Blogs about: Anti Quackery
Skeptic's Circle #85: Looking under rocks
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qw88nb88 wrote 2 months ago: It’s amazing what you can find if you start looking under rocks. You can find isopods, fossi … more »
Wicked Good funnies
qw88nb88 wrote 3 months ago: Two short things I want to post before I get distracted (again!): BigHeathenMike put up a riotously … more »
Two more species of Fallacies
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qw88nb88 wrote 3 months ago: After you’ve become familiar with a variety of stupid political arguments or with spotting pse … more »
Just bothering, telling you so,
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qw88nb88 wrote 3 months ago: We’re past the mid-week “hump”, but the weekend is still just a calendar square af … more »
Facts aren't enough
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qw88nb88 wrote 4 months ago: “Wow, you take more pills than me,” hubby remarked as I filled up my daily pill-minder f … more »
So-Not-Helpful Fixers and their Malcommendations
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qw88nb88 wrote 4 months ago: Bless them, there are a lot of people out there who want to help. Or rather, there are a lot of peo … more »
A shot in the arm, A slight kick in the butt
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qw88nb88 wrote 4 months ago: Last week I took two of our cats to the vet for their annual check-ups, including the Rabies, Feline … more »
OMG Teh LOLCats!
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qw88nb88 wrote 5 months ago: Wow, lotsa busy stuff happening over here! Getting the Carnival of the Spineless knocked together (i … more »
The 3-pound Exemption (disembodied woo)
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qw88nb88 wrote 5 months ago: You gotta feel sorry for Topeka, Kansas. The state’s capital city is not only home to the inf … more »
Sn*wed under
qw88nb88 wrote 5 months ago: Sn*w day for the kids today. Meanwhile, college classes have started, and colleges rarely shut dow … more »
Both Sides Now
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qw88nb88 wrote 5 months ago: I hate hearing about “both sides” in news pieces. It’s not that I don’t wan … more »
No wait, it's not mercury, it's -- lead!
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qw88nb88 wrote 6 months ago: A four-year old autistic boy, Noah Breakiron, is in the news for being cured of lead poisoning. … more »
Bread and Circuses
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qw88nb88 wrote 6 months ago: Just a couple of quickies here while I’m busy preparing for some new classes. Firstly, the 77t … more »
Epidemiology Bass-Ackwards
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qw88nb88 wrote 6 months ago: Again. A short news item caught my attention today. Unfortunately, it looks like a fabulous example … more »
Update
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qw88nb88 wrote 8 months ago: Woah, the timing of this AP news article was incredible, “Parents avoid vaccinations by claimi … more »
My student is missing
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qw88nb88 wrote 8 months ago: Just one of my students. I heard that he didn’t come to school today because he’s not u … more »
Recovered
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qw88nb88 wrote 1 year ago: When reading about various “cures” for autism, AD/HD et cetera, you’ll see the ter … more »
Solstice Means Carnival Time
qw88nb88 wrote 1 year ago: The Solstice Edition of the Skeptic’s Carnival is going on over at Robert McCormick’s bl … more »
Epidemics of Bad Science vs Epidemics and Bad Science
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qw88nb88 wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a hot topic constantly resurfacing in the news, especially with the Omnibus currently p … more »
