Read the full story on Forbes at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2017/01/30/government-scientists-go-rogue-on-twitter-this-will-drive-trump-nuts/#75aa51832ce9
In just the past few days, though, government scientists have come up with a devilishly clever–and entirely legal–strategy to oppose the Trump administration’s efforts to suppress their speech. Using Twitter, the same vehicle that Trump himself used so effectively throughout his campaign, they have created a set of “rogue” and “alt” accounts that have already started tweeting the real news about science, medicine, and the environment.
All of these accounts are run by non-government employees with no government sponsorship, but government scientists, in their off-hours time, can’t be prevented from sending them information. In just a few days, these accounts have over 3.5 million followers, a number that is rising fast. Here’s are some of the account with their total followers as of January 29:
- @NotAltWorld 1.3 million followers
- @RogueNASA 734K followers
- @altUSEPA 226K followers
- @altUSForestService 224K followers
- @ActualEPAFacts (a second alt-EPA) 176K followers
- @BadHombreNPS (National Park Service) 158K followers
- @alt_fda 144K followers
- @altusda 145K followers
- @altHHS 121K followers
- @alt_CDC 106K followers
- @alt_NIH 104K followers
- @AlternativeNWS 93K followers (deactivated on 29 Jan)
- @ungaggedEPA 79K followers
- @altNOAA 69K followers
- @NatParkUndrgrnd 52K followers
