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I meet some students for real today

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/21/i-meet-some-students-for-real-today/

Published: August 21, 2026 14:28

Classes haven’t started just yet, but I’m meeting my new advisees today. They’re all pre-nursing students! The world needs more nurses so I’m happy to welcome them and inform them of the horrors OPPORTUNITIES that await them. We actually do provide a good…

I get mail

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/20/i-get-mail-5/

Published: August 20, 2026 19:11

My address is easy to find, and if nothing else, you can just send it to me, at the University of Minnesota Morris, and it will find its way to my mailbox. Lately, I’ve gotten mundane pages from the Watchtower (Jehovah’s Witnesses are instantly…

The lesson of apples

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/20/the-lesson-of-apples/

Published: August 20, 2026 12:54

I grew up in Washington state, and many of my relatives worked the apple orchards in season — they were good, hardworking fruit pickers. But I hadn’t even thought about where apples came from. I was pretty sure it wouldn’t have been the Yakima valley, and…

The queen has a beau!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/19/the-queen-has-a-beau/

Published: August 19, 2026 20:55

I was checking on the Argiope female in my backyard, and discovered that she has a little friend, in a web about 10cm away. It’s true that the female of the species dwarfs the little males, but look at the gigantic, pendulous palps hanging off the boy.…

Silencio!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/19/silencio/

Published: August 19, 2026 19:13

My internet has been down most of the day, so I’ve taken advantage of the silence to do a bunch of class prep. Nothing exciting, no problems, I’ve just been temporarily inaccessible.

Progress achieved

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/18/progress-achieved/

Published: August 18, 2026 18:47

This morning I got my entire first week of lectures tidied up and uploaded, along with my syllabus (actually got that done last week), and am ready to begin my semester. Almost. Tomorrow I’ll get my first week of lab organized.

Lock him up!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/18/lock-him-up-2/

Published: August 18, 2026 13:07

I told you about how James O’Keefe had tried to prank Minnesota elections. This state had a major fraud scandal where a few people had scammed childcare funds for millions of dollars, and the government has been hammering through those cases and slamming…

The death of superheroes

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/18/the-death-of-superheroes/

Published: August 18, 2026 11:41

One of the drawbacks to volunteering at the local theater is that you have to sit through way too many showings of movies you don’t like. I’ve suffered through four showings of Spider-Man: Spiderless New Day so far. I don’t actually sit through the movie,…