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October 2026

1. 31 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 OctPolynesian navigation and Indigenous “ways of knowing”
3. 30 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
4. 29 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
5. 29 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
6. 29 OctIs Jesus back?
7. 28 OctThe Neutral Theory: a genuinely important supplement to evolution’s “Modern Synthesis”
8. 28 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
9. 28 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ AI
10. 28 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
11. 27 OctNathaniel Comfort’s misguided take on The Selfish Gene at 50
12. 27 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
13. 26 OctThe daily scam
14. 26 OctColossal & Co. at it again, trying to create “War Dogs”
15. 26 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
16. 25 OctAnother literary scam
17. 25 OctJohn McWhorter goes back to antiwoke
18. 25 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
19. 24 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Cats playing music; couple travels the world to photograph every wild cat species; new book on cats as muses; and lagniappe
20. 24 OctBill Maher on “The Moocher Nation”
21. 24 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
22. 23 OctJohn McWhorter goes all in for land acknowledgments
23. 23 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
24. 22 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
25. 21 OctA big haul at Costco
26. 21 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ spying
27. 21 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
28. 20 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
29. 20 OctRepost: Worst lines in popular songs
30. 19 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
31. 19 OctFall at Botany Pond: The turtles soak up some sun
32. 19 OctThe riots in Europe. . .
33. 18 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
34. 17 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
35. 17 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Cat breeds that can’t be rehomed; cat taste testers; Pasadena’s CatCon; and lagniappe
36. 16 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
37. 16 OctReaders’ wildlife video
38. 15 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
39. 15 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
40. 15 OctThe Russian genocide against Ukraine
41. 14 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
42. 14 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ insults
43. 14 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
44. 13 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
45. 13 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
46. 13 OctAnother journal drinks the Kool-Aid
47. 12 OctMonday: Hili Dialogue
48. 12 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 12 OctA royal scam, and one involving AI
50. 11 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
51. 11 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
52. 11 OctBill Maher on the uselessness of the Greeks (sororities and fraternities)
53. 10 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
54. 10 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Cat tweets; American cats catching up to dogs; Tokyo’s cat festival; and lagniappe
55. 10 OctBret Stephens on Mamdani
56. 9 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
57. 9 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
58. 9 OctNobel Peace prize goes to Navi Pillay, promoter of the Israeli genocide blood libel
59. 8 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
60. 8 OctAnne Carson nabs Nobel for literature
61. 8 OctMamdani booed for his October 7 statement—by supporters of Palestine
62. 7 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
63. 7 OctTwo nab Chemistry Nobel for producing asymmetric molecules
64. 7 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ competition
65. 7 OctReadings and videos for October 7
66. 6 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
67. 6 OctThree scientists nab Nobel for Physiology or Medicine for work on optogenetics, one physicist wins for work on neutrinos
68. 6 OctThe 2026 Nobel Prize Contest
69. 5 OctMonday: Hili dialogue
70. 5 OctThe man who predicted the October 7 attack
71. 5 OctColossal Biosciences continues to tout its faux “dire wolves”
72. 4 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
73. 4 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
74. 4 OctBill Maher on the surveillance state and “Generation TMZ”
75. 3 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
76. 3 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Guys who love cats; chonky cat contest; Sumatran tigers born; and lagniappe
77. 2 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
78. 2 OctBill Maher on accidental bipartisanship
79. 2 OctRichard Dawkins on the 20th anniversary of The God Delusion
80. 1 OctHili dialogue
81. 1 OctThe Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: “A Glorious Enterprise” comes to a sad end

September 2026

1. 30 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ retrodiction
3. 30 SepThe last duck post of 2026
4. 29 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue (and a note on AI in the classroom)
5. 29 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
6. 28 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
7. 28 SepIs this the world’s best beer?
8. 28 SepSome English beers
9. 27 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
10. 27 SepFor the gazillionth time, New Atheism declared dead (by ID advocate Stephen Meyer!)
11. 26 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
12. 26 SepFind the cat!
13. 26 SepRob Henderson completely messes up when discussing free will
14. 26 SepHere’s the cat?
15. 25 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
16. 25 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ morality
17. 25 SepPushback on the the movie “NAZA”
18. 24 SepHili dialogue
19. 24 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ free speech
20. 24 SepThe two-state delusion
21. 23 SepEye surgery and a complication
22. 22 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
23. 22 SepFat Bear Week is here! First vote is today.
24. 22 SepJerry’s visit to the eye doctor
25. 21 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
26. 21 SepMore woo from the NYT
27. 21 SepMaarten Boudry on Jason Arday and academia
28. 20 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
29. 20 SepSpot the frog!
30. 20 SepGerald Posner: news coverage by the New York Times is unbalanced
31. 20 SepHere’s the frog!
32. 19 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
33. 19 SepBill Maher on the economic apocalypse
34. 19 SepCaturday felid trifecta: Adventure cats; ugly medieval cats and merchandise; Joanna Lumley’s t.v. series on cats; and lagniappe
35. 18 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
36. 18 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ violence
37. 18 SepNew species of cat discovered!
38. 18 Sep“Don’t Get Me Wrong”
39. 17 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
40. 17 SepNatasha Hausdorff on Israel’s “illegal” settlements and “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians
41. 16 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
42. 16 SepA new Jesus and Mo!
43. 16 SepWords and phrases I despise
44. 15 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
45. 14 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
46. 14 SepThe golden days of the ducklings: photos and videos
47. 13 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
48. 13 SepBill Maher schools the young and the anti-Israel Democrats
49. 13 SepMiliband vs. Hausdorff on England’s sanctioning of Israeli “settlers”
50. 13 SepHow they’ve grown!
51. 12 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
52. 12 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 12 SepCaturday felid trifecta: NOVA documentary “Cat tales”; a VERY LOUD cat being groomed; Hamlet, the Algonquin Hotel cat; and lagniappe
54. 11 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
55. 11 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
56. 11 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ apophatism
57. 10 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
58. 10 SepMy take on Jason Arday and the journal Nature, published in The Chronicle of Higher Education
59. 10 SepThe University of Chicago tops FIRE’s new free-speech rankings
60. 9 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
61. 9 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
62. 9 SepCoyne’s Rules of Life
63. 8 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
64. 8 SepWhat about Lindsay Clancy?
65. 7 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
66. 7 SepSpot the frogmouth!
67. 7 SepMiss Duck has left the pond
68. 7 SepHere’s the frogmouth!
69. 6 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
70. 5 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
71. 5 SepI kissed a squirrel and I liked it
72. 5 SepCaturday felid trifecta: The love hormone we share with cats; Cleopatra the cat gets groomed; the Great Cat/D*g divide
73. 4 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
74. 4 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
75. 3 SepGloria Steinem died
76. 3 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
77. 3 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
78. 3 SepNature extols Jason Arday
79. 2 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
80. 2 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
81. 2 SepReaders’ wildlife photos below
82. 1 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
83. 1 SepNew Botany Pond videos and photos, featuring Miss Duck and her Brood of Four

