[False] Facebook claim: Photos show children wearing satanic clothing and participating in a satanic club. (www.politifact.com)
The photos of children participating in satanic rituals at school were created by generative artificial intelligence....
Tucker and Ben Shapiro Pegged By Con Man Prostitute with Sham Story (plus.thebulwark.com)
Tucker Carlson recently hosted an exclusive interview with Larry Sinclair, a convicted fraudster who has been peddling uncorroborated tales involving former U.S. President Barack Obama since the 2008 presidential campaign. During the interview, Sinclair recanted his widely debunked claims of engaging in illegal drug use and...
New Randomized Trial Shows Trans Care Lowers Suicidality (www.erininthemorning.com)
A randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted by researchers in Melbourne, Australia, has demonstrated significant benefits of gender-affirming care for trans individuals, offering a critical insight amidst rising anti-trans sentiment questioning the efficacy of such treatments....
A New Climate Conspiracy Theory Claims Traffic Control Is an Attack on Freedom (www.scientificamerican.com)
A concept to reduce city traffic called the “15-minute city” is being accused by far-right critics as a Communist-style attack on personal freedoms. This urban planning principle aims to locate resources such as grocery stores, schools, and hospitals within walking distance of homes to lower carbon emissions. Opponents,...
RFK Jr. resurrects an old antivax half-truth about “saline placebos” in randomized controlled trials of vaccines (sciencebasedmedicine.org)
The article debunks the antivaccine misinformation campaign by Aaron Siri and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. They cast doubts on the safety and efficacy of vaccines by contesting the use of placebos in clinical trials....
Why a Harvard professor thinks he may have found fragments of an alien spacecraft (www.independent.co.uk)
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb believes he has found fragments of an alien spacecraft from a meteor dubbed IM1, which crashed off the coast of Papua New Guinea in 2014....
Uri Geller is Not A Magician (djgrothe.substack.com)
This article (written by D.J. Grothe) explains how Uri Geller, known for bending spoons and claiming supernatural abilities, is not a magician, but a con man....
Aspartame: still no evidence for cancer risk (sciencebasedmedicine.org)
Recently, it was disclosed that the World Health Organization (WHO) is considering reclassifying artificial sweetener aspartame as a ‘possible’ carcinogen, reigniting long-standing rumors and conspiracy theories about its safety. However, more than 60 scientific bodies worldwide and thousands of studies maintain...
The Far Right Is Already Using the Philadelphia Shooting to Smear Trans People (www.vice.com)
A 40-year-old man named Kimbrady Carriker was charged with five counts of murder after shooting victims at random during Independence Day celebrations in Philadelphia....
The Scientist At the Heart of COVID Lab Leak Conspiracies (time.com)
Ralph Baric’s work on gain-of-function research, which includes manipulating viruses in the lab to study their behavior, has faced controversy and blame due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
No, these decade-old-plus videos don’t ‘expose’ Planned Parenthood aiding sex traffickers (www.politifact.com)
The anti-abortion group Live Action recently reshared hidden-camera videos from 2011 that show hired actors posing at multiple Planned Parenthood locations as underage sex workers with their adult sex traffickers....
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The Psychological and Political Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs (ryanbruno.substack.com)
Conspiracy beliefs are more common than expected, with half of Americans subscribing to at least one, and their popularity varies depending on political and psychological traits....
Photo of Children Walking Past Naked Men Is from 2017 London Bike Event, Not Pride (www.snopes.com)
Paul Golding, leader of Britain First, incorrectly claimed in a June 2023 tweet that a photograph of children passing by naked men was taken at an LGBT ‘Pride’ event....
Declassified US Intelligence: Still No Evidence for Covid 'Lab Leak' Theory (yro.slashdot.org)
A declassified report from U.S. intelligence agencies found no evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic originated from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)....
It’s Not Possible to ‘Win’ an Argument With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (www.nytimes.com)
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https://www.advocate.com/media/fox-news-ap-reuters (www.advocate.com)
Fox News is facing accusations of altering Associated Press (AP) and Reuters articles to incite animosity against transgender individuals....