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Dad, Texan, humanist, skeptic, PhD in biophysics “I write because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention” -Orwell

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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Source (this is the open access version but there’s also a peer reviewed version) arxiv.org/pdf/1902.03928
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Most of the physics constants implicated in fine tuning for life could vary by factors of 10 - 1 million times or more and still result in a habitable universe For comparison, an FM radio dial needs to be much more finely tuned: its full useful range is only a fraction of that
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
'“We drank the Kool-Aid, and we were wrong,” said Ryan Wagner, 41, a conservative in northern Michigan who was once an enthusiastic supporter of the president...“I can’t even listen to him talk anymore,” he said.' www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
nytimes.com
‘I Was Sold a Bill of Goods’: Americans and the Distrust Election (Gift Article)
Americans have a pervasive sense they are being lied to. That has created an unpredictability in politics unseen since Donald Trump said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue without losing voters.
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He fully expects his supporters to pay the intellectual, moral & economic cost of his lies for him And the more they pay, the harder it will be when their own debt come due
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“The United Arab Emirates said Iran struck one of its ships on Saturday, following hits on three others last week.”
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT!,” the president said, “and there is nothing Iran can do about it.” He ended the post saying, “Praise be to Allah!” - WSJ
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Tehran has managed to squelch traffic through the crucial energy chokepoint with relatively little military force … Iran doesn’t need to defeat the U.S. Navy. It just needs shipping companies, captains and insurers to fear that defying it could put their ships at risk” - WSJ
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Ship-tracking data shows that just 14 vessels on Tuesday crossed a waterway that routinely handled more than 130 a day ... Eleven of those ships took the route administered by Iran” - WSJ
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump said in August the U.S. has “total control of the Strait of Hormuz” He said it again on Sept 2 in this clip 👇 He keeps saying it
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Source straits.live
straits.live
Strait of Hormuz Closed | Live Tracker & Monitor
Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Effectively no, it is closed to commercial shipping. Live status, updated every 5 minutes.
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Independent third party vessel trackers show - 9% pre crisis vessel crossings - 40x pre crisis cost to insure supertankers - $103 per bbl oil price vs ~$65 1yr ago
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
WSJ gift article 🎁🔗👇 www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Trump Says Strait of Hormuz Is Under U.S. Control. Few Ships Are Listening.
With limited bursts of firepower, Iran is able to make the waterway too risky to cross.
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Donald Trump is lying when he says “the US controls the strait” His supporters know he is lying But he’s “Lying for the Lord”, so it’s ok. Their acceptance of the lie is a loyalty test We know it’s a lie bc of public ship tracking data Facts and gift article below 👇🎁
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Hitler has said to them ‘I offer you struggle, danger and death,’ and as a result a whole nation flings itself at his feet” - George Orwell
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Frank Montoya Jr., a retired career FBI official who held senior counterintelligence roles, put it this way: “If I’m paying for your wedding, at some point, you’re going to owe me something.” www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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“Our Dear Friend Umar”: How We Uncovered That a Russian Oligarch Bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding
On social media and in tabloids, photos from Don Jr. and Bettina Trump’s Bahamas wedding were tightly curated. But sometimes, what — or, who — isn’t pictured is just as important as what is. Let’s go ...
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Why did a Russian oligarch who is close to Putin pay for much of the president’s son’s wedding? What is the nature of Trump Jr.’s relationship with Kremlev, and, importantly, how might it change over time?”
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Kremlev picked up the tab for the fireworks display. The company that put it on typically charges around $70,000 for such shows.”
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“The island where the reception party was held can rent for about $100,000 per night. Kremlev paid for multiple nights.”
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Kremlev secretly bankrolled much of Trump Jr.’s wedding weekend, paying to rent out a private island, among other big-ticket items, according to records reviewed by ProPublica and interviews with three people” Source 🔗👇
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
wsj.com
Americans Have Spent $100 Billion More on Fuel During the Iran War
Higher gasoline and diesel prices have led many families to save less and curb spending elsewhere.
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
That’s quite a headline from the WSJ: Americans Have Spent $100 Billion More on Fuel During the Iran War
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Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com · 13/09/2026
People around the world should pay more attention to how much life sucks living in an authoritarian country! As USA midterms approaches we should do our best to turn out massive numbers of voters saying “NO” to anyone connected to GOP and Cult of Trump! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/b...
nytimes.com
Social Media in China Is Getting Really Dark
The Chinese Communist Party has spent years trying to make “positive energy” the dominant mood of the country’s internet. It’s no longer working.
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“a state-affiliated media post claimed that China had invented human flight during the Ming dynasty, centuries before the West. The post triggered many sarcastic comments … “When will we invent two-day weekends?” said another”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/09/2026
I’ve covered Islamophobia for years. Trump's GOP has taken it to a new level.
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I’ve covered Islamophobia for years. Trump's GOP has taken it to a new level.
The shocking vilification of Muslims is one of the most troubling storylines of the midterms.
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Interview source www.gettyimages.com/detail/video...
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Donald Trump reacts to the destruction of the World Trade Center...
