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Music Monday – “And yes, I let you use me from the day that we first met/But I’m not done yet/Falling for you, fool’s gold”

“Elizabeth My Dear & Fool’s Gold” – The Stone Roses

¶ Posted 12 September 2022 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, music

Secular Sunday – The Longer Lasting Harm of 9/11?

9/11 was caused by religious extremism but an ever-longer lasting harm of this attack is the culture of conspiracy theories that sprang up around the attacks which continues to affect our society in ways ranging from vaccine hesitancy to lack of faith in government to the idea that mass shootings are actually false-flag operations are […]

¶ Posted 11 September 2022 § MemoryLane § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, economics, education, health, history, science

Walking Sharks…

Confirmation of evolution and nightmare fuel, all rolled up in one! These fins were made for walking! #SharkWeek ? Island of the Walking Sharks pic.twitter.com/ivppSWKng1 — Shark Week (@SharkWeek) July 28, 2022

¶ Posted 03 August 2022 § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, science

Secular Sunday – Was Noah’s Ark Made of Wood or Iron(y)?

¶ Posted 31 July 2022 § Humour § Meme § Randomness § SecularSunday § Technology § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history

Do You Think You’ve Never Had Covid? Think Again…

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article saying it’s very rare to not have had Covid for the majority of people, even if they haven’t tested positive. The original article is paywalled but this link appears to have the full article if you’re interested. I’ve thought about this a lot – it’s almost unbelievable […]

¶ Posted 27 July 2022 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health

Secular Sunday – Record Numbers Leaving German Churches

(published on DW.com found via Reddit)

¶ Posted 03 July 2022 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history

Secular Sunday – Supreme Injustice

¶ Posted 26 June 2022 § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, history, unitedstates

A Few Recent Covid Threads

Even though “Covid Is Over”™ according to many, it’s not really. Far from it actually… Britain is being swamped by yet another Covid wave — 2% in England are currently infected, 1 in 30 in Scotland: 1.4 million people in the UK, a stark 40% week-on-week rise in prevalence. Hospitalisations highest since April https://t.co/hFiriFHY3r — […]

¶ Posted 22 June 2022 § Politics § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, science

Secular Sunday – Religion’s Role in the Klondike Papers

And it’s not good…

¶ Posted 19 June 2022 § Canada § Politics § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, economics

Friday Fun Link – Saskatchewan Political Contribution Search Tool

Not sure how long this has existed but recently came across a tool that lets you search political donations to various parties in Saskatchewan (I think the cut-off for public disclosure is amounts $250 or over. So if you’re a manager and want to donate to the NDP or a union member who wants to […]