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Happy Mom’s Day!
Here’s some love for mothers; a beating heart fountain. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h45UrpBsCKI] Via Neatorama. And from Feministing, a vintage tire ad with vintage sexism! Crazy woman drivers. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td6m3OhO5zE]
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Skepchick Quickes 5.9
Undercover Atheist- An excerpt from Matt Taibbi’s new book, The Great Derangement. From reader Frank. Bush 41 pimps for Moon again- Yes, that Rev. Moon. American Life League launches anti-birth control campaign– The pill killz teh cutesy babeez! Stop teh pill! Near death experiences and the medical literature– Once again, Mark Crislip is awesome. Aaaaaand to round out your Friday,…
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Skepchick Quickies 5.8
History Channel might do something right– They’ll be premiering a new show called EVOLVE on June 17th and the first show is on eyes. Pap psychology– A Jezebel post about a Radar article on the weird/funny/disturbing comments that women have heard from their gynecologists. Haven’t we all had one of those moments? Smells like holy spirit– Review of the book…
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Sunday Morning Humor
I think this might be my favorite Edward Current video. His completely straight delivery just kills me every time and this bit is such a prime example. The subject is, “People’s religion should be respected.” [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Alhhe-JA8] For you Father Ted fans out there, here’s a sketch from one of my favorite episodes. In it, Father Dougal inadvertently causes a bishop…
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Skepchick Quickies 5.2
Lesbos islanders dispute gay name– Rebecca says, “Do you think this action will set a precedent for Transylvania to follow suit?” Father gives daughter bikini waxes, rides to work at brothel-Â Oh Jezebel, my favorite source of horrifying talk show clips. Colossal squid at New Zealand museum– Check out the squid claws! Anatomical theater website launch– Incredible photos of “medical…
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Skepchick Quickies 5.1
Science fiction mavens offer far our Homeland Security advice A brief NYT article on the history of syphillis Jesus appears in an ultrasound Robust australopithicenes and masticatory overkill- Paranthropus robustus and Paranthropus boisei had huge masticatory muscles but a recently published study found the tooth wear consistent in both species suggested that they ate mostly a soft food-based diet. I…
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Skepchick Quickies 4.29
Wanted: Women to eat chocolate for a year– “Scientists in the UK are seeking 150 women to eat chocolate every day for a year in the cause of medical research.” Pregnancy cravings on the rise– Survey finds that not only do more women have cravings during pregnancy than in previous generations, but that about 1/3 of the cravings mentioned were…
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Nutria, Mentos, and Cat Dancing
Little Bald Bastard sent in this video on logical fallacies. Ah, logical fallacies are boring you say? Not when they involve nutria and Dracula! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyK1LTfLXiM] 1500 Belgians broke the Coke-and-Mentos explosion record recently. The payoff is at the beginning of this video, followed by Coke-soaked Belgians dancing to techno. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AGiXzU1Teg] And if you’re in need of just some outright cuteness…
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