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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Fuck off, all you male reporters, living up Trump's ass. You failed. We saw you think about asking a liar your next question instead of standing up for women being attacked by a sexual predator.
I see you. Shame on you
I see you. Shame on you
December 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Fuck off, all you male reporters, living up Trump's ass. You failed. We saw you think about asking a liar your next question instead of standing up for women being attacked by a sexual predator.
I see you. Shame on you
I see you. Shame on you
Maybe FIFA should revoke that Peace Prize?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast
Move is major escalation of US pressure campaign against South American country’s dictator, Nicolás MaduroUS politics live – latest updates
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Maybe FIFA should revoke that Peace Prize?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Quote: "The actions of the activist reverend, Stephen Josoma, are absolutely abhorrent and add to a dangerous narrative responsible for a more than 1,150% increase in assaults on ICE officers.”
Alternatively, and hear me out, it's the actions of ICE that are responsible for assaults on ICE officers
Alternatively, and hear me out, it's the actions of ICE that are responsible for assaults on ICE officers
December 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quote: "The actions of the activist reverend, Stephen Josoma, are absolutely abhorrent and add to a dangerous narrative responsible for a more than 1,150% increase in assaults on ICE officers.”
Alternatively, and hear me out, it's the actions of ICE that are responsible for assaults on ICE officers
Alternatively, and hear me out, it's the actions of ICE that are responsible for assaults on ICE officers
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After Trump insults a reporter, every single person he calls on afterward should ask the exact same question as the one who was verbally attacked. It would show support and drive Trump wild.
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
After Trump insults a reporter, every single person he calls on afterward should ask the exact same question as the one who was verbally attacked. It would show support and drive Trump wild.
Consistently calling these deniers "skeptics" is one of the most irritating aspect of much MSM reporting 👇
They are not “skeptics,” they are extremist science deniers who think that some children deserve to die
US health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concerns raised by vaccine skeptics, multiple sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Consistently calling these deniers "skeptics" is one of the most irritating aspect of much MSM reporting 👇
How do the Democrats have the time or the energy to come up with all these hoaxes? Russia Russia, climate change, Epstein, January 6th, stolen election, affordability crisis, Watergate, impeachments (twice)...
Do they have a whole team working on these hoaxes? Must be pretty hectic in there.
Do they have a whole team working on these hoaxes? Must be pretty hectic in there.
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
How do the Democrats have the time or the energy to come up with all these hoaxes? Russia Russia, climate change, Epstein, January 6th, stolen election, affordability crisis, Watergate, impeachments (twice)...
Do they have a whole team working on these hoaxes? Must be pretty hectic in there.
Do they have a whole team working on these hoaxes? Must be pretty hectic in there.
We're all waiting for that day. Waiting, and waiting and...
I am waiting for the day the entire press corps turns around and walks out when the insults and degradation of any reporter happens. Turn the cameras off. Turn him off. Shut up his lies. Stand up to the bully by walking out. Refuse his abuse!
Trump’s misogyny on full display again🤬🤬🤬
He belittles women reporters because he can’t handle women who won’t bow to him. He hides behind insults because he has no answers, no spine, and no respect for the truth. This is who he is on camera, in public, every damn time.
He belittles women reporters because he can’t handle women who won’t bow to him. He hides behind insults because he has no answers, no spine, and no respect for the truth. This is who he is on camera, in public, every damn time.
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
We're all waiting for that day. Waiting, and waiting and...
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"First he came for the female reporters, and I said nothing because I wasn't a female reporter."
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
“You’re the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. A terrible reporter.”
Trump again attacks a Black female reporter, ABC’s Rachel Scott, for asking about releasing the full boat strike video - which he said he would do 5 days ago
And the other journalists stay silent🐔
Trump again attacks a Black female reporter, ABC’s Rachel Scott, for asking about releasing the full boat strike video - which he said he would do 5 days ago
And the other journalists stay silent🐔
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"First he came for the female reporters, and I said nothing because I wasn't a female reporter."
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
This from the BBC's website. Really made me laugh out loud. (Make your own jokes.)
December 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This from the BBC's website. Really made me laugh out loud. (Make your own jokes.)
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Trump can attempt to bail out farmers all he wants. That’s not going to help them get their workers back who have been snatched off the streets and disappeared.
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Trump can attempt to bail out farmers all he wants. That’s not going to help them get their workers back who have been snatched off the streets and disappeared.
The part he disagrees with is the part where he stops firing missiles at Ukraine
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Putin says Russia disagrees with parts of US plan to end Ukraine war
The Russian leader's comments come as US and Ukrainian negotiators are due to hold a new round of talks.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The part he disagrees with is the part where he stops firing missiles at Ukraine
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I don't know who needs to hear thus but If Putin wants to end the war there is a simple solution - Russia withdraws all its troops from Ukraine and stops firing missiles at them. The was is then over.
We can deal with reparations, confiscation of Russian funds etc later, but that'll do for now.
We can deal with reparations, confiscation of Russian funds etc later, but that'll do for now.
December 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I don't know who needs to hear thus but If Putin wants to end the war there is a simple solution - Russia withdraws all its troops from Ukraine and stops firing missiles at them. The was is then over.
We can deal with reparations, confiscation of Russian funds etc later, but that'll do for now.
We can deal with reparations, confiscation of Russian funds etc later, but that'll do for now.
This simple fact seems to get lost 👇
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This simple fact seems to get lost 👇
Senator Bohacek votes no on Trump redistricting plan because of Trump's slur that applied to his Down's syndrome daughter.
He didn't complain about Trump mocking Serge Kovaleski because Kovaleski has Arthrogryposis, and Bohacek's daughter does not have Arthrogryposis, so he didn't care.
He didn't complain about Trump mocking Serge Kovaleski because Kovaleski has Arthrogryposis, and Bohacek's daughter does not have Arthrogryposis, so he didn't care.
November 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Senator Bohacek votes no on Trump redistricting plan because of Trump's slur that applied to his Down's syndrome daughter.
He didn't complain about Trump mocking Serge Kovaleski because Kovaleski has Arthrogryposis, and Bohacek's daughter does not have Arthrogryposis, so he didn't care.
He didn't complain about Trump mocking Serge Kovaleski because Kovaleski has Arthrogryposis, and Bohacek's daughter does not have Arthrogryposis, so he didn't care.
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A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
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Another total lie. They're saying the US can't keep selling weapons to Ukraine, which is bullshit. We are the greatest merchants of death in the world. Trump just want to force Ukraine to surrender.
The meeting last week was just the latest example of a long-running rift inside the Trump administration over how to end the war in Ukraine.
U.S. Army secretary warned Ukraine of imminent defeat while pushing initial peace plan
The meeting last week was just the latest example of a long-running rift inside the Trump administration over how to end the war in Ukraine.
nbcnews.to
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Another total lie. They're saying the US can't keep selling weapons to Ukraine, which is bullshit. We are the greatest merchants of death in the world. Trump just want to force Ukraine to surrender.
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Truly, if Labour just said, "We're re-joining the EU," they would save themselves from this doom loop of trying to appease the shittiest voters in the UK.
*GARGANTUAN* 💥
Economist for Brexit admits
🟥 Brexit made Britain poorer
🟥 Biz investment collapsed
🟥 Productivity weakened
🟥 EU-facing firms cut jobs & spending
🟥 Trade barriers drag economy down
🟥 Brexit deepened fiscal crisis
🟥 No meaningful upsides
🟥 The damage undeniable in data
🧵
Economist for Brexit admits
🟥 Brexit made Britain poorer
🟥 Biz investment collapsed
🟥 Productivity weakened
🟥 EU-facing firms cut jobs & spending
🟥 Trade barriers drag economy down
🟥 Brexit deepened fiscal crisis
🟥 No meaningful upsides
🟥 The damage undeniable in data
🧵
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Truly, if Labour just said, "We're re-joining the EU," they would save themselves from this doom loop of trying to appease the shittiest voters in the UK.
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Everyone (esp media) pay attention. In 2021 almost every Republican attacked the Biden administration and State dept for being too slow in approving Afghanistan special visas as Afghanistan fell.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Everyone (esp media) pay attention. In 2021 almost every Republican attacked the Biden administration and State dept for being too slow in approving Afghanistan special visas as Afghanistan fell.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
Because two national guardsmen were tragically shot, in DC where they were not needed, by a lunatic who has been caught, we are sending 500 more troops to prevent this happening again?
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Because two national guardsmen were tragically shot, in DC where they were not needed, by a lunatic who has been caught, we are sending 500 more troops to prevent this happening again?
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The two West Virginia National Guard members are dead because of Donald Trump. He used them as props in hopes of causing wholly unnecessary trouble that he could use as a pretext for an authoritarian clampdown on civilians.
Being a sociopath with no introspection, he won't care.
Being a sociopath with no introspection, he won't care.
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The two West Virginia National Guard members are dead because of Donald Trump. He used them as props in hopes of causing wholly unnecessary trouble that he could use as a pretext for an authoritarian clampdown on civilians.
Being a sociopath with no introspection, he won't care.
Being a sociopath with no introspection, he won't care.
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The fact that only 3 (by my count) Republican members of Congress have spoken out about the Witkoff situation shows how thoroughly corrupted and compromised the entire party has become from top to bottom. None of this is about just Trump - it is the entire political party.
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The fact that only 3 (by my count) Republican members of Congress have spoken out about the Witkoff situation shows how thoroughly corrupted and compromised the entire party has become from top to bottom. None of this is about just Trump - it is the entire political party.
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If anyone needs to be reinstated back into service to be court martialed, it's
Gen Mike Flynn
#TraitorFlynn
Gen Mike Flynn
#TraitorFlynn
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If anyone needs to be reinstated back into service to be court martialed, it's
Gen Mike Flynn
#TraitorFlynn
Gen Mike Flynn
#TraitorFlynn
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Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
No. Of course not. He has no scientific credentials, no significant administrative experience, and no redeeming characteristics whatsoever.
No. Of course not. He has no scientific credentials, no significant administrative experience, and no redeeming characteristics whatsoever.
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
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November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
No. Of course not. He has no scientific credentials, no significant administrative experience, and no redeeming characteristics whatsoever.
No. Of course not. He has no scientific credentials, no significant administrative experience, and no redeeming characteristics whatsoever.
Are these great legal scholars in the room with us now?
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Are these great legal scholars in the room with us now?