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(This originally appeared as a Facebook post I made, then a Twitter thread, but I decided to copy it here with some slight edits to make it easier to share and include some references.) Indiana not only had (another) record for daily new Covid-19 cases yesterday, but we also have a record amount of people hospitalized. […] More
Earlier this week, Facebook suddenly disabled my account. I was replying to a comment on a friend’s post Thursday night when I suddenly got this message: So… They disabled it because of “something”. Thank you, very cool. I hit the “request a review” button and was prompted to upload my ID, which I did: Once […] More
A Ukrainian church leader who said that the COVID-19 pandemic is a result of the “sinfulness of humanity”, including same-sex marriage, has since contracted the virus himself. I can only assume that he’s been doing a lot of really fun gay stuff. As Daniel Villarreal wrote for NBC News: Patriarch Filaret, 91, who leads the large […] More
In a really weird rant, InfoWars host Alex Jones said that he will eat your ass. https://twitter.com/aSciEnthusiast/status/1256289389178748929 He could at least offer to buy you dinner first. Get our ‘Everything is a chemical’ shirt, only available in our store! More
Yet again, a bunch of idiots are protesting Michigan’s stay-at-home order by showing up and yelling at politicians who are listening to scientists and public health officials. The theme of the protest appears to be “I don’t know,” as one of the speakers asks the seemingly rhetorical question “how did they get 6 feet?”, only […] More
In 2016, Elon Musk created a company called Neuralink with the goal of developing implantable brain-computer interfaces in humans. The short-term goal of the company is to treat people with brain injuries caused by stroke or other diseases, and could be available as early as next year. Neuralink has developed “threads” to link human brains […] More
According to a new study in the journal Vaccine, the majority of anti-vaccine advertisements on Facebook were paid for by just two organizations. The same study found that pro-vaccine advertisements were funded by 83 unique organizations. The authors of the study explained: In 2018, Facebook introduced Ad Archive as a platform to improve transparency in […] More
Last weekend, protesters claiming to belong to Antifa and the “Proud Boys” clashed in the streets of Portland, as well as on the internet. The images from the streets of Portland seem to tell a story of violence from the far-left group, so much so that Trump has referred to Antifa as a “terrorist group.” […] More
Meet Leucochloridium paradoxum, a parasite better known as the “zombie snail” worm. This colorful little guy gets into snails, takes control of it, mimics a caterpillar or maggot, and directs the snail to an exposed area so that a bird will eat it. Yes, this is really a real thing. As biologist Mike Inouye tweeted […] More
As I wrote about a couple weeks ago, schools in Kentucky are required to display the “In God We Trust” motto in a prominent location. It’s a clear endorsement of Christianity by what is supposed to be a secular government. But as Hemant Mehta at Friendly Atheist pointed out, one school found an interesting loophole […] More
With all the horrible news over the weekend – 20 dead in El Paso, 9 dead in Dayton, and hospitals in Chicago having so many shooting victims, they turned away patients – you may have missed a rather odd response from the most prominent scientist on all the world wide interwebs. Neil deGrasse Tyson is […] More
With all the horrible news over the weekend – 20 dead in El Paso, 9 dead in Dayton, and hospitals in Chicago having so many shooting victims, they turned away patients – you may have missed a rather odd response from the most prominent scientist on all the world wide interwebs. Neil deGrasse Tyson is […] More
