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"Here's where and when DC Health says people may have been exposed:"
Multiple potential measles exposures in DC: Check sites and dates
DC Health said Saturday it was notified of multiple people with confirmed cases of measles who visited a variety of locations in the District. Officials did not specify exactly how many infected peopl...
www.nbcwashington.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:36 AM
"Here's where and when DC Health says people may have been exposed:"
"A graduate teaching assistant for an online psychology class was 'arbitrary in the grading of this specific paper' and therefore will 'no longer have instructional duties,' the university said in a statement."
So, we’ve been thinking about a widely circulated student essay, the confidence with which it was discussed, and the rather relaxed approach taken to evidence. wix.to/YWJBcDC #AcademicIntegrity #CitationNeeded #CriticalThinking #HigherEd
Citation Needed: Academic Discourse & That Essay
So, I’ve been thinking about a widely circulated student essay, the confidence with which it was discussed, and the rather relaxed approach taken to evidence.
wix.to
February 7, 2026 at 11:53 PM
"A graduate teaching assistant for an online psychology class was 'arbitrary in the grading of this specific paper' and therefore will 'no longer have instructional duties,' the university said in a statement."
"Two new members of the IACC, Caden Larson and Elizabeth Bonker, are nonspeaking adults with autism..."
The latest in government-sponsored pseudoscience."RFK Jr. Puts Facilitated Communication Users on the HHS Autism Panel" @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social
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RFK Jr. Puts Facilitated Communication Users on the HHS Autism Panel | Skeptical Inquirer
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can now add support for discredited methods of communication to his list of anti-science accomplishments as Secretary of Health and Hu ...
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February 6, 2026 at 2:20 AM
"Two new members of the IACC, Caden Larson and Elizabeth Bonker, are nonspeaking adults with autism..."
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Get in, dorks. We're ready for round two.
RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.)
RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.)
January 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Get in, dorks. We're ready for round two.
RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.)
RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.)
"Social psychological research on influence and persuasion suggests factors that make arguments more compelling. Markovsky will explain how he puts those into practice in his own life..."
Strategies for Persuasive Arguments | Barry Markovsky | Skeptical Inquirer Presents
Science has advanced enormously in the past 500 years, guided by experimental tests of theory and practice. In that same time, science teaching and education—guided primarily by tradition and dogma—h...
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January 28, 2026 at 1:28 PM
"Social psychological research on influence and persuasion suggests factors that make arguments more compelling. Markovsky will explain how he puts those into practice in his own life..."
Hard to sink lower, but @michaelshermer.bsky.social keeps trying with his "sex is binary" dogma.
Shermer is promoting his book “Truth” while victim blaming Minnesota execution victims.
Hard to sink lower.
h/t @gorskon.bsky.social
Hard to sink lower.
h/t @gorskon.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Hard to sink lower, but @michaelshermer.bsky.social keeps trying with his "sex is binary" dogma.
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Penn and Teller on Vaccinations
YouTube video by UltraMiraculous
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January 26, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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Congratulations, Andrew Wakefield! You did it, you fraudulent quack!
🚨 This should alarm everyone.
The #UK has lost measles elimination status — not because vaccines failed, but because vaccination rates fell.
The US is on track to lose it too.
#Measles is highly contagious, dangerous, and vaccine-preventable.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The #UK has lost measles elimination status — not because vaccines failed, but because vaccination rates fell.
The US is on track to lose it too.
#Measles is highly contagious, dangerous, and vaccine-preventable.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK loses measles elimination status
Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.
www.bbc.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Congratulations, Andrew Wakefield! You did it, you fraudulent quack!
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General anxiety predicts conspiracy beliefs while political anxiety does not www.psypost.org/general-anxi...
"...conspiracy narratives offer simplified explanations for complex or distressing events."
"...these narratives may help individuals regulate negative emotions associated with uncertainty"
"...conspiracy narratives offer simplified explanations for complex or distressing events."
