Pseudoscience pushing unproven medical remedies and health treatments with no basis also usually has some “maybe in the future” assertion.
Month: May 2025
PA DEP under Dem Governor Josh Shapiro approves Trump admin official to burn tires to print cryptocurrency.
There is NO other purpose for this power plant whatsoever than to make “alternative” currency. It provides no power to the grid, and exists only to print bitcoin.
Anti-vax bullshit is the same old hat.
There was the same anti-vax propaganda spreading last century. It was overcome. Don’t wait for everybody before speaking up. Chloe Humbert Aug 08, 2023 The polio campaign in the U.S. was successful because of a concerted effort to do a door to door campaign that started before the vaccine was even available. The idea that […]
By law all sorts of things aren’t supposed to happen.
“By law, Social Security cannot be touched in the budget reconciliation process.”
Wait until MAGA finds out that Trump’s campaign strategy was Spanish language political ads.
The New Republic – Marin Scotten / May 14, 2025 MAGA Has Total Meltdown Over House Republican Post in Spanish The far-right is freaking out over an X post in Spanish from House Republicans. Not holding my breath for a Spanish speaker FAFO moment. BNN Bloomberg – Trump, Harris Fight for Latino Voters With 724% […]
Maybe let’s rethink the “great filter” theory (that supposedly explains the Fermi Paradox).
I heard the “great filter” referenced twice in one day, once on PBS Space Time and again on Conspirituality Podcast. And I wish people would understand that this is a concept come up by an economist…
The “Genius Act” is financial corruption.
The pseudoscience eugenics apparent in the idea that crypto tycoon profiteering is a sign of genius is horrendous. The New Republic – Jeff Hauser / May 16, 2025 Are Some Dems About to Cave to Crypto? It Wouldn’t Be the First Time As the Senate considers a GOP-backed stablecoin bill, it’s a good time to […]
Company towns, network states, freedom cities…
The tech tycoons plan to take public land and remove democracy. Everyone needs to get up to speed on this.
Trump met with leader of the Proud Boys at his home in Florida.
The New Republic – Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling May 5, 2025 Trump Reportedly Told January 6 Militant and Hate Leader “I Love You” Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and his mother met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. “He called me and my Mother over while we were at dinner and said he was sorry for […]
We all need to get up to speed on what AI really is AND what it ISN’T.
“What we have right now are self-driving cars that are monitored remotely in Mexico and get confused if you put an orange cone on their hood.” – Emily Bender on the podcast Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 podcast, AGI: “Imminent”, “Inevitable”, and Inane, 2025.04.21 We need to pull back the curtain for everyone on the […]
Elon Musk’s “temporary” (but actually permanent) AI power burner ruining the air in Memphis.
These data center power plants exist for no other purpose than to power the AI, or just cryptocurrency like in the case of Panther Creek in Pennsylvania.
Are the masked bandits in plain clothes that refuse to show badges even actual trained law enforcement hired through civil service?
Sheriffs are deputizing random citizens they know. Then ICE is deputizing sheriff’s deputies.
RFKJr connected anti-vaxxers have been profiteering from the Texas measles outbreak.
WIRED – By David Gilbert Apr 17, 2025 11:35 AM Anti-Vaxxers Are Grifting Off the Measles Outbreak—and Claim a Bioweapon Caused It Activists affiliated with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are selling a “measles treatment and prevention protocol” for hundreds of dollars, including supplements supposedly formulated by AI. Anti-vaccine activists with close ties to US health […]
Speaking up about losing history.
TIME – May 13, 2025 7:00 AM ET – Why I’m Resigning from Positions at the National Science Foundation and Library of Congress by Alondra Nelson Since January 2025, scientists and librarians, program officers and policy analysts at the National Science Foundation, the Library of Congress, and other federal offices and agencies have focused on […]
Pseudoscience eugenics conspiracy theory is what’s driving the push to keep vaccines from American children.
I really hope people voice support and interest in vaccines for children specifically to elected representatives and to the FDA VRBPAC in public comment.
Chatbot use is frowned upon, regardless of the hype.
Study: Your coworkers hate you for using AI at work – David Gerard – 10 May 2025 Today in science discovering the obvious, if you use chatbots to pump out the AI slop at work, your coworkers think you’re an incompetent and lazy arse. And they are absolutely judging you for it. [PNAS] This also […]
Others see the new pope and a potential ally in defending against AI hype.
Maybe it’s not as important that the pope understands what AI is…
Former CEO of the coal waste & tire burning crypto printing operation in PA named Trump’s Dept of Energy Loan Program Director.
This is the operation that’s relatively local to me…
Outdoor recreation is more popular than ever.
Parks are busier than ever, and we need more of them because people are often choosing them yes, to get away from other people and unwind.
Tricksters trying to sign people up for inappropriate hospice via a Medicare fraud scheme.
The commercials for Medicare beneficiaries advertising “free stuff” are often sketchy or outright fraud attempts.
Politicians say they care about people being harmed by drugs, but drop the life-saving Narcan program.
Whenever a politician mentions fentanyl they should be asked about the Narcan program.
Trump administration privatized ICE flights on airline with poor cybersecurity.
404 Media – GlobalX, Airline for Trump’s Deportations, Hacked Joseph Cox , Jason Koebler · May 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM Hackers have targeted GlobalX Air, one of the main airlines the Trump administration is using as part of its deportation efforts, and stolen what they say are flight records and passenger manifests of all of […]