In light of @Nature's excellent editorial about why it makes sense to comment on politics (all the way, in their case, to making an endorsement), this is the Pew finding that is most relevant. Following the admonition to stick to science is conceding 1/n Image
the idea that scientists can be sidelined in policy decisions. "Stick to science" infantilizes scientists and tells us to sit at the kids table and let the adults decide. We must fight back. Here's the editorial: 2/n nature.com/articles/d4158…
Sure, if you ask if folks in the public if they lose faith in science if journals venture into politics, many will say yes. But they don't actually want science, they want scientific information they can use as they see fit. 3/n @Magda_Skipper @laurahelmuth @KBibbinsDomingo
This gives people the permission to say things like "climate change may be real, but I don't think we should have government regulation to deal with it," which is unacceptable. We can't concede that by letting people pick and choose. Good for @Magda_Skipper for speaking out.

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People are rightly focused on how the grad students at UC will get what they deserve for carrying most of the load of the most productive research entity in the world. But it's worth thinking through the underlying problems that created the situation. 1/n link.springer.com/article/10.100…
The underfunding of grad stipends is a symptom of the idea of supply-side science, which I reference in the piece above and is laid out here in another great piece by @NaomiOreskes. 2/n
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Here's my more serious take on the @eLife gambit/imbroglio. There are many reasons we can all come up with why it won't work or is a bad idea. But they're going to try it and you have to give them credit for trying to shake things up. @mbeisen 1/n
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