MAGA = hate, cruelty, incompetence, corruption, injustice, regression, etc. etc.
But this vile moment perfectly frames MAGA now: a sweaty man-child makes deeply offensive racist comment in a White House bouncy castle. MAGA roars with laughter. Joe Rogan smirks.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Canadians call for heavy AI regulation angusreid.org/ai-regulatio... via @angusreidinstitute.bsky.social
Strong (and rare) bipartisan support.
68% agree must HEAVILY regulate AI.
But also pessimism.
74% "doubt any government can keep pace with AI."
🚨 Combatting misinformation www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Things associated with "discerning truth from falsehood":
- valuing democracy
- more analytic cognitive style
- prompting people to think about accuracy 👈
NOT associated:
- "endorsement of individual responsibility over government"
Sasquatch ‘sightings’ reignite fervour and scepticism about ape-like beast www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
“Over millions of years, our brains have become very, very good at identifying what’s alive in our environment. But they also have the tendency to see life where there is none."
Study Linking Vaccines to Autism Retracted www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
"...the study's conclusions were unsound 'due to fundamental methodological flaws.'"
Good to see these retraction. But, alas, harm done.
🧟♀️ Another zombie study will live on, eating brains & hurting children. 🧟♀️
For decades I've studied the harms done by pushing unproven stem cell therapies.
Exploitive, stigmatizing & so so harmful.
Stop "scienceploitation." 🛑
Autistic kids are being experimented on’: inside America’s booming market for unproven stem cell infusions www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
Does extraterrestrial intelligence exists? www.alternet.org/steven-spiel... @alternet.org
Me: Yep, but discovery "very unlikely to be result of ship landing or a dramatic reveal by a gov whistleblower. It would be the discovery of an astronomical anomaly that is slowly confirmed via peer review...”
The global strategy behind political polarization | Anatomy of Disinformation www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7D9...
Me: "We know that conspiracy theories increase during times of uncertainty and anxiety."
But uncertainty, anxiety, rage, and grievance also being manufactured for political gain!
Timothy Caulfield
Congrats to an amazing team for award for THIS paper☝️
See news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...
Thx for your much terrific & needed work, @arechar.bsky.social @dgrand.bsky.social @gordpennycook.bsky.social @adamberinsky.bsky.social @ziv-e.bsky.social @kvg.bsky.social @robert-m-ross.bsky.social et al 🙏
YES‼️
The "asymmetry btw the salience of misleading information and the effort required to debunk, 'prebunk,' or communicate messier, complex truths is a fundamental challenge..."
But ESSENTIAL to battle bunk! 💪
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... by @mlbarnett.bsky.social @jeremyfaust.bsky.social 🙏
Across 16 countries, this research finds consistent cognitive and social predictors of COVID-19 misinformation susceptibility, and shows how accuracy prompts and literacy tips reduce misinformation sh...
Justin Gaethje stunned Ilia Topuria in the main event as a night of military pageantry, political theater and cage fighting veered into conspiracy-laden culture-war rhetoric
Before seeing the new science fiction movie “Disclosure Day,” I reached out to some of Earth’s top experts about its underlying premise — that is, whether or not extraterrestrial intelligence exists i...
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The Behavioral Science & Policy Association (BSPA) has chosen a study led by Cornell researchers as its publication of the year.
Public communication in health care is complex and fraught with challenges. The subject matter is often technical, and the evidence base to communicate can be less than definitive. Demand for clear, d...