"...these narratives may help individuals regulate negative emotions associated with uncertainty"
General anxiety predicts conspiracy beliefs while political anxiety does not
Researchers have discovered that everyday nervousness is linked to conspiracy theory endorsement, while stress regarding elections and polarization is not. This challenges the assumption that politica...
www.psypost.org
January 24, 2026 at 6:54 PM
General anxiety predicts conspiracy beliefs while political anxiety does not www.psypost.org/general-anxi...
"...conspiracy narratives offer simplified explanations for complex or distressing events."
"...these narratives may help individuals regulate negative emotions associated with uncertainty"
"...conspiracy narratives offer simplified explanations for complex or distressing events."
"...these narratives may help individuals regulate negative emotions associated with uncertainty"
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Hey @hankgreen.bsky.social you might remember me from the @standupforscience.bsky.social protests last year.
I’d love to meet to chat about our (evidence based) ideas!
TLDR: Flooding the ENTIRE zone and poking hole after hole after hole in people’s view of the world. It’s not about *one* approach.
I’d love to meet to chat about our (evidence based) ideas!
TLDR: Flooding the ENTIRE zone and poking hole after hole after hole in people’s view of the world. It’s not about *one* approach.
Does anyone have any idea how we break the echo chambers? No Trump voter in my family will ever know what actually happened to Alex Pretti or Renee Good. They will believe the officers were justified. They will watch Fox News and that will be the end of it.
January 24, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Hey @hankgreen.bsky.social you might remember me from the @standupforscience.bsky.social protests last year.
I’d love to meet to chat about our (evidence based) ideas!
TLDR: Flooding the ENTIRE zone and poking hole after hole after hole in people’s view of the world. It’s not about *one* approach.
I’d love to meet to chat about our (evidence based) ideas!
TLDR: Flooding the ENTIRE zone and poking hole after hole after hole in people’s view of the world. It’s not about *one* approach.
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Also, it gets cold in winter. Warmer doesn't mean hot or hot all the time.
Astonishing people still say "where's the global warming" when we get a snow storm (Trump just posted it, too). It's the brain-deadest climate science denial statement, and that's saying a lot.
Astonishing people still say "where's the global warming" when we get a snow storm (Trump just posted it, too). It's the brain-deadest climate science denial statement, and that's saying a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Also, it gets cold in winter. Warmer doesn't mean hot or hot all the time.
Astonishing people still say "where's the global warming" when we get a snow storm (Trump just posted it, too). It's the brain-deadest climate science denial statement, and that's saying a lot.
Astonishing people still say "where's the global warming" when we get a snow storm (Trump just posted it, too). It's the brain-deadest climate science denial statement, and that's saying a lot.
"NASA has its largest budget in nearly three decades, but has fewer employees than it had in July 1960 at the dawn of the space age. Rebuilding our national capabilities will take time, effort, and a sustained political commitment, not to mention consistent funding."
You just saved NASA's budget
Here's what Congress rejected of the draconian cuts faced by NASA in FY 2026.
www.planetary.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:28 PM
"NASA has its largest budget in nearly three decades, but has fewer employees than it had in July 1960 at the dawn of the space age. Rebuilding our national capabilities will take time, effort, and a sustained political commitment, not to mention consistent funding."
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
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Do you study disinformation or want to start working in that area?
Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more.
disinfoinstitute.org
Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more.
disinfoinstitute.org
Disinformation Summer Institute (DSI) - Disinformation Summer Institute
Disinformation Disinformation is false or misleading information created and spread to advance policy, political, economic or ideological goals. It is sometimes used by industries, governments, and ot...
disinfoinstitute.org
January 17, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Do you study disinformation or want to start working in that area?
Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more.
disinfoinstitute.org
Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more.
disinfoinstitute.org
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I'll say this very satisfying to watch.
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL work here:
ice.0x0.boo
It's a tracker for the number of blocks. They're averaging about 200/minute right now. 🤣
ice.0x0.boo
It's a tracker for the number of blocks. They're averaging about 200/minute right now. 🤣
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I'll say this very satisfying to watch.
"Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., responded to the president's announcement on Fox News, saying that Trump 'is right that Greenland is vital for the national security interests of the United States.' Cotton added 'the best decision probably would be to acquire Greenland from Denmark.'"
Trump announces 10% tariff on eight European countries until there is a deal to buy Greenland
Trump said the new 10% duties would increase to 25% on June 1, unless a deal is reached.
www.nbcnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
"Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., responded to the president's announcement on Fox News, saying that Trump 'is right that Greenland is vital for the national security interests of the United States.' Cotton added 'the best decision probably would be to acquire Greenland from Denmark.'"
"The Defense Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators think could be the cause of a series of mysterious ailments impacting US spies, diplomats and troops that are colloquially known as Havana Syndrome..."
Pentagon bought device through undercover operation some investigators suspect is linked to Havana Syndrome | CNN Politics
The Defense Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators think could be the cause of a series of mysterious ailments impacting sp...
www.cnn.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:38 PM
"The Defense Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators think could be the cause of a series of mysterious ailments impacting US spies, diplomats and troops that are colloquially known as Havana Syndrome..."
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I thought this was a joke but it’s an actual post from the White House: “we are ending the war on protein”
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
January 12, 2026 at 5:02 AM
I thought this was a joke but it’s an actual post from the White House: “we are ending the war on protein”
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
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An online rumor claims that a secret NASA document called "Project Anchor" says Earth will lose gravity for seven seconds on Aug. 12. That's completely false. ❌
www.snopes.com/fact-check/n...
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Will Earth lose gravity for 7 seconds on Aug. 12, 2026? The truth about alleged NASA doc
Social media users shared a cosmic claim about an alleged secret NASA document named "Project Anchor" leaking online in 2024.
www.snopes.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:23 PM
An online rumor claims that a secret NASA document called "Project Anchor" says Earth will lose gravity for seven seconds on Aug. 12. That's completely false. ❌
www.snopes.com/fact-check/n...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/n...
“Texas A&M will teach numerous dialogues by Plato in a variety of courses this semester and will continue to do so in the future...”
Just not the ones that their leaders disagree with.
Just not the ones that their leaders disagree with.
Plato readings removed from philosophy course, igniting online controversy – The Battalion
A reading from Plato’s “Symposium” has been removed from the syllabus of a philosophy course in order to comply with revisions to Section 8.1 of Texas A&M’s
thebatt.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:51 PM
“Texas A&M will teach numerous dialogues by Plato in a variety of courses this semester and will continue to do so in the future...”
Just not the ones that their leaders disagree with.
Just not the ones that their leaders disagree with.
"For the first time ever, a leading Brazilian neurosurgeon is revealing details of his direct contact in a hospital with a live, non-human, intelligent being, in 1996. He and other Brazilian witnesses will be at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on January 20, 2026, for a press conference."
January 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
"For the first time ever, a leading Brazilian neurosurgeon is revealing details of his direct contact in a hospital with a live, non-human, intelligent being, in 1996. He and other Brazilian witnesses will be at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on January 20, 2026, for a press conference."
In 1991, Erich von Däniken was the first recipient of the “Ig Nobel” prize for literature for "raising the public awareness of science through questionable experiments or claims."
“Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him fame among paranormal enthusiasts and scorn from the scientific community, has died. He was 90.”
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Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer who spawned alien archaeology, dies at 90
Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose books on the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him both fame and scorn, has died at age 90.
apnews.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
In 1991, Erich von Däniken was the first recipient of the “Ig Nobel” prize for literature for "raising the public awareness of science through questionable experiments or claims."
Speaking now!
Everything You Wanted to Know About Coronaviruses But Were Afraid to Ask (Laura Kahn, MD, MPH,MPP)
YouTube video by National Capital Area Skeptics (NCAS)
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Speaking now!