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December 2024

1. 31 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
3. 30 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
4. 30 DecThe Free Press extols intellectuals who have found God, seeing it as a salubrious social trend
5. 29 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
6. 29 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
7. 29 DecI resign from the Freedom from Religion Foundation
8. 29 DecAnother one leaves the fold: Steve Pinker resigns from the Freedom from Religion Foundation
9. 29 DecA third one leaves the fold: Richard Dawkins resigns from the Freedom from Religion Foundation
10. 28 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
11. 28 DecThe FFRF removed my piece on the biological definition of “woman”
12. 27 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
13. 27 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
14. 27 DecWhat is a woman? My discussion on a Freedom From Religion Foundation website
15. 27 DecSam Harris vs. Brian Greene on religion
16. 26 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
17. 26 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
18. 26 DecThe intellectual vacuity of attributing “agency” and “purpose” to organisms
19. 25 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
20. 25 DecReaders’ Christmas moggies
21. 25 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Irony meter
22. 25 DecCunk on Christmas
23. 24 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
24. 24 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
25. 24 DecWhy the death penalty?
26. 24 DecIs belief in belief part of anti-wokeness now?
27. 24 DecSend in your moggy pics
28. 23 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
29. 23 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
30. 23 DecThe John Templeton Foundation is at it again
31. 23 DecMossad and “The Grim Beeper” episode
32. 22 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
33. 22 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
34. 22 DecAn unconvincing attack on Robert Sapolsky’s argument for determinism
35. 21 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
36. 21 DecReaders’ wildlife photos (and videos)
37. 21 DecCaturday felid trifecta: Gene for orange coat color found; the evil Icelandic Yule Cat; a hungry cat bursts through a snowbank, and lagniappe
38. 20 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
39. 20 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
40. 20 DecWhat do your favorite foods say about your social class?
41. 19 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
42. 19 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
43. 19 DecHere’s the cat!
44. 18 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
45. 18 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
46. 18 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ roots
47. 18 DecSimon Fraser University tries to decolonize and indigenize STEM
48. 18 DecBooks I read and am reading
49. 17 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
50. 17 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
51. 17 DecHow religion impedes science: a new historical study
52. 16 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
53. 16 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
54. 16 DecMore censorship of science by political correctness: cousin marriage becomes a taboo topic in the UK
55. 16 DecWashington Post calls for research on puberty blockers and other affirmative treatment; notes lack of improvement in some studies
56. 15 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
57. 15 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
58. 15 DecTa-Nehisi Coates and his ignorant demonization of Israel
59. 15 DecA lecture by Anna Krylov on the erosion of merit in science
60. 14 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
61. 14 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
62. 14 DecCaturday felid trifecta: A felid customer service line; “Flow”, a new animated cat movie; cats in the snow
63. 13 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
64. 13 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
65. 13 Dec“The latest from the asylum”: New Zealand nurses directed to foster, accept, and prioritize indigenous culture, including specious “ways of healing”
66. 12 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
67. 12 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
68. 12 DecSam Harris is still explaining why religion is bad
69. 11 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ sperm
70. 11 DecIndigenous knowledge and climate change: a new collaboration
71. 11 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
72. 10 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
73. 10 DecIch bin in Frankfurt und esse eine Brezel
74. 9 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
75. 9 DecAnother pro-Israeli speaker at the Oxford Union, this time with the audience uncensored
76. 8 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
77. 7 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
78. 7 DecChristmastime in Poland
79. 7 DecA truncated Nooz
80. 6 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
81. 6 DecI have landed!
82. 6 DecNatasha Hausdorff gives better than she gets at the Oxford Union debates
83. 5 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
84. 5 DecSenator Dick Durbin responds to my critique about his views on the Gaza war, but is taken apart by Malgorzata
85. 4 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
86. 4 DecMore from Dobrzyn and surroundings
87. 4 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ blasphemy
88. 3 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
89. 3 DecDEI “studies” displace scientific research at the National Science Foundation
90. 3 DecBonkers paper of the year
91. 2 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
92. 2 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
93. 2 DecCobb on Crick: The “Central Dogma”
94. 1 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
95. 1 DecDobrzyn: Day 2
96. 1 DecThe ideologically captured scientists of New Zealand

November 2024

1. 30 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 NovHaving trouble accessing the site?
3. 30 NovMy grueling trip to Poland
4. 30 NovReader’s wildlife photos: psychedelic edition
5. 30 NovDid Taylor Swift mime her songs in concert?
6. 29 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
7. 29 NovI have landed!
8. 28 NovThursday: Hili dialogue
9. 28 NovAn unfettered interview with John Fetterman
10. 27 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
11. 27 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
12. 27 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ gender
13. 27 NovScience journalists supposedly circle the wagon around Laura Helmuth, defending her work at Scientific American
14. 26 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
15. 26 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
16. 26 NovThe failure of academia: a take by William Deresiewicz in The Chronicle of Higher Education
17. 26 NovDon’t use too much toothpaste!
18. 25 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
19. 25 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 25 NovIn a jeremiad that scientists should become political activists, Agustín Fuentes conflates science with scientists
21. 25 NovHasaan hates Portland: a free YouTube series
22. 24 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
23. 24 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
24. 24 NovA defense of the sex binary against Steven Novella’s “multidimensional” definition of sex
25. 24 NovNew MIT course to indoctrinate students in all aspects of woke ideology that colonize medicine
26. 24 NovA fake paper published in a peer-reviewed journal?
27. 23 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
28. 23 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 23 NovCaturday felid trifecta: Cats falling in zero gravity; awesome working barn cats; the Chinese Mountain Cat; and lagniappe
30. 23 NovBill Maher on politics, divisiveness, and the holidays
31. 22 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
32. 22 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
33. 22 NovRichard Dawkins vs. Jordan Peterson: rationality versus logorrhea
34. 22 NovSadly, academia got what it asked for
35. 22 NovTwo from Molly Tuttle
36. 22 NovI’m on Bluesky
37. 21 NovThursday: Hili dialogue
38. 21 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 21 NovWell, we don’t have Matt Gaetz to deal with any longer
40. 20 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
41. 20 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
42. 20 NovIdeological activism in my department
43. 20 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ bias
44. 20 NovDaniel Diermeier, Vanderbilt’s chancellor, lays out his views on academia in our era
45. 19 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
46. 19 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 19 NovJohn Horgan defends Scientific American, its editor, and its colonization by progressive ideology
48. 19 NovBret Stephens indicts American universities for placing relevance above excellence
49. 18 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
50. 18 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
51. 18 NovFrozen mummy of a sabre-toothed juvenile gives clues about what the species looked like
52. 18 NovIn which James Carville disappoints me
53. 17 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
54. 17 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
55. 17 NovDefying cries of “transphobia”, the Washington Post calls for debate on whether trans women should participate in women’s sports
56. 17 NovHarvard bans “study-in” protests in libraries
57. 16 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
58. 16 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
59. 16 NovCaturday felid trifecta: Cats meeting the Golden Ratio, a rae pack of EIGHT cheetahs, Istanbul’s cutest stray cats
60. 16 NovBill Maher: “Democrats have lost the ability to speak truth to bullshit”
61. 15 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
62. 15 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
63. 15 Nov“When the center is silent, who’s defining the Democratic Party?”: Ritchie Torres on the election
64. 14 NovThursday: Hili dialogue
65. 14 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
66. 14 NovThe journals Science and Nature politicize science over the recent election
67. 14 NovPamela Paul on politics and transgender issues
68. 14 NovLaura Helmuth leaves as editor of Scientific American
69. 13 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
70. 13 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
71. 13 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ hell
72. 13 NovTwitter (“X”) or Bluesky?
73. 13 NovSeptember Song
74. 12 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
75. 12 NovReaders’s wildlife photos
76. 12 NovSam Harris on the election: trans-activism completely destroyed Democratic politics (without most Democrats knowing)
77. 12 NovDeep-sea octopus broods eggs for OVER FOUR YEARS: a world record for any animal
78. 11 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
79. 11 NovReaders’s wildlife photos
80. 11 NovTeachers brainwashing students against Israel
81. 11 NovMr. Rogers: candidate for cancelation?
82. 10 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
83. 10 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
84. 10 NovShould we ostracize those who voted for Trump?
85. 10 NovScience-and-ideology conference at USC in January (with Prof. Ceiling Cat and friends)
86. 10 NovBill Maher on the Great Garbage Election of 2024
87. 9 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
88. 9 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
89. 9 NovCaturday felid trifecat: Three-year courtship of a feral cat; “Schrödinger’s Cat” experiment maintains superposition state for a record period; Florida cat and its staff discovers a new virus; and lagniappe
90. 8 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
91. 8 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
92. 8 NovA pogrom in, of all places, Amsterdam
93. 8 NovLaura Helmuth “apologizes”
94. 8 Nov45 million red crabs migrate to the sea
95. 7 NovThursday: Hili dialogue
96. 7 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
97. 7 NovA social-media tantrum from the editor of Scientific American
98. 6 NovRepublicans win everything
99. 6 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
100. 6 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ racism
101. 6 NovZe Frank: True facts about parasitoid wasps
102. 5 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
103. 5 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
104. 5 NovBiden administration lets Medicaid pay for Native American “traditional medicines”
105. 5 NovWhere to watch the election
106. 5 NovElection update!
107. 4 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
108. 4 NovReaders’ wildlife videos: Andrew Berry treks in northwest Nepal
109. 4 NovTwo polls: Who gets your vote and who do you think will win?
110. 4 NovMove over, modern medicine: it’s time to collaborate with Rongoā Māori
111. 3 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
112. 3 NovWikipedia slips up, calls Provost of Northwestern University an “antisemite”
113. 3 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
114. 3 NovPNAS publishes an opinion piece arguing that the politicization of science is bad (contradicting the NAS President’s views)
115. 3 NovBill Maher on the election and “progressophobia”
116. 2 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
117. 2 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
118. 2 NovCaturday felid trifecta: Japan’s Cat Island is losing cats; Defib the cat saved from eviction at a British ambulance station; cats beat kids at word-association game;
119. 2 NovDaylight Savings Time ends tonight
120. 1 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
121. 1 NovI have landed (and tout a book).
122. 1 NovThe Nation endorses Kamala Harris, but its interns object: “We cannot vote our way out of this genocide”

