Jerry Coyne

Michael Shermer keeps is cool as he patiently explains to NPR's Brian Lehrer on WYNC that biological sex is binary, not a spectrum, while the subjective phenomenon of gender can be more spectrum-ish.

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Photos by reader EdwardM of the Dambulla Cave Temples outside Kandy, Sri Lanka, full of ancient carved Buddhas and frescoes.

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All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili is kvetching:

Hili: About time you did the dishes.
Andrzej: The heating stove was broken, and we had no hot water.
Hili: Excuses, excuses.

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This French Jewish boy was gassed to death as soon as he arrived in Auschwitz. He was just six years old, and would be 90 today had he lived.

YouTube video by Skeptic Truth Still Matters (And Here’s Why)

In which I take issue with Michael Shermer's conception of free will as outlined in his new video (it summarizes his new book on truth).

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Photos of male and female Calliope Hummingbirds (America's smallest breeding bird) by Paul Handford.

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Jesus and Mo celebrate International Hijab Day, which happens to coincide with International No Hijab Day.

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All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili shows her usual cynicism:

Szaron: Was the world ever normal?
Hili: Yes, before the Big Bang. Then supposedly God said one word and the Russian circus began.

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This Dutch Jewish woman died in the camps; she was about 27 years old.

Canada expands its criteria for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID, or "euthanasia") to those who may not be dying but have a medical condition causing intolerable or physical psychological suffering. Take a poll at the site.

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Photos from California tide pools by Abigail Thompson

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All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili is STILL hungry:

​Hili: I’m very cautious in my judgments.
Andrzej: Always?
Hili: Well, I do have firm opinions when it comes to food.

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Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, celebrating the entry of the Red Army into Auschwitz and the freeing of the prisoners--on this day in 1945. Here's a post from the Auschwitz Memorial.

Antisemitism flourishes in psychotherapy I’ve known for a short while that psychotherapists (both psychiatrists and psychologists) are increasingly evincing antisemitism in their professional communications, despite the fact that th…

The growth of antisemitism in psychiatry and psychology: social justice takes priority over helping the patient.

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Bird photos from British Columbia by Paul Handford, including many DUCKS.

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All the news that's fit to print and, in Dobrzyn, Hili's hungry again.

Hili: I feel like history is rushing forward so fast it doesn’t even notice red lights.
Szaron: Maybe so, but I have no idea which way it’s rushing.
Hili: Then maybe we should get something to eat?

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This Dutch Jewish girl was gassed as soon as she arrived in Auschwitz. She was five years old, and would be 89 today had she lived.

HARRY!!!!

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Two old Japanese ladies very deadly banded sea snakes to make soup. They do it barehanded and without protection.

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Bird photos from Oklahoma by Pratyaydipta Rudra.

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This Dutch Jewish boy was gassed as soon as he arrived in Auschwitz. Had he lived, he's be 91 today.

All the news fit to post, and in Dobrzyn Andrzej and Hili discuss mortality:

Hili: Death spares you the stress.
Andrzej: That’s the gospel truth, but some folks believe in eternal life without stress.
Hili: I read a fairy tale once about happy hunting grounds

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The head of Trump's advisory panel on immunization suggested that all vaccinations, including for polio and measles, be optional, as mandatory shots violate "freedom of choice". This is craziness. I do not want to see another polio epidemic; I remember them from when I was young.

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Another hot potato to handle: a readers' discussion of ICE and Minnesota.

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Photos of human commensals in England, from Greg Mayer.

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All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili's on the eternal quest for food.

Hili: The Earth goes around the Sun.
Andrzej: What does that imply?
Hili: Every now and then on the journey, we get very hungry.

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An Auschwitz inmate who survived, arriving at Auschwitz at the age of 12. Today's his 94th birthday!

I have run out of readers' wildlife photos, so I tender one photo of a happy duckling in Botany Pond last year, zooming around in preparation for learning to fly:

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Colin McGinn on the evolution of “knowledge” Colin McGinn is a well-known philosopher of mind who has written a short piece on the “history of knowledge” on his personal website. He takes an evolutionary view of the topic, which i…

Colin McGinn, a respected philosopher of mind, gets all balled up with discussing "the evolution of knowledge." I find the essay deeply misguided.

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All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili has spilkes in her kishkes:

Hili: Various thoughts are troubling me.
Andrzej: Yeah, that’s one of the flaws of being alive.

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