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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇲 MAGA War on Science Is Deadly, and It’s Just Getting Started <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/195801/trump-maga-war-science-deadly" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newrepublic.com/article/195801/trump-maga-war-science-deadly</a> The administration’s anti-science posture has three different sources. Each is as extremist as the last.<a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114580246074755799" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114580246074755799</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/posttruthism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#posttruthism</a>

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️U.S. Office of Personnel Management: All federal agencies ordered to terminate remote work, ideally w/i 30d <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/all-federal-agencies-ordered-to-terminate-remote-work-ideally-within-30-days" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/all-federal-agencies-ordered-to-terminate-remote-work-ideally-within-30-days</a> <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42812513" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42812513</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Office_of_Personnel_Management" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Office_of_Personnel_Management</a>OPM Return to Office Guidance Memorandum 1-22-2025 <a href="https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/filesOPM%20Return%20to%20Office%20Guidance%20Memorandum%201-22-25.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/filesOPM%20Return%20to%20Office%20Guidance%20Memorandum%201-22-25.pdf</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libertarianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PostTruthism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PostTruthism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extremism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#xenophobia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whiteSupremacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whiteSupremacism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libertarianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christofascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transgenocide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiabortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antiabortion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misogyny</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiLGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antiLGBT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TitleIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TitleIX</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiDEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antiDEI</a>

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Trump abruptly cancels NIH meetings, upending scientific research <a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/01/23/uncertainy-fear-and-panic-abruptly-cancels-nih-meetings-upending-scientific-research" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.salon.com/2025/01/23/uncertainy-fear-and-panic-abruptly-cancels-nih-meetings-upending-scientific-research</a>* U.S. fed. science agencies directed to cancel all scheduled meetings * effect. suspends NIH research grantsScience is more than body of knowledge; it's a way of thinking -- Carl Sagan <a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113867027412933034" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113867027412933034</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIH</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiabortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antiabortion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christofascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transgenocide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epistemology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriticalThinking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PostTruthism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PostTruthism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EchoChambers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EchoChambers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReflectionChambers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReflectionChambers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dogmaticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dogmaticism</a>

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️/2 Conspiracy theory the new normal: 2024 is the year QAnon went mainstream <a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/12/26/conspiracy-theory-is-the-new-normal-2024-was-the-year-qanon-went-mainstream" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.salon.com/2024/12/26/conspiracy-theory-is-the-new-normal-2024-was-the-year-qanon-went-mainstream</a>* single biggest reason Trump won? Median voter ignores real news to consume endless disinformation<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#facts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#truth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evidence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epistemology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FarRight</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultureWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CultureWars</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToxicRhetoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToxicRhetoric</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChristianRight</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Catholicism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Catholicism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christofascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transgenocide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libertarianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PostTruthism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PostTruthism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlternativeFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlternativeFacts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ignorance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apathy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QAnon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QAnon</a>

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️[Nobel Lecture, 2005, Harold Pinter] Art, Truth & Politics <a href="https://persagen.org/docs/harold_pinter-art_truth_and_politics.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://persagen.org/docs/harold_pinter-art_truth_and_politics.html</a>COMMENT * still relevant [replace art w. social media] * vicious/scathing commentary on search for truth in art, avoidance of truth in politics* Nobel Prize in Literature 2005 awarded to Harold Pinter "who in his plays uncovers precipice under everyday prattle & forces entry into oppression's closed rooms"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HaroldPinter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HaroldPinter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NobelPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NobelPrize</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialCommentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialCommentary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/posttruthism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#posttruthism</a>

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️[thread] post-truthism | "alternative facts" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-truth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-truth</a>Science is more than body of knowledge; it's a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America ... when people lost ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority ... unable to distinguish between what feels good & what's true, we slide ... back into superstition & darkness-- Carl Sagan <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-truth#Contemporary_evaluation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-truth#Contemporary_evaluation</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalMedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misinformation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PostTruthism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PostTruthism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memes</a>

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