So I started this thing where we interview some high profile academics, science communicators, science activists and science journalists that currently fight against anti-science.

First few episodes in, and I think more people should come togeher for #science & #democracy

Ep1: Peter Hotez & Mike Mann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4PFGQFm5ZQ

Ep2: Dave Farina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2fhLAZd250

Ep3: Colette Delawalla (Stand up for Science)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDTtXeymuT0

Ep4: Steve Lewandowsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHz3SXsJb_E

Enjoy

Our inaugural episode of Science Counterpunch with Peter Hotez and Michael Mann is out now:

https://www.protagonist-science.com/p/science-under-siege-w-peter-hotez

Full convo 🔽

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4PFGQFm5ZQ

Apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/science-under-siege-w-peter-hotez-and-michael-mann/id1869284846?i=1000749623048

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ioWAM8VeV2aVqlzGdjwXh

Some highlights below:

How does social media destroy democratic discourse?

Here is my take, broken down in 6 easy figures.

Read the full story:
https://www.protagonist-science.com/p/how-social-media-destroys-democratic?r=ywexb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

With the GOP-led House Select Committee on COVID-19 ramping up voter manipulation efforts for the general election, the "gain-of-function #lableak” narrative is back in full swing

Over the last few years, I got curious about whether any type of #GoF research could have created the virus.

The answer is complicated but worth your time.

The exclusive article will finally be available on the 12th of April, with free access for everybody as usual.

https://www.protagonist-science.com/p/announcing-treacherous-ancestry?r=ywexb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

NEW EXCLUSIVE from me

#Disparage, #disorient, #dispute - the manipulation playbook after anti-science actors, part 3

"In the #battlespace of information, we are civilians in harm’s way."

Please read, share, and take it to heart: https://protagonistfuture.substack.com/p/disparage-disorient-dispute

Dr. Li-Meng Yan was a fake whistleblower for the "#Bioweapon" myth, cultivated by Steve Bannon and Miles Guo in 2020.

Her #disinformation campaign was one of the most successful media #manipulations shaping public discourse on COVID in 2020, rippled through to today, and assisted her benefactors in #defrauding audiences to the tune of a billion dollars.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ho-wan-kwok-aka-miles-guo-arrested-orchestrating-over-1-billion-dollar-fraud-conspiracy

Looks like Democratic opposition win in Poland.

This is, not in small part, because Polish people saw firsthand the brave Ukrainian fight for #democracy.

No other #EU country has taken up as many #Ukrainians.

Autocracy Inc. tries its best to drag citizens back into darkness, but fighting for democracy is contagious as well.

New from me.

A criticism of Ben Mazer's persuasive, but factually false article for the Atlantic.

I notice a dangerous trend of editorial decisions, media incentives, and influencer hot takes coming together to #whitewash new right #metapolitics

Read:
Substack version:
https://protagonistfuture.substack.com/p/the-subtle-whitewash-of-anti-science?r=ywexb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Medium version:
https://protagonist-science.medium.com/the-subtle-whitewash-of-anti-science-activism-271e1d3416a5?source=friends_link&sk=ab97268c32502cce22a3db123b35faf0