Published in Science and Critical Thinking·2 hours agoMember-onlyCritical Thinking: Did ancient people use liquid rock?How should you handle weird claims? The problem is that we humans often take information presented and simply accept it without asking ourselves if it is actually true. …Critical Thinking5 min readCritical Thinking5 min read
Published in The Cult of Fools·2 days agoMember-onlyThe Cult of Fools (Feb 5, 2023) — “Expelling Ilhan Omar”In the week that has seen Republicans fetishizing gas stoves, banning books, and pointing guns at clouds, we have also seen them boot Ilhan Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee for the “crime” of being brown and Muslim. Tell me why again? They claimed that she had once said…Religion10 min readReligion10 min read
Published in Science and Critical Thinking·5 days agoMember-onlyWeird Law: New Montana Bill proposes to ban all Scientific TheoriesWith the fresh intake of Republicans now manifesting I was perhaps convinced that the Nebraska draft bill that seeks to ban kids attending drag show story hours in libraries was the weirdest bit of legislation for this new session. Nope, I was oh so very wrong to think that. This…Law5 min readLaw5 min read
Published in Science and Critical Thinking·Jan 31Member-onlyNebraska Lawmaker responds to Anti-Drag bill with clever amendmentImagine you have been elected to a state legislative body. You are a member of the minority party. The majority feel that they can do whatever the hell they want and so proceed to launch some utterly batshit crazy bills. …Law5 min readLaw5 min read
Published in The Cult of Fools·Jan 29Member-onlyThe Cult of Fools (Jan 29, 2023) — “Mike Lindell Fails to win RNC Chair”What is perhaps making some media splash is that Ronna McDaniel has got a forth term as RNC chair. Her main competitor Harmeet Dhillon failed to get enough votes. But wait, didn’t Mike Lindell, a.k.a Mr Pillow, make a claim about the certainty of him winning the chair, did he…Religion10 min readReligion10 min read
Published in Science and Critical Thinking·Jan 28Member-onlyDoomsday Clock now at 90 seconds to Midnight — what does that mean?The best way to tackle what has happened is to first give you a brief bit of background on what the Doomsday clock actually is. Who sets this, and what criteria they use to set it? Brief History of the Clock Itself The concept was started by a group of scientists who had been part of…Doomsday Clock6 min readDoomsday Clock6 min read
Published in Science and Critical Thinking·Jan 24Member-onlyHow to Grift for SatanToday’s item concerns a real proposal that was presented to lawmakers in Iowa by one individual. The meeting is pictured above. They were launching a bill to hand out money for private religious schools, so somebody turned up and explained … I’m starting Little Devils Academy. Little Devils Academy is…Religion6 min readReligion6 min read
Published in The Cult of Fools·Jan 22Member-onlyThe Cult of Fools (Jan 22, 2023) — “Who Is George Santos?”What is now rather well known is that Republican Rep George Santos has lied about rather a lot simply to get elected to the House. Never mind that all his biographical details turned out to be fake. We also all discovered some utterly bizarre stuff such as … His claim…Christianity8 min readChristianity8 min read
Published in Science and Critical Thinking·Jan 17Member-onlyClimate Updates: The Past, The Present, & The FutureThis week I have three climate updates at distinct points in time … The Past: One concerns something from the 1970s The Present: One is the Berkeley global review for 2022 — that is now available The Future: One looks ahead to what is most certainly coming in the near…Science5 min readScience5 min read
Published in The Cult of Fools·Jan 15Member-onlyThe Cult of Fools (Jan 15, 2023) — “Classified Documents”You knew they would make a fuss about it the moment you got the news. So yes, Trump should never have had classified material in his possession, and neither should Biden, but honestly compare both cases and you soon discover a huge contrast … The national Archives spent a year…Religion7 min readReligion7 min read
