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Hosts Ruby Pommer and Jason Martin talk about the current state of decline that our species is experiencing. Subjects range from credit card debt and the carbon footprint of interest to polar ice caps melting.

Jason Martin/Ruby Pommer


    • Jun 13, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 22m AVG DURATION
    • 112 EPISODES


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    111 Orca Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 19:08


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:  Truth is Simple Environment:  Tidal Power Researched:  Orca Update Positive:  Capybara Foster Mom References: https://www.energy.ox.ac.uk/news_items/could-the-uks-tides-help-wean-us-off-fossil-fuels/   https://abcnews.go.com/International/pod-killer-whales-attacks-sinks-50-foot-yacht/story?id=110226518   https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/world/africa/orcas-sink-yacht-gibraltar.html   https://www.businessinsider.com/orca-attacks-polish-yacht-sinking-it-morocco-killer-whales-2023-11   https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/killer-whales-dramatic-behavior-2023-rcna128353   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_orca_attacks#:~:text=Over%20250%20boats%20have%20been,into%202022%2C%20with%20207%20interactions.   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/25/orcas-boats-rammings-scientists-open-letter-aoe   https://www.newsweek.com/killer-whale-attack-boats-scientists-spain-1535219   https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/cheesecake-the-capybara-fosters-puppies   https://www.thedodo.com/capybara-best-friends-animals-2326399131.html   https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/cheesecake-the-capybara-is-the-worlds-best-puppy-foster-mom/

    110 - Matriarchies of Today

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 20:25


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:         - Republican Spread Lies About Easter Eggs, Biden and the National Day of Trans Visibility       - Misinformation & Conspiracy Theories; a type of infection on public life Researched:  Matriarchal Societies Today Positive:  Narwhal Adopted by Belugas; Will We See a Narluga in the Future?   References: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/adopted-lone-narwhal-traveling-among-belugas-may-produce-narluga-calves-180979695/   https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/narwhal-adopted-by-pod-of-belugas-in-canada-could-produce-narluga/   https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid-19-conspiracy-theories-1.5672766     https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01728-z   The Friendly Atheist Podcast   https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4568187-egg-board-white-house-easter-trump-conservative-attacks/   https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/30/easter-transgender-day-of-visibility-culture-war-00149841   https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/when-easter#:~:text=The%20simple%20standard%20definition%20of,Easter%20is%20the%20next%20Sunday.   https://www.unearthwomen.com/5-matriarchal-societies-where-women-are-in-charge/   https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/women-matriarchal-society-improved-health-patriarchy/   https://gap.hks.harvard.edu/gender-differences-competition-evidence-matrilineal-and-patriarchal-society   https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/angela-saini-patriarchy-matriarchy-gender-equality

    109 Fred Phelps & The Westboro Baptist Church

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 19:21


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:    - GMO Label Scam  - Organic Label Scam  Researched:  Fred Phelps & The Westboro Baptist Church Positive:  Oral Antibiotic Advancing Cystic Fibrosis Treatment   References: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/09/20/going-green-means-big-bucks-corporations-these-campaigns-scams-column/2310830001/#:~:text=Don't%20buy%20the%20non%2DGMO%20scare%20campaign&text=Food%20companies%20are%20rushing%20to,GMOs%20has%20largely%20been%20successful.   https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensavage/2016/06/11/the-non-gmo-food-label-is-a-lie/?sh=7830a7844b70   https://saifood.ca/food-scam/   https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/15/the-great-organic-food-fraud   https://reason.com/2023/02/04/the-usda-cant-stop-organic-food-fraud/   https://modernfarmer.com/2020/01/the-inside-story-of-one-of-the-biggest-organic-farm-scams-in-history/   https://modernfarmer.com/2023/10/can-you-trust-organic-label/   https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/westboro-baptist-church   https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/fred-phelps-founder-westboro-baptist-church-dies   https://www.npr.org/2019/10/09/768665099/granddaughter-of-westboro-baptist-church-founder-chronicles-leaving-in-unfollow   https://observer.com/2019/04/megan-phelps-roper-westboro-baptist-church-activist-profile/   https://time.com/32564/fred-phelps-westboro-baptist-obituary/   https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/phelps-family-westboro-baptist-church-fred-death-louis-theroux-documentary-surviving-americas-most-hated-313174   https://www.nihr.ac.uk/news/landmark-clinical-trial-shows-effectiveness-of-oral-antibiotics-in-treating-cystic-fibrosis/25770   https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-new-breakthrough-therapy-cystic-fibrosis

    108 The Christian Right's Unreasonable Attacks on LGBT People & Women

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 16:17


    Be Reasonable:  - Poem:  They Said They Wouldn't  - Who is really shoving their beliefs down people's throats?  - It's Unreasonable to Take Transgender Healthcare Away  - Republicans are unreasonable, & women have to pay attention Positive:  CRISPR Removes AIDES virus from cells   References: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68609297   https://www.news18.com/world/scientists-make-breakthrough-use-crispr-to-eliminate-hiv-from-infected-cells-8822026.html   https://www.catie.ca/treatment update-232/gene-therapy-crispr-starts-to-move-forward-against-hiv

    107 The Patriarchy & Christianity

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 22:17


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:  Germ Theory Denial Wildlife:  Sponges & All the Medicines They Provide Researched:  The Patriarchy & Christianity Positive:  Breakthrough Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer References: germ theory denial   https://theconversation.com/germ-theory-denialism-is-alive-and-well-and-taking-the-nuance-out-of-scientific-debate-163408   https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Germ_theory_denialism   https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/deep-dive-into-stupid-meet-the-growing-group-that-rejects-germ-theory/  https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/evolution-today/what-is-a-theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory pancreatic cancer treatment https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/mrna-vaccine-treat-pancreatic-cancer   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pancreatic-cancer-vaccine-shows-promise-in-small-initial-trial/   patriarchy https://www.learnwhr.org/wp-content/uploads/D-Facio-What-is-Patriarchy.pdf   https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jun/22/the-age-of-patriarchy-how-an-unfashionable-idea-became-a-rallying-cry-for-feminism-today   https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230525-how-did-patriarchy-actually-begin   https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2022/sep/analysis-how-did-patriarchy-start-and-will-evolution-get-rid-it   https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831740-400-the-origins-of-sexism-how-men-came-to-rule-12000-years-ago/   sponges   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7087563/   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4930278/   https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/sea-sponge-hiv-medicine   https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/23921394/deep-sea-mining-sea-sponges-medicine-drugs

    106 Americanized Bible, Space Junk Fine, Snails, Banks, Sickle Cell Treatment

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 13:22


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:  New Americanized Version of Bible Environment:  First Space Junk Fine Issued in US Wildlife:   Snails Munching on Snail Mail Banks Making Immoral Investments Positive:  Amazing New Treatment for Sickle Cell Anemia Show Notes: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:The_Conservative_Bible_Project   https://www.conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project   https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67191069   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fda-approves-first-crispr-gene-editing-treatment-for-sickle-cell-disease/   https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/columbia-impact-first-new-crispr-therapy-approved-sickle-cell   https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/02/fcc-space-debris-fine-dish-network-satellite#:~:text=The%20US%20Federal%20Communications%20Commission,for%20more%20than%20two%20decades.   https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/us-government-issues-1st-ever-space-junk-fine-charging-satellite-tv-company-whopping-dollar150k   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqq71y6399eo

