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Science
The Study Showing Over 260,000 COVID-19 Cases From the Sturgis Rally Has a Fatal Flaw
When I first saw headlines last week that researchers found that the Sturgis motorcycle rally, which attracted 460,000 attendees to Sturgis South Dakota last month, has resulted in over 260,000 new COVID-19 cases, my first reaction was one of indignation. How dare these bikers take indiscriminate risks like attending a Smash Mouth concert in middle of a pandemic, bringing disease…
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Activism
Black Lives Matter Has Covered Cities in Political Art
For many of us that live in neighborhoods where protests in opposition to police violence against black people have taken place, the look and feel of the neighborhood has changed as many businesses have boarded up their windows. In some cases the boards went up due to actual broken windows, but in most cases, businesses have boarded their windows in…
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Skepticism
Antibacterial Soap is a Scam
“Wash your hands with soap and water.” That’s the refrain we’ve been hearing more than any other in these times of global pandemic. Along with that refrain comes information about the proper way to wash our hands and how long and how often, but nowhere in that advice does it address what type of soap you should be using. Not…
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Quickies
Quickies: A 4000-Year Old Cookbook and the Woman Who Told Us About It but Wasn’t Believed
Happy Wednesday! I have just two quickies for you this week. NPR has a fascinating story about researchers who made and ate recipes that were translated from 4000 year old Babylonian tablets. Apparently the resulting stews tasted pretty good but unfortunately NPR does not share the recipes in the article. One particular detail in the article is that a woman…
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Activism
Mansplain Monday: When Men Explain Things To You By Citing You
Mansplain Mondays are back! You might remember it as the feature that became especially meta when men began responding to the existence of our Mansplain Monday posts by mansplaining the concept of “mansplaining.” For our new Mansplain Mondays we will be featuring an especially funny example of mansplaining that we’ve come across that week, because if we can’t stop men…
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Quickies
Quickies: “Virginity” is not an actual thing that exists
Those of us in the midwest are freezing our asses off in this record-breaking cold weather this week, so pour yourself a warm mug of hot chocolate while you read through today’s quickies. First up, while everyone has been talking about the story last week about rapper T.I.’s comments about how he asks his 18-year old adult daughter’s doctor to…
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Politics
The Real Reason Epstein Died Is a Lot Scarier Than Murder
When the news first broke yesterday that noted child rapist Jeffrey Epstein had died by suicide in jail, I went through a lot of emotions. It started with anger, knowing that he will never be held accountable for his crimes and his many victims will never be able to get closure. Soon my anger turned into worry that his death…
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Quickies
Quickies: Hollywood Celebrities Attended Epstein’s Parties Even After Knowing He Was a Rapist
Rebecca wrote a great piece here at Skepchick this week about the scientists who continued to hang out with Jeffrey Epstein after his conviction for raping a minor. Over at the Hollywood Reporter, they have a similar piece about the Hollywood celebrities that attended his parties hosted by Epstein after his conviction. Buzzfeed has released a shocking and horrifying four-part…
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