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 well I wasn’t lucky enough to see much of the aurora borealis here in Oakland but the storm did knock our power out in the middle of the night & when it came back on all our smart lights turned on & our smart doorbell rang so that was a spooky way to wake up. which is something. 
 @bb1a99d2 incredible that outlets even go to him for comment, considering he’s the guy who tried to sue the NY Times for reporting that he said scientists should only take Jeffrey Epstein’s money “in secret” 
 Announcement: I have successfully been injected with nobel prize winning biotechnology to hulk out my immune system and maintain my perfect novid record 
 Stop making fun of the "dystopian" concept of liquid trees! That glowing green slime is actually super fucking cool science and I'm tired of the kneejerk cynicism. https://skepchick.org/2023/10/the-liquid-tree-is-very-cool-actually/ 
 video games should put save points in character creation, that shit takes time 
 Here’s the video I did about Boss Lee in April. It was inevitable that she was going to die after refusing chemo as a “scam” but it’s still sad. I hope her fans now realize ozone treatment, herbs, and essential oils don’t work. http://youtu.be/3DUTipa4fms 
 An update to my video from 5 months ago: the MLM influencer Jessie Lee Ward, aka #BossLee, who rejected chemo and opted for alternative medicine to treat her cancer, has died.
youtu.be/3DUTipa4fms

https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/077/243/828/525/510/original/799ba8abea0415b5.jpeg 
 I’ll say this for Mastodon: the stalking is a much weirder flavor than Twitter’s.

https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/069/705/055/526/295/original/f4c124022b0018df.jpeg 
 A lady on TikTok says eyeglasses are just a scam by Big Ophthalmology, but her grift is based on a century-old pseudoscience that has been debunked repeatedly since it was first made up https://skepchick.org/2023/09/the-long-history-behind-the-latest-tiktok-no-glasses-scam/ 
 Well, here I go again: another video that starts off fairly simple but quickly descends into utter madness
https://skepchick.org/2023/09/ashton-kutcher-supports-a-rapist-friendship-misogyny-or-blackmail/