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December 2022

1. 31 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 DecMore debunked or questioned psychological studies
4. 31 DecCaturday felid trifecta: The new Grumpy Cat; the eyes of Kiwi cats; why cats are like human introverts; and lagniappe
5. 30 DecFriday: Special Hili dialogue
6. 30 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
7. 30 DecNick Cohen writes about Twitter
8. 30 DecTop posts on this site
9. 30 DecNative Americans claim P-22’s body (the Griffith Park mountain lion)
10. 29 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
11. 29 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
12. 29 DecTake the Faraday Institute’s Science vs. Religion quiz!
13. 29 DecA once respected biology journal indicts evolutionary biology for ableism
14. 28 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
15. 28 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
16. 28 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ periods
17. 28 DecGlenn Loury on affirmative action
18. 28 DecThe Atlantic recommends six long books
19. 27 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
20. 27 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
21. 27 DecMy interview in L’Express about “progressive” attacks on science
22. 27 DecThe Popehat on Free Speech
23. 27 DecThe best “science” stories of the year from Scientific American
24. 26 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
25. 26 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
26. 26 DecRussia wishes Europe a miserable Christmas
27. 26 DecThe New York Times touts religious miracles as proof of God
28. 25 DecTwo movie to see: “Tár” and “Till”
29. 25 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
30. 25 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
31. 24 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue)
32. 24 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
33. 24 DecCaturday felid trifecta: How to train a cat; inside the mind of a cat; Pallas’ cats; and lagniappe
34. 24 DecProfessor fired for showing art class image of Muhammad with his face visible (something not unusual in the history of Islamic art). Students and university go wild with crazy allegations of “Islamophobia”
35. 23 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
36. 23 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
37. 23 DecScotland allows anybody’s gender (i.e., “legal sex”) to be determined entirely by self recognition
38. 23 DecProgressive professors: the root of all evil
39. 22 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
40. 22 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
41. 22 DecMIT adopts a slightly hedged “free expression” statement
42. 22 DecThe Jews who loved Christmas
43. 22 DecTim Minchin on confirmation bias
44. 21 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
45. 21 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
46. 21 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ tribalism
47. 21 DecStanford’s IT language police back off, but only about one word
48. 21 Dec60 Minutes goes to Lourdes to investigate medical miracles
49. 20 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
50. 20 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
51. 20 DecThe controversy continues about naming the Webb Space Telescope; the woke won’t give up in the face of the facts
52. 20 DecA good piece by Razib Khan on epigenetics
53. 19 DecMonday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue)
54. 19 DecThe moralization of science
55. 19 DecBeginning NOW: House committee holds final hearing on January 6 insurrection, and will recommend sanctions. Watch live here.
56. 18 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
57. 18 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
58. 18 DecWatch the World Cup final free online—here
59. 18 DecThe battle continues over whether Polynesians discovered Antarctica (hint: they didn’t)
60. 18 DecArgentina wins!
61. 17 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
62. 17 DecReader’s wildlife photos (and videos)
63. 17 DecCaturday felid trifecta, World Cup edition: “Cat tales”: a full cat movie; goalkeeper cat; England football team adopts Dave the Cat in Cat-ar
64. 17 DecWhat they’ve done to Botany Pond
65. 16 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
66. 16 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
67. 16 DecJohn Scopes and his University of Chicago connection
68. 16 DecA scientist says that peer review is obsolete
69. 16 DecOn University administrators and departments making political, ideological, or moral statements
70. 15 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
71. 15 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
72. 15 DecTwo (actually five) excellent books to consider
73. 14 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
74. 14 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
75. 14 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Islamophobia
76. 14 DecAnti-semitism at a Canadian medical school
77. 13 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
78. 13 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
79. 13 DecNew Zealand starting a curriculum that gives indigenous knowledge equal weight to the “traditional world view” in all subjects
80. 13 DecShould we have free speech on social media?
81. 12 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
82. 12 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
83. 12 DecQueen Mary University professor rejects evolution and promotes the New Testament in his inaugural lecture
84. 12 DecA must-read (or must-listen): A heated debate on whether the mainstream media is trustworthy
85. 11 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
86. 11 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
87. 11 DecArtemis-1/Orion splashdown today: 12:39 EST
88. 11 DecMore fiction and superstition fed to NYT readers
89. 10 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
90. 10 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
91. 10 DecCaturday felid trifecta: Cats who owned famous scientists; caterwauling set to music ; Chinese cats in art and literature; and special lagniappe
92. 10 DecMore evidence for the decline of rock/pop music
93. 9 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
94. 9 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
95. 9 DecOrion/Artemis-1: “On our way home”
96. 9 DecAncient ecosystem reconstructed using fossil DNA
97. 8 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
98. 8 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
99. 8 DecDiane Morgan does standup
100. 8 DecStuff from this week’s Nature
101. 7 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
102. 7 DecSpot the frog!
103. 7 DecConservative religious organization refused restaurant service in Virginia: does this violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
104. 7 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ näive realism
105. 7 DecMore Kiwi missteps: New Zealand tries to infuse spirituality into chemistry (and electrical engineering)
106. 7 DecHere’s the frog!
107. 7 DecJulian Baggini reviews a new book on agency that ignores the issue of free will
108. 6 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
109. 6 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
110. 6 DecOnce again, the binary nature of biological sex: Colin Wright and Sean Carroll
111. 6 DecMichelle Obama’s on tour
112. 5 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
113. 5 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
114. 5 DecA New Zealand geography teacher calls for giving Mātauranga Māori “equal status” in the classroom
115. 5 DecListen live to the Supreme Court hearings on the Colorado case
116. 5 DecMarilynne Robinson again embarrasses herself with an attempt to harmonize science and theology
117. 4 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
118. 4 DecSpot the critter!
119. 4 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
120. 4 DecGetting straight about sex: A collection of useful videos about sex and sex differences, and some mishigas by a couple of scientists
121. 4 DecVideos from the Stanford Academic Freedom Conference
122. 4 DecReveal: “Spot the critter”
123. 4 DecPamela Paul on the breaking of gender stereotypes, and how both Left and Right push back
124. 4 DecGuardian readers explain why they’re no longer Christians
125. 3 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
126. 3 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
127. 3 DecCaturday felid trifecta: Cougar plays with a swing; black panther and d*g become best friends; cats on stamps; and lagniappe
128. 3 DecRobyn Blumner on truth and humanism
129. 3 Dec“Wasted on the Way”
130. 2 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
131. 2 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
132. 2 DecA misguided but abject apology from an Oxford Union student
133. 2 DecThe greatest films of all time: a critics’ poll and a filmmakers’ poll
134. 1 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
135. 1 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
136. 1 DecA New Zealand teacher writes the government protesting a proposed curriculum asserting the equality of indigenous “ways of knowing” with science
137. 1 DecWonderful documentary on the world’s woodpeckers
138. 1 DecThe injurious ruling of the Supreme Court on guns
139. 1 DecRIP, Christine McVie

November 2022

1. 30 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 30 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Qatar
4. 30 NovChimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Reith lecture on literature and freedom of speech
5. 30 NovAntioch University fires a grad student
6. 30 NovHow people found this site
7. 30 NovChristine McVie died
8. 29 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
9. 29 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
10. 29 NovIdeology keeps sticking its nose into science: An essay by Anna Krylov
11. 29 NovIt’s official: England and Wales are no longer Christian countries
12. 28 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
13. 28 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
14. 28 Nov“Jews Don’t Count”: David Baddiel’s movie on Progressive anti-Semitism
15. 27 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
16. 27 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
17. 27 NovThe ideologues: why we can’t use statistics any more
18. 27 NovTwo religions collide: Cambridge student preacher causes row by suggesting that Jesus was a transsexual male
19. 26 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
20. 26 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
21. 26 NovCaturday felid trifecta: Campus cares for its feral moggies; Hemingway’s polydactylous cats survive Hurricane Ian; a refugee girl from Romania gets her cat back after an arduous rescue; and lagniappe
22. 26 NovCaturday extra: Spot the cat!
23. 26 NovMIT tells prospective faculty how to write a successful diversity statement
24. 26 NovCaturday felid reveal: Here’s the cat!
25. 25 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
26. 25 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
27. 25 NovFirst report of “referential gesturing” in any animal other than humans
28. 25 NovU Mass Boston drafts a new mission statement designed to both compel and chill speech
29. 25 NovOne Love
30. 24 NovThursday: Hili dialogue
31. 24 NovThe Botany Pond renovation
32. 23 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
33. 23 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
34. 23 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ footie
35. 23 NovOops! And a discussion thread
36. 22 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
37. 22 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
38. 22 NovA brave woman stands up against the infiltration of “progressive” ideology into psychotherapy
39. 22 NovOur College Dean responds to threats and calls for cancellation of a class on the “Problem of Whiteness”
40. 22 NovA conversation between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bari Weiss on the relationship between blacks and Jews
41. 21 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
42. 21 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
43. 21 NovContent warnings to the max: Princeton drama jumps the shark
44. 21 NovA long and pretty objective discussion of trans issues at Reuters
45. 21 NovTrue facts about tarantulas
46. 20 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
47. 20 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
48. 20 NovLaw prof Jeannie Suk Gersen on the Supreme Court’s affirmative action hearing, and how Harvard and other schools will evade its ruling
49. 20 NovSabine Hossenfelder on consciousness and the collapse of the wave function
50. 20 NovThe American Bar Association decides to ditch law-school requirements for standardized tests
51. 19 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
52. 19 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 19 NovCaturday felid trifecta: The case for cats; woman claim she’s a cat trapped in a woman’s body; 101-year-old woman adopts agéd shelter cat; and lagniappe
54. 19 NovACLU lawyer Chase Strangio attacks gay marriage—and marriage in general
55. 19 NovThe Fine Tuning argument for God: a selection of refutations (and a few supporters)
56. 18 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
57. 18 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
58. 18 NovYale and Harvard Law Schools withdraw from prestigious ranking system
59. 18 NovElizabeth Holmes sentencing: livestream coverage
60. 17 NovThursday: Hili dialogue
61. 17 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
62. 17 NovFFRF further expands mission to disability rights, seen as a church-state issue involving “Christian nationalist ideology”
63. 17 NovEvolution falls on hard times in Turkey
64. 17 NovHow to write an anti-racist tenure or promotion letter
65. 16 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
66. 16 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
67. 16 NovStephen Knight on Sean Carroll, Colin Wright, and the binary of sex
68. 16 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ narcissism
69. 16 NovMan bites dog!: Congressman Jared Huffman declares he’s an atheist
70. 16 NovThe best three “modern” Broadway songs
71. 15 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
72. 15 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
73. 15 NovNYT questions the safety of puberty blockers
74. 15 NovArtemis-1 launch early tomorrow morning (and I mean EARLY)
75. 15 NovA new Beatles video: “I’m only sleeping”
76. 14 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
77. 14 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
78. 14 NovFreddie DeBoer muses on the election
79. 14 Nov“All the things you are”
80. 13 NovSunday: Hili dialogue, Senate retention edition
81. 13 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
82. 13 NovA disturbing tale of R. Crumb vs. fragile students, and the demonization of a professor
83. 13 NovSome videos of the Academic Freedom Conference up
84. 13 NovPinker on evolutionary (and nonevolutionary) psychology, and a general observation on evo-psych
85. 12 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek with Leon)
86. 12 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
87. 12 NovCaturday felid trifecta: Armorer for cats; why cats ignore you; cat wins award for “most bizarre insurance claim”
88. 12 NovFFRF unwisely battles for the right of transsexual women (medically treated or not) to compete in women’s sports
89. 11 NovThe cancellation of Carole Hooven
90. 11 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
91. 11 NovSlight disaster: draft posts disappeared
92. 10 NovThursday: Hili dialogue
93. 10 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
94. 10 NovSpot the fake fact
95. 10 NovScientific American goes defensive; tries to pretend that every social justice screed is a “science story”
96. 10 NovNew Zealand midwives’ organization deep-sixes words like “mother” and “woman”
97. 9 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
98. 9 NovThe good news: the “Red Wave” of GOP victories didn’t materialize, though the GOP will likely control the House; Senate still up for grabs
99. 9 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ rubbed-off guilt
100. 9 Nov“The Problem of Whiteness” course postponed (but not canceled) at my university
101. 9 NovShamanism makes comeback in New Zealand
102. 8 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
103. 8 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
104. 8 NovChildren’s book looking for a home
105. 8 NovAmericans’ abysmal ability to estimate group sizes
106. 7 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
107. 7 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
108. 7 NovLuana Maroja on the ideological threat to biology
109. 6 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
110. 6 NovMaher on the downfall of the Democrats
111. 6 NovA reader’s essay on why religion is at best superfluous
112. 6 NovThe sterile and expensive Denver International Airport
113. 5 NovHili dialogue (and Academic Freedom Conference)
114. 4 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
115. 3 NovThursday: Hili dialogue and discussion thread
116. 3 NovAn Academic Freedom Declaration
117. 3 NovI have landed (in Palo Alto)
118. 2 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
119. 2 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ safe space
120. 2 NovScientific American continues to push ideology alongside science
121. 2 NovDebate the way it should be
122. 1 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
123. 1 NovRick Beato analyzes Karen Carpenter
124. 1 NovRichard Dawkins interviewed in NZ on Māori “ways of knowing”, is grossly misunderstood

