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December 2025

1. 31 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ conversion to woo
4. 31 DecAn MCAT prep question
5. 30 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
6. 30 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
7. 30 DecMinnesota authorities investigate Nick Shirley’s allegations of fraud in healthcare and daycare, report plenty of kids (!). Meanwhile, the fraud goes on, with some of the money possibly going to terrorists.
8. 29 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
9. 29 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
10. 29 DecThe world’s three best cuisines
11. 28 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
12. 28 DecHoliday Herps!
13. 28 DecHoliday flowers!
14. 28 DecThe Atlantic denies the existence of free will but says that determinism makes us behave badly
15. 28 DecRoolz emphasis: overcommenting
16. 27 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
17. 27 DecNo readers’ wildlife photos today
18. 27 DecCaturday felid trifecta: Icelandair’s commercials featuring the dreaded Yule Cat; cat missing for five years comes home for Christmas; LGBTQ writer gets a statue with her cat; and lagniappe
19. 26 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
20. 26 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
21. 26 DecMy article in Quillette: “Can art convey truth?”
22. 26 DecHow Wikipedia distorts Israel and Jews in the interests of the site’s “progressive” ideology
23. 25 DecHili dialogue: Holiday edition
24. 25 DecReader’s wildlife photos
25. 25 DecHoliday Cat Parade!
26. 24 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
27. 24 DecSend in your cat photos today!
28. 24 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 24 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ ad hominem
30. 24 DecA lot more osculation of faith at The Free Press
31. 23 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
32. 23 DecSend in your cat photos!
33. 23 DecReaders’ wildlife posts
34. 23 DecThe controversial 60 Minutes segment taken off the air in the U.S. was actually aired in Canada
35. 22 DecSend in your holiday cat photos!
36. 22 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
37. 22 DecAnd so it begins: Bari Weiss gets a “60 Minutes” segment pulled from the show
38. 22 DecNew South Wales bans anti-Jewish rhetoric in wake of Bondi Beach attack
39. 22 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
40. 21 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
41. 21 DecSend in your holiday cat photos!
42. 21 DecReaders’ wildlife photographs
43. 21 DecWinter is here–NOW
44. 21 DecJohn Oliver goes after Bari Weiss and CBS News
45. 20 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
46. 20 DecSend in your cat photos!
47. 20 DecCaturday felid trifecta: Writer disses cats as “the worst pets in the world”; emotional support cats; the legend of the murderous Yule Cat; and extra lagniappe
48. 20 DecKathleen Stock on female genital mutilation, cultural relativism, and a recent (odious) paper in The Journal of Medical Ethics
49. 19 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
50. 19 DecSend in your cat photos!
51. 19 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
52. 19 DecCan mathematics and philosophy produce (propositional) truth?
53. 18 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
54. 18 DecSend in your cat photos!
55. 18 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
56. 18 DecTrump’s speech last night and Jimmy Kimmel’s response
57. 17 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
58. 17 DecSend in your cat photos!
59. 17 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ “Islamophobia”
60. 17 Dec“Progressives” appear to whitewash female genital mutilation
61. 17 DecSome music from Johnny Mathis
62. 16 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
63. 16 DecSend in your cat photos!
64. 16 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
65. 16 DecThe University of Auckland passes free speech and institutional neutrality policy
66. 15 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
67. 15 DecSend in your holiday cat photos!
68. 15 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
69. 15 DecBari Weiss makes her CBS debut: a discussion with Erika Kirk
70. 14 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
71. 14 DecSend in your holiday cat photos!
72. 14 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
73. 14 DecEarliest evidence for humans making fire: 400,000 years ago
74. 13 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
75. 13 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
76. 13 DecSend in your Christmas cat photos
77. 13 DecCaturday felid trifecta: The cats of Disneyland; a new cat book; Nimbus the Summit Cat; and 3 (count them, three) items of lagniappe
78. 12 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
79. 12 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
80. 12 DecSend in your Christmas cat photos
81. 11 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
82. 11 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
83. 11 DecOn the origin of venom by means of natural selection
84. 10 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
85. 10 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
86. 10 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Poison Garden
87. 9 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
88. 9 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
89. 9 DecThe Free Press touts Charlie Kirk’s Christian message on observing a Sabbath
90. 9 DecI do not need “likes”
91. 8 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
92. 8 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
93. 8 DecSomebody else touts the best and worst songs of the Sixties, with bonus choices of best and worst songs from your host
94. 7 DecIt’s snowing again! (and a quiz)
95. 7 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
96. 7 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
97. 7 DecHuman and chimp genome comparison: apples and origins
98. 7 DecAnswer: Who made those tracks in the snow?
99. 7 DecMore true facts: ZeFrank on the important of electric fields in nature
100. 6 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
101. 6 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
102. 6 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the War on Christmas
103. 6 DecCaturday felid trifecta: Paralyzed kitty gets wheelchair; yoga with cats; Cat custody battle costs $25,000 in legal fees; and lagniappe
104. 6 Dec“It Could Be We’re in Love”
105. 5 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
106. 5 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
107. 4 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
108. 4 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
109. 3 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
110. 3 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
111. 3 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ imperfection
112. 2 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
113. 2 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
114. 1 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
115. 1 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
116. 1 DecThree Royal Societies abandon their mission to promote global and universalist science

November 2025

1. 30 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 30 NovThe cost of sexual selection: a study in pheasants
4. 30 NovBill Maher prognosticates the headlines
5. 29 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
6. 29 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
7. 29 NovCaturday felid trifecta: Istanbul as “Catstanbul”; Oxford college cats; Simon, a very brave cat; and lagniappe
8. 29 NovBig snow!
9. 28 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
10. 28 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
11. 27 NovThurday: Hili dialogue
12. 27 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
13. 27 NovThanksgiving special video: “My Life as a Turkey”
14. 27 NovIngersoll’s Thanksgiving Sermon
15. 26 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
16. 26 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
17. 26 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the argumentum ad hominem
18. 26 NovA book recommendation: Ian McEwan’s “What We Can Know”
19. 25 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
20. 25 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
21. 25 NovPinker and Tupy vs. Kingsnorth: do we need a god in these troubled times?
22. 24 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
23. 24 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
24. 24 NovSurprise! Agustín Fuentes and Nathan Lents criticize the sex binary
25. 24 NovIt was a hungry squirrel. . .
26. 23 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
27. 23 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
28. 23 NovBill Maher’s New Rule: let’s try to get along without effacing our differences
29. 23 NovThe new kerfuffle about UFOs, and why believers resemble religionists
30. 23 NovWhat happened to me?
31. 22 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
32. 22 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
33. 22 NovCaturday felid trifecta: Cats return to Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace; Bone Jovi, the bone cat ; possible longevity-increase treatment for cats; and lagniappe
34. 22 NovWhy can’t poets read their stuff properly?
35. 21 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
36. 21 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
37. 20 NovThursday: Hili dialogue
38. 20 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 20 NovJoan Roughgarden and Jaimie Veale on sex and gender
40. 20 NovNatasha Hausdorff explains the UN resolution approving Trump’s plan for Gaza
41. 19 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
42. 19 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
43. 19 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo anniversary!
44. 19 NovThe “anti-Zios” are back
45. 18 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
46. 18 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 18 NovBill Maher on how socialism is tainting the Democratic party
48. 17 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 17 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
50. 16 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
51. 16 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
52. 16 NovTriggernometry debates sex with Neil deGrasse Tyson
53. 16 Nov“Easter Snow”
54. 15 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
55. 15 NovCaturday felid trifecta: The world’s most cited cat; Russian cat rescue; a guide to the cats of Chicago; and double lagniappe
56. 15 NovMore by Matthew on Crick, Watson, and DNA
57. 14 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
58. 14 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
59. 14 NovSocial Justice wrecks the Sierra Club
60. 14 NovThe Fellowship of the Duck
61. 13 NovThursday: Hili dialogue
62. 13 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
63. 13 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the appeal to pity
64. 13 NovHitler’s DNA sequenced, the subject of a new Channel 4 documentary. Did he have a micropenis?
65. 13 NovBest soul songs of my era
66. 12 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue
67. 12 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
68. 12 NovColeman Hughes interviews Carole Hooven
69. 11 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
70. 11 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
71. 11 NovA book recommendation: “The Overstory”
72. 11 NovBill Maher’s New Rules
73. 10 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
74. 10 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
75. 10 NovJonathan Kay interviews Lawrence Krauss about our anthology, “The War on Science”
76. 9 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
77. 9 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
78. 9 NovNature screws up again: touts need for severe revision of evolutionary theory while harboring a conflict of interest
79. 9 NovIs there truth in Yeats?
80. 8 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
81. 8 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
82. 8 NovCaturday felid trifecta: “Room 8”, a school’s beloved tabby cat; Bella the cat, returned to shelter twice, becomes hyperaffectionate;cat climbs tree to avoid hail storm; and lagniappe
83. 8 NovEncounters with J. D. Watson
84. 8 NovA black Trump imitator assures us that he’s not racist
85. 7 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
86. 7 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
87. 7 NovMy interview with Scott Jacobsen, part 2 (and a note on faith versus fact)
88. 7 NovAn octopus learns to play the piano!
89. 7 NovJ. D. Watson dead at 97
90. 6 NovThursday: Hili dialogue
91. 6 NovReader’s wildlife photos
92. 6 NovOnce again: Why there are two sexes and no more
93. 6 NovMy interview with Scott Jacobsen, Part 1
94. 5 NovDems win big, take NYC mayorship, NJ and VA governorships, and CA passes prop 50, giving a big boost to Newsom
95. 5 NovWedneday: Hili dialogue
96. 5 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ ethics
97. 4 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue
98. 4 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
99. 4 NovColin Wright on trans data epistomology: a new “way of knowing” that prioritizes ideology over truth
100. 3 NovMonday: Hili dialogue
101. 3 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
102. 3 NovMatthew’s biography of Francis Crick gets a glowing review in Nature
103. 2 NovSunday: Hili dialogue
104. 2 NovReaders’ wildlife photos
105. 2 NovFrom Commentary: now that the fighting in Gaza seems to be over Seth Mandel calls out the antisemitic libels
106. 2 NovBill Maher’s latest “New Rule”
107. 2 NovPie Day!
108. 1 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue
109. 1 NovProprietor’s miscellany
110. 1 NovCaturday felids: Kiddo, the pioneering cat; Simon’s cat gets baked on Christmas; eight signs of feline dementia; and lagniappe
111. 1 NovMatthew on the subject of his latest book: Francis Crick

