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  • Muslim Extremists Murder French Satirists

    Gunmen in Paris have murdered 12 people today in a pointless, hopeless quest to squelch criticism of Islam. The murders occurred at the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical weekly paper that has not shied away from mocking Islam and Muhammad. This mirrors the 2005 uproar over Danish artists who had the gall to mock Muhammad, leading easily offended theists…

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  • Articles About Beer You Should Stop Reading Immediately

    A list of eight beers “you should stop drinking immediately” went around earlier last year and even ended up in my inbox a few times, but I didn’t imagine something so silly could have serious traction among the pretty geeky and science-savvy scene that is the craft beer drinking community. It seems I was wrong. The article has been making…

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    Bad Chart Thursday: New Years Linked to Autism

    Shocking news from the unironically named website The Mind Unleashed: “MIT Researcher’s New Warning: At Today’s Rate, Half Of All U.S. Children Will Be Autistic By 2025.”* Autism: a fate worse than death for self-absorbed parents and people who benefit from demeaning those on the spectrum. It’s the go-to bogeyman for anyone who JUST KNOWS something is harmful but can’t…

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  • B&W Blurry Photo of a pipe in the Mississippi River that looks like a river monster

    Poe’s Law: Mississippi River Monster Edition

    Back in November 2012 I went on a road trip from San Diego to Chicago. At one point I spent a full day in Memphis and while there took a ton of photos. I was taking some photos of the Mississippi river when I saw this green pipe thing sticking out of the water. I realized that from far away it sort of looked…

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    The Story Behind Sarah’s Abortion

    I knew even before the two little lines appeared that I was pregnant. I’m not saying I had magic intuition or anything, just that I use a period tracker app that’s surprisingly accurate, I had sex on a day I was ovulating (it tells you that as well), & my period was late. It was the logical conclusion, but I will…

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  • Online Harassers Prove My Point Yet Again

    This post and the video within contains NSFW language and discussion of online harassment and rape and death threats. Because of course it does! Can you even believe it? I know, I know, we should be skeptical of outrageous claims but it’s TOTALLY true. We STILL GET VICIOUS HATE MAIL ABOUT COFFEE AND ELEVATORS. STILL. TODAY. Yup. I brought up…

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  • New Video: Earthquake Scientists Convicted of Manslaughter Freed

    Support more videos like this at Patreon.com/rebecca! Sort-of Transcript: Back in 2012, Italian courts convicted a group of scientists for manslaughter, a fact that was widely reported as the scientists being given the death sentence for failing to predict the 2009 earthquake that killed more than 300 people. The conviction was, in my opinion, totally bogus, but the headlines got…

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  • Bad Chart Thursday: 60 is the New 65

    All over the media, people are shaking their virtual fists at kids today for undervoting in the US midterm elections. Clearly, millennials are too busy taking selfies, texting, and playing on their Ataris or whatever, or they’re just too lazy and self-absorbed to vote. There’s really nothing like an election to bring out the sweet, sweet smell of ageism in…

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