Reality Checks: Broadband Access vs Hate Crimes, Mealworms vs Styrofoam, and Giant Killer Lizards

Elizabeth — October 1, 2015

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Racially charged hate crimes tend to go up as broadband access increases. (via Ars Technica)
Giant killer lizards existed at the same time as early humans in Australia (via Eureka Alert)
American Atheists wants healthcare providers to be required to disclose all services they refuse to provide for religious reasons. (via Atheists.org)
Mealworms can digest styrofoam. (via Christian Science Monitor)

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Elizabeth is a professional belly dancer, a flaky computer scientist, and a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in Georgia (the state of the U.S., not the country) but is nonetheless somehow not a combination of stereotypes from Gone with the Wind and Deliverance. Her personal blog is Coffeefied. Operafied. Fluffified. Beglittered.

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