Rebecca Watson

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2025-11-26 16:08:35 UTC

Automatic license plate readers may seem like a good idea until you hear about the ways they enable cops to abuse women, all while not actually making you any safer https://skepchick.org/2025/11/the-police-state-gets-flocked/

2025-11-19 19:39:21 UTC

Mainstream news covered the Jeffrey Epstein emails related to ppl like Trump. Today, I want to take a look at Epstein's correspondence with prominent atheist and physicist Lawrence Krauss, who asked the pedophile's advice on responding to accusations of sexual assault https://skepchick.org/2025/11/so-im-in-the-epstein-files/

2025-10-30 15:06:29 UTC

Republicans have illegally stopped SNAP payments (aka food stamps). Here's a selection from the DECADES of research that prove this program benefits society: better health, less crime, higher rates of education, and a savings of $20 for every $1 spent https://skepchick.org/2025/10/food-stamps-are-good-actually-here-comes-the-science/

2025-10-17 15:45:18 UTC

Two years ago I reported on a study that found gerrymandering harms democracy, regardless of which side does it. Today I’m asking you to tell your reps to gerrymander the fuck out of blue states https://skepchick.org/2025/10/rigging-elections-to-save-democracy/

2025-10-02 15:05:12 UTC

Donald Trump's official social media account promoted an AI slop video about "medbeds," a uniquely American conspiracy theory in the same way that Breaking Bad is a uniquely American TV plot: no one with decent healthcare would even consider it https://skepchick.org/2025/10/trump-promotes-magical-conspiracy-beds/

2025-10-01 14:06:06 UTC

As a “New Atheist” of the early 2000s, I knew it was crucial to stop the Religious Right from destroying the wall separating Church & State. But even I didn’t think that by 2025 the President would green light sending ppl to Guantanamo for being “anti-Christian.” https://skepchick.org/2025/10/trump-declares-atheists-are-terrorists/

2025-09-30 15:13:26 UTC

It's understandable if you missed or forgot when, two weeks ago, an American public university fired three people for telling students that LGBTQ+ people exist. I think it's worth keeping it on our radar because it's extremely fucked up https://skepchick.org/2025/09/fired-for-mentioning-lgbtq-people-exist/

2025-09-25 14:57:34 UTC

Taking a break from fascism today to talk about Ed and Lorraine Warren, the weird con artists behind "The Conjuring" film franchise. It turns out the real scary monsters were humans all along https://skepchick.org/2025/09/the-true-horror-behind-the-conjuring/

2025-09-24 15:06:16 UTC

Are you wondering why RFK decided to blame Tylenol for causing autism? It wasn’t as random as it may seem! https://skepchick.org/2025/09/the-lack-of-science-behind-tylenol-autism/

2025-09-18 13:48:39 UTC

Charlie Kirk was a Nazi and no one should be expected to engage in performative mourning over his murder. https://skepchick.org/2025/09/charlie-kirk-and-the-empathy-paradox/

2025-09-04 14:08:34 UTC

Last week, WIRED reported on project that used dark money to fund liberal influencers and contractually prohibited them from disclosing the funding. That was bad enough, but now one involved creator, David Packman, is trying to silence critics with libel threats https://skepchick.org/2025/09/popular-liberal-youtuber-takes-dark-money-becomes-libel-bully/

2025-08-27 15:07:09 UTC

Now that the President of the United States has sent the military to take over American cities and oppress civilians, I thought it would be fun to check in with the men who claimed to be terrified about this happening a decade ago when the president was Black. https://skepchick.org/2025/08/checking-in-on-jade-helm-conspiracy-theorists-10-years-later/

2025-08-25 15:11:26 UTC

Still think that those laws to “protect the children” are about keeping kids from seeing hardcore porn? Let’s talk about the Christian conservatives who are stopping adults from playing video games like Grand Theft Auto https://skepchick.org/2025/08/maga-is-coming-for-your-video-games/

