Apparently people are calling Kash Patel "J. Edgar Boozer" and I am officially ☠️

The only thing that would have been better is if Jeffries had said, "Quiet, Piggy."

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A peculiar feature of our Solar System might have a logical explanation www.skeptophilia.com/2026/04/brid...

The strange story of the Priory of Sion How an unsavory character launched one of the most convoluted hoaxes of all time

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Turns out that on a small enough scale, even time is fuzzy www.skeptophilia.com/2026/04/wibb...

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A priest, a hoax, and a pope www.skeptophilia.com/2026/04/the-...

The Romans had the right idea. Damnatio memoriae.

bugs bunny and daffy duck are standing next to a sign that says duck rabbit on it ALT: bugs bunny and daffy duck are standing next to a sign that says duck rabbit on it

strait of hormuz update

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Tale of a three-thousand-year-old cellphone www.skeptophilia.com/2026/04/one-...

I'm going to a huge used book sale a week from tomorrow -- I collect old field guides, I'm hoping to find one or two!

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In which AI reaches the top of the heap www.skeptophilia.com/2026/04/esav...

Polly Barton on Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s Hell of Solitude In principle it should be straightforward enough to write an essay about the work of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Here is a writer who can absorb virtually any decisive, sweeping statement about his signif…

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Dord, fnord, and nimrod How languages can change for very odd reasons

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A historic earthquake, and a warning www.skeptophilia.com/2026/04/at-f...

All three of ours are rescues!

Is it just me, or does Andrew Tate look like Stephen Miller and Gollum had a baby?

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The strange phenomenon of the "Joplin Spook Lights" www.skeptophilia.com/2026/04/ligh...

Yeah, can't argue with that...

This should be no surprise to anyone. Starting with Rush Limbaugh back in the 80s, the far right has been schooling its followers to disbelieve in the facts, something that accelerated with Fox News, Ann Coulter, Tucker Carlson, etc. Is it any wonder they're impervious to facts now?

The shrieking skulls of Calgarth A classic scary tale from sixteenth-century England

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Well, I've thought Tucker was revolting for years.

Wait, I see what he's saying. Never mind.

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About a tragic hoax from the 1950s www.skeptophilia.com/2026/04/mind...

The letter and the labyrinth A revised version of one of the Gospels has the historians still looking for answers

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About one of the most dangerous times in Earth's (pre)history www.skeptophilia.com/2026/04/the-...

A screenshot of a post comparing what's happening now to the collapse of the Byzantine Empire

A traveler's tale The (true) story of a grand adventure

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The Sugar Mill A short story

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About a strange legend out of the Maritimes www.skeptophilia.com/2026/04/the-...

The curious legend of Prester John How a medieval tall tale took five centuries to debunk

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Why you sometimes can't find something even if it's right in front of you www.skeptophilia.com/2026/04/find...