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Skepticism
The Long History Behind the Latest TikTok “No Glasses” Scam
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: Hey patrons, enjoy this one early and ad-free until Thursday morning! Transcript: (Rebecca sits, reading a book) Oh hi there, I didn’t see you. Welcome. I’m Rebecca Watson, and if this is your first time seeing one of my…
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Ashton Kutcher Supports a Rapist: Friendship, Misogyny or Blackmail?
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: Hey pals, today’s video is going to deal with some upsetting topics like sexual assault, rape, and murder. Yep, a real fun one! If that sort of subject bothers you, you might want to give this one a skip…
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One Disgraced Scientist Gets an NBC Show, Another Becomes a Libel Bully
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! I remember when I was in elementary school, maybe at age 8 or 9, I was doing a science project that, of course, required the standard “make a hypothesis, test it, collect the data, evaluate the data, publish the results”…
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Skepticism
Do Most Americans Fear Vaccines for Dogs??
Look, I know you guys don’t come here for the science, the critical thinking, the space communism. You come here for the ten seconds of my dog at the end of the video. With that in mind, today’s video is all about Indy. Well, about dogs, in general. I’ll throw in some random Indy pics throughout just to keep you…
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The COMPLETELY BONKERS Story Behind This Scammy Supplement
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Great news, nerds, I have fallen down YET ANOTHER rabbit hole and I’m here to take you on the same journey. It all started when I was watching my darling Philadelphia Phillies, which is a baseball team fyi, on the…
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Study: Why You Should Avoid COVID Even if You’re “Healthy”
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! I feel like it’s been awhile since I made a video about COVID – like, not the debunked “lab leak” stuff or RFK, Jr. suggesting it’s a Jewish-Chinese conspiracy, but COVID as an actual disease that is still a pandemic…
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Study: Republican Voters Don’t Punish Fascism
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Here in the United States, we’ve been dealing with a slight infestation of, well, fascists. In case you missed it, our former president, Donald Trump, was just indicted for the fourth time, facing a total of 91 criminal charges. Many…
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Give Blood, but Not Money, to the Red Cross
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Last week I encouraged you to donate to any of several local nonprofits helping the people of Maui following the horrific wildfires there. Today I’d like to talk about one nonprofit I didn’t mention, despite the fact that they are…
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