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Oh no, science to get the Trump “gold” treatment
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/24/oh-no-science-to-get-the-trump-gold-treatment/
Published: July 24, 2026 18:46
This is not good news. The Trump administration wants to radically change how science is done in this country. On Tuesday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a report entitled “Science: A New Golden Age,” in which it…
You can’t get a philosophy degree in Wyoming
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/24/you-cant-get-a-philosophy-degree-in-wyoming/
Published: July 24, 2026 16:49
Wyoming students aren’t allowed to get a degree in philosophy. Wyoming will become the first state in the US where you cannot receive a B.A. in Philosophy. The University of Wyoming will be the only R1 institution, the only state flagship university, and…
Everything is looking Odyssey now
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/24/everything-is-looking-odyssey-now/
Published: July 24, 2026 13:59
Apparently, the Odyssey is fully engaged with pop culture now. I think the threat that a whole civilization will die is kind of like the prophecy that Delphi gave to Croesus. Another phrase associated with Croesus is “Count no man happy until the end is…
Grandpa3!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/24/grandpa3/
Published: July 24, 2026 13:39
Oh no. I’m getting so old. Now my oldest son, Alaric, and his partner, Katarina, have announced that they are expecting, and that we can expect our third grandchild in November. We’ve been sent a gift registry and have been invited to a baby shower next…
>huuuaaaallllp<
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/23/huuuaaaallllp/
Published: July 23, 2026 21:04
This grubby-handed gentleman left a jar of raw milk outside, in 90°F heat, for two days, until the solids started to separate, chunks formed, and I see some discoloration appearing, although that could just be from the filthy state of his glassware. He…
Your stabilimentum so fine, girl
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/23/your-stabilimentum-so-fine-girl/
Published: July 23, 2026 20:42
Showing off our lavely backyard Argiope aurantia. She’s an ornament to our house.
[CONSERV]ATIVES: gimmicky title, bad movie
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/23/conservatives-gimmicky-title-bad-movie/
Published: July 23, 2026 15:39
What if a documentary was made to bridge the divide between conservatives and liberals, and it only showed the conservative perspective, while liberals are asked to just listen? And what if the only people to show up to watch the documentary were liberals?…
Hey atheists — I have a question. Is Lily Jay fake?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/22/hey-atheists-i-have-a-question-is-lily-jay-fake/
Published: July 22, 2026 19:36
If you’ve hung out with the atheist communities on YouTube or Instagram (and if you haven’t, congratulations!) you’ve probably encountered Lily Jay. She’s a chirpy blonde Australian woman, and convert to Islam, who makes short videos in which she tries to…
Welcome to my den of iniquity
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/22/welcome-to-my-den-of-iniquity/
Published: July 22, 2026 12:52
A military police officer turned researcher got a job as a corrections. No one will be surprised that she discovers that prisons are a hotbed of ugly attitudes and hateful beliefs. In my observation, the sex offenders seemed to express the most frequent…
I’m sorry, Canada
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/21/im-sorry-canada/
Published: July 21, 2026 18:34
The personal apology of a powerless person in the United States doesn’t matter much, but I sincerely am sorry for what our country is doing to you. Actually, we should be apologizing to the whole world, but Canada is our neighbor and our “silly old…
My terrible confession
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/21/my-terrible-confession/
Published: July 21, 2026 14:11
I get up early every morning, and practically the first thing I do is check the news to see if our ghastly president is dead yet. I have high hopes that sometime in the near future he’s going to suffer a miserable painful death (or a quick painless one, I…
What? The all-meat diet isn’t a panacea?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/21/what-the-all-meat-diet-isnt-a-panacea/
Published: July 21, 2026 12:40
I don’t follow the day-to-day activities of the Peterson family, Jordan and Mikhaila, so I had just assumed that they were still pushing that cure-all diet of eating nothing but beef and salt. They aren’t! They’ve given up and shifted to a series of new…
Ugly man, ugly statue
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/20/ugly-man-ugly-statue/
Published: July 20, 2026 19:46
Serves him right. This sculptor thought he could cash in on the Charlie Kirk frenzy, but it backfired on him — now he’s left holding the bag. A New York sculptor has been left furious after spending $100,000 of his own money to build a lifesize statue of…
Uh-oh. I saw another movie this weekend
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/20/uh-oh-i-saw-another-movie-this-weekend/
Published: July 20, 2026 16:07
I know it’s only appreciated when I really hate a movie, but I liked Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. Sorry. Hey friends — Before I saw Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey this weekend, I did my research. Not by reading the Odyssey, which I’d read in translation…
Guess who else is back?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/19/guess-who-else-is-back/
Published: July 19, 2026 23:07
One of the virtues of the heat is that we have lazily allowed our backyard to run wild. Thigh-high grasses, thistles, strange forbs, all kinds of happy weeds are growing everywhere, and with them comes the fierce invertebrates. Welcome home, Argiope…
Look who’s back!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/19/look-whos-back-2/
Published: July 19, 2026 22:54
It’s been a miserable day, driving in exhausting heat to visit family in St Cloud. But we’re back, and look what we found in the front yard: In case you don’t recognize it, here’s an older sibling: Yep, it’s Monarch season again!
A beautiful response by Talarico
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/19/a-beautiful-response-by-talarico/
Published: July 19, 2026 14:19
Talarico takes the right tone in responding to accusations by Texas Republicans. “He says you’re not manly enough to actually — this guy says you’re not manly enough to represent the people of Texas,” Scarborough said. “And he’s concerned about your Low T…
Environmental inanity — it’s a good reason to throw this guy out of office NOW
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/18/environmental-inanity-its-a-good-reason-to-throw-this-guy-out-of-office-now/
Published: July 18, 2026 15:32
We’ve had a couple of bad days here in Minnesota — the smoke from the wildfires up north has made breathing uncomfortable, and for a while Minneapolis was ranked somthing like the third most smoggy city in the world. It’s not too bad today, although more…
I do believe in foreign interference in our elections
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/17/i-do-believe-in-foreign-interference-in-our-elections/
Published: July 17, 2026 11:40
Donald Trump gave a speech last night in which he he claimed that he only lost the 2020 election because foreigners interfered. He is obsessed with that ignominious defeat, because his ego is so huge that he can’t tolerate any contradiction of his…
Our troops will be getting gender-affirming care
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/16/our-troops-will-be-getting-gender-affirming-care/
Published: July 16, 2026 14:53
Isn’t that sweet? Pete Hegseth is imposing mandatory testosterone testing, but is not requiring testosterone supplements, yet. As we all know, good soldiers are in a constant roid-rage, and can be recognized by their chronic bacne. This policy is being…
Science should be getting the credit, not your silly god
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/16/science-should-be-getting-the-credit-not-your-silly-god/
Published: July 16, 2026 14:22
I could not leave the scarring of this lovely video unaddressed, so I made a video of my own. Transcript below. I was thrilled to run across this short time lapse video of some familiar neurons, cells that I became familiar with in the 1990s. Some ignorant…