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SXSW and Reddit’s Introspection Problem
This weekend, I attended my first SXSW, as I was asked to be on a panel with Farhad Manjoo and Adrien Chen about the highs and lows of Reddit. All of us use Reddit on a daily basis, though Adrien and I have been vocally critical of some aspects of the site, while Farhad is mostly positive about it. To…
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An Extra-Historic International Women’s Day
Today, on International Women’s Day, Barack Obama signed the renewal of the Violence Against Women act into law. VAWA was originally written by then-Senator Joe Biden and first enacted into law in 1994. The law prevents rape offenders from using a victim’s sexual history against her and provides funding for training on rape and domestic abuse by local law enforcement…
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Vaccinate Your Bracket!
Selection Sunday is nearly upon us. March 17th NCAA men’s basketball brackets are coming out, which means some teams will be like this: and other teams will be more like this and I will be all like this Every year Women…
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School of Doubt is in Session!
Hi! I’m Alasdair and I’m the admin of School of Doubt, Skepchick’s newest sister site. Today is our launch and we’d love it if you popped over for a visit! School of Doubt is devoted to the promotion of skepticism and critical thinking in education. I’m a high school English teacher with a heavy interest in science, so much so…
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Sasquatch Genetics! Or…Not.
You might have seen some news coverage of a Sasquatch genome paper recently: “A team of eleven scientists with expertise in genetics, forensics, pathology, biochemistry, and biophysics has sequenced three whole nuclear genomes from a novel, contemporary species of hominin in North America. The study, “Novel North American Hominins, Next Generation Sequencing of Three Whole Genomes and Associated Studies,” which analyzed DNA from a total…
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What the Hell do Experts Know Anyway?
I am not a climate scientist and in fact I don’t know much about climate science, but I still believe strongly that human caused climate change is warming the Earth. Because climate science is not my area of expertise, it is perfectly reasonable for me to bow to the consensus of scientists that are experts in the field. Since climate…
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Bad Chart Thursday: Sucky Valentine’s
At 9:30pm* today I was still at work, just waiting for someone else to do their job so I could go home and continue to think about how much my life sucks in the comfort of my own couch. You would think that is the perfect time to open up your browser to watch cat videos on Youtube, steal some…
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Geek – Nerd Relativity
Geek-nerd relativity is a wonderful part of the skeptical community. Members usually lie on one extreme of either the geek or nerd scale and often both. Last night in bed (this isn’t getting as sexy as it sounds), I was participating in my nightly ritual of falling asleep to the Harry Potter audiobooks read by Jim Dale. Aside: my boyfriend…
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