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Date: November 15, 2024 at 09:26:45
From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: And so it begins.. Scientific American Editor-in-chief resigns |
URL: Science has no value to dictators... |
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Interesting that the first would be self imposed.. but does anyone doubt
science is on the line? Does the USGS stand a chance to exist at all in four
years? Our seismic network? How about NOAA? If that fucker thinks he can
redirect a storm with a sharpie what chance is there will be any semblance
of sanity left.. let alone organized gov funded research..
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Full headline: Editor-in-chief of America’s oldest magazine resigns after
calling Trump voters fascists
Laura Helmuth is resigning as editor-in-chief of Scientific American
magazine following an expletive-filled rant about Donald Trump voters.
Posting on Bluesky, an X rival, Helmuth said Thursday that she’s “decided to
leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief”
without mentioning her previous comments.
In a series of now-deleted posts on the same platform, she called Trump
voters the “meanest, dumbest, most bigoted” group and “fascists” following
the former president’s reelection last week. Her comments went viral on X
and were criticized on the increasingly right-wing platform.
Helmuth had apologized in a separate post, calling them “offensive and
inappropriate” and that they don’t “reflect the position” of Scientific
American.
“I respect and value people across the political spectrum,” Helmuth wrote.
“These posts, which I have deleted, do not reflect my beliefs; they were a
mistaken expression of shock and confusion about the election results.”
Kimberly Lau, president of Scientific American, said in a statement to CNN
that it was Helmuth’s decision to leave and a search for her replacement is
underway.
“We thank Laura for her four years leading Scientific American during which
time the magazine won major science communications awards and saw the
establishment of a reimagined digital newsroom,” Lau said in the statement.
“We wish her well for the future.”
With 179 years in print so far, Scientific American says it’s the “oldest
continuously published magazine” in the United States and has published
pieces from more than 200 Nobel winners.
This year, for only the second time in its history, the magazine published a
presidential endorsement, voicing its support for Kamala Harris and saying
Trump “endangers public health and safety and rejects evidence, preferring
instead nonsensical conspiracy fantasies.”
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Date: November 15, 2024 at 09:44:18
From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: And so it begins.. Scientific American Editor-in-chief resigns |
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While if it was her intention to resign, that's what she'd
probably have ultimately done, anyway...I don't think it
would've gone astray for Kim Lau to make the gesture of not
accepting her resignation...just to make the statement...
And rather than resign, Helmuth could've amended her
statement in a powerful way...bitten back on some of her
most colorful, humanly-insulting language and shifted it to
a condemnation of fascism itself trying to make its way
into our government... Have to wonder if GOPer thugs didn't
offer her encouragement to throw herself on her sword...
Bless her heart.
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