October 2025

1. 31 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 OctMore god-touting, this time in The Atlantic
4. 31 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ burqas
5. 30 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
6. 30 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
7. 30 OctReaders’ wildlife videos
8. 29 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
9. 29 OctNo readers’ wildlife photos today
10. 29 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the god-shaped hole
11. 29 OctBig study shows lack of diversity in teaching and little opposition to “progressive” views
12. 28 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
13. 28 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
14. 28 OctA new issue of J. Controversial Ideas on censorship in the sciences
15. 28 OctThe erosion of medical journals
16. 27 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
17. 27 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
18. 27 OctCharles Murray finds God, loses rationality, gets criticized by Steven Pinker and Michael Shermer
19. 27 OctMāori council gets right of approval for releasing genetically modified native organisms in New Zealand
20. 26 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
21. 26 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
22. 26 OctBill Maher’s latest “New Rule”
23. 26 OctTeslas and virtue flaunting
24. 25 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
25. 25 OctReaders’ wildlife photographs
26. 25 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Trump excoriates Republican Curtis Sliwa for his love of cats; cat survives 8,000-mile trip in shipping container; mountain lion movie; and lagniappe
27. 24 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
28. 24 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 24 OctThe “Perfect Song”: Rick Beato on “God Only Knows”
30. 23 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
31. 23 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
32. 23 OctBill Maher’s latest “New Rules” (plus bonus video on “The War on Science” anthology)
33. 23 OctMenopause in gorillas: a new study
34. 22 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
35. 22 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
36. 22 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ humor (?)
37. 22 OctMātauranga Māori strikes again
38. 21 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
39. 21 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
40. 21 Oct“Citation justice”: turning science into social engineering
41. 20 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
42. 20 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
43. 20 OctThe sad fate of human evolutionary biology in Australia
44. 19 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
45. 19 OctSpot the hummingbird!
46. 19 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 19 OctHere’s the hummingbird!
48. 18 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
49. 18 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
50. 18 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Cat sits on top of van for 100 miles of road trip; the world’s oldest living cat; movie on the cats of Istanbul (in French and German) ; and lagniappe
51. 18 OctThe best baseball performance of all time? Shohei Ohtani cleans up on the mound and at the plate as the LA Dodgers sweep the pennant
52. 17 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
53. 17 OctSpot the cat!
54. 17 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
55. 17 OctThe Atlantic criticizes youth gender medicine
56. 17 OctHere’s the cat!
57. 16 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
58. 16 OctSpot the locust!
59. 16 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
60. 16 OctThe AAUP finally goes down the drain
61. 16 OctHere’s the locust!
62. 16 OctA fantastic performance of rhythmic gymnastics
63. 15 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
64. 15 OctSpot the cat!
65. 15 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ womens sports
66. 15 OctMore God-touting in The Free Press, this time by Charles Murray
67. 15 OctHere’s the cat!
68. 14 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
69. 14 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
70. 14 OctA Muslim creationist accepts evolution after hearing the evidence, but was forced to leave her world
71. 14 OctWhere are celebrations from Democrats in Congress of the hostages’ return?
72. 14 OctBill Maher: two minutes of humor about Afghanistan and Google
73. 13 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
74. 13 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
75. 13 OctVideos: Dawkins on sex differences; Neil deGrasse Tyson on sport and sex
76. 13 OctThe Free Press touts faith again
77. 12 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
78. 12 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
79. 12 OctWhy it’s not stupid to criticize aspects of leftist ideology that pollute science
80. 12 OctColeman Hughes: an objective take on slavery
81. 11 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
82. 11 OctWildlife at Botany Pond: turtles are back!
83. 11 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Making a cat into a feline influencer; Nimbus, Mt. Washington’s resident cat; beloved store cat hitches ride to distribution center in another state, but is returned home; and lagniappe
84. 10 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
85. 10 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
86. 10 OctKathleen Stock leaves her lane, says that creationist arguments “undermine her faith in science”
87. 10 OctBrendan O’Neill ponders the unemployment of Israel haters
88. 9 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
89. 9 OctNo readers’ wildlife photos today
90. 9 OctThe Free Press touts God again, celebrating some intellectuals who have embraced Christianity
91. 8 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
92. 8 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
93. 8 OctWomen called “menstruators” in universities
94. 8 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ turnabout
95. 8 OctA panel of authors from the anthology “The War on Science”
96. 7 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
97. 7 OctReaders’ wildlife video
98. 7 OctUniversity of Auckland set to make mandatory “indigeneity” courses optional, as students considered them a waste of time and money
99. 6 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
100. 6 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
101. 6 OctThe Free Press is joining Paramount and CBS
102. 6 OctCritics of Colossal Bioscience’s “de-extinction” efforts get targeted by lawsuits and smears
103. 5 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
104. 5 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
105. 5 OctScience editor of Sunday Times touts book “proving” God’s existence
106. 4 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
107. 4 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Cat wins a feline race for mayer of Somerville, MA bike path; Kiwi cat burglars; Gymnopédie with cats and friends; and lagniappe
108. 4 OctTo the Arctic, part 7: A cliff packed with guillemots
109. 4 OctBill Maher’s New Rules
110. 3 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
111. 3 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
112. 3 OctPiracy: AI company sued for using material from pirated books to train its generative programs
113. 2 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
114. 2 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
115. 2 OctA new song from a “rock god” celebrates the first birthday of Colossal Bioscience’s genetically tweaked grey wolves (aka “dire wolves”)
116. 1 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
117. 1 OctIs civility a fantasy?

