If you have a couple of Tums that are about to expire, just throw them in the river. Might help. #ItTakesAllOfUs ;p

"She says."

If you want to see the kind of abominable ad hominems that some anti-vaxxers will resort to online, watch this video from Dr. Mike about how his Jubilee appearance was terrible because "dude got fat." youtu.be/U-fZ8zpNLa8?...

The White House is reportedly discussing paying everyone who lives in Greenland anywhere from $10,000 to $100,000 per person if they secede from Denmark. This is apparently what putting Americans first looks like. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Here’s a piece from NYT for which I was interviewed (but ultimately not quoted) on functional medicine. It features @caulfieldtim.bsky.social & @gorskon.bsky.social (yay!). Two things to discuss. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...

Now there’s AI health slop…for seniors?! 🤮 Jonathan Jarry reviewed generated health videos with millions of views. The slop he waded through was only a fraction of what’s now spewing out of Asian content farms. It also all “seems legit” thanks particularly to COPIOUS FAKE CITATIONS.

If you teach critical thinking in higher ed and want to go to Fresno, consider submitting a proposal for LiliCon 2026. I attended last summer and it’s a superb conference for people who actually teach skepticism to uni students. www.lilienfeldalliance.org/lilicon

NEW: @carolinehaskins.bsky.social obtained records documenting the aftermath of RFK Jr. dumping a dead bear cub in Central Park (to "be fun," he's said), including photos. Our paywall is down on this story per our policy on stories based on public records requests.

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.

RFK Jr. just flipped the food pyramid to create a funnel of performative masculinity

I don’t know what to say anymore.

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!

remains striking the extent to which trump quite loudly does not see himself as president of the united states and more as a clan leader for his supporters

Online survey of 997 breast cancer pts: * 65% had seen false reports that sugar, deodorant, cell phones, vaccines increase risk of cancer progression/recurrence * 54% had seen false reports that organic food, vitamins, alkaline food decreased risk It's everywhere. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Just so you understand how bad scientific research into "unlikely health claims" can get, let me walk you through one of the worst papers I've read recently. It's about gua sha. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37253670/

The old debate on "should you regulate the practice of nonsense?" is taking place in B.C. this year. Regulate: looks like gov says it works Don't regulate: even easier to cause harm Don't know that there's a perfect answer, but this write-up is quite confusing. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

If your heart needs a reset, Chilli is on call.

"Instead, an updated version of the food pyramid is back, this time inverted and slightly jumbled. Protein, dairy and healthy fats, along with vegetables and fruits dominate; whole grains are de-emphasized." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Oh, joy. Text "TRUTH" for updates from the White House.

Hasan Minhaj has gone from bravely denouncing Saudi Arabia and Modi on Patriot Act to platforming anyone who'll get him clicks on YouTube. Minhaj says some have called Deepak Chopra a grifter but he wanted to hear him out. No, he wanted #Content. youtu.be/H71Xr5IGzgI?...

Just a reminder from the Ministry of Truth that WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH Good ole George....

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.

If you needed more proof that Andrew Huberman is a quack, he’s “a fan” of Gwyneth Paltrow’s goop and collaborates with them on a meal they sell. apple.news/A6vFdLwprRS2...

“Culinary medicine”? How is that not… dietetics? youtu.be/Zw57MSchvtw?...

Emily in Paris rumoured to be renewed every year for the next three decades. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds > 1,500 local public radio and TV stations in the U.S., is shutting down because of the Trump regime’s actions against it. Wow. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

The report accompanying the new vaccine schedule repeatedly refers to the vaccine schedule as mandated, and coercive. That's patently false, it is a set of recommendations. The authors may be trying to get at school entrance requirements, but those are state policies, not federal.

Vaccines will not be eliminated from the U.S. all at once. It will be a slower process, fuelled by rational-looking decision-making, as vaccine hesitancy is bolstered by the government and vaccines are "unrecommended" one by one.

My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social attempts to answer the following question: Why is it that, when you see a new nonsensical health gadget or practice, a chiropractor is almost invariably behind it? Why are chiropractors in particular drawn to so much bunk?

Elon Musk promised a lot of things by 2025 - colonists arriving on Mars - xAI achieving AGI - Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S. - completely driverless robotaxis - a Tesla Roadster demo - DOGE cutting trillions none of them happened mashable.com/article/elon-mus...

From 50% of U.S. counties having enough vaxxed kids to prevent measles from spreading... down to 28% now. Vaccine coverage in Wisconsin appears to be particularly bleak based on the map. Not sure why.

"Israel says the rules are aimed at preventing Hamas and other militant groups from infiltrating the aid organizations. But the organizations say the rules are arbitrary & warned that the new ban would harm a civilian population desperately in need of humanitarian aid." www.npr.org/2025/12/30/g...

I'm writing about chiropractic this week and thinking about its founder's son. There truly isn't a more cheesy, Harlequin-romance-worthy name than B.J. Palmer.

Tfw you realize your email inbox has turned into the frickin' PubliSac.

The Lilienfeld Alliance for the Teaching of Rational Skepticism in Higher Ed has won this year's James Randi Educational Foundation award, a recognition our office at McGill (@McGillOSS) received the year before. Congrats! www.facebook.com/randifoundat...

"The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose."

Breaking news: The Trump administration plans to shift the federal government away from directly recommending most vaccines for children and suggest parents consult with doctors to make their own vaccine choices.

"So, what can research teach us about how children deal with the great Santa lie? And should we even be lying to children about the way in which gifts end up finding themselves at the foot of our Christmas trees?" My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social. Merry Christmas! www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

Given all the recent buzz about how great ChatGPT has gotten, including its prowess with images, I figured I'd check in on its anatomical skills. Nope.

It's a thin line between a serious movie trailer and a Daily Show parody. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmaW...

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.

Powerful Rest And Fluids Industry Influencing Doctors' Treatment Of Colds https://theonion.com/powerful-rest-and-fluids-industry-influencing-doctors-t-1819570463/

Today, Trump declared that the nation will host the first-ever “Patriot Games,” an “unprecedented four-day athletic event” featuring high school athletes, one boy and one girl, from each state and territory. If you think this sounds like The Hunger Games, you're not alone.

BREAKING: President Trump to rename the United States of America "The United Trumps of Trump." Google Maps told reporters they would amend their website yesterday.

Nothing to see here. This is not what a dictatorship looks like. variety.com/2025/legit/n...

Given the flood of IP slop movie studios are serving us these days, I'm happy to report that the trailer for The Sheep Detectives is fantastic. Fun, original, creative. Looks really cool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfNL...

"Plasma physicist Nuno Loureiro, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, was shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on Monday." Horrifying.... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Is anyone else being served the website Biology Insights more and more at the top of search results? It appears to be AI-generated answers to a bunch of science questions. biologyinsights.com