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What do you do when an apocalypse is put on hold?

Posted on January 7, 2026 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: In Ghana, a self-declared prophet, who solicited money from his followers to build arks ahead of what he said would be a Christmas Day rapture, announced that the apocalypse had been postponed and used the donations … Continue reading →

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Who rejects allopathic* medicine? Quacks

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Naomi

*Allopathic medicine, or allopathy, is an archaic and derogatory label originally used by 19th-century homeopaths to describe heroic medicine, the precursor of modern evidence-based medicine. — Wikipedia My mom used to slam the term “quack” on any practitioner of non-scientific … Continue reading →

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