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2026-08-06 22:02 UTC

@davidgerard@circumstances.run here’s David’s post with the YouTube video: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/117050465686356385 if you give a shit about truth and ethics in science communication and media, please show your friends who watch YouTube or TikTok or any of the other video sites what a shill looks like when they expose themselves. this is it. there’s no doubt that this is what green has done. don’t forgive him when he comes crawling back blaming anything but his own greed. you will see more of this from influencers very soon, and next time you need to not be surprised that it happened. you need to know marketing when you see it, even if you trust the mouth the words are coming from.

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@zzt@mas.to 2026-08-06 22:25

@davidgerard@circumstances.run I’m very serious about this by the way if you respect science, you must not forgive hank green. you must spread the word on what he’s done, especially if you used to be a fan. this is corruption in the raw and what he’s done must be known. if you respect science, you must verify the claims of science communicators independently and reject any who are doing marketing. most of the major YouTube science communicators are doing paid, undisclosed marketing for effective altruists or for political groups. this isn’t hard to spot, but you must be critical and you can’t let yourself be impressed by perceived celebrity, popularity, or production values. if you respect science, you have to demand accountability. science is actively under attack and if we don’t do anything to defend it, we will be in a new dark age. this is the moment, and you don’t have to do much. you just have to be very loud and very unforgiving.

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