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Submarine Billionaires

Not to mention the insane wastefulness of spending $250,000 for a five-minute glimpse of the Titanic. Imagine the good that money could’ve done otherwise. Or contrast the media attention and “all hands on deck” search and rescue operation which was basically guaranteed to be futile while boatloads of refugees are ignored completely. Guess what? I […]

¶ Posted 27 June 2023 § News § Politics § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, science, travel

Secular Sunday – “The most unthinking among us…who would invade our schools and libraries and homes. I personally resent it bitterly.”

¶ Posted 11 June 2023 § Censorship § Internet § Library § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, education, science

Secular Sunday – The Original Drag Queen Storytime?

¶ Posted 04 June 2023 § Humour § Library § News § Politics § PopCulture § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, education

If You’re Tired All The Time, It’s Not Your Fault

Fascinating article about changes in the way people sleep and why. (As usual, capitalism and the rich are to blame.) Good sleep is a human right, dammit!

¶ Posted 30 May 2023 § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: health, science

Secular Sunday – “I know Batman and Superman don’t exist but I have a close personal relationship with Spider-Man.”

Norwegian??Stand-Up Comedian Dag Soras?Have a nice weekend ! pic.twitter.com/48WtA7fd87 — Caring Atheist (@Caring_Atheist) April 28, 2023

¶ Posted 21 May 2023 § Humour § Meme § PopCulture § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, science

Secular Sunday – If You Believe The Bible Literally, Both Eve and Jesus Were Transgender (Happy Mother’s Day!)

It’s all about where you get your chromosomes…

¶ Posted 14 May 2023 § Humour § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, science

Friday Fun Link – The Scientific Case For Two Spaces After A Period

This. Is. Vindication. For Myself. And everyone. Who took. Typing. On a manual typewriter. In grade 10. In 1989. (Even Google agrees!) Google Translate puts two spaces after the end of a sentence by inmildlyinfuriating There might even be a free speech argument for two spaces after a period?!?

¶ Posted 12 May 2023 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: language, science

The Day John Lennon Met Paul McCartney

¶ Posted 02 May 2023 § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: beatles

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My First Gmail Message (June 2004)

Not sure how I stumbled upon this but poking around my Gmail account recently (which I have used since day one as my secondary account for entering contests, subscribing to newsletters I’ll never read and generally trying to target spam there so rarely look at it), I found the first message I ever sent to […]