How misinformation about archaeology spreads online

A new UCLA course explores how social media fuels pseudoscientific theories — and how to discern fact from fiction

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Algae thwart Trump’s $14.2m attempt to turn reflecting pool ‘American flag blue’ | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/16/algae-trump-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool WTF is “nanobubbler technology”? Sounds like #pseudoscience #nanobubbles #algae #reflectingpool
Algae thwart Trump’s $14.2m attempt to turn reflecting pool ‘American flag blue’

Green algae have proliferated amid warm weather after Lincoln Memorial pool renovation turning water green

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US-Gesundheitsminister #RFKJr unterstützt Kliniken, die autistischen Kindern – ab 18 Monaten – unzugelassene #Stammzell-Infusionen aus Nabelschnurblut verkaufen. Bis zu 20.000 $ pro Sitzung, oft mit Ketamin-Sedierung.
Bisher umfassendste Studie fand kaum signifikante Effekte. Bekannte Risiken: Fieber, Tumorbildung, Infektionen, Immunreaktionen.
Verzweifelte Eltern zahlen für ein wirkungsloses Verfahren.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/12/autism-stem-cell-infusions-rfk-jr?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#Autism #USPolitics #Pseudoscience

Autistic children being injected with unapproved stem cell treatments supported by RFK Jr

Desperate US parents paying up to $20,000 a session for a procedure scientists say could be bogus

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Fantastic Fungi (2019) trades rigorous mycological science for pseudo-philosophical narration and romanticized biology. From using Brie Larson's voiceover to invent a fictional state of “fungus denial,” to passing off slime molds as mycelium, the film prioritizes aesthetic sensationalism over taxonomic integrity.
#FantasticFungi #Documentary #MovieReview #Mycology #Science #Biology #Pseudoscience #Fungi
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/the-twilight-of-myco-utopianism-a-scientific-and-rhetorical-critique-of-fantastic-fungi-2019/
The Twilight of Myco-Utopianism: A Scientific and Rhetorical Critique of Fantastic Fungi (2019)

The 2019 documentary Fantastic Fungi, directed by Louie Schwartzberg, marks a significant moment in the intersection of popular environmental science and cinematic storytelling. However, the film’s…

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The Twilight of Myco-Utopianism: A Scientific and Rhetorical Critique of Fantastic Fungi (2019)
#FantasticFungi #Documentary #Mushrooms #Pseudoscience

脆弱なエビデンスで加速する「エセ科学的な」若者のソーシャルメディア禁止法

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://p2ptk.org/freedom-of-speech/5624

U.S. Senators Mike Lee and Tommy Tuberville (both Republicans, natch) want to limit the FDA's ability to regulate homeopathic (non)remedies.

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-baloney-protection-act/

#Pseudoscience #Homeopathy #USPol #USPolitics #HealthCare #Fraud

The Baloney Protection Act

We have had to endure a great deal of interference from government in the conduct of institutions that should be governed by science and evidence. I'm sorry to report - here is one more. Senators Mik

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UCLA: How misinformation about archaeology spreads online. “What happens when a 12,000-year-old archaeological site becomes fodder for TikTok videos and the subject of pseudoscientific theories? That’s the sort of question Lara Fabian asks students to wrestle with in a new Fiat Lux seminar.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/05/ucla-how-misinformation-about-archaeology-spreads-online/
UCLA: How misinformation about archaeology spreads online

UCLA: How misinformation about archaeology spreads online. “What happens when a 12,000-year-old archaeological site becomes fodder for TikTok videos and the subject of pseudoscientific theori…

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Charlotte Fowler Wells, who died OTD in 1901, was an early American popularizer of phrenology, using skull bumps to predict mental traits https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/ghostbusters/?s=mb #travel #NewYorkCity #pseudoscience
Visiting the "Ghostbusters" Locations in New York

Visit the Parapsychology Department at Columbia University, the Ghostbusters headquarters in Tribeca, Dana's apartment, the Central Park restaurant.

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