September 2025

1. 30 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 SepThe Humanist Society of Australia withdraws support from Steve Pinker’s book tour
3. 30 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Darwin
4. 30 SepA visit to Christina’s for ice cream
5. 29 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
6. 29 SepCambridge and Boston: more travel photos
7. 29 SepBill Maher’s latest monologues (one of them superb)
8. 28 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
9. 28 SepSpot the salamander!
10. 28 SepHere’s the salamander!
11. 27 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
12. 27 SepRichard Dawkins stirs up things again in the Torygraph
13. 27 SepCaturday felid trifecta: Record swim for jaguar; how big cats communicate; cat steals all food from the staff; and lagniappe
14. 26 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
15. 26 SepRandom photos from Cambridge
16. 26 SepCarole Hooven in Tablet on binary sex
17. 26 SepMatt Ridley discusses our anthology (and the wokeness of science) in The Spectator
18. 25 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
19. 25 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 25 SepTeenage math whiz adds 100 4-digit numbers in 30 seconds
21. 24 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
22. 24 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
23. 24 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ morality
24. 23 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
25. 23 SepReaders’ wildlife photos: The horrors of the human botfly
26. 22 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
27. 22 SepWe’re out of wildlife photos
28. 22 SepSeveral books to read, and a NYT recommendation
29. 21 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
30. 21 SepFat Bear Week is here!
31. 21 SepTwo bits from Bill Maher’s latest show
32. 20 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
33. 20 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
34. 20 SepTo the Arctic, part 6: Ice day
35. 20 SepCaturday felid trifecta: Cat leads hikes on the Appalachian Trail; cat memes; why cats eat grass ; and catnip lagniappe
36. 19 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
37. 19 SepReaders’ wildlife videos
38. 19 SepDemocratic candidate for U.S. Senate seat in Texas says that there are six biological sexes
39. 19 SepWhat would Western art have been like without religion?
40. 19 SepTiger beetle video for the weekend
41. 18 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
42. 18 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
43. 18 SepToday’s Hili dialogue published prematurely; it’s up now
44. 18 SepColossal claims that dodo “de-extinction” is right around the corner (5-7 years). But at best they’ll get a “faux-doh”
45. 17 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
46. 17 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 17 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ hair
48. 17 SepMore unsubstantiated assertions of indigenous “science” in New Zealand
49. 16 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
50. 16 SepRobert Redford died
51. 16 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
52. 16 SepSam Harris: Time to chill
53. 15 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
54. 15 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
55. 15 SepNYT launches column apparently touting religion and spirituality, thin on “nonbelief”
56. 15 SepBill Maher: The price of free speech (clearly “offense”)
57. 14 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
58. 14 SepSpot the viper!
59. 14 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
60. 14 SepElliott Abrams: We’ll never have a Palestinian state
61. 14 SepHere’s the viper!
62. 13 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
63. 13 SepTo the Arctic, part 5: Landfall and vegetation
64. 13 SepCaturday felid trifecta: Cats that are “major moods”; the death of Browser, a beloved Library Cat; Taylor Swift convinces fiancée’s brother’s kids that cats are not poisonous; and lagniappe
65. 12 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
66. 12 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
67. 12 SepFour degrees of sympathy for Charlie Kirk
68. 12 SepJazz duets: Louis Armstrong with Danny Kaye in “When the Saints Go Marching In”, and with Jack Teagarden in “Old Rockin’ Chair”
69. 11 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
70. 11 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
71. 11 SepShort (?) review: “Sex is a spectrum”
72. 10 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
73. 10 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Euthyphro
74. 10 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
75. 10 SepNate Silver on “Blueskyism”
76. 10 SepBill Maher’s new rule: Cuck the police”
77. 10 SepLes fleurs
78. 9 SepTuesday: Hili Dialogue
79. 9 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
80. 9 SepFIRE’s new rankings of American universities and colleges: freedom of speech and expression is in trouble
81. 9 SepWhy don’t people talk on the phone anymore?
82. 8 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
83. 8 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
84. 8 SepColeman Hughes interviews Ben Shapiro
85. 8 SepMovie dancing set to Steely Dan
86. 7 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
87. 7 SepReader’s wildlife photos: John Avise’s farewell
88. 7 SepDuck report
89. 7 SepThe Sunday Sermon
90. 6 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
91. 6 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
92. 6 SepCaturday felid trifecta: Why cats get the zoomies after pooping; a real Ceiling Cat; woman dyes cat’s fur for Pride Month; and lagniappe
93. 6 SepA schism between secular organizations
94. 5 SepWords and phrases I detest
95. 5 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
96. 5 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
97. 5 SepMore on the American Humanist Association’s stand on gender
98. 4 SepHarvard v. Trump: Harvard wins! (for now)
99. 4 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
100. 4 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
101. 4 SepAmerican Humanist vigorously endorses “affirmative care” with no lower age limit
102. 3 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
103. 3 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
104. 3 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Islamophobia
105. 3 SepA review (not mine) of “Sex is a Spectrum” by Agustín Fuentes
106. 2 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
107. 2 SepDo not do what I did
108. 2 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
109. 2 SepThe Atlantic: The decline of higher education
110. 2 SepThe journal “Evolution” and its sponsoring society aren’t doing so well . . . .
111. 1 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
112. 1 SepSpot the grasshopper!
113. 1 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
114. 1 SepBill Maher’s report card on the Presidency
115. 1 SepHere’s the grasshopper!

