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Living Through Extinction

By: Ruby Pommer
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  • Science, Skepticism, Environment, Wildlife and more.
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  • 109 Fred Phelps & The Westboro Baptist Church

    109 Fred Phelps & The Westboro Baptist Church
    May 16 2024
    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
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    19 mins
  • 108 The Christian Right's Unreasonable Attacks on LGBT People & Women

    108 The Christian Right's Unreasonable Attacks on LGBT People & Women
    May 2 2024

    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
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    16 mins
  • 107 The Patriarchy & Christianity

    107 The Patriarchy & Christianity
    Apr 18 2024
    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
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    22 mins
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