    105 The Moon Illusion

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 24:44


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:  Republican Lies About the Border Wildlife:  Giraffes & Their Amazing Tongues Researched:  The Moon Ilusion Positive:  Amazing Breakthrough in Organ Transplantation Show Notes: https://connolly.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4691   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ted-cruz-border-wall-photo-b2401500.html   https://www.newsweek.com/no-theres-no-border-crisis-republicans-are-perpetuating-another-big-lie-opinion-1579671   https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_tilt   https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/axial-tilt-obliquity.html   https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/axis/   https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Axial_tilt   https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Milankovitch/milankovitch_2.php   https://www.weather.gov/lmk/seasons#:~:text=The%20earth's%20spin%20axis%20is,away%2C%20winter%20can%20be%20expected.   https://earthsky.org/moon-phases/understandingmoonphases/#:~:text=As%20seen%20from%20the%20north,we%20see%20in%20our%20sky.   https://theconversation.com/why-does-the-moon-look-close-some-nights-and-far-away-on-other-nights-184028#:~:text=People%20mainly%20notice%20the%20Moon,it%20with%20other%2C%20familiar%20things. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/seasons/en/   https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/natural-sciences/animals/mammals/why-giraffes-have-purple-tongues/   https://www.smorescience.com/what-color-is-a-giraffes-tongue/   https://www.nihr.ac.uk/news/human-liver-repaired-using-cells-grown-in-a-laboratory-for-the-first-time/27016#:~:text=Researchers%20have%20been%20able%20to,human%20livers%20to%20repair%20them.   https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lab-grown-mini-bile-ducts-used-to-repair-human-livers-in-regenerative-medicine-first    

    104 Conservapedia

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 23:29


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:  see researched segment Environment:  newly discovered way to break down major class of forevrer chemicals Wildlife:  some updates on the mass elephant deaths of 2020 Researched:  the alternative reality that is Conservapedia Positive:  vollunteers shovelling snow for those who can't Show Notes:   new tech for breaking down 'forever chemicals'   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-find-a-new-technique-for-breaking-down-forever-chemicals-180980623/   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cheap-new-method-breaks-down-forever-chemicals/   https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/scientists-are-figuring-out-how-to-destroy-forever-chemicals/     bacterium may have caused mystery elephant deaths   https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67197251   https://www.nature.com/articles/d44148-023-00307-9   https://www.livescience.com/animals/deadly-bacteria-may-be-the-culprit-behind-mysterious-elephant-die-off     conservapedia   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservapedia   https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia   https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/mar/02/wikipedia.news   https://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page     snow shovelling volunteers  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/whitehorse-residents-paying-it-forward-shoveling-snow-for-those-who-cant-1.7071470#:~:text=A%20group%20of%20Whitehorse%20residents,three%20years%20ago%20from%20India.

    103 Climate Myths, Climate Friendly Flying, Sandbox Trees, Skin Cancer Soap

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 20:04


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:  Most Used Climate Myths & the Arguments Against Them Environment:  Climate Friendly Flying Wildlife:  Sandbox Tree Positive:  14 Year Old Invents Skin Cancer Soap Show Notes: common climate myths   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-myths-what-science-really-says/     Sandbox Tree   https://www.britannica.com/plant/sandbox-tree   https://www.upworthy.com/dynamite-tree-explosive-fruit   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hura_crepitans   climate friendly flying   https://www.vox.com/climate/23922939/airline-united-climate-change-sustainable-fuel-emissions-offset-saf   https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/12/15/aviation-climate-biden-tax-credits/   skin cancer soap   https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/27/1209048618/q-a-this-scientist-developed-a-soap-that-could-help-fight-skin-cancer-hes-14   https://www.sciencealert.com/us-teen-wins-top-prize-for-inventing-a-soap-to-fight-skin-cancer   https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/25/heman-bekele-skin-cancer-soap/    

    102 Graveyards/Cemeteries; do we need to change our burial practices?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 23:44


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:  Spotting Misinformation Environment:  Synthetic Sponges to Soak up Microplastics Wildlife:  Right Whale Numbers May be Levelling Off Positive:  Incredible New Blood Cancer Treatment Being Offered to Those For Whom Other Treatments Have Failed Show Notes: Spotting Misinformation   https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-spot-abortion-misinformation/   https://www.acog.org/advocacy/abortion-is-essential/come-prepared/combating-abortion-myths-tool-kit   synthetic sponges soak up microplatics   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/scientists-have-created-synthetic-sponges-that-soak-up-microplastics-180983017/   https://greencitizen.com/news/synthetic-sponges-show-promise-in-microplastic-removal-efforts/   blood cancer treatment   https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/first-patient-has-new-cutting-edge-therapy-for-cancer-patients/#:~:text=Stephen%20Milton%2C%2029%2C%20became%20the,within%20the%20John%20Radcliffe%20Hospital.   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4n4yp49p78o   https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23877641.first-oxford-patient-receives-new-cancer-treatment/   https://www.cancerresearch.org/blog/march-2017/milton-w   whale numbers may be stabilizing   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/north-atlantic-right-whale-numbers-may-be-stabilizing-at-last-180983134/#:~:text=Scientists%20counted%20about%20356%20North,dropped%20by%20roughly%2025%20percent.   https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2022-06-07/endangered-whale-numbers-may-be-stabilizing-after-some-bad-years-but-their-future-remains-uncertain   https://sevenseasmedia.org/north-atlantic-right-whale-population-stabilizes-but-human-induced-threats-remain-critical-scientists-warn/   graveyards   https://www.quora.com/Are-cemeteries-a-waste-of-valuable-land-area   https://ggwash.org/view/70300/burial-culture-and-the-issues-with-using-so-much-space-for-cemeteries   https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/deal-with-the-dead   https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jan/21/death-in-the-city-what-happens-cemeteries-full-cost-dying   https://perfectmemorials.com/guides/running-out-of-cemetery-space   https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31837964   https://www.killermovies.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-315138-cemetaries-graveyards-waste-of-space.html   https://miltonfieldsgeorgia.com/conventional-burial-harms-environment/   https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35985390/   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045653522025188   https://www.businessinsider.com/burying-dead-bodies-environment-funeral-conservation-2015-10   https://www.alternativesjournal.ca/community/culture/a-greener-way-to-go/   https://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-earths-surface-is-covered-up-by-cemeteries-the-cemetery-to-livable-land-ratio

