Kavin Senapathy

Science journalist. I ❤️ music videos. Author of The Progressive Parent, out August 6th. Actually OCD. Once verified in the olden days of Twitter.

[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

Happy publication day to this book, written by me, about amazing parents, kids, and all people who worry about the future of our youth. It's for childless cat ladies, too, y'all 🥳🥰🤩

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[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

I'm a journalist going through this thought experiment right now for a story.

Disclaimer: I'm an MJ fan, but aren't all humans biased?

[Joe Vogel @DrJoeVogel]

Fellow journalists, just as a thought experiment:

Consider, for a brief moment, that Michael Jackson is innocent. We can return to regular programming (the default assumption of guilt) soon. But just for a moment….consider it.

From someone who has spent a lot of time researching the artist, interviewing those close to him, trying to approach the subject fairly, there are some legitimate things to consider, among them:

- I’ve personally spoken to some of Jackson’s accusers as adults and they vehemently defended him. This shouldn’t be too surprising as they have also defended him publicly and in some cases on the stand under oath, before later changing their positions.

- MJ, of course, faced an exhaustive criminal trial and was acquitted of all charges in 2005. That case, when removed from salacious headlines, was actually quite weak. The posthumous cases are objectively weaker.

- I’ve always felt the most compelling allegation would be one not attached to millions of dollars. Every posthumous allegation has been tied to changed stories and enormous sums of money, which would seem to at least invite some level of scrutiny.

- The vast majority of people who spent time at Neverland as children continue to assert that nothing sexual took place. That matters when trying to establish patterns of behavior and grooming.

- Multiple unannounced raids on Jackson’s properties revealed nothing incriminating. Not the case obviously for other recent high profile cases (Diddy, Epstein, etc.), where the evidence is clear.

- Nobody was clamoring for “complexity” and the “whole story” when Leaving Neverland came out. The media left its premier at Sundance in complete lockstep even though it intentionally left out hundreds of conflicting accounts.

- MJ was and is a target because of his differences/eccentricities and because of his wealth.

- Race continues to play a role. We can deny it or rationalize it but it’s always been there. James Baldwin saw it as early as 1985. White journalists have always been quicker to judge, malign, and assume his guilt. Even the “Wacko Jacko” tabloid nickname has racist roots.

Is none of this context relevant? If MJ was in fact not guilty as he asserted, as his family and friends believe, as a jury determined, the treatment he received in his lifetime (and still, decades later) would be reprehensible.

It’s at least worth considering…

[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

Yikes. Still aging poorly.

[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

@RichardDawkins Are you still earnestly entertaining the notion that your inane drivel is academic? Also this isn't aging well 😬

[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

@jsugarfootm Hello, Mr. Moffett. I'm a journalist, and I was wondering: In your view, do you think Michael Jackson's fans are supporting him based on considering the evidence against him and the lack thereof, or that they're happy "to live in a fantasy world" as some critics are suggesting?

[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

Ok, I signed off of Twitter a long time ago, and I'm back. I'm sure I didn't miss anything 😆

[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

I will delete Twitter in the next few days.

Find me:

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[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

@saugat_optimist @sciam Sounds like a fascinating story. RTd but I'm this close to finally deleting Twitter. 😅

[Saugat Bo 🐸 @saugat_optimist]

Hey everyone,

For a new article for @sciam, I am looking forward to talking with scientists specializing in the working mechanism of Chloroplast.

Tag your scientist friends or retweet for the spread. Appreciate the help!

[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

Baby don't hurt me no more

[Nada Elmikashfi @nadaelmikashfi]

Yesterday, I had the rare opportunity to sit down w/ @Tim_Walz to talk about the issues that were important to me as a Muslim. As many of you know, these past few months have been haunting. But even with my misgivings about the campaign, it was important to bring up Sudan to..🧵

[Ask An Entomologist @BugQuestions]

Pounds on the ground does not matter when it comes to talking about pesticide applications.

100 lbs/ acre of Bt protein is VERY different than 100 lbs/acre of terbufos.

Factor in toxicity-LD50s/hectare would be good-and then a productive conversation can be had.

[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

It's disturbing how obsessed about people's genitals she and her ilk are.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

I don't blame any woman for having been privately educated at an all-girls school. I don't blame any woman for having enough money never to rely on state-run services. I do blame them when they support the removal of single-sex spaces from women and girls without their privilege.

[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

🎧I get a little bit Stacy's mom

[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

Talking about people leaving his rallies pissed him off 🤣🤣

[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

Abortions are the healthcare they/she/he women/men/enbies/children etc need. Not just women.

[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

She's keeping a straighter face than many of us would. And her face is very expressive

[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

"Execute the baby"!?

[Vinny Thomas @vinn_ayy]

if you ever make me food and I find out later that your cat was involved in every step of the process, I’m gonna be really mad

[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

I didn't hear @Surgeon_General
talk about paying a minimum wage in his advice for employers to help support parents' mental health. Has he mentioned it elsewhere?
https://t.co/lB8rriExfo

[Elisabeth Bik @MicrobiomDigest]

AI can be used to make convincing looking fake data.
There is no way we can distinguish real from fake anymore.
It is safe to assume that genAI has already resulted in many fake papers. Scientific publishing is not prepared for this.

[Kavin Senapathy @ksenapathy]

I have a journalistic interest in corn and this is the first I'm hearing of corn sweat I 🌽💦

[Payton Malone @paytonmalonewx]

You're not the only thing sweating...look at the high blob of humidity in the Midwest. That's from corn sweat! Corn releases a lot of moisture in the summer and that means high humidity.