Make no mistake about it: Climate change makes pandemics more likely.

The science is interesting. Ticks and mosquitos come in many varieties and are home to a diverse ecosystem of microorganisms.

Sadly, as I write for Salon, many are also dangerous.

salon.com/2024/04/11/sic…

I wrote a Salon article about science:

salon.com/2024/04/08/why…

It explains how climate change drives inflation for products like chocolate.

The response has 100% validated my earlier decision to avoid social media.

Curiosity tends to confirm the wisdom of caution.

I'm taking a social media break.

To explain why, I cite my Salon article on internet-based horror films:

''Unfriended' posits that cyberbullying exists because the internet's culture of anonymity has been bred with an ethos of self-absorbed sadism.'

salon.com/2017/09/22/how…

The people preventing fish fraud keep turning up dead.

One out of five of more than 25,000 samples of seafood tested from 55 countries were mislabeled.

We must end fish fraud... and that means protecting the industry observers.

I cover this for Salon.

salon.com/2024/04/07/why…

Climate change is more responsible for inflation than anything Biden has done.

In fact: (A) Biden has nothing to do with inflation and (B) climate change will make inflation worse for decades.

I covered this for Salon in part because I'm a chocoholic.

salon.com/2024/04/08/why…

I'm offline for the weekend.

If you need me, please call or text.

It's been one week since Salon published my tribute to Joe Lieberman.

Many liberals criticized me for this. One wrote:

'As a center right senator... he negatively impacted progressive goals that he could have supported.'

He made those bills passable.

salon.com/2024/03/29/rem…

Climate change is causing an infertility crisis.

IVF will be an important tool to deal with these issues.

Republicans deny climate change and oppose IVF.

Am I the only one who sees this as a MAJOR problem?

I covered all of this for Salon.

salon.com/2024/03/28/is-…

Funny story: Elon Musk restored Prof Michael E. Mann's blue check two days after Mann told Salon that:

'Twitter has become a cesspool for the promotion of misinformation and disinformation; Elon Musk is not an honest actor.'

salon.com/2024/04/02/cli…

Coincidence?

I think... probably.

I counted 7 scientific errors in this smug email from a climate change denier.

Can you find them all?

Each one is a common talking point among the anti-science crowd.

Here's the MSN article that prompted it all: msn.com/en-us/news/tec…

Remember: There are seven!

I have two reactions to this post:

1. When I interviewed Tucker Carlson for Salon, he admitted that Donald Trump's economic policies were 'a betrayal of what he promised' voters.

salon.com/2019/01/26/sal…

2. I'm better off avoiding people who refuse to see that.

Social media?

I spoke about both climate justice and social justice with Prof Michael E. Mann for Salon:

'When you cross the line into defamation — bad faith, ideologically-motivated lies about science and scientists — then you will face the consequences.'

salon.com/2024/04/02/cli…

I interviewed climate scientist Prof Michael E. Mann for Salon.

We discussed climate change misinformation. He observed:

'Twitter has become a cesspool for the promotion of misinformation and disinformation; Elon Musk is not an honest actor.'

salon.com/2024/04/02/cli…

Enough said.

Thank you!

Joe Lieberman told me he was deeply moved when Lady Gaga dedicated one of her performances to him.

She was grateful for his role in repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'

I'm grateful to chronicle that piece of pop culture and political history for Salon.

salon.com/2024/03/29/rem…

Today I begin my social media break.

I suggest reading my Salon tribute to Joe Lieberman with my retrospective on the 2000 election.

Lieberman — salon.com/2024/03/29/rem…

2000 election — salon.com/2021/10/02/bul…

America was changed by Lieberman's courage as the first Jew to run for Vice President on a major ticket.

Salon's Matthew Rozsa reflects on his friendship with the late Joe Lieberman.

Read the story: salon.com/2024/03/29/rem…

Joe Lieberman's political hero was John F. Kennedy.

He enthusiastically campaigned for him in 1960... just as I backed Lieberman in 2000.

In one way I'm luckier than Lieberman: He never got to meet his hero, JFK.

I got to meet my hero — himself. Salon

salon.com/2024/03/29/rem…

I'm a democratic socialist... and Senator Joe Lieberman was my friend.

Therefore, I wrote about this for Salon.

salon.com/2024/03/29/rem…