Michael Halpern

For the first time, legislation to protect scientific integrity in government has passed out of a House Committee with both Republican and Democratic support, 25-6. @RepPaulTonko’s Scientific Integrity Act is headed to the House floor. This is huge. [THREAD]

This is one of the more alarming opinions I've read in a while. DNA testing excluded Ohio death row prisoner as source of sperm. Ohio SC: OH law requires *prisoner* to request testing. B/c request came from prosecutors, conviction/death sentence stand. supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0…

@BCross052422 "This sends two messages: The first is that the government is not going to do anything to solve the problem. This is their way of telling us that," Walder said. on.today.com/3TxHy0N

Our @jesswade has written 1,750 @Wikipedia pages on women + minority scientists and engineers 👩🏿‍🔬 “Not only do we not have enough women in science, but we aren’t doing enough to celebrate the ones we have." Read why she's so amazing in @washingtonpost 👇 ow.ly/3MwY50Lc1X5

Last Friday, CBS cancelled a segment about our clients suing Amazon for selling suicide kits to their now deceased kids. CBS’ cowardice gave me renewed clarity about how urgent this litigation is. 🧵@naomi_leeds 1/

THREAD - Experts from the #GlobalSouth are often underrepresented in reporting 📰 on climate change. To tackle this issue, Carbon Brief & @risj_oxford are launching the “Global South Climate Database” #GSCD. bit.ly/GSClimateDatab… 1/7

@librlaurie Congratulations!!! You are great and will always be great. You deserve this.

I am extremely excited (honored, humbled, psyched, overwhelmed, stoked to work with such rock stars....) about this. a lot of feelings. good feelings.

Five years after the devastation of Hurricane Maria, why is Puerto Rico still so vulnerable? Marla Pérez-Lugo @utrgv and Fernando Tormos-Aponte @fernandotormos on Puerto Rico’s inadequate infrastructure and how to make it more resilient. bit.ly/3qPnM4P

I have never seen climate carnage on the scale of the floods here in Pakistan. As our planet continues to warm, all countries will increasingly suffer losses and damage from climate beyond their capacity to adapt. This is a global crisis. It demands a global response.

Nice. "We show that psychological inoculation campaigns on social media are effective at improving misinformation resilience at scale." science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… by @roozenbot @STWorg @Sander_vdLinden @_BGoldberg @steverathje2 #ScienceUpFirst!

This is a well-reported and important story that everyone should read. Let's talk for a minute about the way such stories are usually handled by authorities and news outlets and how that perpetuates the problem. 🧵

OSTP seeks your input on how to develop a plan for federal research of climate intervention. contribute.globalchange.gov

if you're wondering why climate impacts seem to be getting much worse suddenly, let me introduce you to the concept of non-linearity. A short 🧵:

Democracy is messy and requires a lot of hard work, vulnerability, and listening. The difficult conversations are often the most fruitful.

After co-founding & leading @SciDebate for 15yrs, I'm thrilled to share it's now part of @NSPN. I could not be prouder of the org or more grateful to the wonderful ppl & partners we've built a movement with making science issues matter in elections. sciencedebate.org/about-history.… /1

European heat wave already deadly. * 300+ deaths in Portugal + Spain. * Spain as hot as 112 Fri. Madrid tied all-time record 105 Thurs. * UK + France bracing for record hottest temps Mon. London could hit 100. * Climate change makes this heat 10x as likely wapo.st/3AQwjur

BREAKING: The Supreme Court agreed to hear Moore v Harper, an appeal advocating for extreme interpretation of the Constitution that could make it easier for state legislatures to suppress the vote, draw unfair election districts, enable partisan interference in ballot counting.

Speaking out against today's abysmal Supreme Court decision sidelining EPA from using science to protect communities and reduce emissions from power plants. The coda to a terrible week. #ClimateAction @actonclimateUS

5 key elements to designing and implementing inclusive science communication Advice from the incredible Mónica Feliú-Mójer (@moefeliu) of @cienciapr 1.Make your project community centered from the beginning – and throughout (1/6) #NASEMscicomm