Rebecca Watson

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2024-07-31 20:21:26

Today's video is all about shitposting! What's the difference between a shitpost and misinformation? What do researchers have to say about shitposting? Is shitposting just for fascists, or can the Left play, too? And finally, DID JD Vance fuck a couch? https://skepchick.org/2024/07/jd-vance-the-couch-the-ethics-of-sposting/

2024-06-29 03:30:52

the republicans are going to take away my bodily autonomy and the democrats will blame me for it.

2024-06-21 17:01:43

The US military has admitted to spreading anti-vaxx disinformation in Southeast Asia from 2020-2021 to punish China, causing thousands of excess COVID-19 deaths. We should all be very fucking angry about this https://skepchick.org/2024/06/the-cia-spread-anti-vaxx-covid-disinformation/

2024-06-19 17:27:47

yes, I have no idea why I thought a plausible hypothesis had turned into a dangerous conspiracy theory
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2024-06-14 19:49:41

New video! The "Cass Report" is full of bad science that is already being used to prevent trans kids from receiving effective medical care https://skepchick.org/2024/06/the-cass-report-anti-science-and-anti-trans/

2024-06-11 03:00:07

“ok rudy the mugshot will be public so just look cool and confident”
“got it”
“like just a neutral face”
“yeah”
“nothing weird”
“ok”
“I guess I’m saying don’t look like gollum cumming into a dead frog he found in a cave”
“…”
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2024-06-10 23:56:49

no it’s fine I’ll just lock my bike to yours. no one is strong enough to steal two e-bikes at once
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2024-06-09 03:28:58

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@npub1nhk…30va I didn’t love it as much as fury road and personally I don’t think anya taylor joy was the best choice bc it pulled me out a lot. but still a fun romp imo

2024-05-30 16:49:50

Last week, I attempted to ride my bicycle 100 miles for the first time ever. That gave me a lot of time to think about willpower: what is it? Can we strengthen it or are we born with it? And what the hell was I thinking when I signed up for this? https://skepchick.org/2024/05/can-i-bike-100-miles-the-science-of-why-we-give-up/

2024-05-27 02:07:20

men are such fucking spineless dweebs they took a meme about how women fear for their very lives around strange men and compared it to men thinking women don’t understand their fee-fees
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2024-05-12 17:25:04

well I wasn’t lucky enough to see much of the aurora borealis here in Oakland but the storm did knock our power out in the middle of the night & when it came back on all our smart lights turned on & our smart doorbell rang so that was a spooky way to wake up. which is something.

2024-05-09 21:37:27

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/

2024-04-30 17:31:05

A few weeks ago, CBS Sunday Morning aired a really disgusting PR package for Tyler Henry, a scam artist (IMO) who pretends to have psychic powers in order to prey upon vulnerable people. It's 2024, we don't need this shit. https://skepchick.org/2024/04/psychic-psychopaths-have-to-go/

2024-04-28 04:38:46

this is the only day of the year that I am legally allowed to post a pic from eloping on a beach 3 years ago
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2024-04-25 17:56:22

ok, a little late but still a fun time, I think: Jonathan Haidt's new book demonizing social media comes under fire from people who, unlike Haidt, know what they're talking about https://skepchick.org/2024/04/is-jonathan-haidt-right-about-social-media-rewiring-kids-brains/

2024-04-25 02:02:39

Everything is, obviously, depressing, but it is actually really heartwarming to see all the college kids protesting Israel's genocide. I love them

2024-04-21 20:44:49

heading to my local dispensary to take advantage of all the 50% weed leftover from 4/20

2024-04-20 17:07:51

(secret billionaire meeting)
WALGREENS CEO: ok so the vote passes, whenever we fuck up we blame shoplifters and minimum wage increases, right?
LOWES CEO: yep
TARGET CEO: got it
RED LOBSTER CEO (in the corner shoveling shrimp into mouth): mmhmm
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2024-04-17 18:36:41

incel: why do I hate this feeeeemale
terf: bc she has a speech impediment only you can hear, and also bc she did something awesome
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2024-04-17 16:58:32

