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The Skepticrat
Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Headline Sources:
MAHA report is full of enormous amounts of nonsense: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition/maha-report-mostly-data-vibes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/05/30/maha-report-ai-white-house/
Harvard wins initial court fight to keep its international students: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/us/harvard-international-students-trumps.html
A hidden measure in the big beautiful bill would crown Trump king:
https://www.justsecurity.org/113529/terrible-idea-contempt-court/
Donald Trump learns about TACO trade: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-lashes-viral-taco-trade-meme-stand/story?id=122323324
Elon leaves the White House with a bunch of lies: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/politics/fact-check-elon-musk-trump.html
Elon Musk got punched in the face by a 5-year-old: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/politics/elon-musk-black-eye.html
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| 1:27.7 | This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. |
| 1:42.5 | It's Monday. |
| 1:44.2 | It's June 2nd. |
| 1:45.4 | And the word of the day is grok, which means to stare at someone who's eating with the hope they'll offer you some food. |
| 1:53.0 | Use in a sentence, golden retrievers are batting 1,000 against me when they grok me. |
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