2025-08-22 15:03:26 UTC

Costco announced they will not stock mifepristone in their pharmacies. Contrary to viral social media posts, this IS a big deal and it DOES mean that they caved to pressure from far-right MAGA anti-woman conservatives. Here I go over the evidence and what you can do https://skepchick.org/2025/08/costco-gives-misogynists-a-win-by-not-selling-abortion-medication/

2025-08-21 15:04:07 UTC

I've covered several cases of scientific fraud, but this might be the craziest: a 2nd year MIT doctoral student got glowing press in WaPo, NPR, and more for a preprint he made up out of whole cloth
https://skepchick.org/2025/08/did-this-kid-use-ai-to-fake-research-about-how-great-ai-is/

2025-08-18 15:22:05 UTC

New video this morning! I spent some time trying to think of a title that didn’t sound like hyperbolic clickbait and then gave up sorry https://skepchick.org/2025/08/republicans-plan-to-make-you-crazy-throw-you-in-an-asylum/

2025-07-29 15:17:00 UTC

Remember that stupid NYT hit piece about Zohran Mamdani correctly identifying his racial makeup on a college application? The real story is that the Times got the story from a violently racist Nazi who hacked the personal data of thousands of people https://skepchick.org/2025/07/how-a-nazi-helped-the-new-york-times-smear-zohran-mamdani/

2025-07-24 19:05:47 UTC

Lots of people are now debating debates: are they persuasive? Worthless? Should Nazis be invited? That last one is a very clear, "no." Anyway enjoy this video I had to recut bc noted Nazi platform Jubilee wanted all my ad money to use a 1-min clip in a 15-min video. https://skepchick.org/2025/07/debating-fascists/

2025-07-21 18:40:36 UTC

We got rid of (most of) the leaded gas but the children, they yearn for lead. And thus, a new study shows that 1) Gen X is fucked thanks to their childhood lead exposure and 2) younger generations are sucking on vapes that are chock full of the shit 🧪 https://skepchick.org/2025/07/lead-study-gen-x-are-the-new-boomers/

2025-07-18 15:07:54 UTC

Here's how laws that "save the children" from the internet will exacerbate the surveillance state, violate privacy, and ultimately harm the children
https://skepchick.org/2025/07/new-law-surrender-your-privacy-to-save-the-kids/

2025-07-16 15:42:11 UTC

I don't shy away from criticizing conspiracy theories that come from the left, which is why you know I'm serious when I say that the Epstein/Trump connection is absolutely NOT a conspiracy theory. It's just a rational conclusion to come to from the evidence we have https://skepchick.org/2025/07/the-trump-epstein-story-is-not-a-conspiracy-theory/

2025-06-30 18:14:31 UTC

RFK Jr. is amping up his villain era by formally announcing he's going to murder a million babies https://skepchick.org/2025/06/rfk-is-going-to-murder-a-million-babies/

2025-06-20 18:46:00 UTC

I regret to inform you that the "Alt National Park Service" account is not actually run by insiders disseminating information to the resistance https://skepchick.org/2025/06/the-alt-national-park-resistance-account-is-so-obviously-fake/

2025-06-18 15:02:57 UTC

I've been talking about con artists for two decades, and this is one of the worst scams I've ever seen: fake immigration lawyers are taking advantage of immigrants who want to legally live in the US but are scared of being abducted by ICE thugs https://skepchick.org/2025/06/ice-is-helping-predators-scam-immigrants/

2025-06-17 15:03:08 UTC

Republicans say antisemitism is so bad right now that it's the basis for disappearing immigrants without due process. With that in mind, I'd like to talk about a few of the very prominent antisemites in & around the Trump admin. And not just the guy in the thumbnail https://skepchick.org/2025/06/the-antisemites-in-and-around-the-trump-administration/

2025-06-13 15:02:59 UTC

With anti-Trump protests ramping up, I’ve seen some misinformation being spread even by people with good intentions. So here’s a quick correction on what the science says about dealing with tear gas 🧪 https://skepchick.org/2025/06/how-to-actually-deal-with-tear-gas/