Last month Skeptic Magazine claimed to definitively debunk "Havana Syndrome" as mass hysteria. Several days later, journalists dropped a massive investigation claiming evidence that Russian agents are behind actual attacks on US agents. Who's right? #ICYMI https://www.patreon.com/posts/did-skeptics-102468903

2024-04-15 19:50:27

Lots of pro-Palestine protests today, so I think it's worth remembering that protests that disrupt regular people's lives can work even if you don't like them https://skepchick.org/2020/06/study-says-extreme-protest-isnt-popular-but-it-can-still-be-effective/

2024-04-14 21:12:31

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 apatheist

2024-04-12 17:28:26

Richard Dawkins recently made headlines by claiming to be a “cultural Christian.” What he actually meant, in my opinion as a fellow cultural Christian, was that he’s a bigot https://skepchick.org/2024/04/richard-dawkins-cultural-christian-or-supremacist-bigot/

2024-04-12 01:12:29

😠
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2024-04-03 16:53:18

well that's enough internet for me today
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2024-04-02 17:44:35

A new study suggests some GOOD NEWS about the American public's trust in science during the Trump years https://skepchick.org/2024/04/study-what-trump-did-to-public-trust-in-science/

2024-03-31 04:46:46

hey does anyone in san francisco want tickets to see Kim Gordon at the Fillmore? I have two and we can’t do it but I want someone else to experience the weird ass fun

2024-03-14 16:18:53

I've done a lot of heavy videos lately so today I wanna talk about the Kate Middleton Brazilian Butt Lift conspiracy theory and nobody's gonna stop me https://skepchick.org/2024/03/the-royal-family-brazilian-butt-lift-conspiracy/

2024-03-10 15:09:29

“I have to admit that Keurig really did design an idiot-proof coffee maker,” I think to myself in my hotel room at 6am on the day DST starts, before putting the mug in upside down and hitting “brew”

2024-03-08 16:52:25

Happy International Women's Day! ICYMI here's how Hilary Clinton and the New York Times helped spread Israeli misinformation about Hamas and systemic wartime rape https://skepchick.org/2024/03/feminists-vs-israeli-disinformation-the-new-york-times-false-rape-narrative/

2024-03-05 18:13:07

me: can we get ranked choice voting?
US govt: we have ranked choice voting at home
ranked choice voting at home:
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2024-03-05 17:07:50

Remember the Pulitzer Prize-winning Jared Diamond book Guns, Germs, and Steel that was on your early 2000s boyfriend's bookshelf? A new study tests his main hypothesis and finds it lacking. New video + a transcript in case YouTube is down today https://skepchick.org/2024/03/study-guns-germs-and-steel-was-wrong/

2024-03-04 17:06:17

A new study suggests that when older couples get divorced, their adult children drift away from their fathers. Let's talk about "grey divorce," male loneliness, and the emotional labor expected of women https://skepchick.org/2024/03/why-your-divorced-dad-never-calls-you/

2024-03-02 18:35:51

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 I honestly read all the way to the end expecting a fake out like that haha

2024-03-02 18:29:42

it’s so embarrassing that a guy who lies as obviously as James Somerton still has fans who will react like this when someone points out that he is obviously lying about random disabilities that made him grift people.
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2024-02-29 16:53:49

Our society allows millions of children to choose a lifestyle that is damaging their bodies in irreversible ways. I go over two new studies that show how bad it really is 🧪 https://skepchick.org/2024/02/the-real-social-contagion-endangering-our-children/

2024-02-28 16:44:14

In 2019 I talked about Alabama Republicans passing a fetal personhood bill that Democrats said would lead to a de facto ban on IVF. In 2024 I'm talking about the end of IVF in Alabama 🤷‍♀️ https://skepchick.org/2024/02/alabamas-ivf-ban-is-kind-of-good-maybe/

2024-02-28 06:17:49

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@npub1mmf…eknq @npub15nn…96fx the silver lining is that I can’t wait to have or not have children according to elderly republican men

2024-02-28 04:18:56

Finally started watching Silo and it’s so realistic, in that I’m pretty sure if you built an underground bunker and left it for 300 years everyone would sound like a British actor who had a month to learn a generic American accent. And Common.

2024-02-27 23:31:09

New video! I find the silver lining of Alabama's recent ruling that will effectively ban IVF in the state because fertilized eggs are people. Also, watch as lawmakers in 2019 pass that personhood bill while vetoing prenatal and neonatal care 🤡 https://skepchick.org/2024/02/alabamas-ivf-ban-is-kind-of-good-maybe/

2024-02-23 17:19:58

A new study found that people who went to the ER due to cannabis were more likely to return for treatment for anxiety. Science writers who have never smoked a joint rushed to say that this shows that cannabis causes anxiety 🙄 https://skepchick.org/2024/02/study-does-cannabis-cause-anxiety/

2024-02-20 23:58:51

Hearing rumors that Holocaust denier David Irving died of a bacterial infection after attempting a new TikTok trend in which he ate a bowl of his own feces.

2024-02-17 00:23:42

Thanks to my previous post I learned that a lot of you are Speed Limit Truthers. Please know that this is a baby brain position and I am embarrassed for you. https://nacto.org/publication/city-limits/the-need/speed-kills/

2024-02-13 01:44:06

planning a trip to SoCal in which the doggy can’t join so I confidently suggested to my partner we take the train down…only to quickly learn that THERE IS LITERALLY NO TRAIN from the greater Bay Area to the greater LA area, the largest population centers in CA & 400 miles apart

2024-02-07 17:01:38

A new ad claims that Apple is choosing to allow child abuse to proliferate on their cloud services. I looked into it and found a shadowy network of billionaires who wish to remain anonymous while turning your iPhone into a spyPhone. https://skepchick.org/2024/02/why-billionaires-want-your-iphone-to-spy-on-you/

2024-01-24 01:26:48

let it never be said I'm not a romantic
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2024-01-20 17:31:13

wow @npub147a…p64j continues to find new ways to absolutely suck ass
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2024-01-17 17:12:49

I bet it's super annoying to be the pope. Like you're at brunch and casually tell your friend "you shouldn't have the benedict here" and then there's a long awkward pause before you feel forced to quietly add "not dogma, just my opinion"
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2024-01-04 17:03:31

The last book I read in 2023 was an obscure text that should really be more well known, IMO. So I made a review about it in the hopes more people would pick it up https://youtu.be/YqLiJNegfc4?si=xxKWscB1MklPI_dR

2024-01-04 16:56:55

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 well there's a good reason you remain in office

2024-01-04 16:20:23

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 I can’t wait for us to get a heat pump! our house came with a Nest thermostat for the furnace and I do love being able to turn it on before I have to get out of bed but we will def upgrade to homekit when we finally switch

2024-01-01 02:51:02

going on Fox News to launch the War on New Year’s, arguing that I am part of a marginalized group that follows the Julian calendar and it’s insulting to say Happy New Year when it’s not even Christmas yet

2023-12-29 17:16:22

oh dip it's a SECOND video about how much capitalism sucks in TWO DAYS! This one is about a new study that shows how the guys who murdered Toys R Us are now working on new ways to actually murder people.
⬇️
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2023-12-28 21:26:58

The "news" that Pizza Hut is firing their delivery drivers because California is raising their minimum wage is such an obvious PR lie that I'm disgusted. Fun fact: in 2015 one of the quoted franchises was sued for failing to reimburse their drivers. https://skepchick.org/2023/12/pizza-hut-is-lying-theyre-not-firing-their-drivers-because-of-a-minimum-wage-hike/

2023-12-27 17:10:52

Ah, the old “Walgreens is closing stores because of shoplifters” gets a new coat of paint and the @npub13sn…hyy5 falls for it, printing a press release with zero journalistic integrity required.
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2023-12-21 21:09:39

