Michael Halpern @halpsci

No longer on Twitter. Find me on LinkedIn or @FINCAimpact. Washington DC Joined October 2012

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Radley Balko @radleybalko

3 years ago

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…

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TODAY @TODAYshow

3 years ago

@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

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Imperial College London @imperialcollege

3 years ago

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

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Carrie Goldberg @cagoldberglaw

3 years ago

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/

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Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief

3 years ago

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

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ASA Sociology @ASAnews

3 years ago

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

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António Guterres @antonioguterres

3 years ago

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.

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Timothy Caulfield @CaulfieldTim

3 years ago

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!

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Scott Brodbeck @scottbrodbeck

3 years ago

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. 🧵

Jordan Pascale @JWPascale

3 years ago

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White House Office of Science & Technology Policy @WHOSTP

3 years ago

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

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Andrew Dessler @AndrewDessler

3 years ago

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 🧵:

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Michael Halpern @halpsci

3 years ago

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

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3 years ago

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

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Sheril Kirshenbaum, PhD @Sheril_

3 years ago

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

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Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather

3 years ago

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

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Brennan Center @BrennanCenter

3 years ago

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.

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Michael Halpern @halpsci

3 years ago

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

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Jennifer Frazier @frazierarchive

3 years ago

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