2026-09-05 18:48 UTC
San Francisco has insane wealth. Yet it's about to close its only marine science station. The zoo has suffered decades of mismanagement. Same for the Aquarium of the Bay. The Cal Academy is existentially threatened. SF should be a world-leading home for natural sciences. What went wrong?
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@mlanger@mastodon.world 2026-09-05 20:35
@dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz Greed?
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@llewelly@sauropods.win 2026-09-05 18:58
@dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz science discovered that CFCs caused the ozone hole, that fossil fuel industries caused global warming, that DDT caused the near-extinction of many birds of prey ... and as a result, rich people hate science.
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@BabblingGeek@infosec.exchange 2026-09-05 18:54
@dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz TESCREAL sucking up money instead of doing good