I'm accustomed to people asking me for links that are in the YouTube description, including the TRANSCRIPT when they arrive via YouTube & don't read the description. But this person is replying to a link TO THE TRANSCRIPT. I'm telling you: media literacy is in the toilet & it's only getting worse

Our second (observational) foraging hike was a great success! Now to spend hours trying to figure out what kind of fun guy is in each pic, like a normal person would do. (I have more pics if anyone enjoys helping ID. Again, this is observational only so I’m not eating any of this I promise)

going live now for patrons! www.patreon.com/posts/remind...

lf Dems had any sense they'd treat this guy the way the right treated Kyle Rittenhouse. Put him on tour. Give him Morning Joe's spot or something.

Dr. Siouxsie Wiles saved lives during the pandemic by educating the public about what was happening. During that time, she withstood relentless harassment from conspiracy theorists & went to court to force employers to protect people like her. Here's her story! 🧪 www.patreon.com/posts/142933...

Okay, I deleted it. I am (hopefully) am a few weeks away from fully speaking my mind.

Mainstream news in 2025: Oh nO a scArY mArxIsT is rUnnInG NeW yOrK random public artist in 1935:

I can imagine this would be helpful for anyone with, say, dementia who is wandering around and not sure where they are.

It's cool that all these ppl are braving a long line to vote Yes on 50 but.....I cast my vote last month by riding my little bicycle to a ballot box and dropping it in. What has failed to cause a backup? People shouldn't have to brave anything to vote. It should be easy www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/...

Incredible thread. I haven't felt this much joy since I woke up this morning and learned Dick Cheney died.

Fun fact: if you're wondering why you can't watch Monday Night Football* on your usual streaming service, it's because Google and Disney are arguing over whether you should be able to see tomorrow's election night coverage *I don't care what you think about football apple.news/ALWxsyL0GTwe...

As part of adulthood my husband and I set up a living trust, and our advisor also suggested doing a donor-advised fund thing bc we do a lot of charitable donations. My husband just apologized to me for testing the system with a donation to a local food bank and I love him so much??

I hate when restaurants are like "here's a 400 meat dishes & 2 vegan options." It's like whoa, calm down, what about those of us who tolerate just a little bit of animal abuse? And also this is a big red flag for paying $20 for a bowl of unseasoned spinach that is absolutely infested with e. Coli

I dislike the LA Dodgers for all the usual reasons, but I did want them to win in the insane overtime game bc their fans were the ones sticking it out. But if they win they will def go shake Trump’s hand like a bunch of fucking Nazis and I don’t think the Blue Jays will do that?

mushroom foraging is just like catching pokémon: there are different types, you gotta learn the best places to look for them, and you need to be very sure you’ve IDed them correctly before you eat one

I don’t even know what to say. he just looks like this. just a floppy little muppet

Writing the patron-only newsletter today inspired me to find a costume for Indy, despite the fact that we aren't going out tonight. This is a benefit of buying costumes at 90% off on Nov 1 and shoving them in a drawer

Ending the month with a fun little study that suggests that leaving religion makes you more liberal, with one data set even suggesting it may push you further left than people who were raised without religion 🧪 skepchick.org/2025/10/stud...

hear me out

I got a letter from my health insurance announcing that they were sending me a "FIT" kit. I was excited, thinking that it was some kind of home gym equipment. No. It is a box that I am to poop in and send back, because I am now old enough for colon cancer screening. Cool cool cool

Republicans have illegally stopped SNAP payments (aka food stamps). Here's a selection from the DECADES of research that prove this program benefits society: better health, less crime, higher rates of education, and a savings of $20 for every $1 spent 🧪 skepchick.org/2025/10/food...

My Canadian husband talking about Toronto: I mean, it’s no New York City Me: NEW YORK CITY???? Him: …? Me: I’m quoting a salsa commercial from 1994 Him: why would I know that Me: it was for me

heisting the Louvre: cool, fun, more of these shenanigans please looting the Oakland Museum of California: who raised you, die in a fire, I hate you oaklandside.org/2025/10/29/o...

One good thing to come from this Platner shit is that I've confirmed that I do not just blindly agree with the commentators I usually enjoy watching. Not as good as it would be if prominent lefties rejected an unrepentant adult man who had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years but nevertheless

I finished Wuthering Heights. My favorite part was when Catherine tells the maid a completely insane plan to make everyone love her and concludes by announcing "I AM AN ANGEL" and then prances out of the room. I enjoyed hating each character in their own unique hatable way.

No one warned me about the hardest part of marriage: combining finances when one of you loves maximizing points when shopping for surprises and the other loves meticulously combing through bank statements. Just as well, it’s a Halloween present now

Last week I finished my last dental alignment trays & my app said to get in touch with my dentist for the next steps. It took two emails and three phone calls to finally get "Yep you're done." That's fucking it? 48 weeks of PERFECT TOOTH HYGIENE & not so much as a pick from the prize chest?? WTF.

me: what kind of loser even considers signing up for ICE? ICE: let's deport Mel Gibson me: you bastards I'm in

Fox News is claiming that Christianity is undergoing a revival thanks to "The Charlie Kirk Effect." Let's look at the data skepchick.org/2025/10/is-t...

watching the world series and I’m convinced I could be a pinch runner. I would simply not run to a base when I am clearly too slow to make it

me, reading wuthering heights for the first time

I was once stranded in a small Malaysian town on my birthday, on my period, in a cockroach infested hotel. I found a movie theater that was playing a Bollywood film with a Kylie Minogue cameo. I think it was called Blue. I made friends and had fun. Who the fuck goes to Vegas and cries about it

btw if you like this sort of thing you must visit the Pinball Hall of Fame. It’s right by the Vegas airport so you can easily stop by before or after a flight. If you ever see me in a YT video wearing a truly hideous tie-dye shirt that was handmade at that temple

behold: the first GTA

this guy gives

these were so fucking delicious

Dreamt I won a nobel prize for developing a new adhesive based on the properties of guacamole smears on bowls that you try to put through the dishwasher

The 300th episode! Take a listen as we reflect back on our favorite episodes & answer listener questions while I get progressively loaded. Links: pod.link/1225096382 With @skepchick.org @mopathguy.bsky.social @50pagemcgee.bsky.social @hervold.bsky.social & Wei Liu

There’s a reason we don’t teach abstinence-only driver’s ed. Let’s talk about the harm Republicans are about to do to comprehensive sex ed 🧪 skepchick.org/2025/10/trum...

it happened to me: a guy did the pancake/waffle argument to defend a giant Totenkopf tattoo on the titty of a mercenary

ok I’ll admit i have some baggage here. I got my little secular speaking career destroyed for asking men to stop groping me so I guess that does make me prejudiced against men with nazi tattoos who don’t cover them up or laser them off for several decades before running for office as democrats

These days, I only really post anti-Nazi takes on Xitter because it seems like that's the only decent use of it. I see not everyone feels the same.

Yeah sometimes I think I want to watch reruns of the Office but then change my mind and watch a movie instead. There are probably ways in which this is similar to a person wanting to massacre all the Jews and then changing their mind but I'll leave that to you to ponder.

If the average American man had a phase of genocidal hatred of a minority, then the only moral reaction would be to ship them all to another country at birth, to be raised by better people. Or drowned, whichever is easier.

Absolutely incredible comment to get within minutes of making the video live: this guy decided to use an LLM to debunk my video before he watched it. The LLM told him exactly what I say in the video and he posted it as a gotcha.

Texas has approved a new, more Bible-focused curriculum that will have 5-year olds learning the story of Genesis in which God makes the universe in six days and doesn't know the difference between a fish and a vegetable skepchick.org/2025/10/texa...

I see this as a good thing. It may activate the HOA class, who will mobilize to treat Trump the way they treat a Black neighbor who takes too long to bring their trash cans in (public execution)

is that…good?

Probably also worth noting that the dystopia in Fahrenheit 451 is caused by the Woke mob.

This morning while cycling the Oakland hills I was zoned out when an older lady suddenly appeared on my left and slowly passed me near the top of a hill. I don’t get a bruised ego and in fact love seeing older people fitter than me. Gives me hope, esp as today is my birthday 1/3 #bikesky