Streisand Effect in Action: Rogue NASA Account Joins Ranks of Resistance Twitter
Rogue Twitter accounts are fun, but gov’t employees and scientists are very afraid of being fired if they speak out & share facts. #resist
— Rogue NASA (@RogueNASA) January 25, 2017
As the old saying goes, the revolution will not be televised. It seems, though, that the resistance may very well be tweeted.
That much can be said for the beginnings, at least. Joining the National Parks Twitter accounts tweeting in defiance of the White House’s attacks on climate change science, there is now a rogue NASA account among their ranks. It describes itself as the “The unofficial ‘Resistance’ team of NASA. Not an official NASA account.”
Regardless, it’s tweeting some serious truths that this administration seems hell bent on censoring.
Carbon dioxide levels have risen from 280 ppm to 400 ppm in the last 150 years. This is a fact that can be backed up with data. #climate
— Rogue NASA (@RogueNASA) January 25, 2017
Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists agree that climate change is caused by human activities. #climatechange
— Rogue NASA (@RogueNASA) January 25, 2017
And, just like every other National Park rogue Twitter account, they’re trying to spread the word about the March for Science that’s currently in its planning stages.
This morning, they tweeted about handing over the account to people who aren’t government employees. While there’s no way to know one way or another whether the people who started the account are employees at NASA or not, what’s clear is that government employees are absolutely living in fear about what may happen to themselves under this administration. It’s one thing (an undoubtedly tragic thing, mind you) to lose your job for tweeting scientific facts, but it’s a whole different story when the censoring of those facts can lead to the literal end of the world.
So I guess to sum it up: it’s 2017, and standing at the front of much of the resistance in the public eye are Teen Vogue, rogue Twitter accounts created by the Streisand Effect, and a member of the Black Bloc who punched a Nazi.
(via The Independent, featured image via Flickr/Todd Lappin)
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