Jonathan Jarry
@jonathanjarry.bsky.social
Science communicator with McGill University's Office for Science and Society. Separating sense from nonsense. Not all studies are created equal.
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If anybody has any idea why my Twitter account is Japanese, let me know!!
"The X account of Hank Green, a popular YouTuber, says his account is based in Japan; Green told me Sunday that he’d never been to Japan"
A little reminder that all of you trust Elon Musk's website way too much.
A little reminder that all of you trust Elon Musk's website way too much.
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If anybody has any idea why my Twitter account is Japanese, let me know!!
I fear that Robert Eggers is just making misery porn at this point.
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I fear that Robert Eggers is just making misery porn at this point.
If you still think we can tell AI images apart from real photos, look at the alleged leaked Doctor Who set photo drama.
We can’t. It’s over.
We can’t. It’s over.
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If you still think we can tell AI images apart from real photos, look at the alleged leaked Doctor Who set photo drama.
We can’t. It’s over.
We can’t. It’s over.
“How much a rich person is willing to spend and how much a not-rich person is willing to tolerate.”
Glass bathroom doors in hotels… and how they tie into going to Disney World in 2025.
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Glass bathroom doors in hotels… and how they tie into going to Disney World in 2025.
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What happened to bathroom doors?
YouTube video by Kendra Gaylord
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November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“How much a rich person is willing to spend and how much a not-rich person is willing to tolerate.”
Glass bathroom doors in hotels… and how they tie into going to Disney World in 2025.
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youtu.be/QFPGUTyo9Yk?...
Glass bathroom doors in hotels… and how they tie into going to Disney World in 2025.
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youtu.be/QFPGUTyo9Yk?...
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When I talk to students about public speaking or teaching, I always bring this up: Just tell people when you don't know something! It's remarkably powerful b/c it signals to your audience that you know the boundaries of your expertise and they can trust what you DO talk about.
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
When I talk to students about public speaking or teaching, I always bring this up: Just tell people when you don't know something! It's remarkably powerful b/c it signals to your audience that you know the boundaries of your expertise and they can trust what you DO talk about.
The future of American education looks bleak.
Who needs teachers—who can unionize—when we have A.I.?
youtu.be/Q-PrQ9JBjYc?...
Who needs teachers—who can unionize—when we have A.I.?
youtu.be/Q-PrQ9JBjYc?...
Slop School is Here
YouTube video by Second Thought
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The future of American education looks bleak.
Who needs teachers—who can unionize—when we have A.I.?
youtu.be/Q-PrQ9JBjYc?...
Who needs teachers—who can unionize—when we have A.I.?
youtu.be/Q-PrQ9JBjYc?...
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One of the things I'm always struck by whenever I investigate the topic of wellness or alternative medicine is how much the promise of empowerment and autonomy is used as a cover for absolving the practitioner of responsibility when it all goes wrong. And this is highlighted so explicitly here.
This is an astonishing and maddening and sad story, just incredible work from Sirin Kale.
It’s also downstream of many of the things @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social has talked about on @skepticswithak.org for a decade - medical mistrust as a result of medial bias, exploitation of women as empowerment.
It’s also downstream of many of the things @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social has talked about on @skepticswithak.org for a decade - medical mistrust as a result of medial bias, exploitation of women as empowerment.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
One of the things I'm always struck by whenever I investigate the topic of wellness or alternative medicine is how much the promise of empowerment and autonomy is used as a cover for absolving the practitioner of responsibility when it all goes wrong. And this is highlighted so explicitly here.
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I’m not going to mention any names, but I will say that it’s very easy to charm scary narcissists actually if you talk to them very warmly, listen respectfully while they speak, make a ton of eye contact, and present your ideas enthusiastically without actually saying you don’t like their ideas.
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I’m not going to mention any names, but I will say that it’s very easy to charm scary narcissists actually if you talk to them very warmly, listen respectfully while they speak, make a ton of eye contact, and present your ideas enthusiastically without actually saying you don’t like their ideas.
All the people I follow on Bluesky right now:
a black and white goose is making a funny face with the words huh ?
ALT: a black and white goose is making a funny face with the words huh ?
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
All the people I follow on Bluesky right now:
"It's easier, I don't mind."
W-o-w.
W-o-w.
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"It's easier, I don't mind."
W-o-w.
W-o-w.
You can only get real news from The Onion now. I don't make the rules.
Steak ’N Shake Employee Screams After Nude RFK Jr. Climbs Out Of Beef Tallow Fryer
Steak ’N Shake Employee Screams After Nude RFK Jr. Climbs Out Of Beef Tallow Fryer
SOUTH BEND, IN—Expressing horror at the sight of the health secretary’s bare torso emerging from the vat of grease, a local Steak ’n Shake employee reportedly screamed Friday after a nude Robert F. Ke...
theonion.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You can only get real news from The Onion now. I don't make the rules.
RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, The Food Babe, Dana White, Russell Brand, Bryan Johnson, and a slew of influencers.
Oh, and attendees got a bag of chips made with beef tallow!
Oh, and attendees got a bag of chips made with beef tallow!
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, The Food Babe, Dana White, Russell Brand, Bryan Johnson, and a slew of influencers.
Oh, and attendees got a bag of chips made with beef tallow!
Oh, and attendees got a bag of chips made with beef tallow!
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Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
Some folks dealing with long COVID are applying nicotine patches to their skin even though they're not trying to quit smoking.
How this came about is a really interesting and bizarre story.
