Notices by pzmyers 🦑 (pzmyers@octodon.social), page 32

I looked at Ethan Van Sciver, and had to speak out. He's sick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATbm0Dt5IZE

Thomas Smith, Aaron Rabi, & I continue talking about Annihilation this week by not talking about the movie at all. Philosophy is just a refracted version of annihilation anyway.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/06/what-happens-when-philosophers-biologists-talk-about-a-movie-turns-out-they-dont-talk-about-the-movie-much/

Let's hear it for liberal arts colleges!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/06/hey-im-a-professor-at-one-of-those-universities-no-one-has-heard-of-too/

Ilhan Omar did not go far enough in her criticisms.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/06/im-not-worried-about-ilhan-omar-i-worry-about-the-other-guys/

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and I have something in common.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/05/congratulations-on-joining-the-club-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/

I'm gonna blame the mygalomorphs, who actually are rather thuggish.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/05/a-surprising-amount-of-death-of-small-vertebrates-in-the-amazon-is-likely-due-to-arthropods-such-as-big-spiders-and-centipedes/

@Skiriki Any thread about transgender issues seems to effectively expose the bigots in the group.

I ended up banning 3 people in that thread.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/04/ive-always-liked-emma-thompson/comment-page-1/#comment-1987953

Reminder: Hangout this evening.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/04/reminder-hangout-at-7pm-central-tonight/

@Skiriki They're everywhere, goddamnit. Like mosquitos.

Would the people supporting flat-earthers please send their money to me? I won't waste it on foolishness. I'll spend it on spiders instead, which are real.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/04/i-%e2%98%a0%ef%b8%8f-flat-earthers/

@rey Because I'm trying to be nice.

Rupert Murdoch ranks high on my list of worst people in the world, right up there with Henry Kissinger. May they both die peacefully in their sleep…soon.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/04/the-world-will-be-a-better-place-when-rupert-murdoch-dies/

"Defining womanhood by conforming to strict biological and physical attributes has been fought against by strong women long before my time. To now see some advocate that trans women are denied their rights and their dignity on these very grounds, I believe would be a devastating step back for women and for feminism."

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/04/ive-always-liked-emma-thompson/

@Jo Not another vertebrate!

All superhero movies must feature happy smiling twinkleponies from now on.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/03/batman-doesnt-smile-enough/

Atheism is steadily losing its sense of humor, and the fault doesn't lie with "political correctness".

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/03/atheist-comedians-joining-the-ranks-of-conservative-comedians-not-so-funny-any-more/

I'll be doing a youtube hangout to discuss all the things I didn't get around to about alien biochem on Monday at 7pm Central.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/02/lets-talk-about-alien-biochemistry-some-more/

Don't hector people on what they should subjectively enjoy, 'k?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/02/so-much-missing-the-point/

I had to take an online course with quizzes. This is not right. I GIVE THE EXAMS, I DON'T TAKE THEM.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/02/i-feel-for-my-students-now/

That a spider would dine outside its phylum is no more surprising than that a mammal might eat a lobster, or an oyster.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/03/02/did-you-expect-brand-loyalty-from-a-spider/