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Preston Maness ☭ @[email protected] · 2025-07-18 · 22:57 UTC

@rebeccawatson There actually *are* ways of performing age verification in a privacy-preserving way, thanks to zero-knowledge proof cryptography:

https://github.com/zkpassport

StRanGeLY tHoUgH, governments don't seem interested in merely knowing that a user truly is >=$some_age, and not knowing anything else about them. They really, *really* wanna know who the perverts^W adults are.

#zkp #zkproof #cryptography #cryptology

SpaceLifeForm @[email protected] · 2024-11-23 · 01:48 UTC

@rebeccawatson

People do tend to slow down when they can not see the hood of their car.

#CimateChange

#cimatechange

Historian Matt @[email protected] · 2023-10-30 · 21:00 UTC

Did Legalizing Abortion Reduce Crime 20 Years Later? - Rebecca Watson

Did legalizing abortion in the 70’s cause the big drop in the crime rate in the 90’s as described in the book Freakonomics? Rebecca Watson explores this idea in this short video.

#RebeccaWatson #abortion #crime #freakonomics #politics

https://youtu.be/hXMRsvqYfFU?si=EeLtSQMyWWlEzaDY

#rebeccawatson #abortion #crime #freakonomics #politics

oldguycrusty @[email protected] · 2024-12-07 · 19:00 UTC

@danpmoore @rebeccawatson

You betcha! Happy to help. I suspect #TrumpFlation will (unfortunately) be a useful handle in the coming #Trumpocalypse

>>
Reviving some nuggets that I had hoped we would no longer need:
#OrangeShitGibbon
#PutinsBitch
#MangoMussolini
#TrumpsterFire
#TraitorTrump
#TrumpCrimeFamily

Sigh......

#trumpflation #trumpocalypse #orangeshitgibbon #putinsbitch #mangomussolini #trumpsterfire

Amo a Sam amat @[email protected] · 2024-07-24 · 04:33 UTC

@mawhrin @rebeccawatson The i in "gobshite" is long, unless you umlaut the fucker, then it's pronounced 'haitch' as in "laughter".

#HTH
#TYVM
I'll see myself out.

#hth #tyvm

Gersande La Flèche @[email protected] · 2024-12-04 · 18:13 UTC

Rebecca Watson (Skepchick @rebeccawatson) on #Bluesky, gilded social media cages, the USA and TikTok, and a quick mention of Mastodon and the fediverse: https://youtu.be/Rs0AVMOAmAs

#socialmedia #socialgraph #socialnetworks

#bluesky #socialmedia #socialgraph #socialnetworks

wolfkin @[email protected] · 2024-02-13 · 01:19 UTC

@PatrickoftheG @tofugolem @rebeccawatson That's an interesting take. What I've heard is that these aren't movies so they don't need to be good. They're messages so they just need to be consistent in their messaging regardless of how good the end result is or isn't.

I think i heard that originally from Maggie Mae Fish

FIREPROOF: Christians Worshiping Money | Evangelical Films, Part 1 of 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh581gMSZY0

#MaggieMaeFish #KirkCameron #Evangelical #Christians

#maggiemaefish #kirkcameron #evangelical #christians

Alberto Chimal @[email protected] · 2025-04-25 · 15:30 UTC

"Study: #Conservatives Hate #Science (All Of It)" by @rebeccawatson.
An assault against science and #knowledge is happening now on behalf of powerful #InterestGroups in the #US, and it's made worse because of the #power and influence that nation still has.
The #world doesn't deserve to be dragged down and backwards by just one country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=--t66DmGpHlQSui1&v=vf8_AMD8Tm4&feature=youtu.be

#CurrentEvents #video

#conservatives #science #knowledge #interestgroups #us #power

Chris Hall @[email protected] · 2023-08-30 · 21:55 UTC

"Systematic failures on the part of our government"

Study: Why You Should Avoid COVID Even if You're "Healthy"

#Covid #COVID19 @rebeccawatson
#COVIDisAirborne #POL204 #MECO1003 #LongCovid #Journalism #PlatformJournalism #YouTube #youtuber

https://youtu.be/_YZUMMkiyy4?si=e2m5pT4DfjEPVeO-

#covid #covid19 #covidisairborne #pol204 #meco1003 #longcovid

P Gurgel-Segrillo @[email protected] · 2026-04-16 · 16:15 UTC

ChatBots are Diagnosing Diseases that Don't Exist Based on Blog Posts -
Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)

"garbage in, garbage out, garbage all the way down"

https://youtu.be/78pHB0Rp6eI?si=g8m0FJt2uZbs6IIF

#FuckAI #AIgarbage #AIslop #health #AIdangers #RebeccaWatson #Skepchick #ChatBot #diagnosis #ChatBots #stupidAI

#fuckai #aigarbage #aislop #aidangers #rebeccawatson #skepchick

TomSchmidt @[email protected] · 2023-03-04 · 07:45 UTC

Sam Harris und andere prominente ´(selbsternannte) Rationalisten sind nun voll auf den UFO Zug aufgesprungen.
Harris erklärt, er sei von hochrangigen Mitarbeitern der Regierung und Geheimdienst kontaktiert worden, weil... ja .... ehm ..,

WTF

https://skepchick.org/2023/03/whos-pranking-sam-harris-eric-weinstein-about-ufos/

#SamHarris #ufo #Sceptics #RebeccaWatson

#samharris #ufo #sceptics #rebeccawatson

enmodo ⇇ @[email protected] · 2024-08-30 · 19:20 UTC

Wow, just wow. Shen Yun is run by the Falun Gong cult and tax-free "religion" in the US which is connected to money laundering Epoch Times which is the #2 funder of Trump, leader of that other well known cult MAGA...

Why am I not surprised?

