Dan Garisto
science journalist | good physics, bad physics, and sometimes ugly physics
Signal: dgaristo.72
Email: digaristo@gmail.com
- Reposted by Dan GaristoI was laid off today, among hundreds of others at The Washington Post. I loved covering games here, and I am so proud of our international coverage. My colleagues — those who lost their jobs and those who didn't — are rockstars. It was such an honor to work alongside them.
- A sort of updated Sokal hoax for the age of AI and predatory journals.
- Good reporting by the Crimson.
- Latest batch of the Epstein files has plenty more physicists. Going through them slowly, in no particular order.
- Last July, I was interviewed for this project about 'watchdog' science journalism. Funny to be on the other side, for a change. Anyhow, worth a read if you want a sort of high-level amalgamation of how the sausage of investigative science journalism is made. osf.io/preprints/so...
- Good reporting on this troubling saga.
- The whole interview is pretty much in this vein: Bhattacharya shares a grievance about past health authorities during COVID; Douthat says he agrees but gently tries to nudge Bhattacharya toward a more moderate position. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
- RIP LaTeX formatting as a green flag (1984–2026)
- Mixed news for basic and applied science funding from DoD in the appropriations bill. It's not clear when it will pass, though, since the DoD bill is currently tied to the DHS bill, which lacks 60 votes after Dems withdrew support because of violence by ICE in Minneapolis. My reporting:
- Reposted by Dan GaristoI wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
- Reposted by Dan GaristoHow many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year? My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive. www.science.org/content/arti...
- Can confirm.
- Revealing stat: prior to widespread gen-AI, arXiv rejected ~4% of submissions. Now it's 10–12%.
- First-time posters need to be endorsed by an established arXiv author in their own field. The new rule is mostly to try and discourage people from trying to get something started by sending some rubbish to arXiv. 🦠🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
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- NSF's "Dear Colleagues" letter about NCAR omits any mention of climate science, opting for language around 'critical weather infrastructure' etc. www.nsf.gov/funding/info...
- The fetal tissue ban was part of a number of anti-abortion policies proposed under the HHS section of Project 2025, which, until now, have gone largely unfulfilled—the author of that section, Roger Severino, was denied an administration job. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Good lord. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
- Inbox: The Trump administration is advertising its science & tech accomplishments.
- This is an interesting model by Atkinson, but I don't think it really has explanatory power, let alone predictive power.
- A year ago, under a flurry of executive orders, it became clear that the second Trump administration was going to make dramatic changes on US science. Here's our 10,000 foot look at the damage. with @maxkozlov.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, and Rich Monastersky
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