2023

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December 2023

1. 31 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 DecHappy New Year from a woke and hypocritical ChatGPT
4. 31 DecFrank Sinatra’s anti-bigotry film, “The House I Live In”
5. 30 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
6. 30 DecReaders’ wildlife photos (and story)
7. 30 DecCaturday felid trifecta: Polish wildcat nabs Manul World Cup; cats in nativity scenes; a trio of frozen kittens rescued; and lagniappe
8. 30 DecThe supernatural invades American museums via indigenous artifacts
9. 29 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
10. 29 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
11. 29 DecTrigger warnings don’t work
12. 29 DecMatti Friedman on how Hamas outfoxed the world—with the world’s complicity
13. 29 DecBanned and censored scenes from Tom and Jerry cartoons
14. 28 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
15. 28 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
16. 28 DecThe Chronicle of Higher Ed discusses the new pushback on college wokeness
17. 28 DecThe George Floyd “murder”: filmmakers interviewed by Loury and McWhorter
18. 27 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
19. 27 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 27 DecSweating professors and students at Swarthmore demand that their university take political stands (in favor of Gaza, of course)
21. 26 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
22. 26 DecThe Atlantic: how DEI is ruining humanities in American universities
23. 26 DecMother croc gently picks up her babies
24. 25 DecSend in your Christmas cat photos
25. 25 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
26. 25 DecChristmas kitties
27. 25 DecReindeer eyes change color in winter to make edible lichens easier to spot
28. 25 DecThe New York Times’s Christmas essay (Trigger warning: atheism)
29. 24 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
30. 24 DecSend in your Christmas Cat photos
31. 24 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
32. 24 DecCensorship in science: a compilation of references
33. 24 DecJon Haidt on the rise of antisemitism on campus
34. 24 Dec“Nutcracker” drones set two Guinness world records
35. 23 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
36. 23 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
37. 23 DecCaturday felid trifecta: Cat in baby sling; Scottish wildcat disappears due to interbreeding with ferals; and the best cat poetry
38. 23 DecThe American Association of Biological Anthropologists denies the sex binary in humans (on ideological grounds, of course)
39. 23 DecKipnis on Hitchens
40. 22 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
41. 22 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
42. 22 DecCalls to ban free speech at Auckland University in New Zealand
43. 22 DecNew Zealand government weighing banning transgender women in publicly funded women’s sports
44. 21 DecClaudine Gay: Crimson and NYT reveal Harvard President’s history of plagiarism
45. 21 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
46. 21 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 21 DecAbigail Shrier has a new book on where therapy for the young went wrong
48. 21 DecOnce again, cultural anthropologists claim that there are not two sexes, using a stupid and misleading example from orangutans
49. 20 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
50. 20 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
51. 20 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ hypocrisy
52. 20 DecDoctors Without Borders accused of complicity with Hamas
53. 20 DecTime for Claudine Gay to resign
54. 19 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
55. 19 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
56. 19 DecBari Weiss on why DEI must be dismantled
57. 19 DecAnother NYT writer resigns in lieu of being fired
58. 19 DecA dearth of science books on the “Year’s Best” list
59. 18 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
60. 18 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
61. 18 DecNYT publisher responds to James Bennet’s accusations
62. 18 DecTom Gross’s newsletter
63. 18 DecArchaeology society prohibits publishing photographs of funerary objects of Native Americans
64. 17 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
65. 17 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
66. 17 DecHow the New York Times lost its objectivity and credibility
67. 17 DecPeople talking too much
68. 17 DecMission creep at the FFRF
69. 16 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
70. 16 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
71. 16 DecCaturday felid trifecta: AI entertains cats; new drug promises to double cats’ life span to 30 years; Lyft driver accidentally absconds with cat, frantic search ensues
72. 16 DecChicago mayor preparing to eliminate magnet schools. Is that a good thing to do?
73. 16 DecBill Maher on changing boundaries and the tenacity of Israel
74. 15 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
75. 15 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
76. 15 DecConor Friedersdorf (and Alexander Barvinok) on ideological coercion in American colleges
77. 15 DecTop Hitchens Quotes
78. 14 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
79. 14 DecReaders’ wildlife photos (and videos)
80. 14 DecThe University of Chicago’s Lab School violates the principles of institutional neutrality
81. 14 DecQuestions for reader discussion
82. 14 DecAn example of institutional neutrality
83. 13 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
84. 13 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
85. 13 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Danish cowardice
86. 13 DecWhy calls for genocide are usually legal
87. 12 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
88. 12 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
89. 12 DecHarvard retains President Claudine Gay despite alleged plagiarism on her part
90. 12 DecSteve Pinker’s Fivefold Way: How Harvard can save itself
91. 12 DecThey won’t even let Jews celebrate Hanukkah
92. 11 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
93. 11 DecReaders’ wildlife videos
94. 11 DecMcWhorter and Loury and a new film: George Floyd wasn’t murdered
95. 11 DecFareed Zakaria decries the movement to make academic merit less important than identity and diversity
96. 10 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
97. 10 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
98. 10 DecWhy liberals are calling for college presidents to resign
99. 10 DecMrBeast excoriated by the Purity Police as a “white savior”
100. 9 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
101. 9 DecThe University of Chicago’s Students for Justice in Palestine justify the terrorism and barbarity of Hamas on October 7, tout other forms of antisemitism
102. 8 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
103. 8 DecA powerful University dean in New Zealand touts merging higher education with indigenous spirituality
104. 7 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
105. 7 DecHoliday snaps: Boston and Cambridge
106. 7 DecNo evidence yet that the shooting of three Muslim students in Vermont was a hate crime
107. 7 DecNYT reports that the IDF deliberately killed journalists; I predict this is wrong
108. 6 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
109. 6 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ purity
110. 6 DecThree University Presidents testify in Congress about antisemitism
111. 6 DecMore on the violence by Hamas against Israeli women
112. 5 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
113. 5 DecIntercessionary prayer fails again, this time with covid recovery
114. 4 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
115. 4 DecAntisemitism march in Paris
116. 4 DecI need a book
117. 3 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
118. 3 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
119. 3 DecChuck Schumer delivers Senate speech on antisemitism
120. 3 DecAnimals get fooled by magic
121. 3 DecSix more Israeli hostages died in the hands of Hamas
122. 2 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
123. 2 DecCambridge and Harvard
124. 2 DecDiscussion for readers
125. 1 DecFrom Jerry: Hili dialogue
126. 1 DecThe media wants a hate crime

November 2023

1. 30 NovThursday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 NovSome more Hili news from Jerry
3. 29 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
4. 29 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
5. 29 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Cosmic Schmucks
6. 29 NovYoungest Hamas hostage and family reported killed
7. 29 NovThe reprehensible organization UN Women can’t find the ability to condemn Hamas’s gender-based violence. It tried to, but then removed its post immediately.
8. 29 NovIlya Shapiro on free speech
9. 28 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
10. 28 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
11. 28 NovUSC abrogates freedom of speech: Jewish professor banned from campus for saying he hoped that all members of Hamas would be killed.
12. 28 NovThe double irony of classes voluntarily segregated by race
13. 27 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
14. 27 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
15. 27 NovDid humans evolve in water?
16. 27 NovA small experiment using quotes with interchangeable races: which group is the most demonized?
17. 26 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
18. 26 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
19. 26 NovNews from Tom Gross
20. 26 NovOur latest department and its social-justice obscurantism
21. 26 NovMore scary antisemitism in NYC high-school students
22. 25 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
23. 25 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
24. 25 NovCorpse flower in bloom: live video feed!
25. 25 NovCaturday felids: The Kagurazaka Bakaneko Festival and cat parade; copycat; the many facial expressions of cats; and lagniappe
26. 25 NovCensorship in science: a new paper and analysis
27. 24 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
28. 24 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 24 NovColeman Hughes attacks comparisons between Palestine and the struggle of blacks for freedom in South Africa and America
30. 23 NovThursday: Hili dialogue
31. 23 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
32. 23 NovSite glitch about comments
33. 23 NovGlitch apparently fixed, but note possible change
34. 23 NovMore tunnels under al-Shifa hospital: an embarrassment to the Western media and an indictment of NGOs
35. 23 NovThanksgiving reading: antisemitism and hatred in American universities
36. 23 NovThe heaviest turkey ever recorded
37. 22 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
38. 22 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 22 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the “good books”
40. 22 NovExtremes of identitarianism at Ohio State: hirings based largely on DEI statements
41. 22 Nov61-year old cockatoo, living in dire conditions, gets rescued, adopted, and loved; starts to vocalize
42. 22 NovFantastic video: Eastern black rhino born at Chester zoo
43. 21 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
44. 21 NovNo readers’ wildlife today
45. 21 NovNew Zealand academics decry the decline of their country’s universities
46. 21 NovThe Guardian touts the Qu’ran as a guide to life, and a way for Americans to understand why Palestinians are resilient
47. 20 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
48. 20 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 20 NovHomage to Orwell: a critique of a New York Review of Books piece that damns Israel
50. 20 NovParis: Day 8
51. 20 NovPamela Paul on the problem with “progressives”
52. 19 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
53. 19 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
54. 19 NovWestern feminists largely ignore gender-based violence (rape and mutilation) inflicted by Hamas on Israeli and foreign women
55. 19 NovHow American progressives have gone astray
56. 19 NovGuinness records: 2023
57. 18 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
58. 18 NovFive minutes until Starship’s second flight test
59. 18 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
60. 18 NovCaturday felid trifecta: Cat Island in Turkey; Pawficcer Fuzz, Arkansas police cat: and a beautifully marked cat (plus lagniappe)
61. 18 NovViolating University of Chicago speech regulations, pro-Palestinian students shout down Jewish students and shut down their speeches; University does nothing to stop the disruption
62. 17 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
63. 17 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
64. 17 NovQueensland University of Technology completely ditches merit-based hiring, favoring gender, “looks”, and personality
65. 17 NovHirsi Ali gets criticism of her newfound Christianity; responds
66. 17 NovAdélie penguin rescues Emperor Penguin chicks from a petrel
67. 16 NovThursday: Hili dialogue
68. 16 NovThe journal Science discusses positionality statements
69. 16 NovFour Israeli geneticists unwisely urge universities to issue official condemnations of terrorism and antisemitism
70. 16 NovPost a joke
71. 15 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
72. 15 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ d*gs
73. 15 NovRobyn Blumner of CFI discusses trans women athletes
74. 15 NovCNN op-ed: Israel is adhering to the laws of war
75. 15 NovNoa Marciano, RIP
76. 14 NovSam Harris on the war, jihadism, and morality
77. 14 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
78. 14 NovI have landed!
79. 13 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
80. 13 NovParis: Day 7
81. 13 Nov“Silence is the best policy”: The Washington Post endorses institutional neutrality for universities
82. 12 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
83. 12 NovParis: Day 6
84. 11 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
85. 11 NovParis: Day 5
86. 11 NovAyaan Hirsi Ali ditches atheism, becomes a Christian
87. 10 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
88. 10 NovParis: Day 4
89. 10 NovWashington Post removes cartoon because it was offensive—to Hamas
90. 9 NovThursday: Hili dialogue
91. 9 NovParis: Day 3
92. 9 NovBari Weiss proposes ending DEI
93. 8 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
94. 8 NovParis: Day 2
95. 8 NovNYT piece #1: Anne Frank kindergarten again
96. 8 NovNYT piece #2: “A confused piece on campus speech in the New York Times”
97. 7 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
98. 7 NovParis: Day 1
99. 7 NovAnne Frank’s name erased from a German kindergarten to “increase diversity”
100. 6 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
101. 5 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
102. 5 NovNote to readers
103. 5 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
104. 5 NovAntisemitic hatred in Palestinian schoolbooks
105. 5 NovOberlin seems to be in trouble once again—for fostering antisemitism
106. 4 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
107. 4 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
108. 4 NovSpot the butterfly!
109. 4 NovCaturday felid trifecta: Cat with loudest purr; doctor prescribes cat for depression; the legend of the flying black cat
110. 4 NovHere’s the butterfly!
111. 4 NovRichmond, Californa: the first city in U.S. to accuse Israel of “ethnic cleansing”
112. 4 NovMore on the ideological coopting (and erosion) of science
113. 3 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
114. 3 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
115. 3 NovThe misguided accusations of “genocide” against Israel—from those who approve of genocide against Jews
116. 3 NovStudents sympathizing with Palestine demonstrate on campus, block access to administration building
117. 3 NovLaw firms issue statement saying they won’t hire haters or bigots
118. 2 NovThe University of Chicago’s statement on the war versus other university statements
119. 2 NovThursday: Hili dialogue
120. 2 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
121. 2 NovThey’re going to change the common names of all birds named after people
122. 2 NovTom Gross’s newsletter
123. 2 NovConvincing evidence for human evolution
124. 1 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
125. 1 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
126. 1 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Streisand Effect
127. 1 NovAlan Sokal critiques a bizarre paper from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
128. 1 NovDebate tomorrow: “Resolved, that STEM is systematically racist”
129. 1 NovMāori doctors come out for Palestine
130. 1 NovA new magazine collaboration between Big Think and Templeton