2025-06-04 15:03:15 UTC

Dan Price is best known for being the CEO who lowered his salary from $1.1 million to $70k while raising all his employees' salaries to match his own. But he SHOULD be best known for multiple women accusing him of rape, sexual assault, and abuse.
https://skepchick.org/2025/06/best-boss-dan-price-accused-of-rape-fraud-and-generally-being-awful/

2025-06-02 15:04:48 UTC

When the science fails to support Republican policy, the solution is clear: just make shit up https://skepchick.org/2025/06/republicans-are-inventing-studies-to-support-their-oppressive-tactics/

2025-05-29 15:08:42 UTC

White South African crybullies want you to think that equality is oppressing them. Here are the facts, to combat the blatant lies Trump is telling thanks to his bigoted apartheid-loving puppeteer, Elon Musk.
https://skepchick.org/2025/05/debunking-the-south-african-white-genocide-nonsense/

2025-05-27 15:19:36 UTC

The Republican Death Cult is preparing to kill a lot of people just for funsies. Let's talk about the new COVID booster rules, and how you can continue to stay safe from a preventable disease.
https://skepchick.org/2025/05/republicans-want-you-to-die/

2025-05-21 15:02:42 UTC

Ethan Klein, of h3h3 fame, is using his lawyer to try to silence his anti-genocide critics. Here's why that's particularly ironic for Klein to do, what it has to do with science & critical thinking, & updates on previous libel bullies I've covered https://skepchick.org/2025/05/h3h3s-ethan-klein-sues-to-stop-criticism/

2025-05-13 14:00:14 UTC

Adam Conover got famous for promoting critical thinking in his show “Adam Ruins Everything.” Now he’s getting paid to promote an orb that scans your eyeball in exchange for crypto currency, which was trained on poor villagers in Africa and Southeast Asia. Yes, really. https://skepchick.org/2025/05/adam-conover-ruins-his-own-reputation/

2025-05-02 14:53:43 UTC

NOAA is America’s oldest scientific agency. They help farms produce food, keep ships from sinking, warn people about natural disasters, and collect and analyze the data we need to understand global warming. This month, Republicans are throwing it all away. https://skepchick.org/2025/05/trump-is-destroying-our-oldest-science-agency/

2025-05-01 14:44:34 UTC

The co-founder of Business Insider created a virtual assistant and immediately sexually harassed it. Here's how horny men are using "AI" to make everything worse https://skepchick.org/2025/05/horny-men-are-destroying-tech-and-ai/

2025-04-29 14:16:24 UTC

RFK, Jr. thinks autistic people are a tragedy bc some will never pay taxes. If that’s his biggest issue, maybe he should create a registry of freeloading billionaires, instead. https://skepchick.org/2025/04/rfks-autism-registry-what-could-go-wrong/

2025-04-24 15:54:53 UTC

New video! Jerry Coyne is a New Atheist who recently wrote a screed suggesting trans people are sexual predators, based on obviously faulty data. Now he’s publishing an essay in a book edited by actual sexual predator Lawrence Krauss, about a “War on Science.” https://skepchick.org/2025/04/sex-predators/

2025-04-10 15:49:40 UTC

There's so much bad news right now that today, I'd like to focus on these adorable dire wolf puppies, which are in fact a GIANT FUCKING SCAM https://skepchick.org/2025/04/sorry-dire-wolves-are-so-not-back/

2025-04-04 15:19:20 UTC

Recent data suggests that the world really did (start to) end in 2012. But instead of an asteroid or a super-volcano, it's a slower process that I'd like to call "The Stupiding." https://skepchick.org/2025/04/the-data-that-says-were-getting-stupider/

2025-04-03 14:55:13 UTC

I considered charging my neighbors a fee for tomatoes this year to make more money but then I realized that they could respond by charging me a fee for their eggs, plums, and lemons. This is because I paid attention in 5th grade social studies, and also I’m not a blithering dumbfuck.
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2025-04-01 15:02:30 UTC

Are you wondering if it's worth it to go protest our fascist overlords? A new study shows CAUSAL evidence that Black Lives Matter protestors pushed Republicans and Independents (especially rural, poor, white voters) to get out and vote for Joe Biden in 2020. https://skepchick.org/2025/04/study-black-lives-matter-protests-beat-trump/