October 2024

1. 31 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
3. 30 OctA visit to Bryce Canyon
4. 30 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ optimism
5. 30 OctWashington Post owner Jeff Bezos explains his decision to stop endorsing Presidential candidates
6. 29 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
7. 29 OctA trip to Zion National Park
8. 28 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
9. 28 OctGoodbye Vegas, hello Utah
10. 27 OctSunday readings and viewings
11. 27 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
12. 26 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
13. 26 OctVegas, CSICon, sex and nooz
14. 25 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
15. 25 OctTravels and today’s nooz
16. 25 OctThe Washington Post declines to endorse a Presidential candidate, now and forever
17. 24 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
18. 24 OctI have landed!
19. 24 OctSome nooz
20. 24 OctIs this a scam?
21. 23 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
22. 23 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ abrogation
23. 23 OctWaiting to fly, and more news
24. 22 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
25. 22 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
26. 22 OctAnti-Israel and pro-BDS students harass Brown University trustees
27. 21 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
28. 21 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 21 OctMusic: then and now
30. 20 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
31. 20 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
32. 20 OctLiving bacteria found in 2-billion-year-old rocks
33. 20 OctBill Maher on the unlikelihood of an ”October Surprise”
34. 19 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
35. 19 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
36. 19 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Brian Cox vs. Robin Ince: Which is better, cats or dogs?; three-legged lion and brother swim across dangerous waters; scientific tails about cats; and lagniappe
37. 19 OctTheir best solo performances: Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham
38. 18 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
39. 18 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
40. 18 OctFIRE attacks AAUP over its views on DEI statements
41. 18 OctWhat I do before the ducks come
42. 18 OctThe world’s longest truck
43. 17 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
44. 17 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
45. 17 OctIDF reports that Yahya Sinwar is dead “with high likelihood”
46. 16 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
47. 16 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
48. 16 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Halloween
49. 16 OctBenny Morris: Why Iran should not be complacent about its nukes
50. 16 OctCheck the bias of your media sources
51. 15 OctThe haters put up a tent and a declaration
52. 15 OctCollege students no longer want to read books
53. 15 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
54. 15 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
55. 14 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
56. 14 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
57. 14 OctBotany Pond is open!
58. 14 OctCanada’s newest medical school goes full DEI
59. 13 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
60. 13 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
61. 13 OctThe persistence of wokeness
62. 12 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
63. 12 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
64. 12 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Cats get knitted beanies for brain scans; wet cat saved by man with fishing net; Marxism explained by cats; and lagniappe
65. 12 OctAnti-Israel protestors vandalize Henry Moore sculpture on our campus, battle with police
66. 12 OctBill Maher’s weekly bit: an open letter to Chappell Roan
67. 11 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
68. 11 OctNobel Prizes awarded for Peace and Literature
69. 11 OctThe NSF goes full DEI
70. 11 OctAnti-Israeli group at Columbia University finally admits that it backs Hamas and terrorism
71. 11 OctCompanies charge money to change your Wikipedia page
72. 10 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
73. 10 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
74. 10 OctAn ideologically-based and misleading critique of how modern genetics is taught
75. 10 OctA young Indian girl becomes a proficient wildlife photographer
76. 9 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
77. 9 OctThe Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and for Physics
78. 9 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
79. 9 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ activism
80. 9 OctThe AAUP goes all in for DEI
81. 8 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
82. 8 OctCBS disses its reporter who grilled Ta-Nehisi Coats about his new-anti Israel essay
83. 8 OctIntersectional feminism and chemistry: the fracas continues
84. 7 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
85. 7 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
86. 7 OctFrom the Boston Globe: Pinker on Harvard and the Gaza war
87. 7 OctTwo Americans win Medicine or Physiology Nobel Prize (and two contests)
88. 6 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
89. 6 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
90. 6 OctLet the hate begin!
91. 6 OctBBC again accused of biased reporting—with a personal introduction
92. 5 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
93. 5 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Cat named Squishy rescued from trash compacter; four-eared rescue kitten named Audio; Minneapolis’s popular Cat Walk; and lagniappe
94. 5 OctWhat’s going on with Biden and Israel? (and a coda about Trump’s possible mental problems)
95. 5 Oct“Scientism” conference on our campus
96. 4 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
97. 4 OctAbigail Shrier’s new book on the malign effects of child therapy
98. 3 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
99. 3 OctThe state of Harvard according to Bill Ackman
100. 3 OctThe Brooks Falls BearCam
101. 2 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
102. 2 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
103. 2 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Zios
104. 2 OctMāori academics finally admit that their way of knowing is not science, but asserts that it is better than science because the truth is “both factual and ethically value-laden”
105. 1 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
106. 1 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
107. 1 OctA thought experiment on movies
108. 1 OctIsraeli contestants banned from prestigious Youth Computer Olympiad
109. 1 OctIran attacks Israel with ballistic missiles
110. 1 OctRosh Hashanah largesse

