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weatherwax commented on the post, The Racist Reasons why Tiffany Haddish Drinks Turpentine, on the site Skepchick 10 months, 2 weeks ago
You neglected to mention how the mercury was administered for syphilis. You fill a thin glass tube, and slid it up the urethra. Then you tap it with a hammer to shatter the glass. And this would only give temporary relief, so would have to be given periodically.
In any case, the Tuskegee experiment (crime) took place after modern treatments…[Read more]
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weatherwax commented on the post, The Myth of the Altruistic Organic Industry, on the site Skepchick 4 years ago
“I coupled the 10 days with precise scientific measurements of my body for months before and after the 10 days and less scientifically my own perceptions.”
And measuring what, exactly? And with what instruments?
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weatherwax commented on the post, The Myth of the Altruistic Organic Industry, on the site Skepchick 4 years ago
Please elaborate on what differences were measured, how they were measured, and what statistical process was used to arrive at a p <0.01 significance level.
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weatherwax commented on the post, Quickies: UFO Pictures, Debunking Bulletproof Coffee, and White Privilege Classes, on the site Skepchick 4 years ago
Pharyngula wrote a blog addressing that article
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weatherwax commented on the post, Why I’ve Left SGU, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 1 month ago
Will definitely miss you on the show, but I know you’ll do well in your other endeavors.
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weatherwax commented on the post, Anonymous Co-Opts Black Issues (Again) to Punish Iggy Azalea For Co-Opting Black Issues, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 1 month ago
Again, that’s part of the problem. Was it Anonymous, or was it Anonymous’ twin brother. Looks just like him.
I would think, I could be wrong, that they have to capability to expose someone else speaking in their name, instead of just saying “Wasn’t me. Can’t prove it was me.”
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weatherwax commented on the post, Anonymous Co-Opts Black Issues (Again) to Punish Iggy Azalea For Co-Opting Black Issues, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 1 month ago
Anonymous has made me nervous since they claimed credit for the Arab Spring. I guess it’s one problem of their complete anonymousness, for lack of a better word. Maybe they helped, maybe they didn’t. It’s hard to say.
But I always get nervous dealing with people who know what’s best for me, and if I don’t like it, no problem. We have…[Read more]
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weatherwax commented on the post, Jane the Virgin May be the Most Progressive Show on Television, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 1 month ago
Another show I’ve found surprisingly progressive is Disney’s ‘Girl Meets World’, sequel the old ‘Boy Meets World’ from the nineties.
The main characters are in the 7th grade (I think), but they’re up front with the idea that girls are attracted to boys. Sometimes I’m amazed they’re as forward as they are. It is Disney, after all.
And…[Read more]
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weatherwax commented on the post, Why I’m Okay with Doxing, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 2 months ago
Here here! Well put.
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weatherwax commented on the post, The Telegraph’s Weak Exposé of James Randi, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 2 months ago
In the case of Randi’s statement about climate change, I think it should be pointed out that he’s a magician, not a scientist, as he himself has pointed out.
I used to buy into some of the denialist arguments myself.
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weatherwax commented on the post, Quickies: Anti-Choice “Experts” Spreading Bad Science, the Scourge of Online Threats, and Why Anonymous Isn’t That Great, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 3 months ago
A lot of the belief is because Anonymous claimed credit at the time.
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weatherwax commented on the post, A Scammer Tries to Buy My Couch, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 3 months ago
Lately I’ve been getting repeated calls from India claiming to be Microsoft, calling about my “Windows Computer”. Which one? “Your Windows Computer”.
I tell them to F Off and generally just lob insults at them. Usually we trade barbs for a minute and then they hang up. But I had one spend some time trying to prove that he was much smarter…[Read more]
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weatherwax commented on the post, Quickies: Felicia Day, creepy dudes, and NASA sounds, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 3 months ago
I’m gonna add this one for cute animal Friday
http://www.cbs8.com/story/26884116/rare-kiwi-chick-hatches-at-san-diego-zoo -
weatherwax commented on the post, The Science of Cat Food, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 4 months ago
My orange long hair, Teddy, used to tear open the bread bags and munch on the bread. My dad was convinced we had mice until we caught him in the act.
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weatherwax commented on the post, The Science of Cat Food, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 4 months ago
I’m going to start with a “non-skeptical product defamation”, but with a note that it’s been, sadly, many years since I had a cat. But back in the day I never owned a cat who could eat 9 Lives and not throw it up in a short period of time. I never really understood how they managed to stay in business.
It was a real problem as a kid as I c…[Read more]
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weatherwax commented on the post, Quickies: Gamergate, spiders, and consciousness, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 4 months ago
My own experience that even sweet, lovable kittens go into attack mode when they meet innocent puppies.
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weatherwax commented on the post, Global Quickies: Blasphemy, Deadly Rituals, and Calling Out Sexism, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 4 months ago
I’m going to throw this article in as it looks new
Iraqi Yazidi girl tells of captivity in IS group
http://news.yahoo.com/iraqi-yazidi-girl-tells-captivity-group-104216474.html
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weatherwax commented on the post, Quickies: Nerd dating, Lovecraft, and bird hats, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 4 months ago
I brought it up to a Lovecraft group, and their feeling was similar. While he was horribly racist, he was pretty typical for the time. They felt that as long as no one was trying to put his face on an award for racial harmony it wasn’t worth the fuss. Of course they might be a little biased.
There were some suggestions else where that they…[Read more]
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weatherwax commented on the post, Quickies: Nerd dating, Lovecraft, and bird hats, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 4 months ago
What really hit the passenger pigeons was habitat loss and market hunting. Specifically they needed large areas as rookeries, and the market hunters would burn the rookeries so that the chicks would jump from the trees where they could be easily collected for the eastern squab market. So the pigeons lost not only that years production, but the…[Read more]
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weatherwax commented on the post, Skepchick Book Club: Lost At Sea, on the site Skepchick 4 years, 4 months ago
Looks interesting. I’ve ordered it along with one of his older books (Them: Adventures with Extremists). But I’m so far behind in my reading already I don’t know when I’ll get to them.
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