Notices by Rebecca Watson (rebeccawatson@mstdn.social), page 3

Just saw Across the Spider-verse played with a live band doing the score and it was super fun https://spiderverseinconcert.com/across/

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/

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/

I genuinely think scicomm has done a good enough job over the past decade that Vance looks fucking moronic saying “IF carbon leads to climate change.” Like yeah you fuck rat what else is causing it

My partner and I watch a different horror every night of October so we're very excited to kick off Spooky Month tonight with a show about a sociopathic liar who does anything to gain power, focusing his violence on women & minorities. 👻 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-watch-vp-debate-2024/

Nintendo finally released a game where you primarily play as Zelda. By all rights they should have called it “Legend of Link.”

Important to remember that people like this vote.

Here's the direct link to the petition to Gov Abbott: https://innocenceproject.org/petitions/justice-for-robert-roberson/
https://mstdn.social/@rebeccawatson/113198800547882151

It's now too late for Marcellus Williams, but it's not too late for Robert Roberson. On Oct 17, Texas will execute him for a crime he absolutely did not commit. Make it a big deal. https://youtu.be/ifpEfj1_hzQ

ok the commercial is on every other break so I got a better example. Indy has been sleeping peacefully, including through a muted version, until we let it go unmuted again

It's time to cancel Dave Grohl! Not because he knocked up someone other than his wife, but because he and Foo Fighters spent YEARS using their platform to tell fans that AIDS is caused NOT by HIV but by the medication doctors prescribe to treat HIV. https://skepchick.org/2024/09/how-dave-grohl-foo-fighters-put-actual-lives-at-risk/

someone called the cybertruck an "incel camino” and I've been laughing about it for hours

You may have heard of vantablack, the blackest substance invented. Well, Trader Joe’s is now selling the whitest substance ever invented

I really did not feel like making a 2nd video in a row debunking Republican lies about immigrants but then Donald Trump straight up shouted Nazi lies on the world stage so here we are https://skepchick.org/2024/09/the-comedy-tragedy-of-donald-trumps-nazi-lies/

I turned and looked at a nonexistent camera like I was in the fucking Office

oh man they just said they’re closing for an hour and the line is losing their shit
https://mstdn.social/@rebeccawatson/113109230023433194

In a new study, researchers demonstrate a real world method of teaching kids to think critically in order to protect them from the pseudoscience-to-alt-right-violence pipeline https://skepchick.org/2024/09/study-we-can-and-must-teach-kids-to-think-critically/

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I go into the history of the Shroud of Turin con but stay tuned for the history of the "scientists" behind this new "study." Their entire con is coming up with brand new tech for dating textiles, that are invented specifically to find that the Shroud is exactly 2000 years old lol
https://mstdn.social/@rebeccawatson/113045909577907338

If you live in a major US city, you're about to get inundated with ads for Shen Yun, a musical extravaganza run by a dangerous cult that's trying to convince you of the evils of communism, feminism, atheism, and homosexuality. https://skepchick.org/2024/08/the-dangerous-cult-behind-the-shen-yun-theatrical-show/