Currently, a diagram is making the rounds that is claimed to show a significant reduction in Russian disinformation bot activity after Ukrainian drones hit Yandex data centers. There is no evidence that this plot shows real data. I suspect that this image is AI-generated.

Instead, the more striking differences are between political parties rather than over time. This concerns not only the overall salience of science, but also how parties talk about science, with parties bringing their own partisan terminology into science-related debates.

The salience of scientific evidence in parliamentary speeches remains remarkably stable over time. While we do see changes for specific topics at specific points in time, there is no overall trend toward more or less references to scientific evidence or scientific actors.

The salience of scientific evidence in parliamentary speeches remains remarkably stable over time. While we do see changes for specific topics at specific points in time, there is no overall trend toward more or less references to scientific evidence or scientific actors.