Excellent news, here's my two cents:

Trump is physically blocking refugees from stepping foot on US soil legally, violating U.S. and international law. Here's three sources if you're concerned about "fake news".

Thanks, I'm glad you asked. For your comparison, a 2004 cartoon in the Daily Mail and a 1939 cartoon beside it from Hitler's Germany. The newspaper has a very long history of supporting fascism. (

As a professional journalist, I'd remind you that the numbers involved are not "millions" and that this is a topic where accuracy is vital. The numbers are absolutely horrifying and do show a

I think the simple answer is because they are scared of being smeared and having their lives ruined. However, as long as we want to live in free societies we need to support the freedom of the press, so

Thanks @yalzeee. I was saying that there will be no more official AMA's, but there is nothing stopping scientists doing their own unofficial ones. This could be a good opportunity (for scientists who might

Thanks for sharing, yes it's so sad, I'm still in disbelief, you too.

Heh. Feels oddly therapeutic.

I have a lot of thoughts on this that I want to put together in a proper post, but I'll be consulting lots of researchers like yourself before making any firm decisions. Would be great to hear more of

That's great to hear. Promoting people's understanding of the importance of vaccines is a subject that's close to my heart too, its so important people are properly informed based on reliable evidence

Great point! This is where the second part of the idea comes in. The peer-reviewed blog part of the project will be aimed at a broader audience and posts will be designed to be as accessible as possible,

This is a very good point that demonstrates exactly why it would be useful to have a shared account for scientists to submit high-quality articles through. I hope that this account will garner enough followers

Thanks, already in touch!

That would be wonderful, if only. It still exists, scholar.google.com is what you're after!

Thanks! Followed - Keep it up :) The research community tends to change their practices very slowly, but you've got a big advantage being here so early - I wish I was here in the early days!

Yes, there's certainly two sides to the coin. I found this became less of a problem however once upvoting and downvoting of comments became possible.

Thanks Jorge, good luck! It's certainly a great way to improve your writing, I still cringe at the posts I wrote when I was first starting out! :D

Yeah, hopefully they will find a way to speed account approval up soon. On the plus side, I understand their procedures help fight against spammers which improves the network and the ability to earn for

Awesome! I think there's great potential here - it's going to be the subject of my post tomorrow. Will look forward to seeing your unpublished data!

I know it's one of my pet peeves, there's simply no excuse not to!