Skeptico
@realskeptico.bsky.social
Skeptic (not a cynic or a denier). Explaining critical thinking, and debunking irrationality since 2005 but the responses from the clueless get no better. CA Bay Area. Retired. Amateur photographer. Despises MAGA.
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Skeptico
@realskeptico.bsky.social
· Dec 14
Can we all please stop calling RFK Jr a vaccine "skeptic"? A skeptic requires evidence, and will accept a claim if there is good evidence for it.
RFK Jr is a denier and a cynic. He denies huge amounts of evidence supporting vaccines. He cynically believes scientists are deliberately harming kids.
RFK Jr is a denier and a cynic. He denies huge amounts of evidence supporting vaccines. He cynically believes scientists are deliberately harming kids.
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I wouldn't judge KK for not passing her bar exam on her first try, but I judge her for consulting half a dozen psychics about it. Rather than bar coaches.
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I wouldn't judge KK for not passing her bar exam on her first try, but I judge her for consulting half a dozen psychics about it. Rather than bar coaches.
In shocking news, mainstream media learns the word "lying"
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Fact check: Trump’s lying spree about inflation | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump went on a lying spree about inflation last week.
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In shocking news, mainstream media learns the word "lying"
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Does anyone have the phone number of the healthcare company where we can call to negotiate our individual health insurance prices? Asking for a friend.
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Does anyone have the phone number of the healthcare company where we can call to negotiate our individual health insurance prices? Asking for a friend.
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I don’t care if Schumer voted no. If he’s unable to wrangle the caucus, he’s not an effective leader. I’ll continue to push for the caucus to elect a new one.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I don’t care if Schumer voted no. If he’s unable to wrangle the caucus, he’s not an effective leader. I’ll continue to push for the caucus to elect a new one.
And yet he's claiming he didn't relish the experience
November 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
And yet he's claiming he didn't relish the experience
Mike Johnson cosplaying Manuel from Fawlty Towers
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mike Johnson cosplaying Manuel from Fawlty Towers
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No, CBS will not settle any lawsuits against them that people may bring for editing out over half of Trump’s interview since none of you are in a position of power to approve their merger with any other media companies.
November 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
No, CBS will not settle any lawsuits against them that people may bring for editing out over half of Trump’s interview since none of you are in a position of power to approve their merger with any other media companies.
GM is soon going to remove Apple Carplay from its new cars. It'll replace it with GM software that requires a data plan subscription at a minimum of $10 a month.
One way to make sure I'll never buy a GM car as long as I live.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
One way to make sure I'll never buy a GM car as long as I live.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Dude, Where’s My CarPlay?
The auto industry is at war with Apple.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
GM is soon going to remove Apple Carplay from its new cars. It'll replace it with GM software that requires a data plan subscription at a minimum of $10 a month.
One way to make sure I'll never buy a GM car as long as I live.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
One way to make sure I'll never buy a GM car as long as I live.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
More and more people are starting to think that groupthink doesn't exist
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www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
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www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
Everyone Hates Groupthink. Experts Aren’t Sure It Exists.
Are we too quick to agree on the dangers of consensus?
www.theatlantic.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
More and more people are starting to think that groupthink doesn't exist
🤔
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
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www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
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The New York Times likes to say Trump "has stretched the limits of his powers” and “tests the boundaries of the presidency.” But this is not a test or a stretching exercise. He’s a lawless politician building a dictatorship. Say it. 🧵 1/3
November 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The New York Times likes to say Trump "has stretched the limits of his powers” and “tests the boundaries of the presidency.” But this is not a test or a stretching exercise. He’s a lawless politician building a dictatorship. Say it. 🧵 1/3
"...the desperate desire of Attorney General Merrick Garland and President Joe Biden to avoid any appearance of partisanship led the department to put off looking into evidence of a potential crime and gave Mr. Trump an advantage that few appreciated at the time."
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
Opinion | All It Took for Trump to Dismantle the Justice Dept.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"...the desperate desire of Attorney General Merrick Garland and President Joe Biden to avoid any appearance of partisanship led the department to put off looking into evidence of a potential crime and gave Mr. Trump an advantage that few appreciated at the time."
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
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The man who kept yelling that everyone else was going to be responsible for nuclear war wants to start testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992.
October 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The man who kept yelling that everyone else was going to be responsible for nuclear war wants to start testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992.
The US is now a competitive authoritarianism state, and has a short time to avoid becoming consolidated authoritarianism (which would take decades to reverse). This article lists some things that we need to make happen now to avoid that.
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/between-de...
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/between-de...
Between Democracy and Dictatorship: Where We Are and How Long We Have
There won’t be a day when we wake up and the Wikipedia page suddenly says “The US is a Fascist Christian Ethnostate.” That’s not how authoritarian takeover works for people living through it.
cmarmitage.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The US is now a competitive authoritarianism state, and has a short time to avoid becoming consolidated authoritarianism (which would take decades to reverse). This article lists some things that we need to make happen now to avoid that.
