Reality Checks: Jack the Ripper, Psychosis and Marijuana, the non Luxury of Menstrual Products, and Women and Raises
Jack the Ripper possibly IDed but probably not. (via Ars Technica) Psychosis and marijuana. (via NPR) Maine lawmaker thinks access to menstrual products would make prisons like country clubs. (via Maine Beacon) Women do ask for more money, they just don’t get it. (via The Cut) Featured image via flickr
Reality Checks: Ancient Astrolabe, Fake Thefts, Sensing the Magnetic Field, and Digital Colonialism
Oldest known astrolabe. (via Ars Technica) Famous (fake) painting stolen. (via NPR) Some humans might be able to sense the earth’s magnetic field.(via Gizmodo) Digital Colonialism. (via Al Jazeera) Featured image credit via flickr
Reality Checks: Phone Scams, Earplugs, New Snake Discovered, and Fossilized Monkey Teeth
Vishing and smishing makes bank. (via Ars Technica) You need earplugs at concerts. (via NPR) Terrifying danger noodle stabs sideways. (via The Geek) Fossilized monkey teeth in Kenya. (via phys.og)F Featured image credit via flickr
Reality Checks: History of Wifi Security, Republican Women and Sexism, White Women and Conservatism, and Ancient Polynesian Tattoos
History of wifi security protocols. (via Ars Technica) Most republican women don’t consider systemic sexism a big issue. You don’t say.(via TheMarySue) White women and conservatism. (via The Guardian) 2700 year old Polynesian tattoo kit. (via livescience) Featured image credit: Miniyo73 via flickr
Reality Checks: DST is Good, House Plant Myths, Wrestling While Female, and the Straight Dope on Tetanus
Daylight Savings Time isn’t your enemy. Standard Time is. (via Slate) Sorry, your house plants aren’t making the air in your home cleaner. (via The Atlantic) Colorado high school wrestler is frustrated when boys refuse to wrestle her. (via NPR) Rust doesn’t really have anything to do with tetanus. (via …
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Science
Today I Made the World a Better Place
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Religion
The Qur’an: a Readthrough. Juz 1 and Surah 2, verses 30-72
Continued from here It’s been some time. Life doesn’t stop happening. At verse 30 of Surah 2 we have a mythological history of the world, sorta kinda similar to Genesis. But different. Starting out right away we have an argument between God and the Angels. Behold, thy Lord said to …
Skepticism
The Qur’an: a Readthrough. Juz 1 and Surah 2, Verses 73-113
Continued from here. I struggle with this series. Religious texts are so boring. Back when I was a good Christian girl I thought I was being a terrible Christian because I couldn’t muster any excitement or emotions for reading the Bible or attending services because it was all terribly dull. …
Feminism
Doctor Who is being played by a woman; Sci-Fi ruined forever
After 54 years of men exclusively playing the alien known as ‘Doctor Who’ Jodie Whittaker will be taking on the role as the first woman to do so. Predictably this has not gone down well. After the announcement the wave of hateful comments poured in, which is not to say …
