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Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
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A common thread among billionaires
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/21/a-common-thread-among-billionaires/
Published: December 21, 2024 15:38
Angela Collier points out a bizarre thing these billionaires do: these people ā Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk ā are all college dropouts who couldnāt even finish an undergraduate degree, but now they all claim that they could have beenā¦
The imagery that should scare the wealthy
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/21/the-imagery-that-should-scare-the-wealthy/
Published: December 21, 2024 14:24
Iām noticing a troubling but interesting phenomenon: the sanctification of Saint Luigi. I donāt care for this at all ā itās more than just my anti-religious attitude, but that given Luigi Mangioneās privileged background I doubt that heās the class heroā¦
Halfway across the state and back again
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/20/halfway-across-the-state-and-back-again/
Published: December 20, 2024 18:33
Cars are an expensive pain in the butt. It was time to do some maintenance on the Honda, but the nearest Honda dealer is in St Cloud, so I had to get up early and drive across the state on icy snowy roads to get it serviced. They were quick and bounced meā¦
There is no carol that wonāt wear out its welcome
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/19/there-is-no-carol-that-wont-wear-out-its-welcome/
Published: December 19, 2024 14:54
Iāve been avoiding stores for a while now, because theyāre all playing the same tired, horrible Christmas carols all the time ā I was trying to buy almond milk and eggs the other day and had to flee because Mariah Carey started singing. Iām wishing I couldā¦
Insufferably credulous ājournalistsā
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/19/insufferably-credulous-journalists/
Published: December 19, 2024 14:09
Ainsley Earhardt, one of the āFox and Friendsā airheads, is very excited about the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Weāre all excited about him. How wonderful is it that we donāt ā might, we might not have to worry about our children with autism or ourā¦
You think spider sex is crazy?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/19/you-think-spider-sex-is-crazy/
Published: December 19, 2024 13:05
I beg to differ about spider sex ā itās perfectly normally weird, but then I have been spending a fair amount of time trying to encourage spiders to have sex. Mainly what Iām concerned about is that itās too infrequent, and they seem to have seasonalā¦
The Democratic Party will never change
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/18/the-democratic-party-will-never-change/
Published: December 18, 2024 14:50
After the humiliating and ridiculous loss in November, youād think the Democrats would decide to shake things up and change a few of the top brass. Youād think wrong. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) lost the bid to be the leading Democrat on the Houseā¦
A novel Xian argument
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/18/a-novel-xian-argument/
Published: December 18, 2024 14:20
Itās only 4 minutes long, but itās just packed with ācleverā arguments for god. If you donāt feel like wasting 4 minutes on this guy ā and I donāt blame you ā here is his logical argument: if, in the future, people can invent an app that lets you instantlyā¦
I think I just sold a house
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/17/i-think-i-just-sold-a-house/
Published: December 17, 2024 19:56
This house. A notary just drove out to my house with a stack of documents from the lending company, and I signed them all, and now those documents get shipped back to Seattle for the buyers to sign, and if that all goes smoothly a bunch of money gets wiredā¦
If youāve ever wondered where all those sexist gamers came fromā¦
Published: December 17, 2024 17:40
Sexism in gaming isnāt a new thing at all ā good olā Dungeons & Dragons was full of it. Hereās Gary Gygax, one of the creators of the game, opining on women in gaming sometime in the early 2000s: One thing that jumped out at me was his flat statement thatā¦
I do love a good spleen
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/17/i-do-love-a-good-spleen/
Published: December 17, 2024 14:23
David Gerardās spleen is quite nice. That all rings true. The technology is interesting and potentially useful, the problem is the techbro cult that is monetizing it all.
I guess Iām supposed to be happy
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/17/i-guess-im-supposed-to-be-happy/
Published: December 17, 2024 13:35
Minnesota, as a state, is happier than California? I donāt quite trust these things. They always have to juggle a whole bunch of parameters to come up with a single composite score like āhappiness,ā and you can get any answer you want with the rightā¦
Thereās no point in even mentioning this
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/16/theres-no-point-in-even-mentioning-this/
Published: December 16, 2024 18:58
Another school shooting, this time in Madison, Wisconsin, which is getting a little too close to my granddaughterās school. Although, to be honest, a shooting in Florida is getting too close to her. Nothing will be done to end this insanity. I know it, youā¦
Itās a wrap
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/16/its-a-wrap-2/
Published: December 16, 2024 18:30
The grades for all of my classes, Fundamentals of Genetics, Evolution, and Development, and History of Evolutionary Thought, and Cell Biology lab, and Biological Communication II, have been submitted. I am done. This was not my favorite semester of theā¦
Scientists as scoundrels
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/16/scientists-as-scoundrels/
Published: December 16, 2024 13:51
No scientist has ever looked at the state of science funding and thought it was great. The pressure is tremendous and the success rate for grants is dismal. But hey, it could get so much worse and probably will. The incoming administration is flagrantlyā¦
Surprise, the Earth is a globe
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/16/surprise-the-earth-is-a-globe/
Published: December 16, 2024 13:25
I hate to mention it again, but since I mentioned āThe Final Experimentā before, I guess I should note that it has been concluded. On 14 December, observers in Antarctica watched the sun stay above the horizon for 24 hours, as predicted. Ho hum. This was aā¦
GLADIIATOR
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/16/gladiiator/
Published: December 16, 2024 12:01
I feel like I need to apologize for whatever smug twit thought it was clever to put that āIIā in the middle of āGladiatorā. Its appearance in the title card was, however, the last bit of wit in this entire movie, and was also representative of the botched,ā¦
Benjamin Dixon murders the Young Turks
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/15/benjamin-dixon-murders-the-young-turks/
Published: December 15, 2024 12:11
Someone call the police, this was a brutal execution. Actually, never mind. I never cared much for Cenk Uygur or Ana Kasparian, never subscribed to the Young Turks, gave them at best a little side-eye, so Iām not at all surprised at their steady drift fromā¦
The journal Intelligence really needs to change its name
Published: December 14, 2024 12:43
Thatās a journal I would never trust ā after all, they were responsible for publishing Richard Lynnās hacky paper on the IQ of nations. Now hereās another example of a terrible racist paper from it. Itās an evolutionary psychology paper by Kanazawa, aā¦
TODAY: Freethoughtbloggers discuss the problem of evil
Published: December 14, 2024 11:58
Just in time for your Christmas shopping list! It seems obvious today that people are operating on different principles for defining good and evil. Some people seem to believe that itās virtuous to massacre Palestinian children, strangle homeless people onā¦
Iām going to have to reorganize everything
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/13/im-going-to-have-to-reorganize-everything/
Published: December 13, 2024 19:50
One of the perks of my position is that every two years I get a shiny new computer. I got my new one installed this morning. Thatās my usual work station. Iāve got a Wild M3 on the left, a nice Leica next to it, then this laptop with dual monitors spillingā¦
Sexual dimorphism ā itās scary
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/13/sexual-dimorphism-its-scary/
Published: December 13, 2024 19:34
This is a female Latrodectus mactans. This is a male Latrodectus mactans. I brought them together this morning. The female is plump and mature. The male has large, engorged palps. This is what they look like together. They did not mate today, although theā¦
One habit I wish we could break
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/13/one-habit-i-wish-we-could-break/
Published: December 13, 2024 14:01
I guess I need to inform my family that I donāt want them to surprise me with a shiny new car in the driveway for Christmas ā you know, like those commercials where a grinning husband surprises his oblivious wife, who apparently makes no contribution toā¦