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Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
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My sister Lisa
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/11/my-sister-lisa/
Published: March 11, 2025 23:48
I had my birthday the other day, and my birthday brings sadness and depression with it. Not because I’m getting older, that I’m used to, but because every year around this time I think of my sister, Lisa. We had almost the same birthday, the 9th of March…
The line goes down?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/11/the-line-goes-down-2/
Published: March 11, 2025 13:12
I know absolutely nothing about stocks. My eyes glaze over if you try to explain the stock market to me. I could be wrong, but isn’t it bad when the line goes down? I also suspect that it is bad when prices at the grocery store go up, as they’ve been doing…
Oh no! Our school is failing!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/11/oh-no-our-school-is-failing/
Published: March 11, 2025 12:50
We got another memo from the president of the University of Minnesota, Rebecca Cunningham. We’re failing! I am writing to you today, as our Twin Cities campus is now the subject of two federal investigations involving allegations of antisemitism: a U.S.…
Priorities!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/10/priorities-3/
Published: March 10, 2025 14:03
It’s a simple point.
Florida is taking pride in what they’re good at
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/10/florida-is-taking-pride-in-what-theyre-good-at/
Published: March 10, 2025 13:51
I guess that’s good, to put a positive spin on what you have a demonstrable skill in doing, even if it is something most of us would be embarrassed by. There’s a company putting on what they call Florida Man games, a series of competitions where Floridians…
A musical interlude
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/10/a-musical-interlude-3/
Published: March 10, 2025 13:35
At the Stand Up for Science rally, they were playing a lot of old protest songs before the program started. We’re going to need a lot more songs before this is over.
Don’t listen to RFK jr
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/10/dont-listen-to-rfk-jr/
Published: March 10, 2025 13:17
The latest “health” craze is all about condemning “seed oils”. I’m a guy with a family history of heart disease, so I pay attention to doctors’ dietary recommendations, and I never heard anything about “seed oils” until recently, and the complaints were…
I may have just turned 68, but I still have a little dignity
Published: March 9, 2025 10:36
I’m not wearing one of these things, or obsessing over the hundred pills I choose to swallow every night, or comparing myself to my sons. I’m not Bryan Johnson, the current joke of a man aging poorly. According to my calculations, it ain’t worth it. But he…
Like father, like son
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/08/like-father-like-son-2/
Published: March 8, 2025 19:38
There are protests going on in St. Cloud today, and my son Alaric was out there taking a few pictures. May the protests never stop, and may they rise to a crescendo resolved by throwing everyone involved in this administration in prison.
An open letter to all science-fiction/fantasy authors
Published: March 8, 2025 17:37
This morning, I strolled down to the coffeeshop to relax and read a book by an author I’ve always enjoyed (it’s Spring Break, I get to do that!) I started on this book I’d checked out from the library, and it was…a novel about a multiverse. I hate…
A science rally!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/08/a-science-rally/
Published: March 8, 2025 14:05
I was in St. Paul, or transiting to and from St. Paul, all day yesterday for the grand #StandUpForScience rally. As you might expect for an event organized by science nerds, it was flawlessly executed: it started exactly at 3pm, had about 10 speakers, and…
We’re celebrating International Women’s Day with a podcast
Published: March 8, 2025 13:17
Be there!
Today is the day to rally
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/07/today-is-the-day-to-rally/
Published: March 7, 2025 14:03
I’m leaving shortly for our state capitol to stand around and complain. Stand up for Science! If you can’t make it to your local protest, write a letter to your political representative and tell them what you think.
Some conservatives might be persuadable
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/07/some-conservatives-might-be-persuadable/
Published: March 7, 2025 13:50
Good news from Montana: the legislature was flooded with anti-trans laws, but they’ve all been defeated. They failed because a few eloquent trans advocates stood up and persuaded 29 Republicans to change course. Here’s one of the speeches, this one by…
I hate that I’m cheering for space exploration failures
Published: March 7, 2025 12:44
Yeah, another SpaceX “Starship” exploded in a test flight. I think space exploration is a great thing, but the fact that an evil, inane MAGAt is running it and exploiting it and promoting it with lies means I’m enjoying the fireworks. I’d rather not.
Another chickenshit Democrat
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/06/another-chickenshit-democrat/
Published: March 6, 2025 20:15
Gavin Newsom, the governor of California who also has aspirations to the presidency, has destroyed any chance he has of achieving that higher office, by creating a podcast. The first guest on that podcast? Charlie Kirk. The unqualified white nationalist…
But we’ve already got wooly mice
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/06/but-weve-already-got-wooly-mice/
Published: March 6, 2025 16:15
Colossal Biosciences is a tech company. You know what that means: hype, exaggeration, and lies, all to accompany developments that nobody needs or wants. In order to keep the stock prices up, they have to constantly pretend to have breakthroughs that get…
French, the language of love
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/06/french-the-language-of-love/
Published: March 6, 2025 14:18
Mon coeur! I swoon. I don’t understand a word that Claude Malhuret is saying, but I am dizzy with adoration now. His speech sounded so lovely, I had to look up a translation. It’s even better in English. My dear colleagues, Europe is at a critical turning…
SOTU, in brief
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/05/sotu-in-brief/
Published: March 5, 2025 15:50
I didn’t watch Trump’s cavalcade of lies last night, so I appreciate this compressed version that squeezes it down to a minute. Greenland, huh? No unelected bureaucrats while praising Elon Musk? Throwing out a protester while claiming to defend free…