October 2023

1. 31 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 OctIs the NYT buying and publishing information that helps Hamas?
4. 31 OctAn excellent Atlantic article on the false “decolonization” narrative for Gaza
5. 31 OctJoni and JT: “You can close your eyes”
6. 31 OctIt’s snowing!
7. 30 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
8. 30 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
9. 30 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Halloween
10. 30 OctMy conversation with Richard Dawkins
11. 30 OctUN repeatedly condemns Israel, but Palestine (and Hamas) get off scot-free
12. 30 OctNick Cohen on the embrace of Islamism by the “progressive” Left
13. 30 OctZeFrank has crabs!
14. 29 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
15. 29 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
16. 29 OctAnother report about the NSF initiative to braid indigenous ways of knowing with “Western” science
17. 29 OctTom Gross’s latest newsletter
18. 29 OctRipping down the “kidnapped” posters
19. 28 OctThe ground invasion of Gaza has begun
20. 28 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
21. 28 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
22. 28 OctCaturday felid trifecta: How do cats purr?; cat-shaped buildings (and two shaped like a d*g and a fish); helping your cat with osteoarthritis; and lagniappe
23. 28 OctHow Michael Oren realized that anti-Zionism is antisemitism
24. 27 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
25. 27 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
26. 27 OctLA Times: Philosopher critiques Sapolsky’s book on determinism, touts free will
27. 27 OctHow Palestinian kids are taught to hate Jews
28. 27 OctAnimal Behavior Society requires DEI statements for student grants
29. 26 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
30. 26 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
31. 26 OctOnce again, Scientific American screws up an article claiming that the binary definition of sex is harmful and limiting
32. 26 OctHouse resolution favoring Israel passes with ten holdouts, nine of them Democrats (and six Dems voted “present”). Guess the Democrats!
33. 26 OctVanity Fair reveals secret discussion at the NYT about using Hamas sources for headlines: “hedging” versus “attributing”
34. 25 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
35. 25 OctWe’re very low on wildlife photos
36. 25 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
37. 25 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the cartoons
38. 25 Oct“Objective moral law”? Once again Discovery Institute’s Michael Egnor knowingly misrepresents me about determinism and its consequences
39. 25 OctJesse Singal takes apart a bad paper on sex
40. 25 OctTimes Higher Ed on indigenous knowledge as science
41. 24 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
42. 24 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
43. 24 OctA comment from Malgorzata
44. 24 OctScientific American is back to distorting the facts to buttress its ideology
45. 23 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
46. 23 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 23 OctFour Northwestern University profs endorse adoption of Kalven Principle
48. 23 OctTom Gross’s latest newsletter
49. 23 OctThis is as far as the NYT will go in apologizing for bad and harmful reporting
50. 23 OctThe World Health Organization buys into woo
51. 22 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
52. 22 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 22 OctMy letter to the Washington Post on race
54. 22 OctThe failure(s) of the New York Times
55. 22 OctEt tu, BBC?
56. 22 OctRobert Sapolsky gets interviewed about his new book on free will and determinism
57. 21 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
58. 21 OctNikon’s “Small World” contest photo winners
59. 21 OctCaturday felid trifecta: The perfection of cats; man builds house expressly to cater to his two cats; self-aggrandizing “hero cat” saves staff’s house from fire
60. 20 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
61. 20 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
62. 20 OctNew questions about the war
63. 20 OctFrenetic equivocation by a Palestinian envoy
64. 20 OctOn “whiteness in physics”, its rebuttal, and a symposium of papers about the dangers of authoritarian control to science
65. 19 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
66. 19 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
67. 19 OctJon Haidt on a new book, the silence of university leaders, self-censorship, and America’s loss of confidence in higher education
68. 19 OctNYT “explains” changing headlines about hospital bombings as a result of taking what Hamas says as “news”
69. 19 OctTom Gross’s newsletter on the war: Hamas kidnaps and murders handicapped children
70. 19 Oct“The Best Years of Our Lives”
71. 18 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
72. 18 OctWho caused the explosion that, Hamas claims. killed hundreds of people in a Gaza hospital?
73. 18 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Bonhoeffer
74. 18 Oct“Progressives” introduce cease-fire bill aimed at Israel and “Occupied Palestine”
75. 17 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
76. 17 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
77. 17 OctReal headline or satire?
78. 17 OctAnother big-time donor cuts ties with Harvard over its pussyfooting on the war
79. 16 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
80. 16 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
81. 16 OctBad acts against Palestinians in the U.S.
82. 16 OctTom Gross’s daily war report
83. 16 OctWere babies beheaded by Hamas?
84. 15 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
85. 15 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
86. 15 OctA few thoughts on the war
87. 15 OctToday’s post by Tom Gross on the war
88. 15 OctAnti-Israeli protests and sentiments at American colleges
89. 15 OctEating with a conveyer belt
90. 14 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
91. 14 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
92. 14 OctNew Zealand votes out woke Labour government by a big margin
93. 14 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Nikola Tesla is drawn to electricity through his cat; cat falls in love with neighbor, pines when he moves; world’s best cat movies
94. 14 OctFrom Tom Gross: more photos and videos related to the war
95. 13 OctIt’s starting
96. 13 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
97. 13 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
98. 13 OctSam Harris on “moral equivalence”
99. 13 OctHarvard’s President is STILL trying to get it right
100. 13 OctBrian Leiter defends the Kalven Report
101. 12 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
102. 12 OctSpot the snow leopard!
103. 12 OctAn online debate about naming species after people
104. 12 OctHarvard groups walk back their anti-Israel statement
105. 12 OctHere’s the snow leopard!
106. 12 OctUniversity of Edinburgh academics demand cancellation of book on sex and gender
107. 12 OctWildlife photograph of the year
108. 11 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
109. 11 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
110. 11 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ gotcha
111. 11 OctHow uber-Woke colleges respond publicly to the horrific slaughter, rape, and kidnapping by Hamas
112. 11 Oct“There are no hostages on both sides”
113. 11 OctHarvard weasels on the Israel/Palestine conflict; many of its scholars push back
114. 10 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
115. 10 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
116. 10 OctThirty-three Harvard student groups sign joint letter blaming the war and its carnage on Israel
117. 10 OctAnother reason why Palestine is largely responsible for its own plight: its leaders get rich taking money from the people
118. 9 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
119. 9 OctPlease read: Tech support address for this site
120. 9 OctWorldwide (and U.S.-wide) celebrations of Hamas’s slaughter and kidnapping
121. 9 OctVisuals: the attack on Israel
122. 9 OctIs this the world’s best sandwich?
123. 8 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
124. 8 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
125. 8 OctBari Weiss & Co. on the Israel/Palestine war
126. 8 OctThe New York Times’s distortions about Israel
127. 8 OctThe world’s greatest value for a sweet wine
128. 7 OctIsrael is at war with Palestine
129. 7 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
130. 7 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
131. 7 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Cat chain reaction; cat missing for a decade found 1200 miles from home; cat living at Home Depot becomes a media star; and lagniappe
132. 7 OctGuest post: report on the launch of the University of Chicago’s Forum for free expression
133. 6 OctFriday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
134. 6 OctJailed Iranian activist wins Nobel Peace Price
135. 6 OctFat Bear Week: Vote!
136. 6 OctNew Zealand educational attainment plummets, as does school attendance, all while students demand a four-day school week
137. 6 OctGroup of “science-savvy” UK liberals urge denial of the sex binary
138. 5 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
139. 5 OctThe Nobel Prize in Literature: we have a winner!
140. 5 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
141. 5 OctColeman Hughes’s final word on TED
142. 4 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
143. 4 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
144. 4 OctComment on your technical problems with this website
145. 4 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the bushel
146. 4 OctThe University of Chicago initiates an ongoing Forum for Free Expression
147. 4 OctSnowflies amputate their legs to avoid freezing
148. 4 OctGuess the Nobel Prize for Literature
149. 3 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
150. 3 OctReaders’ wildlife videos
151. 3 OctOberlin makes another terrible move, refusing to give back artwork stolen by the Nazis from a Jew
152. 3 OctIt’s Fat Bear Week!
153. 3 OctFighting ideological repression by the Authoritarian Left
154. 3 OctLoury and McWhorter on Kendi’s fall
155. 2 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
156. 2 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
157. 2 OctTwo researchers nab the biology Nobel Prize for work on mRNA covid vaccines
158. 2 OctHead of the ACLU makes a mockery of free speech at a Princeton orientation event designed to promote free speech
159. 2 OctFreddie deBoer on the maladaptive political tactics of the Left
160. 1 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
161. 1 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
162. 1 OctScientific American on a philosophical grift: panpsychism
163. 1 OctNSF invests millions in indigenous knowledge

