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Joe Hanson

@drjoehanson.bsky.social
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Biologist, YouTube science dude. I moved to Austin back when it was still cool

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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Prisoner execution has no place in our society. It is immoral, unjust, and ineffective at any objective of criminal justice or public safety. It is state-sponsored revenge policy, it has killed innocent people, and it should be outlawed in every state, for every case www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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‘It was a mess’: Tennessee fails to execute woman after 2 lethal injections
Christa Pike’s attorneys said she was being treated at a hospital but her condition is unknown. May Martinez,, the mother of the murdered teenager Colleen Slemmer, called the failed execution “a mess....
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is BlueSky so I give it a week before the horde comes after the Nobel Prizes for being funded by a dynamite baron
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
By this logic, no one ever got a bacterial infection before Robert Koch developed germ theory in 1884.
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
For no particular reason or having anything to do with current events, here is a video I made last year detailing everything that *actual qualified scientists and doctors* know about what causes autism, what doesn't, and what we still don't know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ya...
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Why Everyone Suddenly Has Autism (It’s Not What You Think)
YouTube video by Be Smart
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
If you've ever been, How can you ever disappear?
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
In 1925, Sidney Pressey built his “teaching machine”. Printed questions were put on it and it would spit candy out when you got a certain number of questions right. The point is, for all the potential of AI has in education, people have been promising this for a while.
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
All of these companies were so afraid of being last to the party that they peeled out right into a brick wall. This is causing a societal and democratic blowback that I'm afraid is going to hold back or harm genuinely revolutionary science that is being enabled by AI
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Dude, we just scienced so hard
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
"You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone." Someone please send Andy Weir a copy of Meditations
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
On one hand, this is exactly the sort of answer you’d expect from an evangelical Christian. On the other hand, it’s not great that someone with a circa-19th century idea that UFOs are literal demons is one heartbeat away from being president.
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I don't think there's much sense in overanalyzing this list, This admin is so anti-science that I'd be surprised if this council affects much actual policy. But this roster gives us a perfect look at what science and technology this admin thinks is important…
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Sharks are the bouba/kiki of fish. I firmly believe if they weren't so pointy, we wouldn't be afraid of them and treat them so badly.
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
xAI running unpermitted and massively polluting gas turbine generators at one of their new data centers? Elon Musk's xAI? Flouting EPA rules?! Noooo… that can't be. Color me shocked! youtu.be/KitUtjFllbg
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We Caught Elon Musk's AI Company Flouting EPA Rules Using a Thermal Drone
YouTube video by Floodlight News
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
It certainly is quite a time to do this science communication thing, isn’t it? Listen to us talk about it!
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
If the overriding priority really is "securing the future of civilization" then I thought of 20 things billionaires can do NOW right here on Earth instead of far-fetched Moon/Mars dreams Folks, if we can't reach prosperity within our own planet's boundaries, we'll never do it anywhere else either
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Look how hard it is for him to say no. He looks like he's sucking on a lemon just to get that word salad answer out When it is this hard for the people in charge of our national health research infrastructure to tell the truth about easy and obvious things, we are in deep doo-doo
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Journalists arrested. Protestors murdered by the state. Religious nationalists at every level. This administration has been stunningly bold in their assault on our rights. Not even trampling on one of the deep cut amendments that no one remembers, they’re just coming right after number 1
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
So many incredible applications of AI are being overlooked by the world because a few companies are obsessed with building slop meme machines and chatbot tamagotchis
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
1.24 The 1st, 2nd, 4th are not hypothetical. They are inalienable. Today will not be forgotten.
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Molly Edwards, PhD @science-irl.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
@pbs.org has had my whole heart since I was little little, so it is very surreal to be writing for a PBS Digital Studios show! Here is my first episode of Be Smart: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBX... Thank you @drjoehanson.bsky.social & team! My nose knowledge now knows no bounds 👃
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Everything I Thought I Knew About Flavor Was Wrong
YouTube video by Be Smart
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
If the hollow souls on the authoritarian right are so certain that agents are acting within their rights when detaining or killing US citizens, they should have no problem with this
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Tough weekend to be a team that lost to us
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
So… every single word of this is now true. We are now in that world. Sorry, Carl
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Linda Perry from 4 Non Blondes wrote and produced Christina Aguilera’s hits “Candyman” and “Beautiful” I feel like more people should know this
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
"Let me read/watch that for you" content is so tiresome and destructive to actual journalism I think people sharing their connection and reaction to events can really help news penetrate society's numbed attention, but barfing up someone else's work and saying "look what I found" is C- mindset
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
In 1996, only 48% of Americans believed aliens were probably real. Things are not moving in the right direction! 🫠 www.newsweek.com/alien-invasi...
