Throwback to the 2010 Mass Homeopathy Overdose that killed scores of skeptics. Just kidding, they were fine. I remember getting curious about this & chasing down homeopaths responses. My favorite went like: 'well of course they survived! They took to much! If they'd only taken less... it could have been really dangerous' Pic:

Nursing Times

Mass homeopathy 'overdose' protest outside Boots

Supporters of Merseyside Skeptics Society (MSS) have urged high-street chemist Boots to stop stocking the remedies, claiming they are “scientific...

Government surveillance powers are like a ziptie. Nobody has the incentive to loosen them. They only ratchet tighter.

Headline that I saw... This is not something I was tracking. Source:

I’m the CTO of Palantir. Today I Join the Army.

My father grew up in a mud hut in India. America gave him—and me—a life. Now technologists like me need to give back.

Pizza places near Pentagon showing a *lot* of activity. That favorite conflict indicator coupled with sudden cascade reports of US embassy evacuations & non essential personnel voluntary departures + rhetorical change in statements about talks with Iran... it's enough to make a lot of people start speculating about threats of strikes into Iran. Disclaimer: Me? I'm not even an armchair geopolitical expert. And I'm certainly not smart enough to know if this is just signaling, or whether something happens soon. Or a bit later.

Understanding grows when scientific knowledge is shared. Yet in 2025 some journals still gatekeep important research. Like this review of links between depression & inflammation. $35 if you aren't at an institution with a subscription. Imagine if a library that charged $35 to read a book? That's enough friction to keep the knowledge from most of the globe. Every time I encounter knowledge gatekeeping in a health related journal I wince. I wonder if the American Journal of Psychiatry has considered the costs to the field, and our global mental health, of staying closed? The thing is, I can personally read these articles thanks to my institutional affiliation. But the momentary friction as I cross through the paywall reminds me that most people can't. The article: https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.20250289