September 2023

1. 30 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 30 SepCaturday felid trifecta: U.K.’s cat of the year; why cats love tuna; woman feeds Colorado State Fair cat daily for 20 years; and langiappe
4. 30 SepJesse Singal on Coleman Hughes vs. TED
5. 29 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
6. 29 SepDianne Feinstein is dead
7. 29 SepA remarkable case of pollinator/orchid coevolution and specificity
8. 29 SepUSA Fencing will allow males who self-identify as females to fence against biological women; ACLU defends “affirmative” surgery and drugs on minors
9. 29 SepA deceptive oasis—and how birds deal with it
10. 28 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
11. 28 SepReaders’ adventure travel
12. 28 SepThe wokest job ad ever (from U. Mass. Boston)
13. 28 SepMore on the canceled anthropology panel on sex: an anthropology society defends deplatforming the panel as transphobic
14. 27 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
15. 27 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
16. 27 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ comity
17. 27 SepSpectator: Why has Tyson lost it on sex and gender?
18. 27 SepMore mishigas: Two anthropology societies cancel an accepted symposium on sex and gender because it would “harm” their members
19. 26 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
20. 26 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
21. 26 SepHamline University refuses to admit that they screwed up by firing an instructor who showed a picture of Muhammad’s face
22. 26 SepTED stiffs Coleman Hughes for conveying a message ideologically unpalatable to the woke
23. 26 SepSpider sprays strands of silk
24. 25 SepNeil deGrasse Tyson goes after women’s-only spaces
25. 25 SepRobert Sapolsky’s new book on determinism
26. 25 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
27. 25 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
28. 24 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
29. 24 SepFIRE’s new college free-speech rankings: Chicago plummets to #13, but many “elite” schools are at the bottom, with Harvard, rated “abysmal”, holding down last place
30. 24 SepIsrael: Day 19
31. 23 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
32. 22 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
33. 21 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
34. 21 SepIsrael: Day 18
35. 20 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
36. 20 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Moroni
37. 20 SepA good summary of the mess that is science education in New Zealand
38. 19 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
39. 19 SepIsrael: Day 17
40. 19 SepWoke astronomer wants to rename the Magellanic Clouds—and everything else Magellan
41. 18 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
42. 18 SepIsrael: Day 16 (and a bit of day 15)
43. 18 SepCal State Fullerton job: almost a parody of DEI requirements
44. 17 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
45. 17 SepThe NYT touts miracles again
46. 16 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
47. 16 SepIsrael: Day 14 (and a bit of day 13)
48. 16 SepAn Israeli Jew rejects “Why Evolution is True”
49. 15 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
50. 15 SepIsrael: Day 12
51. 15 SepCo-leader of N.Z.’s Māori Party claims that Māori are a genetically superior group
52. 15 SepHappy New Year. . .
53. 14 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
54. 13 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
55. 13 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ decolonization
56. 13 SepNYT finally covers DEI statements
57. 13 SepAre you big in Japan?
58. 12 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
59. 12 SepUniversity of Auckland continues to promote indigenous ways of knowing while not allowing a promised debate between that and modern science
60. 12 SepVideos of antigovernment protests in Tel Aviv
61. 11 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
62. 11 SepIsrael, Day 9
63. 10 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
64. 10 SepThe National Science Foundation gives big money to circumvent the Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action
65. 9 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue (and other stuff)
66. 9 SepOlivia Rodrigo: an overhyped musical phenom
67. 8 SepFriday: Hili Dialogue
68. 8 SepA cartoon based on my difficulties in getting my children’s book published
69. 8 SepIsrael: Days 6 and 7
70. 7 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
71. 7 SepIsrael: Day 5
72. 6 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
73. 6 SepIsrael: Day 3
74. 6 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ a merciful god
75. 6 SepHasidic rockers
76. 5 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
77. 4 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
78. 4 SepIsrael: Days 2 and 3
79. 3 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
80. 3 SepNew posters: read Da Roolz (and how to send photos)
81. 3 SepTwo examples of wokeness: cancer care and moccasins
82. 3 SepIsrael: The morning of Day 1
83. 2 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
84. 2 SepI have landed!
85. 1 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
86. 1 SepI did not get groped!
87. 1 SepNewark airport: cozy, boring, and with extra security for Israel

August 2023

1. 31 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 AugOberlin investigates women’s lacrosse coach for wanting women’s sports reserved for biological women
4. 31 AugRichard Dawkins on the “simplicity” of God
5. 31 AugVideo: Animal antics
6. 30 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
7. 30 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
8. 30 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ shame
9. 30 AugPEN America highlights attacks from the Left on books
10. 30 AugRepaying student loans
11. 29 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
12. 29 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
13. 29 AugGuest Post: What a student pharmacist thinks about puberty blockers
14. 28 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
15. 28 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
16. 28 AugCNN’s guide to “neopronouns”
17. 28 AugThe Dorm Ducks are gone!
18. 27 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
19. 27 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 27 AugOn Helen Joyce’s “Trans”
21. 27 AugDan Dennett: a new book and an interview in the NYT
22. 26 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
23. 26 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
24. 26 AugCaturday felid trifecta: Man bitten by stray cat contacts infection new to science; funny cat memes; the inner life of a cat; and lagniappe
25. 25 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
26. 25 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
27. 25 AugAudiobook of “Faith Versus Fact” available at a deep discount
28. 25 AugMy children’s book about India was rejected because I’m white
29. 25 AugStanford Law dean who stood up to professor-deplatforming students is named Provost of the University
30. 25 AugUpdate on the patio ducks: they’re leaving to live as ducks in the wide world
31. 25 AugToday’s the last day to get money you may be owed by Facebook
32. 24 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
33. 24 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
34. 24 AugRichard Dawkins talks sex and gender with Helen Joyce
35. 24 AugMore on the “binarity” of biological sex
36. 24 AugDawkins on freedom of speech and the Joyce video
37. 23 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
38. 23 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 23 AugFIRE sues California’s community colleges for requiring professors to adhere to DEI requirements
40. 23 AugSpot the bobcat!
41. 23 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ creationism
42. 23 AugHere’s the bobcat!
43. 23 AugThe happiest man in the world. . .
44. 22 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
45. 22 AugPeter Boghossian interviews Luana Maroja (and a note on “transracialism”)
46. 22 AugBuilding a rocket with indigenous knowledge
47. 21 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
48. 21 AugFelicidades a España!
49. 21 AugGalápagos: San Cristóbal Island
50. 21 AugBook recommendation and brief review: “Inside Story” by Martin Amis
51. 20 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
52. 20 AugWorld’s most intersectional academic job advertised at Williams College
53. 19 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
54. 19 AugCaturday felid: Jerry the Cat (museum variety)
55. 19 AugGalápagos: Santa Cruz Island and Puerto Ayora
56. 19 AugThe Lancet attacks anti-wokeism, and a reader replies
57. 19 AugMystery couple
58. 18 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
59. 18 AugGalápagos: Santiago island
60. 18 AugA preview of Santa Cruz island and an interlude about “sex work”
61. 18 AugFree speech alliance announced by 13 college presidents
62. 17 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
63. 16 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
64. 16 AugIsabela island, the Galápagos
65. 16 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Qur’an
66. 16 AugWild life (and death)
67. 16 AugWorld Cup Final: England vs. Spain
68. 15 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
69. 15 AugGalápagos: Fernandina
70. 15 AugAnother merging of scientific with indigenous medicine, once again lacking specificity
71. 15 AugSpot the giant tortoise!
72. 14 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
73. 14 AugThe Galápagos: North Seymour Island
74. 14 AugGalápagos: miscellaneous
75. 13 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
76. 13 AugI have landed (in Ecuador)
77. 12 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
78. 12 AugThe Authoritarian Left’s obsession with Israel
79. 12 AugWildlife at Escanaba Lake, Wisconsin
80. 11 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
81. 11 AugSome light groping at O’Hare
82. 11 AugHow they make animal sounds for the movies
83. 11 AugThe Miami airport
84. 10 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
85. 10 AugMore Sophisticated Theology: a religious scholar ponders whether Neanderthals had immortal souls
86. 10 AugJesse Singal sees no problem with transracialism
87. 10 AugRichard Dawkins explains why he’s not Islamophobic
88. 9 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
89. 9 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
90. 9 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ biases
91. 9 AugAttacks on freedom of thought and expression in publishing: a piece by George Packer
92. 9 AugAdopting a Ukrainian cat
93. 8 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
94. 8 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
95. 8 AugLoony journalist blames the “trans cult” on New Atheism
96. 8 AugOberlin College sues its insurers for refusing to reimburse it for the damages levied in the Gibson’s Bakery case
97. 8 AugJ. K. Rowling literally erased from Seattle Museum display of Harry Potter
98. 7 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
99. 7 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
100. 7 AugJordan Peterson explains his “religion”, emitting more waffles than IHOP
101. 7 AugGlitch fixed (I think)
102. 7 AugFeeding the ducks
103. 7 AugStuff that’s too expensive
104. 6 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
105. 6 AugU.S. loses 5-4 to Sweden on penalty kicks in the FIFA Women’s World Cup
106. 6 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
107. 6 AugOnce again, Neil deGrasse Tyson embarrasses himself with assertions about sex and gender
108. 6 AugTish Harrison Warren hangs it up at the NYT
109. 5 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
110. 5 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
111. 5 AugCaturday felid trifecta: Comedy cat photos; a “hearing ear” cat wins an award; and a melancholy song by The Kiffness
112. 4 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
113. 4 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
114. 4 AugDawkins replies to two challenges from Jordan Peterson
115. 4 AugMore on the dorm ducks
116. 3 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
117. 3 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
118. 3 AugThe first photos of Atelopus coynei tadpoles
119. 3 AugA Kiwi zoologist decries the erosion of science in New Zealand
120. 3 AugFor want of a goal, Germany is eliminated by South Korea in the Women’s World Cup; Morocco and Colombia advance
121. 2 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
122. 2 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
123. 2 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ sunk costs
124. 2 AugKatie Herzog and Jesse Singal discuss the “dueling articles” of Dawkins and Rose
125. 2 AugWhy can’t you be transracial?
126. 2 AugGoing to the Galápagos and then Israel
127. 1 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
128. 1 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
129. 1 AugWomen’s FIFA world cup: Portugal and U.S. tie, 0-0; Netherlands thrashes Vietnam 7-0
130. 1 AugNeil deGrasse Tyson and a confusing ramble on sex and gender
131. 1 AugTrump indicted in third case