October 2022

1. 31 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 OctA hike in the Sierra foothills
3. 31 OctThe affirmative-action hearings at the Supreme Court
4. 30 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
5. 30 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
6. 30 OctTravels: Davis, California
7. 30 OctIn which I go to In-N-Out Burger
8. 30 OctMaher on Halloween costumes
9. 29 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
10. 29 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Why your cat sheds; this year’s Supreme Cat Show, best Halloween cat costumes, and lagniappe
11. 29 OctGermans and Brits try to eliminate gendered nouns in the German language
12. 28 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
13. 28 OctI have landed!
14. 27 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
15. 27 OctReaders’s wildlife photos
16. 27 OctA note on the Stanford Academic Freedom Conference
17. 27 OctNew York Times touts ghosts
18. 26 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
19. 26 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 26 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ nonsense
21. 26 OctA critique of Yuval Harari’s popular-science writing
22. 26 OctIs “sex” socially constructed?
23. 25 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
24. 25 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
25. 25 OctRIP Robert Nola
26. 25 OctNational Health Service ends “gender-affirming care,” replaces with “holistic and appropriate” care
27. 25 OctNature Ecology & Evolution buys into “indigenous fact claims are always right”
28. 24 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
29. 24 OctReader’s wildlife photos
30. 24 OctA sensible way to reconcile Mātauranga Māori and science
31. 24 OctMost Americans don’t think race should be an important factor in college admission decisions, but most favor racial diversity as good thing yet back a Supreme Court ruling banning affirmative action
32. 24 OctLivestream of upcoming academic freedom conference
33. 23 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
34. 23 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
35. 23 OctAdvocates of Mātauranga Māori request over $100 million dollars, part of which may be for woo
36. 23 OctWhat’s the right adjective: “gay” or “queer”? Pamela Paul unpacks David Sedaris
37. 22 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
38. 22 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 22 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Marx for cats; world’s oldest living cat dies; why your cat doesn’t follow orders; and lagniappe
40. 22 OctThe complex issue of racial reparations
41. 22 OctShakira’s new music video
42. 21 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
43. 21 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
44. 21 OctNational Institutes of Health violates academic freedom, restricts dissemination of taxpayer-funded research
45. 21 OctPew study on what criteria Americans think should matter for college admissions
46. 21 OctAcademic freedom meeting at Stanford
47. 20 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
48. 20 OctComedy wildlife photos
49. 20 OctLiz Truss resigns as Prime Minister
50. 20 OctSearches that lead to this website
51. 20 OctIn memoriam: Dick Lewontin and Ed Wilson
52. 20 OctTrue facts about sea cucumbers (and their butts)
53. 19 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
54. 19 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
55. 19 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ genealogy
56. 19 OctJournalist critical of Iranian regime deplatformed here after bomb threats
57. 19 OctIranian schoolgirl reportedly killed by regime for refusing to sing the national anthem
58. 18 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
59. 18 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
60. 18 OctAn ideology-infused paper on how to teach college biology
61. 18 OctBill Maher on why Herschel Walker is a viable candidate
62. 17 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
63. 17 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
64. 17 OctA discussion of gender and sex
65. 17 OctIn praise of my university
66. 16 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
67. 16 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
68. 16 OctOnce again science is used as a tool for enacting ideological programs
69. 16 Oct“Hamnet”—a brief review
70. 16 OctReaders’ feats
71. 15 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
72. 15 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
73. 15 OctCaturday felid trifecta: A real Ceiling Cat; paintings of cats stealing food; world’s most matted cat loses two pounds of fur; and lagniappe
74. 15 OctRegistration for the military draft violates the principles of trans activism
75. 15 OctThe last episode of “Cunk on Earth”
76. 14 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
77. 14 OctReaders’ wildlife lesson
78. 14 OctMinnesota medical students take ideological oath including, among other things, to “honor all indigenous ways of healing”
79. 14 OctWildlife Photographer of the Year
80. 14 OctPhilomena on the Industrial Revolution
81. 13 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
82. 13 OctAnti-Semitism rears its head at UC Berkeley
83. 12 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
84. 12 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ scripture
85. 12 OctTravels: Cambridge, part 2
86. 12 OctThe DART mission was a success: orbit perturbed!
87. 12 OctA religionist gives us theodicy
88. 12 OctAlex Jones’s damages to Sandy Hook families he defamed: nearly a billion dollars
89. 11 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
90. 11 OctOnline newspapers coddle their readers by giving them “reading times” for articles
91. 11 OctThe remarkable physiology of hibernating bears
92. 11 OctCan a person, object, or action be “diverse”?
93. 11 OctPhilomena: Part III of her new series
94. 10 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
95. 10 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
96. 10 OctA respite in Cambridge
97. 10 OctA visit to Botany Pond by Greg Mayer
98. 10 OctToday’s reading: the infusion of evangelical Christianity into Texas politics
99. 10 OctPhilomena takes the mickey out of religion
100. 9 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
101. 9 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
102. 9 OctDid The Selfish Gene damage public understanding of biology?
103. 9 OctEnd of the season at Botany Pond
104. 9 OctPhilomena is back in her own BBC series, “Cunk on Earth”
105. 8 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
106. 8 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Cats and Jews; espionage cats, motorcycle moggie; and lagniappe
107. 8 OctFrom Cape Cod to Boston
108. 8 OctSaturday reading: Glenn Loury on the history of civil rights
109. 8 OctOn Herschel Walker’s candidacy: is Andrew Sullivan becoming a Democrat?
110. 7 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
111. 7 OctCape Cod: Day 2
112. 6 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
113. 6 OctAnnie Ernaux nabs Nobel for Literature; nobody won our contest
114. 6 OctDinner last night
115. 6 OctThursday reading
116. 6 OctDon’t forget to vote for the Fattest Bear
117. 5 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
118. 5 OctTsouris at Midway
119. 5 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ atonement
120. 5 OctMaine Professor demonized for teaching that there are only two human sexes penalized
121. 4 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
122. 4 OctThree awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (and a contest)
123. 4 OctAfter students protest, NYU chemistry professor fired for grading too hard
124. 4 OctShould you get that bivalent booster shot?
125. 4 OctFat Bear Week is here!
126. 3 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
127. 3 OctSvante Pääbo nabs Medicine and Physiology Nobel
128. 3 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
129. 3 OctProtesting Iranian students may have been lured into a parking garage by the University president to be rounded up for arrest (or shooting)
130. 3 OctA podcast: Loury and McWhorter discuss race
131. 2 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
132. 2 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
133. 2 OctOne Atlantic article walks back another
134. 2 Oct“It” is now a pronoun
135. 2 OctA half hour on politics with James Carville, who’s optimistic about the Democrats
136. 1 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
137. 1 OctThomas Wolfe’s Hymn to October
138. 1 OctReaders’ wildlife photos and videos
139. 1 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Why do cats play with their prey?; cat with a super long tongue; woman escapes Ukraine with her cat; and lagniappe (two!)
140. 1 OctProfessor in Maine demonized for teaching that humans have two sexes; students walk out and demand her suspension
141. 1 OctMasih Alinejad discusses her women’s and human rights campaigns on Bill Maher (watch before they remove the video).