August 2026

1. 31 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 AugScientific American on the skids, sold by Springer Nature to another company
3. 30 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
4. 30 AugA hyperbolic and misguided article in the New England Journal of Medicine, prompted by the death of Jason Arday
5. 30 AugMy favorite biographies
6. 29 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
7. 29 AugCaturday felid trifecta: World’s most polydactylous cat; stolen kitten used in bank robbery; cat may get statue on Nebraska state capitol grounds; and lagniappe
8. 29 AugBill Maher’s “new rule”: the young are puppeteering the lunatrocracy
9. 28 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
10. 28 AugPCC(E)’s wildlife photos and videos: Duck update
11. 28 AugNathan Cofnas’s punishment by Ghent University is walked back, but not all the way
12. 27 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
13. 27 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
14. 26 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
15. 26 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ divinity
16. 26 AugDaniel Diermeier of Vanderbilt endorses institutional neutrality on Fox News
17. 26 AugRecommended book: “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love”
18. 26 AugMiss Duck!
19. 25 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
20. 25 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
21. 25 AugAn inquiry from the Ghent University student newspaper, and an Israeli answers
22. 25 AugDolly Parton died
23. 24 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
24. 24 AugA self-aggrandizing post concerning a paper on speciation I wrote with Allen Orr
25. 23 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
26. 23 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
27. 23 AugA t.v. interview about the Jason Arday affair
28. 22 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
29. 22 AugCaturday felid trifecta: Larry’s history of Caturday; cat sleeps like starfish; cats identify each other using individually distinctive fatty acid profiles in the urine
30. 22 AugBill Maher promotes the resumption of workplace romances
31. 21 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
32. 21 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Universe
33. 21 AugGhent University suspends Nathan Cofnas for his involvement in the Arday affair
34. 20 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
35. 20 AugReaders’ wildlife photos (and video)
36. 19 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
37. 19 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
38. 19 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ a personal God
39. 19 AugStill more on Jason Arday
40. 18 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
41. 18 AugTuesday duck report
42. 18 AugCenk Uygur blows it again, this time about sports
43. 18 AugBarack Obama, Larry David, and the tan suit
44. 17 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
45. 17 AugReader’s wildlife photos
46. 17 AugBill Maher on “American values”
47. 16 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
48. 16 AugA stream of consciousness: The decline of the Broadway musical
49. 15 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
50. 15 AugSaturday duck report
51. 15 AugReminder of the posting Roolz: commenting frequency
52. 14 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
53. 14 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
54. 14 AugInvestigation challenges Jason Arday’s claims that he was nonverbal until age eleven
55. 14 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ persecution
56. 14 AugJason Arday is dead
57. 13 AugIs there a construal of “anti-Zionism” that doesn’t mean “antisemitism”?
58. 13 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
59. 13 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
60. 13 AugBrief review: Maggie O’Farrell’s “The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox”
61. 12 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
62. 12 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the argumentum ad homonym
63. 12 AugTo improve student mental health, University of Michigan decides to deep-six grades during the first semester
64. 11 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
65. 11 AugThe folly of the DSA
66. 11 AugJohn McWhorter on Jason Arday
67. 11 AugNaps and tornadoes
68. 10 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
69. 10 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
70. 10 AugThe first MSM reviews of Jason Arday’s book, and a Dawkins take
71. 9 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
72. 9 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
73. 9 AugBill Maher’s new rule re Fauci
74. 9 AugMy troubles with eBay: reporting illegal items made from endangered sea turtle
75. 8 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
76. 8 AugDuck update: videos
77. 8 AugCaturday felid trifecta: Woman makes treat-dispensing slot machine for her cat; kitten saved by dismantling car in drive-through; the cats of Dubrovnik, and lots o’ lagniappe
78. 7 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
79. 7 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
80. 7 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ doubt
81. 7 AugOnce again: why anti-Zionism is antisemitism
82. 6 AugJason Arday resigns his professorship at Cambridge
83. 6 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
84. 6 AugNeanderthals are Homo sapiens, not a different species, and may have disappeared because of repeated interbreeding with H. sapiens who emigrated from Africa to Eurasia
85. 5 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
86. 5 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
87. 5 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ faith
88. 5 AugJesus and Mo lagniappe
89. 5 AugMy eponymous bufonid has been made part of a high-profile conservation campaign
90. 4 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
91. 4 AugThe bizarre tale of Cambridge University professor Jason Arday
92. 3 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
93. 3 AugMolding “progressive” children with books
94. 2 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
95. 2 AugAugust 1 ducks
96. 2 Aug“Lonesome Dove”: the Great American Novel?
97. 1 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
98. 1 AugBill Maher’s latest bit: Communism, the DSA, and the Democrats
99. 1 AugCaturday felid trifecta: The woman with a thousand cats; Larry the Cat makes michief, but chases a fox away from Downing Street; a very early fossil felid; and lagniappe

