One of my neighbors has the last name of Pope, and they keep missing their FedEx package so the delivery driver apparently has time on their hands

I miss Scotland haha

Tomorrow is launch day for @humanists.uk's new podcast, 'Unholy Histories'! With history so often told through a single lens, this podcast uncovers the stories of radical reformers and rationalists in the shadows – from ancient atheists to Victorian reformers.

It's an understudied element of our media environment that Republicans can insult Democrats in any way they see fit, regardless of propriety or truth value, without repercussion, but Dems are consistently forced to use measured tones to describe Republicans no matter how outrageous their actions.

Wow "The only question is if anyone will ask why increasingly normal people feel the political system is so unresponsive to their concerns that they resort to violence."

I feel like history professors 50 years from now will assign this as a primary source analysis on the final exam: "What can we learn about the US in 2026 from this post?"

Kind of a perfect metaphor for the media and the role they've played over the last ten years

Socrates: and what is the purpose of a screen? Gloucon: to look at S: just so. And where does one look when driving? G: at the road S: and does a man’s gaze best view object at a time, or two? G: surely just one S: indeed - thus it cannot be proper for a car to have a screen

Check out Ryan Cragun's recent talk with the Central Florida Freethought Community about the book, Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXjv...

Child: I know your name. Mamdani. Obama: What’s his first name? Child: Mayor.

Right wing ‘intellectuals’ begging some other autocrat for more gravy after orban loses

A commenter notes that "Trump managed to be both Hitler and Chamberlain in the same negotiation. An unprecedented feat." 😭

Oh, word? Copilot is for entertainment purposes only? So it was several billion dollars and multiple cross-sector privacy and consent violations all for a gag, then? Neat-o, Microsoft. Real keen.

Pope Leo when he hears JD Vance is writing a book about the Catholic faith

Some pics from a few nights ago when I gave a talk about my novel at uOttawa!! Not sure I would've imagined this when I was first starting to write the book back in 2020. I feel fortunate!! 🙏

wow, looks like a rough patch for stocks AND bondis

I've laughed waaaaaay more at this than I should have.

This would be too much even for the North Korean state media

Social movement scholar here again. So, why protest? Nihilists were out yesterday arguing that "protests don't do anything." A short 🧵:

Cat scratch school

Rising Conservative Star Just Guy Wearing Nazi Armband And Crying https://theonion.com/rising-conservative-star-just-guy-wearing-nazi-armband-1849855062/

Release day!! 🎉 I've been working on this book since 2020, so it's exciting that it is finally out in the world!! I really just wanted to write a cool story, and so I hope people enjoy it! 🙏

Been thinking about it since I saw JK Rowling posted this yesterday about the IOC's new policy, calling Imane Khelif a man. Imane Khelif was born female. She was raised as a girl. Her original birth certificate says female. She's always been a woman. But sure. "Men punching women."

BREAKING NEWS 🚨

Release day!! 🎉 I've been working on this book since 2020, so it's exciting that it is finally out in the world!! I really just wanted to write a cool story, and so I hope people enjoy it! 🙏

This version of 'Kokomo' is rubbish.

The battle for Iwo Jima resulted in over 26,000 US casualties, making it one of the bloodiest Marine actions in history.

Happens all the time in the West Bank. All of this thanks to our taxpayer dollars and elected officials. www.cnn.com/2026/03/18/m...

Me watching this

I have a new article in the Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network blog called "Who are the Non-Seculars? A (Tongue-in-Cheek) Call for the Study of a Strange Group." It's meant to be kind of satirical, silly, etc. Check it out! @thensrn.bsky.social thensrn.org/2026/03/17/w...

Here is my best Habermas story. I am grad student waiting in LONG line for Habermas talk. There is a tall man waiting in front of me. Line moves so we are eventually visible to organizers, a woman looks over & makes horrified face. Runs out: "Prof Habermas! You don't have to wait in line!"

fuck this so much we are so not prepared for the mountain of dogshit “scholarship” about to flood journals everywhere

It would've been interesting to hear what – if anything – these people are doing to atone for the harms they've caused...

They're not sending their best

Look what happens when the Dow dips below 50,000!!

He was so proud of that joke and it was greeted by dead silence haha

Here’s CBS “news” casually referring to Iran’s nuclear weapons as if Iran has nuclear weapons. They couldn’t possibly sink lower.

I have never seen a politician more directly copy this speech in my life

A very nice early review of my upcoming fantasy novel, Ashes of the Revolution!! (Available on March 11) www.worlddominationenterprises.com/ashes-of-the...

It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.

Sam Altman: The decision to bomb that girls school? They couldn't have made it without us!

We’re gonna need you to get more specific, Tyler.

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

all time photo editor performance

I discussed my latest #litfic #novel, The Awakening, on the Beyond Atheism Podcast with @nathgalexander.bsky.social and Todd Tavares. We talked about the novel's post-faith themes, what aspects of religious community we should keep, and my experience living all over the US.

They may have broken Canadians' hearts, but these women are based

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.