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The “Alt National Park” Resistance Account is So Obviously Fake

1 week ago | skepchick.org | Rebecca Watson

This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca!Transcript:When I was a little kid, I was a spy. I was super into it, mostly thanks to a book called The KnowHow Book of SpyCraft, which gave detailed instructions on how to be a sneaky little guy, like how to hide secret messages in your shoes, how to track people, and how to disguise yourself.
ICE is Helping Predators Scam Immigrants

1 week ago | skepchick.org | Rebecca Watson

This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca!Transcript:The US government has empowered a secret police force to round up people they suspect of being undocumented immigrants and disappearing them off the streets, out of schools, and even away from their scheduled immigration hearings without bothering to show their faces or identifying themselves in any way. What could go wrong?
The Antisemites In and Around the Trump Administration

1 week ago | skepchick.org | Rebecca Watson

This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca!Transcript:The Trump administration really cares about stopping anti-semitism.
How to ACTUALLY Deal with Tear Gas

2 weeks ago | skepchick.org | Rebecca Watson

This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca!Transcript:Hello from California, where things are finally getting spicy. In case you missed it, Donald Trump ordered the National Guard to go help our secret police disappear people off the streets in the name of immigration control, over the objections of our governor, Gavin Newsom, who Trump said should be arrested.
“Best Boss” Dan Price Accused of Rape, Fraud, and Generally Being Awful

3 weeks ago | skepchick.org | Rebecca Watson

Back in 2015, Jon Ronson published a book called So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, which explored the relatively recent phenomenon of people using social media to, well, publicly shame people. The term “cancel culture” would gain prominence a few years later, but the ideas are related: social media suddenly became a great leveler, where it seemed that anyone could use it to call out behavior they didn’t like and get others on board to condemn it.
Debunking the South African “White Genocide” Nonsense

1 month ago | skepchick.org | Rebecca Watson

This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca!Transcript:When I was 18, I was finishing up my freshman year of college and was hoping to stay in Boston by getting an apartment, which would require a roommate. A girl who worked in the cosmetics store next door to my magic shop said she needed a place, so we went out to lunch to see if we clicked.
Republicans Want You to Die

1 month ago | skepchick.org | Rebecca Watson

This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca!Transcript:About 15 years ago, the dumbest politician to take the national stage up until that point was Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and, at that time, the Republican Vice Presidential candidate. In 2009, she took to Facebook to bash the Obama Administration’s feeble attempts to provide healthcare to all Americans through the Affordable Care Act.
ChatGPT is Creating Cult Leaders

1 month ago | skepchick.org | Rebecca Watson

This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca!Transcript:There’s so much bad news surrounding “AI” right now that I’ve had a real hard time narrowing down what I want to talk about. By “AI” of course, I’m talking about generative AI, large language models, garbage like ChatGPT.
h3h3’s Ethan Klein Sues to Stop Criticism

1 month ago | skepchick.org | Rebecca Watson

Wow, yet another wealthy and famous lover of free speech is using a libel lawsuit to try to silence his critics! This video is going to be a bit all over the place so I’m breaking it up into sections: first I’ll deliver the new news (since that will probably be in the title and so I want to get straight to it), then I’ll explain why I’m talking about for those who are new to my channel, and then I’ll give some updates on the previous libel cases I’ve talked about.
Sex for Solar: How Corruption Makes Clean Energy Dirty

1 month ago | skepchick.org | Rebecca Watson

This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca!Transcript:A lot of people think they’re too smart to fall for advertising tricks, but I think it’s important to recognize that some techniques work on a person no matter how savvy they are. As an example, I actually have a bachelor of science in advertising, and worked in the industry for about a decade.