Jonathan Jarry
@jonathanjarry.bsky.social
Science communicator with McGill University's Office for Science and Society. Separating sense from nonsense. Not all studies are created equal. McGill.ca/OSS
A reminder that, percentage wise, Netflix is far from being the #1 streaming service to cancel its shows. That's HBO Max.
However, "the volume of shows across the different platforms varies widely," so Netflix's smaller % applied to a larger library looks like a lot.
variety.com/2023/tv/news...
However, "the volume of shows across the different platforms varies widely," so Netflix's smaller % applied to a larger library looks like a lot.
variety.com/2023/tv/news...
January 21, 2026 at 9:37 PM
A reminder that, percentage wise, Netflix is far from being the #1 streaming service to cancel its shows. That's HBO Max.
However, "the volume of shows across the different platforms varies widely," so Netflix's smaller % applied to a larger library looks like a lot.
variety.com/2023/tv/news...
However, "the volume of shows across the different platforms varies widely," so Netflix's smaller % applied to a larger library looks like a lot.
variety.com/2023/tv/news...
Disgraced skeptic Michael Shermer will be at the Comedy Cellar with Coleman Hughes (of Bari Weiss' the Free Press) to discuss his latest book.
The title?
TRUTH.
You can't make this up.
The title?
TRUTH.
You can't make this up.
![Shermer's Wikipedia page, section entitled "Allegations of sexual assault and harassment."
Shermer was accused of sexual harassment by two women.[81] Shermer has denied these allegations.[81][82] In 2019, Illinois Wesleyan University canceled Shermer's visit for the President's Convocation at that institution after it learned of the sexual assault allegations.[83]
Writing for The Guardian in 2020 in a review of his book, Fara Dabhoiwala stated that several of Shermer's public speaking engagements had been canceled as a result of these allegations[84] Undark Magazine reported that the allegations against Shermer began to emerge in 2013 and 2014.[81] Shermer had sent cease and desist letters to the student-run newspaper of Santa Barbara City College and accused the editor of defamation in an email to the college.[81][85]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6da46v7qasijhf2baetbstrn/bafkreiepxkbxnlia7krirar65uwbkokzaaofa7n5qlvmeovfeobyby2oru@jpeg)
January 20, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Disgraced skeptic Michael Shermer will be at the Comedy Cellar with Coleman Hughes (of Bari Weiss' the Free Press) to discuss his latest book.
The title?
TRUTH.
You can't make this up.
The title?
TRUTH.
You can't make this up.
This is one of the comments on the video, which makes me think that this supplement will be on par with acupuncture.
#OverconfidenceBias
#OverconfidenceBias
January 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM
This is one of the comments on the video, which makes me think that this supplement will be on par with acupuncture.
#OverconfidenceBias
#OverconfidenceBias
You took your time, university I work for. But you got there in the end.
Now, is that a stupid Canadian wolf bird in our logo?
Now, is that a stupid Canadian wolf bird in our logo?
January 17, 2026 at 12:33 AM
You took your time, university I work for. But you got there in the end.
Now, is that a stupid Canadian wolf bird in our logo?
Now, is that a stupid Canadian wolf bird in our logo?
Now, the Spring 2025 guest lecturers!
Peter Thiel!
Glenn Loury!
Ayaan Hirsi Ali!
JORDAN PETERSON!
Joe Lonsdale!
I can't stop laughing.
Peter Thiel!
Glenn Loury!
Ayaan Hirsi Ali!
JORDAN PETERSON!
Joe Lonsdale!
I can't stop laughing.
January 13, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Now, the Spring 2025 guest lecturers!
Peter Thiel!
Glenn Loury!
Ayaan Hirsi Ali!
JORDAN PETERSON!
Joe Lonsdale!
I can't stop laughing.
Peter Thiel!
Glenn Loury!
Ayaan Hirsi Ali!
JORDAN PETERSON!
Joe Lonsdale!
I can't stop laughing.
The fake university UATX, which in my opinion is just a right-wing, regressive project in "classical Liberal" drag, sent out an email listing their guest lecturers for 2025:
Bari Weiss!
Gad Saad!
Michael Shellenberger!
CURTIS YARVIN!
So much IQ! So much brain!
Bari Weiss!
Gad Saad!
Michael Shellenberger!
CURTIS YARVIN!
So much IQ! So much brain!
January 13, 2026 at 9:29 PM
The fake university UATX, which in my opinion is just a right-wing, regressive project in "classical Liberal" drag, sent out an email listing their guest lecturers for 2025:
Bari Weiss!
Gad Saad!