September 2022

1. 30 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 SepDART impact as photographed by companion craft
3. 30 SepThe University of Idaho tries to restrict faculty speech on abortion
4. 30 SepCrowdsourcing the best arguments for DEI initiatives
5. 30 SepLook to the evidence, but don’t gloss over it if you don’t like it
6. 30 SepIdentify the intros
7. 29 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
8. 29 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
9. 29 SepQuote of the week: “A university is not a kindergarten. . . “
10. 29 SepNature flagellates itself for creating “harms” and being “damaging” in its past publications
11. 28 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
12. 28 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
13. 28 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Moses ‘n’ truth
14. 28 SepGuest post: Some post-DART thoughts
15. 28 SepKerfuffles on social media
16. 27 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue)
17. 27 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
18. 27 SepWhy do modern songs have rhymes, while modern poetry doesn’t?
19. 27 SepThe rancor of the gender wars
20. 27 SepA video: The President and Provost welcome new students to the University of Chicago
21. 27 SepThe “whole self at work” movement
22. 26 SepNature: many Ph.D.s produced from few universities, ergo elitism and bias
23. 26 SepTwo notes for readers
24. 26 SepDART was a success!
25. 26 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
26. 26 SepThe DART mission: A U.S. spacecraft will hit an asteroid this evening (7:14 EDT), trying to change its orbit
27. 26 SepFree BBC broadcast: Three biologists (including Matthew) on their new science books
28. 25 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
29. 25 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
30. 25 SepHoney is a Senior Duck
31. 25 SepMore ideological bias: the National Science Foundation gives grants for people to document what the NSF already claims to know
32. 25 SepSundance and others cancel a talented filmmaker for “Islamophobia” and “white saviorism”
33. 24 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
34. 24 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
35. 24 SepCaturday felid trifects: Hawaiian surfing cat; Fancy Feast opens pop-up Italian restaruant with cat-food inspired dishes; the wily agility of cats; and lagniappe
36. 24 SepThe Chamberlin Rock speaks!
37. 23 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
38. 23 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 23 SepJon Haidt to resign from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology for placing ideology above truth
40. 23 SepAn exposition of Māori “ways of knowing” in marine biology and conservation: a taxpayer-funded project riddled with theology, spirituality, and lore
41. 22 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
42. 22 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
43. 22 SepRIP: Richard Cook
44. 22 SepIs Mātauranga Māori really a “way of knowing”?
45. 21 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
46. 21 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 21 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Pizzagate
48. 21 SepJonathan Rauch: Should academic journals appoint themselves social justice gatekeepers?
49. 21 SepDiscussion thread
50. 20 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
51. 20 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
52. 20 SepMIT proposes its own free-expression statement
53. 20 SepWhy you should read books
54. 20 SepDid we discover mathematics or invent it?
55. 19 SepWatch Queen Elizabeth’s funeral
56. 19 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
57. 19 SepHow was the first bit of the U.S./Holocaust documentary?
58. 19 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
59. 19 SepNew Scientist calls for curbs on “free speech” in America
60. 19 SepThe Atlantic: We shouldn’t separate school sports by sex
61. 18 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
62. 18 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
63. 18 SepLiz Truss’s Cabinet: her inner circle shows “the wrong kind of diversity”
64. 18 SepToday’s sermon from Tish Harrison Warren: we may get dementia, but God always remembers us
65. 18 SepNew documentary by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein, “The U.S. and the Holocaust”, starts this evening
66. 17 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
67. 17 Sep“The Queue” in real time
68. 17 SepCaturday felid trifecta: A cloned cat; cats get unwanted affection; cats race to their food bowls; and lagniappe
69. 17 SepWho is your Doppelgänger? Mine isn’t the Fonz
70. 16 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
71. 16 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
72. 16 SepMorning music quiz
73. 16 SepNYT and other media fall for a hoax because it matched their ideology
74. 16 Sep“It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World”
75. 15 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
76. 15 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
77. 15 SepPsychoanalysist + wokeness = lunacy + logorrhea
78. 15 SepThe biomedical importance of sex (and its binary nature)
79. 14 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
80. 14 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
81. 14 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Da Facts
82. 14 SepNPR touts CRT, and CRT embraces MLK
83. 14 SepDid Wokeness come from Marxism?
84. 13 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
85. 13 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
86. 13 SepAn ID advocate writes in, claiming that the designer is behind every adaptation
87. 13 SepAre advocates of “affirmative therapy” pulling back?
88. 13 SepThe worst rock song I know of
89. 12 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
90. 12 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
91. 12 SepZeFrank on parasitic birds
92. 12 SepWhen should the media mention the race of suspects or criminals?
93. 12 SepMencken on nonexistent gods
94. 11 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
95. 11 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
96. 11 SepSabine Hossenfelder disses the multiverse
97. 11 SepTish Harrison Warren: some prayers to protect schoolchildren
98. 11 SepFishcakes!
99. 10 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
100. 10 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
101. 10 SepCaturday felid trifecta; Senior cat helps senior human; cheetah enjoys having its ears cleaned; woman adopts wobbly cats; and lagniappe
102. 10 SepTwo articles on the Queen: one lionizing her and the other attacking her
103. 9 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
104. 9 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
105. 9 SepA comment worth highlighting
106. 9 SepOberlin gives up fighting Gibson’s Bakery, starts coughing up dough
107. 9 SepFIRE free-speech rankings again put Chicago on top, but Columbia at rock bottom
108. 8 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
109. 8 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
110. 8 SepOn the inequity of sex representation in STEM, and extra review for papers that buck the current ideological climate
111. 8 SepAgustin Fuentes once again flaunts his virtue via misleading statements
112. 8 SepQueen Elizabeth dies
113. 7 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
114. 7 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
115. 7 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ miracles
116. 7 Sep“Les amants d’un jour”
117. 6 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
118. 6 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
119. 6 SepUNC Chapel Hill swears it won’t chill speech, but violates its own principles
120. 6 SepMy role models for having a full life
121. 5 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
122. 5 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
123. 5 SepAnother bizarre attempt to show that traditional “ways of knowing” in New Zealand are even better than modern science
124. 5 SepAnother STEM field, particle physics, gets woke
125. 5 SepLawsuits impending against Tavistock
126. 4 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
127. 4 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
128. 4 SepNew paper claims to have discovered 17 English Jews killed in 12th-century anti-Semitic attack
129. 4 SepIs this a valid exception to protected free speech?
130. 4 SepMore bromides from Reverend Warren
131. 4 SepMy interview about evolution with Ray the Producer
132. 3 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
133. 3 SepNASA Artemis-1 mission today: launch window begins at 2:17 pm Eastern time
134. 3 SepCaturday felid trifecta: The fishing cat; malformed cat walks like a spider; bizarre paintings of medieval cats; and lagniappe
135. 3 SepTherapists and doctors from the UK: where Tavistock failed
136. 3 SepCFI Video: Dawkins and I discuss his latest book
137. 2 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
138. 2 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
139. 2 SepThe New Zealand government subsidizes spiritually based “traditional” healing, with no evidence that it works
140. 2 SepA new theory which is not mine
141. 2 Sep“Je veux”
142. 1 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
143. 1 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
144. 1 SepDespite the civil verdict for $36 million, Oberlin College hasn’t paid Gibson’s Bakery
145. 1 SepDiscussion with Dawkins today
146. 1 SepLaurence Tribe on why the Dobbs decision was wrong—and based on religion

August 2022

1. 31 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the trots
4. 31 AugGibson’s Bakery wins for good; Supreme Court of Ohio upholds verdict against Oberlin College
5. 30 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
6. 30 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
7. 30 AugTitle IX set to revert to old unfair system
8. 30 AugThe future of affirmative action
9. 29 AugOrion spacecraft scheduled to lift off this morning (check at 8:30 Eastern time); watch here
10. 29 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
11. 29 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
12. 29 AugOnce again, Scientific American distorts biology, and now history, to buttress its ideology
13. 29 AugMonday ducks
14. 28 AugSunday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue)
15. 28 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
16. 28 AugAnother dismissal of biological facts that go against ideology: The NYT claims that “maternal instinct” is a misogynistic myth.
17. 28 AugX-rays of pregnant animals
18. 27 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
19. 27 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 27 AugCaturday felid trifecta: BBC features rescue of Icicle the cat from the Yarmouth River; two male calicos in the same litter; opera cat steals the show
21. 26 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
22. 26 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
23. 26 AugIn which I meet a woman at Botany Pond
24. 26 AugNature: Manuscripts that are ideologically impure and “harmful” will be rejected
25. 26 AugWhy Rushdie was stabbed: an absorbing video by the Ex-Muslims of North America
26. 25 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
27. 25 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
28. 25 AugGuest post: Trump-Appointed Judge to Trump Lawyers: “WTF?”
29. 25 AugPBS touts tarot
30. 25 Aug“All the Light We Cannot See”, a fantastic book
31. 24 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
32. 24 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
33. 24 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ evidence
34. 24 AugPoor international reportage in New Zealand
35. 24 AugRescheduled time for Dawkins interview
36. 24 AugHeterodox essay claims that overpolicing for sexual harassment reduces scientific collaborations for women
37. 23 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
38. 23 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 23 AugMore “ways of knowing”: New Zealand government reports that singing traditional Māori songs to saplings helps them grow
40. 23 AugA week from Thursday: I interview Richard Dawkins about his new book
41. 23 AugAmerican Academy of Pediatrics pulls back on “affirmative care” while a Seattle hospital pushes it, offering surgery and puberty blockers to adolescents
42. 23 Aug“Don’t Dream It’s Over”
43. 22 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
44. 22 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
45. 22 AugAnother ripoff at the store
46. 22 AugThe Academic Freedom Alliance denounces required diversity statements for academic positions
47. 22 AugA letter from Pia, Hili’s predecessor
48. 22 AugA mallard chinwag
49. 22 AugPeople doing kind things
50. 21 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
51. 21 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
52. 21 AugStill no sign of the ivory-billed woodpecker—despite repeated claims of sightings
53. 21 AugScientific American dedicates itself to politics, not science; refuses to publish rebuttals of their false or misleading claims
54. 21 AugLink to Sci Am post is here
55. 21 AugThe imminent cancellation of Emily Willoughby: a fight to remove her from Wikipedia
56. 20 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
57. 20 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
58. 20 AugQuote of the day
59. 20 AugCaturday felid trifecta: Caracals demonstrate how cats land on their feet; mother cat takes on ten babies; guard cat prevents robbery
60. 19 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
61. 19 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
62. 19 AugJesse Singal on inequality, inequity, structural racism, and the “pipeline problem”
63. 19 AugWords as violence: Dave Chappelle and freedom of speech
64. 19 AugFrisky Friday
65. 18 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
66. 18 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
67. 18 AugA plea for “institutional neutrality” from Princeton
68. 18 AugBiological marvels of flight
69. 17 AugSend in your black cat photos!
70. 17 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
71. 17 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
72. 17 AugSex is not “assigned” at birth
73. 17 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Da Roolz
74. 17 AugThe ignorant and misguided demonization of a behavior geneticist
75. 17 AugThe black cat post is closed to new submissions
76. 17 AugBlack Cat Appreciation Day
77. 16 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
78. 16 AugWords and phrases I detest
79. 16 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
80. 15 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
81. 15 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
82. 15 AugA gloomy time for medical education
83. 15 AugWhat I’m reading
84. 14 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
85. 14 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
86. 14 AugA Māori scholar/musician explains mātauranga Māori
87. 14 Aug“Everybody wants to rule the world”
88. 13 AugRushdie in bad shape with multiple serious injuries, on ventilator
89. 13 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
90. 13 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
91. 13 AugCaturday felid trifecta: Man prints 3D helmets for his cat; cats take over the Catskills; BBC cat quiz
92. 13 AugAnne Frank had white privilege?
93. 12 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
94. 12 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
95. 12 AugScientific American finds the search for extraterrestrial intelligence racist and colonialist
96. 12 AugSalman Rushdie attacked, stabbed while lecturing in New York
97. 11 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
98. 11 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
99. 11 AugOnce again: did the Maori discover Antarctica?
100. 11 AugFrisky is back!
101. 10 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
102. 10 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
103. 10 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ triggers
104. 10 AugA psychology society requires DEI statements to accompany proposals to give talks at the annual meeting
105. 10 AugEmails from believers: “I know God exists the same way I know my wife loves me”
106. 10 AugThe bears are eating well today
107. 9 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
108. 9 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
109. 9 AugNote to readers
110. 9 AugTrump’s Florida home searched by the FBI
111. 9 AugAn update on House and Senate prognostications, and a question about the elections
112. 9 AugComing to a university near you. . .
113. 8 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
114. 8 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
115. 8 AugA check-in with BioLogos
116. 8 AugGuardian retracts claim that Cornwall is infested with “venomous crabs”
117. 7 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
118. 7 AugThe Guardian screws up a science article
119. 7 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
120. 7 AugDenis Noble goes after Darwinian evolution again, scores own goal
121. 7 AugForeign accent syndrome: a bizarre form of speech disorder
122. 7 AugBill Maher’s “Real Time”
123. 6 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
124. 6 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
125. 6 AugCaturday felid trifecta: Are cat breeders sexist?; cats learn names of cat friends; a new Parliamentary cat; and lagniappe
126. 6 AugLots more debunking of the Turban et al. study on gender dysphoria
127. 6 AugZeFrank on the slime mold
128. 5 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
129. 5 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
130. 5 AugChanges to the website?
131. 5 AugPatrick Matthew: the real inventor of the idea of natural selection?
132. 5 AugThe death of the Tavistock clinic, recounted by one of the whistleblowers
133. 5 AugMehitabel the cat writes into Science
134. 4 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
135. 4 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
136. 4 AugNew paper purports to refute “social contagion hypothesis” for transgender adolescents
137. 4 AugCall for suggestions:
138. 3 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
139. 3 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
140. 3 Aug“Holisitic admissions” and the elimination of standardized tests for graduate school
141. 3 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Cancel Culture
142. 2 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
143. 2 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
144. 2 AugWEIT quiz
145. 2 AugIntellectural freedom in STEM: An interview with Anna Krylov
146. 2 AugAnswers to the WEIT quiz
147. 1 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
148. 1 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
149. 1 AugDiscussion thread: autobiographical