July 2026

1. 31 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 JulFind the egret!
3. 31 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ irony
4. 31 JulBig News: The Pope pleas for peace
5. 31 JulHere’s the egret!
6. 30 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
7. 30 JulThe latest from Botany Pond
8. 30 JulMy Quillette review of Steve Stewart-Williams’s new book on sex differences in humans
9. 29 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
10. 29 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
11. 29 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Zionist agenda
12. 28 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
13. 28 JulThe frightening DSA agenda
14. 27 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
15. 27 JulWomen in Iran: then and now
16. 27 JulDuck update
17. 26 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
18. 26 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
19. 25 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
20. 25 JulDuckling photo and videos
21. 25 JulMarco Rubio, the DSA, and Communism
22. 25 JulCaturday felid trifecta: Towser the distillery cat and his mousing record; Operation Cat Drop; cat can groom another to annoy it; and lagniappe
23. 24 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
24. 24 JulReaders’ wildlife video
25. 24 JulThe rights of chimpanzees (and other sentient animals)
26. 24 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ science
27. 23 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
28. 23 JulThe Gang of Four (and mom) are doing great!
29. 22 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
30. 22 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ irony
31. 22 JulThe shameful reaction of “humanitarians” to to the war in Gaza
32. 22 JulThe gang’s still here!
33. 21 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
34. 21 JulThe gang’s all here!
35. 20 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
36. 20 JulI haz ducklings again!
37. 19 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
38. 19 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 19 JulThe New York Times’s magazine on “How to be cultured” completely neglects science
40. 18 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
41. 18 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
42. 18 JulCaturday felid trifecta: Riley, the cat who belonged to a town; new cat song, “You stepped in it”; beloved Portland cat passes away; and lagniappe
43. 17 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
44. 17 JulReaders’ wildlife photos and videos
45. 17 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ free will
46. 16 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
47. 16 JulDuckling disaster (five saved)
48. 16 JulAnthropology bigwig defends her field against attacks that it’s moribund, but actually proves it’s moribund.
49. 15 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
50. 15 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ hatred
51. 15 JulWe have ducklings!
52. 14 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
53. 14 JulKamala Harris for President?
54. 13 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
55. 13 Jul“Wild Rose” with Jessie Buckley
56. 12 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
57. 12 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
58. 12 JulMore biases of AI models
59. 12 JulThe law school at the U of C bans devices in the classroom
60. 11 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
61. 11 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
62. 11 JulCaturday felid trifecta: 10 world records set by cats; a useless truffle cat; Cat song: “Dead Mouse Delivery” ; and lagniappe
63. 10 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
64. 10 JulAI leads to massive cheating at Brown
65. 10 JulA historic picture. . .
66. 9 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
67. 9 JulThe “progressive” biases of ChatGPT
68. 9 JulNYT news editor says he wouldn’t have run Kristof’s dog-rape column
69. 8 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
70. 8 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
71. 8 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ feminism
72. 7 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
73. 7 JulReaders’ wildlife videos
74. 7 JulMore on antisemitism in Doctors Without Borders
75. 7 JulSome braggadocio
76. 6 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
77. 6 JulMore misguided critique of the modern theory of evolution—in Skeptic magazine
78. 5 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
79. 4 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
80. 4 JulCatuday felid trifecta: Semyon the Russian cat walks 2000 km over six years to get home; American woman shelters 600 cats in the UAE; cat steals the show in a ballet version of Romeo and Juliet; and lagniappe
81. 3 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
82. 3 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
83. 3 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Guinness
84. 2 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
85. 2 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
86. 2 JulWhy Democrats should spurn and revile the DSA
87. 2 JulIs it okay to wish for the death and suffering of your political opponents?
88. 1 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
89. 1 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Islamophobia tsar
90. 1 JulSupreme Court upholds ban on trans-identified men participating in sports in public schools