July 2023

1. 31 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 JulDiscussion
4. 30 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
5. 30 JulNew Zealand government spends $2.7 million to test already-debunked indigenous theory about the effect of lunar phases on plants
6. 30 JulThe decline and fall of high school debating in America
7. 30 JulArizona State University will allow use of AI generators for law school applications
8. 30 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
9. 29 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
10. 29 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
11. 29 JulCaturday felid trifecta: Couple starts retirement home for senior cats; Thai cat breeds; cat sings opera; and lagniappe
12. 28 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
13. 28 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
14. 28 JulAndrew Doyle: The culture war is not fake, but real and dangerous
15. 28 JulMantis shrimp dismantles clam
16. 27 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
17. 27 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
18. 27 JulSex 1: The Labour party declares the obvious
19. 27 JulSex 2: Dawkins vs. Rose on whether there’s a sex binary
20. 26 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
21. 26 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
22. 26 JulCalifornia community colleges go off the rails with DEI
23. 26 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ rationality
24. 26 JuldeBoer disses “equal opportunity”
25. 26 JulSinéad O’Connor dies at 56
26. 25 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
27. 25 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
28. 25 JulWhy did Twitter become “X”?
29. 25 JulAnother duck update
30. 24 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
31. 24 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
32. 24 JulCould Mātauranga Māori advance quantum physics?
33. 24 JulThe National Science Foundation budgets millions to fight a problem not demonstrated to exist: systemic racism in STEM
34. 23 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
35. 23 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
36. 23 JulAmerican secondary schools ditch algebra and advanced math requirements in the name of equity
37. 23 JulHas the Discovery Institute changed its mission?
38. 22 JulCaturday: Hili dialogue
39. 22 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
40. 22 JulCaturday felid trifecta: excellent cat memes; missing cat found 10 months later in resort hotel; cat meets lookalike cake
41. 22 JulMy new college application essay, written by AI in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision
42. 21 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
43. 21 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
44. 21 JulEducational psychologist calls for turning chemistry into politics—in a chemistry journal
45. 21 JulStanford equity dean Tirien Steinbach gets a pink slip after inciting law students to disrupt a speaker
46. 21 JulTony Bennett died
47. 21 JulDuck update
48. 20 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
49. 20 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
50. 20 JulOne of New Zealand’s “Satanic Seven” describes efforts to create a free speech policy at the University of Auckland
51. 20 JulRevisiting an old paper
52. 19 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
53. 19 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
54. 19 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Revelation
55. 19 JulIs evolutionary biology racist?
56. 19 JulGlenn Loury and Matt Johnson discuss the legacy of Hitchens
57. 19 JulOur dorm ducks
58. 18 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
59. 18 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
60. 18 JulReaders’ discussion
61. 17 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
62. 17 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
63. 17 JulThe National Academies post a position statement on affirmative action, followed by an email exchange between Steven Pinker and NA President Marcia McNutt
64. 16 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
65. 16 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
66. 16 JulSpot the goldfinch!
67. 16 JulAn international group of gender-change specialists urges caution for American doctors and therapists
68. 15 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
69. 15 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
70. 15 JulSpot the damselfly!
71. 15 JulCaturday felid trifecta: Temptation Cat Treat commercials; sea cats in tiny hammocks; Bohemian Catsody
72. 15 JulThe Guardian touts Māori ways of knowing as ways of science
73. 15 JulHere’s the damselfly!
74. 14 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
75. 14 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
76. 14 JulTwo lists: the best Joni Mitchell songs
77. 14 JulUN Human Rights Council votes to ban Qur’an burning
78. 14 JulUpdate: the Dorm Ducks
79. 13 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
80. 13 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
81. 13 JulFIRE puts ads on television
82. 13 JulIndigenous New Zealand “moon school” runs on superstition and astrology
83. 13 JulProblematic positionality statements
84. 12 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
85. 12 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
86. 12 JulLuana Maroja criticizes the Society for Systematic Biology for hosting a largely ideological Presidential talk
87. 12 JulJesus and Mo and selective activism
88. 12 Jul“Prebunking” the Times’ rehabilitation of Uri Geller
89. 11 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
90. 11 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
91. 11 JulArticle on gender dysphoria retracted, probably for ideological reasons
92. 11 JulIn which I am canceled as a transphobe
93. 11 JulD. J. Grothe pushes back on the NYT for romanticizing Uri Geller and calling him a “victor”
94. 10 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
95. 10 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
96. 10 JulSpot the hermit crab!
97. 10 JulStill more critique of the PLOS article on women hunting in hunter-gatherer societies
98. 10 JulCriticism of New Zealand’s educational policy, this time from the National Party
99. 10 JulHere’s the hermit crab!
100. 9 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
101. 9 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
102. 9 JulImposing your ideology on nature: Kew Gardens celebrates “queer plants”
103. 9 JulConor Friedersdorf on why mandatory diversity statements for academic hires are both wrong and hypocritical
104. 9 JulWhy we can’t say “pipeline” any longer
105. 8 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
106. 8 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
107. 8 JulCaturday felid trifecta: Prisoner rehabilitation through cats; cat glasses; deformed and many-toed kitten gets help; and lagniappe
108. 8 JulOur CFI podcast/discussion
109. 8 JulOur haul today
110. 7 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
111. 7 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
112. 7 JulThe roles of men and women in hunting, revisited
113. 7 JulAnother day, another brood
114. 6 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
115. 6 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
116. 6 JulVideocast discussion of the Coyne/Maroja paper this evening
117. 6 JulBBC reporter commits “blood libel” against Israel, saying that “Israel is happy to kill children”
118. 6 JulDavid Hillis on speciation
119. 5 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
120. 5 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
121. 5 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ The Weight
122. 5 JulLeaked curriculum proposal shows further degradation of science in New Zealand
123. 4 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
124. 4 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
125. 4 JulThe patio ducks
126. 4 JulJohn McWhorter: a personal take on affirmative action
127. 3 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
128. 3 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
129. 3 JulNYT touts religion again: this time it’s Judaism
130. 3 JulNYT claims that a course on “The Problem of Whiteness” tests the University of Chicago’s commitment to free speech
131. 2 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
132. 2 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
133. 2 JulThe anti-Semitism of the Council on American-Islamic Relations
134. 2 JulSongs about getting old or dying
135. 1 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
136. 1 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
137. 1 JulCaturday felid trifecta: Illustrations of famous cat photos; top ten cat jams by The Kiffness; cat-shaped music; and lagniappe
138. 1 JulAnother paper touts the advantages of “other ways of knowing”
139. 1 JulWorst lines in popular songs