July 2022

1. 31 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 JulRecent pushback on “affirmative care” and hormone blockers
4. 31 JulHoney is back!
5. 31 JulFrom Australia: People who choose God over reality
6. 31 Jul60 Minutes Australia segment on Elizabeth Holmes and the downfall of Theranos
7. 30 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
8. 30 JulReader’s wildlife photos
9. 30 JulCaturday felids: Review of new cat video game “Stray”; pet cat on the loose in Boston airport for three weeks; cat demands to be spooned
10. 30 JulAnimal pollination of a seaweed
11. 29 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
12. 29 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
13. 29 JulLactase persistence in populations that drink milk: a classic story of human evolution re-evaluated
14. 29 JulDuck at rest
15. 28 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
16. 28 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
17. 28 JulA reader makes the “little people” argument
18. 28 JulRIP, one of our juvenile mallards
19. 28 JulSocial engineering in Portland’s schools
20. 28 JulUNC adopts both of Chicago’s free-speech principles
21. 27 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
22. 27 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
23. 27 JulWhat does the Webb telescope reveal about God?
24. 27 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Webb
25. 27 JulThe first known predator: a newly-described fossil
26. 27 JulMed students walk out on speaker because she’s “pro life”, but wasn’t talking about it
27. 26 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
28. 26 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 26 JulAn ad for the University of Chicago
30. 26 JulFirst fossil evidence for brood care in insects, and a remarkable case of directional asymmetry
31. 26 JulAudubon’s cancellation proceeds as Seattle chapter ditches his name
32. 25 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
33. 25 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
34. 25 JulHow to get your free covid-19 home tests from the U.S. government
35. 25 JulMore ideological distortions of biology described by Dawkins and an article on pervasive ideological censorship of Wikipedia articles
36. 25 JulHappy Birthday, Rosalind Franklin!
37. 24 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
38. 24 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 24 JulSome Walgreen’s employees refuse to sell condoms and birth-control medication because it violates their faith; company says that’s allowed by their rules, but the Supreme Court will rule this fall
40. 24 JulFreddie deBoer attacks “Blank Slateism”, posing questions for those who deny the importance of genetic variation in human behavioral variation
41. 24 JulSunday music: “Come and Get Your Love”
42. 23 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
43. 23 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
44. 23 JulTsouris!
45. 23 JulCaturday felid trifecta: Cat in fire saved with animal oxygen mask; humorous cat videos; photos of cranky and silly moggies
46. 23 JulSteve Pinker has a new YouTube channel.
47. 23 JulIdeological distortions of biology
48. 22 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
49. 22 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
50. 22 JulHorizontal gene transfer in insects: widespread, but what does it mean?
51. 21 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
52. 21 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 21 JulFreddie deBoer disses New Atheism while attacking psychic phenomena and “hooey”
54. 21 JulA Leftist schoolteacher tells us that things are at least as bad as we’ve heard
55. 21 JulThe primacy of indigenous ways of knowing
56. 20 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue (and Kulka monologue)
57. 20 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
58. 20 JulSpot the raptor and identify it
59. 20 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ timelessness
60. 20 JulA new conception of God: He’s real in the way mathematics is
61. 19 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
62. 19 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
63. 19 JulOnce again: are “races” social constructs without scientific or biological meaning?
64. 19 JulAnthropological Wokeism tries to stymie research
65. 18 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
66. 18 JulReaders’ wildlife photos and videos
67. 18 JulHubble Photo of the week
68. 18 JulShoot me again—more creationists adduce evidence for God.
69. 18 JulDiscussion thread
70. 17 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
71. 17 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
72. 17 JulThe faithful write in about my post on Intelligent Design
73. 17 JulThe New Yorker writes about the hoatzin, implies that Darwin’s idea of evolutionary trees may be a phantom
74. 16 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
75. 16 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
76. 16 JulCaturday felids: Genetic analysis proves cats are good; cats proved “stupid”; how to stop a cat from chewing on your hair, and lagniappe
77. 16 JulThe Freethinker interviews Richard Dawkins
78. 15 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
79. 15 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
80. 15 JulStephen Meyer in Newsweek: Three scientific discoveries point to God. As usual, his claims are misleading.
81. 15 JulFriday ducks: Incipient flying and baby turtles
82. 14 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
83. 14 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
84. 14 JulA Congresswoman and an ACLU lawyer go after the New York Times for transphobia
85. 14 JulUniversity of Washington professor disciplined for posting a non-compliant “land acknowledgment” on his syllabus, sues the university.
86. 14 JulAttack of the Lilliputians: Casey Luskin and Michael Egnor put misleading words and sentiments about free will in my mouth
87. 13 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
88. 13 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
89. 13 JulThe NASA photo rollout was lame
90. 13 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ contradictions
91. 13 JulWhat about affirmative action?
92. 13 JulWas Ernst Mayr a eugenicist?
93. 12 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
94. 12 JulWebb Space Telescope reveals first image, more to come this morning at 10:30 a.m. EST
95. 12 JulMichael Shermer: What is a “woman,” anyway?
96. 12 JulHarvard organization lists 15 traits of “white supremacy culture”
97. 12 JulBiggest firework in history
98. 11 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
99. 11 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
100. 11 JulBooks: “Klara and the Sun” by Kazuo Ishiguro
101. 11 JulThe editor in chief of Science misleads readers into thinking that there is no contradiction between wanting high academic standards and wanting equity
102. 11 JulIs New York mayor Eric Adams a woo-meister?
103. 11 JulDave Chappelle gives a talk on free speech at his alma mater
104. 10 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
105. 10 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
106. 10 JulDiscussion post: 2024 and other things
107. 9 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
108. 9 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
109. 9 JulCaturday felid trifecta: ZeFrank makes lovely cat food ads; cat chases away bear;the earliest explanation for why falling cats land on their feet
110. 9 JulHow Darwin caused global warming with his theory of sexual selection
111. 8 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
112. 8 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
113. 8 JulBrian Greene: We don’t have free will: one idea in a wide-ranging book
114. 8 JulNew video attacks the Guardian’s claim that evolutionary biology is obsolete
115. 8 JulSunny Balwani convicted in Theranos scandal
116. 8 JulFriday ducks
117. 7 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
118. 7 JulReader’s wildlife narrative
119. 7 JulThe University of California system issues an official critique of the Dobbs decision, chilling speech of those who disagree
120. 7 JulScientists abjure “woman” in favor of “birthing persons” and “pregnant persons”
121. 6 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
122. 6 JulThe Royal Observatory’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest
123. 6 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ sunk costs
124. 6 JulOur letter about evolution to the Guardian (and other stuff)
125. 6 JulIs Boris Johnson on the way out?
126. 6 JulCathy Young: is she soft on the eroding wall between church and state?
127. 6 JulJust a few shots of my grandchildren
128. 5 JulLatest chilling of speech on campus: UCLA’s Asian American Studies department goes blatantly political on the Palestine/Israel issue
129. 5 JulIndigenous psychiatry: how valuable is it?
130. 5 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
131. 5 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
132. 5 JulFour awarded the Fields Medal for mathematics, including only the second woman to get it (and she’s Ukrainian)
133. 4 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
134. 4 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
135. 4 JulKrista Tippett leaves public radio
136. 4 JulPeter Singer’s contrarian view on the Dobbs decision
137. 4 JulA NYT columnist accuses extremists on both Left and Right of erasing women
138. 4 JulThe Alaskan BearCam is back and the salmon are a’leaping
139. 3 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
140. 3 JulThere will be a slight mallard-related interruption
141. 3 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
142. 3 JulAnother day and YET ANOTHER RESCUE
143. 3 JulTrevor Noah discusses transexual women in sports with trans athlete Veronica Ivy
144. 3 JulOne more rescue today
145. 2 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
146. 2 JulCaturday felid trifecta: Cats before and after a bath; woman travels around the world by catsitting; office cats in China made redundant
147. 2 JulAnother day, another rescue
148. 1 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
149. 1 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
150. 1 JulDarwin’s modernity in “The Origin”: anticipating the neutral theory and punctuated equilibrium
151. 1 JulWaPo buys into the “appeal to nature” with respect to sexual behavior and orientation
152. 1 JulFriday duck update: The Quack Pack