June 2026

1. 30 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 30 JunShort review: “Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return”
4. 29 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
5. 29 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
6. 29 JunSapir: a newish Jewish journal. and an article by Bret Stephens on the weakness of America
7. 28 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
8. 28 JunPathbreaking new conclusion: all babies are queer
9. 28 JunColossal and Trump administration cooperate to sequence and store DNA of endangered species
10. 27 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
11. 27 JunReaders’ wildlife photos and videos
12. 27 JunCaturday felid trifecta: The world’s richest cat; the cat called Room 8; YouTube video confirms existence of Libyan sand cat; and lagniappe
13. 27 JunBill Maher on the World Cup and the good stuff about America
14. 26 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
15. 26 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ onanism
16. 26 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
17. 26 JunMichael Egnor responds to my critique of his free will-ism, and I discover a disturbing case of plagiarism
18. 25 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
19. 25 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 25 JunA bull-goose looney: one of the three Mamdani-endorsed Democratic Socialists who will likely sit in Congress
21. 24 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
22. 24 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
23. 24 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ naturalism
24. 23 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
25. 23 JunReader’s wildlife photos
26. 22 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
27. 22 JunReaders’ wildlife videos
28. 22 JunMy cinemaphile nephew’s list of best movies
29. 22 JunAndrzej’s new book
30. 21 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
31. 21 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
32. 21 JunID advocate Michael Egnor defends free will, misleads his audience
33. 20 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
34. 20 JunReader’s wildlife photo: gosling rescue
35. 20 JunCaturday felids trifecta: kitten rescued after tornado; brave cat spooks bear; why cats can’t taste sweetness; and lagniappe
36. 20 JunLast night’s “Real Time” with Bill Maher
37. 19 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
38. 19 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 18 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
40. 18 JunDespite its uselessness, homeopathy persists
41. 17 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
42. 17 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ context
43. 17 JunThe “Memorandum of Understanding”
44. 17 Jun“Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi
45. 16 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
46. 16 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 15 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
48. 15 JunChat GPT caricature
49. 15 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
50. 15 JunLuana Maroja encounters “Fat Studies”
51. 14 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
52. 14 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 14 JunWorld Cup: Brazil vs. Morocco (highlights)
54. 14 JunBill Maher on Graham Platner
55. 14 JunBerkeley math professor argues that we need to bring back SATs and other standardized tests in college admissions
56. 13 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
57. 13 JunSpot the toads!
58. 13 JunA hard day: three duckling rescues
59. 13 JunHere are the toads!
60. 13 JunCaturday felid trifecta: Cats prefer silver vine to catnip; Disneyland’s cats; police department allowed people to pay off tickets with cat food; and lagniappe
61. 12 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
62. 12 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
63. 12 JunDuck doings, part 2: Vashti’s baby’s hatch, attempted capture of brood
64. 12 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the smear
65. 11 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
66. 11 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
67. 11 JunDuck doings #1: Brood of unnamed duck vanishes the day it came down; miscellaneous stuff
68. 10 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
69. 10 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
70. 10 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ scams
71. 10 JunRolling Stone’s “Greatest Songs of All Time”
72. 9 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
73. 9 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
74. 8 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
75. 8 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
76. 8 JunA new report on the dangers of politicizing humanities in academia
77. 8 JunIf you haven’t read Da Roolz, please do so
78. 7 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
79. 7 JunA superb piece: Sam Harris explains why, though he has criticisms of Israel, he won’t debate Israel’s critics
80. 7 JunBill Maher’s New Rule: How the kids must “fix” AI
81. 6 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
82. 6 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
83. 6 JunCaturday felid trifecta: Large cat geoglyph discovered in Peru; Japan’s lucrative cat fixation; senior act addicted to mashed potatoes with butter; and lagniappe
84. 5 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
85. 5 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Pride
86. 5 JunSpot the elk calf!
87. 5 JunHere’s the elk calf!
88. 4 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
89. 4 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
90. 4 JunThe duck situation at Botany Pond. . .
91. 3 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
92. 3 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
93. 3 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Ganesh
94. 2 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
95. 2 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
96. 2 JunStatistical misreporting on a new cancer drug: “survival times” misconstrued as “survival rates” or “death risks”
97. 1 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
98. 1 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
99. 1 JunU.S. colonies on the Moon and Mars are a waste of money: a guest post
100. 1 JunA shirt and a puggle

May 2026

1. 31 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 MayReader’s wildlife photo (and video)
3. 31 MayA superb book about Gauguin
4. 31 MayWords I detest
5. 30 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
6. 30 MayCaturday felid trifecta: California cat fights off coyote; Dubai erects cat feeding statiions; a feral cat befriends a wild fox, and they’re adopted together; and lagniappe
7. 30 MayEighty years after a famous math problem was posed, AI finally solved it
8. 30 MayNew Rule from Bill Maher: Let’s be Frank
9. 29 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
10. 29 MayReaders’ wildlife photographs
11. 28 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
12. 28 MayShould we allow people who aren’t terminally ill to undergo medically assisted dying?
13. 28 May“Peer Review”: A new section of a science journal that critiques articles in other journals
14. 27 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
15. 27 MaySpot the tree frogs!
16. 27 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
17. 27 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Hafiz
18. 27 MayRick Beato’s top 40 albums of all time: my take
19. 27 MayHere are the tree frogs!
20. 26 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
21. 26 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
22. 25 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
23. 25 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
24. 25 MayTurtle yoga at Botany Pond
25. 24 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
26. 24 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
27. 24 MayPeace for our time? (. . and a poll)
28. 23 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue (and discussion)
29. 22 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
30. 22 MayPosting will be light today. . .
31. 21 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
32. 21 MayI did not publish this dreck
33. 21 MayThe reported benefits and dangers of chiropractic
34. 20 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
35. 20 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
36. 20 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ shahada pants
37. 20 MayMore on Colossal’s futile efforts to “de-extinct” ancient giant birds
38. 20 MayJoni 2
39. 19 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
40. 19 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
41. 19 MayA federal judge takes apart Nicholas Kristof’s controversial accusations against Israel
42. 18 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
43. 18 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
44. 18 MayBeauty is in the (evolved) eye of the beholder
45. 17 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
46. 17 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 17 MayNew surveys of physicists show them united on some scientific issues, but divided on most
48. 17 MayBill Maher’s new rule: “No Jews, no news”
49. 17 MayCat food in Chinatown
50. 16 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
51. 16 MayCaturday felid trifecta: NASA replies to cat tweets; Oxford University’s library cat; cat screams for attention before doing front flips; and lagniappe
52. 15 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
53. 15 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ transformation
54. 15 MayMore criticism of Kristof’s allegations about Israel
55. 15 May“Raising Hare”: an engrossing natural-history memoir
56. 14 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
57. 14 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
58. 14 MayThe Times ditched its public editor, but oy, does it need one now!
59. 13 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
60. 13 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ a double take
61. 13 MayNicholas Kristof claims widespread sexual abuse of Palestinians by Israelis, including rape by trained dogs
62. 12 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
63. 12 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
64. 12 MayBook take: “Heretic” by Catherine Nixey: a heterodox view of Christianity
65. 12 May“These people’s takes are absurd”: Rick Beato versus the NYT’s music critics
66. 11 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
67. 11 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
68. 11 MayA reader reports on London’s March Against Antisemitism
69. 11 MayFalcon Cam!
70. 10 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
71. 10 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
72. 10 MayBill Maher’s newest rule: young people and political violence
73. 9 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
74. 9 MayCaturday felid trifecta: Male lion illegally sold as cub is reunited with parents; three-legged cat and three-legged dog adopted together; Taylor Swift and her cats; and lagniappe
75. 8 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
76. 8 MayWords and phrases I detest
77. 7 MayThusday: Hili dialogue
78. 7 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ othering
79. 7 MayIn which my Senator tries to explain to me why he voted against providing military aid to Israel
80. 6 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
81. 6 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
82. 6 MayVanderbilt’s Provost Daniel Diermeier discusses the ideological erosion of universities—and the way to fix it
83. 5 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
84. 5 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
85. 5 MayTwo good books
86. 4 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
87. 4 MayOwen Jones v. Natasha Hausdorff on the Israeli “genocide” and the UK protests (and I get mail)
88. 4 MayBill Maher’s new rule: “Stop making me know stuff I don’t wanna know”
89. 3 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
90. 3 MayDawkins: Is AI conscious?
91. 3 MayRich Beato criticizes the NYT’s list of greatest living songwriters
92. 2 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
93. 2 MayCaturday felid trifecta: Larry the Cat finally catches a mouse; the counties that have the most cats; cat meme helps catch a cyberhacking group; and lagniappe
94. 2 MayProtesting students break the rules (and the law) at Swarthmore and Cornell
95. 1 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
96. 1 MayPrematurely published Hili dialogue
97. 1 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
98. 1 MayThe newly-arrived hen is Vashti
99. 1 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ substitutionary atonement

