Jonathan Jarry

The reason journalists are so particular about what’s off the record and about granting anonymity is that many of us take that very seriously. If I promise to protect your identity, I’m not just saying I won’t print your name. I’m saying I will go to jail for refusing a court order to name you.

This is the kind of stuff that people use to defend the miraculous benefits of these under-studied, unapproved "peptides" (which sometimes aren't even peptides) that they buy ON THE BLACK MARKET so that they can INJECT themselves with them.

Sigh.

A clinic that sells this injection got 15 of their past customers on the phone and asked them if their knees were better.

- No control group & no blinding
- Sunk cost fallacy at play
- No validated questionnaires

This "study" was included in a sys review, making it appear better than it is.

Intra-Articular Injection of BPC 157 for Multiple Types of Knee Pain - PubMed BPC157 is a peptide with regenerative properties that can be used to relieve multiple types of knee pain.2,3 Future studies are needed to look at the different causes of knee pain with follow-up MRIs to document the peptide's benefits. BPC157 has the potential to repair tears, build cartilage and re …

Preparing for an interview on "peptides" and seeing if anything new was published since I wrote about them.

BPC-157 has, from what I can see, a single *clinical* study into its orthopaedic potential.

And it's not even science.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34324435/

Tim, doesn't the BBC have an investigative programme called Panorama?

This is clearly Bari's version of it, but she'll have to pay you to use the name "Quack-o-rama."

Tomorrow, my article for @mcgilloss.bsky.social will focus on bias.

When we interpret studies, we all bring our biases to this act. Some do a better job of being impartial.

My case study? A doctor whose name rhymes with "pepper."

This may work:

web.archive.org/web/20260129...

It's the Free-Pressification of CBS News.

I can read the whole thing with no paywall on my end, and I don't have a subscription to The Guardian. 🤷‍♂️

Mark Hyman (doctor) - Wikipedia

66 apparently: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hy...

He was born during the Revolutionary War. He's hold up quite nicely.

It's rare to see journalistic coverage that is so attuned to the skeptical movement and evidence-based medicine in general. Really appreciate that!

Bari Weiss’s new CBS hires include ‘germ theory denialist’ doctor Dr Mark Hyman, who claimed he reduced his biological age by 20 years, brought on as a contributor

Jarry predicted: “CBS viewers will be told that true health is about testing for everything – at a cost – and gorging yourself on an array of unproven and unnecessary dietary supplements. This is in keeping with what is happening under Trump: the institutionalization of pseudoscience.”

I was reminded of the saying "as above, so below."

As with us, so with our pets. All the extravagant and poorly researched claims we see in the human wellness industry get translated into the world of pets.

My Accidental Journey Into the Wild World of Pet Wellness I knew that people had strong feelings about kibble. But dog food was a gateway into a whole host of MAHA-esque ideas.

An anthropological dive into the world of pet wellness--specifically "natural" food for dogs--that mentions my work on the Mercola Tapes and how Joe Mercola wants to destroy the vet industry.

Well written and wild.

www.wsj.com/health/welln...

YouTube video by The Muckrake Political Podcast The Killing of Alex Pretti Was No Accident

Fascism grows in the United States and the response to it so far has been tepid. What will it take?

This is a great though difficult conversation dealing with why strong words aren't enough and why not much else has been seen from powerful people.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgER...

App for Quitting Porn Leaked Users' Masturbation Habits Hundreds of thousands of users told the app intimate details about their sexual urges, which are now exposed.

there are a lot of hustlebros out there working hard to market apps and they do not give a shit about their users. I begged these people to fix the issue and they lied to me and then ignored me. It's bad. be careful about what apps you give data to www.404media.co/app-for-quit...

22:00, Michael Shermer: "You cannot pause puberty, you can't, that's not how it works! ... I mean, you *can*, but there's gonna be irreparable damage, uh, changes, going forward."

A 'Skeptic' on Finding the Truth | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine, offers advice for evaluating information and sources and argues that getting to the truth is still possible.

Of course, they talk about trans people (around 17:00).

"Biological sex is absolutely binary." I guess he never heard about sex chromosome anomalies.

"There's no such thing as 'the wrong body'."

Lovely....

www.wnyc.org/story/a-skep...

He was given *35 minutes*??

Wondering why there's such a fuss about pushing some #vaccine recommendations to "shared clinical decision making"? The term is being conflated with "informed consent," suggesting it's about empowering parents. This isn't that; good take here. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/shared-dec...

CBS News names 19 new contributors CBS News has significantly expanded its knowledge base and on-air presence with the addition of 19 new contributors who cover the worlds of politics, national security, health, happiness, arts, food, ...

One name I missed in the CBS News hires is Coleman Hughes.

I remember he was platformed by... was it Sam Harris? when Coleman was an *undergraduate student*. He was a guest on a major platform like he was some genius luminary.

He was an undergrad.

www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...

@cbsnews.com cash cow will be ads of those same snake oil supplements.

"Right from the start, The Huberman Lab was sponsored by companies offering questionable products from the perspective of science-based medicine." wrote @jonathanjarry.bsky.social in 2023.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

Look, it was either skull measurers at CBS or the ominous threat of pronouns

Thabo Mbeki Aids policy 'led to 330,000 deaths' Policies of former president directly responsible for avoidable deaths of a third of a million people in South Africa

AIDS denier Peter Duesberg passed away earlier this month. He gave disastrous advice to the president of South Africa, encouraging policies that led to an estimated 330,000 preventable deaths. 35,000 babies were born with HIV that could have been prevented. www.theguardian.com/world/2008/n...

Jesus Christ.

There's also a blurb by Sabine Hossenfelder, because of course.

An announcement for Michael Shermer's new book. “Michael Shermer is one of our most influential intellectuals. Truth lances the myth of truth's subjectivity, arguing (provocatively) that truth can generate moral absolutes. This stimulating, excellent book inspires you to spread the word that the Earth is not flat and that truth matters.” ―Robert Sapolsky

“Michael Shermer is one of our most influential intellectuals" - Robert Sapolsky.

Yee-ikes.

Mikhaila Peterson YouTube comment: Praise God, dad is doing better. Not fully recovered by far, but better. Update coming soon, we’re just giving it some more time. I don’t think I would’ve been able to put out a video honestly if he wasn’t doing better. It’s been brutal. Thank you guys so much for the prayers. If you're interested in supporting the keto/carnivore study: https://gofund.me/e8ba31ba4

Daddy Peterson is doing better but "it's been brutal."

Worth a look to see Mark Hyman's pseudospiritual biology nonsense... soon to be featured on CBS News!

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