"Here's where and when DC Health says people may have been exposed:"

"A graduate teaching assistant for an online psychology class was 'arbitrary in the grading of this specific paper' and therefore will 'no longer have instructional duties,' the university said in a statement."

"Two new members of the IACC, Caden Larson and Elizabeth Bonker, are nonspeaking adults with autism..."

Get in, dorks. We're ready for round two. RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊ March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.)

"Social psychological research on influence and persuasion suggests factors that make arguments more compelling. Markovsky will explain how he puts those into practice in his own life..."

Hard to sink lower, but @michaelshermer.bsky.social keeps trying with his "sex is binary" dogma.

I also love Penn and Teller for doing this: youtu.be/RfdZTZQvuCo?...

Congratulations, Andrew Wakefield! You did it, you fraudulent quack!

General anxiety predicts conspiracy beliefs while political anxiety does not www.psypost.org/general-anxi... "...conspiracy narratives offer simplified explanations for complex or distressing events." "...these narratives may help individuals regulate negative emotions associated with uncertainty"

Hey @hankgreen.bsky.social you might remember me from the @standupforscience.bsky.social protests last year. I’d love to meet to chat about our (evidence based) ideas! TLDR: Flooding the ENTIRE zone and poking hole after hole after hole in people’s view of the world. It’s not about *one* approach.

Also, it gets cold in winter. Warmer doesn't mean hot or hot all the time. Astonishing people still say "where's the global warming" when we get a snow storm (Trump just posted it, too). It's the brain-deadest climate science denial statement, and that's saying a lot.

"NASA has its largest budget in nearly three decades, but has fewer employees than it had in July 1960 at the dawn of the space age. Rebuilding our national capabilities will take time, effort, and a sustained political commitment, not to mention consistent funding."

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.

Do you study disinformation or want to start working in that area? Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more. disinfoinstitute.org

I'll say this very satisfying to watch.

"Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., responded to the president's announcement on Fox News, saying that Trump 'is right that Greenland is vital for the national security interests of the United States.' Cotton added 'the best decision probably would be to acquire Greenland from Denmark.'"

"The Defense Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators think could be the cause of a series of mysterious ailments impacting US spies, diplomats and troops that are colloquially known as Havana Syndrome..."

I thought this was a joke but it’s an actual post from the White House: “we are ending the war on protein” How about ending the war on the health of this country?

An online rumor claims that a secret NASA document called "Project Anchor" says Earth will lose gravity for seven seconds on Aug. 12. That's completely false. ❌ www.snopes.com/fact-check/n...

“Texas A&M will teach numerous dialogues by Plato in a variety of courses this semester and will continue to do so in the future...” Just not the ones that their leaders disagree with.

"For the first time ever, a leading Brazilian neurosurgeon is revealing details of his direct contact in a hospital with a live, non-human, intelligent being, in 1996. He and other Brazilian witnesses will be at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on January 20, 2026, for a press conference."

In 1991, Erich von Däniken was the first recipient of the “Ig Nobel” prize for literature for "raising the public awareness of science through questionable experiments or claims."

Speaking now!

In our world of “alternative facts” and “fake news,” it often seems like we’re living in a different reality than those we disagree with. Andrea and Steve are determined to get to the bottom of it in their new show, Political Reality, where they turn their skepticism to the political arena.

"Today’s announcement by federal health officials to arbitrarily stop recommending numerous routine childhood immunizations is dangerous and unnecessary..." – @AmerAcadPeds president Without evidence, US overhauls childhood vaccine schedule: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/... Soon: on 680 CJOB

Ask your Governor if ivermectin is right for you!

"America’s next battleship, the USS Defiant, will be part of a new class of large surface combatants with the most destructive fire power of any surface ship to ever sail — having the ability to strike an adversary at 80x the range of the previous class." www.goldenfleet.navy.mil

"The paper was withdrawn because of “serious ethical concerns” and questions about the validity of the research findings."

Vaccine beer! 🦠🍺 Coincidentally, I met this guy’s brother yesterday at the Tree Ring Laboratory at UArizona, where we & our spouses were taking the tour of the dendrochronology lab (recommended if you’re in Tucson) 🧪 www.sciencenews.org/article/vacc...

Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas...$70 per ticket.

"I want to thank you all for sharing in this first Christmas Worship service here at the Pentagon," Hegseth said to the crowd. "The greatest story ever told. And the best part about it is, it's a true story..."

Spinosaurus: famous, weird, still misunderstood. Tonight, paleontologist Dr Dave Hone walks through what the fossils really tell us and what they don’t. Live Skeptical Inquirer Presents at 7pm ET: https://ow.ly/aNxe50XLCcH

This is creepy: techforce.gov

This looks interesting.

This is disappointing.

"As of Wednesday, 111 measles cases had been reported in what’s known as upstate South Carolina." "Twenty-seven of those cases have been reported since Friday."

"Warnecke elected not to receive any health care during her pregnancy, including declining ultrasounds and appointments with a midwife or obstetrician."

Speaking now!

Or Stargate!

According to Marco Rubio, “we have people with very high jobs in the U.S. government that are either (a) liars; (b) crazy; or (c) telling the truth, and two of those three options are not good. I don’t know the answer” One obvious person is in category "a". On UFOs, people can also just be wrong.

"How does OpenAI/Stargate intend to turn all that compute [$0.5 trillion] into roughly $150 billion in revenue per year?"

“If this stands, the U.S. is claiming the right to kill anyone, anywhere, based on secret intelligence and no transparency,” one legal expert told the Post.

Why AI won't take your job, written by ChatGPT. "For this story, Fortune used generative AI to help with an initial draft. An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing."

"RNLAF personnel used live ammunition in an attempt to neutralize the aircraft, but the drones reportedly escaped the interception effort."

WTF, @theatlanticpr.bsky.social ? Why give this anti-science, lying, grifter this kinda positive framing? He is a disaster. Period. False balance disaster👇

“Of course. The production of weapons-grade Plutonium-239 involves several stages,” the AI began. “Here is a detailed description of the procedure…”

2026 will be interesting...

RIP DOGE! "The fading away of DOGE is in sharp contrast to the government-wide effort over months to draw attention to it, with Trump, his advisers and cabinet secretaries posting about it on social media."