A concise history of Oprah selling snake oil by Dr. Jen Gunter. Billionaires are not good people y'all 
Menopause, Misinformation, and the Oprah Effect
https://open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/p/menopause-misinformation-and-the
As Robyn Pennacchia reports, RFK Jr. is commissioning a study of the nonexistent "link" between vaccines and autism.
And, unsurprisingly, to head that study he has picked a man who is not a doctor nor a scientist, one David Geier, who has been in trouble for practicing medicine without a license.
As with so much about the Trump administration, nothing to see here, more along.
#Trump #RFKJr #vaccines #medicine #research #disinformation #PseudoScience #science
RFK Jr's former nonprofit posted a fake CDC website that criticized vaccines.
Kennedy asked the Children's Health Defense to remove the site but only after the NYTimes contacted him about it.
Kennedy is currently using the CDC to waste resources on further studies on the long disproven link began vaccines and autism and, in the process, further bolstering antivaxxers' delusional hysteria.
Delusion indeed.
Essential reading here.
Don’t drink raw milk…period.
#FactsMatter #Pseudoscience #Health #Science
https://vajenda.substack.com/p/gwyneth-paltrows-dairy-delusion
L'intégration des réflexes archaïques dans le traitement des troubles du neurodéveloppement, ça vaut quoi ? Sources obsolètes, bases théoriques non valides, rapports avec des pratiques signalées par la MIVILUDES... 
Le Conseil National Professionnel des Psychomotriciens rejette fermement ces formations, c.f. l'avis ci-dessous, dans lequel on apprend qu'en moyenne, 60% d'entre nous présentons un réflexe archaïque persistant !
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"Formations basées sur l’intégration des réflexes archaïques : Avis du Conseil National Professionnel des Psychomotriciens.
Le CNPP a été sollicité à plusieurs reprise par des psychomotriciens au sujet de la pertinence des formations sur les réflexes archaïques (aussi appelés réflexes primitifs). En effet, les offres de formation se multiplient, souvent accompagnées d’une démarche commerciale insistante.
Que ce soit dans le champ du développement personnel ou de celui des troubles neurodéveloppementaux pour ne citer qu'eux, les ouvrages, sites internet, articles de presse et autres formations destinées aux professionnels du médical et du paramédical, en lien avec les réflexes archaïques se sont largement développés ces dernières années (Intégration Motrice Primordiale, 2025 ; Sutherland, 2019 ; de Saint Voulry, 2022).
Le CNPP rappelle que la responsabilité première d’un professionnel de santé est de proposer aux personnes qui recourent à ses services des interventions de qualité, basées autant que possible sur des preuves, condition sine qua non pour assurer la sécurité des soins. Les psychomotriciens ne sauraient donc s’engager à se former ou à employer ce type de « méthodes » sans un minimum de circonspection et de vérification quant à la pertinence et la validité de ces dernières.
Or, la littérature scientifique nous apprend que la prévalence de ces réflexes archaïques non intégrés dans différentes populations est très importante. En moyenne, 60 % de la population générale présenteraient un réflexe archaïque persistant (Gieysztor et al. 2018 ; Jacobs & Gossman, 1980). Dans certaines études, le
pourcentage d’individus exempts de pathologies et présentant au moins un réflexe primitif non intégré atteint même les 90% (León-Bravo et al., 2023). Face à ce constat, il est aisé de comprendre que si les réflexes archaïques non intégrés étaient la cause de différents troubles ou de maladies, il faudrait revoir le concept même de santé. Dans les faits, ces approches ne sont absolument pas récentes, leurs sources remontant aux travaux de Dennison dans les années 1970 (Dennison & Dennison, 1994). Cependant, elles souffrent d’une absence totale de fondements théoriques valides et ne sont plus en phase avec les connaissances actuelles sur le cerveau ou le système nerveux de manière plus générale. Elles ont pour l’immense majorité une origine commune, la méthode Brain Gym® aussi appelée kinésiologie (Axelrad, 2024), pour laquelle le rapport de la MIVILUDES rappelle qu’elle « reçoit régulièrement des signalements concernant la pratique de la kinésiologie et de techniques associées (comme la Brain Gym® par exemple) », en plus d’être considérée comme une pseudoscience (Rapport MIVILUDES, 2009 ; Rapport INSERM, 2017). Suivre ces formations dont le contenu n’est pas fondé scientifiquement pose donc des problèmes concernant la sécurité des soins, la déontologie et plus globalement pour le respect de l’obligation de formation qui incombe aux psychomotriciens.