September 2024

1. 30 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 SepMidnight thoughts of an insomniac
3. 30 SepPrinceton refuses to adopt institutional neutrality
4. 29 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
5. 29 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
6. 29 SepAn anonymous post at the Elder of Ziyon site: The Harris/Walz’s (and Biden/Harris’s) abysmal record on Israel, Jews, and the war
7. 29 SepThe unscientific heterodoxy of Bret Weinstein
8. 28 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
9. 28 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
10. 28 SepCaturday felid trifecta: The top ten Kiffness songs; Find the Cat picture; cat lost in Yellowstone travels 800 miles to get home
11. 28 SepBill Maher on patriotism and privilege
12. 28 SepWords and phrases I despise
13. 27 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
14. 27 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
15. 27 SepThe Atlantic unfairly disses Dawkins
16. 27 SepThe BBC once again won’t use the word “terrorists” for Hamas
17. 26 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
18. 26 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
19. 26 SepBernie Sanders prepares resolutions to punish Israel
20. 26 SepGood news for free speech at the University of Chicago: a donor gives us $100 MILLION to support free inquiry and expression
21. 25 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
22. 25 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ hypocrisy
23. 25 SepThe insanity of America’s supporting Qatar
24. 24 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
25. 24 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
26. 24 SepA bit disappointed by Gretchen Whitmer
27. 24 SepA writer gets canceled because she’s a “Zionist”, even though the topic of her event wasn’t Israel or Judaism
28. 23 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
29. 23 SepAndrew Sullivan on the ideological erosion of science and the genetics of “race” differences
30. 23 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
31. 23 SepSam Harris: The beeper attacks were not only clever, but justifiable
32. 22 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
33. 22 SepReader’s wildlife photos
34. 22 SepDawkins discussion in Chicago: a brief summary
35. 22 SepAre we past peak woke in America?
36. 22 SepBill Maher: comedy on comity
37. 21 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
38. 21 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 21 SepCaturday felid trifecta: Dude the Museum Cat; Cat who helped trafficked women is honored; cat hates cat-sitter; and lagniappe
40. 20 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
41. 20 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
42. 20 SepScientific American endorses Kamala Harris—their second endorsement in history
43. 19 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
44. 19 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
45. 19 SepGreg Lukianoff reviews Abigail Shrier’s new book
46. 18 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
47. 18 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
48. 18 SepMy radio segment in New Zealand
49. 18 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Godless
50. 18 SepIs Wikipedia distorted by ideology and propaganda?
51. 17 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
52. 17 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 17 SepAre campus encampments unethical?
54. 16 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
55. 16 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
56. 16 SepA new list of many people canceled for bad reasons
57. 16 SepThe rise of “neotoddlerism”
58. 16 SepAmerican colleges that adhere to institutional neutrality: I missed a lot of schools
59. 16 SepA squirrel with a dilemma
60. 15 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
61. 15 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
62. 15 SepOy vey! Groceries!
63. 15 SepIdeological indoctrination of New Zealand science majors: a bizarre required course
64. 15 SepBill Maher on the endless campaign
65. 14 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
66. 14 SepCaturday felid trifecta: The Lion Whisperer visits his friends; why your cat follows you to the bathroom; and hero cats
67. 14 SepUCLA and University of Wisconsin (and, in part, Williams College) adopt institutional neutrality; Vanderbilt updates free expression policies and programs
68. 14 SepSend in your wildlife photos!
69. 13 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
70. 13 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
71. 13 SepSevere DEI cuts at the University of North Carolina
72. 13 SepCountering objections to free speech
73. 12 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
74. 12 SepReader’s wildlife video
75. 12 SepAnother two schools, Penn and Stanford, adopt institutional neutrality, while Yale studies the issue
76. 12 SepBBC accused of deep bias in its coverage of Gaza/Hamas war (guess which side got demonized more).
77. 11 SepWednesday: Hili Dialogue
78. 11 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
79. 11 SepPostmortem of the Presidential debate: Trump blew it big time
80. 11 SepRight versus left: define them (directions, not politics)
81. 11 SepIDF posts video of conditions under which 6 murdered hostages were kept
82. 10 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
83. 10 SepSimon Fraser University (sort of) adopts a policy of institutional neutrality, making five North American colleges to do so
84. 10 SepTonight’s debate and what Tom Friedman thinks Harris must do to win
85. 10 SepBill Maher won’t vote for someone who conveys “ick”
86. 10 SepThe Big Debate
87. 9 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
88. 9 SepI have landed (in Washington D.C.)
89. 8 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
90. 8 SepA visit to Robben Island
91. 7 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
92. 7 SepMount Holyoke College blatantly violates free speech: mocking a policy now becomes a reportable offense
93. 7 SepTGIF from Katie Herzog
94. 7 SepColleges should adhere to the First Amendment when adjudicating speech
95. 7 SepPlease read and follow Da Roolz!
96. 6 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
97. 6 SepA Māori defends indigenous “ways of knowing” against my critique
98. 6 SepWhy criticize the Left?
99. 5 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
100. 5 SepThe University of Chicago falls to #43 in FIRE’s free-speech rankings
101. 5 SepSpot the leopard!
102. 5 SepKruger: Day 5 (and a farewell to the bush)
103. 5 SepU.S. charges six Hamas leaders with terrorism and conspiracy, and a Gazan peace plan that people won’t like
104. 4 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
105. 4 SepHere’s the white lion!
106. 4 SepKruger: Day 4
107. 4 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ question-begging
108. 4 SepThe President of Wesleyan wants MORE political activism in college
109. 4 SepThe pro-Hamas protests resume big time at Columbia
110. 3 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
111. 3 SepKruger: Day 3
112. 3 SepMore scientific mishigass based on indigenous “ways of knowing” in New Zealand
113. 3 SepSpot the white lion!
114. 2 SepKruger: Day 2
115. 2 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
116. 1 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
117. 1 SepKruger: Day 1
118. 1 SepSix young Israeli hostages murdered by Hamas

August 2024

1. 31 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 AugOn Gaza protests in the coming year
3. 31 AugAnti-Israel protests begin on first day of class at Cornell
4. 31 AugSpot the elephant!
5. 30 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
6. 30 AugI am out of the bush!
7. 29 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
8. 28 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
9. 27 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
10. 26 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
11. 25 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
12. 25 AugInternet-based hiatus in posting
13. 25 AugLooking for ground hornbills in Timbavati
14. 24 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
15. 24 AugHere’s the young crocodile!
16. 24 AugBulletin of Atomic Scientists: nuclear policy needs to be “queered”
17. 24 AugManyeleti: Daily life in a safari camp
18. 23 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
19. 23 AugSpot the young crocodile
20. 22 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
21. 22 AugMeanwhile at the Democratic National Convention. . .
22. 21 AugLast day in Manyeleti: the Big Five completed
23. 21 AugMore on the decline and fall of science education in New Zealand
24. 21 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ conspiracies
25. 21 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
26. 20 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
27. 20 AugPromised debate at Auckland University on indigenous ways of knowing vs. science fails to materialize
28. 19 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
29. 19 AugManyleti: days 4-5
30. 19 AugDiscussion thread: politics or other matters
31. 18 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
32. 18 AugAnother day, another impala: Day 3 in Manyeleti
33. 17 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
34. 17 AugAnother day in Manyeleti: stinking elephant corpses with vultures and hyenas, a leopard sighting, and many other beasts
35. 16 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
36. 16 AugSpot the lion!
37. 16 AugFrom Hoedspruit to Manyaleti Game Reserve (bonus mating lions)
38. 16 AugThe nooz
39. 15 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
40. 15 AugAnother one bites the dust: Columbia’s president resigns
41. 15 AugDawkins got it wrong—and so did I
42. 14 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
43. 14 AugAAUP drops 20-year opposition to academic boycotts
44. 14 AugYear’s total: no University of Chicago protestors were penalized despite multiple breakages of state laws and University rules
45. 14 AugIn and around Hoedspruit: a surfeit of fauna
46. 13 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
47. 13 AugCapetown to Table Mountain National Park
48. 12 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
49. 12 AugCapetown, penguins, and other beasts
50. 11 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
51. 11 AugSouth Africa: from the fynbos to the karoo
52. 10 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
53. 10 AugDawkins loses entire Facebook account for posting about putative men boxing women in the Olympics
54. 9 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
55. 8 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
56. 8 AugNYT goes all out for Harris—except for Pamela Paul
57. 8 AugA stay among the Cape Flora: the Fynbos
58. 7 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
59. 7 AugLunch and a book in the USA
60. 7 AugI have finally landed!
61. 7 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ verses
62. 6 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
63. 6 AugToledo Wildlife
64. 5 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
65. 4 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
66. 4 AugThis just in: “Cats Are Better Than Dogs”
67. 3 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
68. 3 AugI have almost departed
69. 3 AugSeal webcam!
70. 3 AugA note about politics
71. 2 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
72. 2 AugReaders’ wildlife videos
73. 2 AugOlympic boxing and disorders of sex development
74. 2 AugGarber will stay as Harvard’s President until summer of 2027
75. 2 AugTa ta for now
76. 1 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
77. 1 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
78. 1 AugScience or not science? Geology in New Zealand
79. 1 AugApparent biological men qualify to fight in Olympic women’s boxing, woman quits a fight with biological male after sustaining strong blows to the head

