Mastodawn

What is that thing?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/25/anatomically-fulsome/

“Anatomically fulsome”

A couple of medieval scholars are arguing over a dick pic. Apparently, the Bayeux tapestry depicts more than just a battle — it has numerous images of penises. The Oxford professor George Gar…

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pzmyers 🕷1d ago

Who is that living under my deck?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/25/visited-by-an-alien/

Visited by an alien

I got a new toy! It’s a $30 trail cam that will probably cost $300 once the tariffs take effect, but I got it because I was curious about what has been going on in my back yard. There is a bu…

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pzmyers 🕷1d ago

Rebecca Watson has some brutal words for Lawrence Krauss. He deserves every scathing word!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/24/krauss-smashed/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1FNkGgutgc

KRAUSS SMASHED

Recall that I sneered at this new book coming out, The War on Science, edited by Lawrence Krauss. It’s a strangely focused book, given that it’s quite clear that it is the Republicans w…

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pzmyers 🕷1d ago

The truth hurts.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/24/social-media-is-trying-to-make-me-cry/

Social Media is trying to make me cry

I should just get off the internet altogether, maybe. Get a tarpaper shack with no electricity or running water somewhere. For those who don’t know, the NY Times Pitchbot posts humorous, sarc…

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pzmyers 🕷1d ago

Burnout: the weeping, screaming, slow-torture killer.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/24/its-a-race-to-the-end/

It’s a race to the end

There’s a week and a half until the end of the semester…will I make it? I’m giving myself a 50% chance of crawling across the finish line and then curling up into a soggy ball of tears,…

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pzmyers 🕷2d ago

Common mistake: my flavor isn't bitter, it's my personality.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/24/what-do-you-think-i-am-vernonia-amygdalina/

What do you think I am, Vernonia amygdalina?

I don’t think my flesh would be particularly bitter — maybe fatty and stringy, not particularly meaty in flavor or texture. This just-so story fails with the non-existence of the proper…

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pzmyers 🕷2d ago

Ihre Papiere, bitte.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/24/that-isnt-ominous-at-all/

That isn’t ominous at all

The federal government (innocently, I’m sure) checking on college faculty to identify which ones are Jewish. Most professors at Barnard College received text messages on Monday notifying them…

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pzmyers 🕷2d ago

"Warfighter" is a term only a jingoistic propagandist would use.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/23/an-ugly-word-warfighter/

An ugly word: “warfighter”

I’ve been hearing this word “warfighter” a lot lately, often coming out of the mouths of macho assholes like Pete Hegseth. It implies that the role of the military is simply fight…

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pzmyers 🕷2d ago

If you want to see pure evil, just look at our government. Don't touch it, though!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/23/our-government-is-occupied-by-pure-evil/

Our government is occupied by pure evil

Law? We don’t need no stinkin’ law. We’re trying to banish children here. Kids are being hauled into court and told by a judge that they are trying to decide whether to kick them …

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pzmyers 🕷2d ago

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦2d ago

"There was no autism diagnosed before 1930."

Pluto wasn't discovered until 1930, but I'm pretty sure it was there the whole fucking time.

#politics #Vaccines #autism #healthcare #MedicalMalpractice #RFKJr #IdiotAlert