2025-03-19 15:06:45 UTC

A little treat for you today: some actual GOOD NEWS for trans rights in both the EU and even the US! Doctors & researchers published a massive report supporting gender affirming care for kids, and a judge OBLITERATING Trump's legal team in the funniest way possible https://skepchick.org/2025/03/wins-for-science-and-trans-rights-in-the-eu-and-the-us/

2025-03-15 18:33:06 UTC

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2025-03-12 15:04:13 UTC

As a patron commented on today's video, the US is now a few lines into "First They Came" https://skepchick.org/2025/03/trump-deports-a-legal-us-resident-to-censor-criticism-of-israel/

2025-03-11 15:07:45 UTC

We should be more scared of measles. Worth noting that things are going downhill so quickly, I now need to update these videos in the days between recording and posting. In this case, a 2nd person died & the father of the dead child has announced he's still anti-vax. https://skepchick.org/2025/03/we-should-be-more-scared-of-measles/

2025-03-07 16:17:03 UTC

Inspired by the New York Times calling Trump’s attack on trans and nonbinary people “inconsequential,” I detailed what he’s done in less than a month, and why it matters https://skepchick.org/2025/03/trans-people-are-under-attack-and-we-must-help-them/

2025-03-05 17:38:33 UTC

I was planning to make this video as a fun distraction, discussing the science behind games like The Traitors, Werewolf, and Mafia. But because everything is terrible I did end up talking about how trans people are human beings. 🤷‍♀️
https://skepchick.org/2025/03/werewolf-traitors-and-the-power-of-an-informed-minority/

2025-03-03 16:16:33 UTC

Did you hear about the new "study" on people who say they were injured by the COVID vaccine? Well, it's actually 1) a preliminary look at 42 people 2) who all self-reported their symptoms and vaccine history 3) and it hasn't been peer reviewed. Oh and it's terrible
https://skepchick.org/2025/03/no-a-new-study-doesnt-prove-covid-vaccines-are-unsafe/

2025-02-21 16:32:03 UTC

Just a little rant today: please stop telling me to be nice to the Nazi sympathizers once they claim to stop sympathizing
https://skepchick.org/2025/02/no-i-will-not-welcome-ex-maga-to-the-resistance/

2025-02-20 15:51:12 UTC

Are plane crashes on the rise, and is it happening because Trump and Elon are firing everyone? Here are the actual stats and history of airline safety https://skepchick.org/2025/02/is-air-travel-getting-more-dangerous-maybe/

2025-02-19 21:27:59 UTC

Hey, what's up with all those plane crashes happening right now? Is it because of the fun new dictatorship happening in the US? No, but also kind of. https://skepchick.org/2025/02/is-air-travel-getting-more-dangerous-maybe/

2025-02-12 17:30:55 UTC

Whelp, Tulsi Gabbard is now the director of national intelligence. In case you missed it, here's me talking about the BONKERS HOMOPHOBIC CULT that influences her entire worldview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gDvPoFsWYg

2025-02-06 15:35:58 UTC

Bad news is overwhelming right now, by design. I'm here to help! Take a deep breath & join me as we address just one turd from the pile of shit: what's going on with RFK, Jr., and how you can fight back, either for a win or at least to annoy the shit out of the fascists https://skepchick.org/2025/02/lets-fight-rfks-anti-vaccine-grift/

2025-01-27 14:27:35 UTC

everything is terrible but at least I have a reason to tell you everything I know about the freaky, bigoted cult that neatly explains all of Tulsi Gabbard’s fucked up actions https://skepchick.org/2025/01/tulsi-gabbard-and-her-homophobic-cult/

2025-01-20 16:01:09 UTC

Don't focus on the news that stresses you out, today. Instead, join me to chat about, um, whether or not the devastating Los Angeles fires were caused by politicians performing a Satanic ritual in a secret pedophile tunnel https://skepchick.org/2025/01/dont-blame-the-la-fires-on-billionaires-stealing-water-or-satanic-rituals/

2025-01-15 18:54:23 UTC

I'm so excited that Facebook no longer does fact checking, as surely they will now stop censoring my videos criticizing Donald Trump, right? Right???? https://skepchick.org/2025/01/mark-zuckerberg-preps-for-more-ethnic-cleansing/

2025-01-14 15:53:14 UTC

int. Kremlin
agent 1 (sets down bong): what if
agent 2: (giggling)
agent 1: what if we get trump to buy, like...
agent 2: (stifling laughter, holding back tears)
agent 1: ...fucking greenland
agent 2: (fully crying)
agent 1 (opens gmail): who's the dumbest senator
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/13/danish-intelligence-russia-forged-letter-to-spark-trumps-greenland-purchase-bid/

2025-01-11 16:06:13 UTC

I’m gonna need Yahoo! to put on their big girl pants, hire some engineers, and remake Flickr to be the new Instagram. I literally just want a place to put pretty pictures and see my friends’ pretty pictures.

2025-01-07 16:49:20 UTC

My insurance increased by $500 this year with no discernible change in benefits. Can anyone...um...do something about that for me?

2025-01-02 16:55:58 UTC

Attention: the same "PR" firm that got you to hate Amber Heard would like to let you know that there's a new famous woman to hate: Blake Lively. https://skepchick.org/2025/01/youre-being-manipulated-to-hate-blake-lively-just-like-amber-heard/

2024-12-25 23:17:11 UTC

I just watched two movies in a row with the same plot: a beautiful young widow is still grieving and settling in life when she meets a sexy charismatic man who runs into trouble with the law. The movies were A Holiday Affair starring Robert Mitchum & Hot Frosty starring a snowman who comes to life

2024-12-21 16:55:40 UTC

Surprise Saturday video! I want to rant about the crappy hydroxychloroquine study that finally got retracted after nearly FIVE YEARS https://skepchick.org/2024/12/hydroxychloroquine-study-retracted-after-nearly-five-years/

2024-12-17 20:14:40 UTC

Oopsies, it turns out that the research that said we should all throw away our black plastic kitchen utensils had a math error that suggested they were dangerous when they aren't. https://skepchick.org/2024/12/why-did-we-throw-away-our-black-plastic-utensils/

2024-12-13 22:04:05 UTC

A lot of comments on my previous video on nonviolent revolution claimed that I was relying upon flawed research. So I spent a lot of time asking for more details and then digging into the research only to realize those commenters were absolutely full of shit https://skepchick.org/2024/12/violence-non-violence-and-misinformation/

2024-12-06 18:05:03 UTC

Bernie Sanders should immediately introduce a bill with a 100% tax rate on anything over $999,000,000 and call it "The CEO Protection Act."

2024-12-06 15:12:08 UTC

Two thoughts on this: first, it’s interesting that other industries are now profiting off corporations like Walgreens successfully blaming shoplifters for their price gouging & bad practices.
Second, it’s an interesting time for a CEO to get mouthy in public.
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2024-12-06 01:02:44 UTC

My partner just said the cops can narrow down the suspect list of who killed healthcare CEO Brian Thompson to liberals because he actually hit his shot 💀

2024-12-04 16:15:35 UTC

Evidence is mounting that Elon Musk manipulated the X/Twitter algorithm to boost his own posts as well as those of prominent conservatives. I talk about a new pre-print, and whether or not BlueSky is our savior https://skepchick.org/2024/12/is-elon-musk-manipulating-xitters-algorithm-is-bluesky-better/

2024-12-04 01:38:00 UTC

who vilified community college? bc here in Oakland you can take classes on anything for cheap or even free and it's an unmitigated good and even though I took those classes in high school and benefited from them I left feeling like adults who take them are losers and that SUCKS

2024-12-03 16:26:25 UTC

Update for anyone else with this problem: a BlueSky user suggested I try the @npub1kuf…gzhz Discord, where I discovered that it's not just me! Patreon seems to hate all their creators and is actively trying to get us to go elsewhere lol
https://mstdn.social/@rebeccawatson/113589622987912592

