Standing up for Science

It's been forever since I've written a blog post. Twitter, and then X, and then Bluesky, has absorbed most of my hot takes. But I think more and more that it's time to move away from transient thoughts to things that are more well formed, and so I'm going to try and blog a bit more again. Mar 7, 2025 was Stand Up For Science Day . I was invited to speak at the Rhode Island local event. It was a…