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Belief in telepathy in autistic individuals, as promoted in The Telepathy Tapes podcast, stems from forces of modernity so inexorable that, were we to rewind the gears of history and try it all again, we’d end up right back where we are. The forces I’m implicating are disparate: the spread of literacy, the rise of the nuclear family, the disability rights and neurodiversity movements, trends in modern education, the accumulating research on autism, the “god-shaped hole” caused by growing secularism, the rise of mass media and then social media, the tendency of methodologies to evolve through implicit learning mechanisms and…

The years 2024 and 2025 must have been a heady experience for documentary filmmaker Ky Dickens. In September 2024, she began releasing the ten-episode first season of her The Telepathy Tapes podcast. By December, the show started to appear on year-end lists of the best podcasts of 2024. Then lightning struck on Christmas Day. Based on hearing just two episodes, Joe Rogan (the undisputed king of podcasting, with millions of followers, who on this occasion happened to be wearing an elf costume) gave a brief favorable review of The Telepathy Tapes and expressed his belief that telepathy is real. Suddenly…

Are They Democrat Socialists or Just Deadbeat Scammers? Source link

Dr. Rob Stone, Common Dreams. Or Why Paul Krugman Is Wrong About Medicare For All. As a physician, my life’s goal is to practice medicine in a country where everyone has healthcare, everybody in and nobody out. Why not do battle with the insurance industry and their billionaire backers? There has to be a fight. Let’s have it. Paul Krugman won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2008 and must be a smart fellow. He wrote on Substack August 11, “The U.S. Healthcare System is Already Mostly Socialized, and there’s nothing radical about wanting to end insurance company parasitism.“ Krugman explained…

This episode is a segment from the big Patreon Supporters-Only Bonus DHP episode CJ is currently working on, “Wooden Walls on the Water,” which will be a multi-hour deep-dive into virtually everything we know about Greek navies (especially the Athenian navy, about which we know the most) in the 5th century BC, including – but not limited to: the design & construction of triremes, the logistical & financial burdens of building & maintaining a large fleet of them, the experience of the crew, & the tactics & experience of battle, with some historical examples of important Greek naval engagements. This…

Listen close, and you’ll notice MMT still undergirds Democrats’ economic agenda, even if they have retired the term. Source link

By Sara Awad This article was originally published by Truthout Our ability to study in safety is tied to a feeling of being emotionally trapped, for we are unable to return home. Since Israel’s war began in Gaza, Palestinian university students have seen their education and futures upended. All universities have been damaged or destroyed, campuses have closed, and around 88,000 students have been deprived of access to higher education, according to Palestinian officials. Friends of Palestinian Universities has reported that nearly 1,400 university students have also been killed.    For some students, obtaining a scholarship abroad is no longer…

Last week, Rep. Jamie Raskin called civil-rights investigations of universities a ‘sham.’ His account completely rewrites history. Source link

Robin Andersen FAIR After US Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) was detained in the West Bank, first by Israeli settlers wielding US-made rifles, then by the IDF, his outrage was palpable. “I see these young men brandishing M4s, circling, circling our vans, cursing us out in Hebrew and Arabic, which I didn’t understand, and filming us, laughing at us, wiping our windows while doing that, blockading us,” Khanna told CNN (7/11/26). When IDF soldiers showed up, Khanna said, they took the side of the settlers: And that’s when I got actually nervous and scared that there could be some incident. Our security…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced an imminent increase in economic pressure on Iran in a Sunday op-ed for the Financial Times.  “At dawn begins an economic D-Day — the single greatest financial offensive ever marshalled against an adversary,” Bessent wrote, echoing the language of a Wednesday social media post from President Donald Trump. The op-ed did not disclose the concrete measures, which the secretary will unveil at a Monday press conference, but suggested that new punitive policies will be implemented against countries that continue economic dealings with Iran.  “Those who sever Iran’s remaining financial and commercial connectivity will reinvigorate their…