The students don’t have any significant voice in the management of the university, oh heck no. It’s definitely not the faculty, either — they are allowed to contribute to strictly…

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02.04.2025

I had visitors last night

I arrived at my office door this morning, and what do I see? I didn’t do it. I’m going to have to scoop them up and bring them inside before the custodians dispose of them.

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02.04.2025

Sissy hypno?

I have stumbled into a strange YouTube niche: feminization hypnosis. It’s a category of delusional videos in which voices whisper at you, telling you to put on make-up or become trans or enco…

Free Thought Blogs Pharyngula

02.04.2025

Run, Mike, run!

Guess who’s considering running for governor of Minnesota? MAGA election conspiracy theorist and MyPillow founder Mike Lindell has eyes on what could be his next gig. And it isn’t selling pil…

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01.04.2025

Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility!

Pay attention!

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01.04.2025

Watch the skies!

In class today, I was telling students what to expect on the big genetics exam on Wednesday. I got an unexpected question: “What if we get 6-12 inches of snow on Tuesday and Wednesday?”…

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01.04.2025

Thank the OSS!

This video from Some More News has some good suggestions about what how to resist a fascist takeover. One little suggestion I want to bring up is that the video recommends a pamphlet, the Simple Sa…

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01.04.2025

The problem with the Democratic party

Teen Vogue is the surprising vanguard. Here’s an article by a former Democratic staffer who has some strong criticisms of the Democratic leadership. I walked away from my job as a writer for …

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30.03.2025

The Na-K pump is not controversial at all

Every few weeks, I get a fresh comment on an old video I made a about a year ago about Gilbert Ling. It’s low level stuff, remarkable only for the persistent trickle of comments I get, and be…

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30.03.2025

Universities need to FIGHT BACK

We’re all aware that the Secret Police swept in and sent a Tufts graduate student to a concentration camp in Louisiana. They also detained Mahmoud Khalil from Columbia University (we also kno…

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29.03.2025

Get ready for more stories like this

Only two months into Trump’s reign, and three prominent Yale professors depart for a Canadian university. These professors started planning to leave the country back in November, which is ama…

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29.03.2025

Jehovah’s got competition

Here’s a provocative idea from Gregory Paul: the churches are dying. One might think that the religion in its vast array of guises continues to be a potent force in human societies. And of co…

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28.03.2025

Most people would decorate with a few garden gnomes

Not us. We have to welcome spring with something more … elaborate. Not visible: the three guys with shovels and wrenches deep in the hole.

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28.03.2025

The secret police are here

Way, way back in time, when the atheist schism was running hot, Freethoughtblogs and Skepchick were accused of being like the Stasi by Paula Kirby, a journalist (and also Richard Dawkins’ mis…

Free Thought Blogs Pharyngula

27.03.2025

The administration is a mob of children

We now have excerpts from that Signal chat, where a reporter was accidentally included as they discussed bombing the Houthis in Yemen. Jesus fucking christ. Emojis? Cheering while they gloat about …

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27.03.2025

Poor Martyn Iles

Martyn Iles lost his status as Ken Ham’s successor at Answers in Genesis (there’s a story there, I’m sure, but no one is talking), and now he’s an immigrant wandering loose …

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27.03.2025

OH NO! MY LAWN!!!

Things you don’t like to come home to: a backhoe parked on the grass and an 8 foot deep trench dug in the yard. We noticed with the spring thaw that we were building a lovely swamp in the yar…

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27.03.2025

Our replacement is almost ready

AI spills the beans. An alternative to humanity is being developed from mouse stock. You should feel guilty if you put out mouse traps and squish those mega-brains.

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26.03.2025

I am relieved that our invasion plans are all going to fail

Canada, Greenland, Mexico, and Panama are even more relieved that the American war machine is run by idiots and incompetents. When they make war plans, they invite random journalists to the meeting…

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26.03.2025

Feminine stereotypes

Male tarantulas, when they reach sexual maturity, are focused on wandering away to find sex, to the point where they may lose interest in eating. Females, on the other hand, turn into voracious con…

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26.03.2025

The “Average Christian” is a believer in lies

Apparently I need to go back to bed and shut down all social media, because this is the dreck I’m getting now on Bluesky. I can’t resist, let’s look a little more closely at the s…

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26.03.2025

So bad

This is how I start my morning? Make sure you’ve got a clear path to the toilet before you click on play. The good news: it’s not an earworm. As soon as it stopped, I figured out that t…

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26.03.2025

The fox is in charge of the henhouse

NASA’s budget is getting slashed. NASA is terminating $420 million in contracts the agency says are redundant or “misaligned” with its core priorities, but has provided few details about what…

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25.03.2025

If I lived in Illinois, I’d vote for her

Kat Abughazaleh is running for congress. We need more of this: young people rising up and running against the tired old do-nothings currently holding down sinecures in congress.

