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To put it simply, the community I have on twitter is not the community I have here, and I like the community I have there. I like the people I have there, and none of this is easily replaceable or can be duplicated here.

Moreover, many of these communities are ones that have sustained me at various points in my life and I see no reason to give them up. Not for moral reasons, not for Teflon Mask, not for nothing.

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We're doing a sweeping update of our collection of climate myth rebuttals, to provide an easier on-ramp for readers most of whom find us via search, are looking for help as novices.

We've started with ten of our most viewed rebuttals, now updated with an "At a glance" introduction.

Before doing more we'd like to get feedback from as many people as possible. So, please share the link here far and wide, and take a look yourself.

Thanks a lot!

#ClimateScienceMyths

skepticalscience.com/rebuttal-

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matt

@nandoodles might depend on your server.

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@foolishowl @actualham for sure. I think that is another issue that is much more complex (research to policy). Centrally I would argue that academic papers are mostly written (by design) in ways that are not accessible to the general public. Also many of the issues that policies are intended to address are complex and multi layered, whereas policies are looking for quick, easy, and popular solutions.

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FoolishOwl

@ZingerLearns @actualham This isn't the primary reason that policy makers ignore current research, but it sure doesn't help the rest of us call them on it either.

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Donna Yates

I'm sad they left out the part where I noted that Nature, the organisation who published this article, failed to give me a meaningless "publon" when I peer reviewed for them...

@academicchatter

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Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

Y'all realize that anti-maskers are using all the same tactics as the tobacco industry did to create doubt in #publichealth measures, right?

#COVID

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Robin DeRosa

Helpful context and framing:

Is what's happening in Florida unprecedented? (opinion) insidehighered.com/views/2023/

#HigherEd

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@actualham the academic peer publishing industry is such a scam, when I try to explain it to anyone outside academia they laugh.

Me: So I submit a paper of my research to the journal, and they try to find reviewers that volunteer as part of their "service" to review the paper.

Them: So you don't get paid for the work and they don't get paid for this work? This is a free and open enterprise?

Me: I don't get paid, they don't get paid, but the journal publishers make billions of $$$$$ each year selling their publications to universities and the articles mostly sit behind pay walls that keep the articles inaccessible to most outside of academia.

Them: This makes absolutely no sense, except for the publishers who make billions.

Me: That's right.

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Robin DeRosa

Mostly when I think about this issue, I feel sad for how we have underinvested in our public universities, who could be (or could have been...) an epicenter for ethical and open academic and educational publishing.

"Stop the peer-review treadmill. I want to get off" nature.com/articles/d41586-023

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Elyse Eidman-Aadahl

@ZingerLearns @graciegato
Thanks for the CA update, though I wish there were no need for an update. Serious damage being done to teachers, kids and families.

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@graciegato @elyseea yes, and some groups are highly organized and travel well.

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Gracie Gato

@elyseea @ZingerLearns then you got these nutballs showing up at school district meetings charlotteobserver.com/opinion/

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@elyseea @graciegato you hit my home county, and there are districts moving forward with all kinds of bans, as well and making life very hard for teachers.
This is now months ago, and 2 other districts may be heading in similar directions.

ocregister.com/2022/10/19/csuf

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Elyse Eidman-Aadahl

@ZingerLearns @graciegato right. Like Orange County in California. It might be a little easier for local communities to organize against these moves when they are district-based, but it still takes organizing.

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@mguhlin for sure.
I guess in retrospect, the other piece I would add to this, is how to avoid toxic workplaces in the first place. I know sometimes it's unavoidable, especially with changes in leadership, but I don't think it takes much to sniff it out if you know what to look and feel for. Often it can be as simple as asking does this feel and look like a good place to work?

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Miguel Guhlin

@ZingerLearns Yes, O thought different when I was younger but now, age brings wisdom.🤣

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@mguhlin I totally agree, especially when someone in a position of power creates the toxicity. My #1 piece of advice would be that unless you have to ride it out financially, get the heck out and save yourself.
I see so many "but the children" arguments to stay in toxic school situations, and my response is there are plenty of children in other schools that deserve your teaching.

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Miguel Guhlin

Not as much as this article suggests. The best policy in my experience? Leave and don't look back.

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David Knuffke

This NYTimes article about the changes in AP African American studies is something. This quote, from one of the development leads, is baffling to me: “I think kids need to know the concept. And they need to understand the importance. But I don’t think we need to create a needless battle over a term that has been compromised by disingenuous voices”.

nytimes.com/2023/02/13/us/ap-b

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