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So Long, and Thanks for All the Brine Shrimp • After a great run, Brad and I are closing out Citation Needed.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Brine Shrimp
After a great run, Brad and I are closing out Citation Needed.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Woke “scholars” say childhood sexual innocence is a “colonial fiction” that must be dismantled • Plus more crazy papers and a sane one.
Woke “scholars” say childhood sexual innocence is a “colonial fiction” that must be dismantled
Plus more crazy papers and a sane one.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Decolonizing and indigenizing nursing with Amy Hamm • Colin and Amy discuss a new paper that calls for replacing evidence-based nursing practices with mystical rituals.
Decolonizing and indigenizing nursing with Amy Hamm
Colin and Amy discuss a new paper that calls for replacing evidence-based nursing practices with mystical rituals.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A new paper by a ‘nonspeaking cyborg kraken’ says society is oppressive because most people speak and hear • Plus, a lightning round of insane new academic abstracts.
A new paper by a ‘nonspeaking cyborg kraken’ says society is oppressive because most people speak and hear
Plus, a lightning round of insane new academic abstracts.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
‘Queer’ researcher says keeping records of child abuse is ‘settler-colonial violence’ • Plus, the father of modern evidence-based medicine publicly admits he caved to activist pressure.
‘Queer’ researcher says keeping records of child abuse is ‘settler-colonial violence’
Plus, the father of modern evidence-based medicine publicly admits he caved to activist pressure.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This sociologist says “reverse discrimination” is a paranoid myth. Here’s why he’s wrong. • Plus, some thoughts on the Minneapolis shooting and the dangers of separating vulnerable people from reality.
This sociologist says “reverse discrimination” is a paranoid myth. Here’s why he’s wrong.
Plus, some thoughts on the Minneapolis shooting and the dangers of separating vulnerable people from reality.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Cancer drugs and psychedelics convinced this man he’s a nonbinary grandmother named Leela • Plus: the father of evidence-based medicine abandons his own principles to defend child sex change procedures.
Cancer drugs and psychedelics convinced this man he’s a nonbinary grandmother named Leela
Plus: the father of evidence-based medicine abandons his own principles to defend child sex change procedures.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Top journal Nature wants to decolonize science and replace it with ‘Indigenous’ mysticism • Plus, why two male NFL cheerleaders shaking pom-poms isn’t a hill the ‘gender critical’ movement should die on.
Top journal Nature wants to decolonize science and replace it with ‘Indigenous’ mysticism
Plus, why two male NFL cheerleaders shaking pom-poms isn’t a hill the ‘gender critical’ movement should die on.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New Fat Studies ‘research’ claims Ozempic is fueling oppression and fat genocide • Plus, the scientist who discovered the SRY gene writes a nonsensical op-ed criticizing its use in women’s sports.
New Fat Studies ‘research’ claims Ozempic is fueling oppression and fat genocide
Plus, the scientist who discovered the SRY gene writes a nonsensical op-ed criticizing its use in women’s sports.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This man lied about his identity and got awards for his deliberately terrible poems • Plus, a new research paper flips the narrative on transgenderism and bullying.
This man lied about his identity and got awards for his deliberately terrible poems
Plus, a new research paper flips the narrative on transgenderism and bullying.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Activist researchers are scientifically testing how to indoctrinate your kids into gender ideology • Plus, UPenn's reversal on men in women's sports and the media distortions that followed.
Activist researchers are scientifically testing how to indoctrinate your kids into gender ideology
Plus, UPenn's reversal on men in women's sports and the media distortions that followed.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The dark pseudoscience the Trevor Project uses to target vulnerable teens • Plus, a researcher claims that whales can have "queer identities."
The dark pseudoscience the Trevor Project uses to target vulnerable teens
Plus, a researcher claims that whales can have "queer identities."
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November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Justice Sotomayor’s emotional dissent was fueled by the trans ‘suicide myth.’ So we debunk it. • Plus, we expose how woke researchers twist interviews into evidence of “white ignorance” and “toxic masculinity.”
Justice Sotomayor’s emotional dissent was fueled by the trans ‘suicide myth.’ So we debunk it.
Plus, we expose how woke researchers twist interviews into evidence of “white ignorance” and “toxic masculinity.”
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November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Male or female? Separating fact from fiction about Olympic boxer Imane Khelif • A new paper on sex differences in athletic performance, and a deep-dive into what's currently known about Imane Khelif's biology.
Male or female? Separating fact from fiction about Olympic boxer Imane Khelif
A new paper on sex differences in athletic performance, and a deep-dive into what's currently known about Imane Khelif's biology.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Debunking the junk science behind the “only 1% regret gender surgeries” myth • This often-cited claim in the gender debate is based on some of the shoddiest "research" we've seen yet.
Debunking the junk science behind the “only 1% regret gender surgeries” myth
This often-cited claim in the gender debate is based on some of the shoddiest "research" we've seen yet.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"Biology is not binary!": Activists push pseudoscience after bombshell UK Supreme Court ruling • It's supposedly "unsafe" to make policy based on the fact that there are only two sexes, according to a new open letter.
"Biology is not binary!": Activists push pseudoscience after bombshell UK Supreme Court ruling
It's supposedly "unsafe" to make policy based on the fact that there are only two sexes, according to a new open letter.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM