rebeccawatson

rebeccawatson, 1 month ago to random

What are the chances that RFK, Jr.'s brain was eaten by a worm at the same time he got mercury poisoning AND was going through a contentious divorce in which he testified that his cognitive problems impacted his ability to pay spousal support? https://skepchick.org/2024/05/did-a-worm-really-eat-rfk-jr-s-brain/

Legit_Spaghetti, 1 month ago to random

Ewwwww, the Daily Show platformed that Haidt idiot/asshat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcr0yg7Mvg8

Why you can safely chuck everything he says into the trash:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D9Cp-eYgjM

@rebeccawatson

rebeccawatson, 1 month ago to random

hey I have a new video up right now!! the US government is banning TikTok to make you think they care about your private data, which they will continue buying from data brokers using 4th amendment loopholes https://skepchick.org/2024/04/banning-tiktok-wont-fix-the-problem/

rebeccawatson, 2 months ago to random

Good morning! Today I'd like to talk about Libs of TikTok, stochastic terrorism, and whether or not Mastodon was right to remove my posts for condoning violence against Bryan Doyle Murray https://skepchick.org/2024/03/is-libs-of-tiktok-a-stochastic-terrorist-am-i/

enmodo, 4 months ago to TaylorSwift

I do love how frickin' direct and blunt @rebeccawatson is especially when it comes to politics and rank stupidity which we get in spades from MAGA. So no surprise when she shreds the intellectual bankruptcy of the Taylor Swift conspiracy theory.

It's literally the dumbest idea you could imagine to stop Trump. I mean if Biden wanted to stop Trump he'd call up a Jewish space laser and fry him to a crisp on his golf course. End of story.

https://youtu.be/FqTPrlkQ5Is?si=OEYcb3rt_A8UVhLf

#taylorswift

rebeccawatson, 5 months ago to random

good news patrons, all 500+ holiday cards have been lovingly biked to the post office and are now on their way to you!

glennf, 6 months ago to random

Retail theft went down and the national retailers federation had to admit 5% not 50% of theft was from criminal gangs. This whole panic was concocted to close underperforming and unionized stores and the media bought it. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/business/organized-shoplifting-retail-crime-theft-retraction.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ek0.cMux.iabRLNkE-vqu&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

rebeccawatson, 7 months ago to random

I guess I should remove the bowl of cheetohs I left out for the local corvids lest an errant child get the wrong idea tonight and end up in a crow brawl

forteller, 7 months ago to random

lol(?)

An account with "research" in its name shared a link to an article about a terrible study.

I considered asking to please be more careful what you share, but ended just saying "Did you read the findings of the study? It's insignificant" and linking to a great video by @rebeccawatson explaining it

Stupid me thought they would appreciate being warned they're spreading bad info, instead I got blocked

It would be funny, if it wasn't for the state of people not caring about truth these days

rebeccawatson, 7 months ago to random

changing my watch so I can no longer swipe up and hit a button to ping my iphone is the worst thing @Apple has ever done to me and if they don’t change it back this will be my last apple watch bc this is the thing I use it for the most

rebeccawatson, 8 months ago to random

Sabine Hossenfelder tried to use the story of penicillin to prove her thesis that capitalism leads to scientific progress. Here, I quote Ernst Chain, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on penicillin, to prove her wrong. https://skepchick.org/2023/09/sabine-is-wrong-again-capitalism-wouldve-killed-penicillin/

nilikm, 9 months ago to Ottawa

MY FAMILY DOESN’T GET A TRIGGER WARNING. These are the #antisemitic emails threatening me as an MD and #Ottawa trustee this week. We won’t suffer #hate alone.

Video of scrolling through horrendous antisemitic emails sent to me this week

rebeccawatson, 9 months ago to random

The American Red Cross is fundraising to help Maui after their devastating wildfires, but they're wholly incompetent at responding to these emergencies. After the Haiti earthquake, for instance, they raised half a billion dollars and built 6 houses https://skepchick.org/2023/08/give-blood-but-not-money-to-the-red-cross/