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Miniminuteman: Filip Zieba Debunked - TikTok's Worst Conspiracy Theorist | Pt. 1 (www.youtube.com)

This is a super long debunking video, over 90 minutes, but Miniminuteman is always fun.

The children who remember their past lives (www.washingtonpost.com)

Effective Altruism’s Bait-and-Switch: From Global Poverty To AI Doomerism (www.techdirt.com)

Decoding the Kensington Runestone (skeptoid.com)

Soviet-Era Pseudoscience Lurks behind ‘Havana Syndrome’ Worries (www.scientificamerican.com)

More thoughts on a Lost Civilization - Archaeologist Flint Dibble reflecting on his recent debate with Graham Hancock on JRE (www.youtube.com)

Alien corpse was human, stolen by grave robbers (boingboing.net)

Uncovering the Real Story Behind the 'East Bay Mystery Walls' (www.kqed.org)

Unsurprisingly, these ‘mystery walls,’ which have been attributed to everything from lost races to giants to extraterrestrials, were most likely built by European settlers.

Dan Dennett died today, RIP (whyevolutionistrue.com)

Brilliant mind. I was lucky enough to meet him at an invited lecture once and he was nice enough to sign Freedom Evolves for me....

Stefan Milo - Atlantis is dead (www.youtube.com)

This is a decent new jumping-on point for archaeology YouTuber Stefan Milo, who devotes a significant amount of time to debunking pseudoarchaeology. But all of his videos are interesting. I highly recommend him.

Breaking Down Cass Review Myths Part 2 – The Quackometer (www.quackometer.net)

There is a lot of disinformation flying around about this. The original myth about Cass “dismissing 98% of all data” started because an activist on twitter read the wrong paper....

Why I Talked to Pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on Joe Rogan (www.sapiens.org)

Here he is on Rogan if you can stomach it. I cannot....

Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know – The Quackometer (www.quackometer.net)

Seen the “98% of studies were ignored!” one doing the rounds on social media. The editorial in the BMJ put it in much better terms:...

No, The Internet Hasn’t Gotten Worse: Just Your Outlook (www.techdirt.com)

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Fact Check: No, A New Study Does Not Show "Being Trans Is Just A Phase" (www.erininthemorning.com)

"Don't seek refuge in the false security of consensus" (youtu.be)

The mighty Hitch and one of his great orations. I often wonder what would he think of the world, such as it is, in 2024.

He quit heading the Pentagon’s UFO office. Now a report of his has shaken up ufology (www.theguardian.com)

Wat??

The Kate Middleton photo was put through Photoshop twice: ABC News (www.businessinsider.com)

Avi Loeb's "interstellar meteor" was probably just a truck. (www.space.com)

Now, a new study adds another layer of doubt. Loeb’s team chose their search area in part based on data gathered by a seismic station on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island, which picked up vibrations that seemed to be generated by the meteor’s fiery, superfast trip through Earth’s atmosphere. But those vibrations likely...

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