Not that we needed confirmation, but the next time you see the term "science", or "experts", or “gender assignment” or … a warning about anything, do a little indian dance and remember

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POLITICS AND (pseudo) science — PERFECT TOGETHER

Inside world's top science society's convention bashing Trump, pushing DEI, pronouns

One of the world’s largest and most influential scientific societies held its annual conference last weekend, which a Fox News Digital review found was littered with examples of progressive messaging, criticisms of the Trump administration, and "woke" workshops.

Attendees who showed up at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) event, held at the Phoenix Convention Center from Feb. 12-14, were immediately greeted at registration with identifier stickers that used gender pronouns such as "they/them," "xi/xer," "xe/xem," and other descriptors that critics have alleged have little to do with science and biology.

  • During the meeting’s opening night, shortly after a 10-minute hoop dance routine from traditional Native American dancers [and after, I’m sure, a Land Acknowledgement ceremony] AAAS CEO Dr. Sudip Parikh told the audience that it’s been a "hard" and "tough year for science and scientists in this country."

  • Workshops at the event, which provided gender-neutral washrooms, included a session titled "Mao-Mei Liu: Nurturing Diversity in Science is Resistance," and another called "Investigating the Role of Race in Clinical Decision-Making."

  • "Who Gets to Belong? Disability, Power, and Participation in Higher Education," another workshop was called. 

  • "Colonial Legacies, Climate Crises, and the Erosion of Mobility Choice" was another workshop that scientists at the conference were offered and in an interview with "climate justice scholar" Jola Ajibade, she explained how climate change has benefited a "few wealthy people" while "low-income communities are displaced."

    "At the center of my work is giving a voice but also bringing to the attention of everyone the impact of a slew of climate solutions, the impact of those solutions on low-income communities, on Black communities, on indigenous, on Latino communities as well," Ajibade explained, adding that she is focused on finding a "decolonial" approach. 

  • Listed sponsors of the event included the Science Philanthropy Alliance, a group tied to the progressive consulting behemoth Arabella Advisors through the New Venture Fund, a nonprofit that pushes a variety of progressive causes.