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RFK Jr.'s Wi-Fi and 5G conspiracies appear to make it into MAHA report draft

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/maha-draft-takes-on-electromagnetic-radiation-echoing-rfk-jr-s-conspiracies/
44•duxup•2h ago

Comments

coin•1h ago
I wonder if smart meters are included. There’s a conspiracy theory around the RF emitted by smart meters.
mikestew•47m ago
They have 5G radios in them, IIRC. Of course there's crackpot theories about the RF.

(In fact, I'm pretty sure the reason I know that smart meters use 5G is because of the crackpot theories about "smart meters use 5G, and we all know what that does!!11One!".

jmclnx•1h ago
>For instance, it includes no proposed restrictions

All this does for me is shows these people are in only for the kickbacks.

Outside of ignoring the constitution (ICE), giving/continuing a tax break worth billions to the top 1% and eliminating science nothing that will help the US in the future has been done.

If this is not stopped, all the US will have left is a weapon building industry. Remember, drug research, a huge growing industry that the US leads has just be killed by RFK jr.

amanaplanacanal•1h ago
Hopefully the upcoming midterm elections will allow some sanity to return.
Sniffnoy•1h ago
I know this isn't the point, but it really bugs me to see "conspiracy" used to mean "conspiracy theory" in this way. (And this is less of a proper conspiracy theory and more just a crackpot theory, tbh.)
1970-01-01•1h ago
Read the draft. Overall, it's a decent take on the situation. Yes, they have included anti-vax and other stupid ideas, which should be ignored for the majority, but the overall take is still accurate enough to execute and provide a benefit. It seems as if they are putting out a strategy and have been forced to include the duck. Just get rid of the duck and it's good.

https://blog.codinghorror.com/new-programming-jargon/

happytoexplain•53m ago
Are you just using the metaphor loosely, or are you actually suggesting that they explicitly do not believe in the duck and are counting on others to ask for it to be removed to reduce scrutiny on the parts they do believe in?
goyagoji•46m ago
The demented mind of a legacy child is supposed to help us agree to ignore the auto industry and its neo-fascist accomplices while they kill children.
1970-01-01•26m ago
I'm using it tightly and rightly. Keep the bits about clean water, clean air, microplastic pollution, screentime, drug commercials, etc.

Have your doctor selectively ignore the anti-vax and non-ionizing EM radiation ducks.

genman•34m ago
Or, they are just this stupid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor

DemocracyFTW2•58m ago
> Notably, the report does not mention the leading causes of death for American children, which are firearms and motor vehicle accidents. Cancer, another top killer, is only mentioned in the context of pushing new AI technologies at the National Institutes of Health. Poisonings, another top killer, are also not mentioned explicitly.

These people don't care for you. You are just Menschenmaterial to them, something to be be used, abused, exploited, then discarded.

Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team

https://annas-archive.org/blog/an-update-from-the-team.html
527•jerheinze•3h ago•191 comments

Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned into a Sims-style game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRPnX_f2V_c
30•max-raven•45m ago•13 comments

My Retro TVs

https://www.myretrotvs.com/
79•the-mitr•2h ago•15 comments

Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust

https://github.com/epicenter-so/epicenter/tree/main/apps/whispering
66•braden-w•2h ago•17 comments

How much do electric car batteries degrade?

https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/electric-car-battery-degradation
41•xnx•1h ago•36 comments

Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels

https://scrollguard.app/
351•adrianhacar•2d ago•133 comments

FFmpeg Assembly Language Lessons

https://github.com/FFmpeg/asm-lessons
236•flykespice•5h ago•68 comments

The Cutaway Illustrations of Fred Freeman

https://5wgraphicsblog.com/2016/10/24/the-cutaway-illustrations-of-fred-freeman/
37•Michelangelo11•2d ago•3 comments

TREAD: Token Routing for Efficient Architecture-Agnostic Diffusion Training

https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.04765
26•fzliu•2h ago•3 comments

The Weight of a Cell

https://www.asimov.press/p/cell-weight
57•arbesman•4h ago•20 comments

Launch HN: Reality Defender (YC W22) – API for Deepfake and GenAI Detection

https://www.realitydefender.com/platform/api
46•bpcrd•4h ago•22 comments

Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file

https://hyperclay.com/
541•pil0u•12h ago•192 comments

Who Invented Backpropagation?

https://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/who-invented-backpropagation.html
126•nothrowaways•3h ago•62 comments

Typechecker Zoo

https://sdiehl.github.io/typechecker-zoo/
97•todsacerdoti•3d ago•17 comments

Electromechanical reshaping, an alternative to laser eye surgery

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-alternative-lasik-lasers.html
191•Gaishan•10h ago•83 comments

Finding a Successor to the FHS

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1032947/67e23ce1a3f9f129/
14•firexcy•12h ago•6 comments

Turning an iPad Pro into the Ultimate Classic Macintosh (2021)

https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2021/04/17/turning-an-ipad-pro-into-the-ultimate-classic-macintosh/
56•rcarmo•2h ago•7 comments

A gigantic jet caught on camera: A spritacular moment for NASA astronaut

https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/a-gigantic-jet-caught-on-camera-a-spritacular-moment-for-nasa-astronaut-nicole-ayers/
365•acossta•3d ago•87 comments

The lottery ticket hypothesis: why neural networks work

https://nearlyright.com/how-ai-researchers-accidentally-discovered-that-everything-they-thought-about-learning-was-wrong/
9•076ae80a-3c97-4•2h ago•0 comments

Image Fulgurator (2011)

https://juliusvonbismarck.com/bank/index.php/projects/image-fulgurator/2/
33•Liftyee•2d ago•2 comments

Vibe coding tips and tricks

https://github.com/awslabs/mcp/blob/main/VIBE_CODING_TIPS_TRICKS.md
146•mooreds•6h ago•70 comments

SystemD Service Hardening

https://roguesecurity.dev/blog/systemd-hardening
218•todsacerdoti•14h ago•80 comments

T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal–judges disagree

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/t-mobile-claimed-selling-location-data-without-consent-is-legal-judges-disagree/
9•Bender•12m ago•0 comments

Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09321-3
29•Anon84•2d ago•17 comments

Sky Calendar

https://abramsplanetarium.org/SkyCalendar/index.html
51•NaOH•3d ago•3 comments

The Lives and Loves of James Baldwin

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/baldwin-a-love-story-nicholas-boggs-book-review
79•Caiero•20h ago•11 comments

8x19 Text Mode Font Origins

https://www.os2museum.com/wp/8x19-text-mode-font-origins/
62•userbinator•2d ago•21 comments

MCP doesn't need tools, it needs code

https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/8/18/code-mcps/
175•the_mitsuhiko•9h ago•111 comments

Class-action suit claims Otter AI records private work conversations

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/15/g-s1-83087/otter-ai-transcription-class-action-lawsuit
129•nsedlet•5h ago•30 comments

AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool dubbed 'a wallet-wrecking tragedy'

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/aws_updated_kiro_pricing/
69•rntn•2h ago•48 comments