June 2023

1. 30 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 30 JunAcademics in New Zealand going down the tubes
4. 30 JunNew paper: women in hunter gatherer societies hunt more that we thought
5. 29 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
6. 29 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
7. 29 JunProfessor loses job offer at UCLA after grad students object to his views about DEI statements
8. 29 JunSupreme Court rules against affirmative action at Harvard and UNC
9. 28 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
10. 28 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
11. 28 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Jews
12. 28 JunCelebrities and influencers call on social media to remove anti-trans “hatred”
13. 28 JunChronicle op-ed gives arguments for institutional neutrality
14. 28 JunThe smog gets worse in Chicago
15. 27 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
16. 27 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
17. 27 JunPodcast: Ricky Gervais gets the Richard Dawkins award, and the two chat for an hour
18. 27 JunThe end of affirmative action
19. 27 JunOur dorm ducks
20. 27 JunThe Smoky City
21. 26 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
22. 26 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
23. 26 JunHave we reached peak woke?
24. 26 JunDavid French of the NYT on Title IX and women’s sports
25. 26 JunSkeptical Inquirer discussion on our ideology in science paper
26. 25 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
27. 25 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
28. 25 JunAre insects sentient?
29. 25 JunShould we cite the scientific work of colleagues who were sexual harassers?
30. 24 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
31. 24 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
32. 24 JunCaturday felid trifecta: Airport hires therapy cat to calm nervous travelers; lonely cat song; and which cats climb down trees head first; and lagniappe
33. 24 JunGlenn Loury praises Clarence Thomas
34. 24 Jun“Free Man in Paris”
35. 23 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
36. 23 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
37. 23 JunAmy the library duck
38. 23 JunThe meager results of the fight to decolonize “Western science” in New Zealand
39. 23 JunDucks upon ducks
40. 22 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
41. 22 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
42. 22 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ “embryos”
43. 22 JunThe Associated Press’s Orwellian recommendations for journalists
44. 22 JunGerda Klein recounts her liberation by the American Army from a concentration camp
45. 21 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
46. 21 JunThe vexing problem of “otherkins”
47. 21 JunIt’s summer!
48. 21 JunMore on eliminating species names derived from human names
49. 21 JunNetflix makes a series of “All the Light We Cannot See”
50. 20 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
51. 20 JunSpot the cat!
52. 20 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 20 JunOur new paper in Skeptical Inquirer on the ideological subversion of biology
54. 20 JunBerkeley, DEI, and FIRE
55. 20 JunHere’s the cat!
56. 19 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
57. 19 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
58. 19 JunNewly elected majority-Muslim city council in Michigan bans Pride flags
59. 19 JunLeakey Foundation scientist: orangutan bones tell us that biological sex is a spectrum, not a binary
60. 19 JunDuckCam upgrade
61. 18 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
62. 18 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
63. 18 JunBrief review: “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson
64. 18 JunMāori reject a giant New Zealand ocean sanctuary proposed by the government
65. 17 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
66. 17 JunCaturday felids trifecta: Famous cats; how to make your cat love you; NYRB reviews several cat books
67. 17 JunTexas and Arkansas deep-six DEI offices in colleges and universities
68. 17 JunA Dumbo octopus
69. 17 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
70. 16 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
71. 16 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
72. 16 JunNew Zealand’s educational decline
73. 16 JunWhat I did this morning
74. 16 JunWhy universities should remain viewpoint neutral
75. 16 JunMore ducks: A new duck cam shows a nesting hen at our Regenstein Library
76. 15 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
77. 15 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
78. 15 JunAfter pushback from readers, Elizabeth Gilbert withdraws her unreleased novel because. . . . it was set in 1930s Russia
79. 15 JunGender activists get a paper retracted for unjustified technical reasons—just to discredit its results
80. 15 JunPuffin Loafing Ledge
81. 14 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
82. 14 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
83. 14 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ blasphemy
84. 14 JunMisconceptions about evolution
85. 14 JunA new (evidence-free) hypothesis that eliminates sex roles in hunter-gatherer societies
86. 13 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
87. 13 JunCan therapists diagnose Trump as mentally ill, and warn people about his potential to promote violence, without examining him?
88. 13 JunAre Americans as divided as we think?
89. 13 JunOctopus vs. crab!
90. 12 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
91. 12 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
92. 12 JunA critique of woke language
93. 12 JunA comment on the MSM’s coverage of trans issues
94. 12 JunNew Zealand authors: using complexity theory is the only way to achieve equity
95. 11 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
96. 11 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
97. 11 JunThe UK’s National Health Service bans puberty blockers for minors except for clinical trials; NYT reports it without mentioning potential physical harms of blockers
98. 11 JunAn antiwoke organization implodes
99. 10 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
100. 10 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
101. 10 JunCaturday felid trifecta: Non-surgical birth control in cats; cocktail named for a Disney cat; AI-enhanced art cats in Vienna; and lagniappe
102. 10 JunLee Jussim analyzes the criticism of our paper on science and merit
103. 10 JunThe state of Botany Pond
104. 9 JunTRUMP INDICTED! Orange Man may wear Orange Uniform
105. 9 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
106. 9 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
107. 9 JunA religion-addled reader writes in denigrating atheists
108. 9 JunNew director of academic freedom for England’s office for students commits a bit of plagiarism
109. 9 JunConor Friedersdorf questions the usefulness of DEI training
110. 9 JunMan rescues Indian cobra trapped in a fishing net, gives it a big drink of water
111. 8 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
112. 8 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
113. 8 JunThe NYT oversells a new report of a “virgin birth” in crocodiles
114. 8 JunUnHerd interviews Richard Dawkins, tries to get him to praise religion
115. 8 JunColin Wright dismantles Zemenick’s claim that sex isn’t binary
116. 7 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
117. 7 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
118. 7 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ broken promises
119. 7 JunCoin-tossing and the sex binary
120. 7 JunDawkins begins writing on Substack
121. 7 JunOxfam demonizes J. K. Rowling, branding her as a “terf”
122. 6 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
123. 6 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
124. 6 JunStudent claims she failed a University of Cincinnati assignment for using the term “biological woman”
125. 6 JunMy letter about binary sex in the San Francisco Chronicle
126. 6 JunShort review: “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” (and a request for recommendations)
127. 5 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
128. 5 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
129. 5 JunHow did warning coloration evolve?
130. 5 JunThe Free Press covers the bird-name controversy
131. 4 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
132. 4 JunReaders wildlife photos and video; banding wood ducklings
133. 4 JunMore on free will from Sabine Hossenfelder
134. 4 JunSF Chronicle gets biological sex badly wrong
135. 4 JunThe indigenization of New Zealand’s Space Policy
136. 3 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
137. 3 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
138. 3 JunCaturday felid trifecta: Cat lockdowns; why do cats purr?; Scotland contemplates law for informing cops and RSPCA if you hit a cat
139. 3 JunA “progressive” coalition goes after Bret Stephens as our Class Day Speaker; he delivers an excellent address anyway
140. 2 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
141. 2 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
142. 2 JunOur Wall Street Journal op-ed: free at last!
143. 2 JunThe most extreme incursion of ideology into ecology and evolution I’ve ever seen
144. 2 JunNow Israel is censoring and demonizing Abigail Shrier’s book
145. 2 JunTwo songs about Velcro relationships
146. 1 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
147. 1 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
148. 1 JunPamela Paul on the lack of humor of the woke
149. 1 JunThe legality of diversity statements

May 2023

1. 31 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 MayIndian science curriculum axes not only evolution, but the periodic table, energy sources, and pollution
4. 31 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ respect
5. 31 MayOfficial press statement by the government of New Zealand
6. 31 MayBook recommendation: “G-Man”
7. 30 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
8. 30 MayReaders wildlife photos
9. 30 MayCan mātauranga Māori help us understand climate change?
10. 30 MayA creationist writes in: repent your acceptance of evolution lest ye burn in hell
11. 29 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
12. 29 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
13. 29 MayTwo discussions of reparations
14. 29 MayOnce again: should we rename animal species?
15. 28 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
16. 28 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
17. 28 MayAn attempt, using skeletons and grave goods, to see if gender was “nonbinary” in ancient European cultures
18. 28 MayLive interview with Aron Ra tomorrow
19. 28 MayImpediments to speaking freely in New Zealand academia
20. 27 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
21. 27 MayReader’s wildlife photos
22. 27 MayCaturday felid trifecta: Why cats are revered in Japan; why cats seem to be psychopaths; cat dies defending human family from venomous snake; and lagniappe
23. 27 MayMy conversation with Coleman Hughes
24. 27 MayVideo of my discussion with Coleman Hughes
25. 26 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
26. 26 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
27. 26 MayIndigenous spirituality sneaking into New Zealand’s science curriculum, pretending to be “science”
28. 25 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
29. 25 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
30. 25 MayThe Lancet’s editor jumps the shark, disses global health because of its racist and white supremacist history
31. 25 MayMathematicians warn of ideology polluting their discipline
32. 24 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
33. 24 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
34. 24 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ blasphemy
35. 24 MayBob Zimmer died
36. 24 MayThe AAUP rebukes Hamline University for academic mistreatment of a professor
37. 24 MayA short Forbes magazine interview with Peter Singer
38. 23 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
39. 23 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
40. 23 MayA misguided critique of genetic ancestry testing
41. 22 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
42. 22 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
43. 22 MayCell Press’s new gender/sex and diversity guidelines
44. 21 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
45. 21 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
46. 21 MayA major problem in animal phylogeny seems to have been solved
47. 21 MayRequired academic DEI statements challenged in court, and Wisconsin ditches them
48. 21 MayAnother Babylon Bee spoof of the Israel/Palestine conflict:
49. 20 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
50. 20 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
51. 20 MayCaturday felid trifecta: Cats in the U.S. Navy; are cats liquids? ; how to call a cat; and lagniappe
52. 20 MayA question: What is “gender-affirming care”?
53. 19 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
54. 19 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
55. 19 MaySpot the hawk!
56. 19 MayOxford students try to deplatform Kathleen Stock and punish the university group inviting her
57. 19 MayHere’s the hawk!
58. 19 MayNew college admissions scam
59. 18 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
60. 18 MayOnce again, ideology distorts science: the editor-in-chief of Scientific American flubs big time, wrongly asserting that sparrows have four sexes.
61. 18 MayBook review: “Left is Not Woke”
62. 17 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
63. 17 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
64. 17 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ evolution
65. 17 MayNature falls for one discredited aspect of autism: “facilitated communication”
66. 17 MayThe Leisure Fascists take over the American Physical Society, recommend no more booze at physics meetings
67. 16 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
68. 16 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
69. 16 MayVanderbilt’s Chancellor sticks up for institutional neutrality
70. 15 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
71. 15 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
72. 15 MayNow the NYT presents ghost stories as serious assertions
73. 15 MayLast meal report from Paris
74. 15 MayThe Chat bot vs. the editor-in-chief of Science
75. 14 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
76. 14 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
77. 14 MayNew paper advocating sex-specific language
78. 14 MayThe journal Science, promoting athletic competition between trans women and biological women, abjures science and distorts data
79. 14 MayThe Babylon Bee on Israel and Palestine
80. 13 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
81. 13 MayReaders’ wildlife photos (and video)
82. 13 MayCaturday felid trifecta: Medieval Muslims’ love for cats; Choupette stars at the Met gala; arrested stray-cat feeders go free; and lagniappe
83. 13 MayDuck retrospective: Remembering Honey and her oversized brood
84. 12 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
85. 12 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
86. 12 MayHolden Thorp, editor of Science, goes after our merit paper
87. 12 MayGlenn Loury rants, McWhorter apparently agrees
88. 11 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
89. 11 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
90. 11 MayUpdated reactions, pro and con, to our “merit” paper
91. 11 MayNYT op-ed: Cleopatra was black because her lived experience made her “culturally black”
92. 10 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
93. 10 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
94. 10 MayA ducky morning
95. 10 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ miracles
96. 10 MayA frog pollinating a flower? Not so fast!
97. 9 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
98. 9 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
99. 9 MayThe Lancet becomes the medical Scientific American
100. 9 MayWhere should I go?
101. 9 MayDoes apple cultivation reflect bigotry?
102. 9 May“That’s What Friends are For”
103. 9 MayTrump found liable for sexual abuse in civil suit, fined $5 million
104. 8 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
105. 8 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
106. 8 MayJesse Singal critiques a new Scientific American article on puberty blockers, calls the piece “potentially harmful” and “negligent science journalism”
107. 8 MayGood morning, Jewboy!
108. 7 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
109. 7 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
110. 7 MayIt’s “FREE REIN”, not “free reign”
111. 7 MayAnother science kerfuffle in which a biology journal pushes ideology and denies the binary nature of sex
112. 7 May“The Reformers”: a new three-part documentary on the “Grievance Studies” hoaxers
113. 6 MayCoronation happening now. Ceiling Cat save the King!
114. 6 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
115. 6 MayReaders’ humor
116. 6 MayCaturday felid trifecta: Puma Messi gets a bath; Pudgie-Wudgie the Wonder Cat; and lagniappe
117. 6 MayMerit versus diversity: A conversation between Glenn Loury and Heather Mac Donald
118. 5 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
119. 5 MayBritish reaction to the sex binary kerfuffle: The Daily Mail and Steven Knight
120. 5 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
121. 4 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
122. 4 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
123. 4 MayPamela Paul of the NYT touts our merit paper
124. 4 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the affect heuristic
125. 4 MayMore biased reporting on Israel and Palestine
126. 4 MayRick Beato analyzes (and lauds) the music of Gordon Lightfoot
127. 3 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
128. 3 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
129. 3 MayMy WaPo review of Jon Losos’s new book on cats
130. 3 MayAn article in the New England Journal of Medicine proposes racially segregated “affinity groups” in med schools
131. 3 MayTwo short talks by Colin Wright: why sex isn’t a spectrum, and the nature and politics of gender
132. 2 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
133. 2 MayGordon Lightfoot died
134. 2 MayAgustín Fuentes grossly misrepresents the sex binary in (guess where?) Scientific American; argues that those who accept a binary do so out of bigotry, transphobia, and racism
135. 1 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
136. 1 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
137. 1 MayThe Washington Post decries the suppression and deplatforming of speech by students
138. 1 MayWhat is wokeism? And a conversation with McWhorter, Loury, and Goldblatt gets banned from YouTube

