Amanda

Amanda works in healthcare, is a loudmouthed feminist, and proud supporter of the Oxford comma.
  • A Minefield of Woo

    I know you don’t usually see me post here outside of the Quickies but I came across this stunning example of pseudoscience that has inspired me to be a little more wordy than usual. According to Otis and Jenny Funkmeyer it takes only 3 steps to bend a spoon:  announce your intentions, command the spoon to bend, and let go…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 1.23

    Man considers bank error a “gift from God” – Uh, that’s not a gift that’s *stealing* from the bank.  From LJ. Three strange fish, one species – “Researchers believe they have solved the puzzle of three seemingly different fish, one all males, one all females and one all juveniles. They’re the same fish, and undergo remarkable changes as they mature.” …

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  • Skepchick Quickies 1.22

    Taliban demands end to music on Pakistan buses – “Transport workers in Mardan town received letters this week from militants saying that buses offering such entertainment were guilty of spreading ‘vulgarity and obscenity’.”  From Dave. Calling all robohooker lovers – Here’s step one.  The device was invented by a former NASA engineer.  This link is safe but the actual website…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 1.20

    Happy Inauguration Day!  If anyone out there is having celebratory drinks, please have one for me. The Godless Girl is real! – “A child prodigy and the daughter of famed socialist activist Grace Vern Silver, founder of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Queen Silver was the subject of Cecil B. De Mille’s film The Godless Girl.”  Here’s a…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 1.16

    Vote against antivaccinationists on Change.gov -  Jared sent this in and says, “There’s a significant poll in need of crashing: Obama’s “Citizen’s Briefing Book,” in which the most-voted for suggestions will be presented to Obama after he takes office, has an entry demanding “freedom from having our children die from vaccinations,” among other things. It is currently one of the…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 1.15

    Anti-love drug may be ticket to bliss – From James Fox. Jenny McCarthy: Anti-Vaccines, Pro-Mercury Poisoning – While not entirely fair, it is funny.  Thanks Skepticalhippie. The Tissue of Youth – That’s right, human placenta is the newest sketchy health treatment.  Recently a trying-to-be-helpful person told me I should rub some sort of placenta treatment on my face for my rosacea. …

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  • Skepchick Quickies 1.13

    Darwin Day? Bah. Celebrate Academic Freedom Day -  They’re holding a contest which, “seeks the best student-created videos and essays that communicate support for academic freedom to explore the evidence for and against Darwinian evolution.”  Shannon sent this in and points out that currently, the only video up is Ben Stein’s. Son of a Psychic Healer – WNYC’s Leonard Lopate…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 1.9

    A&E to air Paranormal Cops show – I wish I could tell you I was joking about that. Woman suspected of witchcraft burned alive – “A woman in rural Papua New Guinea was bound and gagged, tied to a log and set ablaze on a pile of tires this week, possibly because villagers suspected her of being a witch, police…

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