I tend to be more tolerant of academia as a reaction to the hard-right war on expertise, and by extension, war on objective reality. Yet Mammon's greed reaches within those halls as well. You might enjoy this about Elsevier, a major publisher and thus academic gatekeeper:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/07/too-greedy-mass-walkout-at-global-science-journal-over-unethical-fees

'Too greedy': mass walkout at global science journal over 'unethical' fees
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Entire board resigns over actions of academic publisher whose profit margins outstrip even Google and Amazon



Some lowlights:
-From 2014 to 2017, Elsevier put some articles behind a paywall that should have been open access.

-Elsevier rejected a paper for publication because it didn't cite enough of the journal's previously published papers.

-More than 40 leading scientists resigned from the editorial board of the journal Neuroimage in protest at what they described as Elsevier's "greed".

-Elsevier published six publications between 2000 and 2005 that were sponsored by pharmaceutical companies but did not disclose sponsorship.

-Elsevier has campaigned against openness to protect its paywall-based business.

-Universities have canceled their Elsevier subscriptions, citing costs and lack of open access.

Another symptom of late-stage metastatic capitalism.

Not surprising given the POTUS is dumb as rocks and everything from economic to foreign policy and  health & medicine is a mockery of common sense, why expect anything different in climate science?  I can't think of a single issue on which Trumpolini isn't 100% WRONG and making the WORST possible policy.  If I was an Evil Genius whose goal was to destroy Amerika and bring on collapse in the most efficient manner possible, I could not do a better job than His Trumpness.  Given that nothing short of total collapse can bring the change we need, I suppose I should be greatful that the Trumpenator is hastening it along.  Unfortunately there won't be anything left to rebuild with after he's through, so it's kind of a pyhrric victory.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/09/mockery-of-science-climate-scientists-tear-into-new-us-climate-report/

"Mockery of science": Climate scientists tear into new US climate report

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TECHNOSPHERE.EARTH • 2026-01-23

No war on a dead planet

If defence and intelligence agencies understand the risks from climate and biodiversity collapse, why can't politicians?

This was meant to have been published last Autumn but was held back because the Prime Minister's office was concerned that it would be 'too negative'.

• Ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse.
• Cascading risks of ecosystem degradation are likely to include geopolitical instability, economic insecurity, conflict, migration and increased inter-state competition for resources.
• Global ecosystem degradation and collapse threaten UK national security and prosperity.
• Without significant increases in UK food system and supply chain resilience, it is unlikely the UK would be able to maintain food security if ecosystem collapse drives geopolitical competition for food.

UK OFFICIAL UK OFFICIAL Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security