Notices by Rebecca Watson (rebeccawatson@mstdn.social)

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/

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/

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/

In Mahmoud v. Taylor, the Religious Right-controlled US Supreme Court finally has the chance to destroy separation of Church and State, ostensibly to protect religious children from a picture book about two hamsters getting married.
https://skepchick.org/2025/04/scotus-to-destroy-separation-of-church-state-over-a-hamster-book/

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/

Just got an alert that Neko Case tix are going on presale for a show in NOVEMBER. Can you imagine?? Confidently purchasing tickets for an event 6 MONTHS away??? Being that positive that you'll be alive and not in a gulag????? I just hung up some shelves & it felt like a hopeful act of defiance

Most Americans believe there was a conspiracy to assassinate JFK, despite historians saying Oswald acted alone. Today I wanted to explain the weird origin of the idea that the CIA did it: an obvious work of satire and a homophobic prosecutor's wild goose chase https://skepchick.org/2025/04/we-think-the-cia-killed-jfk-because-of-satire-and-homophobia/

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/

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.

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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

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/

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/

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/

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/