Those of you who have been around the atheist blogosphere long enough might still remember the "OUT Campaign" once championed by Richard Dawkins. The idea was simple: encourage atheists to "come out"...

From Atheist Revolution
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AtheistRevolution/~3/cAU4loIqY4Y/promoting-atheism-in-workplace.html
1/26/2019 8:27:00 AM

It’s a brand new TRC! First, Darren looks at the backlash over a recent confrontation between protesters and school kids at the Lincoln Memorial. Cristina examines ‘puffery’ and its implications in the world of advertising. Pat rounds out the show by fact checking the movie ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and goes straight to the man himself, Brian May, to corroborate a longtime story that he uses a sixpence as a guitar pick.

From The Reality Check
http://therealitycheck.eone.libsynpro.com/trc-531-lincoln-memorial-incident-puffery-bohemian-rhapsody-brian-may
1/26/2019 8:09:03 AM

For my next birthday, I’d like a rescue duckling on a leash, please. The background: Vegeta, a 4-week-old duckling who was rescued after his mother died, confidently charges ahead while walking on a leash. Vegeta?

From Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2019/01/25/friday-duckling/
1/26/2019 7:45:58 AM

If politicians cared more about appeasing constituents instead of God, our communities would be so much better off.

From Friendly Atheist by @hemantsblog
https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/01/25/invocation-in-maitland-fl-asks-officials-to-invoke-we-the-people-not-god/
1/26/2019 6:30:42 AM

When John Kerry negotiated the nuclear arms deal with Iran four years ago, waiving sanctions on Iran in return for their dismantling refinement facilities and cutting back on production of refined nuclear material, I was dubious. I didn’t trust the government of Iran, for after all they would benefit greatly from the cachet of having […]

From Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2019/01/25/iran-probably-continuing-its-nuclear-program/
1/26/2019 6:30:40 AM

Why are natural childbirth and breastfeeding advocates relentlessly looking for a physical cause for a mental health problem? As part of their ongoing effort to demonize both C-sections and formula feeding, they seem desperate to show that mode of birth or “failure” to breastfeed are risk factors for postpartum depression. But why would anyone think […]

From The Skeptical OB
http://www.skepticalob.com/2019/01/who-could-have-guessed-that-this-reduces-the-risk-of-postpartum-depression.html
1/26/2019 4:35:21 AM

‘Ex-gay’ conservative  commentator Doug Mainwaring is furious that a Kentucky bishop – ‘known for pro-homosexual advocacy’ – has severely criticised students from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky who attended the recent March for Life in Washington DC and subsequently became involved in a confrontation with native Americans. In attacking Lexington Bishop John Stowe, (above) […]

From The Freethinker
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thefreethinker/2019/01/us-bishop-slammed-for-suggesting-maga-caps-signal-racism/
1/26/2019 4:30:54 AM

A faith-based hate group thinks Rep. Tulsi Gabbard apologizing for her anti-gay past is an insult to Christians.

From Friendly Atheist by @hemantsblog
https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/01/25/hate-group-tulsi-gabbard-must-apologize-for-apologizing-for-past-anti-gay-views/
1/26/2019 4:30:40 AM

Reader Patrick called my attention to two articles in the Globe and Mail and VICE, reporting that Canada’s infrequently-used “hate speech” laws have not only been used to charge two people, but to convict them. Click on the screenshots below: Globe and Mail: VICE: The two men convicted, James Sears and LeRoy St. Germaine, were respectively […]

From Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2019/01/25/canada-secures-conviction-under-hate-speech-law/
1/26/2019 3:30:56 AM

Iowa's House File 61 would, if enacted, require the state department of education not to "adopt, approve, or require implementation of the [N]ext [G]eneration [S]cience [S]tandards by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools." 

From NCSE - National Center for Science Education
https://ncse.com/news/2019/01/anti-ngss-bill-iowa-0018846
1/26/2019 2:39:37 AM

This is the feel-good story we all need right now.

From Friendly Atheist by @hemantsblog
https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/01/25/an-arkansas-atheist-helped-rescue-a-dog-that-had-been-shot-with-an-arrow/
1/26/2019 2:25:37 AM

Valerie has written a very clear post here about this similarity I have raised between the group-based anti-liberal ‘woke’ culture and evangelicalism. Because she’s a former evangelical (whereas I am not), she takes the time and makes the effort to carefully lay out twelve areas of close similarities in an article well worth reading… not […]

From Questionable Motives
https://questionablemotives.wordpress.com/2019/01/25/look-how-fringe-valerie-terico-has-become/
1/26/2019 2:20:35 AM

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From Gotham Skeptic
http://gothamskeptic.org/craftsman-house-colors/
1/26/2019 2:16:47 AM

Grania warned me that this subject was “toxic,” but I don’t have much to say that’s controversial, so I’ll be brief. Everyone has probably heard about the three-way confrontation in Washington D.C. between a group of Native Americans, including the drum-beating Nathan Phillips, a group of high school boys from Covington Catholic High School in […]

From Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2019/01/25/the-covington-catholic-mess/
1/26/2019 1:45:00 AM

THE US-based Brighter Brains Institute – best known for promoting humanism and freethought Africa with a variety of life-improving initiatives including non-faith-based education – has unveiled plans to empower non-religious Pakistanis. In an announcement this week the BBI – which recently ran a successful fundraiser for a Christoper Hitchens Freethinker Library in Uganda – said […]

From The Freethinker
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thefreethinker/2019/01/new-campaign-aims-to-promote-atheism-and-humanism-in-pakistan/
1/26/2019 12:32:09 AM

Reader Tara Tanaka (Vimeo site here, Flickr site here) has a beautiful new video taken at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. Although the park was closed due to The Wall Fiasco, Tara wouldn’t let a little thing like that prevent her filming. Her notes: All of this footage was shot in January 2019, except […]

From Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2019/01/25/readers-wildlife-video-12/
1/26/2019 12:30:18 AM

Do conservatives even read their own propaganda?

From Friendly Atheist by @hemantsblog
https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/01/25/this-conservative-meme-about-building-a-wall-with-aborted-babies-makes-no-sense/
1/26/2019 12:30:00 AM

Skeptical Science Skeptical Science - Promoting Science and Critical Thinking

Shocking new insights reveals that the Greenland ice mass is rapidly melting. The rate of now four times faster than it was in 2003. This will lead to a faster sea level rise. Let’s jump into the actual study and see what it actually tells us. New Study: Accelerating changes in ice mass within Greenland, […]

Greenland Ice Mass melt is Accelerating Dave

From Skeptical Science
https://www.skeptical-science.com/science/greenland-ice-mass-melt-is-accelerating/
1/26/2019 12:00:53 AM

It’s January 25, 2019, and we’ve reached the end of the week at last, but the weekend in Chicago should be grim, as there are predictions of very low temperatures. As I walked to work this morning, the temperature was -5°F (-21° C), but felt colder because of a stiff wind. Below is my attire […]

From Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2019/01/25/friday-hili-dialogue-231/
1/25/2019 11:30:48 PM

As Yogi Berra might have said, "Nobody wants to rent there anymore - it's too expensive."

From Daylight Atheism
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2019/01/the-fountainhead-rent-control/
1/25/2019 11:30:21 PM