Michael Shellenberger!
CURTIS YARVIN!
So much IQ! So much brain!
Bari Weiss!
Gad Saad!
Michael Shellenberger!
CURTIS YARVIN!
So much IQ! So much brain!
⚠️WARNING LIGHTS AT THE TOP OF THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE FOR "FECAL PLUG"!!
This article relies entirely on a SINGLE SOURCE (and may be using AI text!).
Who is this fecal plug expert? Who is this man (right? has to be a man) who will not shut up about fecal plugs?
This article relies entirely on a SINGLE SOURCE (and may be using AI text!).
Who is this fecal plug expert? Who is this man (right? has to be a man) who will not shut up about fecal plugs?
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 PM
⚠️WARNING LIGHTS AT THE TOP OF THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE FOR "FECAL PLUG"!!
This article relies entirely on a SINGLE SOURCE (and may be using AI text!).
Who is this fecal plug expert? Who is this man (right? has to be a man) who will not shut up about fecal plugs?
This article relies entirely on a SINGLE SOURCE (and may be using AI text!).
Who is this fecal plug expert? Who is this man (right? has to be a man) who will not shut up about fecal plugs?
I’ve gotten so used to awesome illustrations in scientific papers that the occasional use of Microsoft Paint (?) is certainly jarring.
If your GI tract look like this, consult your nearest healthcare provider.
If your GI tract look like this, consult your nearest healthcare provider.
January 12, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I’ve gotten so used to awesome illustrations in scientific papers that the occasional use of Microsoft Paint (?) is certainly jarring.
If your GI tract look like this, consult your nearest healthcare provider.
If your GI tract look like this, consult your nearest healthcare provider.
Could a skeptic change Joe Rogan’s mind on pseudoscience and conspiracy theories?
Unlikely, and they might get called “fat” and “fucked in the head” by Rogan himself.
Short thread ahead.
Unlikely, and they might get called “fat” and “fucked in the head” by Rogan himself.
Short thread ahead.
January 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Could a skeptic change Joe Rogan’s mind on pseudoscience and conspiracy theories?
Unlikely, and they might get called “fat” and “fucked in the head” by Rogan himself.
Short thread ahead.
Unlikely, and they might get called “fat” and “fucked in the head” by Rogan himself.
Short thread ahead.
General Bobby wants you to do your part by eating 5 steaks a day and drinking 20 gallons of milk every 24 hours!
Bugs need to be AFRAID!
Bugs need to be AFRAID!
January 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
General Bobby wants you to do your part by eating 5 steaks a day and drinking 20 gallons of milk every 24 hours!
Bugs need to be AFRAID!
Bugs need to be AFRAID!
Oh, joy.
Text "TRUTH" for updates from the White House.
Text "TRUTH" for updates from the White House.
January 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Oh, joy.
Text "TRUTH" for updates from the White House.
Text "TRUTH" for updates from the White House.
Also, Chopra has claimed you can reverse your biological age at the cellular level by several years.
He should tell his face that.
He should tell his face that.
January 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Also, Chopra has claimed you can reverse your biological age at the cellular level by several years.
He should tell his face that.
He should tell his face that.
I wrote this in 2023 and I think it nails what animates him.
January 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I wrote this in 2023 and I think it nails what animates him.
It used to be that alternative medicine had an “academic literature problem,” meaning that science was getting papers published but not pseudoscience, at least not nearly as much.
Now the issue has flipped, in one way at least.
Now the issue has flipped, in one way at least.
January 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
It used to be that alternative medicine had an “academic literature problem,” meaning that science was getting papers published but not pseudoscience, at least not nearly as much.
Now the issue has flipped, in one way at least.
Now the issue has flipped, in one way at least.
Students at the non-university, totally non-partisan UATX just did an industry immersion at... The Boring Company!
UATX is the joke that keeps on giving.
UATX is the joke that keeps on giving.
December 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Students at the non-university, totally non-partisan UATX just did an industry immersion at... The Boring Company!
UATX is the joke that keeps on giving.
UATX is the joke that keeps on giving.
The journal Psychiatry had a weird way of listing the affiliation of its authors back in the 1940s-1950s. You had to go to an earlier issue and there was a reference list at the end of a specific issue.
This is all I know of Renzo Sereno: he was in NYC in 1947! LOL.
This is all I know of Renzo Sereno: he was in NYC in 1947! LOL.
December 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The journal Psychiatry had a weird way of listing the affiliation of its authors back in the 1940s-1950s. You had to go to an earlier issue and there was a reference list at the end of a specific issue.
