MAHA

More LGM according to LLM

By Dan Nexon

In LLMs

On May 31, 2025

Source: Jim Griffin @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/30484128@N03/52908165339 I have a subscription to Claude. There, I've said it. I've confessed. Just hear me out. I got the subscription one for one purpose, and one purpose only: to help me code javascript, initially for a virtual tabletop. Do I...

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Scientific Rigor (Mortis), part deux

By Dan Nexon

On May 29, 2025

Credit: NIAID and CDC. (The irony, it burns) More news out of the MAHA administration: The Trump administration has canceled a contract awarded to Moderna for the late-stage development of.

General

Scientific Rigor (Mortis)

By Dan Nexon

On May 29, 2025

Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photo-of-a-stethoscope-40568/ File under: the writers aren't being very subtle, are they? I'm sure you will all be shocked to learn that Make America Sick Diseased Hemorrhage Healthy Again report.

The Grift Economy is Coming for your Cats

By Dan Nexon

In cats , health

On April 13, 2025

Photo by Merili M: https://www.pexels.com/photo/cat-eating-from-automatic-feeder-20109380/ tl;dr don't feed your cats and dogs raw food: The $6.3 trillion wellness industry thrives on distrust of science, glorifying “natural” alternatives, and fear-based marketing. The result? Pseudoscience that’s not just harming human health. It’s killing animals, too, specifically via H5N1 bird flu.Holistic...