Lolololol these are not serious people 🤡

Such good news for anyone who cares about the health of soldiers. I was really hoping they'd MAHA the military.

Happy 4/20

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Well Enough: Finding Health Despite the Wellness Industry, out today.

www.derekberes.com/well-enough....

AI Drafting My Stories? Over My Dead Body AI-assisted writing is creeping into newsrooms under the guise of efficiency. But the trade-off may be more profound than publishers are willing to admit.

Excellent meditation on grappling with AI as a writer. Like the author, I use it for research and transcriptions.

But publishing 600 pieces in less than a year, as someone he cites? Sorry, that's not writing.

www.wired.com/story/backch...

I just wouldn't write off an article because it's in The Atlantic. This analysis is pretty revealing.

Right, why learn anything anyway?

What in the article is wrong?

The Problem With Hasan Piker’s Einstein Story People scrutinizing influencers for their views should also hold them to account for their facts.

“It’s characteristic of the new-media landscape, which now includes smashmouth streamers and podcasters of all political persuasions who talk about everything but are experts in nothing, and whose incentives run toward incendiary virality rather than accuracy.”

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Well Enough is out today.

The book is a reflection of the last six years of Conspirituality and my decades of work inside of the wellness industry. It features both critiques and benefits of wellness.

It’s also by far the most personal thing I’ve ever written.

www.derekberes.com/well-enough....

MAHA is appeasing a particular demographic: people with expendable income who can afford wellness’s accouterments. You can understand that quickly by recognizing this is not how science functions.

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

A good reminder that MAHA is entirely fear-based marketing for alt med while actual science is still happening.

www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...

I was the music supervisor for the 2010 documentary, DMT: The Spirit Molecule. I remember when Joe Rogan agreed to dress up as Rod Serling to play host for the film.

At the time, it seemed like a good idea.

In a rare moment of good news, the Mets can't lose today.

Next up on MAHA Books is…anti-parasitics for cancer treatment 🙄🤬🖕🏼

MAHA Lacks a True Base and Voters Reject Its Real-World Impact While many voters say they support its general goals, very few identify with the MAHA movement itself, and around 1 in 3 outright reject it.

"While many voters say they support MAHA’s general goals, less than 1 in 6 actually identify with the movement itself, and support drops significantly when voters learn about RFK Jr.’s actions in office and his policies."

www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2026/4/...

Excellent.

The second slide though 🤯

MAHA is doing generational damage to public health.

More Americans doubt vaccine safety than trust it, POLITICO Poll finds Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views are commonplace across the land.

Another reminder that MAHA was never about "just questioning Covid vaccines."

www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Well Enough: Finding Health Despite the Wellness Industry Finding Health Despite the Wellness Industry

Well Enough is out next Monday! Pre-orders for the paperback are now live.

bookshop.org/p/books/well...

Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With Religion “This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

I don't care what religion someone practices, provided they keep it far away from me. I'd also be super pissed if my employer was sending nonsense like this.

www.wired.com/story/govern...

Nice, I'd expect it to be higher in Oregon given the number of churches here. Turns out I'm in pretty good company!

She must have received a wonderful tip, what, door dashing from Nevada to DC.

It’s always bugged me that most of what Americans know about Hungarian culture is via the lens of Orban. So for a number of reasons, glad they kicked him to the curb today.

Thank you!

They can start today!

Hey MAGA, notice what’s happening with Eric Slalwell? How quickly we say GTFO? You know, you can do that to your guys too, right? Right?

Billionaire tech bro Marc Andreessen recently claimed introspection is a pathology.

@julianwalker.bsky.social and I discuss the Trump advisor's claims while the investor continues making bank from defense technology.

www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-is-there-a-deep-self