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Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
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Famine fears allayed
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/11/famine-fears-allayed/
Published: December 11, 2025 17:35
Iāve got all these spiders getting to a size where fruit flies donāt cut it anymore, and unfortunately, my mealworm colony crashed, I tried buying live critters online but theyāre expensive and half of them died en route thanks to the bitter cold, so I wasā¦
Busy morning in the lab
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/10/busy-morning-in-the-lab/
Published: December 10, 2025 19:56
The colony has expanded just a little bit: all new, roomier containers for the largest of the black widows. The smaller ones still have some growinā to do in the incubator, but these I think are just about ripe for breeding.
Good to know the administration has its priorities straight
Published: December 10, 2025 18:12
Little Marco Rubio has taken decisive action and ended an oppressive policy. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinkenāsā¦
Sympathy for Samantha Fulnecky
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/10/sympathy-for-samantha-fulnecky/
Published: December 10, 2025 13:53
The Algorithm keeps throwing articles and videos about this bad essay that was written by OU student Samantha Fulnecky. I can understand that ā there is so much content being generated over the terrible writing by this student, because the internet is fullā¦
Racist old fool trash-talks Minnesota
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/09/racist-old-fool-trash-talks-minnesota/
Published: December 9, 2025 17:16
Worst president ever. Mr. President, thank you. Um, the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, is saying that heās actually proud to have the largest Somali community in the country. And his police chief,heās a fool.Well, his police chief is also saying,Iā¦
Just call me the dude
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/09/just-call-me-the-dude/
Published: December 9, 2025 15:11
Got a new rug for my officeā¦actually, itās an old rug, used to be in our bedroom, it got relocated when we put in a new bed. My wife has stopped by this morning three times to let me know it ties the room together. The cat better not pee on it.
For the capitalist parasites: theyāre asking for it
Published: December 9, 2025 13:46
The right-wingers are fighting among themselves again, inspired by Hegsethās bombing of boats. Claire Lehmann, the terrible racist founder of Quillette, starts the bickering by complaining about the sinkingā¦not that she opposes murdering random people fromā¦
How DHS celebrates Xmas
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/08/how-dhs-celebrates-xmas/
Published: December 8, 2025 19:14
Itās not just Jesus with an AK47, now Santa is packing, too. If youāre in Homeland Security, youāre a twisted, evil person.
No nervous system interference there at all, thank you very much
Published: December 8, 2025 15:39
Remember this guy? A local chiropractor put up signs all around town touting āThe Cancer Cureā (but taking care not to promise one, since heās only a chiropractor). Those signs suddenly disappeared shortly after I complained, but itās typical of theseā¦
Jesus would have bombed those boats!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/08/jesus-would-have-bombed-those-boats/
Published: December 8, 2025 11:56
The NY Times did one of those things theyāre so fond of: take an unscientific and inadequate sample of a subpopulation of voters, and ask them what they think of a recent policy decision. This time, they asked 6 Republicans what they think of bombingā¦
Merry MAGA Xmas
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/07/merry-maga-xmas/
Published: December 7, 2025 18:22
Itās a typical scenario this time of year: Olā Grandpa has a festive wreath on his door, delivery driver drops off a package at his door, Olā Grandpa emerges to call ICE and 911 because the driver speaks Spanish. Olā Racist Grandpa explains that this isā¦
Wanna see a beautiful fossil?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/07/wanna-see-a-beautiful-fossil/
Published: December 7, 2025 16:33
I know that a pile of bones of Tyrannosaurus or Triceratops gets all the attention and popular press, but what gives me a thrill is seeing a well-preserved Cambrian invertebrate, especially if it represents an early developmental stage. Hereās a realā¦
āTis the season for office holiday parties
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/06/tis-the-season-for-office-holiday-parties/
Published: December 6, 2025 19:37
The science and math party is on Monday, and I had to figure out what to bring. I donāt want to be the lazy drone who brings a six-pack or beer or some cookies from the store (thereās nothing wrong with my peers who do that, Iām aiming for just one stepā¦
Mildly concerned about the trajectory of the education profession
Published: December 5, 2025 18:01
Iāll be teaching cell biology next fall. Should I be worried?
