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Anthony Barnhart
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Magic Scholar; Cognitive Scientist; Carthage College Psych Science prof; Weird experiences make a life well-lived.

Terrible opinions are my own.

http://anthonybarnhart.com/
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Anthony Barnhart @magictony.bsky.social · Nov 22
#Introduction:

I'm Tony, a teacher-scholar in the Dept. of Psychological Science at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI. Scientific interests in #CognitiveScience, #magic, #attention, #perception, & #illusion.

I'm an #ACappella aficionado.
magictony.bsky.social
A brick manufactured during a Chicago tuberculosis outbreak.
Brick imprinted with "don't spit on sidewalk."
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
magictony.bsky.social
Sir Paul still has it!
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 AM
magictony.bsky.social
Where were these turkeys on January 6th?
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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punkrockscience.bsky.social
Today’s xkcd made me cry.

In a good way.

xkcd.com/3172/
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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irahyman.bsky.social
A note for cognitive researchers interested in the spread of misinfo and disinfo.

A lot of our research uses text-based presentation of information.

Most of what people use on social media is video-based.
I suspect more people watch news than read papers.

Maybe we should consider this?
conradhackett.bsky.social Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d
UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%

Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
Chart showing change in the use of online platforms. Over the past few years, four of them have grown in overall use among U.S. adults – TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp and Reddit. TikTok: 37% of U.S. adults report using the platform, which is slightly up from last year and up from 21% in 2021. Instagram: Half of U.S. adults now report using it, which is on par with last year but up from 40% in 2021. WhatsApp and Reddit: About a third say they use WhatsApp, up from 23% in 2021. And 26% today report using Reddit, compared with 18% four years ago. While YouTube and Facebook continue to sit at the top, the shares of Americans who report using them have remained relatively stable in recent years.
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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lippard.bsky.social
spot the DOGE savings
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
magictony.bsky.social
That's not ideal.

www.wisn.com/article/slen...
Slender Man stabbing attacker missing after cutting off GPS monitor
Morgan Geyser was last seen at 8 p.m. Saturday near Kroncke Drive with an adult acquaintance.
www.wisn.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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judet.bsky.social
So what I'm hearing is that Jeff Bezos was a regular guest of Jeff Epstein.
November 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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jonathanstea.bsky.social
Anti-vaccine propaganda from 1892 versus 2025.

Same fear-mongering tactics, different century.
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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"Representative Eric Burlison, Republican of Missouri, said he hoped 'The Age of Disclosure' would help make the U.A.P. issue a priority for the Trump administration."
A Film About Unidentified Phenomena Gets a Congressional Audience
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Getting journal rejections like
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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She’s going to be in Oh Mary I called this like a year ago
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5d
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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They line up perfectly.
An Oval Office photo of Trump looking adoringly at Mamdani, while a portrait of Reagan looks on. Above the man-ignoring-his-girlfriend meme.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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William S Marriott aka stage magician Dr Wilmar was a dedicated debunker of fake spiritualist mediums in the early 1900's who staged a series of photographs demonstrating spirit trickery. Ghost sleuth Harry Price (1881-1948) later used these images of Marriott when giving talks.
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Every man needs to find a woman who looks at them like Trump Looks at Mamdani.
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Among other things, I learned that the best college teachers are active in their fields, something we need to fight for all of us every day
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November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Mentalism (and magic) is badly in need of ethicists...and not just folks who "ethically" guard the empty vault of secrets. This is deeply unethical behavior by a person hawking a book containing dubious information about behavioral influence.

ew.com/sara-haines-...
Sara Haines exposes 'The View' mentalist's meeting with hosts before PIN reveal
Sara Haines is exposing a secret meeting mentalist Oz Pearlman had with 'The View' cohosts where he swore he would not reveal their real ATM PINs on TV — before later doing just that: 'Never felt so violated.'
ew.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
magictony.bsky.social
"I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it."

-George Carlin
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
magictony.bsky.social
'Tis the season.

"In 2016, Thanksgiving dinners in which the hosts and guests lived in oppositely voting precincts were up to 50 minutes shorter than same-party-precinct dinners."

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The effect of partisanship and political advertising on close family ties
Cell phone tracking shows that mixed-political-party families had shorter 2016 Thanksgiving gatherings, exacerbated by political advertising.
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Jesus wept
ddiamond.bsky.social Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 7d
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
Autism and Vaccines QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS PAGE 2 OF 9 | ALL PAGES J For Everyone NOV. 19, 2025 KEY POINTS • The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism. • Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities. HHS Research on Plausible Biologic Mechanisms between Vaccines and Autism HHS will evaluate plausible biologic mechanisms between early childhood vaccinations and autism. Mechanisms for further investigation include the impacts of aluminum adjuvants, risks for certain children with mitochondrial disorders, harms of neuroinflammation, and more. * The header "Vaccines do not cause autism" has not been removed due to an agreement with the chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that it would remain on the CDC website.
November 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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@magictony.bsky.social and Joe Diamond put on a great show tonight for the National Capital Area Skeptics!
Photo of Joe Diamond and Tony Barnhart on stage for "Mesmerized"
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Tonight's the night, folks! Tickets still available!
bsmuseum.org Behrens Science Museum @bsmuseum.org · Oct 16
On November 15, the National Capital Area Skeptics will be holding a big science and magic event called "Mesmerized"! Get your tickets now, and please share!
Mesmerized: An Immersive Experiment in Science & Magic
Get ready to be Mesmerized at our event filled with captivating performances and thought-provoking experiences!
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November 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Trump un-endorses Marjorie Taylor Greene
I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of “Congresswoman” Marjorie Taylor Greene, of the Great State of Georgia. Over the past few weeks, despite my creating Record Achievements for our Country including, a Total and Complete Victory on the Shutdown, Closed Borders, Low Taxes, No Men in Women’s Sports or Transgender for Everyone, ending DEI, stopping Biden’s Record Setting Inflation, Biggest Regulation Cuts in History, stopping EIGHT WARS, rebuilding our Military, being RESPECTED by every Country in the World (as opposed to being the laughingstock that we were just 12 months ago!), having Trillions of Dollars (Record Setting!) INVESTED in the U.S.A., and having created the “HOTTEST” Country anywhere in the World from being a DEAD Country just 12 months ago (and so much more!), all I see “Wacky” Marjorie do is COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN! It seemed to all begin when I sent her a Poll stating that she should not run for Senator, or Governor, she was at 12%, and didn’t have a chance (unless, of course, she had my Endorsement — which she wasn’t about to get!). She has told many people that she is upset that I don’t return her phone calls anymore, but with 219 Congressmen/women, 53 U.S. Senators, 24 Cabinet Members, almost 200 Countries, and an otherwise normal life to lead, I can’t take a ranting Lunatic’s call every day. I understand that wonderful, Conservative people are thinking about primarying Marjorie in her District of Georgia, that they too are fed up with her and her antics and, if the right person runs, they will have my Complete and Unyielding Support. She has gone Far Left, even doing The View, with their Low IQ Republican hating Anchors. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
November 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Why Jeffrey Epstein loved evolutionary psychology
And why evolutionary psychologists loved him right back.
theoutline.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM