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The Ten Commandments of Bitcoin

Sometimes fealty to a coin starts to sound like a religion, or at least is pursued with religious fervor. So I figured it could use a ten commandments style list of rules: ## The Ten Commandments of…

McGill puts out a viral video asking us to not be so gullible

The McGill Office for Science and Society created a video about a cure for cancer that has known for years but was banned by the FDA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_a181Xkla4 Spoiler alert: it doe…

Another brick in the wall

Hole in the Fence is the first part of a three-part Radiolab podcast about people crossing the US-Mexico border. If you have been following along with the increasingly escalated rhetoric of late (how…

Possibly the most uplifting video you'll watch this year

This surprise episode of car pool karaoke is the most uplifting thing I've watched all year, it's bright others to years. I hope it is equally enjoyable for you. https://youtu.be/QjvzCTqkBDQ

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Junk science makes my blood boil and feeds mosquitoes

I've posted on several junk-science topics before - astrology, and homeopathy among them. Then today I came across a crowdfunded campaign on Indiegogo for Bandito, a wrist-worn mosquito repellent ban…

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Uber is now tracking your drinking habits

It would be nice if Uber applied this technology to their drivers too - to detect if they are cheating on the time clock by driving for another ride share company and hence driving too many hours. I'…

Myths of Homelessness

I attended the 2018 Skeptical conference today and one of the speakers, Carrie Sager, was challenging us to be skeptical of common myths about homelessness. That position was based on her long experi…

Spindly pine tree

I visited a local park yesterday for a pot luck picnic and there was this tall spindly pine tree over us. It looked like it had been struck by lightning as one side was charred. Pointing the camera u…