April 2023

1. 30 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 AprSpot the damselfly!
3. 30 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
4. 30 AprSabine Hossenfelder on the transgender phenomenon
5. 30 AprA new paper presages the death of science in New Zealand
6. 30 AprHere’s the damselfly!
7. 29 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
8. 29 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
9. 29 AprCaturday felid trifecta: 40-pound cat adopted in Virginia; viral cat video; cats sitting on glass tables—the view from below; and lagniappe
10. 29 AprMishigass at the Ontario Museum: claims of parity between modern science and indigenous “ways of knowing”
11. 29 AprSquabbling with Amazon
12. 28 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
13. 28 AprOur big paper on the importance of placing merit over ideology in science, and an op-ed in the WSJ
14. 28 AprMore on (the banning of) evolution in India
15. 27 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
16. 27 AprA question for readers about posting
17. 27 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
18. 27 AprAn atheist Jew distinguishes between religious and racial anti-Semitism
19. 27 AprThe new inclusive language of Essex Junction, Vermont
20. 27 AprBBC discussion on the discovery of the double helix of DNA, featuring Matthew Cobb, Nathaniel Comfort and Angela Creager
21. 26 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
22. 26 AprNYT touts astrology AGAIN
23. 26 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ hate speech
24. 26 AprThe National Academies of Sciences urge affirmative action in med-school admissions
25. 26 AprIt’s spring in Chicago
26. 25 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
27. 25 AprCobb and Comfort on Rosalind Franklin’s contributions to solving the structure of DNA
28. 24 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
29. 24 AprLoury and McWhorter on Diversity
30. 24 AprThe University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute changes its name
31. 24 AprThe National Academies of Science, which issues reports on opioid use, took $31 million from the Sackler family, pharmaceutical gazillionaires who largely created the opioid crisis
32. 23 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
33. 23 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
34. 23 AprMore anti-Semitism in academia: under pressure, Jewish students at Yale Law School pull out of supporting a talk by a centrist Israeli politician
35. 23 AprAnglican priest Tish Harrison Warren tells us how to control guns in America:
36. 23 AprColin Wright debunks a dreadful paper claiming that sex is “multimodal”
37. 22 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
38. 22 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 22 AprCaturday felid trifecta: Cat intimidates serval; Geoffrey the poetic cat; the personalities of tigers; and lagniappe
40. 22 AprBill Maher bestows Cojones Awards for anti-wokeness
41. 22 AprA good piece on the ideological infection of biology
42. 21 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
43. 21 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
44. 21 AprThe new scientific meeting: Big Brotherism, allyship pledges to change the world, pervasive ideology, and roaming spies
45. 21 AprJ. K. Rowling uncanceled?
46. 20 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
47. 20 AprStarship launch likely today in the next 1.5 hours. Watch NOW!
48. 20 AprReaders’ wildlife photos and story: the gruesome manipulation of hosts by parasites
49. 20 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ credulity
50. 20 AprThe biology of quitting: when you should hold ’em and when you should fold ’em
51. 19 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
52. 19 AprGod will save King Charles—with pieces of the True Cross
53. 18 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
54. 18 AprParis: Day 8, Meal 8, and tourism
55. 17 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
56. 17 AprParis: Day 7, meal 7
57. 16 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
58. 16 AprReaders’ wildlife photos, or “spot the osprey”
59. 16 AprWiFi problems in Paris
60. 15 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
61. 15 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
62. 15 AprParis: Day 5, meal 5; plus sightseeing
63. 15 AprCaturday felid trifecta: Three videos with Messi the cougar
64. 14 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
65. 14 AprParis: Day 4, meal 4
66. 13 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
67. 13 AprHarvard starts new faculty council to promote academic freedom
68. 13 AprParis: Day three, meal three
69. 12 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
70. 12 AprElizabeth Holmes to be locked up this month
71. 12 AprSecond meal, Paris
72. 12 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Hebrewski
73. 11 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
74. 11 AprParis: First meal
75. 10 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
76. 10 AprOff to France!
77. 10 AprAnother mass shooting in the U.S.
78. 10 AprNYT article defends the DEI dean at Stanford who escalated a judge’s talk into a conflagration and bad publicity for Stanford Law School
79. 10 AprInsects in slow motion
80. 9 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
81. 9 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
82. 9 AprTish Harrison Warren interviews an Anglican bishop who says the Resurrection was real, and he has evidence
83. 9 AprIdeology sucks another scientific field down the drain
84. 8 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
85. 8 AprReader’s wildlife photos
86. 8 AprCaturday felid trifecta: Serval found wandering around Missouri; giving cats their pills; Amie and her talking cat Penny; and lagniappe
87. 8 AprWoman opposing participation of trans women on women’s sports teams assaulted at SFSU
88. 7 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
89. 7 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
90. 7 AprWhat do these eight headlines about the latest Israel/Palestine clashes have in common?
91. 7 AprMan loses job after using the word “ladies”, deemed by DEI experts to be a microaggression
92. 7 AprDéjà Vu: S.F. State University investigates professor for showing Muhammad picture in class
93. 6 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
94. 6 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
95. 6 AprConor Friedersdorf at the Atlantic promotes the “compatibility of science and faith” by finding religious people who like science
96. 6 AprGreg Lukianoff’s fixes for the college free-speech problem
97. 5 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
98. 5 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ prophecies
99. 5 AprIn wake of controversy over showing images of Muhammad, and a faculty vote of no confidence, the president of Hamline University “retires”
100. 5 AprNick Matzke on Mātauranga Māori vs. modern science
101. 5 AprWas Leonardo da Vinci Jewish?
102. 4 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
103. 4 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
104. 4 AprPlants make noise when stressed!
105. 4 AprHow science cements the power of oppressors, contributing to systemic equities and racism
106. 3 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
107. 3 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
108. 3 AprIn a punitive decision, two federal appellate-court judges decide to no longer hire clerks from Stanford Law School
109. 3 AprMovies of Lenin and recording of his voice
110. 3 AprBlack DEI director fired for being too conciliatory
111. 2 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
112. 2 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
113. 2 AprThe 2022 Golden Steve Awards
114. 2 AprThe Freedom From Religion Foundation supports the “right” of transgender women to compete in women’s sports, claiming that it’s a church/state issue
115. 1 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
116. 1 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
117. 1 AprCaturday felid trifecta: Cocaine serval; frozen kitten thawed and rescued; why cats are better than d*gs; and lagniappe
118. 1 AprWhat has Deepak Chopra been up to?
119. 1 AprBill Maher on why we need an Atheist Day

