Anyway best of luck to Abdul El-Sayed in the general election. Personally, I will not be voting for him until he condemns podcasts.
Abdul El-Sayed won the Michigan Democratic primary. Just posting this plainly for other west coast ppl waking up to a ton of headlines and posts about how he sort of actually really lost bc the polls were wrong about how much he would win by. Sweet Israeli dreams to Hayley Stevens.
Chuds can and do ride bikes but I think riding bikes in the car-brained US is a moral, pro-social, pro-environment, lefty political act. Accordingly, when bike brands post AI slop they tend to get obliterated, which is very funny.
my repeated public announcements about taking a break from public life has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my public announcements (srsly tho I hope this woman gets help)
Agreed that this is a great monologue & movie, but what I find striking is that over the past few years I've become convinced that boredom is, in fact, good, in that it leads directly to creative output. I get most of my best thinking done when I'm forced to be bored, by not being able to be online.
Michael Warburton@michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 2d agoThis Film often has the piss taken out of it for being a rather sedentary piece about 2 people just talking a lot — BUT — it has one of the most brilliantly prescient monologues in the history of Movies imho. MY DINNER WITH ANDRE (1981) Have a listen.
I have a friend I really love and admire who uses “ai” for stuff and I call it out when it comes up even though it pains me bc I don’t wanna fuck up our friendship but I do it bc I know that AI makes lives worse. Anyway that’s what white/cis/straight/male dudes need to do suck it up dumb fucks
Indy has been so stressed from the guys painting so this week he’s had two hikes and a beach day today and he is DONE
Is there a #birdsky? bc maybe (shock, gasp) Merlin was wrong. It told me Tua was a red-tailed hawk while the two we usually see are red-shouldered. But I just learned from a neighbor that Tua is an adolescent coming from my neighbors' place where there's a nest.
Rebecca Watson@skepchick.org · last wk.Tua is looking majestic today. Too bad he still sounds like a fucked up seagull
Long time followers know I reply to idiots on YouTube bc "engagement" tells the algorithm to push my video to more people. Here's a case of it backfiring bc I insulted this person by calling them a child & then realized oh they're actually a child
One of my neighbors is a talented project manager who does home renos, so I asked for her help picking out paint for our exterior. I just found her in our backyard checking the work & ordering around the painters. I'm not paying her, she's just project managing for the love of the game.
In other AI news, Hank Green posted to the Nazi site admitting he uses the plagiarism machine to write his scripts, so that's fun.
Rebecca Watson@skepchick.org · 5d agoA company convinced a school superintendent to spend $58,000 on a robo chatbot for the classroom and don't you dare say it's a sex doll skepchick.org/2026/07/i-ha...
A company convinced a school superintendent to spend $58,000 on a robo chatbot for the classroom and don't you dare say it's a sex doll skepchick.org/2026/07/i-ha...
I Hate the AI Robo Teacher
Transcript: Today I want to talk about the teaching sex bot. If you’ve seen this news, you know exactly what I’m talking about and if you haven’t, well, you are probably appropriately horrified alr…
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Bryan Johnson, the man who is trying to not die, recently made news for claiming he cloned himself so he could be his own blood boy. Obviously I would like to discuss this. skepchick.org/2026/07/no-b...
No, Bryan Johnson Didn’t Clone Himself
Transcript: It’s been a long time since I talked about Bryan Johnson, the bonkers grifter who is trying to live as long as possible. Back in 2023, I went over the basics of longevity research and t…
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ok yes but MY distinct pleasure is informing people that this man bought a Four Seasons resort in Santa Barbara but has been delayed in opening it because he wants to install a lazy river and the town thinks it’s déclassé. This rules
Patrick Monahan@pattymo.com · 7d agoThe distinct pleasure of letting people know that the “Ty” on Beanie Babies tags refers to a guy who owns the Four Seasons New York and looks like this
This is what I mean when I talk about a stunning decrease in literacy. This person can read and write, but he can't *understand* or follow a simple conversation. I guess that's now a prerequisite to defending Israel online in 2026.
In April, Pete Hegseth announced that US troops were no longer required to get the flu vaccine. Only 40% of the next group in basic training opted for the vaccine. By the end of June, one Air Force base had 284 sick, six hospitalized, and one dead from the flu. 🧪 skepchick.org/2026/07/pete...
Pete Hegseth Learns the Hard Way that Vaccines Work
Transcript: Breaking news: I’ve just received word that there’s reason to believe that Pete Hegseth, Trump’s secretary of defense, may have actually learned something. Making this even more astound…
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People asking why Jared Leto keeps getting cast in movies don’t seem to understand that the person doing the casting is Jared Leto. He makes the movies so he can be in them. Hope this helps.
Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.New BBC investigation. Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tua is looking majestic today. Too bad he still sounds like a fucked up seagull
Rebecca Watson@skepchick.org · 2w agoOur neighborhood has always had red shouldered hawks, which sound cool and majestic. Two weeks ago a red tailed hawk moved in. He sounds like a deranged seagull and literally never shuts the fuck up. I named him Tua. My husband immediately said “you named the hawk ‘Tua’?” and I laughed and laughed.
For some reason my post about David Simon being a Zionist is getting attention again so I wanted to point out something. At the time, Simon RTed me & his fans tried to dogpile me but bc he's such a weird freak he ended up fighting with his own fans & it was really funny to watch
"Explosive" is such a great word for them to use because I immediately assumed this was someone confronting RFK about the explosive diarrhea outbreak he caused
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.RFK Jr: "Because of Dr Fauci's leadership and other reasons, we had the highest mortality rate from covid of any country in the world" #OtherReasons 🙃
Tonight! DEAD MEDIA, the haunted DVD movie, comes to Oakland featuring photo op, movie merch, and a post-film Q&A moderated by @skepchick.org! Full info & tix here: www.antennareleasing.com/films/deadme...
A woman claimed her fraternal twin children died because of the vaccines they got a week prior. Authorities say she murdered them. RFK's antivax organization, Children's Health Defense, thinks she's the perfect plaintiff in a lawsuit against Amer Acad of Pediatrics. skepchick.org/2026/07/alle...
Alleged Murderer Blames Vaccines
Buckle up, friends, because we have a lot to talk about today and it’s not going to be particularly cheerful: I’m going to be talking about the horrifically tragic death of two children, along with…
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I need to be clear: I wasn’t referring to conservatives. Obv they’re dumb as shit. The people who are being very dumb about the odyssey are not conservatives. they’re just dumb.
Rebecca Watson@skepchick.org · last wk.lots of people though I was talking about conservatives trying to cancel it but this is exactly the weird shit I meant. problematic??? it’s 2,000 yeas old wtf
Next up: DEAD MEDIA heads north! First a screening in Oakland with Q&A moderated by my dear friend @skepchick.org. Then Seattle, co-presented by the great horror org @crypticonseattle.bsky.social! Tix and info for all stops on THE BONUS FEATURES tour here: www.antennareleasing.com/films/deadme...
me, a classics minor who finally saw The Odyssey: “wow I can’t wait to join the discourse” me joining the discourse:
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