The religious zealots think putting up the 10 Commandments in schools will magically make kids good, like books with gay characters will magically make kids gay. Also: Is telling little Billy not to covet his neighbor’s wife age appropriate?

#theocracy
#10commandments #ThesePeopleSeriously

I’m turning 48 this year, but I think I’m becoming Gen Z because I find drinking alcohol mid and owning a car feels like a flex.

science is the practice of fucking around and finding out

Alright. Let's get this morning started with a deep dive into the transphobia against trans men that Pamela Paul's defense of JK Rowling both contributes to and ignores.

Yes, I will keep beating this drum. Because Rowling's transphobia against trans men is some of the most explicitly stated transphobia she has engaged in, and I have quotes for days.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/pamela-paul-doesnt-know-transphobia

Someone needs to tell the Wizard Lady that protecting women from things is not feminism—that’s a “damsel-in-distress” ideology. See also: misogyny.

Martyr of scientific thinking Giordano Bruno, executed by the Catholic Church 423 years ago today.

#science #history #histodons

MTG is Bizarro AOC. #USpoli

My wife and I are giving things up for February. She grew up with Catholicism, so she’s going to survive on knowing she has to suffer. I was an apostate at 4, so I will survive on self-righteousness.

If you find it hard to defend doing #DryFebruary, just tell people you’re trying to avoid breast cancer. Less embarrassing than trying to lose weight, and oh yeah it’s also true.

Enjoyed this chat with Adrieanne Arsenault on CBC The National about problematic "immune boosting" claims...

"The truth about immune boosters: Orange peels, echinacea, vitamin IVs" https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2165125187538

Science surrounding most claims iffy. Best approach: #healthylifestyle, #vaccines, #washhands, etc.

#ScienceUpFirst

Synth genius Wendy Carlos studied physics & #music at Brown & Columbia. She helped develop the 1st Moog synthesizer & her 1968 classical album Switched-On Bach went platinum. She brought music & tech together & composed soundtracks for A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Tron & more.

Carlos was assigned male at birth & transitioned to female. Unfortunately, many journalists focus more on her gender than her accomplishments that changed music forever. https://www.wendycarlos.com #history #HistoryRemix

I’m glad my 16yo wears a Budweiser shirt ironically. Zoomers think of alcohol like most of society thinks of cigarettes.

I heard eggs were pricey in the States, so I paid attention to the price at my store here in Canadaland. A pack of 30 eggs was US$6. 😲

@ryanschultz 🎶 Well done. And many more! 🎶

I just realized that the kind of #history that Ron DeSantis is making in Florida cannot currently be taught in Florida’s history classes.

Here lies Capt. Frank Burns (1840-1909). He arrived in this Alabama community after fighting for the South in the Civil War. He worked as a geologist and would eventually move to Washington DC to work at the Smithsonian.

He provided some books and artifacts to the local school before it burned down in the 1890s. He returned to rouse the locals to fund a new building and became the school’s major donor. The children called him Grandpa Burns. (1/4)

#history #histodons #alabama #atheism

In 1903, Burns wrote in to the “Blue Grass Blade” to explain why he was an infidel. (3/4)

In 1909, feeling ill, he moved from DC back to Alabama to die. His remains were laid to rest on the campus grounds.

The steps on either side of this obelisk are all that is left of the school and Captain Burns’s legacy. (4/4)