Notices by Rebecca Watson (rebeccawatson@mstdn.social)

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/

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/

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.

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/

it was the afternoon of Christmas Eve and Scrooge was conscious of a thousand odors, each one connected with a thousand thoughts and hopes and joys and cares long, long forgotten.

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/

ICYMI A new study suggests that religious people give more to charity than nonreligious people, IF the recipient shares their religion. It's a fun study but may not be directly relevant to the real world https://skepchick.org/2024/12/whos-more-giving-atheists-or-christians/

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/

Is violence the answer? Today I wanted to talk a bit more about the science behind the effectiveness of civil resistance and whether or not it precludes violence https://skepchick.org/2024/12/is-violence-the-answer/

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."

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.

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/

Serious question: does anyone know if there's anyone still working at @Patreon? I've sent them many emails over the past few weeks literally begging them for help after they said they were changing how they bill my patrons and have received zero response

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/

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/

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

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

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/

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.

Before I return to making my usual videos about science and critical thinking, I needed to get some opinions off my chest about the 2024 US election, fascism, and what I, as a progressive, am planning to do next. The tl;dr: collective action. https://skepchick.org/2024/11/the-us-chose-fascism-where-do-we-go-from-here/