Stuart Blair
Husband, Dad, Humanist, Immigrant 🏴🇺🇸, Software, Archery, Sailing, Cooking.
Intentionally unarmed.
Joined Aug 2021
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Meanwhile over on the bird site... Pink Floyd updated their profile picture to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Dark Side of the Moon, and the replies are… something.
Websites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With Google
https://www.propublica.org/article/websites-selling-abortion-pills-share-sensitive-data-with-google
Faith really is the triumph of unwarranted optimism. How can people claim it as a virtue? As a way to know what's true, it seems monstrously harmful to those who use it to guide their beliefs and actions.
That's to say nothing of the harm done in turn to humanity.
@JLong I've taken a lot of encouragement from the book, "How Minds Change" by David McRaney. I think we're perhaps on the cusp of being able to recognize and account for our biases as part of our reasoning.
@JLong as a species, we owe a lot to our tendency to pattern match, but it does seem to lead us down damaging dead ends like religion and superstitions quite a bit.
This has to be the best instance of "Leopards Ate My Face... " ever!
Reading the quotes in the article, they're outraged that TST are indoctrinating the kids in a way that prevents them from indoctrinating those kids with *their* religion.
They don't even get the irony.
My son left a banknote he'd got for Christmas in his pockets and it went through the wash. He's so relieved to discover that's not money laundering.
We've not really come that far from the Salem witch trials https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-fbi-police-courts
@JLong I've never met one. I wonder what they'd attribute the mechanism behind the superstitions to be?
The answer here seems like it's the same reason why they didn't mention where the funding and logistical support for Jan 6 came from.
There are some things that are too inconvenient for those in power to air in public.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/12/29/jan-6-report-christian-nationalism/
Slightly unusual to find that a *Democratic* Governor vetoed a bill in order to compel atheists to attend court-mandated religious recovery programs.
That's why I donate to select Dem candidates, not the party.
Is it possible to make a statement on weed without it being taken as a statement on weed?
Happy Holidays. Ever wondered what red wrapped presents beneath a tree, snow, or flying reindeer have to do with Christmas?
Well, here's my favorite Christmas listen to explain the really weird origin of this.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-in-weed-2022-trippin-balls-w-santa-claus/id1350064353
I can't tell you how much fun I'm having watching Elon discover his limitations in realtime.
https://twitterisgoinggreat.com/
@Devlyn_Angel have you tried him on CBD treats? They help my dog with his anxiety around fireworks.
Here's wishing Herschel Walker better luck in his bid to become a werewolf than he had in becoming a United States senator.
I've really been enjoying this podcast looking at the origins of right-wing dominance of AM talk radio. Apparently it's got the same reach as social media does.
Check out this podcast: On the Media #onTheMedia
https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/2081112
@Fur_Mama4Life *based upon a falsifiable hypothesis
@th3j35t3r Iron Maiden would like a quick word.
Stuart Blair
Husband, Dad, Humanist, Immigrant 🏴🇺🇸, Software, Archery, Sailing, Cooking.
Intentionally unarmed.
Joined Aug 2021