July 2024

1. 31 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ verses
4. 31 JulWhat questions would you ask the candidates?
5. 31 JulUnsettling the settler colonial university: a “feminist decolonization” of higher education in New Zealand
6. 30 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
7. 30 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
8. 30 JulTablet on Wikipedia’s “Jewish problem”
9. 30 JulThe ideological capture of chemistry: Chemophobia and social justice
10. 29 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
11. 29 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
12. 29 JulA couple of polls and a discussion
13. 28 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
14. 28 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
15. 28 JulUS attempt to “braid” indigenous knowledge with modern science collapses and is abandoned by the National Academies
16. 27 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
17. 27 JulReader’s wildlife videos
18. 27 JulCaturday felid trifecta: Larry, the world’s most-cited cat; testing a cat’s agility limits; why cats steal; and lagniappe
19. 26 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
20. 26 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
21. 26 JulShorter version of the ideological capture of science funding by DEI
22. 25 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
23. 25 JulRead the Roolz
24. 25 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
25. 25 JulA true story that is mine
26. 25 JulUniversity of California system professes institutional neutrality, but screws it up
27. 24 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
28. 24 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 24 JulTwo more forms of corruption in UNRWA
30. 24 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Trump
31. 24 JulThe New Zealand government unites indigenous knowledge with “western science” by claiming that gods cause earthquakes
32. 24 JulThose blasted fruit stickers
33. 23 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
34. 23 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
35. 23 JulHave an AI chat with famous figures of the past
36. 23 JulUniversity of Chicago grad students file suit against their union, alleging that it makes them engage in compelled speech
37. 22 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
38. 22 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 22 JulMore ideology in science: DEI infects the process for handing out scientific grants
40. 22 JulMāori Party political leader curses and rants on video, calling for overthrow of New Zealand’s government
41. 21 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
42. 21 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
43. 21 JulDoctors Without Borders Accused of violating its own policy of political neutrality to impugn Israel, and my cessation of donations
44. 21 JulNow the botanists have come for “offensive” Latin binomials for plants
45. 21 JulChristina Buttons on “affirmative therapy” and social justice
46. 21 JulBiden has pulled out of the Presidential race!
47. 20 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
48. 20 JulReaders’ wildlife video
49. 20 JulCaturday felid trifecta: College cat gets doctoral degree after four years; “Catland,” a new book; Cala the viral Internet cat dies; and lagniappe
50. 20 JulBill Maher’s comedy/news piece: adding religion to an assassination attempt
51. 19 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
52. 19 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 19 JulAnother government-funded organization encourages staff to chant Māori prayers
54. 19 JulMusings on Why Evolution is True (the book)
55. 19 JulCaptive wild animals freed for the first time
56. 18 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
57. 18 JulReaders’ wildlife photos and videos (adorable Arctic fox cubs)
58. 18 JulRepost with evidence: Health New Zealand “encourages” its employees to say Māori prayers daily
59. 18 JulToday’s wildlife post misposted
60. 17 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
61. 17 JulWednesday: Readers’ wildlife
62. 17 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ driving
63. 17 JulNew paper puts the “last universal common ancestor”: the creature that gave rise to all living things, much earlier than previously thought: 4.2 billion years.
64. 17 JulAn open letter to Noa Tishby: the persisting trauma of Jews is not in our genes
65. 16 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
66. 16 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
67. 16 JulNatasha Hausdorff on the legality of everything about the war
68. 15 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
69. 15 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
70. 15 JulDawkins extols the courage of atheists
71. 14 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
72. 14 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
73. 14 JulThe (ignored) war crimes of Hamas
74. 14 JulDawkins talks to Kathleen Stock
75. 13 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
76. 13 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
77. 13 JulCaturday felid trifecta: A new color of cat coats; cats with jobs; the source of cat words; and lagniappe
78. 13 JulPamala Paul: Ideology impedes gender treatement in U.S.
79. 13 JulThis week’s commentary by Bill Maher: Biden is toast
80. 12 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
81. 12 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
82. 12 JulIn Science, fifteen New Zealand researchers criticize the initiative to teach indigenous “ways of knowing” as science
83. 12 JulEvidence that modern humans left Africa much earlier than we thought
84. 12 JulWhy are cheetahs so fast?
85. 11 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
86. 11 JulReaders’ wildlife photos (the last one?)
87. 11 JulA letter to Nature affirming the reality of biological sex
88. 11 JulDisgusting capitulation of the year: The University of Windsor gives away the store to pro-Palestinian encampers
89. 11 JulHow to massage your opossum
90. 10 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
91. 10 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ polygamy
92. 10 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
93. 10 JulAn unanswered letter to the head of the University of Auckland
94. 10 JulAcademic boycotts against Israel spread
95. 9 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
96. 9 JulThe SquirrelCam is back up, and Snoozy is sleeping.
97. 9 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
98. 9 JulThe usual holiday weekend in Chicago: 109 shot, 19 killed
99. 9 JulThe wonders of wasp flight (and parasitism)
100. 8 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
101. 8 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
102. 8 JulNZ science fair project aims to prove the truth of an indigenous legend
103. 8 JulMore on the decline of New Zealand science: a required course for all students in the Faculty of Science
104. 7 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
105. 7 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
106. 7 JulFossil of giant fanged salamander found in Namibia
107. 7 JulWSJ report: the National Institutes of Health, in complicity with universities, appears to be breaking the law by using ethnicity as a criterion for hiring.
108. 6 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
109. 6 JulSpot the fawns!
110. 6 JulCaturday felid trifecta: Shrine honors felids on a Japanese “cat island; cat festival in Belgium; religious kitties; and lagniappe
111. 6 JulBiden’s interview with George Stephanopoulos
112. 6 JulHere are the fawns!
113. 5 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
114. 5 JulSnoozy is still sleeping
115. 5 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
116. 5 JulThe supposed “god-shaped hole” in our psyche that can be filled only by Christianity
117. 5 JulNew findings about the Denisovans
118. 4 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
119. 4 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
120. 4 JulMore woo funded in New Zealand—money for vitalism disguised as science
121. 4 JulDNA-based ancestry tests on sale at 23andMe
122. 4 JulUniversity of Chicago library squirrelcam: watch Snoozy the Squirrel have babies!
123. 3 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
124. 3 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
125. 3 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ divine pronouns
126. 3 JulTomorrow’s Parliamentary election: Women’s objection to the gender activism of the Labour Party
127. 2 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
128. 2 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
129. 2 JulThe distortions of Israel’s opponents: the civilian/combatant “disproportionality” argument
130. 1 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
131. 1 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
132. 1 JulThe lab leak theory for the origin of the Covid virus is once again deep-sixed
133. 1 JulTrump wins another round: Supreme Court rules that he’s partly shielded from prosecution
134. 1 JulZeFrank on plants with explosive dispersal

June 2024

1. 30 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 30 JunWPATH and the U.S. government try to interfere with research on gender care
4. 30 JunRick Beato on why music is getting worse
5. 29 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
6. 29 JunNo readers’ wildlife today
7. 29 JunCaturday felid trifecta: Cat rescue in Ukraine; Max the Cat gets an honorary doctorate; pictures of destructive moggies; and lagniappe
8. 29 JunTwo Bill Maher videos from this week’s Real Time: a short one on Biden and the regular news/comedy bit, featuring a mock TED talk
9. 28 JunYour reaction to the debate: discussion thread
10. 28 JunCNN commentators weigh in on Biden. The consensus: the Democrats are in trouble.
11. 28 JunAre there two Joe Bidens?
12. 28 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
13. 28 JunReaders’ wildlife photos (and video): Mallard release!
14. 27 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
15. 27 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
16. 27 JunFred Crews died
17. 26 JunRed sky in the morning. . . .
18. 26 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
19. 26 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 26 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ extremism
21. 26 JunFirst evidence for insects crossing the ocean
22. 25 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
23. 25 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
24. 25 JunAmherst decides not to divest from Israel, but its policy still violates institutional neutrality
25. 25 JunJesse Singal takes Scientific American to task for saying that the world sucks worse than it used to
26. 24 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
27. 24 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
28. 24 JunBret Weinstein embarrasses himself again, disses modern evolutionary biology for not understanding everything, osculates Intelligent Design
29. 23 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
30. 23 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
31. 23 JunThe mystery of flatfish evolution: part of it now solved
32. 22 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
33. 22 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
34. 22 JunCaturday felid trifecta: the rambunctious ginger tomcat; Kitty Snows finds a home; the cat who saved Tom Nichols; and lagniappe
35. 21 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
36. 21 JunNew Louisiana law requires display of Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms
37. 21 JunFIRE poll has good news and bad news
38. 21 JunPopulations are genetically different, and meaningfully so
39. 20 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
40. 20 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
41. 20 JunBobo’s boo-boo: Harvard dean says faculty have no right to criticize University if it could lead to outside intervention in the school’s business
42. 20 JunThe British Medical Journal notes that the Cass Review, widely accepted in the UK, is just as widely neglected in America
43. 19 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
44. 19 JunNo wildlife photos today
45. 19 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ perfection
46. 19 JunThe Munk debate: Is anti-Zionism the same thing as antisemitism? A video well worth watching!
47. 18 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
48. 18 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 18 JunMcGill University faced with harboring an enclave of Hamas
50. 18 JunSteve Pinker on why smart people believe stupid things (and much more)
51. 17 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
52. 17 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 17 JunMayan human sacrifices from ancient bones show genetic relatedness among those killed (and other stuff)
54. 17 JunColeman Hughes on the death of George Floyd and Derek Chauvin’s trial and conviction
55. 16 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
56. 16 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
57. 16 JunAnother critique of atheists for not filling the “God-shaped hole” that they produce
58. 15 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
59. 15 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
60. 15 JunCaturday felid trifecta: a very bad kitty; cat’s eye view of a cat-on-cat chase; goofy-looking cat’s popularity creates a shelter; and exciting cat-chase lagniappe
61. 15 JunBill Maher calls for restoration of traditional fathers
62. 14 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
63. 14 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
64. 14 JunRichard Dawkins talks with Ayaan Hirsi Ali about why she’s a Christian and what she really believes
65. 14 JunHungry Heart
66. 13 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
67. 13 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
68. 13 JunNature writes about gender semantics rather than science
69. 13 JunOur ex-Provost, now head of Vanderbilt, says Harvard’s “institutional neutrality” leaves something to be desired
70. 13 JunDouglas Murray speaks in Amsterdam about antisemitism
71. 13 JunThis is what happens to a bicycle in Hyde Park
72. 12 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
73. 12 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
74. 12 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ swords
75. 12 JunTrouble ahead at Chicago’s Democratic National Convention
76. 12 JunWe need an Constitutional amendment keeping religion out of science
77. 11 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
78. 11 JunGuess the eyes
79. 11 JunLetter to sign opposing boycott of Israeli universities
80. 11 JunStill more about the frequency of women hunting
81. 10 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
82. 10 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
83. 10 JunTaboo conclusions in human biology
84. 10 JunBill Maher on America’s screwed-up prison system
85. 9 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
86. 9 JunReaders’ wildlife photos.
87. 9 JunCathy Young criticizes Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s “conspiracy theory” of attacks on Western values
88. 9 JunRichard Dawkins interviews John McWhorter on linguistics and “woke racism”
89. 8 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
90. 7 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
91. 7 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
92. 7 Jun“Nobody knows what Audubon did but we’re going to cancel him anyway”
93. 7 JunAyaan Hirsi Ali claims that sinister forces are out to destroy Western society
94. 6 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
95. 6 JunHarvard adopts a Kalven-esque policy of institutional neutrality
96. 6 JunTeachers’ union in Portland pushes pro-Palestinian propaganda on pupils
97. 6 JunBarbra Streisand singing at age 13
98. 5 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
99. 5 JunReaders’ widlife posts
100. 5 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the void
101. 5 JunMy Quillette piece with Maarten Boudry: the story of our deplatforming in Amsterdam
102. 5 JunResurrected: Our conversation in Amsterdam
103. 5 JunThe squirrel with the golden tail
104. 4 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
105. 4 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
106. 4 JunHarvard deep-sixes DEI statements
107. 4 JunThe Lancet, apparently off its meds, takes the position that sex is non-binary and that it can change within an individual
108. 3 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
109. 3 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
110. 3 JunNow they’re coming for plant names
111. 3 JunArms for Israel vs. Ukraine and the mechanics of divestment
112. 2 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
113. 2 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
114. 2 JunJesse Singal on the ridiculous “punishment” given to NYU protestors
115. 2 JunUniversity of Chicago’s 2024 Graduation
116. 2 JunBill Maher on gender apartheid
117. 1 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
118. 1 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
119. 1 JunCaturday felid trifecta: Rare “unicorn cat”; unsuccessful Danish postcats; man tries to drown kitten but he drowns and kitten swims back to shore; and lagniappe
120. 1 JunUniversities’ capitulation to protestors