March 2023

1. 31 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 MarDiscuss: Trump’s indictment
4. 31 MarDawkins interviewed by Piers Morgan
5. 31 MarPareidolia (guess the image)
6. 30 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
7. 30 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
8. 30 MarCanada inching towards passing a bill that prioritizes “Canadian content” on social media
9. 30 MarPeople miss the ducks
10. 30 MarPamela Paul on the Stanford Law School debacle
11. 30 MarNY grand jury indicts Trump!
12. 29 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
13. 29 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
14. 29 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ dysrationalia
15. 29 MarCanada resembling New Zealand in equating science with indigenous “ways of knowing”
16. 29 MarPaul Offit: Covid came from the Wuhan wet market
17. 28 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
18. 28 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
19. 28 MarA trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem at last? The news said it was done by two high school students!
20. 28 MarJ. K. Rowling answers her critics
21. 27 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
22. 27 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
23. 27 MarNYT op-ed touts the power of dreams to help you make decisions
24. 27 MarBill Maher on nepo babies, sports, and merit
25. 27 MarZeFrank’s True Facts Animal Awards
26. 26 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
27. 26 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
28. 26 MarNYT: David French on disrupting speech and “the law of polarization”
29. 26 MarSteve Novella gets sex wrong; gets corrected twice
30. 25 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
31. 25 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
32. 25 MarCaturday felid: Pet cougars and panthers try to wake owners; Loyal Sea Cat Herman; cat goes nuts on ‘nip; and lagniappe
33. 25 MarAn article in Science takes implicit bias (and its measurement) for granted despite the problems, and suggests interventions that haven’t been shown to work
34. 24 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
35. 24 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
36. 24 MarStanford Law School’s DEI Dean, currently on leave, argues that DEI and free speech can coexist
37. 24 MarMcWhorter and Loury on equality vs. equity—and music
38. 23 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
39. 23 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
40. 23 MarSpot the cougar!
41. 23 MarThe New York Times touts a fake amity between science and religion
42. 23 MarStanford Law School Dean writes long letter supporting free speech and viewpoint neutrality, puts offending DEI administrator on leave
43. 23 MarHere’s the cougar!
44. 23 MarTalk to the tech guy!
45. 23 MarZeFrank on predatory mussels and their mimicry
46. 22 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
47. 22 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
48. 22 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ blackmail
49. 22 MarWhy science and its journals should remain free of ideology: an example from Nature
50. 21 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
51. 21 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
52. 21 MarRabbi’s NYT op-ed misleadingly claims that Jews recognized six genders
53. 21 MarEvolutionary psychology for the tyro
54. 20 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
55. 20 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
56. 20 MarIs there more evidence for Jesus’s Resurrection than for biological evolution?
57. 20 Mar“Convergent” evolution in New World and Old World leaf-cutter ants.
58. 20 MarBig Brother is coming: machines to catch implicit bias in the workplace
59. 19 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
60. 19 MarNick Cohen on Wokeism
61. 19 MarWellesley, traditionally a woman’s college, now votes on whether to accept nonbinary biological males and trans men students
62. 19 MarMusic: American girls
63. 19 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
64. 18 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
65. 18 MarSpot the squirrel!
66. 18 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
67. 18 MarCaturday felid trifecta: Cat fails; library cats; warning signs of catfights; and lagniappe
68. 18 MarHere’s the squirrel!
69. 18 MarGlenn Loury and Sylvester Gates: Does diversity itself promote scientific advance?
70. 18 MarMaher on political division and national divorce
71. 17 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
72. 17 Mar. . . and a few cat photos from Dobrzyn
73. 17 MarOnce again: is there a better term for “woke”?
74. 16 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
75. 15 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
76. 15 MarSpot the garter snake!
77. 15 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ shooting the satans
78. 15 MarAudubon Society decides to keep its name
79. 15 MarHere’s the garter snake!
80. 15 MarDobrzyn: last day
81. 14 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
82. 14 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
83. 14 MarMore calls for not naming species after people
84. 13 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
85. 13 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
86. 13 MarEquality vs. equity
87. 13 MarStanford Law School tries to succor Federalist Society by sending its members into the jaws of lions
88. 12 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
89. 12 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
90. 12 MarEntitled Stanford Law students, egged on by DEI dean, demolish the free speech of a visiting judge
91. 12 MarSunday Times gives a lukewarm review to an accommodationist book
92. 11 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
93. 11 MarCaturday felid quadrafecta: A visit to Gacek; cockatoo imitates cats; formal portraits of big cats; therapy cat has a book
94. 11 MarBill Maher on progress and the Academy Awards
95. 11 MarDobrzyn, Day 4
96. 10 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
97. 10 MarCoyne’s Laws of Life
98. 10 MarDiscuss: gender-neutral acting awards
99. 10 MarDobrzyn, Day 3
100. 9 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
101. 9 MarDay 2 in Dobrzyn
102. 9 MarNation article attacks bans on trans women competing in sports against biological women
103. 8 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue (by Jerry)
104. 8 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ da figz
105. 8 MarChange the language of ecology and evolutionary biology! An example from sickle-cell anemia.
106. 8 MarThe sex binary in animals: a defense by Colin Wright
107. 8 MarAn interview with Philomena!
108. 7 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
109. 6 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
110. 6 MarMemoriam for Francisco Ayala by John Avise
111. 6 MarDEI statement trumps research: ad for a biology job at at the Unviersity of California at Santa Cruz
112. 6 MarWorld tallest d*g (now an ex-d*g)
113. 5 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
114. 5 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
115. 5 MarUK Home Secretary defends freedom of expression
116. 5 MarScience magazine touts the existence of strong and ubiquitous “implicit bias”, as well as the need to measure it and develop ways to eliminate it
117. 5 MarBill Maher on trigger warnings
118. 4 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
119. 4 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
120. 4 MarCaturday felid trifecta: Polish cat Gacek becomes a top tourist attraction; the “golden girl” ginger kittens; saved Turkish cat adopted by rescuer; and lagniappe
121. 4 MarThe New Zealand Herald does a hit job on Dawkins
122. 4 MarThe 2023 Golden Steve Award nominations
123. 3 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
124. 3 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
125. 3 MarThe Atlantic unpacks (and criticizes) woke language
126. 3 MarStudents for Justice in Palestine try to shut down U of C course taught by former Israeli intelligence officer
127. 3 MarBrian Leiter makes hash of a recent claim that DEI objectives can sometimes supersede academic freedom
128. 2 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
129. 2 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
130. 2 MarRichard Dawkins touts science above indigenous “ways of knowing” in New Zealand
131. 2 MarFind the copperhead snake!
132. 2 MarSurprise: Tavistock exposé had difficulty finding a publisher
133. 2 MarHere’s the copperhead!
134. 2 Mar“Badge”
135. 1 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
136. 1 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
137. 1 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the scuffed Qur’an
138. 1 MarWhen does DEI supersede academic freedom?
139. 1 MarA satirical video about offensive speech in Scotland

February 2023

1. 28 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
2. 28 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 28 FebIn which I push atheism on Bored Panda
4. 28 FebThe decline and fall of academic probity
5. 27 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
6. 27 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
7. 27 FebDe facto blasphemy laws in Great Britain
8. 27 FebCreationism is back: a pro-ID bill passes the West Virginia Senate
9. 26 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
10. 26 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
11. 26 FebThe censoriousness of ChatGPT
12. 26 FebThe conflict over gender dysphoria and its treatment
13. 25 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
14. 25 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
15. 25 FebCaturday felid trifecta: Chemistry with cats; cat puts itself to sleep in miniature bed; Mr. Kitters, cat photographer
16. 25 FebThe decline and fall of America’s medical schools
17. 24 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
18. 24 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
19. 24 FebFIRE drafts a model “intellectual freedom protection act” for states
20. 24 FebChatGPT is uber-woke
21. 24 FebA must-read article on Rushdie
22. 23 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
23. 23 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
24. 23 FebA black doctor speaks up against implicit bias training (required for all California MDs, including her)
25. 23 FebDid the government screw up the East Palestine investigation?
26. 23 FebPorcupine parents protect babies from hungry leopard
27. 22 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
28. 22 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 22 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ conspiracies
30. 22 FebA “miracle antibiotic” in the offing? New compound works against all multiple-drug-resistant bacterial strains, and also stymies the evolution of bacterial resistance
31. 22 FebA few more photos
32. 21 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
33. 21 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
34. 21 FebCNN article seemingly exists only to widen racial divisions in America
35. 20 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
36. 20 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
37. 20 FebSapolsky’s free will book out this fall; and a few thoughts from PCC(E)
38. 20 FebAre National Parks racist?
39. 20 FebA few photos I took
40. 19 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
41. 19 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
42. 19 FebVanderbilt responds to the Michigan State shooting by sending its own community students a message written using ChatGPT
43. 19 FebTrigger warnings are useless and counterproductive
44. 19 FebOne person’s (excellent) take on the best Chicago eats
45. 18 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
46. 18 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 18 FebCaturday felid trifecta: Man thought he was rescuing one kitten, but got a baker’s dozen; video game “Stray” helps rescue real cats; cats invade satellite dishes; and lagniappe
48. 18 FebMore abrogation of free speech in Britain
49. 18 FebHxA reading list
50. 17 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
51. 17 FebReminders for new and old readers
52. 17 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 17 FebA new online battle between the New York Times and trans activists
54. 17 FebTwo pieces of fiction: one very good and the other a classic
55. 17 Feb“Can’t find my way home”
56. 16 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
57. 16 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
58. 16 FebAn oath at Columbia University’s “white coat” ceremony for medical students. Is it compelled speech?
59. 16 FebPamela Paul defends J. K. Rowling
60. 16 FebRichard Dawkins sticks up for the “bad” old biology words
61. 15 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
62. 15 FebSpot the mouse!
63. 15 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
64. 15 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ New Atheism
65. 15 FebThe NYT’s fashion director decries cultural appropriation
66. 15 FebHere’s the mouse!
67. 15 FebA talk and a curriculum from New Zealand
68. 14 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
69. 14 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
70. 14 FebProposed New Zealand school curriculum and some strong pushback from four academics
71. 14 FebA two-time participant in mass shootings speaks out
72. 14 FebI get emails about everyone’s “personal spiritual quest”
73. 13 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
74. 13 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
75. 13 FebA court case against DEI and discriminatory hiring
76. 13 FebIs Wokeism on the way out?
77. 12 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
78. 12 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
79. 12 FebAt last! Every every known photograph of Darwin on one wonderful site
80. 12 FebA new movie about free will, and it’s worth watching
81. 12 FebMissouri votes down ban on children openly carrying firearms without adult supervision
82. 11 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
83. 11 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
84. 11 FebCaturday felid trifecta: Female painters and their cats; stray cat invited inside during the cold to warm up (you know what happens next); and OwlKitty in movies
85. 11 FebRecently posted: John McWhorter talk on “Understanding the new politics of race”
86. 11 FebMy theory (which is mine) about artists, actors, cats, and dogs
87. 10 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
88. 10 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
89. 10 FebMost sexist song of all time?
90. 10 FebIs academia really disintegrating?
91. 9 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
92. 9 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
93. 9 FebIndigenous knowledge and the microbiome
94. 9 FebMontana considers a bill that allows teaching of “scientific facts” but not “scientific theories”
95. 9 FebUpcoming webinar panel on the future of affirmative action
96. 8 FebThis is the 27,000th post on this site
97. 8 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
98. 8 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
99. 8 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the frequency illusion
100. 8 FebA pastor touts religion in The Atlantic: Religion helps America because “its metaphysical claims are true”
101. 8 FebOn the harm, violence, and danger of wrongspeak in ecology and evolution
102. 7 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
103. 7 FebToday: First public presentation of photos from the Webb Space telescope
104. 7 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
105. 7 FebChronicle: DEI erodes academic freedom
106. 7 FebA comment by Helen Pluckrose
107. 6 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
108. 6 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
109. 6 FebAn ideologically unpalatable book gets canceled, but then finds a home
110. 6 FebThree authors “problematize” rigor, objectivity, replicability, and yes, all the aspects of “colonizing and white Eurocentric science”
111. 6 FebRescued kangaroo becomes family member, couch potato (plus lagniappe)
112. 5 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
113. 5 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
114. 5 FebWhat’s killing new music? Old music!
115. 5 FebGeological Society of America adds one item to their “rubric” for the Young Scientist Award
116. 5 FebWinners, 2022 underwater photography contest
117. 5 FebNYT makes a grammatical error
118. 4 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
119. 4 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
120. 4 FebCaturday felids : Once again, Bristol’s cat pub; desirable cat tee-shirts; what people named their cats in the Middle Ages; and lagniappe
121. 4 FebHeather Hastie died
122. 4 FebMaher on woke overkill
123. 3 FebTwo songs from PPL
124. 3 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
125. 3 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
126. 3 FebPamela Paul’s funny (and trenchant) op-ed on campus free speech (trigger warning: many harmful words!)
127. 2 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
128. 2 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
129. 2 FebFIRE’s choice of America’s ten worst colleges for free speech
130. 2 FebNature on “decolonizing” mathematics
131. 2 FebZeFrank on slime molds
132. 1 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
133. 1 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
134. 1 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ scripture as literature
135. 1 FebIdeology burrows deep into the arts in America
136. 1 FebSleeping ducklings

