Links 3/30/2025

Ok, the number of links I have saved up to post is epic….

But first off, if you ever used the 23andMe DNA testing service you need to go log in and have them delete your data. ASAP!

The Slow-Burn Nightmare of the National Public Data Breach

The best use case argument for Neurolink I’ve seen (and I HIGHLY dislike the idea): Teams of neurologists at six research centers asked 241 unresponsive patients to spend several minutes at a time doing complex cognitive tasks, such as imagining themselves playing tennis. Twenty-five percent of them responded with the same patterns of brain activity seen in healthy people, suggesting that they were able to think and at least somewhat aware.

California Autism Prevalence by County and Race/Ethnicity: Declining Trends Among Wealthy Whites

California Reveals All Job Gains In 2023 Were Fake

Oxford study of 820,926 adolescents, age 12-15, & 283,422 children, age 5-11 1. No deaths from COVID, meaning death rate for age 5-15 is between 0 and 0.00003% 2. Heart inflammation is 37/MM in vaccinated & 0/MM for COVID infection. 3. Vaccine risk-benefit ratio unfavorable

How effective was the 2023-24 mRNA covid vax vs Covid infection?

Bad policy literally stole young girls childhood. “MRI scans found evidence of premature brain ageing in both boys and girls, but girls’ brains appeared on average 4.2 years older than expected after lockdowns, compared with 1.4 years older for boys.”

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services links fluoridated drinking water to a 2-5 point IQ drop in children

One of the worst cases of scientific fraud ever: >cardiologist fakes data showing better outcomes for patients who were given beta blockers before heart surgery >Europe changes its medical guidelines based on this research >turns out beta blockers increase risk of death by 27%

A Nobel prize-winning genetics researcher has retracted two more papers, bringing his total to 13. 

over 100 NIH-funded Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s research papers contain completely made up data, according to new allegations. Billions in funding and years of research now in serious doubt

Elevating the Status of Motherhood Solves Low Birthrates: The Extraordinary Case of Mongolia

Now, a large-scale study from the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in Manhasset, N.Y., has found that liquid thickening doesn’t actually help such patients.

Childhood vax schedule in the USA vs Denmark

Wearing face masks as a potential source for inhalation and oral uptake of inanimate toxins

Coffee is good for you again! Oh, nope, its bad again.

Hope you don’t have the mthfr gene mutation: new California law will require tortilla makers to add an extra ingredient

What School Didn’t Teach Us: How It Feels to Work Hard

What School Didn’t Teach Us: Fear Is Good for You

Face blind. Vs. Super-recognizer.

So apparently, scientists are using human brain tissue as computer processors now and are renting them out to people

The dye in Doritos can make mice transparent

Charles and Heather Maude, a western South Dakota farm and ranch couple, have been indicted for theft of federal property

The Oregon DMV has admitted to registering at least hundreds of non-citizens to vote since at least 2021 due to errors in its auto voter registration system. Additionally, every registered voter is sent ballots by mail. The audit is still ongoing and more illegal registrations

we’re finally allowed to disclose a vulnerability reported to Kia which would’ve allowed an attacker to remotely control almost all vehicles made after 2013 using only the license plate.

“Global warming” between 1880-2020 overestimated by 42% because of unaccounted for weather station aging, reports new study. Results confirmed against NASA satellite data.

Researchers make stunning discovery after examining farmland treated only with organic fertilizers for decades

a new study reports the first ever successful transplant of stem cell-derived insulin-producing cells for type 1 diabetes. the patient became insulin-independent just 75 days after transplantation and has maintained this for over a year

Scientists say they have developed an “adaptive brain pacemaker” that eases Parkinson’s symptoms

In France, some crows have been trained to pick up cigarette butts on the street. The crows pick up cigarette butts and put them into a machine, where they receive food as a reward.

These kids threw a combined no-hitter at the Little League Baseball World Series