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10 Jul, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Excellent letter from @wada_ama
This is 🔥🔥🔥 Image
In contrast, this probably over the top ... collectively bargained contracts of pro leagues are not going to let WADA in the door ... ever Image
No one would characterize WADA expert advisory mechanisms as independent ... actually, they are deeply conflicted and somewhat incestuous

But point here being made by WADA is that US (meaning USADA & US gov't) has outsized influence Image

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Roger Pielke Jr. Profile picture
10 Jul
Excellent analysis:

Science Doesn’t Support Idea That Marijuana Aids Athletes’ Performance nytimes.com/2021/07/09/spo…
In addition to the ample evidence of dodgy science in anti-doping, this quote from @wada_ama spokesman @JamesFitz501 is key: “the U.S. has been consistent in its strongly held position that WADA should keep cannabis on the List”
The US government took credit for getting marijuana on the (then) IOC prohibited list as a matter of national anti-drug policy despite greater concern of athletes and officials on actual performance-enhancing drugs

ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digi… Image
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Roger Pielke Jr. Profile picture
3 Jul
The incredible NW heat dome has led to some interesting contradictory claims

From within the story:

Expert 1= “These extremes are something we knew were coming,”

Expert 2= “It’s well beyond what climate models suggest”

🤷‍♂️ washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…
Obviously, if models can’t produce the heat dome then event attribution is not possible

Of course, event attribution studies have a high bar to clear: forbes.com/sites/rogerpie…
I came across this (by Sarah Miller HT @dwallacewells) which I think well summarizes challenges to discussing extremes

“I realize I could cite some data to support this but I’m not going to look anything up because I don’t want to know the truth. I’m comfortable with “It’s bad””
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Roger Pielke Jr. Profile picture
2 Jul
Kennedy, M. C. (2017). Cannabis: Exercise performance and sport. A systematic review. Journal of science and medicine in sport, 20(9), 825-829.

“Conclusions:THC does not enhance aerobic exercise or strength”

jsams.org/article/S1440-…
The inclusion of THC on the WADA prohibited list is part of a moral crusade, WADA freely admits

Included on list not because they are doping per se but, “because they are frequently abused in society outside the context of sport”

wada-ama.org/sites/default/…
The WADA committee recommending THC inclusion on prohibited list for reasons of morality includes people who also played a role in banning Caster Semenya — another moral crusade

Mostly white men from US/UK/Australia, elite sport vests too much power in a small subset of people
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1 Jul
🚨New Paper coming ... @ISSUESinST
by @jritch & me

How Climate Scenarios Lost Touch With Reality
A failure of self-correction in science has compromised climate science’s ability to provide plausible views of our collective future

I'll post as soon as out of production ...
Our new paper is a tl;dr summary for a broad readership of our recent 21,000-word piece in ERSS on how climate scenarios got off track
doi.org/10.1016/j.erss…

If you are not one of the 7 people who read that magnum opus, then our new paper is for you
When published, I'll also post an accompanying bibliography of our work over the past 20 years on the use/misuse of predictions and projections in climate research and policy

Stay tuned! 🙏
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Roger Pielke Jr. Profile picture
30 Jun
This hearing today reflects a wild mix of deeply flawed science

RCP8.5 & Billion-dollar disasters

Addressing Climate as a Systemic Risk: The Need to Build Resilience within Our Banking and Financial System | Financial Services Committee financialservices.house.gov/calendar/event…
The hearing is on legislation that would, among other things, create a powerful new technical committee composed of 5 climate scientists and 5 economists that would create scenarios with huge impact on US finance policies -- this is all sorts of problematic
The legislation also mandates the content of the scenarios: 2 policy scenarios, one NDC and one a conventional BAU
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29 Jun
Wow
I didn't realize the magnitudes here

Much faster scientific progress results when safety standards are less strict according to Baric

This is why biolab safety regulations cannot be left to the research community alone

technologyreview.com/2021/06/29/102…
So not all pseudoviruses apparently
@zeynep
Remarkable statements
1. Under China biosafety regulations apparently novel viruses assumed to be relatively safe (BSL-2) until proven risky
2. US funded research follows laws of host country and not US biosafety regulations ... would seem to create poor incentives for scientists
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