January 2023

1. 31 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 JanPrinceton students call for dismantling the student honor code because it “mirrors the criminal justice system”
4. 31 JanThe smartest dog in the world?
5. 30 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
6. 30 JanReaders’ wildlife photos: Humorous titles of science papers
7. 30 JanWhite House plan to foster equity and excellence in STEMM is all about equity, not excellence
8. 30 JanEmail issues. Are they resolved?
9. 30 JanOn British museums effacing the past
10. 30 JanNancy Pelosi had Catholics exorcise her house after her husband was attacked
11. 29 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
12. 29 JanReaders report problems getting WEIT emails
13. 29 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
14. 29 JanA new book correctly criticizes the idea that some species are superior to others, but mistakenly claims that species aren’t real
15. 29 JanWhat to do if you have problems getting emails from this site
16. 29 Jan“Protected identity harm” report filed with Stanford University administration after student photographed for reading “Mein Kampf”
17. 29 JanRap battle between Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
18. 28 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
19. 28 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 28 JanThe brutal police beating of Tyre Nichols
21. 28 JanCaturday felid trifecta: Handsome men and their even handsomer cats; three cats hold a blender hostage for weeks; wandering moggies; and lagniappe
22. 28 JanA bot discusses the relationship between science and religion
23. 28 JanAmerican Scientist goes “progressive” with a truly bizarre article
24. 27 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
25. 27 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
26. 27 JanThe kerfuffle over “Latinx”
27. 27 JanA little beef
28. 27 JanNick Cohen on the AP’s language recommendation
29. 26 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
30. 26 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
31. 26 Jan“American Dirt”: The book that chilled American publishing
32. 26 JanThe American Society of Human Genetics castigates itself for past eugenics, but engages in doublethink
33. 26 JanAnimals being rescued
34. 25 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
35. 25 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
36. 25 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ forced teaming
37. 25 JanICZN: we won’t change animals’ Latin (“scientific”) names, even if they’re considered offensive
38. 25 JanHamline University faculty calls for their President to resign
39. 25 JanKing Penguin in the Edinburgh Zoo gets promoted to brigadier general in the Norwegian Guard. Lots of ceremony!
40. 24 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
41. 24 JanSpot the cat!
42. 24 JanA thread about universty DEI statements
43. 24 JanHere’s the cat!
44. 24 JanFlorida teachers told to remove books from classrooms for ideological vetting lest they commit a felony
45. 23 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
46. 23 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 23 JanIra Glasser: Why we need freedom of speech, even if it’s offensive and hateful
48. 23 JanEchidnas blow snot bubbles to keep their noses cool
49. 23 JanJesse Singal on schools that help kids change their gender identity without notifying the parents
50. 22 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
51. 22 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
52. 22 JanD. C. diocese provides exorcisms on request
53. 22 JanMatthew Yglesias: Woke language change isn’t meant to improve society, but to increase inequality
54. 22 JanBaby elephant and mom get stuck in the mud, but are rescued by “first responders”
55. 21 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
56. 21 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
57. 21 JanCaturday felid trifecta: cats destroying stuff through history; Mittens the chess-playing catbot; cat frustrated by child lock on microwave; and lagniappe
58. 21 JanI answer an ambiguous question: “Can scientists believe in God?
59. 21 JanThe perils of politicized science
60. 20 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
61. 20 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
62. 20 JanU of C President affirms freedom of speech on campus
63. 20 JanEnforced orthodoxy in Texas science departments
64. 20 JanWhere should I go?
65. 20 JanElizabeth Holmes planned to flee U.S. after her wire fraud conviction, say prosecutors
66. 19 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
67. 19 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
68. 19 JanTrilobite “horns” may have been used as weapons in male-male combat
69. 19 JanA bizarre Cornell course about black holes that conflates astronomy and ideology
70. 19 JanExpand this list of related words
71. 18 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
72. 18 JanSpot the sparrow!
73. 18 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Ratzinger
74. 18 JanHamline University reconsiders its stand on academic freedom; fired instructor sues the school
75. 18 JanHere’s the sparrow!
76. 18 JanVideo: Alternative math takes over
77. 17 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
78. 17 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
79. 17 JanBerkeley to change biology courses into social-justice courses
80. 17 JanCollege students afraid of speaking out about controversial issues: the U.S. versus New Zealand
81. 16 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
82. 16 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
83. 16 JanWhere did Jesus get his DNA?: a dispute between Catholics and Evangelical Christians
84. 16 JanA rediscovered Martin Luther King, Jr. speech
85. 15 JanSunday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue)
86. 15 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
87. 15 JanEvidence for evolution: Hairless animals have dead genes for a full coat of hair
88. 15 JanA crazed creationist tries to take down evolution because it’s atheistic
89. 15 JanIdeology stomps all over chemistry in a new paper
90. 14 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
91. 14 JanReaders’ wildlife videos
92. 14 JanCaturday felid trifecta: Ways to deal with cat allergies; paranormal cat toy debunked; a kitten-brooding duck; and lagniappe
93. 14 JanMinnesota art-history faculty, as well as a Muslim organization, support fired instructor who showed her class a painting with Muhammad’s face (and a new video with the instructor)
94. 14 JanOxford Union debates whether wokeness has gone too far (videos)
95. 13 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
96. 13 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
97. 13 JanUSC’s highlighting of “field” as a racist word perplexes the students
98. 13 JanA participant reports on last fall’s Stanford Academic Freedom Conference
99. 13 JanFriday biology: Oxpeckers clean a rhino
100. 12 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
101. 12 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
102. 12 JanStanford deep-sixes its list of “harmful” words and phrases
103. 12 JanPublisher’s promotion: 50% off audiobook of “Faith Versus Fact”
104. 12 JanMcGill protestors shut down a talk on sex versus gender as a “transphobic” presentation
105. 11 JanWednesday: Hili Dialogue
106. 11 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
107. 11 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Hamline
108. 11 JanUSC progressives: you can’t say “field” any longer
109. 11 JanNew Scientist expunges references to humans having two sexes
110. 10 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
111. 10 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
112. 10 JanTruth vs. equity: a piece by John Sailer
113. 10 JanA new movie worth seeing
114. 10 JanDoes the ubiquity of prayer prove the existence of God?
115. 9 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
116. 9 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
117. 9 JanConfirmation bias from the editor of Scientific American
118. 9 JanThe NYT finally writes about the Hamline University/Muhammad story, and Kenan Malik offers his take
119. 9 JanA celebration of Alfred Russel Wallace
120. 9 JanA note from FIRE on Hamline fracas, and a site where you can write to the University’s president.
121. 8 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
122. 8 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
123. 8 JanIntelligent Design nearly down the drain
124. 8 JanScientific American continues its departure from science and descent into illiberal politics
125. 8 JanAre you a racist if you like big butts?
126. 7 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
127. 7 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
128. 7 JanCaturday felid trifecta: World’s oldest cat; world’s oldest cat flap; why cats knead you; and double lagniappe
129. 7 JanGeorge Will excoriates the proposed removal of a statue at Princeton
130. 6 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
131. 6 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
132. 6 JanThe White House launches new program to establish equity in STEMM
133. 6 JanAn article on the descent of the Unitarian Universalists into terminal wokeness
134. 5 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
135. 5 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
136. 5 JanSpot the cat!
137. 5 JanHamline University assailed for firing professor who showed images of Muhammad’s face in class (with a trigger warning)
138. 5 JanOnce again America is touted as a Christian nation
139. 5 JanHere’s the cat!
140. 5 JanNote: premature posting and link to final post
141. 4 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
142. 4 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
143. 4 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ resolutions
144. 4 JanTeaching writing to college students
145. 4 JanDoes “free will” comprise the things you do that aren’t coerced?
146. 3 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
147. 3 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
148. 3 JanMedical revision: You probably don’t need to drink 8 cups of water per day (and you can eat more cheese)
149. 3 JanAfter botched lethal injections, Alabama plans to kill prisoners with nitrogen
150. 2 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
151. 2 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
152. 2 JanDiscussion thread
153. 2 JanSean Carroll on free will
154. 1 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
155. 1 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
156. 1 JanSpot the cat!
157. 1 JanBotany pond renovation: update
158. 1 JanHere’s the cat!
159. 1 JanA short book review and two short movie reviews