Whalefall, a movie & book about a dude who gets swallowed by a whale, gets some stuff right and some stuff wrong. Could you really get swallowed by a whale and make it out alive? Today on my Substack:
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I was loaned this interesting skull, containing non-human DNA, from a classified military facility. Your thoughts??
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This kitchen utensil might be killing you! —or not. Today on my Substack: briandunning.substack.com/p/this-kitchen…
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Writing this in my personal capacity, but I have been flying these types of aircraft for more than 20 years, with over 8,000 hours, and have reasonable familiarity with how the charter world operates. I feel compelled to post after seeing commentary about the Lear 60 crash, from missile strikes to DEI to critiquing this poor woman’s final radio calls.
That last part is what I find most troubling. She was the second-in-command (SIC), and while she was empowered to point out mistakes as part of good crew resource management, she was doing her job, communicating with ATC right to the end in a terrifying situation. She likely knew before many of those calls that she was going to die. I have heard final calls from friends, from military pilots with thousands of hours in fighter aircraft, and they are just as heartbreaking because they know the end is approaching.
I understand the public interest given the footage and audio. But you do not know the aircraft’s maintenance history, whether there was a structural failure, if any failure was induced by turbulence, overspeed, or overcontrol, or everything happening in that cockpit. I am sure weather will be part of the investigation, but beyond that, it is speculation. The charter industry routinely hires commercial pilots very early in their careers to gain experience alongside an ATP-qualified captain before they move up to the airlines. She would still have the appropriate training, qualifications, and checkouts by an FAA examiner or designee.
Let people investigate, learn, and share the facts. Be respectful to those who perished and the families who carry their memories. God bless them and their loved ones.
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A roundup of some of the conspiracy theories circulating since yesterday's tragic plane crash in Florida only a few miles from Mar-a-Lago, today on my Substack: briandunning.substack.com/p/florida-plan…
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Some inside information on the Bend, OR school shooting at Silver Rail Elementary. briandunning.substack.com/p/some-inside-…
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This week in the news: A pile of old logs was warped into an excuse to spread more disinformation about Amelia Earhart — when celebrating her true legacy was also a perfectly good option.
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Online marketers are promoting "Multi-Cancer Detection" tests, promising to use a single blood draw to search for early signs of up to 50 (!!) different cancers. It's real, not a fake scam; however, doctors still say most people should NOT do this. The reasons why are on this : skep.us/1063
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Check out this week's Short Wave on NPR. It features the astrobiologist Seven Rasmussen talking about their book on the Drake Equation — which is also the subject of their appearance in our film Alien Echoes (currently in post — skeptoid.org/alienechoes).
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Here's what the science says on whether members of "the other party" are raving lunatics with absurd policies. Today on my Substack:
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Behold: the direct relationship between lake level changes at Lake Mead, and mass media promotion of false stories about bodies of people killed by the mob. On this week's Skeptoid, the first show hosted by our own production manager Will McCandless: skep.us/1062
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In which I attempt to drive Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter's 1946 Ford, a 75th anniversary gift from Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood. It is the worst-driving car I have ever tried, and also the very best. Video courtesy of my co-driver Josh Carter.
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This must be what it's like to live with euphoric frontotemporal dementia.
🧵 Disclosure Foundation Chief Legal Officer Hunt Willis and other Foundation representatives were honored to recently brief the U.S. government's UAP Science Advisory Council (UAPSAC) on national security information and the PURSUE Initiative.
The briefing examined the legal P disclosures, including a comparison of AARO and PURSUE, whistleblower protections, and congressional pathways to disclosure.
We are making these materials publicly available at this time.
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Bigfoot ain't got nothing on the beast that terrorized North American forests 30 million years ago. Today on my Substack:
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If only there were some way to *actually* restore our public health institutions to trustworthiness... 🤔
This week, I joined @NIHDirector_Jay, @DrOzCMS, and @DrSchwartzCDC at NIH to open a historic clinic dedicated to studying and caring for patients experiencing health problems following vaccination.
We must listen to patients and families who report vaccine injuries—not dismiss dent Trump and I are building a health system that takes them seriously, follows the evidence, and uses what we learn to make vaccines safer.
This is how we earn back trust in our public health institutions.
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