My latest: the disastrous abortion case in Texas is the inevitable result of decades of Republicans chipping away at the rights of women https://skepchick.org/2023/12/texas-abortion-disaster-the-inevitable-result-of-decades-of-sexist-legislation/

2023-12-17 22:14:28

Porch pirates stole my medication so now I have to convince my insurance to give me more. In the spirit of the season, and I say this from the depths of my heart, I truly hope the thief has moderate to severe depression that gradually improves after 4 to 6 weeks of daily usage

2023-12-16 05:58:30

it’s just a simple fact that there’s nothing in this life that feels as good as another being feeling so safe and secure that they fall asleep on top of you.
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2023-12-13 19:53:06

My latest: why "Therapeutic Touch" is a ridiculous pseudoscience, and also why that famous study debunking it is actually kind of bad https://skepchick.org/2023/12/is-therapeutic-touch-the-most-ridiculous-pseudoscience/

2023-12-11 02:34:34

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@npub1sfl…gczt @npub1kd8…tfqn actually I think I saw fabbri amarena at costco which would make it a steal

2023-12-10 21:55:44

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@npub1sfl…gczt luxardo!!

2023-12-10 21:38:17

last weekend a bartender told me to buy a fancy brand of cherries for my old fashioneds. Friday date night I saw them. They cost 50 cents a cherry. I’d had 2 glasses of wine so I bought them over my partner’s protestations. THEY ARE DELICIOUS THE BARTENDER WAS RIGHT

2023-11-26 04:59:36

just watched the doctor who christmas special and I enjoyed it but I’m worried about the mayor of terf island. has anyone checked on on jk rowling to see if she’s ok

2023-11-06 22:14:05

me to other women: "💕 you should be kinder to yourself 💕"
me to myself while editing my videos: "I breathe too much"

2023-10-30 19:07:24

What is peek-a-boo if not a jump scare for someone without object permanence? For Halloween, I'm talking about the science of why we love to be scared! https://skepchick.org/2023/10/extreme-haunted-houses-and-the-science-of-horror/

2023-10-29 16:48:29

I hate to victim blame but seeing a piñata halloween costume is the first time I’ve ever wondered if someone really is asking for it
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2023-10-20 18:03:37

got im
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2023-10-20 17:10:45

Is lead really to blame for crime in the '90s and the gullibility of present day Boomers? I dug into the science https://skepchick.org/2023/10/is-lead-to-blame-for-crime-boomer-stupidity/

2023-10-18 17:28:53

icymi yesterday's video is all about how the Religious Right is continuing to chip away at the wall separating Church and State with completely ridiculous laws demanding classrooms display the Ten Commandments https://skepchick.org/2023/10/texas-lawmaker-destroys-theocratic-argument-for-the-ten-commandments/

2023-10-09 18:18:53

As Gavin Newsom got more and more national press and seemed like he was setting up a future presidential run, I honestly thought he would make an effort to suck less but oh well
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2023-10-04 03:59:59

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 incredible that outlets even go to him for comment, considering he’s the guy who tried to sue the NY Times for reporting that he said scientists should only take Jeffrey Epstein’s money “in secret”

2023-10-01 02:49:54

video games should put save points in character creation, that shit takes time

2023-09-25 18:06:16

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/

2023-09-23 18:35:59

as an atheist introvert I wonder how long it would take me to notice that the rapture happened

2023-09-19 17:21:32

can't I get Linux?
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2023-09-15 16:46:45

I’ll say this for Mastodon: the stalking is a much weirder flavor than Twitter’s.
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2023-08-24 17:30:29

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@npub1dgc…4yrt ohhhh there's an interesting idea, thanks!

2023-08-24 17:20:08

Hey pals, I finally found my login for this account! Ha ha...I also have mastodon.social/@rebeccawatson and am wondering, should I stay here at mstdn.social or post on main? IDK where things are these days. Is there a way to redirect people from there to here?