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Inside world's top science society's convention bashing Trump, pushing DEI, pronouns: 'Felt like a funeral'
Fox News ^ | February 17, 2026 8:00pm EST | Andrew Mark Miller

Posted on 02/17/2026 6:56:43 PM PST by Olog-hai

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, AAAS CEO Dr. Sudip Parikh told the audience that it’s been a “hard” and “tough year for science and scientists in this country.”

Parikh went on to blame DOGE for the “devastation” of “some of our science agencies” and the “president’s budget request” that “cut science by half” and, in his opinion, amounted to “forfeiting the future.” […]

AAAS, the publisher of the highly respected Science magazine, posted several more videos over the course of the next few days, many including speakers who criticized the Trump administration and injected politics into discussions.

“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.” …

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: aaas; asses; dei; doge; fakescience; freaks; homosexualagenda; ifhfakescience; pseudoscience; tds; woke; xyxx
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1 posted on 02/17/2026 6:56:43 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
”xi/xer,” “xe/xem,”


2 posted on 02/17/2026 7:02:26 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Olog-hai

> identifier stickers that used gender pronouns such as “they/them,” “xi/xer,” “xe/xem” … <

I flatly refused to attend that event. And that’s because they would not honor my request to be called “Your imperial majesty”.
👑

A bunch of bigots they are.


3 posted on 02/17/2026 7:03:49 PM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Olog-hai
cut science by half

Cut fraudulent Pseudo science

More...... More..... More

4 posted on 02/17/2026 7:04:59 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: Olog-hai

For many years the AAAS along with the ACS and APS have been descending into the hull-crushing abyss of woketardian, DEI (and, more recently, TDS) insanity.


5 posted on 02/17/2026 7:07:40 PM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: Carry_Okie

I’m not surprised ping.


6 posted on 02/17/2026 7:13:10 PM PST by sauropod
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To: Olog-hai
Sudip Parikh
7 posted on 02/17/2026 7:14:41 PM PST by A strike (F AirstripOne. & No more dots.)
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To: Carl Vehse
For many years the AAAS along with the ACS and APS have been descending into the hull-crushing abyss of woketardian, DEI (and, more recently, TDS) insanity.

Don't forget the AIP.

8 posted on 02/17/2026 7:15:33 PM PST by NewHampshireDuo ( )
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To: Olog-hai
"One of the world’s largest and most influential scientific societies"

...is now more about social constructs than science. Bravo! Here's your 'stupid' sign.

9 posted on 02/17/2026 7:20:11 PM PST by simpson96
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To: Olog-hai
10 minute Hula Hoop dance?

By Injuns?

10 posted on 02/17/2026 7:38:59 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: DoodleBob

That is what happens when you prance about with a bunch of Kansas City faggots.


11 posted on 02/17/2026 7:43:10 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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To: Olog-hai

You can call yourself anything you want....and I can call you anything I want, too.


12 posted on 02/17/2026 7:59:00 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Carl Vehse
For many years the AAAS along with the ACS and APS have been descending into the hull-crushing abyss of woketardian, DEI (and, more recently, TDS) insanity.

Outside of the ivory tower, I'm more and more seeing business CEOs who have gone along with this crap for years beginning to understand that they are employing not the authentic and creative, but the propagandized and indoctrinated, and realizing that those are not exactly the people you want to run a business with.

13 posted on 02/17/2026 8:06:08 PM PST by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: Olog-hai

Subscribe to Science magazine and you’re a member. It’s not really a scientific society.

And they destroyed the journal.


14 posted on 02/17/2026 8:16:13 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Olog-hai

Cry harder, you fake phony frauds.


15 posted on 02/17/2026 8:21:51 PM PST by jocon307 (DEMOCRATS DELENDA EST)
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To: Olog-hai
From the article: ...top science society...

No, they're beclowning themselves and not science at all if they're using transvestite pronouns.



16 posted on 02/17/2026 8:25:19 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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From the article: During the meeting’s opening night, shortly after a 10-minute hoop dance routine from traditional Native American dancers...



17 posted on 02/17/2026 8:26:39 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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18 posted on 02/17/2026 8:27:14 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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19 posted on 02/17/2026 8:29:14 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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20 posted on 02/17/2026 8:29:40 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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