    101 The Rapture & the damage done from its teachings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 22:08


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:  The Book Banning Klanned Karenhood Environment:  Crushing Volcanic Rock for Crop Lands Researched:  The Rapture & Rapture Anxiety Positive:  Smart Knife 'Smells' Cancer Show Notes: Moms for Liberty and Storm & Fury   https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/11/a-mom-is-outraged-that-moms-for-liberty-used-her-daughter-in-a-harebrained-scheme-to-ban-a-book/#:~:text=Moms%20for%20Liberty%20went%20after,one%20character%20almost%20has%20sex.   https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-moms-for-liberty-member-demands-criminal-investigation-over-fantasy-novel-18181127   https://weartv.com/news/local/santa-rosa-county-mother-accuses-moms-for-liberty-of-exploiting-daughter-to-push-agenda   https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/07/moms-for-liberty-cops-teen-ya-novel/     Adding Crushed Rock to Farmland   https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/10/adding-crushed-rock-farmland-pulls-carbon-out-air#:~:text=Adding%20crushed%20volcanic%20rock%20to,an%20extreme%20drought%20in%20California.   https://phys.org/news/2023-10-adding-farmland-carbon-air-field.html   https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/02/spreading-crushed-rock-on-farms-could-improve-soil-and-lower-co%E2%82%82/   https://modernfarmer.com/2023/09/enhanced-rock-weathering/   https://www.earth.com/news/farming-crushed-rocks-carbon/   https://e360.yale.edu/digest/enhanced-rock-weathering-climate-change   Bird Flu Reaches Antarctic for First Time   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/24/catastrophic-penguins-and-seals-at-risk-as-bird-flu-reaches-antarctic-aoe   https://www.newscientist.com/article/2399252-bird-flu-has-reached-antarctica-and-could-have-a-devastating-effect/   Gene Edited Chickens Made to Resist Bird Flu   https://www.wired.com/story/these-gene-edited-chickens-were-made-to-resist-bird-flu/   https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41476-3   https://www.sciencenews.org/article/gene-editing-chicken-resistant-bird-flu   Wild Birds Gain Immunity to Avian Flu   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/20/wild-birds-gain-immunity-to-avian-flu-in-encouraging-sign-amid-deadly-outbreak   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5204166/   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170630085734.htm   Rapture Anxiety   https://www.vox.com/2017/12/12/16763230/raptureanxiety-calls-out-evangelicals-obsession-with-the-end-times-roy-moore-evangelical-jerusalem   https://christianswhocursesometimes.com/how-left-behind-gave-a-whole-generation-rapture-anxiety/   https://www.gcrr.org/post/rapture-anxiety   https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/27/us/rapture-anxiety-evangelical-exvangelical-christianity-cec/index.html   https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2023/04/21/rapture-anxiety-is-thing/   https://www.sdmorrison.org/10-reasons-the-rapture-should-be-left-behind/   https://medium.com/backyard-theology/rapture-anxiety-the-real-life-effects-of-end-times-fear-7e9460b35cb1   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture#:~:text=The%20Rapture%20is%20an%20eschatological,the%20Lord%20in%20the%20air.%22   https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/05/rapture-fear-evangelical-americans-church-miller.html   Knife That Smells Tumors   https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/242553/new-research-uses-iknife-give-immediate/#:~:text=New%20research%20uses%20the%20iKnife%20to%20give%20an%20immediate%20diagnosis%20for%20womb%20cancer,-by%20Benjie%20Coleman&text=New%20research%20led%20by%20Imperial,diagnose%20womb%20cancer%20within%20minutes.   https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/cancer-tissue-sniffed-out-with-smart-surgical-knife-1.1362806   https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/03/knife-that-smells-tumours-can-detect-womb-cancer-within-seconds-iknife

    100 100th Episode Celebration and some other shit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2024 15:22


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:  Counterfeit Drug Puts Australians in Hospital Environment:  Plastics in the Ocean Help Make Pathogens More Virulent Main and Positive:  I Made it to 100! Show Notes: Fake weight loss drug   https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67217729   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/06/tga-investigates-influencers-after-diabetes-drug-ozempic-promoted-as-weight-loss-treatment   https://au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-husbands-plea-after-wife-dies-trying-to-lose-weight-for-daughters-wedding-213812998.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAB3zLoNcLsTo-lHQBSVhI6fRBebNJng5GCvnTcUt_XObO8ayImGMS4lC4R7dd5TxJp9-Im-QKHUuFEszQJBVSX8EYHPnTbKgR7WurYXjs5cMR8cBTotOu_F8btjFbiEp73HwDfExFwz1TkxicUdCZcZpYaHqH0q52RduiDwYYT9l   micro plastic exposure makes microbes more virulent   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/microplastic-exposure-makes-microbes-more-virulent-180982436/#:~:text=The%20scientists%20aren't%20exactly,in%20resistance%20to%20all%20antimicrobials.   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9963316/   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749123005602   synthetic sponges soak up microplatics   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/scientists-have-created-synthetic-sponges-that-soak-up-microplastics-180983017/   https://greencitizen.com/news/synthetic-sponges-show-promise-in-microplastic-removal-efforts/   https://www.fastcompany.com/90744494/microplastics-are-everywhere-these-sponges-could-help-capture-them     THAT'S IT.  REST WILL BE SHARING; STATS, FAVES, ETC.

    99 Evolving Language, Dying Amazon, Warming Oceans, Real Hearing for Kids Born Deaf

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 16:17


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:  History of They/Them as a singular Environment:  The Dying Amazon & Ancient Carvings Revealed Wildlife:  Where did the snow crabs go & a mass die off of pink river dolphins Positive:  One injection and kids born deaf can hear Show Notes: https://www.scu.edu/media/offices/provost/writing-center/resources/Tips-Singular-Pronoun-They.pdf   https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/singular-they-history   https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/677177   https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/april-2020/singular-they-nonbinary-language-in-the-historical-community   https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/singular-nonbinary-they   https://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2020/11/16/singular-they-teaching-a-changing-language/ https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/10/25/amazon-drought-exposes-ancient-rock-carvings   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/severe-drought-in-the-amazon-reveals-ancient-face-carvings-180983143/   https://phys.org/news/2023-10-drought-brazil-amazon-reveals-ancient.html   https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/severe-drought-reveals-more-than-100-rock-carvings-in-amazonian-tributary-that-may-be-up-to-2000-years-old   https://www.realclearhistory.com/2023/10/26/amazon_drought_exposes_ancient_rock_carvings_988650.html   https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/23904829/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-tipping-point   https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/deforestation-brazils-amazon-has-reached-record-high-whats-being-done   https://www.sciencenews.org/article/10-billion-snow-crabs-disappeared-alaska   https://phys.org/news/2023-10-billion-crabs-starved-death-bering.html   https://www.livescience.com/billions-snow-crabs-vanish-from-bering-sea   https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/alaska-snow-crab   https://e360.yale.edu/features/snow-crabs-alaska-bering-sea-climate-change   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-10-billion-snow-crabs-disappeared-off-the-coast-of-alaska-180983112/   https://www.newscientist.com/article/2399388-pink-river-dolphins-are-dying-from-extreme-heat-in-the-amazon/#:~:text=Even%20more%20concerningly%2C%20153%20dolphins,%2Doff%2C%20say%20local%20researchers.   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/at-least-125-river-dolphins-have-died-amid-drought-and-heat-in-brazilian-amazon-180983036/   https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-dead-dolphins-drought-1.6984851   https://a-z-animals.com/blog/dolphins-are-dying-in-the-amazon-and-this-is-why/   https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/amazon-river-dolphins-die-amid-record-high-water-temperatures/   https://www.science.org/content/article/gene-therapy-restores-hearing-children-rare-form-deafness   https://www.wired.com/story/new-trials-aim-to-restore-hearing-in-deaf-children-with-gene-therapy/   https://hsci.harvard.edu/news/gene-therapy-restores-hearing-deaf-mice-down-whisper   https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article/new-trials-aim-to-restore-hearing-in-deaf-children   https://www.news-medical.net/news/20211215/First-of-its-kind-gene-therapy-technique-reverses-severe-hearing-loss-in-mice.aspx  

    98 Project 2025's Mandate for Leadership part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 25:13


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:  Don't Eat Borax Environment:  Making Hydrogen from Sea Water Researched:  Project 2025's Mandate for Leadership part 3 Show Notes: https://www.eco-business.com/news/scientists-develop-technology-to-produce-green-hydrogen-from-seawater/#:~:text=Green%20hydrogen%20is%20produced%20from,a%20device%20called%20an%20electrolyser.   https://www.science.org/content/article/splitting-seawater-provide-endless-source-green-hydrogen   https://nypost.com/2023/07/20/dexperts-blast-tiktok-trend-as-dangerous/   https://www.healthline.com/health-news/drinking-borax-can-be-deadly-people-are-doing-it-on-tiktok-anyway#What-to-do-if-someone-drinks-borax   https://www.health.com/ingesting-borax-trend-not-safe-7565551   https://www.project2025.org/   Mandate For Leadership   New York Times   The Hill   Freethought Radio:  Aug.24/23   https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/abortion/risks/#:~:text=needing%20another%20procedure%20to%20remove,1%20out%20of%201%2C000%20women   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/15/project-2025-policy-manifesto-lgbtq-rights   https://www.wpr.org/project-2025-conservative-think-tanks-plan-republican-presidency   https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/project-2025-the-republican-blueprint-to-wage-war-on-the-environment/   https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/commentary/project-2025

