The Anti-Defamation League, an American organization devoted to combatting bigotry of all sorts, and headquartered here in Chicago, just produced a touching and inspiring video. It took me a few seconds to catch on, but the 80-second clip is well worth watching. The ADL blub: Join ADL in our Centennial Year as we Imagine a […]
Reader Michelle B. sends this short video of a boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) attempting to hunt under the snow in Minnesota. (The action begins about 45 sec in.) It fails: the snow is too hard and the prey too deep. The owl looks ticked off—but then owls always look ticked off! The notes to the […]
There are five finalists in the Catdance Film Festival, run by Fresh Step Cat Litter, which offers a $10,000 prize for the winner. Go here to see them all and vote for your favorite. This one, called “Catalogue,” is created by Alana Grelyak and directed by Michael Gabriele. I don’t have time to watch the […]
I simply had to post this; I had no choice. (Of course that’s true of everything!) The YouTube notes say this: Check out what happened to this crew on a photoshoot for the EcoBubble washing machine. They were near Manning Park, BC. This reminds me of an old Spike Jones ditty: The polar bear sleeps […]
For your delectation (or revulsion), I present my talk to the Edinburgh University Humanists Society (also sponsored by the Glasgow Skeptics). Now online, it’s called “The Odd Couple: Why Science and Religion Shouldn’t Cohabit.” The video was professionally taped and they interpolated my Powerpoint slides, so it came out, at least technically, pretty well. Thanks […]
Here’s a recent (and short) discussion by Richard Dawkins on why religion is bad; it comes from an interview with Alister McGrath: Now tell me: is this a “militant and strident” set of views?
Here’s a 15-minute conversation between Richard Dawkins and Ricky Gervais—apparently in a church! The caption on the YouTube video isn’t really accurate: A surprisingly respectful yet critical look at religion and science. This is full interview. Snippets of this were used in Richard Dawkins recent documentary for more4. It’s not all that “respectful”! Gervais evokes […]
Embedding of this video has been disabled, so I’ll just post the link to the first episode of Richard’s new 45-minute series on UK Channel 4, “Sex, death, and the meaning of life.” (Episode 2 continues immediately thereafter, just don’t stop the YouTube video. But I haven’t watched that second episode.) The blurb for this […]
UPDATE: An alert reader noted that Olivia Binfield has her own website on which her poem (yes, she wrote it) is printed. Be sure to read her other poems, including the classic “Respect for Rhino.” _____________ From “Britain’s Got Talent”, this is a totally adorable video of 7-year-old Olivia, who wants to be a zoologist, […]
If you’re of a certain age (and perhaps even young folks are included), you’ll know of the famous anti-marijuana movie “Reefer Madness” (1937; watch the whole thing here). Although that movie was dead serious in its ludicrous portrayal of the dangers of weed, people of my generation used to toke up and watch the thing […]
