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Random Asides
Happy Birthday, Tree Lobsters!
Sometimes, when you get a bunch of smart, funny and creative people together, good things just happen. Three years ago this past weekend, my favorite such happening in the bunch of smart, funny and creative people who make up the Skepchick community took place. That would be when Tree Lobsters was born. It’s a bit of a strange story. Amanda…
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Quickies
Skepchick Quickies, 12.19
Convicted rapist moves in next to his victim from seven years ago. (From Anna.) Bangladesh man ‘admits’ cutting off wife’s fingers – because she pursued higher education. (From Anne.) How cycling set deprived Indian girls on a life-long journey. On being a lady in the nerd world.
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Quickies
Skepchick Quickies, 12.7
Court rules in favor of transgender editor in Georgia. Feds say HCG diet remedies are ‘illegal’. Rachel Sklar on why you should recruit more women speakers. The Reddit Atheist “groups” are working to donate money for Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres. (From Agranulocytosis.)
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Quickies
Skepchick Quickies, 12.5
New batch of giant alien worlds found. Woman claims psychologist implanted horrific memories. Sounds like there will be conflicting experts in court trying to prove how human memory works. Religious people rank non-believers alongside rapists. (From Angela.) Please, conspiracy theorists, make all your theories this great. (From Madfishmonger.)
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Quickies
Skepchick Quickies, 11.30
A conversation between Stephen Colbert and Neil deGrasse Tyson. (There’s also a YouTube mirror.) People who are experienced meditators seem to switch off areas of the brain associated with daydreaming—and with psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. Yoga and Harry Potter are evil, says exorcist. Just so you know. (From Madfishmonger.) Magic Johnson on how modern medicine makes it…
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Quickies
Skepchick Quickies, 11.28
The reality of sexist abuse online: “Female bloggers speak out about misogynist comments, rape threats and death threats.” (From Dupes.) Sexual violence marks latest Egyptian protests. China job ads discriminate against Scorpio and Virgo:“Chinese managers have placed job advertisements that tell people born under certain zodiac signs not to apply.” The science of sarcasm.
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Featured
Be Visible: The High Visibility Project
As a web designer and developer, not to mention someone who spends a ridiculous amount of time online, I’m pretty keen on technology. I’m also pretty keen on teaching it and reaching out to marginalized groups to learn it, because I think it’s so awesome that everyone should have a part in it. One of the aspects I often focus…
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Quickies
Skepchick Quickies, 11.24
Happy Thanksgiving, Americans! Here’s something to read while trying to ignore your aunt who wants to tell you all about [insert conspiracy/woo/political theory here]. CIA boosts vaccination conspiracies: “The agency’s public health ruse to confirm Bin Laden’s whereabouts caused collateral damage.” (From Maria.) Astrology Beliefs among Undergraduates. (From Glenn.) 5 old-timey prejudices that still show up in every movie. (From…
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