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Rebecca Watson
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I'm gonna run for POTUS on the platform of trying the current admin for treason & reestablishing America as Snack Capital of the World. We will fund the best scientists to develop snacks that can finally beat Asia's. Even these vegan Korean yangnyeom chicken puffs shaped like little drumsticks
Premium Korean sweet and spicy puffs Yangnyeom style
February 10, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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I really enjoy these segments on LBC, where they trot out this braindead American Republican and force her to stutter through explanations for every shitty thing Trump does. In this one they make her watch the racist ape video he posted www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv-6...
Republican commentator forced to watch Trump's racist video of Obamas as monkeys
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February 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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Going anywhere near Levi’s today to protest ICE is as heroic as the people protesting in freezing temperatures.
jwcroxton.bsky.social James Croxton @jwcroxton.bsky.social · 1d
Heyo! I am here in #SantaClaraCA for an anti-ICE protest that is currently gathering in front of Our Lady of Peace, a Catholic church not far from Levi's Stadium, where #SuperBowlLX is due to begin at 3 p.m.

There are already 250-300 people here with more than a half hour until the official start.
ALT: A dark grey flier with bold white text. In the center is a photo of Levi's Stadium with Kristi Noem, glowing red eyes and all, rising through the center. It reads: "ICE OUT OF THE SUPERBOWL PROTEST STOP THE DEPORTATIONS! SUNDAY FEB. 8TH @3pm 2800 Mission College Blvd Santa Clara CA 95054" Bordering the two sides are logos for the 12 organizers: Hero Tent, Vigil4Gaza, NODUTDOL, DSA - Silicon Valley, SDS - San José, JVP, FRSO, CSO - San José, San José Peace & Justice Center, Human Agenda, San José Against War, Green Party A sea of people line the sidewalk on one side of the street. Sprinkled throughout the crowd are green-vested organizers.
February 8, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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Been avoiding the backyard bc I didn’t want to weed before I could tell if any new natives were growing and guess what THEY ARE!! California scorpionweed isn’t just a badass name, but a crucial food source for our endangered Mission blue butterfly. 1st pic is mine currently, 2nd & 3rd wiki. 🌱
it’s a boring sort of photo of the scorpionweed as it hasn’t bloomed yet Scorpionweed flower: a ball of pinkish flowers with white stamens the mission blue butterfly, a brilliant blue with reddish edges along the wings
February 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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me to my guy: "it is a bit nuts that I thought I was just fighting normal patriarchy but normal patriarchy was actually funded by a billionaire pedophile. I mean, I guess I didn't win, but..."
my husband: "uh well you didn't strangle yourself in a prison cell"
me: "or GET strangled!! Good point!"
February 7, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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Fun fact, this was an epithet I heard once from one of my high school history teachers, Mr. Pitts. He said it to my friend, Josh, who fucked up in class for some reason I don't remember, and we laughed about it for YEARS.
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As one does. It is Friday afterall.
I'm going to be stealing "think about yourself and get depressed"
FYI.
February 7, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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Nuts that a guy named PICKLEBALLER 1729 thinks it's ok to visit a pedo's private island once (bc the pedo is rich) ALSO thinks Dawkins was right to yell at a woman for complaining about getting groped at conferences. But dang he misses me on the podcast I left bc I couldn't deal with the misogyny
@pickleballer1729 • 1 day ago (edited) Is there anyone with any sort of fame that isn't mentioned in one way or another in the Epstein files? Anyone who visited his island once, to me, gets a pass. I mean, who wouldn't want to go to a billionaire's private island? Multiple visits, on the other hand, is unforgivable. Sorry, though, I have to go with Dawkins on the elevator thing. I first heard about this on the SGU podcast, and I thought you were WAY over-reacting to the incident. Have we really reached the point where a guy can't make a non-contact flirtatious pass at a woman without her filing a lawsuit or trying to ruin his reputation? Glad I didn't have to deal with that when I was romantically active. I really don't know how anyone except members of the same church get together any more. Anyway, hang in there guys, and good luck. Is that why you left SGU? If so, what a tragedy. I really liked you on that podcast. Reply 4 replies ^ ｛ : @RebeccaWatson • 1 day ago Yep, you sound like a pedo defender. Reply : @pickleballer1729 • 20 hours ago @RebeccaWatson Wow. That is totally beneath you, or at least I thought it was. So much for your objectivity. Kinda hurts to lose a skeptic to blind fanaticism. Don't worry, I wont @pickleballer1729 • 20 hours ago @RebeccaWatson Wow. That is totally beneath you, or at least I thought it was. So much for your objectivity. Kinda hurts to lose a skeptic to blind fanaticism. Don't worry, I wont be watching any more of your videos, so you don't have to worry about my comments. Reply : @RebeccaWatson • 4 hours ago I wasn't worried! I think pedophiles are trash and the people who defend them, like yourself, aren't welcome here. Reply T @pickleballer1729 • 30 minutes ago @RebeccaWatson Straw man. (My comment said, and I quote: "Multiple visits [to Epstein's Island], on the other hand, is unforgivable." How do you get pedo out of that? Ad Hominem attack. You argue like a religious fanatic. Have you learned nothing from your association with skeptics? I really feel sorry for you; you have become a spiteful, close minded, hateful person. You didn't used to be like that. I'm truly sorry for whatever happened to you. Seek help. Reply @RebeccaWatson • O seconds ago Imao because you said ONE VISIT TO PEDO ISLAND IS FINE! You absolute loser. You think it's A-okay for a guy to take a convicted pedophile's private jet to an island where he traffics girls once, and even if he continues to help launder the reputation of the pedophile, it's fine. YOU SUPPORT PEDOPHILES! You absolute loser. Think about yourself and get depressed.
February 7, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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maybe they just mean she's like 4'6
tomscocca.bsky.social Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 3d
"Natalia Bonanno’s family owns 200 apartment units"
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In a city packed with mighty real estate titans, they are the small ones.

New York landlords say they are at their breaking point as Mayor Zohran Mamdani begins to implement even more aggressive tenant-friendly policies.
February 7, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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Richard Dawkins: (emails a member of a child rape ring asking for help debunking a woman's article about the guy who runs the child rape ring)

His male fans: "How do you know Dawkins knew Jeffrey Epstein was running a child rape ring??? God you're so emotional"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoO9...
@elgar104 • 1 hour ago @RebeccaWatson look...i really like your work in general. You're an asset to truth... in general. But this is an emotional reaction ... not a rational one. This does not stand up in court. I think he might be extremely arrogant, and in terms of broader life experience..... very naive. But the worst that can be said here is that he was used.... and was not so well off that he could turn down the man handing out lollies. The list of people who fell for the same thing runs to thousands... This does not make them criminals. This doesn't make a single thing they've accomplished in life...less worthwhile. He's dumb ( agree 100%). But He's not a criminal. And treating him like one when actual criminals who DID rape children and did participate in the trafficking structure..... go by unremarked. We revere Newton.... but he was an utter jealous vindictive c'nt by all accounts. We revere and listen to Tchaikovsky...... but he was certainly a pedophile. Id already decided i didn't like Dawkins decades ago. But i still bought and read his books. Ditto Krauss as it happens. What exactly are trying to do here? Distract from the actual
February 6, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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NOT NOW JOHN FETTERMAN
@vengerofthelight • 33 minutes ago 23:23 - ...okay. So, the men that are the subjects of this video are scum. This is so glaringly obvious as to be nearly satirical. I don't think any reasonable person would argue this. My issue (and, yes, I expect I will win zero hearts and minds here is with some of the things that you're linking to these people as though they are indicators of these scumbags' poor character. The age gap. Being a "threesome" lover. Etcetera. I will point out that there's a 14-year age gap between my wife of ten years and myself, and we've engaged in many threesomes during our time together. Just recently we've been talking about feeling out a person we know and are both attracted to. By all means, call these scumbags out for their misogyny, their faithful association with Epstein, their lies, and their hypocrisy. However, can we leave the Puritanical finger-wagging out of it? It's the same energy as repeatedly bringing up Peter Thiel's sexual orientation while criticizing the horrifying contributions he's made to America's slide into Fascism. Reply 1 reply ^ @RebeccaWatson I • 29 minutes ago dear lord, what a snowflake. I wasn't shaming an age gap, I was pointing out a pattern. And I wasn't shaming threesomes I was mocking the guy who made women uncomfortable by suggesting one. Please learn to critically evaluate information. Reply 1 @RebeccaWatson 1 • Oseconds ago Oh also pro tip: don't approach the person you know and are both attracted to. There are people in open relationships who can approach potential new partners in a healthy way and I can tell that you are definitely not one of them. a tweet showing a pic of john fetterman and his wife, who is wildly out of his league: Larry Lovestein (Parody) @larrygetslost It's always that one couple : "Hey, my wife and I saw you across the bar, we really like your vibe. Can we buy you a drink..?"
February 6, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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One detail I didn't include in today's video is that Jeffrey Epstein texted Lawrence Krauss to shit on Michael Shermer for telling people that Krauss grabbed Shermer's wife's ass. This has not dissuaded Shermer from posthumously defending the pedophile.
IN 2018-08-01 14:14:59 (UTC) Sender: Self (jeeitunes@gmail.com) Participants: Lawrence Krauss (I I), Self (jeeitunes@gmail.com) Michael shermer telling people you grabbed his wife ass. And Dawkins not standing up for you. All an issue. You will need to fight this in the press. But im not sure of your goal. Except, being able to get a job sometime in the future
February 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Okay, you guys wanted some fun tea on Richard Dawkins? Here you go: one reason he may have gotten super duper angry about me talking about misogyny in atheism
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Epstein Files Reveal How Pathetic Richard Dawkins & Other Men Are
Transcript: Well, it happened again. I’m mentioned in the Epstein files. Again. You probably saw my first video on this topic and you came away thinking that I’ve spent the past decade being as awe…
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February 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Epstein Files Reveal How Pathetic Richard Dawkins & Other Men Are