June 2022

1. 30 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 30 JunLondon’s Natural History Museum commits the naturalistic fallacy—repeatedly
4. 30 JunEvery planet in one photo (except Pluto)
5. 30 JunPinker: The “evolution war” is also a culture war
6. 30 JunThe Guardian has photo issues as well as evolution issues
7. 29 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
8. 29 JunA new record: twice in the pond in a day (one more duckling saved)
9. 29 JunReader’s wildlife photos
10. 29 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ inclusivity
11. 29 JunOnce again: A misguided article on why the theory of evolution is obsolete
12. 28 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
13. 28 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
14. 28 JunInterruption due to duck rescue
15. 28 JunJason Rosenhouse’s new anti-ID book
16. 28 JunQuillette: Indigenous “ways of knowing” in Australia
17. 28 JunUpshot: today’s duckling rescue
18. 27 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
19. 27 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 27 JunNYT columnist and Anglican pastor Tish Harrison Warren on why abortion should be banned
21. 27 JunThe late evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr survives deplatforming by the Society for Systematic Biologists
22. 27 JunEmily Yoffe on Biden’s rollback of Title IX regulations
23. 26 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
24. 26 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
25. 26 JunHighlights from Bill Maher’s latest “Real Time” show
26. 26 JunAsk me anything: 2022 edition
27. 26 JunSunday duck report
28. 25 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
29. 25 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
30. 25 JunCaturday felid trifecta: The insect-repelling effect of catnip; Chubbs the cat found ten years after having gone missing; cat fights off nasty coyote
31. 25 JunWhy keep a landline?
32. 25 Jun“The God of Small Things”
33. 24 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
34. 24 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
35. 24 JunIndigenous science center set up at Otago University before they could decide what “indigenous science” consists of
36. 24 JunYet another word for “women”
37. 24 JunRoe v. Wade is history
38. 24 JunSan Francisco’s best public high school reinstates merit-based admissions after a lottery system produced miserable failure
39. 23 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
40. 23 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
41. 23 JunHow useful are guns in civilian hands for defending against “active shooters”? Not very much.
42. 23 JunPlanet parade tonight: you can see five with the naked eye (plus the Moon) if conditions are right
43. 22 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
44. 22 JunReader’s wildlife tale
45. 22 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ freedom of religion
46. 22 JunWhy does the skin on your fingers and toes wrinkle after immersion in water? A panselectionist answer.
47. 22 JunAs America gets more secular, the Supreme Court sides more with religion
48. 22 JunSome music
49. 21 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
50. 21 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
51. 21 JunFallout from FINA’s ruling on transgender athletes: Soccer and other sports likely to follow, rugby bans transgender players from international competitions
52. 21 JunViolating the First Amendment, the Supreme Court rules that taxpayer money can be used to send kids to religious schools
53. 20 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
54. 20 JunReader’s wildlife photo
55. 20 JunThe continuing secularization of America: belief in God falls to 81%
56. 20 JunFINA, the governing body of international swimming and water sports, largely bans transgender women from competing in “elite” events
57. 20 JunTish Harrison Warren on why the best morality rests on the words and deeds of Jesus
58. 20 JunThe Nazi Holocaust archive
59. 19 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
60. 19 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
61. 19 JunDepp v. Heard: the role of the ACLU
62. 19 JunAbigail Shrier on the Left’s targeting of gender issues
63. 19 JunFather’s Day Duck report
64. 18 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
65. 18 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
66. 18 JunCaturday felid trifecta: Man thinks he’s rescuing one kitten, but saves 13; cat walks in its own footprints; drama queen cat fakes injury to get inside
67. 18 JunSarah Haider: The toxicity of progressive, nonprofit organizations
68. 18 Jun“The kindergarten is already in charge”: Bill Maher on the liberal media
69. 17 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
70. 17 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
71. 17 JunA writer for The Critic makes bizarre argument for why New Atheism is dead
72. 17 JunCambridge University tries once again to enforce “respect” in its free-speech regulations
73. 17 JunTwo stray and unpublished comments
74. 16 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
75. 16 JunA duckling rescue in the heat
76. 16 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
77. 16 JunStanford goes socially anodyne
78. 16 JunWhat’s happening to psychology?
79. 15 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
80. 15 JunSunrise in the Drake Passage
81. 15 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
82. 15 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ respect
83. 15 JunCathy Young on trans athletes
84. 15 JunBeethoven plugged
85. 14 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
86. 14 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
87. 14 JunFreddie deBoer enumerates the “Good White Men”
88. 14 JunThe weirdness of our most popular posts
89. 14 JunThe Atlantic ponders the tension between freedom of speech and inclusivity
90. 14 JunVox’s evidence for evolution from vestigial traits in humans
91. 13 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
92. 13 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
93. 13 JunA meta-analysis of many studies shows no long-term consequences of giving up belief in free will
94. 13 JunWatch the January 6 meetings live
95. 13 JunHallelujah! Yet another anti-woke op-ed from the NYT, damning the Cancel Culture
96. 12 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
97. 12 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
98. 12 JunToronto woman pushed onto subway tracks, survives and sues, but Toronto Transportation Commission blames the victim
99. 12 JunOne rescued, one dead
100. 12 JunShort review: “Disgrace”
101. 12 JunTish Harrison Warren becomes the female Jordan Peterson. And suggest your own “rules for life”!
102. 11 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
103. 11 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
104. 11 JunCaturday felid trifecta: Henry the Cat (the secular pastor of Aldenbrooke Hospital); kitten road trip; giant monster cat!
105. 11 JunThe January 6 assault on the Capitol
106. 11 JunA panoply of eagles
107. 10 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
108. 10 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
109. 10 JunFracas at Washington Post leads to firing of reporter
110. 10 Jun“Never apologize, never explain”
111. 9 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
112. 9 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
113. 9 JunWhat’s the deal with San Francisco?
114. 9 JunHow many people must be appeased to warrant a change in language?
115. 9 JunDon’t forget the January 6 hearings tonight
116. 8 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
117. 8 JunDuck note
118. 8 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
119. 8 JunThere will be a brief interruption. . . .
120. 8 JunAmerican hospitals refuse to adhere to new price transparency law
121. 8 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Lady Fatima
122. 7 JunThe death of a duckling
123. 7 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
124. 7 JunWaPo journalist suspended for retweeting a joke, even after an apology
125. 7 JunFIRE broadens its scope
126. 6 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
127. 6 JunReaders’ wildlife photos and stories
128. 6 JunThe Substack writing of Heather Cox Richardson
129. 6 JunWe have a new brood!
130. 5 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
131. 5 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
132. 5 JunThe ice cream scams
133. 5 JunThe attrition of Ukraine
134. 5 JunSunday ducklings
135. 4 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue)
136. 4 JunReader’s wildlife photos
137. 4 JunCaturday felid trifecta: Are cats psychopaths?; how Iceland monitors its moggies; hundreds of cat mummies unearthed in Egypt
138. 3 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
139. 3 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
140. 3 JunI get (creationist) email
141. 3 JunTitle IX to be changed under Biden, and not necessarily for the better
142. 3 JunA novel idea about identity and affirmative action
143. 2 JunThursday: Hili Dialogue
144. 2 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
145. 2 JunAn avocate of Mātauranga Māori claims that it should get precedence over modern science because indigenous knowledge came first
146. 2 JunThe intellectual vacuity of mathematical arguments against evolution
147. 2 Jun39 photos you probably haven’t seen
148. 1 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
149. 1 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ DARVO
150. 1 JunThe Friendly Atheist becomes the Misleading Atheist
151. 1 JunNo, Netflix did not make Leonard Bernstein look like a stereotypical and exaggerated Jew

