An excerpt from my book to address this kind of pseudoscience apologetics.

#7MonsterSongs Monster songs Monster in the parasol - QOTSA Little monster- Royal Blood Nature of the beast - The Angels The number of the beast - Iron Maiden Release the Kraken - Clutch Monster - My Ruin The call of Ktulu - Metallica

I have a story today about interoception--a kind of sixth sense that delivers information from within our bodies to our brains. nyti.ms/4rfTDtn

"What sort of monster makes casinos pay tax and bans them from money laundering?" chaser.com.au/business/bil...

Have you seen this uncanny meme, @davemilbo.bsky.social 🤣🤣🤣

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

Save the CSIRO Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro

The older you get, the fewer fucks you give. It’s practically a law of nature

Just noticed on an old VHS that Robert Patrick was wearing a NIN shirt when he was 3D scanned for the T-1000. That would have been 1990, so he was proudly supporting his brother Richard Patrick, who was in a new band called Nine Inch Nails at the time.

Hello Babymetal tour!!

Voting is open in the #BrettKirkMedal. The list below contains 100 albums released in 2005. Give us your 3-2-1.

Detox is a scam. It’s a legitimate medical term that has been hijacked by the wellness industry to sell pseudoscience.

“It was regrettable how many rulers of the city had been inhumed by the men in black because they didn’t recognize a chance when they saw it,

Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.

One of the things that Australia really excels at is consumer protection.

Arctic Frost - Celtic Frost’s Icelandic cousins.

Voting is open in the #SimonMaddenMedal. The list below contains 100 albums released in 1984. Give us your 3-2-1.

Nine Inch Nails “Art is Resistance” flyer (2007), with some thoughts on what it means today that came up in my recent Q&A. #NoKings ✊

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A Tesla executive is leading Australia’s R&D review. That’s not OK. Public roles should serve the people – not billionaires. Add your name to demand Denholm’s resignation and new integrity laws: getup.to/qdnOZFWWrfXB...

Boxes also work on bobcats

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/

Lord Rupert’s various shit sheets & Russian propaganda channels did not, it seems, earn enough to bother the scorers at the Tax Office. Which is to say that, unlike you, they earned $1.8 billion last year, but the ATO didn’t even rattle the tin at the Murdoch family, because what would be the point?

This is metal as hell and they should send it out as a scream emanating from the mouth of a demon

SEND IN YOUR SONGS #7GrouchSongs. Send in UP TO 7 of your favourite punk/rock songs titled or featuring 'Grouch' or similar words: 'angry', 'mad', 'grumpy', etc. (As long as these words are used as 'grouchy').

SEND IN YOUR SONGS #7WickedSongs. Send in UP TO 7 of your favourite punk/rock songs titled or featuring 'Wicked' or similar words: evil, bad, nasty, etc. (As long as these words are used as 'wicked').

Your airborne toxic event has been scheduled... "Unless they’re bringing a big sack full o’ Bitcoin stencilled with the word ‘Loot’ in 300pt Comic Sans, most world leaders will tell you that a meeting with Trump isn’t something you approach with ‘hope’."

I spent some time working in a residential home for about 20 Huntingtons patients. Each one had different symptoms and all had horrible stories of their diagnosis and decline. Plus the trauma of knowing that they may have passed the genes to their children. So happy to hear about this.

@ravendark.bsky.social Look! A French metal band I like! Mildly bonkers, just as it should be. open.spotify.com/album/3Z3jBK...

To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.

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Newborn Loses Faith In Humanity After Record 6 Days https://theonion.com/newborn-loses-faith-in-humanity-after-record-6-days-1819573929/

This is todays activities in a nutshell

Voting is open in the #AndrewMcLeodMedal. The list below contains 100 albums released in 1997. Give us your 3-2-1.

Before TOOL, Maynard James Keenan Scored His First Hit Squealing Like a Pig for Green Jellÿ themosh.net/maynard-jame...

Voting is open in the #DeanKempMedal. The list below contains 100 albums released in 1992. Give us your 3-2-1.

Voting is open in the #BrettRattenMedal. The list below contains 100 albums released in 1995. Give us your 3-2-1.

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

SEND IN YOUR SONGS #7TheClashSongs. Send in UP TO 7 of your favourite The Clash Songs.

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A HISTORY OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC IN 40 PLAYLISTS - a special edition of the free Fluxblog newsletter sketching out this history with my playlists in rough chronological order, all in one place for the first time fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-4...