August 2025

1. 31 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 AugThe problems of grade inflation
4. 31 AugU.S. denies visa to Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas (and other Palestinians) ahead of UN meeting
5. 31 AugOliver!
6. 30 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
7. 30 AugTo the Arctic, part 4. Walruses and icebergs
8. 30 AugCaturday felid trifecta: The smartest cat breeds; a bizarre cat museum in North Carolina; Mittens the deaf Vancouver beach cat; and lagniappe
9. 29 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
10. 29 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
11. 29 AugScience conundrum of the day: why do we need to urinate when we hear running water?
12. 28 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
13. 28 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
14. 28 AugLatest duck report
15. 27 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
16. 27 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
17. 27 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ logic
18. 27 AugMaarten Boudry’s job at the University of Ghent endangered because he has “Zionist-tinged opinions”
19. 26 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
20. 26 AugHazel and Dolores at the pond
21. 26 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
22. 26 AugBill Maher: Elections are won on the margins
23. 25 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
24. 25 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
25. 25 AugMaarten Boudry defends our anthology
26. 25 AugThe two hen friends in Botany Pond: who are they?
27. 24 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
28. 24 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 24 AugTriggernometry grills Benjamin Netanyahu
30. 24 AugHazel, our new Botany Pond hen
31. 23 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
32. 23 AugTo the Arctic, Part 3. A glacier and its offspring
33. 23 AugCaturday felid trifecta: How to know that your cat really loves you; stray mother with six kittens finds forever home; Czech zoo has four Barbary lion cubs; and lagniappe
34. 22 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
35. 22 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
36. 22 AugTwo Triggernometry videos on the war in Gaza
37. 22 AugThere’s a duck in Botany Pond!
38. 21 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
39. 21 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
40. 21 AugSex variation in birds, with Emma Hilton’s analysis
41. 20 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
42. 20 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
43. 20 AugA ducky encounter in Lake Michigan!
44. 20 AugScientific American reverts to unscientific wokeness
45. 20 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ perfection
46. 20 AugBill Maher: Latest “new rule” on timorous Democrats
47. 19 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
48. 19 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 18 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
50. 18 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
51. 17 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
52. 17 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 17 AugWhat to do about Gaza?
54. 16 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
55. 16 AugTo the Arctic, part 2: The ship, its amenities, and its food
56. 16 AugCaturday felid trifects: Why cats hate water; cats confuse reasoning; the Acro-Cats’ and lagniappe
57. 15 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
58. 15 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
59. 15 AugThe journal Nature calls for “decolonization” of modern science
60. 14 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
61. 13 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
62. 13 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
63. 13 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ pedophilia
64. 12 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
65. 12 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
66. 12 AugDrat! Foiled again!
67. 12 AugA discussion revisited: my exchange with Adam Gopnik about science, the humanities, and their ability to produce truth and knowledge
68. 11 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
69. 11 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
70. 11 AugWhy do academics in the humanities read their papers aloud?
71. 11 AugChanges in orange juice and other foods coming from the FDA, and not for the better
72. 10 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
73. 10 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
74. 10 AugColossal Biosciences’ new and wonky concept of “de-extinction” won’t work
75. 10 AugA call to expunge humanities from universities
76. 9 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
77. 9 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
78. 9 AugCaturday felid trifecta: Underwear-stealing cat in New Zealand; cat saved family from starvation in WWII Leningrad; cat enjoys motorcycle rides;
79. 9 AugLawrence Krauss interviews Carole Hooven
80. 8 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
81. 8 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
82. 8 AugThe Lancet publishes a glowing but deeply misguided review of a book that denies the sex binary, yet the author of the review had previously TOUTED the sex binary
83. 8 AugA funny caricature of some of us troublemakers
84. 7 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
85. 7 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
86. 7 AugDarwin declared dead again: a paper in a supposedly reputable journal concludes that life could not have originated by evolutionary processes
87. 6 AugWedneday: Hili dialogue
88. 6 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
89. 6 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Justice
90. 6 AugThe parallels between sex and species, and why the gametic concept of sex is the most useful
91. 6 AugRare video of the Scopes “Monkey Trial”
92. 5 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
93. 5 AugTo the Arctic: my trip, part 1
94. 5 AugGametic oppression?
95. 4 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
96. 4 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
97. 4 AugColeman Hughes on Gaza
98. 4 AugNicholas Christakis interviewed about attacks on science
99. 3 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
100. 3 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
101. 3 AugFind the fourth cat
102. 3 AugeBay sells prohibited items made from endangered species
103. 3 AugHere’s the fourth cat!
104. 3 AugIs there “truth” to be found in the humanities?
105. 2 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
106. 2 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
107. 2 AugCaturday felid quadrifecta: How to meet street cats; why cats should sleep on their left side ; Cat Video Fest; Matt Damon’s Schwarzenegger cat; and lagniappe
108. 2 AugQuillette drags irrelevant issues into the Scopes trial and the teaching of evolution
109. 1 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
110. 1 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
111. 1 AugSaving Ecudadorian land for wildlife (including my frog)
112. 1 AugScience-Based Medicine has its knickers in a twist about Krauss’s new edited volume—without having read it

July 2025

1. 31 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 JulThe NYT screws up when touting “famine” in Gaza, but buries its correction
4. 30 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
5. 30 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
6. 30 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ humor
7. 30 Jul“Silver Springs” and Fleetwood Mac
8. 29 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
9. 29 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
10. 29 JulThe political erosion of American med schools
11. 28 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
12. 28 JulReaders’ wildlife posts
13. 28 JulFrench President Macron: a blockhead whose ignorance will harm Israel
14. 27 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
15. 27 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
16. 27 JulMamdani’s unworkable proposal for NYC-owned grocery stores
17. 27 JulThe Free Press defends the music of Billy Joel
18. 26 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
19. 26 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 26 JulCaturday felid trifecta: History’s “most fabulous cat painting”; an old to Coal, a Parliament Hill cat; hot cats from the NYRB and 3 lagniappes
21. 26 JulThe best duck photos of the season
22. 25 JulFriday: Hili monologue
23. 25 JulOur new book on ideological threats to science
24. 25 JulReader’s (my) wildlife photos: Polar bear gnaws dead sperm whale
25. 25 JulScience finally retracts the 2010 “arsenic life” paper by Felisa Wolfe-Simon et al.
26. 24 JulThursday: Hili monologue
27. 24 JulI’m going home. . .
28. 23 JulWednesday: Hili monologue
29. 23 JulThe Golden Circle: three notable spots in Iceland
30. 23 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ morality
31. 23 JulAnother desperate but failed attempt to show that indigenous “science” improves modern science
32. 23 JulU.S. Olympics bars trans-identified men (“trans women”) from competing athletically against biological women
33. 22 JulTuesday: Hili monologue
34. 22 JulJames Carville suggests how to repair the Democratic Party
35. 22 JulNYT’s wildlife quiz
36. 21 JulMonday: Hili monologue
37. 21 JulPlanned Parenthood going the way of the ACLU and the SPLC?
38. 21 JulThe story of an amazing Russian and her WWII female comrades
39. 21 JulBoy meets gull (again)
40. 20 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
41. 20 JulThe real Hili dialogue
42. 20 JulOut and about Reykjavik
43. 19 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
44. 19 JulNooz, etc.
45. 18 JulFriday (or is it Monday?): Hili dialogue
46. 18 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ begging the question
47. 18 JulI have landed. . . .
48. 17 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
49. 16 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
50. 16 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ blasphemy (again)
51. 16 JulOnce again, theologians get paid for making stuff up
52. 16 JulLunch 2
53. 15 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
54. 15 JulTo Jan Mayen
55. 15 JulAdded nooz
56. 14 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
57. 14 JulSweets at sea
58. 13 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
59. 13 JulSea day
60. 13 JulMoar photos from the Arctic
61. 12 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
62. 12 Jul82 degrees north
63. 12 JulA guillemot cathedral
64. 11 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
65. 11 JulI am in the high (sort of) Arctic
66. 11 JulPictures of the day
67. 10 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
68. 9 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
69. 9 JulTravel note
70. 9 JulNow Colossal proposes to “de-extinct” the moa; Peter Jackson helps
71. 8 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue and travel
72. 7 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
73. 7 JulAlex Byrne’s “colleagues” dogpile him for co-writing a critique of American pediatric gender medicine
74. 6 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
75. 6 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
76. 6 JulFive ducks a-flying
77. 6 JulI have landed. . .
78. 5 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
79. 5 JulSaturday duck report
80. 4 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
81. 4 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
82. 3 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
83. 3 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
84. 3 JulA happy duckling
85. 3 JulAndrzej reminisces about how he met Malgorzata
86. 3 JulA strange solicitation of grant reviewers by the NIH
87. 2 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
88. 2 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
89. 2 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ evolution
90. 2 JulThe Atlantic takes on “affirmative care”
91. 1 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
92. 1 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
93. 1 JulA interview with a “heterodox” New Zealand scientist: “Why Mātauranga Māori Isn’t Science:”