May 2022

1. 31 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 MaySheldrake vs. Pigliucci
4. 31 MayA “discussion”between Jordan Peterson and Richard Dawkins is really a monologue by Peterson
5. 31 MayFabulous bodypainting by Johannes Stötter
6. 30 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
7. 30 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
8. 30 MayDoes Uvalde need prayers? Tish Harrison Warren says, “Definitely”
9. 30 MayThe NYT publishes a good article on the transsexual athlete controversy
10. 30 MayDEI statements for hiring: can they be made legal?
11. 29 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
12. 29 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
13. 29 MayI need a Booker book
14. 29 MayPeter Boghossian confronts Portland State students on the issue of gender
15. 29 MaySunday duck report
16. 28 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
17. 28 MayCaturday felid trifecta: The cat business is booming; Mel, Chicago’s beloved bar cat; and Buddy the mauled street cat now saves other moggies
18. 28 MayRobyn Blumner on humanism vs. identitarianism
19. 28 MayNew Zealand P.M. Jacinda Ardern speaks at Harvard
20. 28 MayMary Travers vs. Joan Baez & Laura Nyro
21. 27 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
22. 27 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
23. 27 MayOne of America’s best high schools swaps merit for equity
24. 27 MayAussies school Kiwis on limits of “traditional knowledge”
25. 27 May9 mm vs. AR-15
26. 26 MayMoar ducks
27. 26 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
28. 26 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 26 MayA new solution to the gun issue
30. 26 MayArticle critical of teaching indigenous “ways of knowing” as science in New Zealand gets published in Australia because Kiwis wouldn’t print it
31. 25 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
32. 25 MayReaders’ wildlife tales
33. 25 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ nonbelief
34. 25 MayTwo ways of looking at gun violence
35. 25 MayWe have ducklings: an even dozen!
36. 24 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
37. 24 MayReaders’ wildlife video
38. 24 MayAre college students “excellent sheep”?
39. 24 MayMy duck-related injuries
40. 23 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
41. 23 MayReaders’ wildlife photos and videos
42. 23 MayAdvocates of indigenous “ways of knowing” declare them coequal to Western agriculture, poised to ask for equal funding
43. 23 MayTo Hell in a handbasket
44. 23 May“You know what really bothers me?”
45. 23 MayHappy World Turtle Day!
46. 22 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
47. 22 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
48. 22 MayWhere should I go next?
49. 22 MayDebate: Francis Collins vs. Richard Dawkins on God
50. 22 May“The On Being Project is located on Dakota Land”
51. 21 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
52. 21 MayCaturday felid trifecta: Cats remember each other’s names; a cat-themed short story; Japanese cat circus; and lagniappe
53. 21 MayWonky science quotes of the week
54. 20 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
55. 20 MayA reader tells us why God allows suffering
56. 20 MayFrank Wilczek, the newest Templeton Prize winner, talks about science, religion, and their relationship
57. 20 MayFreddie deBoer on “the new attractive”
58. 19 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
59. 19 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
60. 19 MayA good anti-creationist tee shirt
61. 19 MayJulian Baggini on free will
62. 19 MayRussians destroy world’s largest airplane in Kyiv
63. 18 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
64. 18 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
65. 18 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ gender
66. 18 MayMichael Shermer and Richard Dawkins: In defense of E. O. Wilson
67. 18 MayFailed duck rescue
68. 18 MayThe duckling has been caught and taken to rehab!
69. 17 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
70. 17 MayChicago sunsets
71. 17 MayAndrzej’s ode to Karolina
72. 17 MayYes, burning the Qur’an can violate the First Amendment
73. 17 MayThe Atlantic: deep-sixing the word “woman” in the abortion debate for ideological reasons does not help the cause
74. 17 MaySee all the satellites!
75. 16 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
76. 16 MayReaders’ wildlife photos and stories: Toxic nectar!
77. 16 MayWould burning a Qur’an in public violate the First Amendment?
78. 16 MayIn a California case, ACLU and co-litigants claim that there are no biological differences between men and women
79. 16 MayElon Musk’s list of must-read books
80. 16 May“I Shall Be Released”
81. 15 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
82. 15 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
83. 15 MayDid New Atheism go too far?
84. 15 MayThe Nation calls for a reformation of the New York Times
85. 15 MayToday’s Sunday Sermon from Pastor Warren: “Why can’t we all get along?”
86. 14 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
87. 14 MayRescued ducklings
88. 14 MayCaturday felid trifecta: Best cat cities in America; Ritz the cat turns up after 16 years; black cat named mayor of Hell, Michigan
89. 14 MayThe Independent on why mandated burqa-wearing “doesn’t represent Islam”
90. 13 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
91. 13 May2022 Templeton Prize goes to Nobel-winning physicist Frank Wilczek
92. 13 MayHow to send me photos
93. 13 MayYet another failed and ideologically-driven attempt to show that there is no sex binary in humans
94. 13 MayErasing George Washington
95. 12 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
96. 12 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
97. 12 MayLufthansa kicks all “visible” Jews off flight after a handful of Orthodox violate the mask regulation
98. 12 MayAnother black hole visualized, this one at the heart of our own galaxy
99. 12 MayAnother weak defense of Mātauranga Māori
100. 12 MayThe annual evolution meeting raises some questions
101. 11 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
102. 11 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
103. 11 MayHarvard faculty repudiate the student newspaper’s endorsement of BDS
104. 11 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ nihilism
105. 11 MayMore slimy behavior from the ACLU
106. 11 MayShades of Nostradamus: the NYT touts precognition
107. 10 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
108. 10 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
109. 10 MayQuote of the Day: A Catholic notes the benefits of Roe v. Wade while still opposing the decision
110. 10 MayHow Asian honeybees kill their fearsome hornet predators
111. 10 MayMusk says he’ll reverse Twitter ban on Trump
112. 9 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
113. 9 MayBrian Charlesworth on the errors of a new paper supposedly showing that a fundamental assumption of neo-Darwinian evolution is wrong
114. 9 MayPastor Tish Harrison Warren sees prohibiting abortion as part of the Social Justice Movement
115. 9 MayFareed Zakaria: why is the American public so divided?
116. 8 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
117. 8 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
118. 8 MayHarvard Crimson supports the BDS initiative
119. 8 MayTime Magazine goes full stupid: “free speech has become an obsession of the mostly white, male members of the tech elite”
120. 7 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
121. 7 MayReaders’ wildlife stories (and tales)
122. 7 MayCaturday felid: A warm spot
123. 7 MayEric Hedin beefs about being “canceled” at Ball State by the FFRF and me, but forgives me, showing a cat leading me to Jesus!
124. 6 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
125. 6 MayThe Golden Steve Awards for 2021’s best achievements in film
126. 6 MayA new and tendentious “scientific” field: Critical Ecology
127. 6 MayHappy Amphibian Week!
128. 5 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
129. 5 MayOn the way home
130. 5 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Sopisticated Theology
131. 5 MayThe leaked Roe decision: culture war or theocracy?
132. 4 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
133. 4 MayWhy should nonbelievers pray and go to church?
134. 4 MayAnimals I saw today
135. 3 MayTuesday: Hili Dialogue
136. 3 MayThe Supreme Court has already overturned Roe v. Wade!
137. 3 MayPinker vs. the AAAS on the politicization of climate change—and science in general
138. 3 MayTuesday felids
139. 3 MayA brief comment on the leaked Supreme Court “decision”
140. 2 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
141. 2 MayMarrakech
142. 1 MaySunday: Hili Dialogue
143. 1 MayPosting is light again
144. 1 MayMichelle Goldberg manages to blame the Right for anti-Semitism

April 2022

1. 30 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 AprCaturday felid trifecta: Why cats hate aluminum foil; how to keep your cat from waking you up early; and My (cat) Baby Just Cares for Me
3. 29 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
4. 29 AprMore from Madeira
5. 29 AprBiogeography of the Canary Islands
6. 29 AprDinner last night
7. 28 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
8. 28 AprMadeira and its doors
9. 28 AprDiscussion: Elon Musk, Twitter, and free speech
10. 27 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
11. 27 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ upspeak?
12. 27 AprA new New York Times opinion columnist
13. 27 AprThe Canaries, day 3
14. 26 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
15. 25 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
16. 25 AprStill eating. . .
17. 25 AprVegetation in Tenerife
18. 24 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
19. 24 AprMorning in Tenerife
20. 24 AprDreams and nightmares of the genetic age
21. 24 AprI have landed again!
22. 23 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
23. 23 AprCaturday felid trifecta: One-eyed stowaway cat on oil platform returned to owner after five years; world’s skinniest stray rescued and fed up; Maru “runs” obstacle course
24. 23 AprI have landed!
25. 22 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
26. 22 AprReaders’ wildlife photos and stories: the entomology behind Lyle’s Black Treacle
27. 22 AprNew travels—and a note to readers
28. 21 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
29. 21 AprAccording to our readers, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker is everywhere! Here: seven independent sightings!
30. 21 AprFairness as justice: income inequality versus income unfairness, and what Democrats need to do about the distinction
31. 21 AprThe turtles are out
32. 21 AprCondolence letters to Darwin’s family released on the 140th anniversary of his death
33. 20 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
34. 20 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ wrassling
35. 20 AprIs cancel culture real?
36. 20 AprDorothy flies up to her nest
37. 19 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
38. 19 AprDiscussion thread
39. 19 AprA repost of a post by Matthew: Belgian resistance fighters try to free a trainload of Jews headed to Auschwitz
40. 19 AprDo we have more evidence that the Ivory-billed woodpecker is not extinct?
41. 19 AprAnd in the end. . .
42. 18 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
43. 18 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
44. 18 AprHaidt on the seemingly irreparable brokenness of American life
45. 18 AprThe hard case for free speech: Amy Wax
46. 18 AprOnce again, please try not to dominate the comments section
47. 17 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
48. 17 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 17 AprYes, Virginia, the New York Times is woke
50. 17 AprA secular case for Christianity?
51. 17 AprTish Harrison Warren thinks it’s critically important that Jesus DID rise bodily from the dead
52. 17 AprA photo and an aphorism
53. 16 AprHow to send me wildlife photos
54. 16 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
55. 16 AprCaturday felids: Two reviews of a cat toy (two thumbs down); human/cat bonding; an agile moggy: and lagniappe
56. 16 AprHow to be a good liberal but oppose the excesses of transsexual activism
57. 15 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
58. 15 AprHili dialogue mis-posted again
59. 15 AprThe Royal Society of New Zealand blows off those complaining about its treatment of the Satanic Seven; refuses to apologize for mistreating them
60. 15 AprNYT op-ed proposes ditching the idea of God because He’s “hateful”
61. 15 AprHere’s my DNA results: Surprise—I’m descended from Ashkenazi Jews!
62. 14 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
63. 14 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
64. 14 AprDorothy the mallard hen causes trouble!
65. 14 AprCurmudgeon sees John Lennon’s “Imagine” as a harmful song
66. 14 AprAdelie penguin defends Emperor penguin chicks
67. 13 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
68. 13 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
69. 13 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ denial
70. 13 AprPrinceton University punishes professor for exercising free speech, shows it doesn’t understand what “free speech” really is.
71. 13 AprWashington Post ditches “pregnant women” for “pregnant people”
72. 12 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
73. 12 AprNow the “warranty scam” is going postal
74. 12 AprScience “studies” helping bring down science
75. 12 AprProprietor’s wildlife: Two photos from Antarctica
76. 11 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
77. 11 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
78. 11 AprIs the Ivory-billed Woodpecker still with us?
79. 11 AprJesus will fix everything—if the resurrection happened!
80. 11 AprCelebrating Dick Lewontin
81. 11 AprHili dialogue failed to launch today. It’s up now.
82. 10 AprTwo court cases: Texas charges a women with murder for abortion, and once again, Gibson’s versus Oberlin College
83. 10 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
84. 10 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
85. 10 AprStrange reporting of a terrorist attack that killed three Israelis
86. 9 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
87. 9 AprCaturday felid trifecta:Top ten cats in literature; man who thinks he’s a cat; science using gene-editing technology to create hypoallergenic cats
88. 9 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
89. 9 AprTrue Facts about sea stars (and related echinoderms)
90. 8 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
91. 8 AprSlapgate and “respectability politics”: should role models behave especially well?
92. 8 AprChicago Maroon op-ed editors abase themselves, apologize for posting a letter criticizing anti-Semitism
93. 7 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
94. 7 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
95. 7 AprUniversity of Illinois now requires diversity statements for tenure and promotion
96. 7 AprWord and phrases I despise
97. 7 AprKetanji Brown Jackson confirmed as Supreme Court Justice, but narrowly
98. 6 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
99. 6 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ anti-Semitism
100. 6 AprOnce again: Was E. O. Wilson a racist? His closest colleague says “no way”!
101. 6 AprHow do we tell left from right?
102. 5 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
103. 5 AprI have landed
104. 5 AprI have landed, part II
105. 4 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
106. 4 AprThe Last Supper
107. 4 AprI made it, but have not yet landed.
108. 3 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
109. 2 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
110. 2 AprCaturday felids trifecta: The rabbi’s cat; Freddie deBoer muses on his cat at 10; and manly men who love cats
111. 2 AprFellows of New Zealand’s Royal Society demand apology and full review of the Society after poor treatment of two members
112. 2 AprChile: Days 32 and 33
113. 1 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
114. 1 AprThis year’s Golden Steve nominees for motion picture achievement
115. 1 AprNatural selection is cleverer than you are