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25.03.2025

JB Pritzker makes my day

We have two kinds of Democrats in the party, and I want to see more of the JB Pritzker kind. He gave a great speech. Donald Trump cannot take anything from us that we don’t choose to give him…

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25.03.2025

The Eichorn saga is sinking into the abyssal depths

Remember Justin Eichorn? The Minnesota Republican who was caught in a sting trying pick up 16 year old girls? This is what he looked like before his arrest. Update: here’s his latest availabl…

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25.03.2025

I think Blue is a she

Blue is the lab mascot, a Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, and after their last molt, they’ve acquired the dark blue and blue-green colors of a mature greenbottle blue tarantula, and maybe reac…

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25.03.2025

Columbia University’s shame

They should be ashamed by their cowardice. Trump threatened and Columbia caved. The US president has made no secret of his intent to control what is studied, thought, and debated. His administratio…

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24.03.2025

Is this too much of an inside joke?

This little meme was posted by Will Stancil. I’m wondering if I’m just too online, because I got the joke immediately. In case you haven’t heard of him (you live a blessed life), …

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24.03.2025

The fascist wrecking ball is here

The historians all saw this coming. In a prophetic post from long long ago (2023), Ruth Ben-Ghiat explains the authoritarian playbook, and it all starts with stifling the universities. As the GOP t…

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23.03.2025

New Mastodon server!

For those who care, I’ve switched my Mastodon server. I’m now @pzmyers@freethought.online. HJ Hornbeck set this up for us a few years ago, but I didn’t bother to move at the time,…

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23.03.2025

They hate libraries, too

If this weren’t so horrifying, it would be ridiculous. Trump & Co. want to eliminate federal support for libraries. When President Trump recently proposed eliminating the Institute of Mus…

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23.03.2025

Don’t visit America

Warning: cancel your travel plans. The US is not a viable destination anymore. Read this account by a Canadian professor who was trying to give a lecture in this country. So much bureaucracy. So mu…

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22.03.2025

Bluest of the blue

Don’t blame Minnesota for the mess we’re in.

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22.03.2025

Fascists erasing history for racist reasons

The people who hate DEI really hate it when you say they’re racist. They claim their motivations aren’t racist at all — they’re just trying to be fair. They’re concern…

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22.03.2025

That problem is too easy

I’ve seen this game of Telephone played out in my cell biology class, but to a greater degree. Square units? Far too easy. Our first lab in cell biology is about observing cells and then doin…

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21.03.2025

Another day of cobweb watching

Day one: Day two: And now, day three: I don’t think it’s gotten any more complex, but is it changing?

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21.03.2025

Vivian Wilson, cover girl

Vivian Wilson is interviewed in Teen Vogue. She is not a nepo baby — she’s been cut off from the sperm donor, Elon Musk, who contributed in a minimal way to her birth. Wilson entered th…

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21.03.2025

It couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy

It’s been a while since I mentioned Joseph Mercola, the alternative medicine cancer quack with a vast empire of snake oil supplements. If anti-vaccine influencers had a king, it would be Dr. …

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21.03.2025

A new low

A French scientist flew into Houston to attend a conference, and DHS searched his luggage. To their horror, they found…a phone. That contained messages that were disrespectful to Donald Trump, and …

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The dirty little secret of universities everywhere

I had visitors last night

Sissy hypno?

Run, Mike, run!

Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility!

Watch the skies!

Thank the OSS!

The problem with the Democratic party

The Na-K pump is not controversial at all

Universities need to FIGHT BACK

Get ready for more stories like this

Jehovah’s got competition

Most people would decorate with a few garden gnomes

The secret police are here

The administration is a mob of children

Poor Martyn Iles

OH NO! MY LAWN!!!

Our replacement is almost ready

I am relieved that our invasion plans are all going to fail

Feminine stereotypes

The “Average Christian” is a believer in lies

So bad

The fox is in charge of the henhouse

If I lived in Illinois, I’d vote for her

JB Pritzker makes my day

The Eichorn saga is sinking into the abyssal depths

I think Blue is a she

Columbia University’s shame

Is this too much of an inside joke?

The fascist wrecking ball is here

New Mastodon server!

They hate libraries, too

Don’t visit America

Bluest of the blue

Fascists erasing history for racist reasons

That problem is too easy

Another day of cobweb watching

Vivian Wilson, cover girl

It couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy

A new low

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