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Mike Fortun

@chromatinfuel.bsky.social

ethnogrammatologist https://www.dukeupress.edu/genomics-with-care "Mike Fortun struggles to understand..." -- LA Review of Books

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Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last wk.

Gonna go out on a limb here and say racist cranks who write for extremist white nationalist websites like VDARE should not, in fact, be confirmed to top roles in the Department of Justice.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2w ago

This opinion piece, written by someone with no relevant expertise, cites two sources, both of them blogs by people who also have no relevant expertise, one of whom is employed by a sham think tank funded by the "Effective Altruism" propaganda network. Truly embarrassing decision to publish it. 1/2

Dave Karpf@davekarpf.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm reading the "environmentalists are wrong about data centers" piece from the NYT and ohmygoditssofuckingbad. Apparently, so long as you're punching left, they'll just let you say any goddamn thing you please... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/o...

Mike Fortun@chromatinfuel.bsky.social · 3w ago

love the visualization of the kinda cheap 'gold' we're talking about and 100% agree but like every other commentary it fails to mention that in SNGA there is 0 mention of "environmental science," "ecology," "earth science," and of course "climate," not to mention... arstechnica.com/science/2026...

White House report says Trump can usher in a "new golden age" of science

The resulting report is a near-random mixture of grievances and real problems.

arstechnica.com

tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 3w ago

It's part of a major federal court case over those cancelations. Here's what the government admitted as part of a process meant to avoid discovery (and perhaps spare it from sharing more damaging records):

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Mike Fortun@chromatinfuel.bsky.social · 3w ago

I have WAY better things to do, but now that Our Very Own Fascists are going to weaponize "metascience" against Establishment Science (and just to be clear: I ❤️ ES!) by slapping a "gold standard" to make it an extension of the cheap-ass Oval Office, I feel like I need to take this call..

Paul Byrne@theplanetaryguy.com · 3w ago

The U.S. Secretary of Defense just stated that—so far—the war with Iran has cost $37.5 billion dollars. That's since February. That same amount is how much the United States spent on planetary science from FY2013 through FY2026 inclusive. Thirteen years of planetary science or five months of war.

The Curiosity rover on Mars. At about $2.6 billion, it buys you about ten days of Iran war.
Mike Fortun@chromatinfuel.bsky.social · 4w ago

"...the Court has done significant damage to the formal, practical, and moral authority of federal district courts to hold the federal government to account—all while arrogating much of that same authority to itself..."

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 4w ago

I just posted my draft of this year’s Harvard Law Review #SCOTUS Foreword—“The Court Against the Courts.” It analyzes the challenges, obstacles, and threats district courts have faced in cases involving the Trump administration—and documents how & why the Court bears responsibility for much of it:

Mike Fortun@chromatinfuel.bsky.social · 4w ago

thanks @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social ! I have a thread here bsky.app/profile/chro... and Harden herself has one here: bsky.app/profile/kph3...

Los Angeles Review of Books@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 4w ago

"Basile’s essentializing of 'what' Harden is strikes me as wrong in more ways than one." Mike Fortun responds to Jonathan Basile's review of Kathryn Paige Harden’s "Original Sin": https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/kathryn-harden-original-sin-mike-fortun-jonathan-basile/

the cover of Original Sin
Mike Fortun@chromatinfuel.bsky.social · 4w ago

I reviewed Kathryn Paige Harden’s Original Sin, about behavioral genetics and forgiveness, for the LA Review of Books, prompted by a previous review of the same in LARB. How could Harden’s book read as so smart, important, enjoyable, and thought provoking to me but for Jonathan Basile…1/4

Correctional Facility: A Response to Jonathan Basile’s ‘Natural Election’ | Los Angeles Review of Books

How could a UC Irvine anthropology professor and his fellow science studies scholar have such different responses to Kathryn Paige Harden’s recent book?

lareviewofbooks.org

Tim Elfenbein@timelfen.bsky.social · last mo.

Hoeppe does some of the best ethnographic analyses of data practices out there. Very excited to see this book published, and it's open access.

Götz Hoeppe@goetzhoeppe.bsky.social · last mo.

Data do not only represent information but are also social stuff that scientists use to instruct students, connect, transmit knowledge, grow trust. My new book shows how astronomers do so. #ethnography #STS #anthropology #sociology #astronomy #openscience #Booksky www.cambridge.org/core/books/h...

Cover of book "How Data Need People: The Social and Epistemic Practice of a Data-Rich Science" by Götz Hoeppe.
Philipp Markolin@philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · last mo.

I analyzed all 10 episodes of #ScienceCounterpunch & built a searchable library of: • 305 expert insights • 90+ proposed solutions • Problem-to-solution maps The goal: make ideas for fighting anti-science movements easier to discover, explore, and apply. Accessibility matters as much as content 🧵

Philipp Markolin@philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · last mo.

So I have been prototyping stuff. Explore: ➡️ www.lab-leak-fever.com/science-coun... What this is about: open.substack.com/pub/protagon...