It’s Felis bipedus, spotted on Google Street View and posted here. I have no idea how this happened, but I’m sure a tech-savvy reader can explain. It apparently involves the compression of images by the Google Street View cars, a vehicle that I never thought about. Matthew Cobb, who sent me the photo and links, […]
Well, I assumed that this bloke was a Christian from the tone of his email, and verified it later (see below) with a few clicks of the mouse. A person named—ironically—Jeff Templeton attended my speech at Appalachian State University on Thursday and tried to leave this comment on the ASU thread. Instead of putting it […]
Just to start the day off with a “gee” and a smile. First, a photo of some famous bits of Earth taken from the International Space Station by Commander Chris Hadfield, who’s given us many nice pictures. Before you click on the link, let’s see how good you are: guess where this is: And a […]
The latest cartoon at The Atheist Pig (click on the link, too, so the cartoonist gets some hits): h/t: Michael
This week’s contest, in which I asked readers to write a letter, as an animal or plant, to evolution (based on this Scientific American post), elicited a number of funny entries. My six favorites were these (readers’ names in parentheses): Humans #1 (Diane MacPherson) Human #2 (Kevin) Dung beetle (Vern) Nudibranch (Alex Shuffell) Krill (Pliny […]
UPDATE: The deadline for entries, as I’m travelling today, will be midnight tonight (i.e., Friday night) Chicago time. _________ The Scientific American ”Brainwaves” site has a group of really funny letters (written by Mara Graunbaum and Ferris Jabr) called “Dear evolution: letters of gripe and gratitude”. In most of them, animals write to evolution to carp […]
UPDATE: P. Hitchens’s post is up, “The leagee of the militant godless strikes back” (LOL!). It’s more or less as expected, and I have nothing to say about it except this: this man should learn the first lesson of being a literary figure, which is to avoid responding to criticism unless you have a very […]
Maybe if more Americans knew about science, two radio announcers from Florida wouldn’t have been fired—and wouldn’t be facing felony charges—for an April Fool prank. According to ZME Science: Florida country radio morning-show hosts Val St. John and Scott Fish are currently serving indefinite suspensions and possibly criminal charges for what can only be described […]
Inquiring minds want to know. All over Africa, the Lord performs miracles on a regular basis, including healing of the blind and lame—and even resurrections! But here in the U.S.? Not so much. In fact, beyond the quotidian Jesuses in tortillas and tree stumps, I haven’t heard of a good old-fashioned miracle in ages. No […]
This exchange was posted on creationist Ray Comfort’s public Facebook page, and I also have permission from Leonie Hilliard to use it. Nothing really needs to be added save that Leonie is a member of Atheist Ireland: Oy vey.