I bet Trump is secretly jealous that MAGA is not a religion itself but at least he has managed to tap into the huge tax free slush fund of other people's religions.

h/t @rebeccawatson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFJ_u4IGqaA

#FalunGong #EpochTimes #MAGA #ShenYun

#falungong #epochtimes #maga #shenyun

Anarcho Doggo @[email protected] · 2024-09-14 · 18:06 UTC

So the origins of the grotesque lies about Haitian immigrants come directly from the neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe.

Blood Tribe, founded by esoteric Hitlerist loser Christopher Pohlhaus, is the group that's been marching around Ohio and other parts of the country with Swastikas and screaming "Sieg Hiel" and waving guns at immigrants while shouting at them to "go the fuck back to Africa".

So apparently Laura Loomer, JD Vance, and great replacement bandwagoner Charlie Kirk are the least racist players in this situation.

Blood Tribe member Drake Berentz, giving a racist pseudonym, even testified to the Springfield city council before being ejected.

It is noteworthy how much the dehumanizing, visceral elements of this edge on the ancient antisemitic trope of blood libel (beloved by neo-Nazis). Vance knows this. And these vicious lies about Haitian immigrants spread from Nazis on Telegram and Gab to Donald Trump on the presidential stage in about a week or so. The extent to which the MAGA dominant right is picking up what Nazis are putting down... let's just say the need for proper antifascist research and action is not becoming any less urgent.

References: The Guardian (Stephen Starr), NBC News (Brandy Zadrozny), @rebeccawatson, etc

#BloodTribe #ChristopherPohlhaus #DrakeBerentz #SpringfieldOH

#bloodtribe #christopherpohlhaus #springfieldoh #drakeberentz

Rebecca Watson @rebeccawatson · 2026-05-14 · 17:02 UTC

Let's talk about hantavirus: why it's scary, but also why it's not the next "COVID." https://skepchick.org/2026/05/hantavirus-is-not-the-next-pandemic/

Rebecca Watson @[email protected] · 2023-02-05 · 18:09 UTC

pleased to announce that I have decided to leave my house today for this special event
---
RT @Play_PerView
Let @BillCorbett tell you about this weekends reading of his play “The Medievalists”, then join us and our wonderful cast of @JasonRitter Kirsten @Vangsness @JamesUrbaniak and #JaneKaczmarek at @SFSketchfest on Sunday at @BravaTheaterto

Tickets: http://Tinyurl.com/MedievalistsSF
https://twitter.com/Play_PerView/status/1621182564307181573

#janekaczmarek

PapyrusBrigade @[email protected] · 2026-05-15 · 02:16 UTC

Rebecca Watson had a good video on the MV Hondius #hantavirus outbreak.

She mentioned the 2020 Diamond Princess outbreak. So I looked at the math.

Diamond Princess had 3,711 aboard.
712 were infected with #Covid (19% infection rate)
14 deaths (2.0% case fatality rate)
14 deaths / 3711 exposures = 0.3% mortality rate

MV Hondius had 175 aboard
11 infected so far (6% infection rate)
3 deaths (27% case fatality rate)
3 deaths / 175 exposures = 1.7% mortality rate

Why all the calm mongering?

#hantavirus #covid

Tom Kindlon @[email protected] · 2023-06-06 · 00:35 UTC

Rebecca Watson, a commentator on science and critical thinking, has made a 10-minute YouTube video titled "Physics Girl & the Devastating Effects of Long COVID" where she also goes into the history of ME/CFS and the mistreatment of this patient group.

https://youtu.be/8x3_6YS4sZU

#LongCovid @longcovid @mecfs @cfs #pwlc #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #mecfs #cfs #cfsme #pwme #PwMEs

#longcovid #pwlc #myalgicencephalomyelitis #chronicfatiguesyndrome #mecfs #cfs

P Gurgel-Segrillo @[email protected] · 2026-05-06 · 18:11 UTC

🙄 "Claudia"

Richard Dawkin's Claude Delusion -
Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02pBnDkV0rQ

Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it
Chats with AI bots have convinced evolutionary biologist but most experts say he is being misled by mimicry

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/05/richard-dawkins-ai-consciousness-anthropic-claude-openai-chatgpt

#RichardDawkins #transphobe #claude #AIfoolishness #AIdelusion #epsteinFiles #EpsteinClass #AIpsycho #FuckAI #AI

#richarddawkins #transphobe #claude #aifoolishness #aidelusion #epsteinfiles

Kim Crawley 😷 (she/her) @[email protected] · 2026-05-15 · 02:17 UTC

Meanwhile, Amanda Ripley's must read book, The Unthinkable, features her research about how people don't typically panic. They stall. They freeze. They stay in their World Trade Center office on 9/11 because their boss said they're safer that way.

People really ought to panic, quite frankly.

Be suspicious of Rebecca Watson or anyone else who tells you "don't panic" when it comes to Covid, Hantavirus, or any other virus of which acknowledging it is bad for capitalism.

They either have an agenda to serve billionaire interests, or your avoiding the plague like the plague makes them briefly uncomfortable, and they cannot stand that.

#Covid #Hantavirus

https://www.amandaripley.com/the-unthinkable

#covid #hantavirus

Amalia Zeichnerin @[email protected] · 2026-03-30 · 21:57 UTC

Over the last couple of years, I watched some films with Hugh Jackman. Didn't know much about him.
However, I won't watch his films anymore.

What changed my mind?
A video by Rebecca Watson:
"Inside Hugh Jackman's Weird Cult"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Corqql0QGHE

Btw, I researched cults for quite a while (for two novel projects and because of personal interest) and I cannot stand anyone in a position of power who supports any type of cult.

#destructivecult #HughJackman #cults

#destructivecult #hughjackman #cults