Yes, Trump really did get shot in the ear — it was not "staged" 🙄
Yes, it's yet another "magic free energy" machine, and like all the others, it's 100% a scam — yet it's been around for 15 years and has actual paying customers. This week on Skeptoid, the Rossi E-Cat: skep.us/1030
So are any of the drones currently in use in Ukraine, Russia, and Iran *really* using AI, or is it just a clickbaity buzzword? Today on my Substack:
Could the rise of a corruption-based oligarch class happen in the United States? Today on my Substack:
Is there someplace on Earth a hopeful Sovereign Citizen could go, and actually be free of any nation's laws? Not so much. This week on Skeptoid: skep.us/1029
As a housewarming present to myself, I designed LEGO portraits of four of my favorite guys from history. Considering the state of the world right now, this guy needed to be accelerated to the top of the list. We could sure use him right now.
Following Trump's tweet, are we expecting UFO files to be released? Find out now on my Substack:
You're 100% in the right for giving Paramount the giant middle finger here.
Lol! It does look like that. I saw one repost of this titled "Cokey and Methie." 😅
The Jerusalem Cross with inverted colors is used by modern white supremacist, Christian nationalist, and anti-immigrant groups.
Last week it was reported that a Norwegian researcher built a device he believes was responsible for Havana Syndrome and tested it on himself, and that "it did not go well." You've good reason to be skeptical of this story. Here's what actually happened:
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It stinks that we have to put up with so many ads throughout life, but they are something of a necessary evil. Do they deserve all of the pejoratives thrown at them? Skeptoid looks at advertising myths this week: skep.us/1028
I will now accept your accolades
The Galileo Gambit is even stupider than you thought it was. Today on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/briandun...
Kind of a super-cool episode this week, about some super-hot things: Are there really hundreds of radioactive generators sitting out in the open around the world, making people sick? It's this week's Skeptoid: skep.us/1027
Some populists online are reviving the old trope that the IRS is illegal and paying federal taxes was never actually required by law — so if you don't want to pay them, you don't have to. (Try it, and let's see how that works out for you.) I evaluate this claim in today's Substack:
Beware of fake weight loss drugs that try to trick you with the term "GLP-1". Today on my Substack:
That would be me
Only two weeks until the USA vs Canada women's hockey gold medal final.
So that heirloom china you bring out on the holidays... Is it merely haunted, or might it also be poisonous to eat from? We find out in this week's Skeptoid: skeptoid.com/episodes/1026
More than meets the eye is going on in the upcoming Artemis II flight around the Moon. Here's the stuff you didn't know:
Can confirm
Listen to me get speared and drained as I donate blood live on the Bloodworks 101 podcast: blog.bloodworksnw.org/podcast/
Some lessons learned while swimming in the soup of online dating, and some quick tips to protect yourself. Today on my Substack:
This week on Skeptoid: It's another pop quiz! Gotcha! Test your knowledge of science vs pseudoscience questions pertaining to OUTER SPACE! skeptoid.com/episodes/1025
I spent the night with a ghost, and I'd do it again. Today on my Substack:
I usually take my evening walk to get the mail — a short jaunt, about ¾ mile round trip, but quite pleasant in the snow at a late hour. Recently I've been bringing my thermal camera. I came across this little herd of deer. In the second picture, that horse in the distance is just about ⅓ mile away.
No BS in Brian's BS-free Zone today: an unknown triangular jet aircraft was just photographed in the skies above Area 51. Here's what it probably is:
100%. I can attest that the purpose of the Speedy Trial Act is to give the prosecution a virtually unlimited set of tools to delay trial as long as they want. "Time excluded" 🤮