Being a Redshirt on a Bad Sci-fi Show
What if your only purpose in life was to serve as an expendable target? Not only that, what if the only reason that you were alive was to die on …
Science
Why Outlawing Guns on Drones May Be Bad for Science
Sorta transcript: Thanks to the current quick pace of technological advancement, our society is constantly trying to keep our laws relevant to the weird new things humans are constantly trying. …
Religion
Utah Now Requires That Doctors Lie To You
Support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca! Sorta transcript: As we know, Republicans are traditionally in favor of smaller government. Currently, though, they are in favor of government that is …
Skepticism
How our (fake) dream gap years turned into (fake) nightmares
Louise Linton went through a lotta ish during her gap year White Savior Tour™ of Zambia and wrote them all up in a book called ‘In Congo’s Shadow‘. She shared some …
Feminism
Sundaylies with Salamanders, Multiverses, John Cleese and more!
Hello friends! It’s me, Surly Amy! Mindy can’t come to the Sundaylies today because she is now a superhero who can control the powers of physics while simultaneously fighting crime …
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4tune8chance
The latest podcast from Radiolab, has a story on this. Apparently the girl in question was interviewed with the specific purpose of brining a 'test case' to the Supreme Court.
Infophile
Thanks for the clarification. That's probably the best way to handle it with the current system - at least once it's all done, the whole transition can be put behind…
Veronica
Yes, it does involve getting a new ID number, which causes some of the problems you mention. All banks, insurance companies, medical records, taxation, etc, is tied to this number.…
Infophile
Sounds like good news all around (including hope for a third gender option relatively soon). One thing occurred to me though: If gender is signified on personal identification numbers, does…
John the Drunkard
Having been pegged as 'gifted' and left to fail in public school, I think the notion of 'gifted' programs has considerable merit, not to exploit the nerd's 'superiority' but to…