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The long-term consequences of misogyny

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/16/the-long-term-consequences-of-misogyny/

Published: November 16, 2025 16:38

It’s as if America wasn’t the paradise the Right tries to tell us. A Gallup poll shows that a lot of young people want to escape our dystopia. For the second straight year, about one in five Americans say they would like to leave the U.S. and move…

Our continuing descent into corruption

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/16/our-continuing-descent-into-corruption/

Published: November 16, 2025 14:30

I remember, over 20 years ago, there were furious online debates where some of the worst people in the world were making repulsive arguments about what children were old enough to fuck. They were claiming that you weren’t a pedophile if the children were…

Texas leads the way!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/15/texas-leads-the-way/

Published: November 15, 2025 14:50

They have new policies for their university. Courses at Texas A&M University System schools that “advocate race or gender ideology or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity” will only be allowed with pre-approval, following a policy change…

I expect this to be the official excuse soon

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/14/i-expect-this-to-be-the-official-excuse-soon/

Published: November 14, 2025 22:03

This should have been posted on Truth Social rather than Bluesky.

I guess Chinese scientists have cooties

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/14/i-guess-chinese-scientists-have-cooties/

Published: November 14, 2025 14:59

In the latest example of insanity, congress wants to penalize scientists who dare to work with Chinese scientists. Scientists and research advocates in the United States are mobilizing to fight a bill that would essentially prohibit researchers with any…

More AI hype

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/14/more-ai-hype/

Published: November 14, 2025 14:33

You’ve probably already seen the video of the stupid Russian AIbot falling flat on its face in its debut, but here it is again. This is all a waste of money, time, and effort. Before you reply with that “what use is a baby?” line, there’s no there there —…

OH NO! Larry Summers and Bill Clinton might be hurt by the Epstein files? Threaten me with a good time already.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/13/oh-no-larry-summers-and-bill-clinton-might-be-hurt-by-the-epstein-files-threaten-me-with-a-good-time-already/

Published: November 13, 2025 17:44

The Democrats have been releasing damning emails from the Epstein files, which is a good start. There’s nothing too surprising in them, though. We already knew Trump and Epstein were pals, we’ve always known that Trump was a nasty little sleazebag with a…

It’s all cringe

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/13/its-all-cringe/

Published: November 13, 2025 12:51

I occasionally look in on our local racist cult — but not very often, because dear god, they are boring. We have an Asatru chapter near us, in Murdock, Minnesota, which was initially controversial when they bought an old church and announced that they were…

Aurora tonight!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/12/aurora-tonight/

Published: November 13, 2025 02:53

Lots of red and green shimmering in the sky tonight. This was a handheld shot, ISO 6400, f4, 1 sec exposure. Maybe I should drag a tripod out next time I want to shoot the aurora. I think maybe my iPhone did a better job.

Does anyone object to invading Hitler’s privacy?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/12/does-anyone-object-to-invading-hitlers-privacy/

Published: November 12, 2025 19:11

I don’t. When Hitler blew his brains out in the bunker, he splattered the upholstery with blood. An American soldier cut out a swatch of bloody cloth and kept it as a morbid souvenir, eventually donating it to a museum, and recently, geneticists sequenced…

Exotic berries

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/12/77935/

Published: November 12, 2025 18:36

After a long morning cleaning up after so many spiders, I had to pick up a few things from the grocery store, and fixed a light lunch of rice cakes with strawberry yogurt and berries on top, which is simple and quick and good for me and my wife. This…

She was asking for it

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/12/she-was-asking-for-it/

Published: November 12, 2025 12:29

A professor in Indiana has been removed from her class after a student complained. A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes — “Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice” — while the…

What’s up with 3I/ATLAS now?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/11/whats-up-with-3i-atlas-now/

Published: November 11, 2025 15:38

There’s nothing new. It’s a big space rock passing through empty space, not even coming close to us or interacting in any significant way with anything in the solar system. That’s all the 3I/ATLAS news. Bye! Oh, but wait, we can rely on Avi Loeb to invent…

I love a good NYT takedown

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/10/i-love-a-good-nyt-takedown/

Published: November 10, 2025 15:04

Zohran Mamdani graduated from a small (but wealthy) liberal arts school, Bowdoin College, with a degree in Africana Studies. It’s a good and reputable degree from a reputable college, so that’s nothing to complain about, but the NY Times sent a reporter to…

And nothing was accomplished

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/10/and-nothing-was-accomplished/

Published: November 10, 2025 14:01

We’ve been dealing with this ridiculous government shutdown, which was initiated because the Republican budget was promoting major cuts in health care support, among other billionaire favorites. If done properly, the purpose of such a shutdown would be to…