Future Human is a Medium publication covering biotech and science news, including CRISPR, gene therapy, and climate topics.
The only comment given is a general remark about trust and burden of proof, so HN seems to link it for science news.
Same. I've been seeing more "the boot is justified unless proven otherwise, and no I don't need to provide a source; and if it is proven otherwise, I've already lost interest and moved on." and less "innocent until proven guilty." Obviously there's some of both and always has been, but I feel the same as you do.
I remember when a website counting how many days James Clapper has avoided a prison sentence after he gave a false statement was big on the front page a while back.
Just the other day there was a thread about experts identifying an illegal toxin used on protestors in Portland while LE illegally blocks access to storm drains so that further evidence of it cannot be collected.
Both threads pertain to law enforcement overstepping their bounds with impunity and secrecy. The toxic gas one was flagged off the front page despite 125 upvotes in a short time.
https://futurehuman.medium.com/scientists-identified-a-green-poisonous-gas-used-by-federal-agents-on-portland-protesters-5b56ac20a624