March 2022

1. 31 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 MarAntarctica (Patagonia): Days 30 and 31
3. 30 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
4. 30 MarWhat do we do if Russia and Ukraine make peace?
5. 30 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ secularism
6. 30 MarAntarctica (Patagonia): Days 28-29
7. 29 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue:
8. 29 MarWhat on earth is “cancel culture”?
9. 28 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
10. 28 MarScientific American: What we can learn about abortion from quantum mechanics
11. 28 MarAntarctica: Days 26-27
12. 27 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
13. 27 MarLawrence Krauss: Stop indicting science for systemic bigotry
14. 26 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
15. 26 MarCaturday felid triefecta: How to toilet-train your cat; David Baddiel and his beloved moggies; and Owlkitty the video star
16. 26 MarAntarctica, day 21-25
17. 26 MarWashington Post runs rare column that praises atheism
18. 25 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
19. 25 MarTwo readings on academic snitches
20. 25 MarAntarctica, day 21b: Leaving and heading north
21. 24 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
22. 24 MarGarth Cooper explains why he resigned from New Zealand’s Royal Society
23. 24 MarAntarctica, day 21a: Cuverville Island and lunch
24. 23 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
25. 23 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ abuse
26. 23 MarAntarctica, day 20: Brown Station
27. 23 MarUniversity of Virginia student paper criticizes freedom of speech
28. 22 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
29. 22 MarAntarctica, day 19: Around and through the Lemaire Channel
30. 22 MarThe Supreme Court hearings: shoot me now!
31. 21 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
32. 21 MarWhy Robert Nola quit New Zealand’s Royal Society
33. 21 MarAntarctica, Day 18: Yankee Harbour and Half Moon Island
34. 21 MarThe slow death of NPR
35. 20 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
36. 20 MarMichael Shermer argues that transitioning to the female gender after puberty is equivalent in sports to “doping”
37. 19 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
38. 19 MarCaturday felids: A cat with a shoe fetish; Ukrainian cat escapes the war; oldest cat in Worcester gets a forever home at 21
39. 19 MarThe NYT apparently doesn’t understand freedom of speech
40. 18 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
41. 18 MarSierra Club pretends it didn’t cancel trips to Israel for political reasons, walks back its decision
42. 18 MarNola and Cooper resign from New Zealand’s Royal Society after being exculpated for criticizing indigenous “ways of knowing” as “science”
43. 17 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
44. 17 MarUniversity of Chicago’s Kalven Report on free speech featured and defended in Wall Street Journal op-ed
45. 17 MarAntarctica, Day 15: Cooling our jets in Punta Arenas and turning the ship around
46. 17 MarInfantile Yale Law students disrupt campus free-speech event
47. 17 MarDan Dennett discusses consciousness tonight in a “Munk Debate”; starts in 20 minutes
48. 16 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
49. 16 MarHoney is back! (probably)
50. 16 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Jannah
51. 16 MarCovidiocy: Cathy Young’s take
52. 16 MarAntarctica, Day 14: The Garibaldi Fjord and back to Punta Arenas
53. 15 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
54. 15 MarAntarctica, Day 13: Back though the Beagle Channel
55. 14 MarMonday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
56. 14 MarAntarctica, Day 12: A rough journey through the Drake Passage
57. 14 MarTish Harrison Warren presents her readers’ prayers for Ukraine, but God doesn’t seem to be listening
58. 13 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
59. 13 MarAntarctica, Day 11: Elephant Island, and back toward Chile through the Drake Passage
60. 13 MarWhat will happen to Ukraine?
61. 13 MarNew Zealand’s Royal Society exculpates two members accused of criticizing indigenous “ways of knowing” as coequal with science
62. 12 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
63. 12 MarAntarctica, Day 10: A jaunt along the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula
64. 12 MarCaturday felid: Why don’t lions climb trees?; cat butt pencil sharpener; refugee cats from Ukraine
65. 11 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
66. 11 MarAntarctica, Day 9: Whalers Bay
67. 11 MarJohn Horgan on free will and superdeterminism
68. 11 MarThis trip cancelled because of Covid
69. 10 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
70. 10 MarAntarctica, Day 8: The Lemaire Channel, a Zodiac tour of Neko Harbour and my cabin
71. 9 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
72. 9 MarAntarctica, Day 7: Petermann Island
73. 9 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Women’s Day
74. 9 MarScientific American attacks the “cult of the penis”
75. 8 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
76. 8 MarAntarctica, Day 6: Brown Station
77. 7 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
78. 7 MarAntarctica, Day 5: Deception Island
79. 7 MarTish Warren preaches about sin in the NYT
80. 7 MarBedtime!
81. 6 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
82. 6 MarAntarctica, Day 4: Yankee Harbor and our first encounter with penguins and seals
83. 6 MarSports Illustrated highlights Lia Thomas and the swimming controversy
84. 5 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
85. 5 MarCaturday felid trifecta: Pot Roast the cat dies; a history of White House cats; cat marooned on river wall rescued
86. 5 MarAntarctica Day 4: A sea day (i.e., lectures and food)
87. 4 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
88. 4 MarAntarctica: Day 3. Cape Horn, lecturing
89. 4 MarNow they’re worried that sanctions will make Putin behave even worse!
90. 3 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
91. 3 MarAntarctica, day 2: Food and glaciers
92. 3 MarDiscussion thread
93. 2 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
94. 2 MarWhere we are now?
95. 2 MarThe termites email, even when I’m in Patagonia.
96. 2 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Great Designer
97. 2 MarLife aboard: breakfast and scenery
98. 2 MarIt figures
99. 1 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
100. 1 MarScience journal punishes Russian authors by refusing to review their papers
101. 1 MarAboard!
102. 1 MarDinner on board

February 2022

1. 28 FebI have landed!
2. 28 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
3. 27 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
4. 27 FebThe Botany Pond DuckCam is back on YouTube (with an alternative site)
5. 27 FebGoodbye till Chile and the Antarctic
6. 27 FebIn Houston
7. 26 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
8. 26 FebCaturday felid trifecta: Tabby rescued from Afghanistan finds home in California with her adoring staff; cat muzzle review on Amazon; Istanbul orchestra cat
9. 26 FebSome readings/discussion
10. 26 FebMy travel accoutrements
11. 25 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
12. 25 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
13. 25 FebSoon I’ll learn my ancestry: is there any Irish in there?
14. 25 FebA small victory: Thomas Henry Huxley not “cancelled” but “contextualized” at Imperial College
15. 25 FebThe invasion brings out the kooks
16. 24 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
17. 24 FebDiscussion thread: War in Europe
18. 24 FebZoe Strimpel on Bari Weiss’s site: “Let’s get into this war!”
19. 24 FebTrump, praising Putin, shows his inner ghoul
20. 23 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
21. 23 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
22. 23 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ morals
23. 23 FebOn the origin of the specious: Jesuit magazine says that Darwin was both an evolutionist and an advocate of “intelligent design”
24. 23 FebWe have a new department
25. 22 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
26. 22 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
27. 22 FebUniversity of Massachusetts STEM faculty push back against the politicization of their University and its morphing from research and teaching to social engineering
28. 22 FebTexas Lt. Governor proposes abolishing tenure in his state’s universities, as well as banning teaching CRT
29. 21 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
30. 21 FebDeparting!
31. 21 FebSuzy Weiss on swimmer Lia Thomas, and the chilling of dissent
32. 21 FebSiskel and Ebert on movie reviewing and “political correctness”
33. 20 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
34. 20 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
35. 20 FebOnce again: Ivermectin doesn’t work
36. 20 FebPredicting ivermectin and hydroxychloquine use by political affiliation
37. 19 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
38. 19 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 19 FebCaturday felids: Books about cats in space; missing cat found when owner recognizes its voice over a vet’s phone ; and wonderful fox photos (Honorary Cats)—plus lagniappe
40. 19 FebHeather Mac Donald reviews more art museums
41. 19 FebAussie lamb ad
42. 18 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
43. 18 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
44. 18 FebIs Tom Friedman over the hill?
45. 18 FebA New Zealand university surrenders to indigenous “ways of knowing”
46. 17 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
47. 17 FebOnce again: Is there a better word for “woke”?
48. 17 FebSan Francisco voters boot out three of the seven city school board members for hamhanded performance
49. 17 FebHeather Mac Donald on two new exhibits at the Met
50. 17 FebJapan beleaguered by snow
51. 16 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
52. 16 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 16 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Qur’an 2.0
54. 16 FebThree ideological confrères produce a questionable piece of accommodationism
55. 16 FebBad academic writing of the year award
56. 15 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
57. 15 FebI need a big fat book for traveling
58. 15 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
59. 15 FebNZ Science Dean wants schools to teach Māori “spirituality” and “non-secularism” in science
60. 15 FebA woke and fearful scientific society removes the names of famous scientists from all its awards
61. 14 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
62. 14 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
63. 14 FebThe vexing issue of emoji colors
64. 14 FebSabine Hossenfelder on the most epic fights between scientists
65. 14 FebN. S. Lyons: Wokeness is here to stay, and for a LONG time
66. 13 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
67. 13 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
68. 13 FebThe first picture from the James Webb Space Telescope!—and explanatory lagniappe
69. 13 FebBBC segment on transwomen in female sports
70. 13 FebOn Biden, McWhorter, and the n-word
71. 13 FebWords and phrases I abhor
72. 12 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
73. 12 FebReaders’ wildlife tale: Of figs and wasps
74. 12 FebCaturday felid trifecta: Cats discover self-heating satellite dishes; a gynormous (28 lb.) but un-fat kitty; and samurai cats
75. 12 FebVaccinations in school; why shouldn’t they be the parent’s “choice”?
76. 12 FebTwo books on Darwin
77. 11 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
78. 11 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
79. 11 FebSarah Haider on why you shouldn’t emphasize your liberal bona fides
80. 11 FebThe Free Speech Union criticizes the ACLU
81. 11 FebU of C students continue calls to abolish the campus police after three murders of students and a new incident when a man fired at a cop
82. 10 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
83. 10 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
84. 10 FebToday in collegiate dystopia: when the metric is mistaken for the goal
85. 10 FebIndigenous electrical wiring in New Zealand
86. 10 FebTime Magazine tries bullying its readers into Wokeness
87. 10 FebSee “true cyan”!
88. 9 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
89. 9 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
90. 9 FebA raptor scares our ducks
91. 9 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Wisdom of the Deity
92. 9 FebMassimo Pigliucci: “Free will is incoherent”
93. 9 FebChicago teacher fired for using racial slur didactically
94. 9 FebThe March of the Army Ants
95. 8 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
96. 8 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
97. 8 FebThe supposedly short shelf life of public intellectuals
98. 8 FebNotes to readers
99. 8 FebA trend explained: why colleges ignore their own free-speech policies
100. 7 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
101. 7 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
102. 7 FebNew paper on “cancel culture in science”
103. 7 FebThe world’s Wokest university
104. 6 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
105. 6 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
106. 6 FebNPR promotes tarot
107. 6 FebAnti-Semitism fulminates at the University of Chicago
108. 5 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
109. 5 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
110. 5 FebCaturday felid trifecta: Iceland’s Yule cat; Famous ailurophiles; why cats are fussy eaters; woman yearns to give her cat the perfect life; and lagniappe.
111. 5 Feb“The Shape of Dialogue”: a discussion about ‘ways of knowing’
112. 5 FebThe University of Waikato vows fealty to New Zealand’s only approved ideology
113. 4 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
114. 4 FebMore accusations that E. O. Wilson was a racist
115. 4 FebIs Cancel Culture on the way out?
116. 4 FebThe Presidential motorcade
117. 3 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
118. 3 FebReaders’ wildlife video and photos
119. 3 FebUSA Swimming announces new policy for transgender swimmers
120. 3 FebDiscussion thread
121. 2 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
122. 2 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
123. 2 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ disbelief
124. 2 FebRare 40,000 year old log given to Māori rather than science
125. 2 FebSarah Haider on World Hijab Day
126. 1 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
127. 1 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
128. 1 FebQuick review: “Woke Racism” by John McWhorter
129. 1 FebPhil Zuckerman on the advantages of secular morality