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/between-de...
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/between-de...
We know Republican politicians, the Supreme Court, many institutions and most of the mainstream media will let trump do whatever he wants. I find it disappointing and alarming that the military and the CIA don't seem able or willing to say no to to him either.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
CIA playing ‘most important part’ in US strikes in the Caribbean, sources say
Exclusive: sources say the agency is providing real-time intelligence collected by satellites and signal intercepts
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We know Republican politicians, the Supreme Court, many institutions and most of the mainstream media will let trump do whatever he wants. I find it disappointing and alarming that the military and the CIA don't seem able or willing to say no to to him either.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.
The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.
The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.
October 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.
The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.
The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.
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HEY CORPORATE MEDIA,
Say it with me. Your headline is REPUBLICAN CONGRESS FAILS TO FUND GOVERNMENT: SHUTDOWN IMMINENT
Let me know if you need any help with this
Say it with me. Your headline is REPUBLICAN CONGRESS FAILS TO FUND GOVERNMENT: SHUTDOWN IMMINENT
Let me know if you need any help with this
October 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
HEY CORPORATE MEDIA,
Say it with me. Your headline is REPUBLICAN CONGRESS FAILS TO FUND GOVERNMENT: SHUTDOWN IMMINENT
Let me know if you need any help with this
Say it with me. Your headline is REPUBLICAN CONGRESS FAILS TO FUND GOVERNMENT: SHUTDOWN IMMINENT
Let me know if you need any help with this
Katie Miller calling Stevie von Nosferatu a “sexual matador” isn’t the flex she thinks it is. I've seen a bullfight in Spain. A matador needs a five man team (3 on horseback) to soften up the bull first. A matador literally can’t perform without this opening gang having their go at the bull first.
September 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Katie Miller calling Stevie von Nosferatu a “sexual matador” isn’t the flex she thinks it is. I've seen a bullfight in Spain. A matador needs a five man team (3 on horseback) to soften up the bull first. A matador literally can’t perform without this opening gang having their go at the bull first.
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I don’t want my tax dollars to bail out farmers. I voted to protect their farms and they voted for tariffs and to destroy their farms by voting for 🍊💩🤡. MAGA doesn’t believe in socialism and we all tried to warn them. Fuck them. This shit is on them
September 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I don’t want my tax dollars to bail out farmers. I voted to protect their farms and they voted for tariffs and to destroy their farms by voting for 🍊💩🤡. MAGA doesn’t believe in socialism and we all tried to warn them. Fuck them. This shit is on them
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Imagine trying to come into my replies and using AAPS as a source.
September 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Imagine trying to come into my replies and using AAPS as a source.
It's hard to feel sympathy for Comey since he contributed to (caused?) Hillary's loss and therefore Trump. But this is the correct take 👇
I honestly don’t care about James Comey.
But I want to live in a democratic republic.
His indictment proves we live in a banana republic, where the autocrat personally orders indictments of his political enemies, and when his own officials refuse he finds new ones that will.
But I want to live in a democratic republic.
His indictment proves we live in a banana republic, where the autocrat personally orders indictments of his political enemies, and when his own officials refuse he finds new ones that will.
September 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It's hard to feel sympathy for Comey since he contributed to (caused?) Hillary's loss and therefore Trump. But this is the correct take 👇
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Ironic, isn’t it that Merrick Garland couldn’t indict Republican criminals, but the Republicans can.
September 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Ironic, isn’t it that Merrick Garland couldn’t indict Republican criminals, but the Republicans can.
I wonder if Comey now regrets his decision in 2016 to re-open the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails, and then publicize it although there was no requirement to do so.
September 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I wonder if Comey now regrets his decision in 2016 to re-open the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails, and then publicize it although there was no requirement to do so.
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If we're finally going to crack down about lying to Congress under oath, I think there are several Cabinet members and a few Supreme Court justices whose testimonies might need revisiting.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw: "This is about lying to Congress under oath, and Comey needs accountability for that. He doesn't get to just walk through the woods and write poetry and do other weird things and post on Instagram anymore. He's gonna actually have to face it."
September 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If we're finally going to crack down about lying to Congress under oath, I think there are several Cabinet members and a few Supreme Court justices whose testimonies might need revisiting.
Late night and other comedians are not "Democrat partisans" because they ridicule Trump. They ridicule him more than the dems because he does and says many more stupid things than all the Democrats in the world combined could even dream of.
September 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Late night and other comedians are not "Democrat partisans" because they ridicule Trump. They ridicule him more than the dems because he does and says many more stupid things than all the Democrats in the world combined could even dream of.