Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Roughly six months ago Australia introduced a national minimum age of 16 for social media accounts. It is often called a “ban”, but the regulator frames it as a delay to having accounts, not a ban on using the internet generally. In other words, Google, Wikipedia, and Claude are all fine, just no access to Facebook, X, … Read more
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
This is really a posting about sea level rise. However, to segue into it I will open with some recent news from Trump’s war on renewable energy. To be specific, this news as reported by various media outlets on June 17, 2026 … Trump administration to pay $765M to cancel more offshore wind leases This … Read more
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
We live in a world cluttered with quackery, pseudoscience, and outright fraud. Some of it is slick and sophisticated. Some of it is laughably silly. Today’s example falls into the latter category: homeopathy. This would be funny enough if it were merely a private market in magical sugar pills. The problem is that Senator Mike … Read more
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics