Living Through Extinction

Skeptical/Political: Are Other Countries Really to Blame for the US Fentanyl Crisis?

Science: Citizen-Science Project Involves Danish School Children

Science/Medicine: How Cancer Vaccine Research Saved Us During the Pandemic

Positive/Medicine: Student Creates Acetaminophen Alternative That Works Faster, Offers More Relief and Doesn't Do Anywhere Near the Damage to the Liver

https://www.vox.com/politics/406336/fentanyl-china-canada...

Christian Lies: Distorting the facts around the flash at conception analogy

Environment: Living Building Materials

Christian Corruption: How Millions in Water Infrastructure Funds Were Diverted to a Private Catholic School

Positive: Creation of a Cancer Killing Molecule

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/sperm-egg-zinc-sparks-1.3553550

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/contrary-to-reports-there-is-no-flash-of-light-at-conception

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Religious Oppression: Losing One's Job Based on Lack of Belief

Religious Oppression: Forcing Prayer on Schools With Threat to Funding

Environment: Selectively Breeding Coral for Heat Tolerance

Wildlife: Reintroducing Beavers to England

Title Segment: Measles; it's back and people have already died.

Positive: A Newly Discovered Part of Our Immune System

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/atheist-says-denver-officials-fired

https://den...

Skeptic/Religion: The Taxpayer Funded Corrupt Mormon School

Environment: Permafrost Craters

Researched: Lava Lights & Clams used by industries

Positive: Missing Hiker Found

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/taxpayers-funded-this-trashy-failing?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share

https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-private-school-vouchers-no-transparency

https://news.agu.org/press-release/new-yama...

• American higher education students looking to obtain degrees outside of the US
• Some villages are already being moved due to climate change
• Only known large carnivore pollinators
• Sexual Assault Awareness
• Light based computing

#highereducation #outsideamerica #degrees #movingvillages #climatechange #pollinators #carnivores #lightbased #computing #sexualassault #science #skepticism #beskeptical #beskepticaldammit #logic #lo...

Politics/Religion/Be Skeptical Dammit - Christian Voting Group Leader Charged With Crimes Against Children

Science - Photosynthesis in Animal Cells

Environment - Boeing Built Satellite Broke Up in Orbit

Title Topic - Australian Scientists Speak Up About the Spread of Misinformation on The Great Barrier Reef

Positive/Fun - It's a Cave, But Also a Giant, Controllable Musical Instrument

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/leader-of-christian...

• Disease Numbers Before & After Vaccines
• Eelgrass Roofs
• Varied Beliefs of Flat Earthers
• New Plastic Breaks Down to Fertilizer in soil

https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2018/may/02/the-universe-is-an-egg-and-the-moon-isnt-real-notes-from-a-flat-earth-conference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_flat_Earth_beliefs

https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4338?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAyJS7BhBiEiwAyS9uNQi6mXVmJCZlhJrSU1...

The rights of the abusers have been given priority over the rights of the victims of Catholic Priests

The dangers of having a baby when your only 'coverage' is a health sharing ministry

A saltwater line is creeping upriver towards drinking water intakes

The world's rarest known mineral

DREAM ENGINEERING

Helping the blind do things they thought they'd never do again

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-rarest-mineral-is-so-rare-its-onl...

Political: Trump Lied About Conversation with Mexican President

Economic: Trump's Tariff Plan is an Inflation Plan

Environment: Is Wood a Space Grade Building Material

Interesting: Working Nano Objects to Scale

Positive: Powering E-Bikes With Vapes

References:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89v4w51dzyo

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mexico-president-tariffs-border-immigration/

https://www.vox.com/commerce/387800/trump-tariffs-...

https://sentientmedia.org/musk-rogan-climate-change-meat/

https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/latest/news/joe-rogan-elon-musk-climate-change/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-valiant-effort-to-restore-the-caribbeans-sea-urchins-180984813/#:~:text=Urchins%20have%20returned%20to%20some,sea%20urchins%20into%20the%20world.

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/prickly-babies-a-jamaican-nursery-aims-to-restore-sea-urchins-fe...

Skeptical:  The Watchmaker Argument

Skeptical:  The Sunk Cost Fallacy

Environment:  Mysterious Gooey Blobs on Canada's East Coast

Environment 2:  New Hajpshire Distillery Makes Whiskey out of Invasive Crabs

Wildlife:  Whale Poop; neon green, red, sparkly

Positive:  Creepy Doll Contest

References:

https://www.philosophycubed.com/the-watchmakers-self-defeat/

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/02/god-watchmakers-and-...

Skeptical / Researched:  Homeopathy

Environment:  Slurry spill last year may have killed most of this years spawners

Wildlife:  Why horseshoe crabs are crucial to our ability to safely inject fluids and why we should be finding other sources

Positive:  High School Student creating a future with less invasive and less expensive prosthetics

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-high-schooler-invented-a-low-cost-mind-contr...

Skeptic:  State of California suing Catholic hospital for refusing to care for a woman dying from a miscarriage

Environment:  Wildfire Tornadoes

Wildlife:  73% Decline in Wildlife in 50 Years

Positive:  Colorado protecting patients by forcing ALL hospitals to be public about what they will not do

References: 

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/california-sues-catholic-hospital?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=23igpb&utm_source=substa...

Skeptic:  See Wayback Machine Under Researched

Environment:  Making Great Use of Banana Agriculture Waste

Wildlife:  Mysterious Whalefalls by California

Researched:  The Internet Archive

Positive:  Banning Conversion Therapy in Kentucky

References:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-make-stunning-breakthrough-turning-banana-peels-into-textiles-and-renewable-fuels/#

phttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-have-s...

Skeptic:  The Conservative Case That Says Trump Lost

Environment:  Heat Domes

Researched:  Algae Based Proteins

Positive:  School District Safe From Losing Counselors to Chaplains...for now

References:

Skeptic:  Scammers Target The Easily Fooled; MAGA Cultists

Environment:  Finally!  Recyclable PCBs

Plant Life:  Mysteries of the Giant Trees Dying Worldwide

Positive:  Michigan's Renewable Energy Progress

References:

https://www.wired.com/story/maga-crypto-scammers-donald-trump/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/06/18/trump-2024-campaign-fund-fraud-warning-as-crypto-scammers-strike/

Skeptic:  Election Deniers & Those Who Plan to Overthrown are Full Speed Ahead

Environment:  Climate Change Could Make Fungi More Dangerous

Wildlife:  Magpies Use Anti-Bird Spikes to Build Nests

Positive:  6 Types of Depression and Anxiety

References:

https://www.wired.com/story/election-deniers-efforts-disenfranchise-voters/

Skeptic:  The Clever Hans and Ideomotor Effects

Environment:  Micro Plastics in Penises

Wildlife:  Sea Lions Helping Science

Article:  The Secret to Better Sex? Have it With Yourself

Positive:  Getting Rid of Genetic Blindnes in Dogs

References:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Clever-Hans

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3921203/

https://simple.wikiped...