2024-12-02 16:11:37 UTC

RFK, Jr. has been talking about putting an end to the US standard of adding fluoride to drinking water, because he thinks it's dangerous. But it's not! Let's talk about why ppl don't realize fluoridation is safe and helpful https://skepchick.org/2024/12/why-rfk-wants-to-ban-fluoride/

2024-11-29 16:37:32 UTC

why isn’t the dishwasher safe? what’s happening in there. what don’t they want us to know

2024-11-25 16:04:27 UTC

You know those "trad wife" influencers who live on farms and post about their perfect lives? A new study is out suggesting their lives are actually miserable https://skepchick.org/2024/11/trad-wife-farmers-actually-lead-horrible-lives/

2024-11-23 00:45:46 UTC

I just drove on the highway in the Bay Area during a downpour and for 5 entire miles, every single car had their lights and wipers on, used turn signals, and drove 10 mph under the speed limit with ample space between each car. WTF is happening I'm scared

2024-11-21 15:51:34 UTC

My social media feed has been full of liberals insisting that Trump stole the 2024 election, and as proof they're pointing to a hacking "expert" named Stephen Spoonamore. I looked at Spoonamore's evidence & am sorry to say he's got nothing. https://skepchick.org/2024/11/stop-saying-trump-stole-the-2025-election/

2024-11-18 23:08:01 UTC

Just had my first mammogram. I now believe that all people should get a mammogram at the age of 16, in order to inspire more people to go into radiology and invent a machine designed to x-ray a three dimensional object attached to a human

2024-11-13 16:27:09 UTC

We should have an entire preliminary election day in September. Like the PSATs. That way all the dumbfucks can cast their preliminary vote, then go google "how tariffs actually work," then read all the new articles about what Donald Trump's actual policies are, and THEN cast their real vote.

2024-11-07 18:33:27 UTC

sharp uptick in death threats today so just a lil reminder to maybe consider your words when interacting w your fave progressives, lol
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2024-11-07 00:05:14 UTC

it's comforting that I live in the liberal stronghold of california oh sorry what's that? we couldn't get a majority population to outlaw slavery? and our politicians didn't do it for us? well nevertheless
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2024-11-06 03:29:23 UTC

thinking of buying a butter churner

2024-11-05 14:36:50 UTC

“Hey Great Aunt Becky, what were you doing the day the flat earthers voted to end democracy?”
“I was filming a YouTube video about how Peanuts the Squirrel wasn’t actually assassinated by the Deep State”

2024-11-04 17:53:11 UTC

same, it's election anxiety
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2024-11-04 15:04:37 UTC

Why think about stressful things this morning when instead you can enjoy laughing at an incredibly stupid study (not a study) about Christopher Columbus being secretly Jewish (he was a Christian lunatic)? https://skepchick.org/2024/11/no-chris-columbus-wasnt-jewish-ffs/

2024-11-02 00:19:19 UTC

in-person voting is so fucking bonkers like I'm sorry you're rolling up to some elementary school & waiting in line for 2 hours with notes in hand about which city council member is best? thanks but I'll fill out my ballot at home with 85 open browser tabs like god intended

2024-11-01 00:52:54 UTC

ppl are like “partners sharing location 24/7 is weird and invasive” and I’m like how else do I greet him at the door with a perfectly chilled martini and a dog dressed as winnie the pooh

2024-10-30 15:14:57 UTC

Albert Kligman invented Retin-A, the acne & anti-wrinkle treatment. He did it by experimenting on poor black men being held in a Philadelphia prison who hadn't even been convicted of a crime. He destroyed their lives & they're still seeking justice today https://skepchick.org/2024/10/the-evil-scientist-who-experimented-on-prisoners/

2024-10-29 15:08:08 UTC

It's been 50 years since the scientist who invented Retin-A was allowed to experiment on humans at Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia, testing dioxin, LSD, and other harmful substances without informed consent. Those victims are still seeking justice https://skepchick.org/2024/10/the-evil-scientist-who-experimented-on-prisoners/

2024-10-28 20:43:16 UTC

nazis are terrified of the visible light spectrum https://youtu.be/iRtG4xqyuTc?si=92CXCsO4g_EswOhg
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2024-10-24 14:23:59 UTC

