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Science
Black Women are Objectively Less Attractive
Satoshi Kanazawa has once again used his magical powers of shitty interpretation to bastardize an otherwise decent study, and while he’s at it, the good name of science. He’s the author of such gems as “Why Liberals are More Intelligent than Conservatives” and even a book about “Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters“.*** With every blog post, he takes the…
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Feminism
Your Body is Obscene if You’re a Woman, or Look Like One
I should begin by warning you that the following article may be not safe for work . . . and that’s the entire problem. Jezebel is reporting that the new issue of Dossier, a fashion and art magazine, is wrapped in opaque plastic on the stands at Barnes & Noble due to a cover image that has been deemed offensive:…
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Afternoon Inquisition
Sunday AI: Stupidity. There’s an app for that.
I confess, I recently purchased an iPad. I was poking around online to pimp my pad when I discovered this in the Apple App Store: Anti Mosquito Plus Sonic Insect Repeller “Sonic Insect Repeller will turn your iPhone/iPod Touch* into an insect deflector that is effective, chemical-free and safe to use around children and pets!” Gentle readers, I believe you…
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Science
Bees, CCD, and Cellphones: Still no Link
Once again, the media is going bonkers over a bee paper, and making claims way out of proportion to any actual results. OMG RADIATIONS IN MAI BEEZ!!! Here are some sample headlines: Cellphones cause bees to swarm and die Phone signals confuse bees and cause them to fly erratically before suddenly dying It’s official–cell phones are killing bees I do…
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Skepticism
Homeopaths: “We Can Play the Race Card”
Is it possible that homeopaths in the UK have reached a new low? Can you even get lower than, say, selling sugar water to people in need of malaria vaccinations? Maybe! Today, Sue Trotter of Homeopathy World Community posted a blog entry in which she suggests that she and her cohorts “play the race discrimination card” in order to weasel…
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Activism
More Women in Skepticism! TAM 9 GRANT UPDATE
For those of you who don’t know, I have been kicking ass and taking names. And by kicking ass I mean making limited edition TAM 9 Surly-Ramics to raise money to pay for admission for women to go to The Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas this year. And I have literally been taking names. Well, technically Elyse and the Women…
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Activism
Hillary Clinton Erased From History? Not So Fast!
(This was originally posted on Mad Art Lab.) A Brooklyn based Hasidic Newspaper Der Zeitung published the now iconic photo by Pete Souza of President Obama and his national security team with Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton and national security team member, Audrey Tomason photoshopped out. Why would they do that you ask? They did it because that magazine does…
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Skepticism
Pretty Hairs Removal
All hail the internet, which has once again delivered something strange and wonderful to my virtual doorstep: Ant Egg Oil Cream. It is, as best I can tell, a traditional hair removal remedy from the middle east–Iran and Turkey, specifically. You get all the common pitches in the marketing playbook: “Tala Ant Egg Oil effect was proven in laboratory experiments…
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