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The Pigeon's Anti-Scientific Defecation is Trickling Down Globally. [1]
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Date: 2025-07-12
The Pigeon- for those that need reminding The joke was already making the rounds among diplomats during his first term: Negotiating with the president of the United States, Donald Trump, is like playing chess with a pigeon. The bird furiously flaps its wings, knocks over all the pieces while cooing with delight, then defecates on the board and says, "I won!" In reality, Trump has lost a lot at this game.
The article
Global cost of silencing science: editors and publishers have a duty to resist — The Lancet [registration is free]
Public trust in scientific integrity is eroded by the politicisation of institutions under Donald Trump's US presidency. The implications extend far beyond American borders, striking at the core of how scientific knowledge is produced, disseminated, and trusted worldwide. 1 Recent directives seek to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, cut federal funding to critical health research agencies, and restrict references to gender, race, and climate science in official documentation. Scientific staff at federal agencies face mounting pressure to comply with politically motivated communication policies. Such institutional interference not only distorts scientific findings—it undermines the principles of transparency and editorial independence outlined in the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommendations.As members of ICMJE we feel compelled to speak out.
Sadly:
What happens in the US does not stay in the US.
You may cut funding, but the use of malicious lies in your reasoning goes beyond all bounds.
Moreover, the administration has actively opposed environmental and climate-related research. This opposition not only impedes the global scientific consensus on climate change but violates the ICMJE's insistence that researchers and editors should advance science in the service of public good.1 Climate science denial within federal institutions disrupts international collaboration, damages public preparedness for climate-related disasters, and disproportionately harms vulnerable populations already at risk of climate-related health effects.
From Scientific American
Use It and Lose It: The Outsize Effect of U.S. Consumption on the Environment It is well known that Americans consume far more natural resources and live much less sustainably than people from any other large country of the world. “A child born in the United States will create thirteen times as much ecological damage over the course of his or her lifetime than a child born in Brazil,” reports the Sierra Club’s Dave Tilford, adding that the average American will drain as many resources as 35 natives of India and consume 53 times more goods and services than someone from China.
Returning to The Lancet
This trend is not unique to the USA. It is also a concern in democratic nations beyond the USA, where similar pressures on scientific discourse and editorial independence have been observed. We are deeply concerned that this dangerous erosion of scientific autonomy recalls some of the darkest episodes in modern history—namely, the rise of fascism during the 1930s and the McCarthy era assaults on academic freedom in the 1950s. The international academic community must treat the US case not as an isolated incident but as a cautionary tale—one that should prompt a thorough re-examination of editorial independence safeguards within their own systems. The suppression of science is a global threat that demands global vigilance. The USA has traditionally provided scientific leadership through its role in supporting international bodies such as WHO, but its decision to no longer fund these institutions now threatens to delegitimise and weaken these multilateral efforts.
In this relatively modern world, scientific research and engineering are everywhere, often used without question.
For example
Would you drive across a bridge designed by The Pigeon just because he is a self-declared genius?
You first.
A Morning Muse
~A
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