    97 Project 2025 & The Mandate for Leadership; a Republican fascist manifesto part two

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 35:06


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:  Salt Lamps Environment:   Wildlife:  Platypus Researched:  Project 2025 & The Mandate for Leadership; a Conservative fascist manifesto Positive:  2nd Isolated Asgard Cell Show Notes: https://www.healthline.com/health/himalayan-salt-lamps#purification   https://www.realsimple.com/health/mind-mood/what-do-salt-lamps-do   https://www.iqair.com/us/newsroom/himalayan-salt-lamp-debunked   https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/platypuses-were-fake/    https://www.quantamagazine.org/primitive-asgard-cells-show-life-on-the-brink-of-complexity-20230411/#:~:text=As%20researchers%20race%20to%20cultivate,forerunners%20of%20all%20complex%20life.   https://www.project2025.org/   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/15/project-2025-policy-manifesto-lgbtq-rights   The Mandate for Leadership   New York Times   The Hill   Freethought Radio:  Aug.24/23   https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/health/abortion-pill-safety-dg/index.html   https://www.wpr.org/project-2025-conservative-think-tanks-plan-republican-presidency   https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/project-2025-the-republican-blueprint-to-wage-war-on-the-environment/   https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/abortion/risks/#:~:text=needing%20another%20procedure%20to%20remove,1%20out%20of%201%2C000%20women   https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/commentary/project-2025   Platypus   https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/platypus

    96 Project 2025 & The Mandate for Leadership; a Conservative Fascist Manifesto

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 33:28


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:  The Republican Proposed Budget and how Republican voters have no idea what they are really voting for Environment:  Massive Landslide Stops Just Short of Swiss Village Wildlife:  Leaf Cutter Bees Researched:  Project 2025 & The Mandate for Leadership; a Conservative fascist manifesto Positive:  Medical Microbots Will Make Certain Treatments Much Less Invasive Show Notes:   https://www.buzzaboutbees.net/leafcutter-bee.html   https://www.natureserve.org/sites/default/files/web_-_leafcutter_bee_report_brochure.pdf   https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/evacuated-village-spared-as-enormous-rock-masses-fall-in-brienz/48595332   https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65926381   https://www.project2025.org/   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/15/project-2025-policy-manifesto-lgbtq-rights   https://www.wpr.org/project-2025-conservative-think-tanks-plan-republican-presidency   https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/abortion/risks/#:~:text=needing%20another%20procedure%20to%20remove,1%20out%20of%201%2C000%20women   https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/project-2025-the-republican-blueprint-to-wage-war-on-the-environment/   https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/health/abortion-pill-safety-dg/index.html   Mandate for Leadership   New York Times   The Hill   Freethought Radio:  Aug.24/23   https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/commentary/project-2025   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230524181939.htm      

    95 A (Nazi) Night At The Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 28:31


    Be Skeptikal Dammit:  The Damage From Sound of Freedom to Actual Anti-Trafficking Organizations Environment:  The Dangers of Our Slowing Ocean Currents Researched:  How the American Nazis of 1939 Were the Same as the Republicans We See Today Positive:  Iclendic Townsfolk Tossing Pufflings Show Notes: 60 Minutes: 11/27/2022   https://www.newsweek.com/mira-sorvino-horrified-sound-freedom-funders-arrest-1817699   https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/sound-of-freedom-child-trafficking-experts-1234786352/   https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66169916   https://insidethemagic.net/2023/08/anti-trafficking-film-funder-found-engaged-in-child-trafficking-sound-of-freedom-jnw1/   https://screenrant.com/sound-of-freedom-movie-child-trafficking-fact-check/   https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/15eormh/thoughts_on_the_sound_of_freedom_and_child_abuse/?rdt=62546   https://anightatthegarden.com/   https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/revisiting-the-american-nazi-supporters-of-a-night-at-the-garden   https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/revisiting-the-american-nazi-supporters-of-a-night-at-the-garden   https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/20/695941323/when-nazis-took-manhattan   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Hare   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-a-mega-ocean-current-about-to-shut-down/   https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/huge-atlantic-ocean-current-slowing-down-if-it-collapses-la-ni%C3%B1a-could-become-norm   https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/amoc-atlantic-ocean-conveyer-belt-climate-change   https://longreads.com/2023/03/07/an-icelandic-town-goes-all-out-to-save-baby-puffins/#:~:text=There%20is%20an%20island%20in,in%20this%20time%2Dhonored%20ritual.   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/icelandic-town-goes-all-out-save-baby-puffins-180981518/   https://www.npr.org/2022/09/26/1124759293/puffling-season-iceland  

    94 Transgender People in History

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 23:09


    NO!  Transness is NOT new! Marsha 'Pay it No Mind' Johnson  Show Website:  https://sites.libsyn.com/223904 Show Notes: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/marsha-p-johnson   https://wams.nyhistory.org/growth-and-turmoil/growing-tensions/marsha-p-johnson/   https://www.si.edu/stories/marsha-johnson-sylvia-rivera-and-history-pride-month   https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/marsha-p-johnsons-historic-role-in-the-lgbtq-rights-movement   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_history#:~:text=There%20is%20archaeological%20evidence%20that,of%20great%20antiquity%20in%20North   https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/how-historians-are-documenting-lives-of-transgender-people?loggedin=true&rnd=1692639429147   https://www.hrc.org/resources/seven-things-about-transgender-people-that-you-didnt-know   https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/07/26/a-history-lesson-for-trump-transgender-soldiers-served-in-the-civil-war/   https://www.messynessychic.com/2017/08/03/transgender-soldiers-of-the-american-civil-war/   https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/transgender-rights-bill-gutted-by-transphobic-senate-amendment-1.2975024   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Universal_Friend

    93 Abortion Is Healthcare & Women Are Losing Their Reproductive Futures

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 25:49


    Be Skeptical Dammit:  The Numbers Are In & It's NOT Drag Queens Harming Children Researched:  Abortion Is Healthcare & Women Are Losing Their Reproductive Futures Positive:  Penis Lore Show Website:  https://sites.libsyn.com/223904 Show Notes:   https://www.vice.com/en/article/mbqjap/witches-allegedly-stole-penises-and-kept-them-as-pets-in-the-middle-ages   https://medium.com/dose/witches-stole-penises-and-kept-them-as-pets-in-the-middle-ages-61d0b8f0e3a   https://truththeory.com/in-the-middle-ages-witches-allegedly-stole-penises-to-keep-as-pets/   https://www.drjasonwinters.com/blogs/psychology-of-sexuality/2016/9/28/penis-stealing-witches   https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/09/republicans-have-stopped-pretending-abortion/   https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/health/abortion-texas-sepsis/index.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/14/louisiana-woman-skull-less-fetus-new-york-abortion https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/07/16/abortion-miscarriage-ectopic-pregnancy-care/ https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/11/15/1135882310/miscarriage-hemorrhage-abortion-law-ohio https://abcnews.go.com/US/tennessee-woman-gets-emergency-hysterectomy-after-doctors-deny/story?id=99457461 https://www.acog.org/advocacy/facts-are-important/understanding-ectopic-pregnancy#:~:text=An%20ectopic%20pregnancy%20in%20any,emergency%20that%20requires%20urgent%20surgery. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/texas-hospitals-delaying-care-over-violating-abortion-law https://people.com/health/oklahoma-woman-with-non-viable-pregnancy-told-she-had-to-woa/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5227946/   https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/06/07/about-5-of-young-adults-in-the-u-s-say-their-gender-is-different-from-their-sex-assigned-at-birth/ https://www.zippia.com/pastor-jobs/demographics/   https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/population#:~:text=The%20population%20of%20U.S.%20in,a%200.49%25%20increase%20from%202019.   https://www.ibisworld.com/industry-statistics/employment/religious-organizations-united-states/#:~:text=Questions%20Clients%20Ask%20About%20This%20Industry&text=There%20are%201%2C679%2C741%20people%20employed,the%20US%20as%20of%202023.   https://www.whoismakingnews.com/

