Notices by Rebecca Watson (rebeccawatson@mstdn.social), page 6

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/

The new Shaun vid is obviously fantastic. He articulates some things that I expressed in a Patreon livestream a few months ago when one patron wondered why I stopped trying to convince him that Israel is doing a genocide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xottY-7m3k

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/

super bowl Jesus ad funded by billionaire evangelical bigots, everybody drink https://skepchick.org/2023/02/whos-behind-those-jesus-ads-youre-gonna-see-during-the-big-game/

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/

I wonder if King Charles will stick to his principles and treat his cancer with homeopathy

hey just fyi I gave up my Spotify subscription in 2020 after the 1st Rogan deal and I’m fine. I mean I don’t know which artist like totally defined my 2023 or whatever but that’s about it

For anyone who is feeling bad about not getting their shit together in time for New Year's resolutions, I want you to know that I've worked out every day, avoided processed sugar, and haven't touched alcohol for 29 days and I feel like absolute shit.

In my previous video I mentioned that lawyers are biased against rational people being on juries. LOTS of you had questions about this so this week I did a deep dive on the science to figure out if that's really true https://skepchick.org/2024/01/was-i-rejected-from-jury-duty-for-being-too-smart/

wow @Patreon continues to find new ways to absolutely suck ass

people act like video games are bad for productivity but yesterday I sat down to play Baldurs Gate only to find it needed 90 minutes to update, and that’s how I ended up cleaning my entire office

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

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/

we are down to our final top 5
“christmas movies that fill us with christmas spirit and joy”

Update, Ashton Forbes is in my YouTube comments accusing me of defamation 💀 https://youtu.be/I7HCEio9Cwo

Okay and after this exchange Ashton Forbes went on a livestream, said I was unlovable and too ugly to be raped, cried, and then deleted the video but someone got a clip lmao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CylLIOL-sXs

Today I'd like to share the saga of Ashton Forbes, who took about 4 months to go from healthcare consultant to lauded UFO expert to Alex Jones guest to fraud victim https://skepchick.org/2023/12/ufo-guy-gets-publicly-embarrassed-repeatedly/

you may think Christmas Vacation aged poorly bc people today won't understand the Boomer assumption that a Christmas bonus will cover the down payment on a pool, but it actually aged very well bc the message is that you should kidnap your CEO at gunpoint to get what you deserve

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.

my partner, making lunch: why is there a bag labeled “live bugs” in our fridge?

me: don’t eat that

him:

me: they’re my new bugs

him: we already have bugs

me: those are the old bugs. the new bugs eat the old bugs

him: what’s next, frogs?

me: ooh