April 2026

1. 30 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 AprAnti-Jewish violence in the UK, politics, and the BBC
3. 30 AprVashti is back (probably)
4. 29 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
5. 29 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
6. 29 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the loo
7. 28 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
8. 28 AprThe NYT’s list of the best books of this century (the 21st): not much science
9. 27 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
10. 27 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
11. 27 AprTip inflation
12. 27 AprBill Maher′s latest spiel: income inequality in America
13. 27 Apr“Sukiyaki”
14. 26 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
15. 26 AprReaders’ wildlife photos and video
16. 26 AprHeard on NPR this morning
17. 26 AprDoes reality have a liberal bias?
18. 25 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
19. 24 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
20. 24 AprSavannah: Day 6
21. 24 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ crackers
22. 23 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
23. 23 AprOur brood of ducks has vanished
24. 22 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
25. 22 AprSavannah: Day 4 (food orgy)
26. 22 AprBill Maher’s new rule: malignant AI
27. 21 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
28. 21 AprSavannah, Day 3
29. 20 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
30. 20 AprHave a cigar: I’m a father (of 7 ducklings)!!
31. 20 AprSavannah, Day 2
32. 19 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
33. 19 AprSavannah, ducks, and turtles
34. 18 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
35. 17 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
36. 17 AprMore Pinker-dissing at Boston Magazine
37. 16 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
38. 16 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
39. 16 AprNBC and the NYT appear to be duped by a discredited technique: facilitated communication
40. 15 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
41. 15 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ a rock in a box
42. 14 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
43. 13 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
44. 13 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
45. 13 AprNew paper by Ruuska et al: Gender reassignment does not reduce psychiatric morbidity in gender-dysphoric youth
46. 13 Apr“Angel”
47. 12 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
48. 12 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 12 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ “death”
50. 12 AprDoctors Without Borders again accused of antisemitism
51. 12 AprBill Maher’s New Rule: When bad people do good things
52. 11 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
53. 11 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
54. 11 AprCaturday felid trifecta: Larry the Cat repeatedly causes mischief; cat jumps US/Canada border; Max the cat gets honorary doctors in “litterature” from Vermont university; and lagniappe
55. 11 AprMcCartney rehearses “Blackbird” on the day it was recorded
56. 10 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
57. 10 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
58. 10 AprDark thoughts in the wee hours
59. 10 AprMy haul from Whole Foods
60. 10 AprArtemis II splashes down this evening (8:07 p.m. Eastern time)
61. 9 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
62. 9 AprRuy Teixiera warns Democrats not to get too sure of political victory after Trump’s screwups
63. 9 AprAustralia puts fostering “indigenous knowledge systems” as its first priority in developing marine biology
64. 9 AprFour—count them, four—turtles
65. 8 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
66. 8 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ theodicy
67. 8 AprDucks (and turtles) at Botany Pond
68. 8 AprThe last Nazi newsreel before the end of WWII, with the last video of Hitler
69. 7 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
70. 7 AprTrump threatens to destroy all of Iranian civilization
71. 7 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
72. 7 AprTwo “Times” obituaries for Robert Trivers
73. 7 AprAn evolutionary biologist lists and discusses the ten most influential books in the field
74. 7 AprPaul McCartney’s abysmal new song
75. 6 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
76. 6 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
77. 6 AprLunary flyby day: Live coverage
78. 6 AprMore touting of indigenous knowledge as coequal with modern science
79. 5 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
80. 5 AprA transitional fauna shows that the “Cambrian explosion” was happening before the Cambrian
81. 5 AprEaster homily: Baron David Frost touts God in the Telegraph
82. 4 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
83. 4 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
84. 4 AprCaturday felid trifecta: “Crazy cat lady” banned from feeder ferals, gets big support; the cats of Istanbul; why cats make biscuits; and lagniappe
85. 3 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
86. 3 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
87. 3 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ a primer on Christianity
88. 3 AprBart Ehrman schools Ross Douthat on Christianity and how to find Biblical “truth”
89. 3 AprThe woodies are still here
90. 2 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
91. 2 AprReaders’ wildlife photos: a paucity
92. 2 AprMy article in Skeptic: Coyne vs. Shermer on Free Will
93. 2 AprDo astronauts carry suicide pills?
94. 1 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
95. 1 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ question-begging
96. 1 AprThe Supreme Court, free speech, and therapy: a big screwup by the Supremes
97. 1 AprRick Beato: Taylor Swift vs. The Beatles
98. 1 AprThe Artemis 2 launch is set to go in half an hour; watch it here

