Daniela

Born and raised in Mexico City, Daniela has finally decided to abdicate her post as an armchair skeptic and start doing some skeptical activism. She is currently living in Spain after having lived in the US, Brazil and Italy. You can also find her blogging in Spanish at esceptica.org.

Anti-Science
DanielaJanuary 4, 2014
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Global Quickies: 04/01/14

BRAZIL The ceremonial kick for the 2014 FIFA World Cup may be made by a paralyzed teenager using a mechanical exoskeleton controlled by the teen’s brain designed by the Walk Again Project. INDIA (TW for sexual violence) A 16-year-old girl was burned to death by the men who had gang-raped her twice. That same day they had threatened her with…
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Activism
DanielaDecember 28, 2013
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Global Quickies: 28/12/13

It’s Massacre of the Innocents Day, when millions of Catholics in Spanish-speaking countries think the appropriate way to celebrate toddlers being murdered is with pranks. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES The Norwegian woman sentenced to prison for “illicit sex” after she reported a colleague raped her, has been pardoned and freed. Her rapist was also freed since a rape conviction requires either…
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Anti-Science
DanielaDecember 21, 2013
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Global Quickies: 21/12/13

EUROPE (from Criticaldragon1177) A survey in several Western European countries found that 65% of Muslims believe that religious rules are more important than the laws of the country in which they live. More surprisingly, these views are as widespread among younger Muslims as among older generations. AUSTRALIA Skepchick reader Lewis has a blog with tons of information about the current…
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Activism
DanielaDecember 7, 2013
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Global Quickies: 07/12/13

This week’s links come with a little bit of everything. Check them out! POLAND A German newspaper reports the case of an atheist coma patient who was given the “extreme unction” by a priest, and, upon recovery and finding out about this, sued the hospital for disrespecting his freedom of conscience. The Supreme Court agreed with him and a lower…
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Activism
DanielaNovember 30, 2013
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Global Quickies: 30/11/13

Here’s your weekly dose of links from around the world! AUSTRALIA (from Jack99) The Australian Vaccination Network (AVN) lost an appeal against the order to change their name for being misleading. The Fair Trading Minister said the Ministry reserves the right to reject any names they consider inappropriate for this anti-vaccination lobby. MEXICO Mexican observatory pushes the limits of gamma…
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Anti-Science
DanielaNovember 23, 2013
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Global Quickies: 23/11/2013

PHILIPPINES Take a look at the relief operations that the Philippine Atheists and Agnostics Society (PATAS) have set up after the devastating Typhoon Haiyan swept the country. Oh, yeah, and some Catholics are donating rosaries. ISRAEL Rabbi says women should not operate the horseless carriage because in the past only men drove horse-drawn vehicles, and that Rabbis who permit women…
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Feminism
DanielaNovember 16, 2013
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Global Quickies: 16/11/13

MIDDLE EAST (From Salem) Arab Atheists and Humanists are looking for your help to set up a website to promote secularism. BRAZIL (From miserlyoldman) As this was the last country to abolish slavery in the Americas (1888), Brazil has probably the largest archive of photographs of slavery. The University of Sao Paolo has a new exhibition showing these photographs expanded…
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Activism
DanielaNovember 9, 2013
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Global Quickies: 09/11/13

IRELAND Atheist Ireland asked the Convention on the Constitution to repeal the nation’s blasphemy law. They argue that, even if Ireland does not prosecute under this law, it serves as an excuse and even an example for countries who do. MEXICO The (scarily shady) mayor of the tiny town of Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacan had 14 kids arrested for trick or…
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