🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨
I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.
My op-ed in @theguardian.com
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/04/elon-musk-science-royal-society-scientific-integrity
I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.
My op-ed in @theguardian.com
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/04/elon-musk-science-royal-society-scientific-integrity
Comments
It's difficult to believe that those who wrote or agreed this vague statement are the same people that write papers.
https://royalsociety.org/news/2025/03/royal-society-statement/
It matters to me.
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That’s AWFUL!
You should never have been put in such a position!
Is there anything we can do to support you to get Elon Musk booted out and you reinstated?
unless they only find value in money of course
Musk is neither a scientist or engineer. He is a wealthy and evil con man. His transphobia alone is anti-science and deeply unethical.
So nice to see morals kicking in and not just following the money which I assume is why they took no action.
Thanks for this.
The fact the @royalsociety.org deem fit that he’s responsible for the dismantling of NOAA, a scientific org essential for safeguarding human life, isn’t sufficient grounds, beggars belief
Shame on them.
We need courage and intellectual integrity.
Thank you.
We must remain vigilant to the intellectual shift and never resign ourselves.
Your decision honors you, and will hopefully set an example for many other scientists.
Musk is a charlatan and a fraud. Always has been, always will be.
It takes moral courage to stand up to institutions.
I sincerely hope the RS will recognise the good sense of your arguments, rediscover its integrity and regain its waning respectability by doing the right thing very soon.
Musk's is a direct threat to science and public health.
The Royal Society are a disgrace.
It’s time to deprecate the Royal Society.
3,500 scientists probably want to know where to sign
Help us organize!
I can’t think of a clearer cut case other than an actual scientist (like members should be) committing massive fraud.
and they damn the ones who went along because they found an excuse to do so.
If the tables were turned Musk would not blink, he has shown that over & over again.
He should never have been made a fellow in the first place anyway.
A courageous and the right move on your part!
Toadying to bullies never ends well.
The UK should be focused on aligning with Europe and Canada.
“Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.” - Groucho Marx
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As corrupt a stance as making the proven moron Musk a fellow in the first place.
Maybe Chamberlain was right to give Britain time to prepare. And maybe the same is happening now.
But I am pretty sure the big orange bully + friends can ultimately only be met with strength, not diplomacy.
Removal is therefore the only proper action