Transcript: Well, it happened again. I’m mentioned in the Epstein files. Again. You probably saw my first video on this topic...

https://skepchick.org/2026/02/epstein-files-reveal-how-pathetic-richard-dawkins-other-men-are/
February 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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So in the past few months I tried to disconnect from a lot of google products. I switched to safari on my macbook, which has caused far more bonkers shit than should be possible. Most of it bc it stops uploading shit when I click to a different tab. AHHHHHHHHHH I I HATE TIM APPLE
skepchick.org Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 4d
omg bc of a laptop hiccup! sorry
February 5, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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You guys requested the full story of my evening with the psychic targeting tech bros. Here you go! skepchick.org/2026/02/psyc...
Psychics in Silicon Valley
Transcript: Back in 2008, one of the very first talks I started giving on speaking tours was about “Women’s Intuition,” and how that’s a made-up idea that allows society to continue to think of log…
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February 4, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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really fucking hard to engage with youtube comments defending LLMs without just coming out and saying "I think you're an idiot who probably shouldn't even be allowed to drive a car"
@gibbology • 1 hour ago I gotta ask though, why call LLMs "garbage" while praising other Al tools.? LLMs are a good starting point for understanding a variety of topics and I think they are strongest when used as a fancy search engine. I am in the medical field, and they are also incredibly useful in the medical field at the moment for quickly looking up clinical practic...Read more Reply 1 reply ^ @RebeccaWatson • 31 minutes ago Think I was pretty clear: LLMs waste resources and produce garbage. They are literally only helpful for people with zero creativity
February 4, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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I hate to defend "AI" garbage, but I need people to stop blaming mushroom poisonings on idiots using ChatGPT. skepchick.org/2026/02/ai-i...
AI isn’t to Blame for Mushroom Poisonings
Transcript: God help me, but in this video, I’m going to defend “AI.” For those who are new to this channel, I have to start by saying this is a real outlier for me. I think that large language mod…
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February 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Today I worked on my Epstein Files II vid & I'm so glad y'all gave me enough likes to be a gossipy little bitch. the Dawkins reveal is actually relevant & lightened what has been a really depressing day. I literally got a dox threat while I wrote about how shitty it is when men threaten to murder me
February 3, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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I don't believe in supernatural signs from the universe which is why I woke up to an earthquake swarm and just went about my day instead of fucking off to another existence like I should have
February 3, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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Next week, the Super Bowl is taking place here in the Bay Area. But is the 49ers’ stadium CURSED with a power substation that causes injuries? No. No it is not.
(repost bc I can't fix the video looking a bit stuttery, sorry!)
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Did ELECTRICITY Ruin the SF 49ers’ NFL Season? (No.)
Transcript: It’s almost that time again: time for the BIG GAME, the finale of the 2025-2026 National Football League, the Superb Owl, and as I have mentioned in the past, American football is a pro…
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February 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Well, shit, sorry everyone, I had to take down today's video bc it's weird and IDK why.
February 2, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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this is like if my first boss asked what my job was and I said "letting other teens steal cans of Skoal"
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Doesn't seem like this should be his job
Schumer: "I have many jobs as leader.. and one is to fight for aid to Israel — all the aid that Israel needs. I will continue to fight for it. «We delivered more security assistance to Israel, our ally, under my leadership than ever, ever before. We will keep doing that."
February 2, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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After thinking it over during this weekend mostly offline, I've decided that YES, I WILL be making a sequel to my hit video, "So I'm in the Epstein Files." I'm looking through docs now but lmk if you've found anything particularly funny/obscure regarding yours truly youtu.be/VNLdyWPAz18
So I'm in the Epstein Files
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
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February 2, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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During the anti-ICE ride thru Oakland we kept getting split by cars. At one light, a big dude on a motorcycle in full leathers watched us pass while revving his engine. We waved. He scowled.

20 min later we saw him again, scowling, blocking traffic for us as we turned down Broadway. Solidarity.
A minor traffic jam at the bike ride through Oakland yesterday. Lots of bikes. I covered faces with hearts.
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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For those just realizing how right I was about creeps like Lawrence Krauss & Richard Dawkins, you should know that I’m also right about good guys like Robin.
February 1, 2026 at 1:47 AM