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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Shortage of Wingnut Presidential Candidates?
The NYT reports that the religious right is unhappy with the current set of Republican presidential candidates. McCain once called fundies “agents of intolerance”, Mitt Romney is too liberal, and Giuliani has — gasp! — been married three times. Call … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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Doctors Don’t Like the Word “Evolution”
I’m guessing that some researcher wondered aloud in the cafeteria, “How come medical researchers don’t talk about the evolution of antibiotic resistance? I mean sure, they talk about it, but they don’t call it evolution.” This article in PLoS Biology … Continue reading
One of These Things Is Just Like the Other
This story (from Captain’s Quarters) was posted at Free Republic last month: Muslim Taxi Showdown In The Twin Cities (Muslim cabbies to transport people with alcohol in luggage) The refusal of a large number of Islamic cabbies to transport passengers … Continue reading
Happy 20th Anniversary, SN1987A!
On this day in 1987, SN1987A, my favoritest supernova ever, blew up. According to this diagram at the University of Virginia, the star started burning neon in 1971, oxygen in 1983, silicon in 1987, and blew up ten days after … Continue reading
How to Prevent Lines from Wrapping in Emacs
By default, Emacs’s buffer list truncates lines at the right edge of the screen: if you’re editing a file with a long name, it doesn’t wrap around; you have to use C-x < and C-x > to scroll the viewport … Continue reading
And This Is Why the First Amendment Is a Good Thing ™
One more thing to be grateful for if you live in a country with freedom of speech: CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters) — An Alexandria court convicted an Egyptian blogger on Thursday for insulting both Islam and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and … Continue reading
Posted in FFS, Politics, Religion
Tagged Abdel Karim Suleiman, Egypt, freedom of expression
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Flock of Dodos Meme
I went to see Flock of Dodos for its Darwin Day showing on Thursday. At one point, Randy Olson, the filmmaker, points out that the Intelligent Design movement has lots of points that fit on a bumper sticker, such as … Continue reading
Posted in Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The Cruelest Line
While working on the Dover trial podcast, I think we’ve found one of the most cruel lines one can inflict on an actor: Their names here, just for a couple of examples, Moythomasia and Howqualepis. The names are really unimportant. … Continue reading
PZ Steals My Thunder
Looking through my httpd logs, I ran across this post over at Teleological Blog: Our friends at The Panda’s Thumb are planning a re-enactment podcast of the Dover trial and are looking for voice talent. Imagine my surprise when I … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligent Design, Pandas Podcast
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Picking Up Steam
I love the Internet. After PZ mentioned this project on Pharyngula, I got replies from several people, from places as far away as Texas and California, and several demos. I’ve also installed Audacity 1.3. This is, unfortunately, a beta version, … Continue reading
Posted in Pandas Podcast
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