This was inevitable, and not the only case - man who called social distancing madness dies of Covid-19 (crooksandliars.com/2020/04/man-wh…) Nothing like a pandemic to give you a reality slap in the face - but it just doesn't matter for too many people.

The Covid-19 crisis is not an excuse to lower scientific standards, which would just backfire, argue ethicists in a new paper. They are exactly correct. news-medical.net/news/20200424/…

CA ER docs spreading dangerous misinformation. Fortunately, David Gorski takes them down nicely: respectfulinsolence.com/2020/04/28/eri…

Listen to an interview with me about astrology. Yes, it's still a thing. wgbh.org/news/lifestyle…

Getting lots of questions about Dr. Mikovits. She appears to be an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist crank. She wrote a book with notorious antivaxxer, Heckenlively. Foreward by nutjob RFK Jr. heavy.com/news/2020/05/j…

Orioles are back. Put out some oranges, and they will come.

Interview on a Chicago radio station about the COVID pandemic. I didn't realize until I was on what their political orientation was - youtube.com/watch?v=rEJsAH…

Wow, I really let the weeds in my backyard get out of hand.

Hot yoga is indeed fashionable nonsense. nypost.com/2018/01/23/hot…

Once again, we have to rewrite the timeline of human evolution. Probably still many fossils out there that will force further revisions. bbc.com/news/science-e…

Climbed to the top of Diamond Head crater. Now I know how Sam and Frodo felt. You know - if you add actual flowing lava and 15,000 hostile orcs.

While it's chic to make light fun of Paltrow's Goop conference - make no mistake. She is a hardcore snake oil peddler promoting dangerous nonsense. respectfulinsolence.com/2018/01/30/in-…

A cold tolerant Gros Michel banana? If there were a Nobel prize in bananas, this guy should get it. npr.org/sections/thesa…

I am calling out Georgian College in Ontario and Dean Fay Lim-Lambie for promoting homeopthy pseudoscience and watering down academic legitimacy. theness.com/neurologicablo…

New systematic review finds no evidence cupping is helpful for athletes, but then they recommend more research. No, we don't need more research to know that a silly pre-scientific superstition-based treatment in not effective medicine. online.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ac…

Rare yellow cardinal spotted. If you keep a bird feeder, you will occasionally see rare birds, but this is really rare, and beautiful. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rar…

I had a fun interview on the Beyond Synth podcast: soundcloud.com/beyond-synth/b…

This is the kind of news story that has huge implications, but will not get nearly the attention it deserves. Treasure trove of rare earth's discovered. independent.co.uk/environment/ra…

Dave Gorski and I are on the most recent episode of the Ecomodernist Podcast talking about (what else) snake oil. ecomodernistpodcast.org/podcast/snake-…

Going to see Solo tonight. Hope it doesn't suck as much as everyone fears. We will be reviewing it on AQ6. facebook.com/alphaquadrant6