Donald Trump reacts to the destruction of the World Trade Center attack on 9-11.
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“by 15 September 2001 the area was on lock down. "There was no way anyone could get in and out of there without a [government-issued] badge” Source www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
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Was Donald Trump at Ground Zero Searching for Survivors Two Days After 9/11 with Workers He Paid For?
A meme echoes President Trump's 2001 comments about having hundreds of workers search for survivors after the terrorist attacks in Lower Manhattan.
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“John Feal, founder of the 9/11 first responder health advocacy non-profit the FealGood Foundation, responded to Ground Zero on 12 September 2001 as a construction demolitions expert. He also told us he didn't see evidence of hundreds of workers hired by Trump at the site”
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Source x.com/goangelo/sta...
x.com
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Everyone who helped clear the rubble - and I was there and I watched and I helped a little bit … Those people were amazing. Clearing the rubble. Trying to find additional lives. You didn’t know what was going to come down on all of us - and they handled it” - Trump in 2016
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“He’s very comfortable propagandizing that event for political purposes … Even in the face of tragedy, he can’t help but self-promote and self-aggrandize” said biographer Timothy O’Brien
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“the size of the Trump Organization at the time was “a little bit over a dozen people,” which would have made it impossible to send hundreds of people to participate in the relief effort” Source www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/u...
nytimes.com
Fact-Checking Trump’s Claim He ‘Spent a Lot of Time’ With 9/11 Responders (Published 2019)
The president repeated claims about his presence at ground zero during the signing ceremony for legislation to ensure health care funding for emergency workers who rushed to help.
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Source politifact.com/factchecks/2...
politifact.com
Claim exaggerates Trump’s role in 9/11 recovery efforts
“Donald Trump spent 9/11 marching into a war zone of fire and ashes with an army of his own men to save Americans.”
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Alles, the former New York fire chief [said] if Trump had sent a 100-worker crew to ground zero, “there would be a record of it” “Everybody worked under direct supervision of the police and fire department and the joint commander for emergency services”
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
After 9/11, Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed direct involvement in the ground zero effort “I have over a hundred men down here” “Men from my company. We have another hundred coming in a little while” “I was just down to ground zero” Almost certainly lies
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Live feed of Tim Scott at the Trump Party national convention in Dallas
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Source www.wsj.com/world/middle...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Trump’s Top Advisers Confront Possibility That Iran War Lasts Through End of Term
The president still says he expects the war will end “immediately” after midterm elections this fall.
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others have discussed with the president that Tehran could continue to resist U.S. pressure under the blockade and other military tactics, potentially extending the conflict past Inauguration Day in January 2029”
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Source, and gift article 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/u...
nytimes.com
60 Posts in 10 Hours: How Trump’s Social Media Reflects His Version of Reality (Gift Article)
With an assist from A.I., President Trump offers a window into how he wants to be seen — and, critics say, a barometer of his mental state.
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is a real photo
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“What is my object in making a friend? To have someone to be able to die for, someone I may follow into exile … the thing you describe is not friendship but a business deal.” - Seneca, Letters from a Stoic
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics’. All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.” - George Orwell, Politics and the English Language
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/09/2026
"We go to funerals. Then we go to hospital beds. This is real. DOGE is not real. Fuck, Elon Musk."
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25 years later, 9/11 is still claiming lives
A Long Island doctor once treated 9/11 responders who were dying. Now she’s a reporter and trying to figure out why the illnesses haven’t stopped.
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“Mr. Yiannopoulos himself had reveled in Mr. Trump’s mass deportations, calling for ICE checkpoints at supermarkets and gas stations and “total legal immunity for ICE agents when they’re on duty.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
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Milo Yiannopoulos, a Right-Wing Provocateur, Is Arrested by ICE (Gift Article)
Mr. Yiannopoulos, a prominent early supporter of President Trump, was detained at the New Orleans airport. The Trump administration publicized his arrest and shared a mug shot.
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I worked hard to edit this 60 Minutes episode down to under 3 minutes In under 3 minutes, Andrew Hitt, one of Trump’s most fervent supporters in the election of 2020 exposes attempted election fraud Ask your MAGA friends to watch it. Ask them if they think Andrew is telling the truth
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
If I could give the younger generations advice: 1) If it’s free it’s probably bad. Pay for at least one subscription to something. WSJ, NYT, AP, Reuters, local papers etc 2) If it’s entertaining it’s probably bad. Choose boring sources. Mostly text. Non-editorial. Less personality driven
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I really enjoyed Bertrand Russell’s short book, The Problems of Philosophy But I especially enjoyed the last couple of chapters where he rejects both global skepticism and religious metaphysics What do the better educated philoso-raptors out there think? 😀
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
“In little-noticed court documents, federal officials acknowledged this month that they had terminated the funding “based solely” on political criteria, targeting projects in states that were represented by Democrats and had voted for Kamala Harris” Gift article 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
An important clarification: this does not mean random thermal collisions are *sufficient* to power naturally occurring life We need other things too, such as a low-entropy source of energy which can be converted to useful chemical or mechanical work without violating the Second Law
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