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Bye bye Beyer, hello Viv

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:04:30 +0100

Mediawatch-UK, the increasingly irrelevant activist group after which this website was named, has confounded pundits by appointing a relative unknown as its new Director. Vivienne Pattison has up…

Watch found on bat cruise

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:16:11 +0100

Watch found on bat cruise:

Sorry for taking up space with this announcement. I mentioned this on the Atheist Experience yesterday, but I know a lot of people skip past the announcements.

Someone left a watch on the boat after…

next to the car wash, yeah

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:27:49 +0100

next to the car wash, yeah:

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saturday was yet another especially trying day and i had little time for photos. the only chance i had was while i was waiting for my car at an emergency visit to…

inside the téléphérique

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:27:48 +0100

inside the téléphérique:

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i was very pleased to meet up with my friend, jonathan shock, in athens today. a mixture of friends and family enjoyed a kebab lunch, coffee and a visit to …

towards the acropolis -- that-a-way

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:27:47 +0100

towards the acropolis -- that-a-way:

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oh, yay… another shot of the acropolis from lycabettus hill. imagine every tourist visiting the hill takes exactly the same shot — it was hard just finding…

the third gigagalaxy

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:27:46 +0100

the third gigagalaxy:

the trilogy is complete… the lagoon nebula:

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the previous two…

It's Saturday night, and I know what you nerds are doing

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:45:35 +0100

It's Saturday night, and I know what you nerds are doing:

For some reason, this geeky little saga tickled me.

David: Taunt dude! You’re supposed to be the tank!

Zach: Just back up, you’re drawing agro.

David: I can’t, I’m-

Cheryl: …

Die, HuffPo, DIE!

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:45:35 +0100

Die, HuffPo, DIE!:

The HuffPo is once again a source of gross misinformation. Don’t worry about swine flu — it’s benign. If you really must protect yourself, take vitamins, eat garlic, get herbal supplements, and…

“Hey, PZ, how's the book coming along?”

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:45:34 +0100

“Hey, PZ, how's the book coming along?”:

I’m trying to have some serious writerly discipline here, so I’ve been hammering at the keyboard all day, and will do more tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after, etc., until it’s all done…

Where Texans file science

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:45:33 +0100

Where Texans file science:

The Hastings bookstore in Lubbock, Texas, has a peculiar way of organizing their books.

But then, these are people so deeply confused that they probably rummage about fruitlessly in the…

Advice for atheists?

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:45:33 +0100

Advice for atheists?:

We’re getting advice from Christians now! Look and laugh at this list: Five things that would make atheists seem nicer. It’s gone awry even with the title. I especially appreciate the word…

An amusing back-and-forth

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:45:32 +0100

An amusing back-and-forth:

The tiff between Jerry Coyne and Robert Wright is getting even more hilarious. Wright is accusing Coyne of misrepresenting and misunderstanding his book, and is bringing up all these quotes from

Retractable Forehead Genitalia

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:45:32 +0100

Retractable Forehead Genitalia:

How can you resist a post about chimaeras and their amazing forehead specializations?

Read the comments on this post…

“Hey, PZ, how's the book coming along?”

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:45:31 +0100

“Hey, PZ, how's the book coming along?” :

Today was a big day for revision and cleanup — I cut out some of the weaker stuff I’d written before. I think deleting words ought to count for just as much as adding words, but I’ll refrain from…

Congrats to the growing Laden family

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:45:31 +0100

Congrats to the growing Laden family:

They’ve got another one entering the fray in November, and they need your suggestions for a name.

It’s a boy, which makes it harder. When we were in those distant childbearing years, I hit up…

Basava Premanand is dying

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:45:30 +0100

Basava Premanand is dying:

Premanand is a notable rationalist and publisher of Indian Skeptic magazine, and he is in a hospital dying of cancer as I write this. He is alert and fully aware of his condition, and he knows his…

Justice for Gloria

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:45:30 +0100

Justice for Gloria:

In 2002, Thomas and Manju Sam had a very sick child: their daughter Gloria was suffering from a life-threatening case of eczema, and essentially screamed herself to death by painful suppuration….

Mary's Monday Metazoan: Monarchs of the Midwest

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:45:30 +0100

Mary's Monday Metazoan: Monarchs of the Midwest:

Sad to say, I’ve seen a grand total of ONE monarch butterfly here in Morris this fall. When I moved here in 2000, we’d see them in swarms — there were scattered spots around town where…

Ambushed by Jehova's Witnesses

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:46:50 +0100

Ambushed by Jehova's Witnesses:

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I was mowing my back yard yesterday morning. It was hot and muggy - typical Mississippi weather, and I was quite sweaty by the time I was finished. As…

How Prayer Works

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:46:50 +0100

How Prayer Works:

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While searching for some information online about some of the methodologically sound studies of intercessory prayer, I stumbled across a Christian…