    92 Gay Behaviour in the Animal Kingdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 30:12


    Be Skeptical Dammit:  Sex Talk With Sue Johanson Environment:  Eco-friendly Sex Play Wildlife/Researched:  Gay Behaviour in the Animal Kingdom Penises:  3 Penis Studies Show Website:  https://sites.libsyn.com/223904 Show Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/health/sue-johanson-dead.html   https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sue-johanson-obit-1.6892524   https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/sue-johanson-obituary-1234781598/   http://www.thenaturallovecompany.com   https://www.bboutique.co   https://sustainablykindliving.com   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0018506X14000804   https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/homosexual-animals-debate   https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-is-same-sex-sexual-behavior-so-common-in-animals/   https://www.news-medical.net/news/2006/10/23/1500-animal-species-practice-homosexuality.aspx   https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/06/30/queer-animals-are-everywhere-science-is-finally-catching/   https://phys.org/news/2023-01-bionic-penis-synthetic-tissue-erections.html   https://www.newscientist.com/article/2353498-synthetic-tissue-restores-erections-in-pigs-with-penis-injuries/   https://www.freethink.com/health/artificial-penis-tissue#:~:text=Artificial%20penis%20tissue%20developed%20in,painful%20cause%20of%20erectile%20dysfunction.   https://www.zmescience.com/science/psychology-science/there-really-is-a-link-between-fast-cars-and-small-penises/#:~:text=They%20then%20rated%20the%20desirability,intriguing%20questions%2C%20the%20researchers%20conclude.   https://psyarxiv.com/uy7ph/   https://futurism.com/neoscope/sports-cars-penis-size   https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/mens-penises-are-getting-longer-heres-why-this-is-actually-a-problem/#:~:text=The%20problem%3F,health%20crisis%20may%20be%20looming.   https://www.menshealthforum.org.uk/news/erect-penises-are-getting-bigger   https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2023/02/14/is-an-increase-in-penile-length-cause-for-concern/   https://www.healthline.com/health/himalayan-salt-lamps#purification   https://www.realsimple.com/health/mind-mood/what-do-salt-lamps-do   https://www.iqair.com/us/newsroom/himalayan-salt-lamp-debunked   https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07052018/atlantic-ocean-circulation-slowing-climate-change-heat-temperature-rainfall-fish-why-you-should-care/   https://www.wired.co.uk/article/oceans-day-deep-ocean-current-slowdown#:~:text=As%20that%20current%20slows%2C%20it's,them%20up%20to%20the%20surface.   https://earth.org/deep-ocean-currents-report/   https://www.radicigroup.com/en/products/fibres-and-nw/bio-yarn#:~:text=Biofeel%C2%AE%20PLA%20is%20a,%2C%20100%25%20biodegradable%20and%20compostable.   https://shopkablo.com/blogs/the-reformist/what-is-borosilicate-glass    

    91 Backing Up My Accusations of Deflection & Hypocrisy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 29:01


    Be Skeptical Dammit:  When People Are Wrong, But Cannot Admit It, They Lie Environment:  AI Pipe Bots to Fix and Prevent Water Leaks Wildlife:  Hacking Photosynthesis Researched:  Backing Up My Accusations of Deflection & Hypocrisy Positive:    It's Not Winter Show Website:  https://sites.libsyn.com/223904 Show Notes: https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/over-a-quarter-of-water-is-lost-through-leakage-these-small-ai-pipebots-could-fix-that/#:~:text=The%20power%20of%20AI%20pipebots&text=A%20team%20of%20researchers%20at,for%20leaks%2C%20and%20repair%20them.   https://news.mit.edu/2017/robot-finds-leaks-water-pipes-0718   https://phys.org/news/2017-12-robot-underground-leaks.html   https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/mini-pipe-robots-could-help-stop-and-prevent-leaky-pipes-to-save-water/   https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/hacking-photosynthesis   https://ripe.illinois.edu/news/we-can-grow-60-more-food-hacking-photosynthesis   https://scienceline.org/2019/07/hacking-photosynthesis-to-feed-the-future/   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/is-hacking-photosynthesis-the-key-to-increasing-crop-yields-180981144/   https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/28/us/politics/trump-abortion-fact-check.html   https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-trump-claims-democrats-support-killing-babies-after-birth-2021-10   https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/us/politics/todd-akin-provokes-ire-with-legitimate-rape-comment.html   https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/08/20/rep-todd-akin-is-wrong-about-rape-and-pregnancy-but-hes-not-alone/   https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/27/ted-cruz/do-democrats-support-abortion-until-and-after-birt/   https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-afs:Content:9957832237   https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/featured-topic/covid-19-vaccine-myths-debunked   https://www.publichealth.org/public-awareness/understanding-vaccines/vaccine-myths-debunked/   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW_Bdf_jGaA   https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/most-republicans-declare-trump-s-trial-unconstitutional-here-s-what-n1255704   https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/09/politics/republicans-congress-reaction-trump-fbi-search-warrant/index.html   https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/tony-perkins-congress-must-be-courageous-and-impeach-obama/   https://religionnews.com/2019/12/18/on-the-eve-of-impeachment-evangelicals-defend-trump-but-pass-on-debating-the-issues/   https://www.vogue.com/article/my-body-my-choice-the-paradox-of-republican-anti-vaxxers   https://www.businessinsider.com/anti-vaxxers-mask-skeptics-invoked-bodily-autonomy-support-overturning-roe-2022-5   https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230525-how-book-banning-escalated-in-the-us   https://www.newsweek.com/these-michigan-republicans-voted-against-child-marriage-ban-1808308   https://translegislation.com/

    90 Retracting Studies, Using Microbes, Australian Fish & Bee Vaccines

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2023 12:36


    Be Skeptical Dammit:  Retracting One's Work Environment:  Using Microbes to Recycle More Efficiently Wildlife:  Number of Critically Endangered Fish Species Doubles in Australia Positive:  Vaccine for Honey Bee   Show Website:  https://sites.libsyn.com/223904 Show Notes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/future-recycling-may-be-microbes-180979645/#:~:text=There%2C%20a%20group%20led%20by,bonds%20that%20hold%20together%20PET.   https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/are-microbes-the-future-of-recycling-its-complicated/?comments=1   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/12/number-of-critically-endangered-fish-species-in-australia-doubles#:~:text=Australia's%20list%20of%20critically%20endangered,on%20the%20brink%20of%20extinction.   https://www.ecowatch.com/australia-fish-species-critically-endangered.html   https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00058-5   https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/honeybee-vaccine-offers-hope/   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/first-vaccine-honeybees-its-like-magic/   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-first-vaccine-for-honeybees-is-here-180981400/   https://www.science.org/content/article/retracting-my-paper-was-painful-it-helped-me-grow-scientist    