My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
How this came about is a really interesting and bizarre story.
My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
The Strange Story of Nicotine Patches to Treat Long COVID
Long COVID can feel like being adrift at sea, tiringly kicking those legs to stay above water. Social media provides lifebuoys but many turn out to be tricks of the light. What about nicotine? On Face...
www.mcgill.ca
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Some folks dealing with long COVID are applying nicotine patches to their skin even though they're not trying to quit smoking.
How this came about is a really interesting and bizarre story.
My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
How this came about is a really interesting and bizarre story.
My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
A quacky health coach claims on his website that, normally, he charges his private clients USD 50,000 AN HOUR for private coaching.
That has to be a lie.
Would anyone really pay 50K an hour to a health coach???
That has to be a lie.
Would anyone really pay 50K an hour to a health coach???
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A quacky health coach claims on his website that, normally, he charges his private clients USD 50,000 AN HOUR for private coaching.
That has to be a lie.
Would anyone really pay 50K an hour to a health coach???
That has to be a lie.
Would anyone really pay 50K an hour to a health coach???
Every month, I get an email from a reader who is frustrated with my write-up on placebo patches called LifeWave, because they totally work for them.
I'm sure these readers are totally not part of the MLM that sells the patches.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
I'm sure these readers are totally not part of the MLM that sells the patches.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
Patchy Science on LifeWave’s Mysterious Patches
They came in droves. On Valentine’s Day 2023, Paul Knoepfler, a stem cell researcher who criticizes pseudoscience in his field, published his assessment of the LifeWave X39 patch. Eight months later, ...
www.mcgill.ca
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Every month, I get an email from a reader who is frustrated with my write-up on placebo patches called LifeWave, because they totally work for them.
I'm sure these readers are totally not part of the MLM that sells the patches.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
I'm sure these readers are totally not part of the MLM that sells the patches.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
George Orwell is spinning so fast in his coffin, he might just become a viable source of green energy.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
George Orwell is spinning so fast in his coffin, he might just become a viable source of green energy.
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The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
"Oocytes were impaled with two electrodes."
-- from a paper I'm reading. Interesting turn of phrase.
-- from a paper I'm reading. Interesting turn of phrase.
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Oocytes were impaled with two electrodes."
-- from a paper I'm reading. Interesting turn of phrase.
-- from a paper I'm reading. Interesting turn of phrase.
Call the head of HHS.
A dead sperm whale has washed up on Nantucket for the first time in decades. It’s too big to move — at least until officials figure out a plan.
Dead Sperm Whale on Nantucket Is Too Big to Move, for Now
A local nonprofit said the 52-ton mammal is “far too big, awkward and heavy to remove.” A town official later said it could be dragged out to sea by Thanksgiving.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Call the head of HHS.
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It cannot be said enough how everyone that confirmed RFK Jr has endless blood on their hands. They should be asked why they did that every day until they acknowledge as much and beg forgiveness.
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It cannot be said enough how everyone that confirmed RFK Jr has endless blood on their hands. They should be asked why they did that every day until they acknowledge as much and beg forgiveness.
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The lunatics are running the asylum.
Spent last Friday at a conference on the Digital Dark Ages and have been working on a paper on agnotology in this realm specifically and now the antivax cranks in power literally changed the government website today.
Spent last Friday at a conference on the Digital Dark Ages and have been working on a paper on agnotology in this realm specifically and now the antivax cranks in power literally changed the government website today.
November 20, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The lunatics are running the asylum.
Spent last Friday at a conference on the Digital Dark Ages and have been working on a paper on agnotology in this realm specifically and now the antivax cranks in power literally changed the government website today.
Spent last Friday at a conference on the Digital Dark Ages and have been working on a paper on agnotology in this realm specifically and now the antivax cranks in power literally changed the government website today.
In case you didn’t know, Lawrence Krauss is a terrible excuse for a human being.
youtu.be/VNLdyWPAz18?...
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So I'm in the Epstein Files
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
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November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
In case you didn’t know, Lawrence Krauss is a terrible excuse for a human being.
youtu.be/VNLdyWPAz18?...
youtu.be/VNLdyWPAz18?...
“With your permission”
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“With your permission”
It’s impossible to overplay how much *damage* Rogan causes by being uninformed & inviting his rich friends on the biggest platform in the world to spread their propaganda.
Listen to this episode of the skeptical podcast KNE to hear it for yourself. It’s odious.
Listen to this episode of the skeptical podcast KNE to hear it for yourself. It’s odious.
The Know Rogan Experience #0045 - Elon Musk returns (part 2)
We return to Joe's October interview with Elon Musk, to look at claims about immigration, and whether it's true the number of people identifying as trans dramatically fell after Musk bought Twitter.
www.knowrogan.com/0045-elon-mu...
We return to Joe's October interview with Elon Musk, to look at claims about immigration, and whether it's true the number of people identifying as trans dramatically fell after Musk bought Twitter.
www.knowrogan.com/0045-elon-mu...
#0045 - Elon Musk, Pt. 2
We break down the interview with Joe's October 2025 interview with Elon Musk. Main event Undercard Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2404 Listen...
www.knowrogan.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It’s impossible to overplay how much *damage* Rogan causes by being uninformed & inviting his rich friends on the biggest platform in the world to spread their propaganda.
Listen to this episode of the skeptical podcast KNE to hear it for yourself. It’s odious.
Listen to this episode of the skeptical podcast KNE to hear it for yourself. It’s odious.