March 2026

1. 31 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 MarThe ten best-selling books in history, and what I’m reading
3. 31 MarMore wokeness from the journal Nature, and a response from a reader
4. 31 MarI may have been wrong about Bill Maher and UFOs
5. 30 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
6. 30 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
7. 30 MarAlan Lightman in The Atlantic: Dualism or not?
8. 29 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
9. 29 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
10. 29 MarWe have wood ducks!
11. 29 MarHow an American college woman turned into a propagandist for terrorism
12. 29 MarBill Maher’s latest “new rule”: UFOs
13. 28 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
14. 28 MarReader’s wildlife photos
15. 28 MarCaturday felid trifecat: Library accepts cat photos in lieu of late fees; the history of Downing Street cats; lost cat reunites with family after five years; and lagniappe
16. 27 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
17. 27 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Trinity
18. 27 MarNow The Atlantic touts religion—or rather, beliefs that don’t need evidence
19. 27 MarIndigenous “ways of knowing” invade Canadian science classes
20. 26 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
21. 26 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
22. 26 MarGhost the octopus died
23. 26 MarOnce again, the superstitionists proclaim the death of New Atheism—and atheism in general
24. 25 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
25. 25 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Islamophobia
26. 25 MarTwo obituaries of Robert Trivers
27. 25 MarDuckCam is up!
28. 25 MarThis just in from Colossal Biosciences: Wolves eat meat!
29. 24 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
30. 24 MarDuck report!!!
31. 23 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
32. 23 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
33. 23 Mar“The right war is being waged by the wrong people, for the wrong reasons”: Sam Harris on the conflict with Iran
34. 23 Mar“Little Darlin'”: cover or parody? Or is it two, two, two songs in one?
35. 22 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
36. 22 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
37. 22 MarBill Maher’s new rule: Hot take nation
38. 22 MarToday’s covert anti-Israel slant on the news
39. 21 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
40. 21 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
41. 21 MarCaturday felid trifecta: Cat gets rave bath; Turkish cat ladders; why falling cats land on their feet; and lagniappe
42. 21 MarA Guardian hit piece on a London bakery connected to Israel and its “aggression” against a nearby Palestinian restaurant
43. 20 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
44. 20 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Lent
45. 20 MarThe taboo idea you can’t discuss in academia
46. 20 MarAlex Byrne recounts an episode of professional rejection involving yet another academic taboo
47. 19 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
48. 19 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 19 MarBanksy unmasked: Reuters investigation finally reveals the identity of the pseudonymous and elusive renegade artist
50. 18 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
51. 18 MarKākāpō cam!
52. 18 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Scientology
53. 18 MarFFRF rebukes NYC mayor Mamdani for mixing city business with Islam
54. 18 MarDucks in the snow!
55. 17 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
56. 17 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
57. 17 MarLuana’s revealing class survey of the biological definition of sex
58. 17 MarThe University of Chicago curriculum grows increasingly “progressive”
59. 17 MarThis makes me happy
60. 16 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
61. 16 MarAnother journal drinks the Kool-Aid: Ecology Letters publishes a misguided article that “There is no consensus on biological sex”
62. 16 MarBill Maher’s New Rule: Oscars so wrong
63. 15 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
64. 15 MarBob Trivers died
65. 15 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
66. 15 MarAtlantic: What atheism (supposedly) can’t explain
67. 14 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
68. 14 MarCrick, Cobb, London
69. 14 MarCaturday felid trifecta: Eighteen celebrities who love cats; a cat that steals bras; cat with an emotional support potato; and lagniappe
70. 14 MarIf you adhere to a religion, how much of its doctrine (and factual assertions) must you accept?
71. 13 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
72. 13 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
73. 13 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ gender
74. 13 MarAn artist writes a companion piece to my “Truth vs. Beauty” essay, both in Quillette
75. 12 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
76. 12 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
77. 12 MarPinker vs. Douthat debate: Do we need God?
78. 11 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
79. 11 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
80. 11 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ self-pity
81. 11 MarGraduate-student union strike looming at Harvard
82. 10 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
83. 10 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
84. 10 MarColumbia’s anti-Israel grad student union makes big demands, prepares to strike
85. 10 MarCoyne’s new law
86. 9 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
87. 9 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
88. 9 MarBotany pond ducks named Armon and Vashti, and the turtles have reappeared!
89. 8 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
90. 8 MarThe Big Feed: My dinner at Next with Robert Lang
91. 7 MarSaturday: Hili dialogue
92. 7 MarCaturday felid trifecta: What not to do to your cat; Jock(s) the Chartwell cat(s); missing cat in England found in Paris, more than 8 years later; and lagniappe
93. 7 MarThe story of our Big Dinner will appear tomorrow
94. 7 MarBill Maher’s latest New Rule: “Trump Estrangement Syndrome”
95. 6 MarFriday: Hili dialogue
96. 6 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
97. 6 MarMatthew Cobb wins big prize for his Crick biography
98. 6 MarPossible brief slowdown in posting
99. 5 MarThursday: Hili dialogue
100. 5 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
101. 5 MarAmazon review of “The War on Science” volume rejected for using “woke” as pejorative
102. 4 MarWednesday: Hili dialogue
103. 4 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
104. 4 MarJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ insults
105. 4 MarAndrew Doyle’s video retrospective of wokeness
106. 4 MarWhy is the U.S. fighting Iran?
107. 3 MarTuesday: Hili dialogue
108. 3 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
109. 3 MarLizzy Savetsky chews out the Democrats
110. 2 MarMonday: Hili dialogue
111. 2 MarReaders’ wildlife photos
112. 2 MarIranian women: 1970 vs. 2020
113. 2 MarThe New York Times highlights faith again
114. 2 MarWe have ducks!
115. 1 MarSunday: Hili dialogue
116. 1 MarReaders’ wildlife photos