    89 Tech For Early Alzheimer's Detection & Treatment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 15:56


    Be Skeptical Dammit:  The Fox Sisters and the Beginning of the Spiritualism Movement Environment:  Rise of Banned Chemicals in Atmosphere Wildlife:  Rare Strain of Toxoplasmosis Gondii & Sea Otters Researched:  Tech for Early Alzheimer's Detection & Treatment Show Website:  https://sites.libsyn.com/223904 Show Notes: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-mysterious-rise-in-banned-chemicals-is-warming-the-planet/   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/30/california-sea-otter-deaths-toxoplasmosis#:~:text=1%20month%20old-,A%20rare%20parasite%20is%20killing%20California%20sea%20otters,cat%20poop%20runoff%20to%20blame%3F&text=Scientist%20Melissa%20Miller%20was%20seeing,least%20four%20of%20the%20animals.   https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/news/sea-otters-killed-unusual-parasite-strain   https://www.insightintodiversity.com/higher-education-reacts-to-floridas-dont-say-gay-legislation/   https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/11/04/in-the-joints-of-their-toes/   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/   https://neurosciencenews.com/alzheimers-biosensor-22299/   https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news-archive/2020/magnetic-brain-waves-to-detect-injury-and-disease   https://neurosciencenews.com/alzheimers-biosensor-22299/

    88 Fascism; Then & Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2023 24:15


    Be Skeptical Dammit: Podcast Recommendation; Science Vs Wildlife:  Probiotics to Protect Coral Researched:  Fascism; Then & Now Positive:  Gene Editing for Genetic Lung Disease Show Notes: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fascisms-history-offers-lessons-about-todays-attacks-on-education/   https://truthout.org/articles/us-fascism-is-spreading-under-the-guise-of-patriotic-education/   https://around.uoregon.edu/content/history-fascism-reproductive-rights-offers-lessons-today   https://phys.org/news/2023-04-newly-probiotic-caribbean-corals-threatened.html   https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/newly-discovered-probiotic-could-protect-caribbean-corals-threatened-deadly   https://www.extremetech.com/science/new-inhalable-nanoparticles-perform-gene-editing-inside-the-lungs#:~:text=Science-,New%20Inhalable%20Nanoparticles%20Perform%20Gene%20Editing%20Inside%20the%20Lungs,inhaling%20particles%20through%20a%20nebulizer.&text=Messenger%20RNA%2C%20or%20mRNA%2C%20is,a%20powerful%20disease%2Dfighting%20tool.   https://www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/patient-care/therapeutics/respiratory-drugs/new-nanoparticles-carrying-mrna-can-perform-in-lung-gene-editing/   https://www.openculture.com/2021/10/yale-professor-jason-stanley-identifies-10-tactics-of-fascism.html   https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism/Common-characteristics-of-fascist-movements   https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news-archive/2020/magnetic-brain-waves-to-detect-injury-and-disease   https://neurosciencenews.com/alzheimers-biosensor-22299/   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210226103814.htm   https://www.israel21c.org/in-first-wearable-device-predicts-epileptic-seizures-one-hour-ahead/   https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51474115   https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200216/New-wearable-device-to-diagnose-Alzheimers-disease.aspx

    87 Bigot Bill, GMO House Plants, Amazing Orcas, High Profile Allies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 18:23


    Be Skeptical Dammit: Tennessee Bigot Bill Environment:  GMO Plants to Clean Indoor Air Wildlife:  The Surgical Precision of Orcas Positive:  High Profile Allies https://www.npr.org/2023/03/06/1161452175/anti-drag-show-bill-tennessee-trans-rights-minor-care-anti-lgbtq-laws   https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/tennessee-governor-signs-first-its-kind-bill-restricting-drag-shows-n1303262   https://www.wired.com/story/neoplants-air-purification-pothos-devils-ivy/#:~:text=This%20is%20the%20Neo%20P1,ubiquitous%20and%20easy%2Dgoing%20houseplants.   https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/genetically-modified-houseplant-cleans-indoor-air   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-killer-whales-rip-out-shark-livers/#:~:text=But%20gruesome%20scenes%20in%20South,of%20their%20kill%20to%20rot.   https://a-z-animals.com/blog/discover-how-killer-whales-squeeze-out-great-white-livers-like-toothpaste/   https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/orcas-great-whites-sharks-livers-south-africa   https://people.com/country/kelsea-ballerini-praises-inclusivity-after-2023-cmt-awards-performance-with-drag-queens/   https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pittsburgh-comedian-steve-hofstetter-lgbtq-community/   https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/24/democrat-with-trans-son-gives-speech-against-anti-trans-bill/   https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-03-08/minnesota-governor-protects-rights-to-gender-affirming-care   https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/36957/why-do-orcas-eat-only-the-tongue-of-whales-liver-of-sharks-etc#:~:text=Squalene%20is%20important%20to%20synthesis,trend%20among%20killer%20whale%20pods.

    86 The Canadian LGBT Purge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 20:50


    Be Skeptical Dammit:  Deflection, Deflection, Deflection Environment:  Damages to strucrtures in the Alps Researched:  The Shameful bit of Cdn History Known as the LGBT Purge Positive:  Wearable Tech to Help With Epilepsy  https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-38156985   https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lgbtq-purge-in-canada https://lgbtpurgefund.com https://lgbtpurge.com   https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2021/05/statement-by-the-minister-of-national-defence-on-the-lgbt-purge-report.html   https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a51268/what-is-pizzagate/   https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/what-grooming-truth-behind-dangerous-bigoted-lie-targeting-lgbtq-community   https://www.vox.com/culture/23025505/leftist-groomers-homophobia-satanic-panic-explained   https://www.newsweek.com/kansas-republicans-pass-bill-genital-examinations-schoolchildren-students-transgender-1792954   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmvIVlclphs   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/us-child-labor-laws-violations   https://www.epi.org/publication/child-labor-laws-under-attack/   https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/09/cassie-levesque-new-hampshire-child-marriage-524159   https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/08/free-lunch-doesnt-spoil-schoolchildren.html   https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33052253/#:~:text=Though%20First%20Amendment%20protections%20for,therapeutic%20medical%20care%20from%20children.   https://ndaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2-11-2015-Religious-Exemptions-to-Child-Neglect.pdf   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/buildings-crumble-high-in-the-alps-as-permafrost-thaws/#:~:text=For%20high%2Daltitude%20buildings%2C%20the,the%20foundation%20 is%20 on%20sand.%E2%80%9D   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220112105653.htm   https://www.wired.com/story/neoplants-air-purification-pothos-devils-ivy/#:~:text=This%20is%20the%20Neo%20P1,ubiquitous%20and%20easy%2Dgoing%20houseplants.   https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/genetically-modified-houseplant-cleans-indoor-air   https://www.washington.edu/news/2018/12/19/new-houseplant-can-clean-air/   https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news-archive/2020/magnetic-brain-waves-to-detect-injury-and-disease   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210226103814.htm   https://www.israel21c.org/in-first-wearable-device-predicts-epileptic-seizures-one-hour-ahead/