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
In the sense that “unhealed emotional and spiritual trauma” means multiple mutations in genes involved in cell proliferation, DNA repair, and immune system evasion, this is true
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Numerous videos are using an unauthorized model of my voice to narrate AI slop. And YouTube just told me this doesn't violate any privacy rules! This is unquestionably me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F4N... Apparently YouTube doesn't care about protecting our identities from AI theft. Infuriating.
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What Samsung's Phone Letters REALLY Mean (A, M, S, Z, FE)
YouTube video by Droid Sage
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Kur🕸️eepyCrawly🕷️Ohki 🏚️🎃🐈‍⬛ @kurohki.tgirl.gay · 13/11/2025
@pbs.org & @drjoehanson.bsky.social doing the lord's work & letting ppl know that genetics isn't as simple & convenient as the Punnett Square, & that life is so complex & messy that even the simplest, most mundane things about us are still the result incredibly complex systems interacting 🧬
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Did I Make This Video to Debunk Your Biology Class?
YouTube video by Be Smart
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I refuse to believe this is not a Monty Python sketch. No notes. Next-level hilarious! www.youtube.com/watch?v=53w9...
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1973: The MUHAMMAD ALI of MARBLES | Nationwide | Classic BBC Sport | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Dangling the idea of a 50 year mortgage as a solution to home ownership relies completely on assuming that the average American can not do basic math And sadly, that might not be a bad assumption 😐
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I had the honor of seeing Watson's racism on display first-hand In grad school, he was the invited guest for a speaker series I ran with other students. At dinner he looked my Latina classmate in the eye and said "Your people don't usually have the work ethic to succeed in this field!" Bad guy.
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
In 1953 James Watson revealed the double helix structure of DNA He spent the rest of his career revealing how great scientists can be awful people www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
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James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
My kind of abundance
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
It's easy (and usually fun) to dump on pundits. But I think both of these things can be true 1. Very few Dems think algebra is racist or banning plastic bags is a big priority 2. Lots of people *think* D's are obsessed with these things because being a Democrat is historically unpopular and uncool
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same. Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
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Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning
Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Super cool that the FDA is out there telling doctors the opposite of what the president said as he was vibing through a press conference
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
More people need to realize politics has devolved into sorting people into buckets and keeping them there 1. Pick position (e.g. vaccines r scary) 2. Signal "if you're one of us, you must believe [1]" The reality of the position doesn't matter to these people. It's all just shepherding for power
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Kakistocracy kills.
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
We can save RFK Jr some time here, because we already know a lot about acetaminophen and autism! There’s no increased risk of autism from use of this drug. This isn’t based on some small study. It’s thanks to a beautiful study of literally millions of children… wapo.st/4nkMdCO
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Trump administration set to tie Tylenol to autism risk, officials say
The Trump administration plans to tie Tylenol to autism risk while touting another drug, leucovorin, as a potential autism treatment.
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
My woe was over the character limit
Log off
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Asimov wrote “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent” The loss of any life to political violence is a profound failure of humanity’s potential. We must resist the gravitational pull toward dehumanization and vengeance no matter how much we disagree with someone Our future depends on it
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
No one in Texas is surprised that the world epicenter of weird little brother energy is leading the charge on attacking academic wrongthink. Look at what they consider normal!
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The board is wrong. But politics is a game of perceptions more than it is about reality (which I wish wasn’t true but 🤷‍♂️). And plenty of bad actors have been able to make these perceptions more salient/popular, and retcon reality in order to erode trust in institutions. None of this is an accident!
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
When you remember that much of the modern GOP mission revolves around weakening institutions by eroding our trust in them, this seems like a big win for them
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Had no idea these guys were into BJJ
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The quacks and hucksters have invented a remarkable self-reinforcing perpetual persecution machine: Refuse to engage with their ideas, and it confirms their ideas are being suppressed But criticize their ideas, and it confirms that the "establishment" is conspiring to protect entrenched beliefs
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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The problem here is they are taking a reasonable point of view (you should be able to feel safe in your city and not be surrounded by garbage and dangerous drugs) and then turning around and criminalizing the mere existence of people they refuse to help get off the streets or give medical care to
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