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Dec 13, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
A heads-up: Given Chief Elmo's desire to turn Twitter into Gab or Parler and charge $8/month for the privilege, the @DailyGrail will be minimising our ongoing presence here.

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Sep 15, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Time to take a quick look at a few of the stories in today's news briefs at the @DailyGrail:

How rare is living matter within the vastness of the known universe?

theatlantic.com/science/archiv… Could the “lost” islands of ancient Welsh folklore really have existed? scientists say yes.

scitechdaily.com/could-the-lost…
Sep 15, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Let's take a quick look at a sampling of the stories in today's news briefs at the @DailyGrail:

Ukraine’s astronomers say there are tons of UFOs over Kyiv.

vice.com/en/article/pkg… Alex Jones and Infowars were sanctioned after just 5 minutes of his second damages trial.

vice.com/en/article/jgp…
Sep 13, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Let's take a look at a few of the stories in today's news briefs at the @DailyGrail:

Did Gregor Mendel fabricate his gene data?

discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/d… Seven times people discovered the Americas, and how they got there.

phys.org/news/2022-09-p…
Jan 12, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
Excellent thread from @ConnerHabib, hits right on a few thoughts I've been musing on for the past couple of days. Since the Capitol riot, there's been a push from a number of skeptics to use the Q-Shaman (and QAnon in general) to proclaim "See, [insert paranormal topic that they dislike] is dangerous, we need to stop people thinking like that.".

But, as Conner says:

May 11, 2020 8 tweets 2 min read
Just want to reiterate what I said in this tweet from last month. The level of conspiracy dumbfuckery in the world today is extraordinary. Today 0bamagate was the top trending topic with over 2 million tweets. A Pizzagate video has over 12m views. 'Plandemic' a similar amount. Consider that the 'Plandemic' video was viewed some 7 million times in a day before being taken down, and continues to be reposted/privately shared.

What affect do you think that has on vaccination numbers over the next 5 years?