Let's talk about hantavirus: why it's scary, but also why it's not the next "COVID." https://skepchick.org/2026/05/hantavirus-is-not-the-next-pandemic/
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Many of you asked that I react to Richard Dawkins announcing that he fell for a chatbot.Apologies for the double post…I cancelled my subscription to Ivory, the Mastodon app refused to show my post despite refreshing for several minutes, and the new app Ice Cubes won’t seem to let me delete the repost. I’m still better at technology than Richard Dawkins.
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Many of you asked that I react to Richard Dawkins announcing that he fell for a chatbot.Many of you asked that I react to Richard Dawkins announcing that he fell for a chatbot. Instead of just pointing and laughing (my initial reaction obv) I dug into the “why” of it all: his obfuscations, insecurities, and utter sadness https://skepchick.org/2026/05/richard-dawkins-claude-delusion/
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I've spent years warning that the COVID "Lab Leak" idea had moved from "valid hypothesis" to "dangerous conspiracy theory."@Phosphenes no, I didn't care that much
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I've spent years warning that the COVID "Lab Leak" idea had moved from "valid hypothesis" to "dangerous conspiracy theory."@Mae Yes, you can see my previous videos on it. https://skepchick.org/2021/06/why-the-lab-leak-hypothesis-is-so-controversial-theres-no-evidence/
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I've spent years warning that the COVID "Lab Leak" idea had moved from "valid hypothesis" to "dangerous conspiracy theory."I've spent years warning that the COVID "Lab Leak" idea had moved from "valid hypothesis" to "dangerous conspiracy theory." Last week, the Trump administration violently arrested a retired 78-year old scientist bc of his refusal to lie about COVID's natural origins https://skepchick.org/2026/05/trump-just-arrested-a-scientist-over-the-lab-leak/