Thread by @center4inquiry

Before we get to today's Morning Heresy news roundup (titled "Costumed Adventurers"), let me just clear the air. I totally thought yesterday was Wednesday, and it totally was NOT. It was Tuesday. Today is Wednesday.

I was gently corrected on Twitter, I made corrections and mea culpas, and felt pretty dumb, especially since we’re supposed to be the facts-and-reality organization. Getting the day of the week right is table stakes. So, you know, sorry about that.

Okay, now to the Morning Heresy! Let’s start the day with a subject about which I care deeply: superheroes.

centerforinquiry.org/blog/costumed-…

Nick Little, our legal director, is a kind of superhero, defending science and secularism in a hostile court environment. He was the guest on CFI Insider last night, and you should totally watch the video. You will learn lots.
centerforinquiry.org/video/get-to-k…

BUT at the end, he totally disses me when I ask him about his silly notion that superheroes like Batman and Iron Man aren’t, in fact, superheroes, but “costumed adventurers.” My position is that it’s not the superpowers that make one a superhero, but one’s super deeds.

And lo and behold, look what @StrangelEdweird has on the CFI blog.

Angel says, correctly, Superman shouldn’t have to be White, and what really makes someone “Superman” isn’t the “spit curl or the square jaw,” but a person’s character:

centerforinquiry.org/blog/does-supe…

We can't turn you into a superhero, but we can do the next best thing, and make you a Secular Celebrant. Which is sort of like being in the Justice League. Snyder Cut, even! Registration ends Friday for the April 10 session.

secure.centerforinquiry.net/secular-celebr…

Moving on.

The COVID–19 vaccines do not contain any aluminum, despite the claims of an antivaxxer Instagram video that came out a year before there were any COVID–19 vaccines. @PolitiFact:

politifact.com/factchecks/202…

.@awgaffney at @statnews says reports of S“long COVID” are “getting ahead of the evidence.”

“Consider that at least some people who identify themselves as having long Covid appear never to have been infected with the SARS-CoV–2 virus.” Seems important.
statnews.com/2021/03/22/we-…

Dr. Fauci would rather we refer to “long COVID” as “post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV–2 infection,” or “PASC,” which sounds like the name of a mass transit system.

washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0…

Researchers say there has been a 300 percent increase in vaccination appointments, doses, and “passports” from the dark web. THE DARK WEB. @tdechant reports.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

I was hoping I would never have to hear about the Masterpiece Cakeshop guy again, but here we are. religionnews.com/2021/03/23/col…

The Pakistani man who attacked 2 people with a meat cleaver outside what used to be the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris says 1) he didn’t realize Hebdo had moved and 2) he was radicalized by videos by a hate preacher and Pakistan’s prime minister.
wionews.com/world/charlie-…

Mutual UFO Network, or MUFON, or MUFFIN (sorry), is setting up a new headquarters in Cincinnati. They are recruiting! "Ideal candidates are stable, dependable and objective." 🤔 @MaijaZummo reports.

citybeat.com/arts-culture/b…

This is great. Elon Musk posts this on Twitter, “Strongest argument against aliens”:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1374167754404630528?s=20

It’s telling that some kinds of satire seem funny again, after, let’s say, four years of real life being weirder and worse than satire.

The Onion: “‘Jeopardy!’ Guest Host Dr. Oz Under Fire For Claims He Could Have Cured Alex Trebek With These 3 Tips.”
theonion.com/jeopardy-guest…

Let that be all for this day. Thou shalt subscribe to The Morning Heresy electronic mail news-pamphlet by way of THIS HYPERLINK: centerforinquiry.org/newsletter/?ut…

...if thou wants, of course.

Happy actual-Wednesday.