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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What an easy governing philosophy Republicans have. Just blame every problem on Biden, Democrats, and migrants. Then you never have to solve anything and can blame all your failures on other people. This is especially useful when you are grossly unqualified for your position.
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
What an easy governing philosophy Republicans have. Just blame every problem on Biden, Democrats, and migrants. Then you never have to solve anything and can blame all your failures on other people. This is especially useful when you are grossly unqualified for your position.
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To all the Republicans who have cowered, buckled and fallen into Trumpism because you’re scared of his wrath, now is your chance to stand together and bury him once and for all. A single vote can end this mess.
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
To all the Republicans who have cowered, buckled and fallen into Trumpism because you’re scared of his wrath, now is your chance to stand together and bury him once and for all. A single vote can end this mess.
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We’re not talking nearly enough about how Trump summoned Lauren Boebert to the situation room yesterday to discuss the Epstein files.
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We’re not talking nearly enough about how Trump summoned Lauren Boebert to the situation room yesterday to discuss the Epstein files.
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They couldn’t have slipped something useful into the CR like killing Daylight Savings Time?!!
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
They couldn’t have slipped something useful into the CR like killing Daylight Savings Time?!!
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Venezuela and Nigeria seem like such an odd pair of nations to threaten for different reasons in the same month. I wonder if they have anything at all in common?
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Venezuela and Nigeria seem like such an odd pair of nations to threaten for different reasons in the same month. I wonder if they have anything at all in common?
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Totally normal to race to the situation room for a meeting with one of the dumbest members of Congress in a desperate attempt to prevent the imminent release of files on a notorious sex trafficker you knew intimately.
Nothing to see here.
Nothing to see here.
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Totally normal to race to the situation room for a meeting with one of the dumbest members of Congress in a desperate attempt to prevent the imminent release of files on a notorious sex trafficker you knew intimately.
Nothing to see here.
Nothing to see here.
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The fact that Trump is calling Mace and Boebert today pleading with them to remove their names from the Epstein petition at the last minute tells you everything you need to know about how incriminating the info in the files is to him and his cronies.
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The fact that Trump is calling Mace and Boebert today pleading with them to remove their names from the Epstein petition at the last minute tells you everything you need to know about how incriminating the info in the files is to him and his cronies.
Which is, of course, exactly what you would do if you knew you were not in the Epstein files and you were completely innocent of any sex crimes.
President Trump is pressuring two House GOP members to remove their names from the discharge petition that would force the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on legislation requiring the DOJ to release all unclassified files and records related to Jeffrey Epstein’s investigations and his network.
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Which is, of course, exactly what you would do if you knew you were not in the Epstein files and you were completely innocent of any sex crimes.
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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
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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