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Need a new shaving brush?
Posted by Greg Laden on April 4, 2016 
I just got my new Semogue 1305 Superior Boar Bristle Shaving Brush. It is the one on the left. I like it. I prefer boar because I don’t want to kill badgers and because the bristles are stiff and it basically works better. I got the old one decades ago, and it was decades old…
What is it going to take to turn around Boatie McBoatface?
Posted by Greg Laden on March 23, 2016 
You know about Boatie McBoatface, so I won’t bother telling you about it. Did you know, though, that the guy who originally suggested, on Twitter, this name for the polar research vessel actually voted for the RRS David Attenborough? I love the name Boatie McBoatface, as does everyone, but I also voted for a different…
There is a new blog network in town
Posted by Greg Laden on March 15, 2016 
You all know about Freethoughtblog.com . Many of the bloggers at FTB.com, and some others, have formed a new blog network, called “The Orbit.” Kudos for coming up with a new name for a blog network, that’s hard to do. Anyway, here is the press release announcing the new network. Enjoy: The Orbit: Atheist Social…
Proving the Case for Women Entrepreneurs
Posted by Greg Laden on March 13, 2016 
Speech by a famous feminist on the importance of empowerment of women in the business world:
Donald Trump’s Penis
Posted by Greg Laden on March 4, 2016 
I don’t really want to write a blog post about Trump’s junk. But I did feel a responsibility to get this image, the one at the top of this post, out there. If you want to know more about penis size, including the large vs. small hand as indicator of large vs. small penis idea,…
Putting the “Ex” in “Exxon”: AGU asked to dump big oil sponsorship
Posted by Greg Laden on February 22, 2016 
It is all about the honest conversation. And the dishonest conversation. Corporate Funding of the Research Endeavor: Good Corporations have an interest in research. They use this research for profit or to minimize liability. Some corporations have their own researchers, some provide grants to scientists to conduct research, and some fund activities that might not…
Blog Business: Mobile Sb comment problem fixed!
Posted by Greg Laden on February 19, 2016 
Back in the old days, yesterday, making comments on the mobile version of Scienceblogs.com was sometimes difficult because the thingie at the bottom of the post that suggests the other wonderful blog posts you might want to visit tended to cover up the comments. That has been fixed! That is all, thank you very much…
Did humans kill off the last dinosaur?
Posted by Greg Laden on February 19, 2016 
Classic dinosaurs went extinct long before humans existed. But birds are dinosaurs, and birds still exist. So, no. But birds are not classic dinosaurs mainly because they are not extinct (a tautology) and they are not big and scary. But some of them were. One of the last (but not the last) big scary bird-dinosaur…
Senator Leo Foley RIP
Posted by Greg Laden on February 11, 2016 
Just a quick note that will be of interest to my local readers. Senator Leo Foley passed away at the age of 87, just a few days ago. Senator John Hoffman, who now hold Senator Foley’s old seat, wrote this: Last Friday, Feb. 5 former Coon Rapids Senator Leo T. Foley passed away peacefully surrounded…