February 2026

1. 28 FebU.S. and Israel attack Iran, Trump vowing regime change; Iran fires missiles at Israel and U.S. Mideast bases
2. 28 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
3. 28 FebCaturday felid trifecta: Can cats help cure cancer?: a cat country song; feline parody of “2001: A Space Odyssey”; and lagniappe
4. 28 Feb“All the News That’s Fit to Print”
5. 28 FebIranian leader Ali Khamenei reported killed
6. 27 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
7. 27 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
8. 27 FebCalifornia parents file lawsuit against state for fostering antisemitism against schoolchildren
9. 27 Feb“A Day in the Life”
10. 26 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
11. 26 FebNo readers’ wildlife today; instead, we have my own photos from 2004-2006
12. 25 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
13. 25 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
14. 25 FebJesse Singal’s op-ed in the NYT: A turning point in “affirmative care”?
15. 25 FebMy answers in a Mexican newsletter to questions about evolution
16. 25 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ conceptual conservatism
17. 24 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
18. 24 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
19. 24 FebCollege essays change for the worse, rendered ineffectual by both how universities use them and how students can cheat using AI
20. 23 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
21. 23 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
22. 23 FebThe subspecies of “progressives” and how they’re mutually reinforcing
23. 22 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
24. 22 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
25. 22 FebA muddled argument: Shermer argues for the reality of free will
26. 22 FebBill Maher’s new rule: The King’s speech
27. 21 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
28. 21 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 21 FebCaturday felid trifecta: Driverless car kills beloved cat; Nutmeg, the titular mayor of Sellwood, OR; Jonah Goldberg says goodbye to his cat Gracie; and lagniappe
30. 21 FebBest country crossover Songs
31. 20 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
32. 20 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
33. 20 FebDennis Prager in The Free Press: Morality can come only from God, so we should at least act as if He exists
34. 20 FebThe University of Chicago funds big project on (Israeli) “scholasticide”
35. 20 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ “woman”
36. 20 FebIn a 6-3 vote, Supreme Court tanks Trump tariffs
37. 19 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
38. 19 FebReader’s wildlife videos
39. 19 FebPEN America gets captured: organization accepts Palestine as a member and rejects Israel; Jewish chief executive resigns after accusations of being a “Zionist” and not signing on to Israel’s “genocide”
40. 19 FebWords and phrases I detest
41. 18 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
42. 18 FebNo readers’ wildlife today
43. 18 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ demography
44. 18 FebA short obituary of J. D. Watson in PNAS
45. 18 FebA course of indoctrination at the University of Chicago
46. 17 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
47. 17 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
48. 17 FebThere isn’t a revival of religion in America
49. 16 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
50. 16 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
51. 16 FebOn guilt by association
52. 16 FebBill Maher’s latest Rule
53. 15 FebWhat J. K. Rowling really thinks—in her own words
54. 15 FebIn search of past time: The best songs about growing older or dying
55. 15 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
56. 15 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
57. 15 FebA New Yorker writer “loses faith in atheism”
58. 14 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
59. 14 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
60. 14 FebCaturday felid trifecta: Larry trips a photographer; cat memes; Filou the cat escapes camper in Spain, walks 155 miles home to France; and lagniappe (3!)
61. 14 FebPinker and Tupy tout worldwide progress, espouse an objective morality
62. 13 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
63. 13 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
64. 13 FebNature, ideologically captured, uses “pregnant people” instead of “pregnant women”
65. 13 FebWhat’s the difference between “lunch” and “luncheon”?
66. 12 FebThursday: Hili dialogue (and Darwin Day)
67. 12 FebReaders’ wildlife photos: Darwin Day edition
68. 12 FebCBS/Free Press launches a series of debates and town halls. Coming up: Steve Pinker to debate Ross Douthat on God
69. 12 FebDarwiniana for Darwin Day
70. 12 FebRick Beato further mourns the decline of rock and pop music
71. 11 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
72. 11 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
73. 11 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ hell
74. 11 FebBad Bunny is bad, brings obscenity to the Super Bowl
75. 11 FebBill Maher on deranged Republicans
76. 10 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
77. 10 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
78. 10 FebI had a dream today. . .
79. 9 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
80. 9 FebReaders’ wildlife photos and video
81. 9 FebThe T.A.M.I. show (1964) starring James Brown
82. 8 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
83. 8 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
84. 8 FebBill Maher’s New Rule on gambling
85. 8 FebNYRB article attacks the biological definition of sex holding with definitions based on self-identification
86. 7 FebSaturday: Hili dialogue
87. 7 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
88. 7 FebCaturday felid trifecta: How cats see humans; the anti-cat bias of pet-friendly hotels; the Mischievous #10 Cat; and lagniappe
89. 7 FebBret Stephens on the state of world Jewry
90. 6 FebFriday: Hili dialogue
91. 6 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
92. 6 FebChimps engage with pretend objects, suggesting they have imagination and can engage in pretense
93. 6 FebCan the groundhog see his shadow?
94. 5 FebThursday: Hili dialogue
95. 5 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
96. 5 FebAnother reminder to read Da Roolz
97. 4 FebWednesday: Hili dialogue
98. 4 FebNo readers’ wildlife today
99. 4 FebJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ obedience
100. 4 FebAnother “New Rule” clip from bill Maher
101. 3 FebTuesday: Hili dialogue
102. 3 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
103. 3 FebGod: celestial dictator or kindly father?
104. 2 FebMonday: Hili dialogue
105. 2 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
106. 2 FebPunxsutawney Phil sees his shadow
107. 2 FebAn atheist reviews Charles Murray’s new pro-God book
108. 1 FebSunday: Hili dialogue
109. 1 FebReaders’ wildlife photos
110. 1 FebAn excellent book: “Empire of the Summer Moon”
111. 1 FebAnother critique of Agustín Fuentes’s claim of a sex spectrum in humans and other species

