Tanja Nyrup Madsen

Censor, purge, defund: how Trump following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come

My latest post is now out.

I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.

This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!

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One of my neighbors is getting rid of ‘toxic trash’.

Supermarked reducerede kødbakkerne: Sådan er det gået siden For fem måneder siden reducerede Rema 1000 størrelsen på bakkerne med oksekød. Dengang rasede flere danskere over beslutningen. Men hvordan er det egentlig gået hos Rema siden da?

Vi sælger 10% mindre oksekød og meget mere grønt, efter vi reducerede indholdet af oksekød - og prisen tilsvarende - i pakkerne som et lille bidrag til mindre klimabelastning.

Vores kunder har taget rigtig godt imod initiativet, tak for det 😀

Læs mere her:
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#dkbiz

Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations The Trump administration has reassigned or forced out several dozen government employees who had been working to fight foreign interference in U.S. elections at multiple agencies, according to current...

Our look at how the Trump administration is systematically dismantling the government teams that have stopped Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and others from meddling in US elections: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...
With @julianbarnes.bsky.social @stevenleemyers.bsky.social

Trump is NOT a dictator. He just wishes to be. And if everyone keeps playing along—he’ll become one.

Trump is NOT bringing peace to the Middle East. He is helping a government accused of war crimes and genocide escalate the horrors with mass displacement.

Trump is NOT cutting unnecessary bureaucracy in Washington. He is tearing apart everything that makes a civilized state by firing people who provide essential services—from aviation safety and cancer treatments to reliable climate data and public benefits for ordinary Americans.

Trump is NOT saving American taxpayers’ money on military spending. He is making sure that American arms manufacturers have plenty of customers around the world—the only thing safe from Musk’s raid is U.S. defense spending, including Musk’s own $20+ billion contracts.

Trump is NOT draining the swamp of bureaucracy. He is draining the U.S. Treasury—to fund the biggest tax cut for billionaires in history.

Trump is NOT bringing peace to Ukraine. He is allowing himself to be bribed and flattered by Europe’s biggest aggressor since World War II, leading him to betray both Ukraine and his closest allies.

“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA ...

New: A glimpse inside the EPA, where the 20+ workers I spoke with are sad, terrified, resigned and, in not a few cases, really, really mad.

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Gad vide, hvornår de sidste danske medier og politikere følger efter?

God beslutning Journalisten - farvel til X:
“Platformen har med Elon Musk i spidsen ødelagt sig selv og er blevet et sted, der er i direkte modstrid med de værdier, som vi på Journalisten hviler på: Nemlig åbenhed, fri og uafhængig journalistik og en demokratisk samtale på et oplyst grundlag.”

After 11 years, my time at HuffPost is coming to an end tomorrow.

Last week, I learned HuffPost would be ending its dedicated coverage of energy and climate change.

So, I took a buyout.

Trump’s Funding Freeze Will Hit These Climate and Energy Programs The freeze goes into effect at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Trumps grønne slagtehus:
“Targeted programs include … major Energy Department cleantech research offices and labs … all work at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a subagency that produces climate science and weather forecasting.” Liste👇
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Masser af klima… men måske ikke så meget dansk politik?
Under alle omstændigheder no go med X. Det er blevet en misinformationsplatform.

De to data/some-nørder laver også en Top100-liste over forskere og forskningsformidlere med størst gennemslagskraft* på det nye sociale medie.

(*Målt på ‘betweenness centrality’ - læs om metoden linket. Nb: super nerdy)

Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science - Mike Young Academy Scientific Twitter is about to find its true successor. And it is not X. This, our latest release, shows that the Bluesky network of scientists is growing — and growing.

Interessant at se, hvordan forskere fra hele verden migrerer i stor stil fra X til Bluesky.

39.000 indflydelsesrige forskere pipper nu aktivt på Bluesky - 75% flere end for tre måner siden, skriver Mike Young og Lasse Hjort Madsen 👇

Trepart med klimaaktivistisk brille 👇

Greensky på Bluesky:

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Hepper på hende her

Jeg vil gerne have overblik over medier og organisationer i #dkmedier på Bluesky. Så nu har jeg startet en liste, som alle er velkomne til at bruge.
Der kommer helt sikkert mange nye medier på platformen i de kommende dage, så prik til mig, så de kan komme med på listen bsky.app/profile/did:...

World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds

Must-read - survey of #climate scientists' expectations on #future #warming:
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"Almost 80% of the respondents, all from the authoritative #IPCC, foresee at least 2.5C of global heating, while almost half anticipate at least 3C"
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#climatechange #globalwarming