Blood Test Screens for Cancer. Should You Vote for It? [Sum: NO] www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/... by @jonathanjarry.bsky.social 👎 A clinical trial found Galleri test failed to find cancers at an earlier stage. ⚠️ KEY: Even if it detected as promised, "we have no idea if it indeed saves lives."

This Blood Test Screens for Cancer. Should You Vote for It?

Imagine you are sitting in a nine-hour meeting and your vote will help decide if a new cancer screening test gets approved in your country. The test under consideration breaks the mould: from a simple...

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Book publishers: I’m reading the Vintage Books 2026 edition of Krakauer’s Into Thin Air, and every dozen pages or so, the font changes for no apparent reason before changing back. It’s subtle but clearly visible and distracting. How does something like this happen?

TV in the 21st century: "So, that new show CUPERTINO is on Paramount+ in the U.S., yes, but not in Canada, haha! That's because CBS airs it and Paramount+ has the streaming rights; but in Canada, *Global* airs it, and it's their platform, StackTV, that streams it. Obviously. "Silly goose."

A new blood test looks at 50 different cancers in one go. Should it be approved? More cancer screening is a good thing... right? Get ready to experience the confusion that is Galleri. My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social #medsky www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

This Blood Test Screens for Cancer. Should You Vote for It?

Imagine you are sitting in a nine-hour meeting and your vote will help decide if a new cancer screening test gets approved in your country. The test under consideration breaks the mould: from a simple...

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Whoever hired the guy for their Car Gurus ad needs to tell him that nobody pronounces it "Guh-rooz."

"Not the Onion" *was* "The Onion" six months ago. Who knew the real psychics were the satirists?

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d ago

Six months ago:

If this is Tim Pool's new studio, it's giving "Oprah but on a budget." From man cave to man womb, I guess. The beanie stays on even in utero.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)@theserfstv.bsky.social · 2d ago

Tim Pool has a new fancy looking safe space hug box for right wing reactionaries to complain about how mean everyone is to them. WE'RE GOING TO MOCK THEM RUTHLESSLY LIVE NOW twitch.tv/theserfstv

Fake university UATX wants its students to know that Nazis were actually socialists. I mean, it's in the name, right? Keep on UATXing, UATX.

Looking for an employment lawyer who has supported people with Long Covid for an article I'm working on who would have 15 minutes to speak Monday-Wednesday next week. Please reach out at jmetraux@motherjones.com

My article for @mcgilloss.bsky.social this week will be about a new multi-cancer early screening test. One blood sample. You get told if you have one of 50 different cancers. Sounds good, right? Get ready to have your mind f*cked with numbers.

Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester) - I'm getting a headache

ALT: Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester) - I'm getting a headache

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The American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek.

Gianmarco Soresi@gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 3d ago

Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon

The far-right's favorite "intellectual" says the quiet part out loud.

They're dragging Harry Houdini out of the grave using AI. youtu.be/8Nsf3KcQIgg?...

HOUDINI: Back from the Dead Official Trailer | Fox Nation

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I know there’s no such thing as an incorrect accent, but hearing a CBC host pronounce “plague” as “pleg” does make me smile and shake my head.

In a year, he'll be selling coffee with added mould in it for its health properties.

Mallory@this-is-mallory.bsky.social · 3d ago

The wellness boys are fighting 😂 Gary launched his own “mold free coffee” and Dave had to get online to talk about inventing “mold free coffee”. At least they’re putting it in their mouth?

2020: Rogan gets $100 mil from Spotify 2024: Rogan gets est. $250 mil from Spotify Today: Rogan gets est. $250 mil from Spotify variety.com/2026/digital...

Joe Rogan Renews Nine-Figure Spotify Deal

Spotify and Joe Rogan have entered into a new multiyear licensing agreement, continuing a relationship that began in 2020 for his hugely popular podcast.

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My ears are burning. I've never heard my name mentioned so many times on a single podcast episode. Great discussion!

Matthew Remski@matthewremski.bsky.social · 4d ago

Supplement hawkers, alien channelers, and New Age enema healers usually have a unique style, cadence, intensity of intrusive eye contact. Are these not embodied skills that will outlast the AI apocalypse? www.conspirituality.net/episodes/329-does-claude-have-charisma

The Terminator movies mention "Skynet." Did they get the word slightly wrong?

Wonkette@wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 4d ago

Skydance Merger Complete, Will Become Sentient And Kill Us All, Probably www.wonkette.com/p/skydance-m... by @brooklynmarie.bsky.social

It's interesting to think that many of the quacks who rose to fame and wealth *because* of their charisma risk losing it all by trading their charm for AI write-ups because it's easier on their brain.

Derek Beres@derekberes.bsky.social · 4d ago

Wellness influencers are losing their only strength to AI.

Wellness influencers are losing their only strength to AI.

The latest video from @medcrisis.bsky.social wrestles with the question of why so many of us in the health space debunk misinformation. Are we wasting our time? Are we outrage farming? Is it even working? 🧵 youtu.be/btYVaFT2P0g?...

Talking about health on the internet

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I got sent this enough that I’m gonna foolishly wade in here. I feel like folks are talking past each other and to some extent it’s about a desire to dunk on people who use AI. I can think of situations where it’s understandable to use AI like this, I was in one and did…

Matt Binder@mattbinder.bsky.social · 5d ago

can’t think of a better example of AI being mostly a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist also it can’t help when this is your user base

Pick up a pencil and learn how to draw. Write fan fiction. Shoot a low-budget horror film. Do anything creative and you will outpace the big league.

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 5d ago

Michael Bay is now in final talks to direct a new ‘TRANSFORMERS’ movie. (Source: pagesix.com/2026/10/06/h...)

The SkeptiCamp schedule is up, for those of you attending ESC Liverpool! sitp.online/skepticamp/s...

Jim Bakker has departed this mortal coil. He shall be buried in a food bucket, as per his wishes. www.cnn.com/2026/10/05/u...

Televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a faith-based empire before resigning amid scandal, dies at 86 | CNN

Televangelist Jim Bakker, who rose to national prominence in the 1970s and ‘80s before stepping down from his ministry amid scandal, has died. He was 86.

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Crawling through season 5 of Babylon 5 for the first time since the 90s, and it is aimless. An overdrawn epilogue that makes Return of the King's ending feel efficient. The lovable characters spike up the dullness, but then I was hit with "WRITTEN BY NEIL GAIMAN." Ooof. I shall soldier on.

As a society, we have forgotten that the phone still works when you hold it up to your ear

We already know what’s about to happen. Time to redirect those consumption energies into creation energy. Go make art. Go make bad art. Your worst art will be better than what Hollywood is going to produce over the next generation.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6d ago

Breaking News: Paramount officially closed its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a vast media empire.

They've gone ahead and done it: they've "woked" Doctor Who! He's a blue-haired feminist!! I can't believe they did this to my favourite conservative character. I will not be watching Doctor Who: TARDIS Crew. (the above was sarcasm)

One day, the United States will mature into a beautiful democracy supported by reasonable people. Today is not that day.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 6d ago

Call them woke if you want. But don’t you dare call them weak.