June 2025

1. 30 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 JunFind the duck!
3. 30 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
4. 30 JunMy interview with Chris Williamson
5. 30 JunJazz and gender justice?
6. 29 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
7. 29 JunSunday dialogue finally published
8. 29 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
9. 29 JunSunday ducks
10. 28 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
11. 28 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
12. 28 JunCaturday felid trifecta: A cat who loved potatoes; kayaking adventure cat, the bodega cats of NYC; and lagniappe
13. 28 JunBird and Diz: “All the Things You Are”
14. 27 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
15. 27 JunA report on the HxA meetings
16. 26 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
17. 26 JunAn important article by Andrew Sullivan
18. 25 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
19. 25 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ colonialism
20. 24 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
21. 24 JunA Denisovan skull–at last!
22. 23 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
23. 23 JunBill Maher on dads
24. 23 JunColossal Biosciences is still pretending it’s “de-extincted” the dire wolf
25. 22 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
26. 22 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
27. 22 JunI have landed. . .
28. 22 JunSunday lunch
29. 21 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
30. 21 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
31. 21 JunThe use of “only”
32. 21 JunEsther et al. on the University of Chicago’s Instagram page
33. 21 JunU. S. joins Israel, attacks Iran
34. 20 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
35. 20 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
36. 20 JunEvolution meetings include an ideologically-based symposium on “teaching sex and gender”. It’s a spectrum, Jake!
37. 19 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
38. 19 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 19 JunU. S. Supreme Court affirms Tennessee’s ban on medical “gender-affirming care”
40. 19 JunMatthew’s Bernal Prize Lecture on Francis Crick
41. 18 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
42. 18 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
43. 18 JunAndrzej’s Facebook posts about Malgorzata
44. 18 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ The Disease
45. 17 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
46. 17 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 17 JunMalgorzata died
48. 16 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
49. 16 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
50. 16 JunI had a dream. . . .
51. 16 JunThe world’s cutest bird and cutest rodent: The Japanese snow fairy and the Japanese dwarf flying squirrel
52. 15 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
53. 15 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
54. 15 JunThe degeneration of the AAUP, an organization that’s now all but useless
55. 15 JunDuckapalooza! Big Sunday duck report
56. 14 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
57. 14 JunReaders’ wildlife photos and videos
58. 14 JunCaturday felid trifecta: Classical cat duet; statue erected for Hendrix the Coastal Cat ; carousel cats; and lagniappe
59. 14 Jun23andMe executive waffles before a Senate committee on what the company did with its “deleted” data
60. 14 JunBill Maher: The MUSKeteers (with Fetterman lagniappe)
61. 13 JunIsrael strikes Iran, destroying weapons sites and killing top officials
62. 13 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
63. 13 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
64. 13 JunMichael Lynch takes apart two attempts to forge new evolutionary “laws”
65. 13 JunDucklings flapping and zooming
66. 12 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
67. 12 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
68. 12 JunGuest post: “Burning my Koran”
69. 11 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
70. 11 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
71. 11 JunA farewell to Ollie the cat
72. 11 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ blasphemy
73. 11 JunWhat does a cease-fire in Gaza mean?
74. 11 JunBrian Wilson dies at 82
75. 10 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
76. 10 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
77. 10 JunDiscussion: the situation in L.A.
78. 10 JunTropical flycatcher: “the most exotic bird on the planet Earth”
79. 9 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
80. 9 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
81. 9 JunMy favorite Bob Dylan songs
82. 9 JunThe remarkable foldable wings of insects
83. 8 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
84. 8 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
85. 8 JunSunday Duck Report
86. 8 JunShould Israel let Greta get to Gaza?
87. 8 JunJohnny and Joni: “Long Black Veil”; with Bob Dylan lagniappe
88. 7 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
89. 7 JunSpot the pentatomid
90. 7 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
91. 7 JunCaturday felid trifecta: Earliest known picture of a cat?; “helicopter cat mom” saves moggy by watching from afar; cat with a Pinocchio nose
92. 7 JunBill Maher’s newest rule
93. 7 JunHere’s the pentatomid!
94. 6 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
95. 6 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
96. 6 Jun“This is a circus”: The unmitigated bullying from Piers Morgan
97. 5 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
98. 5 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
99. 5 JunSpotting of a rare colossal squid
100. 4 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
101. 4 JunGoing to Iceland!
102. 4 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
103. 4 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ theodicy
104. 4 JunWSJ: A reader contests my definition of “woman”
105. 3 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
106. 3 JunReaders’ wildlife photographs
107. 3 JunShould academia practice “political DEI” and hire more conservatives?
108. 2 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
109. 2 JunReaders’ wildlife photographs
110. 2 JunSpot the flies!
111. 2 JunOnce again, Covid in humans: from a lab leak or a wet market?
112. 2 JunHere be the flies!
113. 2 JunA psychedelic bubble
114. 1 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
115. 1 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
116. 1 JunSunday: Duck report
117. 1 JunGlenn Loury and John McWhorter video: an interesting show

May 2025

1. 31 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 MayCaturday felid trifects: Your cat knows your smell; annoyed kitties; why you shouldn’t give milk to cats
4. 31 MayBill Maher’s latest rule
5. 30 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
6. 30 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
7. 30 MayGuest post: does atmospheric chemistry suggest there’s life on another planet?
8. 29 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
9. 29 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
10. 28 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
11. 28 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
12. 28 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ blasphemy
13. 28 MayPossible evolution of hummingbird beaks since WWII
14. 28 MayNot an AI photo!
15. 27 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
16. 27 MayReaders’ wildlife photographs
17. 27 MayAI quiz: can you tell the real image?
18. 26 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
19. 26 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 26 MayDarante’ LaMar: a New Atheist 2.0
21. 26 MayWhat every American President liked to eat
22. 26 MayKangaroo rescue
23. 25 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
24. 25 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
25. 25 MayColossal reverses course AGAIN, now says that it did indeed bring back the dire wolf
26. 25 MaySunday duck report
27. 24 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
28. 24 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 24 MayCaturday felid trifecta: What makes orange cats orange?; six-legged cat gets healing surgery; how much does a cat cost per year?; and lagniappe
30. 23 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
31. 23 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
32. 23 MayTrump administration tries to stop Harvard from accepting international students; Harvard sues; Pinker pens NYT op-ed about government’s “Harvard derangement syndrome”
33. 23 MayColossal Biosciences finally admits they haven’t “de-extincted” dire wolves
34. 22 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
35. 22 MayTwo Israeli embassy aides, about to be engaged, murdered outside Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.
36. 22 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
37. 22 MayMore on academic freedom versus free speech: the homily ends
38. 21 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
39. 21 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
40. 21 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the divine pipeline
41. 21 MayWhy academic freedom is more important than free speech in finding the truth
42. 20 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
43. 20 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
44. 20 MayDoes free speech create a “marketplace of ideas” that leads to emergence of the truth?
45. 19 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
46. 19 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 19 MayAn Israeli victim of the Nova Festival attack wins the popular vote in the Eurovision song contest
48. 18 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
49. 18 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
50. 18 MaySunday duck (and duckling) report: photos and videos
51. 17 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
52. 17 MayCaturday felid trifecta: First portrait of an individual cat; Japanese cat train and station meowster; cat interviewed about its annoying behaviors
53. 17 MayOnce again, pro-Palestinian protestors at the University of Chicago violate campus rules but don’t get punished
54. 17 MayA New Rule from Bill Maher
55. 16 MaySpot the spider!
56. 16 MayA new movie about campus antisemitism
57. 16 MayHere’s the spider!
58. 16 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
59. 15 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
60. 15 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
61. 15 MayGhost clades: a gazillion taxa detected solely by sequencing DNA from the environment (including dolphins’ mouths)
62. 15 MayGreen sea turtle noms jellyfish
63. 14 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
64. 14 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
65. 14 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ art
66. 14 MayA new member of the archaea without metabolism: is it alive?
67. 14 May. . . and now we are six
68. 13 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
69. 13 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
70. 13 MayAI comment = banning
71. 13 MayBill Maher: New Rules 2
72. 13 May“Free Man in Paris”
73. 12 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
74. 12 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
75. 12 MayOnce again, if both sex and race are social constructs, why is it okay to declare you’re of your non-natal sex, but not your non-natal race?
76. 12 MayBill Maher: New rules #1
77. 11 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
78. 11 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
79. 11 MayNature tackles race and eugenics in a torturous and tortuous article
80. 10 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
81. 10 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Pope
82. 10 MayDuck report—at last!
83. 10 MayCaturday felid trifecta: German street art honoring homeless cats;earliest domestic cats known to arrive in North America; convergence between cat and dog breeds;
84. 9 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
85. 8 MayThe reason posting may be light. . . . (PCCE’s wildlife photos)
86. 8 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
87. 8 MayDavid Wolpe, once a visiting rabbi at Harvard’s Divinity school, says there’s no doubt about the school’s antisemitism
88. 7 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
89. 7 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
90. 7 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Christian Nationalism
91. 6 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
92. 6 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
93. 6 MayEzra Klein interviews Ross Douthat on his Christian religious beliefs (they include angels and demons)
94. 5 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
95. 5 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
96. 5 MayNSF director quits as grants are terminated and agency budget slashed drastically
97. 5 MayNYT whitewashes antisemitic podcaster
98. 4 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
99. 4 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
100. 3 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
101. 3 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
102. 3 MayCaturday felid trifecta: Cat wanders onto White House grounds; a bookstore where you can read with a cat (and then adopt it); cats as therapy animals, and lagniappe
103. 3 MayNow the editors of Natural History back the non-binary nature of sex, showing their scientific ignorance
104. 3 MayRunning from Home
105. 2 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
106. 2 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
107. 2 MayNatural History magazine: Agustín Fuentes rejects the sex binary on ideological grounds, but pretends otherwise
108. 1 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
109. 1 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
110. 1 MayMy Boston Globe op-ed about the fallacies of “de-extinction”
111. 1 MayMāori lunar calendar takes over New Zealand