An explosive new undercover investigation has revealed that a US tech bro was financing a group of Nazis who were using scientists & a YouTuber to spread discredited race pseudoscience....and it turns out I know one of the Nazis https://skepchick.org/2024/10/nazis-are-funding-youtubers-to-spread-pseudoscience/

2024-10-22 14:52:07 UTC

It's very funny* that my feed is full of people warning each other to not post pictures of their completed ballot because it's illegal in some states, and meanwhile a billionaire is literally paying people to vote for Donald Trump to avoid future regulation
*not funny

2024-10-21 19:22:34 UTC

Someone told me BBC1 used a clip of my Lucy Letby video (without permission) and I can't even watch it because I'm not in the UK so that's cool. Here's my full vid and transcript if you missed it: https://skepchick.org/2024/07/is-killer-nurse-lucy-letby-actually-innocent
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00248by/panorama-lucy-letby-unanswered-questions

2024-10-18 21:46:05 UTC

Today’s my birthday (ty). My partner’s gift was a steam train ride through the Santa Cruz Mts. We arrived to learn high winds made the train too unsafe so it was cancelled. We decided to go to the Bigfoot Museum nearby. It was closed. We drove into Santa Cruz for lunch but the place was closed bc the wind knocked out the power. Now we’re two hours from home & a wildfire is evacuating the neighborhoods around us. My partner just asked if I wanted to get a lotto ticket.

2024-10-14 15:36:39 UTC

A recent study in Nature demonstrates that anti-trans laws directly caused an increase in young trans and non-binary people attempting suicide. Let's talk about that, plus how we can help make things better https://skepchick.org/2024/10/nature-study-reveals-the-deadly-danger-of-anti-trans-laws/

2024-10-11 19:39:00 UTC

Kamala plans to expand Medicare to provide affordable in-home care to seniors. I don't know how to ask this delicately: is anyone gonna show their aging parents the current costs & say that if they vote for Trump & he wins, they're getting pushed out on an iceberg?

2024-10-11 15:29:45 UTC

Incredible that people still think Elon Musk is any kind of genius, evil or otherwise. He's just a charlatan. The Terminator dystopia at least got cool robots. In the dystopia Elon Musk is creating, there's no tech. No sci-fi. All the death & poverty, but boring.
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2024-10-09 02:42:31 UTC

Only Murders in the Building is a perfect show and I love the entire cast but since I was a kid I loved Steve Martin so much I modeled my entire life off of his work and it is so awesome to see him get near universal acclaim for a show he clearly has so much fun doing.

2024-10-08 17:20:17 UTC

I just saw a perfume ad that actually tried to describe how it smelled and I was like "oh wow finally, what a good idea" and then they said "the warm embrace of hazelnuts" and I'm like "sorry my bad, go back to Dutch angles of Timothy Chalamet laying in a gilded tub cradling a capybara or whatever"

2024-10-08 03:32:53 UTC

I have only one regret in my life. I was tabling at Dragoncon in the 2000s & a guy walked by wearing a tshirt that said “dead girls can’t say no.” he was older and clearly less physically fit than me and I knew if I jumped him I’d win but go to jail. I wish I’d chosen violence.

2024-10-04 15:51:35 UTC

A new study finds that the decline in India's vulture population (caused by a common painkiller's trademark expiring) led to an increase in all-cause mortality in humans. The same researcher found a decline in the bat pop led to more infant deaths https://skepchick.org/2024/10/how-bats-vultures-save-human-lives/

2024-10-02 22:43:49 UTC

omg no one tell richard dawkins I’m going to be in the same venue as him 24 hours before him or else he’ll have the Masonic kick me out
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2024-10-02 14:40:53 UTC

Good news! A new study shows the measles vaccine is ASTOUNDINGLY long-lasting, with 95% of people protected for life after their 2nd dose as a child. Bad news: the same study found that dropping vax numbers means more breakthrough infections https://skepchick.org/2024/10/the-good-news-bad-news-of-measles-and-whooping-cough/