Good news for humans and alicorns (found on Instapundit). New research shows chocolate cake for breakfast may⁽*⁾ help you lose weight.

(*) or not.

Rumors of this research being funded by extra-terrestrial entities is entirely false. Really.

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Spoiler content: None whatsoever until the big red Contains Spoilers warning sign, after it only the vaguest possible spoilers for Doctor Strange which should not be a surprise to you if you know anything at all about the character or the movie and also some sundry spoilers for Avengers (2012).

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I have a friend. I have known her for 2 decades. She always had fussy thinking. I tried to teach her skepticism, but she always refused because she did not want to lose the magic in the world. She now believes that the Illuminati who are lizard-people run the world but Trump will save us.

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After completing Rainbooms and Rationality - my exploration of the scientific method as applied to My Little Pony, I decided to rewatch that classic episode Feeling Pinkie Keen, and revisit the controversy it generated. This one is the first episode which shows Twilight Sparkle as a 'scientific' pony – not just a nerdy bibliophile who teaches herself to run races by reading textbooks – but, in her own words,

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Halloween isn't far off from now, so I figured I'd take this time to tell you a short ghost story. It's from a time long ago when we were living in our second house after some family issues put us in a position we couldn't stay there anymore. It wasn't a willing decision, and we would most certainly still be there to this day if things were different, but we had no choice.

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I announce this study ahead of time and its protocol so that nopony can claim that I manipulate P-Values. A little context:

I am vocal that Abrams care nothing about continuity. Just look at what he did to Star Trek; he made Stino (Star-Trek-In-Name-Only). I was vocal about not wanting to see Swino (Star-Wars-In-Name-Only). Several ponies pointed out that I should not bash a movie without seeing it. Since they have a point, I shall see it.

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¡Isaac Asimov is 100 years old today!