Michael Halpern
@halpsci
Comms director for @FINCAimpact. Also: science, policy, and politics. LGBT. he/him. personal account.
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31-10-2012 15:29:30
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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…
Brett Cross '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 Dr Jess Wade liked it here once 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 The Washington Post 👇
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 & Reuters Institute are launching the “Global South Climate Database” #GSCD .
bit.ly/GSClimateDatab…
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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 Jon Roozenbeek Stephan Lewandowsky Sander van der Linden Beth Goldberg Steve Rathje
#ScienceUpFirst !
After co-founding & leading Science Debate / Science on the Ballot for 15yrs, I'm thrilled to share it's now part of NSPN.com.
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
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 Climate Action Campaign
5 key elements to designing and implementing inclusive science communication
Advice from the incredible Mónica Feliú-Mójer (Dra. Mónica Feliú Mójer) of @cienciapr
1.Make your project community centered from the beginning – and throughout (1/6)
#NASEMscicomm