Reality Checks: Shotguns in Space, Sandy Hook Parent wins again Fake News, Physics of Bubbles, and the Murder of Black Transgender Women

Elizabeth — June 20, 2019

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Soviet cosmonauts used to carry shotguns into space. For bears. (via Business Insider)
Sandy Hook parent wins legal battle on defamation. (via NPR)
Physics of Foam (via Ars Technica)
The epidemic of murdered black transgender women. (via Washington Post )

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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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