May 2024

1. 31 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 MayBari Weiss: “Courage is the most important virtue”
4. 31 MayDouglas Murray: “Life has to be fought for”
5. 31 May“Try a Little Tenderness”
6. 30 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
7. 30 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
8. 30 MayThe protestors threaten graduation
9. 30 MayIs it unethical to allow doctor-assisted suicide for mental illness?
10. 30 MayTrump convicted on all 34 felony counts in hush-money case
11. 29 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
12. 29 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
13. 29 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ substitutionary atonement
14. 29 MayHarvard Committee apes the University of Chicago, recommends institutional neutrality
15. 28 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
16. 28 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
17. 28 MayGaza protests seem to be occurring far more often at “elite” colleges
18. 27 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
19. 27 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 27 MayBill Maher and Fareed Zakaria; Mo Dowd on Maher and his book
21. 26 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
22. 26 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
23. 26 MayFour U of C students punished for illegal Encamping, angering many who don’t understand freedom of expression
24. 26 MayTwo pieces by Alan Sokal on the pollution of science by ideology
25. 26 MayBill Maher on “The View”
26. 25 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
27. 25 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
28. 25 MayCaturday felid trifecta: Cat rescued from hot car with fifty others becomes a Target model; collection of cute pictures of animals at the vet’s; Pennsylvania senate introduces anti-declawing bill; and lagniappe
29. 25 MayThe University of Wyoming deep-sixes DEI
30. 24 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
31. 24 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
32. 24 MayRick Shweder on three kinds of college free speech, and which one should be used
33. 24 MayThe University of North Carolina system eliminates DEI
34. 24 MayJewish college students, including one of our own, describe the last academic year. (Lagniappe: my own brief tale)
35. 23 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
36. 23 MayHarvard Corporation overrules faculty, denies 13 seniors the right to graduate for participating in the school’s encampment
37. 23 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
38. 23 MayBill Maher’s latest comedy segment
39. 22 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
40. 22 MayReaders’ wildlife photographs
41. 22 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ blasphemy
42. 22 MayWill DEI be dismantled this week in the University of North Carolina System?
43. 22 MayHarvard/Harris Poll shows unexpectedly high sentiment for Israel (but some bad news for Biden)
44. 21 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
45. 21 MaySpot the danger!
46. 21 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 21 MayUNC Asheville adopts institutional neutrality
48. 21 MayHere’s the danger!
49. 20 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
50. 20 MayI have landed (home)!
51. 20 MayThe University of Toronto encampment has a ceremonial fire; head of Sonoma State University in California suspended for deciding on an academic boycott of Israel
52. 20 MayAmsterday 6
53. 19 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
54. 18 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
55. 18 MayTentifada has returned to Chicago to disrupt Alumni Weekend
56. 18 MayAmsterday 6
57. 17 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
58. 17 MayAnother Amsterday (actually a Tilburg Day)
59. 16 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
60. 16 MayAmsterdam: post 2
61. 15 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
62. 15 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ priapism
63. 15 MayJerry Seinfeld’s commencement address at Duke
64. 15 MayIn light of protests, UNC Chapel Hill cuts diversity funding and beefs up security funding
65. 15 MayA long list of student demands
66. 14 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
67. 14 MayI’ve been deplatformed at the University of Amsterdam for having the wrong stance on the Palestine/Israel conflict
68. 14 MayPress release about our cancellation
69. 13 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
70. 13 MayAmsterdam: Day 1
71. 13 MayUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee gives away the farm to protestors
72. 12 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
73. 12 MayI have landed!
74. 11 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
75. 11 MayA prognostication: Biden is sabotaging his re-election
76. 11 MayIris and discussion
77. 11 MayBill Maher’s latest bit
78. 10 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
79. 10 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
80. 10 MayAndrzej on the “Biden-Sinwar-Khameni Pact”
81. 9 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
82. 9 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
83. 9 MayTwo articles on campus unrest and who’s behind it
84. 9 MayOff to the Netherlands
85. 8 MayA quiet morning on campus
86. 8 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
87. 8 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
88. 8 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ dueling victimhood
89. 8 MayA critique of Scientific American
90. 8 MayPresident Alivisatos explains why he ended our Encampment
91. 8 MayFlying squirrel for Attenborough’s 98th birthday
92. 7 MayThey’re removing the encampment
93. 7 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
94. 7 MayProtests end with removal of Encampment: photos and info from Monday and today
95. 6 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
96. 6 MayUniversity of Chicago negotiated with protestors over removal of encampment, situation is confused and outcome is unclear
97. 6 MayMIT’s banning of diversity statements now official
98. 6 MayHarvard warns its encampment
99. 5 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
100. 5 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
101. 5 MayThey’re still there, destroying Jewish banners and now projecting slogans onto the administration building
102. 5 MayScience and religion: Templeton once again
103. 4 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
104. 4 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
105. 4 MayCaturday felid triefecta: Silent film, “The Private Life of a Cat; cat accidentally gets shipped from Utah to California; cat jigsaw puzzle; and lagniappe
106. 4 MayFriday’s protests
107. 4 MayMIT abandons use of DEI statements
108. 4 MayProtest humor: Chickens for KFC
109. 3 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
110. 3 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
111. 3 MayUpdated protest news and photos
112. 3 May“We have reached that point”: The encampment is doomed
113. 3 MayThis afternoon: protest and a picnic on the Quad
114. 2 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
115. 2 MaySpot the horned toad!
116. 2 MayNorthwestern President faces calls for firing after caving in to protestors; university faces lawsuit
117. 2 MayIsaac Newton in the crosshairs
118. 2 MayHere’s the horned toad!
119. 2 MayA statement from Dartmouth’s President
120. 1 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
121. 1 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
122. 1 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ death
123. 1 MayNational news about the protest
124. 1 MayProtestors allegedly deface Linnaeus statue

