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Skepchick Sundaylies! Cosplay Science, Secular Safety Net, and Raising an Anxious Child
Sunday Funny: Educated Cat-callers (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 128: Kinetic-Molecular Model of Ideal Gases, Part 3 Mindy finished up her discussion of the kinetic-molecular model of ideal gases. Mad Art Lab Material Science for Cosplay: Copper and its Alloys Ryan infuses some science into your cosplay. The Monster in Dr. McClintock: The Twisted Tale of Jumping…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Women Ruin Everything, The Brain Thief, and Anti-Vax Parents
Sunday Funny: Right Angles (via Tree Lobsters) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 127: Kinetic-Molecular Model of Ideal Gases, Part 2 Mindy continues trying to parse the kinetic-molecular model of idea gases. The Not So Beautiful Game, Step 9: In Which Our Narrator Blames Everything on a Woman and is Horrified by Mental Illness In which women are girls who…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! PUAs, Student Comprehension, ENIAC Bartik, and a Mother’s Intuition
Sunday Funny: Location Sharing (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick DBT Skills: Radical Acceptance Olivia walks us through the last DBT skill. The Not So Beautiful Game, Step 8: In Which our Narrator Dislikes his Housemates and Falls Prey to Consistency Bias With each passing step, The Game just gets creepier. (Trigger Warning.) Escéptica Bios: Jean Jennings Bartik (en español) Silvia shares…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! WISE MEN, Active Learning, Other December Celebrations, and Skipping Santa
Sunday Funny: Turn the other cheek. (via Cyanide and Happiness) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 124: Exploding Potatoes and Equations of State Mindy explains how an exploding potato relates to the idea gas law. Tracts in the Mail Elizabeth shares the way in which her grandparents have chosen to try to convert her this year. Escéptica Gods! Christmas Edition…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Phone Judgment, Secular Christmas, Plankton and Galaxies, Asexual Nudes, and Gendered Kid Clothing
Sunday Funny: Recursion (via Manfeels Park) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 122: Heat of the Sublime Mindy explores what happens when water melts and boils. DBT Skills: Chillaxin Olivia explains how focusing on one thing that makes you feel good can help diffuse a stressful situation. The Inevitable Judgment Against Phones Elizabeth has had just about enough of your…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! PUA Name–Dropping, Quantum Healing, Facts and Education, and Putting People with Food Allergies at Risk
Sunday Funny: Optimist vs. Pessimist vs. Opportunist (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 121: Mountains Out of Mole Hills Mindy only briefly confuses mole the animal with mole the number The Not So Beautiful Game, Step 7: In Which Our Narrator Mistakes Familiarity with Flim-Flam for Strength of Character Elizabeth discusses the types of people who fall for…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Christian Love, Bathing in the Ganges, and SAHPs
Sunday Funny: “You can calculate the area of my annulus and goddamn kiss it!” (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick Depending on What You Mean by Love Elizabeth realizes that her family tries to convert her out of love, but it’s still kind of terrible. The Physics Philes, lesson 120: Very Specific Heat Mindy battles the cold by thinking about physical quantities…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Just the Facts, Psychoneuroimmunology, MOOCs, and Kim Kardashian
Sunday Funny: Landing (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 119: Turn Up the Heat After several weeks off, Mindy is back with a brand new Physics Philes! DBT Skills: Use That Skepticism Don’t be afraid to use your skeptical superpowers on yourself. Escéptica Introduction to Pseudoscience: Psychoneuroimmunology (en español) Elara talks about how people combined a bunch of…
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