April 2025

1. 30 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 AprReaders’ wildlife photos and video
3. 30 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ hijabs
4. 30 AprMisguided branch of British Medical Association rejects UK’s Supreme Court decision that “woman” is defined by biological sex
5. 30 AprA rare carnivorous caterpillar in Hawaii gets its food from spider webs, adorns body with uneaten insect parts
6. 29 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
7. 29 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
8. 29 AprSame-sex sexual behavior documented in many mammals: does it mean that similar behavior in humans is “natural”?
9. 28 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
10. 28 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
11. 28 AprNew film series on evolutionary biology
12. 28 AprThree ecology and evolution societies finally remove their “sex definition statement” from the web
13. 27 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
14. 27 AprNote to readers
15. 27 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
16. 27 AprBooks I’ve just read or am reading (and soliciting suggestions)
17. 27 AprOur Mayor dons a keffiyeh
18. 27 AprWords and phrases I detest
19. 26 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
20. 26 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
21. 26 AprCaturday felid trifecta: How do you know your cat loves you?; do cats hold grudges?; the effect of music on anesthetized cats; and lagniappe
22. 26 AprBill Maher’s latest bit: Flirting with fascism
23. 25 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
24. 25 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
25. 25 AprNow the government is trying to police scientific journals for “viewpoint diversity”
26. 25 AprNatasha Hausdorff stands up to a hostile M. P. panel of British inquisitors
27. 24 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
28. 24 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 24 AprInstallation of the day
30. 24 AprNYT series: Religion is back, and it’s a good thing, too. Dawkins responds and dissents.
31. 23 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
32. 23 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
33. 23 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ apostasy
34. 23 AprHarvard sues the Trump Administration
35. 23 AprWEIT, now online in Arabic!
36. 22 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
37. 22 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
38. 22 AprA new protest sign on campus
39. 21 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
40. 21 AprStudents for Justice in Palestine erects approved installation in our quad, one using blood libel tropes against administration and trustees
41. 20 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
42. 20 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
43. 20 AprIs religion on the rise in America?
44. 19 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
45. 19 AprBill Maher (entire show)
46. 19 AprReaders’ wildlife photos and videos
47. 18 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
48. 18 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 18 AprJay’s Law
50. 17 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
51. 17 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
52. 17 AprMale seahorse gives birth
53. 16 AprWednesday: Hili Dialogue
54. 16 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
55. 16 AprUK Supreme Court rules that “woman” refers only to a biological woman
56. 16 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ women
57. 16 AprThe hairtail fish
58. 15 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
59. 15 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
60. 15 AprDonating to the Jerry Coyne/Honey the Duck Evolutionary Biology Research Fund
61. 15 AprAdministration to Harvard: Fix yourself; Harvard to Administration: STFU
62. 15 AprNow scientists are afraid to submit papers on evolution
63. 14 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
64. 14 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
65. 14 AprA new graduate fellowship in evolutionary biology at Chicago (named partly after a duck)
66. 13 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
67. 13 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
68. 13 AprColossal Biosciences responds to criticism of the Dire Wolf “de-extinction”, but not convincingly
69. 13 AprBill Maher visits the White House and has dinner with Trump
70. 12 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
71. 12 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
72. 12 AprCaturday felid trifecta: The cat that inherited $13 million; cats in NYT; cats help students learn genetics; and lagniappe
73. 11 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
74. 11 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
75. 11 AprABC News (and me) on the Dire Wolf “de-extinction”
76. 10 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
77. 10 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
78. 9 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
79. 9 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
80. 9 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Twelvers
81. 9 AprMore on the “dire wolf”: Adam Rutherford is furious
82. 9 AprBotany Pond features in Chicago Maroon
83. 8 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
84. 8 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
85. 8 AprDire-ish wolf
86. 7 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
87. 7 AprSeeking advice: Has anyone here been to Iceland?
88. 7 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
89. 6 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
90. 6 AprReader’s wildlife photos
91. 6 AprA visit to the Holocaust Museum, and an interview with the hologram of a now-dead Holocaust survivor
92. 5 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
93. 5 AprSpot the orange cat!
94. 5 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
95. 5 AprCaturday felid trifecta: A new cat coat color; how to play with your cat; New York’s lovable but illegal bodega cats; and lagniappe
96. 5 AprHere’s Gary the Orange Cat!
97. 4 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
98. 4 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
99. 4 AprShould scientists become less “humble”?
100. 4 AprZeFrank on the waning of fireflies
101. 4 AprHuMilk for sale?
102. 3 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
103. 3 AprReader’s wildlife videos
104. 3 AprPamela Paul leaves the NYT
105. 3 AprColin Wright gives a history of the gametic definition of biological sex
106. 2 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
107. 2 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
108. 2 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the miracle of gayness
109. 2 AprNow it’s Trump vs. the Smithsonian, and a NYT piece about human races
110. 1 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
111. 1 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
112. 1 AprDid Harvard cave to Trump?
113. 1 AprJudith Butler on Trump’s EOs, with an emphasis on sex and gender