April 2024

1. 30 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 Apr“This dog smells some rats”: The Encampment, Day 2, post 1: Destruction of Jewish signs and banners, statements by President and Dean of Students
3. 30 AprThe Encampment, Days 1 and 2: The layout
4. 30 AprThe Encampment, Day 2: Jewish students restore the banners and flags torn down by protestors
5. 30 AprProtestors win big time at Northwestern
6. 29 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
7. 29 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
8. 29 AprSome sensible views of David French on college protests
9. 29 AprThe “encampment” has begun at Chicago
10. 29 AprAn indictment of DEI for being “prescriptively racist”
11. 29 AprUpdate on our encampment
12. 29 AprUpdate on the encampment
13. 28 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
14. 28 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
15. 28 AprPro-Palestinian demonstration on campus; Jewish students counter peacefully
16. 28 AprBill Maher’s latest comedy/truth bit
17. 28 AprDawkins on Dennett and with Dennett
18. 27 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
19. 27 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 27 AprCaturday felid trifecta: Chirping cats; cat bullies a husky; Cats in the RIjksmuseum; and lagniappe
21. 27 Apr“Screams Before Silence”: Sheryl Sandberg’s gripping film on the sexual violence of October 7
22. 26 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
23. 26 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
24. 26 AprFour new articles on Columbia’s encampment
25. 25 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
26. 25 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
27. 25 AprCampus newspaper: SJP plans Columbia-like disruptions at the University of Chicago
28. 25 AprThe Lancet extols Indigenous Traditional Knowledge
29. 24 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
30. 24 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
31. 24 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ nerds
32. 24 AprMcWhorter et al.: some new articles on Columbia University and similar college protests
33. 24 AprBlatant discrimination in Canadian ads for academic jobs
34. 23 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
35. 23 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
36. 23 AprPEN America cancels awards ceremony because some members insist that the organization denounce Israeli genocide
37. 23 AprScientists call for reexamination of animal consciousness
38. 22 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
39. 22 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
40. 22 AprPro-Palestinian protests grow angrier, more violent, and more hateful as they spread across America
41. 22 AprEmperor penguin chicks jump 50 feet into the sea
42. 21 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
43. 21 AprYesterday’s pro-Palestinian march in Chicago
44. 21 AprThe Biden administration walks back Title IX improvements of Betsy DeVos
45. 21 AprThe Golden Steve Award Winners
46. 21 AprBill Maher’s latest monologue
47. 20 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
48. 20 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 20 AprCaturday felid trifecta: China’s cat “island”; more cat memes ; lost trucker cat found; and lagniappe
50. 20 AprDan Dennett obituaries begin to appear
51. 20 AprQuote of the week: Andrew Sullivan on wokeness vs. liberalism
52. 19 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
53. 19 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
54. 19 AprJohn McWhorter: Some white Americans would applaud O. J. Simpson’s acquittal today, and that would show racial progress
55. 19 AprDan Dennett died today
56. 19 AprDickey Betts died
57. 18 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
58. 18 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
59. 18 AprGuest post: The new Cass Review
60. 18 AprIndigenous mathematics: smoke and mirrors
61. 18 AprAll hell breaks loose at Columbia University
62. 17 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
63. 17 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Whoa
64. 17 AprAnother refuted example of the reverse appeal to nature
65. 17 AprLive Congressional hearings on antisemitism at Columbia University
66. 16 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
67. 16 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
68. 16 AprUSC forbids its hijab-clad valedictorian to speak at graduation because she minored in genocide
69. 16 AprStudents Supporting Israel is the only group that Vanderbilt rejects among 11 applicants for its Multicultural Leadership Council
70. 16 AprLoudest sounds ever
71. 15 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
72. 15 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
73. 15 AprBiden once again tells Israel how to defend itself—by not striking back
74. 14 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
75. 14 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
76. 14 AprIs assisted dying moral for patients with severe, deblilitating, and incurable mental illness?
77. 14 AprThe NYT again in a kerfuffle involving staff versus management
78. 14 AprA UK lawyer rebuts many misconceptions about Israel
79. 13 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
80. 13 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
81. 13 AprCaturday felid trifecta: Cat-friendly hotels; cat tour guides; cats defying gravity; vet with funny signs; and lagniappe
82. 13 AprIran begins attack on Israel—with slow-moving drones
83. 12 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
84. 12 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
85. 12 AprHarvard reinstates mandatory standardized tests
86. 12 AprJ. K. Rowling scuppers Scotland’s new “Hate Crime and Public Order Act”
87. 12 AprTablet argues that the Palestinian Authority is just as bad as Hamas, and should not be part of a postwar government
88. 11 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
89. 11 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
90. 11 AprUCLA goes bonkers, hires unhinged “activist in residence” to give a lecture mandatory for all entering med-school students, who are forced to pray for “mama Earth” and chant pro-Palestinian slogans
91. 11 AprCSICon lineup for this fall
92. 11 AprTheater tries to cancel Israeli film due to protests by pro-Palestinian activists, court overturns cancellation, Streisand effect goes into action
93. 10 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
94. 10 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
95. 10 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ pebbles
96. 10 AprLuana Maroja fights a proposal to eliminate grades for first-semester students at Williams College
97. 10 AprThe Free Press reveals the inner workings and biases of NPR
98. 9 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
99. 9 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
100. 9 AprFossilized behavior: termites trapped in tandem
101. 9 AprDawkins and Sokal on the dumb ideological ploy maintaining that human sex is “assigned at birth”
102. 8 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
103. 8 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
104. 8 AprSabine Hossenfelder hangs it up; and some personal thoughts
105. 8 AprCalifornia school tries to censor new documentary movie that shows some embarrassing stuff (attempts to remove A.P. classes, propagandizing of students, etc.)
106. 7 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
107. 7 AprIsrael pulls out of southern Gaza for no apparent reason, loses war
108. 7 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
109. 7 AprAnother misguided attack on Richard Dawkins, calling him a bigot for considering modern Christianity as a “more decent religion” than modern Islam
110. 6 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
111. 6 AprNo readers’ wildlife today.
112. 6 AprFacing accusations of antisemitism, Harvard adds a “Jewish graduation” to its panoply of identity-group ceremonies
113. 6 AprCaturday felid triefecta: Newlyweds adopt cat who crashed their wedding; full body acupressure cat massage; and earliest videos of cats
114. 5 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
115. 5 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
116. 5 AprThe New England Journal of Medicine apologizes for not recognizing the attack on Jews in Nazi Germany
117. 5 AprMore on how trans female athletes damage women’s sports
118. 4 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
119. 4 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
120. 4 AprWalter Isaacson in trouble for pushing a heckler at Tulane
121. 4 AprAn enigmatic statement by George Orwell
122. 4 AprThe Shvesters singing in Yiddish
123. 3 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
124. 3 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
125. 3 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ confirmation bias
126. 3 AprMore sit-ins: the good news (from Vanderbilt) and the bad news (from Smith)
127. 2 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
128. 2 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
129. 2 AprJ’Accuse . . . ! : The University of Chicago is not a “free speech university”
130. 1 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
131. 1 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
132. 1 AprThe prescience of Titania McGrath