January 2026

1. 31 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 JanReader’s wildlife video
3. 31 JanCaturday felid trifecta: Cats who were bad spies; cats who were good spies; Jeremy Irons on lions; and lagniappe.
4. 31 JanBill Maher is back with New Roolz
5. 30 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
6. 30 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
7. 30 JanMaarten Boudry on the policing of academia
8. 30 JanO Mio Babbino Caro
9. 29 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
10. 29 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
11. 29 JanMichael Shermer interviewed on WNYC, sandbagged on the issue of binary sex
12. 29 Jan“Act/talk like a Jew”
13. 28 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
14. 28 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
15. 28 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ hijabs
16. 28 JanMichael Shermer on free will
17. 27 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
18. 27 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
19. 27 JanCanada expands criteria for assisted suicide (“medically assisted dying”) beyond terminal illness
20. 26 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
21. 26 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
22. 26 JanAntisemitism flourishes in psychotherapy
23. 25 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
24. 25 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
25. 25 JanTwo old ladies hunt deadly sea snakes
26. 24 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
27. 24 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
28. 24 JanDiscussion: ICE and Minnesota
29. 23 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
30. 23 JanNo readers’ wildlife today
31. 23 JanColin McGinn on the evolution of “knowledge”
32. 22 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
33. 22 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
34. 22 JanHas Trump done anything good?
35. 21 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
36. 21 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
37. 21 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ malaprops
38. 21 JanPaul Bloom: The “god-shaped hole” is a myth
39. 21 JanShort takes: An excellent movie and a mediocre book
40. 20 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
41. 20 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
42. 20 JanTrump approves at least five committees to run Gaza, with nobody wanting to go after Hamas
43. 19 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
44. 19 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
45. 19 JanUniversity of Austin: The anti-woke University circles the drain
46. 19 JanMore osculation of religion by the NYT and Free Press
47. 18 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
48. 18 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 18 JanMichael Shermer interviews Matthew Cobb on his Crick biography
50. 17 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
51. 17 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
52. 17 JanCaturday felid trifecta: The world’s oldest cat; hero cat saves baby; do stray cats feel gratitude?; and lagniappe
53. 16 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
54. 16 JanReader’s wildlife photos
55. 16 JanGreg Lukianoff on the erosion of free speech in Europe
56. 16 JanMasih Alinejad’s speech to the UN Security Council
57. 15 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
58. 15 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
59. 15 JanThis is why Democrats are in trouble
60. 14 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
61. 14 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
62. 14 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ equivocation
63. 14 JanWhat about Minnesota? Another discussion.
64. 13 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
65. 13 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
66. 13 JanDiscussion post
67. 12 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
68. 12 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
69. 12 JanShould there be even more curbs on free speech?
70. 11 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
71. 11 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
72. 11 JanWhy I stopped donating to Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
73. 11 JanA “progressive” phrasebook
74. 10 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
75. 10 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
76. 10 JanCaturday felid trifecta: Thailand declares cats as its national symbol; art exhibit features medieval cats; and viral Belgian cat staffed by the Prime Minister is the continent’s equivalent of Larry; and lagniappe
77. 9 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
78. 9 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
79. 9 JanQuinn Que: To save liberalism, “progressives” must apologize and abandon their air of moral certainty
80. 9 JanMelanie Phillips explains, once again, why anti-Zionism is antisemitism
81. 8 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
82. 8 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
83. 8 JanSam Harris and John McWhorter: Is wokeness dead?
84. 8 Jan2026 update: modifications of Da Roolz
85. 7 JanWednesday: Hili dialogue
86. 7 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
87. 7 JanJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ theism
88. 7 JanMy brief interview of Matthew Cobb about his new biography of Francis Crick
89. 6 JanTuesday: Hili dialogue
90. 6 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
91. 5 JanMonday: Hili dialogue
92. 5 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
93. 5 JanThere is no evidence for extraterrestrial visitation of Earth, no pickled bodies of extraterrestrials, and no UFOs held by American companies
94. 4 JanSunday: Hili dialogue
95. 4 JanReaders’ wildlife video
96. 4 JanLaw professor argues that universities can’t be institutionally neutral
97. 4 JanNeanderthals are Homo sapiens
98. 3 JanSaturday: Hili dialogue
99. 3 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
100. 3 JanCaturday felid trifecta: Species of cat thought extinct is rediscovered; Amsterdam builds tiny staircases to help fallen cats get out of canals; why do cats sleep on their left sides? (with a poll); and lagniappe
101. 2 JanFriday: Hili dialogue
102. 2 JanReaders’ wildlife photos
103. 2 JanThe NYRB takes down Ross Douthat’s new book on why we should believe in God
104. 1 JanThursday: Hili dialogue
105. 1 JanReaders’ wildlife photos