my bubble tea had melted...
Okay, back to work! But those Australians and their sayings…
April 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Okay, back to work! But those Australians and their sayings…
Ein legendäres Forschertreffen, ein umstrittenes Experiment mit einem Virus und die Frage, wer entscheidet, wann Forschung zu gefährlich ist.
Unsere neue Folge „Pandemia“ erklärt, wie es zum Asilomar-Gipfel kam, was dort passierte und was wir daraus lernen können:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Unsere neue Folge „Pandemia“ erklärt, wie es zum Asilomar-Gipfel kam, was dort passierte und was wir daraus lernen können:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
April 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Ein legendäres Forschertreffen, ein umstrittenes Experiment mit einem Virus und die Frage, wer entscheidet, wann Forschung zu gefährlich ist.
Unsere neue Folge „Pandemia“ erklärt, wie es zum Asilomar-Gipfel kam, was dort passierte und was wir daraus lernen können:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Unsere neue Folge „Pandemia“ erklärt, wie es zum Asilomar-Gipfel kam, was dort passierte und was wir daraus lernen können:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
NSF will no longer fund research on misinformation and is stopping grants, arguing that it could infringe on free speech “in a manner that advances a preferred narrative about significant matters of public debate”. Chilling to see even if it’s not a surprise.
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www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
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www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
April 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
NSF will no longer fund research on misinformation and is stopping grants, arguing that it could infringe on free speech “in a manner that advances a preferred narrative about significant matters of public debate”. Chilling to see even if it’s not a surprise.
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www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
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www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Great story by @sherylnyt.bsky.social!
April 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Great story by @sherylnyt.bsky.social!
"A violent felon whose sentence was commuted by President Trump was arrested Friday [...] after he was accused of a string of crimes that included assaulting a 3-year-old child."
Imagine how FoxNews would cover this under any other president...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/n...
Imagine how FoxNews would cover this under any other president...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/n...
April 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"A violent felon whose sentence was commuted by President Trump was arrested Friday [...] after he was accused of a string of crimes that included assaulting a 3-year-old child."
Imagine how FoxNews would cover this under any other president...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/n...
Imagine how FoxNews would cover this under any other president...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/n...
Love the kicker...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
April 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Love the kicker...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...