You need some more spider information
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/05/you-need-some-more-spider-information/
Published: December 5, 2025 16:57
We just struggled to figure out how to put fitted sheets on a split-top bed, so Iām too tired to do it. Here are a few videos to do the job. This first one is looking at spiders from an evolutionary perspective ā itās at a basic level, since the firstā¦
Krampus lives here
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/05/krampus-lives-here/
Published: December 5, 2025 14:51
Itās Krampusnacht! This is appropriate in my household, for a couple of reasons. OK, one reason. We are having our new fancy adjustable bed moved in! This meant that we had to clear a path from the driveway door to our bedroom. Our house is a bit twisty onā¦
Streaming series belong in the upside-down
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/05/streaming-series-belong-in-the-upside-down/
Published: December 5, 2025 14:02
I tried, despite my misgivings. I tried watching this new season of Stranger Things. I made it a half hour before giving up. I have noticed that inevitably these expensive streaming series that suck up your time for 8 or 10 or 12 episodes in their firstā¦
Mission for our next president: institute the damnatio memoriae
Published: December 4, 2025 19:49
In yet another pointless sop to his ego, the president has renamed the Institute of Peace after himself. The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and has planted the presidentās name on theā¦
I see presentiments of my future fate
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/04/i-see-presentiments-of-my-future-fate/
Published: December 4, 2025 14:05
Sometimes, students earn a failing grade. I hand back essays or exams with zeroes on them, and inform students that they arenāt passing the courseā¦and suggest that we meet so we can work out the problem. At the end of the semester I might log into theā¦
A good editorial from the Star Tribune
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/03/a-good-editorial-from-the-star-tribune/
Published: December 3, 2025 14:51
It is fair-minded in pointing out that while Minnesota has done a poor job of preventing fraud, it doesnāt justify the racist comments Trump has made. Heāll probably declare it fake news. Minnesota finds itself in a harsh spotlight as President Donaldā¦
This is what stupid rich means
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/03/this-is-what-stupid-rich-means/
Published: December 3, 2025 14:23
Soā¦Donald Trump got an MRI, but heās really stupid about it. Trump added Sunday that he has no idea on what part of his body he got the MRI. It was just an MRI, he said. What part of the body? It wasnāt the brain because I took a cognitive test and I acedā¦
I was already predisposed to mistrust dollar stores
Published: December 3, 2025 12:33
The town I live in has a spreading plague of dollar stores ā weāve got two (in a town of 5000 people!) and a third one is under construction. Iām not keen on them ā they seem to be sloppily managed and underpay their workers ā so theyāre a sign of aā¦
Disgustingly racist president says disgustingly racist things
Published: December 2, 2025 22:48
Our horribly racist president went on an ignorant rant about the Somali community in Minnesota. Donald Trump on Tuesday called Somali immigrants garbage and said they should be sent back home in a rant that came as the administration is reportedlyā¦
Itās tough to argue with someone who lacks evidence
Published: December 2, 2025 19:01
Iām sure youāve noticed how creationists only want to talk about their perceived flaws in evolutionary theory, but never about their preferred creationist explanations (they canāt, because they donāt have a reasonable creationist model to discuss.) Hereāsā¦
You mean Legally Blonde was not a documentary?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/02/you-mean-legally-blonde-was-not-a-documentary/
Published: December 2, 2025 14:53
I wish I could say that I hope Trump is learning something, but I doubt that he is. It seems that appointing attractive young women to high positions in his legal team has drawbacks ā not that he should discriminate against young women, but that beingā¦
xkcd doesnāt cover all the possibilities
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/02/xkcd-doesnt-cover-all-the-possibilities/
Published: December 2, 2025 14:25
This came out with poor timing. You see, yesterday afternoon was spent trying to use a companyās website. I was sent a bunch of stuff from a company, complaining about my motherās failure to respond to their entreaties ā she died in 2024. Iām still dealingā¦
Sorry, Iām going to be pessimistic again
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/01/sorry-im-going-to-be-pessimistic-again/
Published: December 1, 2025 18:41
Letās seeā¦weāre living in a country run by openly corrupt oligarchs. The educational system is being undermined by fundamentalist Christian fanatics. Weāre almost certainly headed for an economic crash, as billionaires pour billions of our dollars into theā¦
Somebody got paid
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/01/somebody-got-paid/
Published: December 1, 2025 13:44
The US government hates drug dealers so much that theyāre willing to blow up fishing boats to kill them extrajudicially ā boats that might contain only fishermen, but because some are ānarcoboats,ā the Secretary of War believes he is authorized to ākillā¦
The most cutting burn ever
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/29/the-most-cutting-burn-ever/
Published: November 29, 2025 14:49
Also, the worst case of getting old ever. Dorothy Fuldheim was a well-respected and cutting edge newscaster from Cleveland from the 1930s until her death in 1984. She made the mistake of going on the Johnny Carson show in 1979, with Richard Pryorā¦and youā¦
Donāt trust anything from the Anhui Vocational College of Press and Publishing
Published: November 28, 2025 14:01
Back in the day, when I was writing papers, it was a grueling, demanding process. Iād spend hours in the darkroom, trying to develop perfect exposures of all the images, and that was after weeks to months with my eyes locked to the microscope. Even worseā¦