Reality Checks: Imperiled Government Research, Talking Rationally About Pot, Kids Using Tech, and Men Mad at Razors
The partial government shutdown is delaying important scientific research. (via Mother Jones) What a new book gets wrong about marijuana. (via Vox) It turns out, using tech might not have much effect on teens. (via Scientific American) Some men are really mad about that Gillette ad. (via Jezebel) Featured image …
Reality Checks: Climate Data not Distorted, Opioids vs Car Fatalities, CRISPR, and Screens vs Potatoes
No evidence climate data was distorted. Shocking. (via Ars Technica) More USians killed by opioids than cars. (via The NPR) Screens are as bad for children as potatoes. (via Wired) CRISPR is revolutionizing medicine. (via Financial Times) Featured image credit: Tim Gee via flickr
Reality Checks: LA Teachers Strike, Food Insecurity in College, a Milestone for Women in Hip-Hop, and Predicting Genocide
LA teachers are going on strike. Here’s why. (via Vox) Food insecurity among college students is real. (via The Atlantic) Missy Elliot will be the first female hip-hop artists to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. (via Slate) Can we identify when circumstances are ripe for genocide? These …
Reality Checks: Trashing Joshua Tree, Using Sex to Delegitimize, Unhealthy Sperm, and Teaching the Bible
Joshua Tree National Park – and it’s vulnerable trees- are getting trashed due to the government shutdown. (via Vox) The GOP’s sexualized assault on AOC. (via Dame) Unhealthy sperm can play a role in lost pregnancies. (via Popular Science) A Florida bill would mandate that public schools offer a class …
Reality Checks: Fatburgs, Rising CO2 Emissions, Fake Bones of Clay, and Making High Risk Decisions
Fatburgs in England.(via Ars Technica) Carbon dioxide emissions rising in the US. (via NPR) Fake bones made for an icthyosaur. (via livescience) Why people make high risk decisions. (via Medical Xpress) Featured image credit:Miguel M Almeida via flickr
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Science
Today I Made the World a Better Place
I got a flu shot. I made it slightly easier for people with compromised immune systems to exist in public spaces. Featured image credit Yaniv Ben Arie via flickr
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, Sura 1 and part of 2.
I have a copy of the Qur’an, translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali A billboard near my home was offering them for free, so I filled out a form and got one. The letter I received with it very politely asked me to treat it with respect, so I am going …
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 …