    85 Religion Where It Doesn't Belong; Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 19:12


    Using the Bible to Defend Hitting Special Needs Kids Replacing Trained School Counselors with Untrained Clergy Christian Jurors Assume Non-Believers Are Guilty Religion Used to Defend and Commit Atrocities  Sharing:  Thought I Would Raise My Kids With Belief References: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/07/tennessee-governor-bill-lee-faces-backlash-after-drag-show-gender-care-law/69981208007/   https://twinpeaksrestaurant.com/locations/cool-springs-tn https://www.hooters.com/locations/3173-harding-place?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=gmb-tennessee&utm_content=nashville&utm_term=website-cta https://www.childrensrights.org/news-voices/major-problems-still-plaguing-tennessees-foster-care-system-despite-progress https://www.businessinsider.com/wyoming-republicans-criticize-bill-raising-legal-marriage-age-to-18-2023-2   https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/texas-lawmakers-want-to-replace-trained?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=95153&post_id=112463201&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email   https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/religious-jurors-punish-defendants?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=95153&post_id=112682024&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email   https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/christian-camp-director-told-denounce-transgender-son-lose-job/   https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/01/pat-robertson-blames-natural-disaster-victims/341489/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/christian-home-destroyed-flood-tony-perkins-natural-disasters-gods-punishment-homosexuality-a7196786.html?amp https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna9600878 https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/03/15/oklahoma-corporal-punishment-disabled-students/   https://people.com/politics/oklahoma-lawmaker-says-the-bible-endorses-corporal-punishment-of-children/   https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00763I.htm   https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2023/04/study-jurors-could-be-biased-against-people-who-dont-swear-to-god   https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/christian-camp-director-told-denounce-transgender-son-lose-job/   https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2010/january/pat-robertson-haiti-cursed-since-pact-with-devil.html   https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/pastor-who-says-god-punishes-gays-with-floods-loses-everything-in-flood   https://americanhumanist.org/what-we-do/national-day-of-reason/    

    84 Religion Where it Doesn't Belong

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023 24:07


    Religion in:  - Environment  - Education  - Healthcare  - Parenting  Sharing:  My first questions regarding the religion I was raised in References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_of_Reason   https://americanhumanist.org/what-we-do/national-day-of-reason/   https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/christian-lawmaker-cites-bible-to   https://www.jmu.edu/dukehallgallery/exhibitions-past-2018-2019/the-613-mitzvot.shtml#:~:text=The%20613%20Mitzvot%20%2D%20JMU   https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/7-things-to-know-about-ectopic-pregnancy/2022/05#:~:text=If%20left%20untreated%2C%20an%20ectopic,compared%20to%20many%20developing%20countries.        

    83 How Emotions / Attitudes Physically Affect Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 21:20


    Be Skeptical Dammit:  Belief in Witchcraft Growing Again Environment & Wildlife:  Printing Electronics on Mushrooms Researched:  Have Emotions/Attitudes Affect Us Physically Positive:  Cranky Uncle App References: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/27/ron-weiser-michigan-witches-assassination/   https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/witch-trials-21st-century/   https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-roe-wade-alito-scotus-hale   https://crankyuncle.com/   https://www.zmescience.com/future/researchers-print-electronic-circuits-on-mushrooms/   https://futurism.com/the-byte/circuit-board-mushrooms   https://futurism.com/the-byte/circuit-board-mushrooms   https://familydoctor.org/mindbody-connection-how-your-emotions-affect-your-health/#:~:text=Your%20body%20responds%20to%20the,death%20of%20a%20loved%20one.   https://www.news-medical.net/health/How-Do-Your-Emotions-Affect-Your-Physical-Health.aspx   https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/how-do-thoughts-and-emotions-affect-health   https://psychcentral.com/blog/emotions-are-physical   https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1321664111   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10829/   https://fherehab.com/learning/negative-emotions-health   https://www.health.qld.gov.au/news-events/news/science-behind-a-broken-heart#:~:text=A%20medically%20broken%20heart&text=Acute%20emotional%20stress%2C%20positive%20or,of%20consciousness%2C%20nausea%20and%20vomiting.   https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/broken-heart-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20354617   https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2021/12/10805871/physical-pain-heartbreak   https://www.canopyhealth.com/how-does-love-affect-our-physical-health/#:~:text=Love%20can%20give%20us%20a,love%20can%20physically%20affect%20us.   https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/12/health/your-body-on-love/index.html   https://www.medicinenet.com/why_do_people_hate/article.htm   https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-candidate-for-california-secretary-of-state-rachel-hamm-claims-she-inspired-witchs-murder    

    82 Maladaptive Day Dreamers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 24:01


    Be Skeptical Dammit:  Atheist Day Environment & Wildlife:  6 Islands to be Carbon Neutral by 2040 Researched:  Maladaptive Day Dreamers Positive:  3D Printed Synthetic Skin References: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23336-maladaptive-daydreaming#:~:text=Maladaptive%20daydreaming%20is%20a%20mental%20health%20issue%20that%20causes%20a,of%20childhood%20trauma%20or%20abuse.   https://www.sleepfoundation.org/mental-health/maladaptive-daydreaming   https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research/measures#:~:text=This%2016%2Ditem%20scale%20is,indicates%20suspected%20clinical%2Dlevel%20MD.   https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/maladaptive-daydreaming   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6426361/   https://www.somer.co.il/images/MD/Eng-MDS-16.pdf   https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-61479653   https://www.gov.scot/news/carbon-neutral-islands-named/#:~:text=The%20Carbon%20Neutral%20Islands%20project,%2C%20Raasay%2C%20Barra%20and%20Yell.   https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/20145692.revealed-six-scottish-islands-become-carbon-neutral-2040/   https://www.newscientist.com/article/2358999-cockatoos-understand-when-a-job-requires-a-toolkit/#:~:text=Cockatoos%20can%20understand%20that%20they,to%20achieve%20a%20single%20goal.   https://phys.org/news/2023-02-cockatoos-multiple-tools-fish-cashews.html   https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230209/New-synthetic-skin-to-study-mosquito-feeding-behavior.aspx#:~:text=This%20is%20not%20the%20stuff,which%20repellants%20are%20most%20effective.   https://www.wired.com/story/this-fake-skin-fools-mosquitoes-to-fight-the-diseases-they-spread/    

    81 Daylight Saving Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 16:45


    Be Skeptical Dammit:  Musk Fans, Wake up Environment & Wildlife:  Anti-fouling Silicone Paint for Saving Marine Life Wildlife:  None this week Researched:  Daylight Saving Time Positive:  Living 3D Printed Ear Implant References:   Skeptics With a K; podcast News.sky.com bbc.com https://e360.yale.edu https://time.com https://www.politico.eu www.reuters.com https://www.advocate.com/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/eco-friendly-antifouling-silicone-paint-can-save-marine-life-from-metal-poisoning/   https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-4-431-85709-9_24#:~:text=Copper%20is%20toxic%20to%20a,organisms%20on%20the%20vessel%20surface.   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/surgeons-transplant-3d-printed-ear-made-from-patients-own-cells-180980196/   https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/health/ear-transplant-3d-printer.html   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time   https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/us-permanent-dst.html   https://www.almanac.com/content/when-daylight-saving-time

    80 The Voynich Manuscript

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 25:30


    Be Skeptical Dammit:  Fuck Kirk Cameron Environment & Wildlife:  Ionocaloric Cooling Wildlife:  Fixing the Honeybee's Shortening Lifespan Researched:  The Voynich Manuscript Positive:  Story; Sleeping In the Wrong House References: https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/scientists-just-invented-an-entirely-new-way-to-cool-things-that-could-one-day-replace-our-polluting-fridges/   https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/public-libraries-arent-censoring-kirk-cameron-he-just-wants-attention/   https://onlysky.media/tag/kirk-cameron/   https://www.biotechniques.com/plant-climate-science/honeybee-lifespans-shorter-than-they-used-to-bee/#:~:text=The%20recently%20published%20study%20reported,few%20decades%20by%20US%20beekeepers.   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/11/221114095322.htm   https://www.science.org/content/article/honey-bee-life-spans-are-half-what-they-were-1970s   https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/the-mysterious-voynich-manuscript-has-finally-been-decoded/#:~:text=Since%20its%20discovery%20in%201912,strange%20objects%2C%20and%20zodiac%20symbols.   https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/experts-are-extremely-dubious-about-the-voynich-solution/   http://www.voynich.nu/illustr.html#bio   https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/voynich-manuscript   https://www.britannica.com/topic/Voynich-manuscript    

    79 Memories, Batteries, Palm Oil, Animal Cruelty, Glass Frogs, Best Hand-up Story Ever

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 22:22


    Be Skeptical Dammit:  Memory/False Confession Study Environment & Wildlife:    - Using Lignin From Trees to Make Battery Parts  - Lab Grown Alternative to Palm Oil Wildlife:   - Animal Welfare During Sea Travel  - How Glass Frogs Become Transparent Positive:  Modest Needs Story Websites and other sources will be posted on the social medias, but beginning with episode 80 they will be right here.  

