Sean Carroll

Physics, philosophy, complexity. @JohnsHopkins & @SFIscience. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @JenLucPiquant. Increasingly at Bluesky rather than here.

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

Most of my social-media activity is elsewhere, but I've been hanging around X to advertise the podcast and occasionally make a political point. But it's become too unpleasant, I have better ways to spend my time. And ultimately I do agree with this sentiment.

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

https://t.co/huQFtqzYj1

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

“For every single professional use that scientists used to use Twitter for, Twitter is much worse now than it used to be, and Bluesky is better that Twitter currently is.”

(Link in reply because, as we know, X is terrible.)

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

@Marcia4Science @angie_rasmussen Dr. McNutt, partisan politics is certainly not the issue here, defending science is. Science is already bipartisan. If it is under attack by the government, the NASEM needs to defend it, no matter which party is in power.

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

Next Thursday 5/29, 7:00pm at Johns Hopkins: Alison Gopnik @AlisonGopnik gives the Distinguished Lecture in Natural Philosophy on "The Evolution of Human Intelligences: Exploit, Explore, Empower." Open to all!

https://t.co/1ngMo6jYAY

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @JeffreyGoldberg. https://t.co/jvBzeJwEuy

[bechamilton @bechamilton]

It is important to be very clear. The people you see in this photo have not had any due process whatsoever between being uprooted from their lives & families in the U.S. and finding themselves now in CECOT prison in El Salvador: https://t.co/vnjugE9dW8

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

This is not business as usual; it's a time of existential threat to democracy, science, and our way of life. Have to start acting that way.

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

Most of my social-media activity is elsewhere, but I've been hanging around X to advertise the podcast and occasionally make a political point. But it's become too unpleasant, I have better ways to spend my time. And ultimately I do agree with this sentiment.

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

The self-proclaimed free-speech warriors were always running a con. Amazing how many people fell for it.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

The trump administration has banned the use of hundreds of words. These include "woman," "sex," "LGBT," and "antiracism" - NYT

The list of 200 undesirable words was published by the New York Times. They included: "woman," "man," "antiracism," "discrimination," "feminism," "gender," "gender-based violence," "inclusivity," "LGBT," "nonbinary," "trauma," "victim."

But also Black, Native American.

Nowadays, these words should be avoided in official structures and on government websites.

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

What a pointless betrayal of some of our brightest young scholars.

[Sam Stein @samstein]

we just cut off the funds of Fulbright scholars overseas?

https://t.co/TdpnJN6tJk

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

There are going to be Stand Up for Science events this Friday in DC and around the country. Gotta do what we can to be heard.

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals. https://t.co/fhMS1HI3YW @NewsfromScience

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

Anyone with the slightest interest should check out Kevin's book, Cocktail Theory: A Sensory Approach to Transcendent Cocktails.

https://t.co/byFvJEXSgq

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

Mindscape 307 | Kevin Peterson on the Theory of Cocktails. (The principles of balance and substitution apply more widely!) #MindscapePodcast
https://t.co/7K2B9xHOkS

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

Audio player: https://t.co/J3vFxUKPKv

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

Helen's recent book (with slightly different titles in US & UK) is The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works.

https://t.co/ZkRdX58Z67

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

Mindscape 306 | Helen Czerski @helenczerski on Our Energetic Oceans. #MindscapePodcast

https://t.co/sTkTUTYTvH

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

Audio player: https://t.co/1i5z60fFvb

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

Lily's 2018 book is relevant here: Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity.

https://t.co/lHN5LKq30B

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

Mindscape 305 | Lilliana Mason on Polarization and Political Psychology. Possibly of some contemporary relevance. #MindscapePodcast

https://t.co/n5rw3Iy3V4

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

Audio player: https://t.co/FkXwS5SkdF