March 2025

1. 31 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 MarMy Wall Street Journal op-ed on the kerFFRFle
4. 31 MarAnti-semitic poster at the University of Chicago: is it compatible with our policies?
5. 30 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
6. 30 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
7. 30 MarEric Clapton is 80
8. 30 MarDuckapalooza: Many photos and videos of our Botany Pond mallards
9. 29 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
10. 29 MarReader’s wildlife videos
11. 29 MarCaturday felid trifecta: Eighteen celebrities who love cats; cats going up stairs; the American Museum of the House Cat; and lagniappe
12. 29 MarBill Maher’s latest bit
13. 28 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
14. 28 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
15. 28 MarBooks to read
16. 27 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
17. 27 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
18. 27 MarZeFrank: True facts about the duck
19. 26 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
20. 26 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
21. 26 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ iniquity
22. 26 MarNew finding: Iguanas rafted more than 8000 km from North America to Fiji
23. 25 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
24. 25 MarBotany Pond ducks (with videos)
25. 25 MarFacial surgeons wanted in New Zealand, must be intimately familiar with all things Māori
26. 24 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
27. 24 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
28. 24 MarNature touts indigenous knowledge as coequal to “Western” (aka “modern”) science
29. 23 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
30. 23 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
31. 23 MarThe Society for the Study of Evolution quits Twitter, implying that the site is “unethical”, irresponsible, and “not inclusive”. What they mean is “we don’t like Musk.”
32. 23 MarNature endorses DEI big time
33. 23 MarBill Maher: Why doesn’t Trump cut “the biggest bloat of all”?
34. 22 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
35. 22 MarReaders’ wildlife videos
36. 22 MarCaturday felid trifecta: The Kiffness; “Darwin’s Cats”: a citizen-science initiative; disco cat ballet ; and lagniappe
37. 22 MarPeople weigh in on the meaning of life
38. 21 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
39. 21 MarReader’s wildlife photos, PCC(E) duck edition
40. 21 MarShakespeare gets decolonized
41. 21 MarMisleading letter from three scientific societies, arguing that sex is a spectrum in all species, remains online
42. 20 MarIt’s Spring!
43. 20 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
44. 20 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
45. 20 MarOldest known Australian hominin fossils to be reburied
46. 20 MarBiological sex erased from official data in the UK with harmful consequences
47. 19 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
48. 19 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 19 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ The King
50. 19 MarNBC News gets the woolly mammoth story badly wrong
51. 18 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
52. 18 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 18 MarThe Atlantic: A history of protest at Columbia University
54. 18 MarUniversity of Chicago updates equal-opportunity statement for job ads
55. 17 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
56. 17 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
57. 17 MarAuckland Uni Law School teacher: we must decolonize the universities and undo the damage of the “colonial project”
58. 17 MarBill Maher’s latest bit: “Hookers are having a moment”
59. 16 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
60. 16 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
61. 16 MarBotany Pond has ducks!
62. 16 MarA paper beyond belief
63. 15 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
64. 15 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
65. 15 MarCaturday felid trifecta: Mischief, the perambulating moggy; cat in love with Amazon delivery man; reunion of cat and staff after L.A. wildfires;
66. 15 MarHarvard Law School students vote to divest, boycott, and sanction Israel; University of Chicago investigated for racial discrimination
67. 14 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
68. 14 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
69. 14 MarHitchens: Did Jesus exist?
70. 13 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
71. 13 MarNo readers’ wildlife today
72. 13 MarMy Quillette review of Francis Collins’s new book on healing America with science, truth, trust, and faith
73. 13 MarDawkins and Pinker discuss evolution
74. 12 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
75. 12 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
76. 12 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Safe Spaces
77. 12 MarShould Mahmoud Khalil be deported?
78. 12 MarGuest post: Shuttle astronauts to return to Earth at last (?)
79. 12 MarCoyne’s Rule of Conversation
80. 11 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
81. 11 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
82. 11 MarIt’s protest season again
83. 10 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
84. 10 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
85. 10 MarNYT and Bloomberg refuse mention high-quality study showing that DEI training has counterproductive results
86. 10 MarBill Maher presents new posters
87. 9 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
88. 9 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
89. 9 MarThe WaPo describes (and distorts) a big “culture war” in New Zealand
90. 9 MarA 14-year-old human calculator
91. 8 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
92. 8 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
93. 8 MarCaturday felid trifecta: Do cats recognize themselves in a mirror?: cat helps owner with ice-water therapy, “Flow” cat shows up at Oscars; and lagniaippe
94. 8 MarBill Maher’s New Rule: Guilt by Civilization
95. 7 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
96. 7 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
97. 7 MarThe exchange of letters to the tri-Societies continues; they largely concede our points
98. 7 MarThe difference between scholarship and political activism
99. 6 MarThursday Hili dialogue
100. 6 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
101. 6 MarMore dreadful science journalistm: The “new” Scientific American touts the Woolly Mouse as a precursor of the Woolly Mammoth; misses all the real problems
102. 6 MarGavin Newsom breaks with “progressive” Democrats, proclaims that trans-identified men competing in women’s sports is “unfair”
103. 5 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
104. 5 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
105. 5 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ imitation
106. 5 MarShould we ditch the word “gender”?
107. 5 MarNow they’re trying to create “woolly mice” on the road to the woolly mammoth
108. 4 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
109. 4 MarReaders’ wildlife videos
110. 4 MarOy! Women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Barnard
111. 4 MarThis week’s Bill Maher clip
112. 3 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
113. 3 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
114. 3 MarIs theology of any use?
115. 3 MarGender-altering surgery raises the incidence of mental illness in those with gender dysphoria
116. 2 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
117. 2 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
118. 2 MarOur updated letter to the three ecology/evolution societies who claimed that sex was a spectrum
119. 2 MarA misleading case of “trauma inherited across generations”
120. 2 MarAlex Byrne on sex, the history of its definition, and assorted misconceptions
121. 1 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
122. 1 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
123. 1 MarCaturday felid trifecta: Cat art; cats through art history; misunderstandings about cats; and lagniappe (two!)
124. 1 Mar“A Day of American Infamy”

February 2025

1. 28 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
2. 28 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 28 Feb“Rockin’ Chair”
4. 27 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
5. 27 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
6. 27 FebUpcoming talk and new book on ideology and science
7. 27 FebDouthat again—in The New Yorker
8. 26 FebWednesday: Hili dialogoue
9. 26 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
10. 26 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Qur’an
11. 26 FebAfter a hiatus, Scientific American once again shows signs of wokeness, dissing the binary nature of biological sex
12. 25 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
13. 25 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
14. 25 FebBill Maher vs. Jon Lovett on trans rights
15. 25 FebMore tacit recognition of two sexes in humans
16. 24 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
17. 24 FebNo readers’ wildlife today
18. 24 FebStill collecting signatures on the tri-societies letter
19. 24 FebKonstantin Kisin: “The tide is turning”
20. 24 FebNature Human Behavior is back, this time touting “allyship”
21. 23 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
22. 23 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
23. 23 FebThe fundamental fallacy of the “sex spectrum”
24. 23 Feb“Competency standards” for New Zealand pharmacists released: guess what they emphasize
25. 23 FebBeyoncé wins Grammy for album of the year, despite her so-so music
26. 22 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
27. 22 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
28. 22 FebSpot the squirrel!
29. 22 FebCaturday felid trifecta: The Kiffness with “Kitty Caught a Mouse; cat bread-delivery service; runaway cat hitches 18-mile train ride ; and lagniappe
30. 22 FebHere’s the squirrel!
31. 22 FebThe forgotten Karla Bonoff
32. 21 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
33. 21 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
34. 21 FebDouthat’s still flogging his book; tells us what he really believe in as a pious Catholic
35. 21 FebReminder if you want to sign the joint letter to the “tri-societies” presidents
36. 20 FebFour dead hostages, including the Bibas family, handed over to Israel by Hamas
37. 20 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
38. 20 FebThe U.S. government’s new definition of sex
39. 20 FebFrom the Boston Globe: Carole Hooven explains the binary nature of sex (and other stuff)
40. 20 FebRichard Dawkins on the “tri-societies” fracas on sex (and a call for signatures)
41. 19 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
42. 19 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Catholic math
43. 19 FebThe AAUP abandons its mission to defend academic freedom
44. 19 FebOur letter to the three societies on the definition of sex—with signers
45. 18 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
46. 18 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 18 FebRichard Dawkins chats with AI about consciousness
48. 18 FebRoss Douthat touts his new book in The Free Press, impugning “believers in belief” because they reject the tenets of religions
49. 17 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
50. 17 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
51. 17 FebMost DEI endeavors in higher education are declared illegal
52. 17 FebThe Atlantic on the government’s attacks on science
53. 16 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
54. 16 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
55. 16 FebDouthat on the best argument against God (too much evil), but he argues that God is evidenced also by too much GOOD
56. 16 FebHagan Scotten: a person with integrity
57. 16 FebBill Maher’s Latest Rule: Love with AI
58. 15 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
59. 15 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
60. 15 FebCaturday felid trifecta: Palmerston moves to Bermuda; Browser the Library Cat keeps his job; The Kiffness with “Sometimes I’m alone”; and lagniappe
61. 15 FebA poll of UK scientists shows most agree that sex is binary
62. 14 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
63. 14 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
64. 14 FebApparent independent and multiple evolution of binary sex
65. 14 FebThe New York Times distorts the situation with the refuted 2010 “arsenic life” paper
66. 13 FebThursday Music
67. 13 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
68. 13 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
69. 13 FebA group letter to the presidents of three evolution/ecology societies objecting to their characterization of sex as a spectrum in humans and all other species
70. 13 FebNew book argues that Alzheimer’s research is flawed, fraudulent, and incompetent
71. 13 Feb“I’ll never love this way again”
72. 12 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
73. 12 FebDarwin Day stuff
74. 12 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ hypocrisy
75. 12 FebRoss Douthat continues to use the NY Times to tout his new book on why we we should be religious. But he uses the same tired old arguments.
76. 12 FebNew SSE announcement touts social justice
77. 11 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
78. 11 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
79. 11 FebThe University of Chicago takes an institutional position against the Trump Administration’s slashing of grant monies
80. 11 FebSam Harris and Brian Greene debate religion vs. science, and how to deal with believers
81. 10 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
82. 10 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
83. 10 FebMāori complain because Starlink satellites disturb their rituals and may make celestial navigation of canoes harder
84. 10 FebMore on the “three-societies letter” about sex
85. 10 FebI get scamming emails
86. 9 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
87. 9 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
88. 9 FebIdeology trumps biology: Three evolution societies again issue a misleading statement about the definition of sex (Post #30,000)
89. 8 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
90. 8 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
91. 8 FebCaturday felid trifecta: Three best cat commercials; rescue of a kitten glued to the road; vintage cat photos, and langiappe
92. 7 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
93. 7 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
94. 7 FebAustralians propose an indigenous periodic table
95. 7 FebNCAA bans transgender athletes from women’s sports
96. 6 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
97. 6 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
98. 6 FebThe journal Nature touts “two-eyed seeing” (the supposed advantage of combining modern scientific knowledge with indigenous “ways of knowing”)
99. 5 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
100. 5 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ (dis)belief
101. 5 FebDawkins on the binary nature of sex, the kerFFRFle, and more
102. 5 FebSean Carroll on the weirdness of quantum physics
103. 4 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
104. 4 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
105. 4 FebIdentity-based hiring goes wild in New Zealand
106. 4 FebNow the Free Press touts religion as filling our “god-shaped hole”
107. 4 FebFights: fishes vs. birds
108. 3 FebRoss Douthat tells us how to choose a faith if you’ve got that “god-shaped hole” (and apparently we all do)
109. 3 FebAlan Sokal on guilt by association
110. 3 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
111. 3 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
112. 2 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
113. 2 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
114. 2 FebIbram Kendi moves from Boston University to Howard University
115. 2 FebAbigail Shrier on the waning gender fever
116. 2 FebLivestream from Earth: video from the International Space Station
117. 1 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
118. 1 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
119. 1 FebCaturday felid trifecta: New Kiffness song; stuff sitting on cats; sedated cat gets pwned
120. 1 FebBill Maher’s latest comedy bit