This is all I know of Renzo Sereno: he was in NYC in 1947! LOL.
This is all I know of Renzo Sereno: he was in NYC in 1947! LOL.
And while some of the advice happens to be good, it's all AI-generated, so these videos are 100% unreliable. I spotted many instances of wildly inaccurate and dangerous medical misinformation.
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
And while some of the advice happens to be good, it's all AI-generated, so these videos are 100% unreliable. I spotted many instances of wildly inaccurate and dangerous medical misinformation.
It's still possible for many of us to spot how fake they are. If you know anatomy, you'll spot mistakes. If you check the hair and skin, you'll see it's too smooth and shiny.
But if you're an older adult with visual/hearing problems, you'll probably miss these issues.
But if you're an older adult with visual/hearing problems, you'll probably miss these issues.
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's still possible for many of us to spot how fake they are. If you know anatomy, you'll spot mistakes. If you check the hair and skin, you'll see it's too smooth and shiny.
But if you're an older adult with visual/hearing problems, you'll probably miss these issues.
But if you're an older adult with visual/hearing problems, you'll probably miss these issues.
These videos typically do not use cutting-edge AI technology. They often feature fictional physicians, who sometimes change specialty from one video to the next, and the narration is also done using AI.
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
These videos typically do not use cutting-edge AI technology. They often feature fictional physicians, who sometimes change specialty from one video to the next, and the narration is also done using AI.
A number of clues, including video metadata, led me to believe that most of these videos are coming out of Vietnamese content farms.
One channel creator replied to my email. It was the first time I'd received a message in Vietnamese.
One channel creator replied to my email. It was the first time I'd received a message in Vietnamese.
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A number of clues, including video metadata, led me to believe that most of these videos are coming out of Vietnamese content farms.
One channel creator replied to my email. It was the first time I'd received a message in Vietnamese.
One channel creator replied to my email. It was the first time I'd received a message in Vietnamese.
Tomorrow, my article for @mcgilloss.bsky.social will go up.
There's a plague of AI-generated videos online targeting older adults.
And it's not just the visuals, narration, and script that are AI generated. There's something else too, which gives the whole thing a veneer of credibility.
There's a plague of AI-generated videos online targeting older adults.
And it's not just the visuals, narration, and script that are AI generated. There's something else too, which gives the whole thing a veneer of credibility.
December 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Tomorrow, my article for @mcgilloss.bsky.social will go up.
There's a plague of AI-generated videos online targeting older adults.
And it's not just the visuals, narration, and script that are AI generated. There's something else too, which gives the whole thing a veneer of credibility.
There's a plague of AI-generated videos online targeting older adults.
And it's not just the visuals, narration, and script that are AI generated. There's something else too, which gives the whole thing a veneer of credibility.
And we can even get Joe to hand Trump an honorary doctorate.
I have the full-resolution image from Nano Banana Pro and it is disturbingly accurate.
I have the full-resolution image from Nano Banana Pro and it is disturbingly accurate.
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
And we can even get Joe to hand Trump an honorary doctorate.
I have the full-resolution image from Nano Banana Pro and it is disturbingly accurate.
I have the full-resolution image from Nano Banana Pro and it is disturbingly accurate.
My article this week for @mcgilloss.bsky.social will cover AI & older adults, and I wanted to show them how realistic AI-generated images have gotten.
Behold! Our director, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, smiling next to Donald Trump at McGill University--"perhaps the most beautiful university we've ever seen!"
Behold! Our director, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, smiling next to Donald Trump at McGill University--"perhaps the most beautiful university we've ever seen!"
December 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My article this week for @mcgilloss.bsky.social will cover AI & older adults, and I wanted to show them how realistic AI-generated images have gotten.
Behold! Our director, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, smiling next to Donald Trump at McGill University--"perhaps the most beautiful university we've ever seen!"
Behold! Our director, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, smiling next to Donald Trump at McGill University--"perhaps the most beautiful university we've ever seen!"
This ad from Reundisbeom is also a great reminder that foundation strength comes in three forms: preine, inarite, and coredince.
Med students, memorize this!!
Med students, memorize this!!
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This ad from Reundisbeom is also a great reminder that foundation strength comes in three forms: preine, inarite, and coredince.
Med students, memorize this!!
Med students, memorize this!!
Remember kids that your excluded hammock is an important part of your anatomy!
Man, I hope that person's small intestine is doing OK.
Man, I hope that person's small intestine is doing OK.
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Remember kids that your excluded hammock is an important part of your anatomy!
Man, I hope that person's small intestine is doing OK.
Man, I hope that person's small intestine is doing OK.