January 2022

1. 31 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 JanReaders’ wildlife tale
3. 31 JanDoes science need religion because only faith gives us “meaning and purpose”?
4. 31 JanA brave Kiwi
5. 30 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
6. 30 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
7. 30 JanA reader’s Claptonesque vaccine rant
8. 30 JanThe ACLU reverses course once again in the interest of wokeness
9. 30 JanNeil deGrasse Tyson: Why we can never reach absolute zero
10. 29 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
11. 29 JanReaders’ wildlife photos: special “spot the moths” version
12. 29 JanCaturday felid trifecta: Woman gives up job to become “cat nanny”; cat versus cougar; Washington D.C.’s cat count; and lagniappe
13. 29 Jan“Luck” vs. genes: is there a moral difference?
14. 29 JanLatest victim of school book-banning: Toni Morrison
15. 28 JanFriday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
16. 28 JanHave you heard the good news? THE BIDENS FINALLY GOT A CAT!
17. 28 JanWhy both Left and Right distort CRT for political ends
18. 27 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
19. 27 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 27 JanMaus banned in a Tennessee school distrinct because of eight swear words and a naked rodent
21. 27 JanThe Elect at Princeton University decide that ballet is racist, sexist, white supremacist, and thoroughly problematic
22. 26 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue)
23. 26 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
24. 26 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ gaslighting (again)
25. 26 JanSarah Palin sues NYT for libel
26. 26 JanThe inanities of Scientific American—almost all within just one year
27. 25 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
28. 25 JanEric Clapton argues that pharmaceutical advertising hypnotized him into getting the covid jab that did him in
29. 25 JanHow “indigenous medicine” differs from “medicine”
30. 25 JanDawkins keeps his cool when surrounded by irrationality
31. 24 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
32. 24 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
33. 24 JanA trigger warning for Nineteen Eighty-Four !
34. 24 JanTeachers push California student to undergo sexual transitioning
35. 23 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
36. 23 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
37. 23 JanTo the Democrats: How not to lose
38. 23 JanMore from New Zealand, a nation whose science is circling the drain
39. 23 JanGoogle purifies its language
40. 22 JanThe Telegraph writes about our (rejected) letter to Nature
41. 22 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
42. 22 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
43. 22 JanBari Weiss: anti-vaxer?
44. 22 JanCaturday felid trifecta: Ten best cat commercials of all time; a menacing kitten; a massive cat rescue in Philly; and lagniappe
45. 21 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
46. 21 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 21 JanBard College begins “decolonizing” its library as Pecksniffs comb the stacks searching for bad representations of “race/ethnicity, gender, religion, and ability”
48. 21 JanDo seahorses validate “queerness”? The naturalistic fallacy committed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust
49. 21 JanUpcoming post at 6 p.m.
50. 21 JanOur letter to Nature: also rejected but published in shortened form by the Telegraph
51. 20 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
52. 20 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 20 JanJordan Peterson hangs it up as a professor
54. 20 JanDeployment of Webb Space Telescope’s mirror’s successful, but we’re not there yet
55. 20 JanFIRE finds Syracuse University creating prohibitions against “threatening mental health”—even with a single remark
56. 19 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
57. 19 JanOur attempt to correct the record about E. O. Wilson: a joint letter to Scientific American—which, of course, they rejected.
58. 19 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Satan
59. 19 JanMichael Phelps in line for accusations of transphobia after touting a “clean field” in women’s sports
60. 19 JanTwo baby tigers are born!
61. 18 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
62. 18 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
63. 18 JanCritical Race Theorists claim Dr. King as the first “CRTer”
64. 18 JanYou can order your free Covid test kits now
65. 18 JanThe three things that, when I post about them, draw the most critical emails
66. 17 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
67. 17 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
68. 17 JanNature touts combining indigenous knowledge and science
69. 17 JanBari is back: Weiss on the Texas hostage situation and what the reaction means
70. 17 JanThe perils of plural pronouns: “They sneezes”
71. 16 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
72. 16 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
73. 16 JanOne again: Diversity training doesn’t work, ditto with microaggression training, implicit bias training, or any mandatory DEI training
74. 16 JanFrancesca Stavrakopoulou on her new book about God
75. 16 JanThe NYT almost completely ignores the synagogue hostage-taking in Texas
76. 15 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
77. 15 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
78. 15 JanCaturday felid trifecta: Cats vs narrowing tubes; cats hold a blender hostage; surfing cat; and lagniappe
79. 15 JanMore bias in Scientific American, this time in a “news” article
80. 14 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
81. 14 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
82. 14 JanThe Epstein-Barr virus appears to be an important cause of multiple sclerosis
83. 14 JanWhat’s the evidence that the Polynesians discovered Antarctica? None save ancient myths.
84. 13 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
85. 13 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
86. 13 JanEmory Law School student government denies request for a free speech society, claiming that it might cause “harm”
87. 13 JanMāori official in New Zealand’s Coast Guard insists that prayer to a god is the key to reducing drowning
88. 12 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
89. 12 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
90. 12 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ empathy
91. 12 JanThe road to perdition for the Demonized
92. 12 JanExamining one bit of Maori “knowledge”: Did the Maori or other Polynesians discover Antarctica?
93. 12 JanTortoise eats bird (by Greg Mayer)
94. 11 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
95. 11 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
96. 11 JanGoodbye, Bari Weiss
97. 11 JanEither I have no DNA or I’m an aberrant hominin
98. 11 JanLet a million genders blossom
99. 11 JanJohn McWhorter talks with Bill Kristol
100. 10 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
101. 10 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
102. 10 JanAnti-semitism in mainstream Western media: The AP and the BBC
103. 10 JanThe U of C campus in winter
104. 9 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
105. 9 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
106. 9 JanFor newbies: read Da Roolz
107. 9 JanWhat’s going on in New Zealand? Three easy pieces
108. 9 JanIs learning through trial and error “science”?
109. 8 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
110. 8 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
111. 8 JanLive: James Webb telescope unfolding NOW
112. 8 JanCaturday felid trifecta: Celebrities’ cats; cat has rare brown kittens; giant cat screen in Japan; and lagniappe
113. 8 JanOnce again, Darwin gets dragged into the muck by the Woke
114. 8 JanA grad student weighs in on the SSB’s attempt to delete Ernst Mayr’s name from his award
115. 8 JanPost by Greg Mayer: More thoughts on E.O. Wilson
116. 7 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
117. 7 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
118. 7 JanWired touts astrology as a practice that works
119. 7 JanHelen Mirren attacked for portraying Golda Meir because Mirren’s not Jewish
120. 7 JanSidney Poitier dies at 94
121. 7 JanSpeaking of Scientific American. . .
122. 6 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
123. 6 JanReader’s wildlife photos
124. 6 JanFamous biologist Ernst Mayr about to be heaved into the dumpster by the Society of Systematic Biologists
125. 6 JanRichard Dawkins in Areo on race and sex
126. 5 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
127. 5 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
128. 5 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ science
129. 5 JanGuest post: Wokeness in the latest issue of Science
130. 5 JanDaniel Finkelstein defends E. O. Wilson (and mocks Scientific American) in the Times of London
131. 4 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
132. 4 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
133. 4 JanThe New York Times might have used Bayes’ Theorem
134. 4 JanNow it’s paleontology that gets accused of being rotten with structural racism, colonialism, and white supremacy
135. 3 JanScott Aaronson hosts a guest post about the Sci Am hatchet job on E. O. Wilson
136. 3 JanElizabeth Holmes found guilty on four counts
137. 3 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
138. 3 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
139. 3 JanGuest post: A scholarly critique of the 1619 Project finds many omissions and distortions
140. 3 JanDoes suppression of testosterone reduce the athletic advantage of transwomen over biological women?
141. 2 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
142. 2 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
143. 2 JanThe NYT touts Moses’s “burning bush”
144. 2 JanGuest post: Censorship at a Canadian Medical Journal
145. 2 JanRichard Leakey dies at 77
146. 2 JanThe top episodes of wokeness in Canada last year
147. 1 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue and New Year’s wishes from Leon and Kulka
148. 1 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
149. 1 JanCaturday felid trifecta: Facts about the manul; a gorgeous Maine Coon; are all cats psychopaths?
150. 1 JanA new “Heterodox STEM” group
151. 1 JanTravails of the aged