January 2025

1. 31 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 JanDay 3: USC Conference on Censorship in the Sciences
4. 31 JanFIRE rebukes U Conn’s medical school for compelled speech by confecting and forcing on students a social-justice Hippocratic oath.
5. 31 JanNew Zealand volcano deemed to have the status of personhood
6. 30 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
7. 30 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
8. 30 JanStephen Fry on how the faults of the Left promoted the rise of the Right
9. 29 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
10. 29 JanReaders’ wildlife photos and video
11. 29 JanAnother child killed by religion
12. 29 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ othering
13. 29 JanBurn the heretical Oxford English dictionary!
14. 28 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
15. 28 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
16. 28 JanTrying to reconcile indigenous ways of knowing with “white” ways of being in New Zealand
17. 28 JanMore wokeness in biology
18. 27 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
19. 27 JanReaders’ wildlife photos (and a “spot the. . . ” photo)
20. 27 JanMore words and phrases I despise
21. 27 JanThe fantastic Alpine ibex, and some musings about the primacy of behavioral adaptation
22. 26 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
23. 26 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
24. 26 JanThe NYT still slants its news against Israel
25. 26 JanAnother wonky critique of determinism in a review of Sapolsky’s book “Determined”
26. 26 JanBill Maher’s latest news/comedy bit from “Real Time”
27. 25 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
28. 25 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 25 JanCaturday Felid trifecta: Mittens the cat becomes a frequent flyer; a fracas over dog salon opening next to cat cafe; cat memes
30. 25 JanDay 2 of USC conference on Ideology in Science
31. 24 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
32. 24 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
33. 24 JanHelen Pluckrose on Elon Musk and the faux Hitler Salute
34. 24 JanIsraeli hostages reportedly held at United Nations “humanitarian” camp as well as hospital in northern Gaza
35. 24 Jan“Bad Sneakers”: another great solo by Steely Dan
36. 23 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
37. 23 JanNote to readers
38. 23 JanGuten Morgen mit Musik
39. 23 JanHarvard resolves claims of creating an anti-Semitic atmosphere, agrees to make changes
40. 23 JanTrump’s new sex and gender policy
41. 22 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
42. 22 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
43. 22 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ and transliteration
44. 22 JanThe NYT deep-sixes columnist Pamela Paul
45. 22 JanNew Executive Order tries to curb colleges’ attempts to circumvent ban on affirmative action
46. 22 JanNatasha Hausdorff and the hope for peace
47. 21 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
48. 21 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 21 JanThe New Yorker features Robert Lang and the incineration of his origami
50. 21 JanTrump ends government DEI
51. 21 JanDemocrats take note: Elon Musk did NOT give a Hitler salute
52. 20 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
53. 20 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
54. 20 JanVideo: Day 1 of the USC “Censorship in the Sciences” conference
55. 20 JanEvolution of a human artery in modern times?
56. 20 Jan“Kid Charlemagne” and one of the greatest rock guitar solos
57. 19 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
58. 19 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
59. 19 JanConsortium of secular organizations attack scientists deemed transphobic, The Center for Inquiry responds
60. 19 JanLive video of hostage release
61. 18 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
62. 18 JanCaturday felid trifecta: Seeing-eye cats; a Florida Airbnb with 130 cats; the case for cats; and lagniappe
63. 18 JanIn which I go on Piers Morgan Uncensored (sex and gender issues, of course), followed by a debate
64. 18 JanBill Maher’s latest monologue: the L.A. fires and progressive politics
65. 17 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
66. 17 JanI have landed!
67. 17 JanOrcas imitate human speech
68. 16 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
69. 16 JanI am flying
70. 15 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
71. 15 JanThe nooz and other stuff
72. 15 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ publishing
73. 14 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
74. 14 JanBrief Nooz
75. 14 JanA reader loses his family home and studio in the fire
76. 13 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
77. 13 JanMore Nooz from LA and elsewhere (including our meeting)
78. 12 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
79. 12 JanNooz and other doings in California
80. 11 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
81. 11 JanSome Nooz
82. 11 JanGood morning comments from a Kiwi, and a question about gender issues
83. 11 Jan“Cats: Predators to Pets” at the Field Museum
84. 11 JanCunk on Colbert
85. 10 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
86. 10 JanDiscuss: Mark Zuckerberg and free speech (or Trump)
87. 9 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
88. 9 JanInto the fire. . .
89. 9 JanHolden Thorp, the editor of science, jettisons the journal’s ideological neutrality
90. 9 JanFire! Fire! Fire!
91. 8 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
92. 8 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
93. 8 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ booze
94. 8 JanWhy are most American comedians Jewish?
95. 7 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
96. 7 JanMore fallout from the Big KerFFRFle: Freedom from Religion Foundation dissolves its entire Honorary Board (and other news)
97. 7 JanThe scandal of English grooming gangs
98. 6 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
99. 6 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
100. 5 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
101. 5 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
102. 5 JanThe Atlantic on women’s sports
103. 5 JanHomage to Stephen Stills at 80
104. 4 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
105. 4 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
106. 4 JanCaturday felid trifecta: Donut-loving cat heads the bakery line daily; Judaism and cats; cat memes; lagniappe
107. 3 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
108. 3 JanNote to readers on Da Roolz
109. 3 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
110. 3 JanDawkins in the Spectator on that pesky “God-shaped hole”
111. 2 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
112. 2 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
113. 2 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ negative partisanship
114. 2 JanA new paper attacking the idea of “purpose, agency, and goals” as important factors in the development and evolution of organisms
115. 2 JanMore on the KerFFRFle about “what is a woman?”
116. 1 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
117. 1 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
118. 1 JanOne Love/People Get Ready
119. 1 JanA celebration of Christopher Hitchens by Richard Dawkins, Stephen Fry, Douglas Murray, and Lawrence Krauss