Emmet Fraizer
@woolsox.bsky.social
journalist, thunderstorm enthusiast, library patron. views my own
Brilliant dissection of the gutting of Scientific American by pro-Trump corporate interests from @woolsox.bsky.social at @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Fall of “Scientific American”
When the beloved science publication got too political, its corporate owners stepped in. Now its future is uncertain.
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All I can add: Very good people are still at the magazine, working hard to do great work. The editors who tried to save the place, David and Jeanna, did their best at a really loaded, uncertain time. Imho, the union-busting owners bear the blame for this sad mess.
Emmet Fraizer@woolsox.bsky.social · 3w agoLast summer, Scientific American's owners were stalking the site, making sure it wasn't being too critical of Trump. This summer, the magazine was sold and gutted. I wrote about it for The Nation www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Incredible inside-the-newsroom reporting on how a fear of Trump and millions in losses have gutted the nation's oldest magazine www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Fall of “Scientific American”
When the beloved science publication got too political, its corporate owners stepped in. Now its future is uncertain.
thenation.com
Today in @thenation.com: a jaw-dropping investigation from Emmet Frazier (@woolsox.bsky.social) on the toll that corporate interference and political pressure took on Scientific American. The stuff that Emmet uncovered from inside the magazine is NUTS. A must-read. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Fall of “Scientific American”
When the beloved science publication got too political, its corporate owners stepped in. Now its future is uncertain.
thenation.com
Science is inherently political and when our government is actively hostile to science as a whole, publications should be able to write about it without being censored. Alas. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Fall of “Scientific American”
When the beloved science publication got too political, its corporate owners stepped in. Now its future is uncertain.
thenation.com
This was a tough story to report. Lots of people were, reasonably, scared to talk about what they'd seen. I'm grateful to everyone who did it anyway, anonymously and not
Emmet Fraizer@woolsox.bsky.social · 3w agoLast summer, Scientific American's owners were stalking the site, making sure it wasn't being too critical of Trump. This summer, the magazine was sold and gutted. I wrote about it for The Nation www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Last summer, Scientific American's owners were stalking the site, making sure it wasn't being too critical of Trump. This summer, the magazine was sold and gutted. I wrote about it for The Nation www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Fall of “Scientific American”
When the beloved science publication got too political, its corporate owners stepped in. Now its future is uncertain.
thenation.com
are YOU a fascist named Barbara? is YOUR child turning into a bird? you might resonate with this book/review www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Bad Mothers and Monstrous Children
Jordy Rosenberg’s “Night Night Fawn” offers a multigenerational tale of Marxists, Zionists, and estrangement.
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Alhamdulillah my fellow New Yorkers
Michael@fleerultra.bsky.social · 5mo agoMamdani truly has the mandate of heaven
edit: actually the nation, not the new yorker … even worse … you can't trust anyone
Emmet Fraizer@woolsox.bsky.social · 5mo agofirst the new yorker and now n+1 saying jalen brunson looks like a fire hydrant. what the fuck is up with this conspiracy of elite media!!! there is no one more beautiful
first the new yorker and now n+1 saying jalen brunson looks like a fire hydrant. what the fuck is up with this conspiracy of elite media!!! there is no one more beautiful
n+1@nplusonemag.com · 5mo ago“Now and then there would be a bad sound—a person being punctured or having a bandage removed—and these coexisted with this other chaotic crowd sound of muted little cheers and applause.” New: Thomas Beller watches the Knicks in an unlikely place. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Needed Eric Adams in full Albanian flag garb for vibe support
happy may day! every right you have as a worker was written in blood ❤️
it's so frustrating that my tax dollars are being spent on missiles when they should be spent on making the US copyright registration website less annoying to use :/ and also on universal health care
1/ Today, we overwhelmingly voted to authorize a STRIKE as we fight for a fair contract with @propublica.org.
In 1979, the “New York Times” asked Isaac Bashevis Singer if he planned to watch the Super Bowl.
I am unspeakably moved by Anna‘s words (as well as her decision) and, because she is being attacked by carceral leftists, it seems important to add that your “justice system“ is a nightmare. Praxis is life. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why I Didn’t Report My Rape
In 2021, six men sexually assaulted me in a Las Vegas hotel room. Something more than abolitionism prevented me from reporting the crime.
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All the traits that you have been taught to value and look for in special individuals - courage, intelligence, strength - are actually collective traits. There is no genius or hero coming to save us from our problems. We solve them together or not at all. Socialism or barbarism.
Sandhya Dirks@audiosand.bsky.social · 10mo agoI have never witnessed such a spiderweb of collective action, just average everyday people showing up. Not the heroism we’ve been sold by the movies but collective heroism, a fabric of care and resistance to fascism.
Alex Pretti took care of veterans as an ICU nurse. “He was a super nice, super helpful guy – looked after his patients," said @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social, who worked with Pretti both at the hospital and on scientific research. "I’m just stunned.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Man shot in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse: ‘He wanted to help people’
Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research
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