March 2024

1. 31 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 MarIbram Kendi: why we need a new conception of “intellectual” that includes him
4. 31 MarNew data summary on women vs. men in sports: transwomen don’t lose their natal male advantage with testosterone suppression, and males have an athletic advantage even before puberty
5. 31 MarColeman Hughes describes what he means by “color-blindness” when it comes to race
6. 30 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
7. 30 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
8. 30 MarCaturday felid trifecta: The CatBus comes to life!; cat stolen along with a van is found after immense effort; CatCon convention in August in Pasadena; and lagniappe
9. 30 MarBill Maher’s latest monologue
10. 29 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
11. 29 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
12. 29 MarOp-ed in Science: Expand DEI in STEMM fields
13. 29 MarMore evidence for the decline and fall of rock and roll
14. 29 MarVideo: wildlife photographers interact with their subjects
15. 28 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
16. 28 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
17. 28 MarNow the ideologues are going after the nucleus as the CEO of a cell factory, a view supposedly supporting hierarchies and the patriarchy
18. 28 MarWhat is the difference in volume between a human sperm and egg?
19. 28 MarThe Atlantic describes the Israel/Hamas war playing out at Stanford
20. 27 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
21. 27 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
22. 27 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ empathy
23. 27 MarScottish police, explaining ridiculous new “hate crime” law,” parody J. K. Rowling as an example
24. 26 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
25. 26 MarMatthew appears again on a continuing podcast series on the history of DNA
26. 26 MarIn an abysmal article, Nautilus dismisses the importance of genes
27. 25 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
28. 25 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 25 MarPositionality statements in science: the NSF doesn’t want them, but journals do
30. 25 MarNo, scientists are not bringing back the woolly mammoth
31. 24 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
32. 24 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
33. 24 MarWhy are men dominant in chess?
34. 24 MarRichard Dawkins concludes that both he and Ayaan Hirsi Ali are “political Christians” but not “believing” Christians
35. 24 MarBill Maher: comedy interlude
36. 23 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
37. 23 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
38. 23 MarCaturday felid trifecta: What does a cat’s meow mean?; best cat quotes of 2024; library waives fees if you show them a cat photo; and lagniappe
39. 23 MarA wonderful bit of prose
40. 23 MarAndrew Doyle: The prescience of Titania McGrath on her 5th anniversary
41. 22 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
42. 22 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
43. 22 MarMelanie Phillips on America’s war with Israel
44. 21 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
45. 21 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
46. 21 MarIn what ways should scientific organizations remain politically neutral?
47. 21 MarSpeaking of Kalven and ideological neutrality. . .
48. 20 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
49. 20 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
50. 20 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ atheists
51. 20 MarHappy World Frog Day!
52. 20 MarDarwin wrong again! Paper shows that his “larger male in mammals” hypothesis seems false
53. 20 MarThe Dirty Mac plays “Yer Blues”
54. 19 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
55. 19 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
56. 19 MarThought for the day: the war
57. 19 MarNikole Hannah-Jones on reparations for descendants of slaves
58. 19 Mar“Without a Song”
59. 18 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
60. 18 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
61. 18 MarDiscussion question: What does the U.S. want with Israel?
62. 17 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
63. 17 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
64. 17 MarThe journal Cell endorses the view that sex isn’t binary
65. 17 MarThe administration of postwar Gaza: a suggestion
66. 17 MarBill Maher: full show
67. 16 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
68. 16 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
69. 16 MarCaturday felid trifecta: Making your cat’s birthday cake; new UK law against “coaxing cats”; cat encounters staff wearing giant cat costume ; and lagniappe
70. 16 MarWorld’s ten most beautiful birds: one person’s list
71. 15 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
72. 15 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
73. 15 MarMimicry in butterfly flight behavior
74. 15 MarThe National Institutes of Health adopt possibly illegal tactic of using “diversity statements” when funding new positions
75. 14 MarSpaceX Starship launch this morning: 8 a.m. Eastern time, 7 a.m. Central (now delayed by about an hour)
76. 14 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
77. 14 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
78. 14 MarPamela Paul on why universities can’t stop themselves from promulgating and pronouncing on Social Justice
79. 14 MarIsraeli writer pulls out of scheduled talks before she gets canceled for having “wrong views”
80. 14 MarBill Maher confers the 2024 Cojones Awards
81. 13 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
82. 13 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
83. 13 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ existence
84. 13 MarAustralian gas project held up by indigenous myths involving “spirit whales”
85. 13 MarA good refutation of a bad article on the supposed “spectrum” of sex
86. 12 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
87. 12 MarReflections on papers past: Coyne and Orr 1989
88. 12 MarNominees for the Golden Steve Awards
89. 12 MarOne of Navalny’s last letters
90. 11 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
91. 11 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
92. 11 MarBret Weinstein denies that AIDS is caused by HIV
93. 11 MarTwo mantras about the war and how I translate them
94. 10 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
95. 10 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
96. 10 MarNew hate speech legislation threatens free expression
97. 10 MarHamas plays fast and loose with the casualty numbers from Gaza
98. 10 MarSNL mocks Katie Britt
99. 9 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
100. 9 MarReaders’ wildlife photos (and videos)
101. 9 MarCaturday felid trifecta: Messed up feral tomcat becomes a gentleman; compilation of funny cats; scaredy cats; and lagniappe
102. 9 MarA brief take on the movie “Rustin”
103. 8 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
104. 8 MarReader’s wildlife photos
105. 8 MarOnce again: the claim that sex is non-binary, but there are no new arguments
106. 8 MarMissed post on the binary nature of sex; link here
107. 8 MarThe National Academies tell editors, authors, and reviewers not to be be bullies or harassers
108. 7 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
109. 7 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
110. 7 MarWhat’s the matter with American universities?
111. 7 MarThree videos by Tom Gross on food in Gaza
112. 6 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
113. 6 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
114. 6 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ crybullies
115. 6 MarHow the Washington Post and the New York Times practice abysmal journalism about the Middle East war
116. 5 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
117. 5 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
118. 5 MarWhy are progressives so angry?
119. 5 MarCalifornia woman, pretending to be nonbinary, went easily through “affirmative therapy”, right up through approval for top and bottom surgeries
120. 4 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
121. 4 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
122. 4 MarScience, essentialism and the sex binary: an annoying new paper in Science
123. 4 MarNew paper doubts estimates of how often women hunted in hunter-gatherer societies
124. 3 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
125. 3 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
126. 3 MarPro-Palestinian protesters heckle president of the AMA speaking at our medical school
127. 3 MarBari Weiss’s talk at the 92nd Street Y
128. 2 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
129. 2 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
130. 2 MarCaturday felid trifecta: Why cats run away: customize a cat’s purr; cat, coke, and Mento dominos; and lagniappe
131. 2 MarThe New York Times, reporting on a shooting in Vermont, gratuitously incites hatred against Israel
132. 2 MarBill Maher’s weekly monologue
133. 1 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
134. 1 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
135. 1 MarHow apes (including humans) lost their tails
136. 1 MarBotany Pond opening on hold once again

February 2024

1. 29 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
2. 29 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 29 FebChicago cop, citing gender precedent and seeking affirmative-action benefits, prevented from changing race to person of color from Caucasian
4. 29 FebIsraeli hospital saves Gazan child using a stem-cell transplant
5. 29 FebQuote of the Week
6. 28 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
7. 28 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
8. 28 FebJesus ‘n Mo ‘n’ Islamophobia
9. 28 FebLarry Summers on Harvard, AI, and other things
10. 27 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
11. 27 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
12. 27 FebFrom ideologues: Why genetics education must be sociopolitical
13. 27 FebA debate: should Mātauranga Māori (indigenous “ways of knowing”) be taught as science in New Zealand schools?
14. 26 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
15. 26 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
16. 26 FebMore on the oldest gamete-based definition of sex
17. 26 FebGene flow from Neanderthals and Denisovans to “modern” humans, and vice versa
18. 25 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
19. 25 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 25 FebDo “asexual” bacteria form biological species?
21. 25 FebWhen were sexes formally defined by gamete type?
22. 25 FebSome videos by Tom Gross on the Middle East violence and worldwide demonstrations
23. 24 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
24. 24 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
25. 24 FebCaturday felids: Denver Zoo gets smuggled Geoffrey’s cat; caracal gets introduced to household’s other cats; cats being cats; lagniappe
26. 23 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
27. 23 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
28. 23 FebThe Harvard Crimson tells us that there are more than two sexes in humans
29. 23 FebAgain: the 1-3 sentence rule
30. 23 FebArrant misconceptions about the war and Israel
31. 22 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
32. 22 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
33. 22 FebUncrewed Moon landing this afternoon
34. 22 FebNow the Pecksniffs want to change dinosaur names
35. 22 FebCanadians deplatform championship cyclist because she was an Israeli who served in IDF
36. 22 FebBizarre bird nests (avian extended phenotypes)
37. 21 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
38. 21 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 21 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ The Designer
40. 21 FebHarvard tries to make up for accusations of antisemitism
41. 21 FebTexas professor fired, then reinstated after a lawsuit, for teaching that chromosomes determine human sex
42. 21 FebBari Weiss interviews Roland Fryer
43. 20 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
44. 20 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
45. 20 FebCarl Zimmer on species and conservation
46. 20 FebBill Maher’s latest monologues
47. 19 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
48. 19 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 19 FebUNIFIL: another UN organization that endangers Israel by refusing to do its job
50. 19 FebNew tendentious and possibly dangerous APA book on “gender-affirming care”
51. 18 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
52. 18 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 18 FebColin Wright corrects P. Z. Myers about the sex binary
54. 18 FebDara Horn on why smart people hate Jews
55. 18 FebThe total solar eclipse on April 8
56. 17 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
57. 17 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
58. 17 FebCaturday felid trifecta: Cats help prisoners in Chile; Thai farmer creates cat image in rice field; cats working together to defeat d*gs; and lagniappe
59. 17 FebA food haul at Costco
60. 16 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
61. 16 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
62. 16 FebThe Biden administration’s program for using “Indigenous Knowledge”
63. 15 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
64. 15 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
65. 15 FebThe myth of the two-state solution
66. 15 FebFaith versus Fact audiobook for 75% off: only $4.25
67. 14 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
68. 14 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
69. 14 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ trust
70. 14 FebGlenn Loury (and, to some extent, John McWhorter) backpedal about the death of George Floyd
71. 14 FebPrinceton’s President makes bogus arguments that diversity and academic excellence are compatible
72. 14 FebYet another version of “Layla”
73. 13 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
74. 13 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
75. 13 FebFIRE gives awards for the Ten Worst Censors of 2024; Harvard gets sixth Lifetime Censorship Award
76. 13 FebCritic of “Woke Kindergarten” suspended
77. 13 FebBari Weiss interviews Lucy Aharish, the first Arab Muslim presenter on mainstream Israeli t.v.
78. 12 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
79. 12 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
80. 12 FebYet another misguided attempt to revise evolution
81. 12 FebBrown University Hillel received antisemitic emails, including some threatening violence
82. 12 Feb“Punishment” for protestors who break University of Chicago regulations: a light tap on the wrist at best
83. 11 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
84. 11 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
85. 11 FebThe U.S. follows New Zealand: let’s teach indigenous “ways of knowing” in the science classroom!
86. 10 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
87. 10 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
88. 10 FebCaturday felid trifecta: Cats who fetch; cat encounters a cake that looks like it; the Huddersfield Station cat dies; and lagniappe
89. 10 FebJon Haidt goes after DEI
90. 9 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
91. 9 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
92. 9 FebColumbia University rejects just one student group out of nine: the one opposing antisemitism
93. 9 FebCornell University eliminates its Dean’s List of meritorious students
94. 9 FebPinker on “What’s wrong with our universities”
95. 8 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
96. 8 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
97. 8 FebKent Hovind, young earth creationist, ex-con, and overall ignoramus, is desperate for me to debate him
98. 8 FebLive feed of the Supreme Court’s hearing of Trump’s appeal
99. 8 FebHarvard’s official “memorial minute” for Dick Lewontin, and lagnaipe
100. 7 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
101. 7 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
102. 7 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ question-begging
103. 7 FebUnbelievable: UNRWA on someone’s short list for Nobel Peace Prize
104. 7 FebThree important groups endorse institutional neutrality for colleges and universities
105. 7 FebWhere should I travel?
106. 6 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
107. 6 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
108. 6 FebYour tax dollars at work in “Woke Kindergarten”
109. 6 FebKing Charles, cancer, and homeopathy
110. 6 FebFrom MEMRI: Americans hating America
111. 5 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
112. 5 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
113. 5 FebFast unto death!: Brown University students on hunger strike, President refuses to give in
114. 5 FebAfter having made SAT test scores optional for admissions, Dartmouth College reinstates them as mandatory
115. 4 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
116. 4 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
117. 4 FebThe Woke Kindergarten: an educational failure in California
118. 4 FebPamela Paul’s NYT article on gender transitioning: more than an op-ed, and guaranteed to raise a ruckus
119. 3 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
120. 3 FebCaturday felid trifecta: Ukrainian war cats, Brits find missing moggy after seeing it on t.v.; fans of unfairly treated football player donate over $250,000 to cat rescue organization; and lagniappe
121. 3 FebColumbia University embraces institutional neutrality (Chicago’s Kalven Principles)—only the fourth American university to do so
122. 3 FebBill Maher on the materialism pervading modern rock
123. 2 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
124. 2 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
125. 1 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
126. 1 FebReaders wildlife photos
127. 1 FebDistortion of slavery in southern history textbooks
128. 1 FebA University of Chicago Free Speech Alliance
129. 1 FebCNN is confused about sex
130. 1 FebComing to your local museum: Repatriation of everything Native American

