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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 16m

For some reason the mainstream media is, in the face of declining religious faith, touting it more strongly than ever, saying it's needed to give our lives meaning and purpose--filling that "God-shaped hole" in our being. This Free Press article is one example

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 27m

Where's the red sauce?

Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 13h

oh hell yeah youtu.be/nGZOFyLrCwk?...

Slug Eating Spaghetti Time Lapse (With Stopwatch Timer)

YouTube video by Nature's Fantastic

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 3h

A French Jewish Girl, age 12, was gassed together with her mother and younger sister as soon as they arrived iin Auschwitz. Every time I see these photos I imagine the fear and horror these young people experienced as they were herded, nude, into the gas chamber, and then died from cyanide.

Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 5h

9 October 1932 | A French Jewish girl, Rose Aboulafia, was born in Paris.

In April 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her mother Victoria and younger sister Odette. They were murdered in a gas chamber.
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Ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

Vintage black and white photo featuring two young girls, one seated and the other standing, posing for a portrait with a blurry background.

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 3h

All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Andrzej asks an unanswerable question.

Hili: We must stay focused on what’s important.
Andrzej: And what exactly is important?

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 21h

Current Biology?

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 1d

Mo reports Jesus for committing a hate crime!

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Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ turnabout

The latest cartoon from Jesus and Mo, called “curse”, is not only clever, but also a good tactic to use when you’re making identity-based arguments. Simply replace one ethnicity w…

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 1d

Some birds of western Australia photographed by Scott Ritchie. Great pix!

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 1d

All the news that's fit to print, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili and Andrzej get into the sticky issue of gender (In angels).

Hili: How many genders do angels have?
Andrzej: Just a dozen.

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 1d

A Dutch Jewish girl, four years old, was probably gassed to death with her mother as soon as they arrived in Auschwitz. The father perished later. Sara would be 88 today had she lived.

Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 1d

8 October 1937 | Dutch Jewish girl, Sara van Hasselt, was born in Rotterdam.

In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her mother Heintje. They were probably both murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. Her father, Levie, also perished in Auschwitz.

Black and white historical photo featuring a young girl with her parents.

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 2d

Hey Colossal - spend some of your money on saving this real bird!

BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 2d

Conservationists are calling for urgent global funding to save Samoa's Tooth-billed Pigeon, a Critically Endangered species often referred to as 'little dodo':

Funding urgently needed to save Samoa's 'little dodo' from extinction

Samoa's Critically Endangered Tooth-billed Pigeon, or 'little dodo', is facing imminent extinction due to deforestation, hunting and invasive species, reports BirdGuides. Conservationists warn that without urgent international funding for large-scale forest protection and monitoring, this unique and elusive bird could vanish forever. Tooth-billed Pigeon is one of the world's most evolutionarily distinct birds, yet remains poorly known, with no clear wild photographs and few recent sightings.

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 1d

They haven't found him yet, as far as I know.

Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 2d

Fwd: Fwd: “I hope this email finds you well”

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 1d

The University of Auckland abandons its efforts to require all incoming students to take a course inculcating the students with the sacredness of the indigenous people and the Treaty of Waitangi. The students found the course a waste of time.

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University of Auckland set to make mandatory “indigeneity” courses optional, as students considered them a waste of time and money

As I reported in September of last year, every entering student at New Zealand’s Auckland University was required to take an “indigeneity” course—and that includes prospective sc…

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 1d

Adam Greer, an ecologist at the University of Georgia, took a hard-to-film video of one group of zooplankton and how they construct several mucous "nets" per day to capture prey, then ingesting them.

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Appendicularians up close

YouTube video by Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 2d

All the news that's fit to print on the first day of Sukkot. Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, the dialogue is a LOL:

Hili: I think, therefore I don’t meow.
Andrzej: That won’t last.

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 2d

This Dutch Jewish girl and her sister were gassed to death immediately upon arriving in Auschwitz. Sonja was two and her sister about one. Had they lived, they'd be about 86 years old.

Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d

6 October 1939 | Dutch Jewish girl, Sonja Martha van Sister, was born in Amsterdam.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection with her younger sister Rosaline.

A photo of two baby girls - Sonja Martha van Sister and her younger sister Rosaline.

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 2d

Fred Ramsdell, who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine yesterday for work on immunology, hasn't been informed of his win as he's "off the grid" hiking, and can't be contacted.

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 2d

EMBO reports that some critics of Colossal Biosciences' "de-extinction" projects have been targeted with defamatory articles and even lawsuits. That perps are certainly NOT from Colossal, but I wonder why "de-extinction" has fanbois that would do this.

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 3d

The Free Press has finally achieved MSM status, reporting that it's been bought out by Paramount, which owns CBS News. Bari Weiss, editor-in-chief of the Free Press, will also become editor-in-chief of CBS News. We don't know what this all portends.

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The Free Press is joining Paramount and CBS

These rumors have been floating around for a while, and now they’re verified: The Free Press has been bought by Paramount, of which CBS television is the flagship property, though apparently …

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 3d

Photos of (mostly) birds, landscapes, and one reptile (a tuatara!) from New Zealand, all taken by reader Todd.

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 3d

All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, I am baffled by the Hili dialogue.

Hili: Can you pursue truth in a herd?
Me: Many are attempting it.

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 3d

This fuzzy picture shows an Italian Jewish boy, whose life was extinguished by cyanide gas as soon as he arrived at Auschwitz. He was five years old.

Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 3d

6 October 1938 | An Italian Jewish boy, Carlo Polacco, was born in Genoa.

In December 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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Watch a short video & see the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III at Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

Black and white grainy image of a young boyu in a striped top, looking to the side.

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Colin Purrington @colinpurrington.bsky.social · 4d

Not my photograph but thought others would enjoy. And if you know what it is, Kenneth Geisert would appreciate an ID. 🌿 #lepidoptera #peru #insects #moths #inaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

Butterflies and Moths from Tambopata, Peru on June 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM by Kenneth Geisert. Finca Las Piedras Time and location approximate

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 4d

The Sunday Times applaudes a new book arguing that there's very strong evidence for God. But it's the same old stuff: we don't understand the Big Bang, ergo God, and we don't understand how life began, ergo God. In other words, it's the God of the gaps.

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 4d

A photo-and-text post by Athayde Tonhasca Júnior on the effect of wind turbines on wildlife.

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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 4d

All the news that's fit to post. Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, Hili looks to the sky--for an AI god?

Me: What are you looking at?
Hili: At artificial intelligence in the cloud.

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