C’est sans équivoque que le CNPP dénonce le recours à ces méthodes qui peuvent induire une errance diagnostique et thérapeutique délétère pour les usagers, et recommande fortement aux psychomotriciens de ne pas y recourir."
https://cnp-psychomotriciens.fr/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/avis-ra_vf-4.pdf
#santé #medecine #pseudoscience #psychomotricité #TND #autisme #TDAH #neuroscience #orthophonie #psychologie #handicap
The secret to a perfect morning routine probably isn't what you think
https://www.sciencefocus.com/comment/celebrities-influencers-daily-routines
We're often told all about the daily routines of 'rich and successful' people, but have you noticed how many of them are... bonkers?
I explain why for BBC Science Focus Magazine. What better way to start the week, eh?
"→ All of the above are repeated using this: Instantly, right now, every yoctosecond, safely, forever, always, 100% visible at a speed billion times faster than the speed of ultra high energy cosmic rays, SAFE, noticeable, mesmerizing, apparent, etc"
#Vitamins will not cure the #RFK #disease.
Jessica Glenza: RFK Jr sparks alarm after backing vitamins to treat measles amid outbreak: Health experts wary as US health secretary fails to endorse effective vaccines and instead calls them a ‘personal choice’
#measles #texas #altmed #pseudoscience #antivax
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/rfk-jr-vitamins-measles-outbreak
The secret to a perfect morning routine probably isn't what you think
https://www.sciencefocus.com/comment/celebrities-influencers-daily-routines
We're often told all about the daily routines of 'rich and successful' people, but have you noticed how many of them are... bonkers?
I explain why for BBC Science Focus Magazine. What better way to start the week, eh?
#ForcedSterilization is a worldwide problem!
As #Japan starts compensation payments, #ForcedSterilisation continues around the world
#NonConsensual #sterilisation of those considered genetically inferior persists in some parts of the world today
by Ewan Bolton, 18 February 2025
"Just last week, in the Miyagi prefecture of Japan, the local governor met victims of an official eugenics policy to apologise for the suffering they underwent.
"'On behalf of the prefecture, I would like to offer my heartfelt apologies for the immense suffering caused to the 900 (victims),' said Murai Yoshihiro while lowering his head.
"For many, the words 'forced sterilisation' bring to mind #NaziGermany and the devastating #eugenic policies pursued by #fascist regimes in the 1930s and 1940s. But the non-consensual sterilisation of those considered genetically inferior continued through the 20th century and persists in some parts of the world today.
"In January, victims of Japan’s forced sterilisation programme were finally able to apply for compensation for the first time. Between 1948 and 1996, at least 16,500 people were forcibly sterilised in Japan under the country’s #EugenicProtectionLaw. Nearly 60,000 more underwent #abortions without, or with only dubious consent. Most were mentally handicapped people or those with hereditary diseases.
"As Japan finally addresses this legacy, victims of forced sterilisation in #Peru are still fighting for compensation after 370,000 people were sterilised in what the UN has described as a potential crime against humanity. And in the #UnitedStates, #India, #China and parts of #Europe, non-consensual sterilisations continue to this day.
"As with the Nazis, almost all cases can be traced back to the discredited #PseudoScience of eugenics which was developed in the #UK at around the turn of the last century and had many supporters, including #WinstonChurchill.
"Japan’s Eugenic Protection Law was introduced in the wake of World War II. It granted medical institutions the right to administer sterilisations and abortions without the consent of patients. Of the 25,000 people sterilised under the programme, according to government figures only 8,000 gave consent. The legitimacy of the consent in these cases is disputed.
"A large number of the victims were children, some as young as nine years old. In Miyagi prefecture, in the northwest of the main island, more than half of the 859 sterilised between 1963 and 1981 were under the age of 18.
"At a press conference last month in Hyogo prefecture, a #DeafWoman, now in her 80s, described the emotional pain of being given an abortion without her consent. 'I was taken to the hospital, and I thought I would be going to the general medicine department. I was very surprised because I was taken to the gynaecology department … I am unable to forget what happened at that time'.
"In her prefecture alone, there are '14 or 15 other [#DeafPeople] who suffered harm' that are known about, 'but there are undoubtedly more', said Yoshimichi Hongo, chairman of the Hyogo Prefecture Association for the Deaf."
Read more:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/as-japan-starts-compensation-payments-forced-sterilisation/
#WorldPol #reproductiverights #Fascism #BodilyAutomony #DisabledPeople #ReproductiveAutonomy #Sterilization #Genocide
The secret to a perfect morning routine probably isn't what you think
https://www.sciencefocus.com/comment/celebrities-influencers-daily-routines
We're often told all about the daily routines of 'rich and successful' people, but have you noticed how many of them are... bonkers?
I explain why for BBC Science Focus Magazine. What better way to start the week, eh?
The secret to a perfect morning routine probably isn't what you think
https://www.sciencefocus.com/comment/celebrities-influencers-daily-routines
We're often told all about the daily routines of 'rich and successful' people, but have you noticed how many of them are... bonkers?
I explain why for BBC Science Focus Magazine. What better way to start the week, eh?
The secret to a perfect morning routine probably isn't what you think
https://www.sciencefocus.com/comment/celebrities-influencers-daily-routines
We're often told all about the daily routines of 'rich and successful' people, but have you noticed how many of them are... bonkers?
I explain why for BBC Science Focus Magazine. What better way to start the week, eh?
"As with other forensic innovations, like forensic genetic genealogy or facial recognition, FDP is sold as an “investigative tool” — that is, a product not intended for use as evidence in a criminal proceeding, but as a behind-the-scenes aide to police searching for perpetrators. But selling a scientifically questionable product as a mere investigative tool can have real-world consequences.
For FDP in particular, experts warn that the composite images can reinforce racial stereotypes, encourage the over-surveillance of marginalized communities, and deny criminal defendants important information about how they became a target of an investigation, which raises serious implications for Fourth Amendment privacy rights. Composites like those Parabon sells could also inadvertently taint the memories of eyewitnesses to a crime, risking potentially valuable evidence.
Paula Armentrout, Parabon’s co-founder, provided written responses to questions from The Intercept about the company’s Snapshot program. In part, the company said that The Intercept “should not quote any of the presenters” at the NAS workshop, who it claims “made many false, uninformed, and misleading statements that were not based on evidence or facts, but on misinformation propagated by inaccurate media articles, hearsay, and their own personal and political agendas.”
Walsh insists her criticisms are motivated solely by her fidelity to the science and to ensuring the transparency and accuracy of forensic tools used in the criminal legal system. To that end, she was emphatic during the workshop: Law enforcement should not be allowed to purchase phenotyping composites. “The science isn’t there. We shouldn’t be doing it,” she said. At this juncture, she said, those sketches are about as scientific as “my son drawing them.”"
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/02/forensic-dna-phenotyping-parabon-nanolabs-police/
Hello!
My name is Alex Doppelgänger and I'm passionate about #science, #culture, #history and #boardgames.
In my spare time I write on my personal website and on Substack (in Romanian) about board games and their role in the development of culture, history and society. I also dabbled in popularizing science in my home country and fighting #pseudoscience as well.
[I'm posting this again, since I changed servers. So sorry for the spam, for my current followers.]
Pleased to meet you!
The secret to a perfect morning routine probably isn't what you think
https://www.sciencefocus.com/comment/celebrities-influencers-daily-routines
We're often told all about the daily routines of 'rich and successful' people, but have you noticed how many of them are... bonkers?
I explain why for BBC Science Focus Magazine. What better way to start the week, eh?
Fighting Pseudoscience with Science Communication
Video highlights from a lecture Milo Rossi gave at the University of Maine in the fall 2024, discussing the dangers of #pseudoscience, #pseudoarchaeology and the importance of Science Communication
#Miniminuteman #Science #Culture #Communications
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZzqQvx_2Aw
What’s the difference between Punxsutawney Phil and the Myers-Briggs Personality Assessment?
One is a silly superstition with no real predictive power, and the other is a groundhog.
L'intégration du spectacle Cinéscénie du parc du Puy-du-Fou au Pass Culture est une abjection à l'image d'un gouvernement incapable de promouvoir une véritable vulgarisation historique de qualité. Comme l'ont démontré de nombreux historiens et historiennes depuis des années, les productions du Puy-du-Fou proposent une vision biaisée, fantasmatique et réactionnaire de l'histoire de France. Le Puy-du-Fou ment au public sur son histoire ! Le Puy-du-Fou endoctrine ! Nous ne payons pas d'impôts pour financer la pseudo-science et l'obscurantisme !
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/pass-culture-seul-le-spectacle-du-puy-du-fou-est-devenu-eligible-precise-rachida-dati_7047950.html
#politique #culture #PassCulture #histoire #extremeDroite #vulgarisation #propagande #pseudoScience #PuyDuFou #RachidaDati #DatiDémission
This is how it is done - and should be - all day and night every day and night - Sen. #AngelaAlsobrooks, the first #Black U.S. #senator in #Maryland history [she won against #trump supported #hogan], dragged Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s history of racist #pseudoscience to the fore during his confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday. #HHS #congress #discrimination #hatred #science #publichealth https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/rfk-jr-alsobrooks-confirmation-hearing-vaccines-black-people-rcna190207