January 2024

1. 31 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Ganesha
4. 31 JanNew Zealand science still circling the drain, even under a new Prime Minister
5. 31 JanA new Free Press film: “American miseducation”
6. 30 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
7. 30 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
8. 30 JanDouglas Murray interviews Benjamin Netanyahu
9. 30 JanMore pilpul about a nonexistent “sex spectrum”
10. 30 JanTestimony on UNRWA before Congress
11. 29 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
12. 29 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
13. 29 JanTwo campus activities by pro-Palestinian students, one free speech, the other disruption
14. 29 JanMāori force indigenous prayer on secular district-council meeting
15. 28 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
16. 28 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
17. 28 JanPossibly “fake news” about a deal in the Israel/Hamas war
18. 28 JanOn new and old civil disobedience
19. 27 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
20. 27 JanThe National Secular Society (and the UN) literally erase the Jews from Holocaust Memorial Day
21. 27 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
22. 27 JanCaturday felid trifecta: Cats besting people; What makes a good cat?; fifteen-year celebration of Simon’s Cat
23. 26 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
24. 26 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
25. 26 JanCivilian participation in “Hamas’s October 7 Massacre”
26. 25 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
27. 25 JanThe Students for Justice in Palestine vow to continue violating University regulations
28. 25 JanConfusion at Barnard about free speech, institutional neutrality, and academic freedom
29. 24 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
30. 24 JanMy letter to the Chicago Maroon about Students for Justice in Palestine
31. 24 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ caste
32. 24 JanSouthern trees
33. 23 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
34. 23 JanWhy it’s ludicrous to expect the Palestinian Authority to govern Gaza
35. 23 JanThe Oscar nominees
36. 22 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
37. 22 JanBiology, wildlife, and food in Davis
38. 22 JanThe misguided South African “genocide” accusation
39. 22 JanCanadian university advertises for scientists expert in Indigenous “ways of knowing”
40. 21 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
41. 21 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
42. 21 JanThe Davis Farmers Market
43. 21 JanIn view of the Supreme Court decision, race-based college essays proliferate
44. 21 JanZionist candy in Davis!
45. 20 JanA Persian dinner
46. 20 JanBill Maher has a new rule, which is his
47. 19 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
48. 19 JanA Burmese dinner in Davis
49. 19 JanSam Harris on free speech, the Middle East war, religion, and proportionality
50. 19 JanThe periodical Science touts Indigenous science
51. 19 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
52. 18 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
53. 18 JanRick Beato and Jim Barber: The years the music died
54. 18 JanFinish these poems
55. 17 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
56. 17 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
57. 17 JanA moving interview
58. 17 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ fries
59. 17 JanName the animal
60. 17 JanMEMRI and the war
61. 16 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
62. 15 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
63. 15 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
64. 15 JanThe Atlantic explains why Americans’ respect for universities is tanking
65. 14 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
66. 14 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
67. 14 JanJames Gleick favorably reviews a book arguing that humans have libertarian free will
68. 13 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
69. 13 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
70. 13 JanCaturday felid trifecta: Cats hating water; cats’ experiences with catnip; good cat memes; and lagniappe
71. 13 JanHarvard sued for Title VI violations and antisemitism
72. 12 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
73. 12 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
74. 12 JanColin Wright on sex and its distortion by the American Psychiatric Association
75. 11 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
76. 11 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
77. 11 JanFive hard pieces on Israel and the war
78. 11 JanThe BBC apologizes for making false and defamatory claims about the IDF executing Palestinian civilians
79. 10 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
80. 10 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
81. 10 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ lies
82. 10 JanThe BBC and its Hollywood movie erase the words “Jew” and “Jewish” from the story of Nicholas Winton, a hero who saved Jewish children from the Nazis
83. 10 JanMcWhorter and Loury on the departure of Claudine Gay
84. 9 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
85. 9 JanNote to readers
86. 9 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
87. 9 JanThe NYT describes how the SAT and other standardized tests are useful
88. 8 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
89. 8 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
90. 8 JanBusiness Insider keeps bashing Neri Oxman for plagiarism. This time they’ve got her.
91. 8 JanThe Navajo Nation tries to prevent human ashes from being sent to the Moon
92. 7 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
93. 7 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
94. 7 JanScientific American proposes policing the language of astronomy to make it “beautiful and elegant”, as well as “inclusive” and non-triggering
95. 7 JanPro-Palestinian protestors demonstrate illegally, cops do nothing; kids learn antisemitic slogans in Philadelphia
96. 6 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
97. 6 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
98. 6 JanCaturday felid trifecta: NASA sends a video into space of cat chasing laser dot; the Internet is made of cats; cats being bad; and lagniappe
99. 6 JanBill Ackman’s wife Neri Oxman accused of plagiarism, admits guilt
100. 6 JanMy fate
101. 5 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
102. 5 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
103. 5 JanDouglas Murray goes after Claudine Gay
104. 5 JanScience-Based Medicine goes down the drain
105. 5 JanBest-camouflaged animals
106. 4 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
107. 4 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
108. 4 JanClaudine Gay discusses her resignation in the New York Times
109. 3 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
110. 3 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
111. 3 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo’ n’ blasphemy
112. 3 JanThe Tate Museum includes men in its controversial exhibit of feminist art
113. 3 JanLoury and McWhorter ponder the best way to invest $43 million to end racism
114. 3 JanVideo of the day
115. 2 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
116. 2 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
117. 2 JanThe convoluted history of sex testing in the Olympics
118. 2 JanThe Unitarian Universalists go big-time woke
119. 2 JanHarvard President Claudine Gay to resign
120. 2 JanBabs sings Hatikvah
121. 1 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
122. 1 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
123. 1 JanAntisemitism in America as displacement behavior
124. 1 JanThe Nova Music Festival
125. 1 JanAnimal moments!