    78 California's Drying Lakes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023 17:30


    Be Skeptical Dammit:  The Deceitful State of Florida Environment & Wildlife:    - What is Blue Carbon  - The Moon's Affect on Mangrove Forests Researched:  California's Drying Lakes Positive:  Hope From New Alzheimer's Drug Websites and other sources will be posted on the social medias, but beginning with episode 80 they will be right here.

    77 Fertilizing the Ocean to Store CO2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 20:33


    Be Skeptical Dammit:  Shame on our Cdn Museum For Human Rights Environment & Wildlife:    - Latest 3D Print House Concept Shows Viability  - Avian Flu Update Researched:  Fertilizing the Ocean to Store CO2 Positive:  ID'd Genes May Help Us In Future Droughts Websites and other sources will be posted on the social medias. Soon to be switching for them to all be right here.

    76 The Geological Strata

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 30:33


    Be Skeptical Dammit:  America's Frontline Frauds Environment & Wildlife:    - Plastic Islands of Floating Pathogens  - Osedax Researched:  The Geological Strata Positive:  Sea Urchins in Hats Websites and other sources will be posted on the social medias.

    75 Regenerative Agriculture

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 20:49


    Be Skeptical Dammit! - Preregistered Trials Wild/Plant Life - Ants in Place of Pesticides Random Researched Topic - Regenerated Agriculture Positive Topic - E-skin Technology The sources for information shared on this episode will be posted on the social media sites.

    74 Farm to Closet

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 24:17


    Be Skeptical Dammit! - Propagana & Radicalization; opinion Enviroment:  Block Island Wild/Plant Life - Ecosystem Found in Sinkhole Researched Topic - Farm-to-Closet Positive Topic -Thoughts From a Secular Humanist (poem) The sources for information shared on this episode will be posted on the social media sites.

    73 Biases in Healthcare, Part 4; LGBTQ+ Based

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 19:20


    On this episode: Be Skeptical Dammit! - Article: Pseudo-Profound Bullshit Enviroment:  17 Year Old Could Change Future of Electric Vehicles Wild/Plant Life - Avian Flu in Red Foxes & Other Mammals Researched Topic - Biases in Healthcare; LGBTQ+ Based Positive Topic - Small Cancer Trial Results in All Patients in Remission The sources for information shared on this episode will be posted on the social media sites.

    72 EcoTourism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 19:02


    On this episode: Be Skeptical Dammit! - Strong Backbone Award Enviroment - 200,000 Homes in England at Risk by 2050 Researched Topic - EcoTourism Positive Topic - Blood Pressure e-Tattoos The sources for information shared on this episode will be posted on the social media sites.

    71 Vertical Farming / Vertical Plant Factories

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 17:55


    On this episode: Be Skeptical Dammit! - Welcome Back to New York Polio Enviroment / Plant Life - Turning Wind Turbine Blades into Gummy Bears? Researched Topic - Veritcal Farming / Veritcal Plant Factories Positive Topic - Death Cafes The sources for information shared on this episode will be posted on the social media sites.

    70 The Stonewall Uprising

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 24:07


    On this episode: Be Skeptical Dammit! - The Channeller of Carlos Environment - Toilet Paper Tubes Wildlife - Domestic Cats Researched Topic - The Stonewall Uprising Personal Story - The A&W Earthquake The sources for information shared on this episode will be posted on the social media sites.

    69 Biases in Healthcare; Part 3 - Weight Based

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 20:49


    On this episode: Be Skeptical Dammit! - Republicans Miss Exception; Blame Hospital Environment - Contaminents in the St. Lawrence River Wildlife / Plant Life - Ceatures of the Dark; Part 2 Researched Topic - Biases in Healthcare; Part 3 - Weight Based Positive Topic - Restoring Hearing After Loss The sources for information shared on this episode will be posted on the social media sites.

    68 Vaginas, Vulvas & Clits

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 36:44


    On this episode: Vaginas, Vulvas and Clits;  - Parts  - Bullshit & Woo  - Health and Care  - Menstruation  - Shaming  - Folklore and Myth  - Art The sources for information shared on this episode will be posted on the social media sites.

    67 Biases in Healthcare; Part 2 - Race Based

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022 30:54


    On this episode: Be Skeptical Dammit! - Everything Detectors Wildlife / Plant Life - Not Tracked Magpies Help Tracked Magpies Researched Topic - Biases in Healthcare; Part 2 - Race Based Positive Topic - Communication Via Brain Waves The sources for information shared on this episode will be posted on the social media sites.

    66 Biases in Healthcare; Part 1 - Sex Based

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 20:03


    On this episode: Be Skeptical Dammit! - M-RNA Can't Change DNA Environment - A Superglue From Mistletoe Wildlife / Plant Life - Penguins Playing With Puffer Fish Researched Topic - Biases in Healthcare; Part 1 - Sex Based Positive Topic - VR Treatments for Mental Health The sources for information shared on this episode will be posted on the social media sites.

    Summer Protections Part 2; protection from insects

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 23:20


    On this episode: Be Skeptical Dammit! - Changing the Meaning of Organic Environment - Dead Rivers in Bangladesh Wildlife / Plant Life - Little Blue Penguin Bodies Researched Topic - Insect Protection Positive Topic - Real Life Hero Senator Megan Hunt The sources for information shared on this episode will be posted on the social media sites.

    Summer Protections Part 1; protection from the sun

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022 35:29


    On this episode: Be Skeptical Dammit! - The Cottingley FairiesEnvironment Environment - Window Tech Advances Researched Topic - Sun Protection Positive Topic - Real Life Hero Megan Hunt The sources for information shared on this episode will be posted on the social media sites.

    63 Workplace Happiness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 25:36


    On this episode: Be Skeptical Dammit! - America & Guns Environment - Wood Based Foam Wildlife / Plant Life - Wild Pigs in Manitoba Researched Topic - Workplace Happiness Positive Topic - History Comics; The Stonewall Riots The sources for information shared on this episode will be posted on the social media sites.

    Gender Identity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2022 23:56


    On this episode: Be Skeptical Dammit! - Sharity Leaves Thousands of Households in Debt Environment - Ghost Gear Wildlife / Plant Life - Deer to Human Corona Transmission Researched Topic - Gender Identity Positive Topic - When I Knew The sources for information shared on this episode will be posted on the social media sites.

    Not A Normal Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 24:09


    NOT A NORMAL EPISODE: The world is falling apart and I have to talk about it. The sources for information shared on this episode will be posted on the social media sites.

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