Anyway here’s my selfie with Senator Megan Hunt

Join us next Thursday, June 5, when @gmskeptic.bsky.social will join us to discuss what fighting Christian nationalist authoritarianism actually looks like, and what YOU can do to help stop the fascist encroachment on human rights: www.eventbrite.com/e/american-h...

Our friend @gmskeptic.bsky.social broke down all the bogus claims made by the Trump administration's "Taskforce to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias." Spoiler alert: the discrimination is coming from inside the house 👀 Watch now!: ⬇️ youtu.be/vudGQjSXyXg?...

Didn’t expect to see myself cited in an article while scrolling today! Thanks, Amanda!

Get in losers*, we're gonna beat White Christian Nationalism (* — beating White Christian Nationalism is Very Cool, Actually and the only losers are the people enabling it)

Yo @nickfish.me we’re out here fighting Christian Nationalism like Texans

Amazing vid by @gmskeptic.bsky.social We push back today with calls & emails, then in person tomorrow. Help us out and choose one rep to call today! Voice your opposition to #SB10, say no to #ChristianNationalism and protect #churchstateseparation which is foundational to our country.

God damn I love American Atheists

We're working on getting all of the sessions up ASAP, but you should definitely check out @theardenhart.bsky.social's great talk at #AACON2025 about confronting transphobia in secular spaces. Important topic from a great speaker — and person. So glad to have her.

Incredible. It is so unbelievably common that the men accusing trans women of being sex predators are themselves sex predators that just the accusation alone should be seen as a red flag at this point youtu.be/M1FNkGgutgc?...

It'd be really cool to see a discussion about the REAL "War on Science" between @hankgreen.bsky.social and @gmskeptic.bsky.social ! Fingers crossed this could happen!

@hankgreen.bsky.social, @gmskeptic.bsky.social, and @friendlyatheist.com is definitely the kind of crossover the world needs right now! 🤞

Help me with engagement here!

Hi, Hank! I made a detailed video about this book alongside @friendlyatheist.com We’d love to talk to you about this if you’re interested! We’ve been privy to the details of their rightward movement for a long time, but want to talk about the defunding of science further! youtu.be/mfh75ezwi2Y?...

I helped write a video for my buddy @gmskeptic.bsky.social about a new book that complains about the "war on science" being waged by... liberals. (Somehow, Republicans defunding cancer research isn't a big deal to the contributors.) youtu.be/mfh75ezwi2Y?...

As a Zillennial, I often feel like I live in a completely different reality than people my age and younger because I deleted TikTok after using it for a week in 2020. A good decision, but I swear it dramatically affects the way I relate to and make friends with people.

It's genuinely hard to keep track of how many other countries have recently reviewed trans healthcare for kids and come up with literally the polar opposite of the "Cass Review" Australia, Canada, France, Poland and now Germany, Austria and Switzerland www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-german...

Biological Sex is chromosomes, hormones, gametes, gonads, a whole load of epigenetic stuff, various organs like breasts etc The only reason transphobes go on and on about chromosomes is because they are the only part you can't change with transition, not because they're important. They aren't

From a biological perspective, the salute positioned Elon’s humerus, radius, ulna, metacarpus, and phalanges in manner identical to the Nazi salute. Biological facts are not anti-Musk bigotry. Why are you denying science, Jerry?

I often get emails from viewers that contain arguments for or against the existence of god written by Chat GPT. Those writing me suggest that since the prompts included “make a purely logical argument,” the “AI” did so and revolutionized philosophy. Yall, please watch one video on how LLMs work.

Let’s goooooo!

Hopefully Anita gave this a thorough viewing before her passing

Remember: It is critically important that we continue to ask whether children are being rushed into hormones and surgery despite years of data demonstrating that they are not.

I don’t think “The Woke Mind Virus” is a metaphor for many. Certain folks believe it is an actual pathogen - a mental illness - that infects LGBTQ people and anyone who supports them. It looks like a new venue has opened up for people to push the pathologization of non-conformity and tolerance.

How much do we want to bet that reactionary centrists who justify their anti-trans views with the Cass Study will just pretend this one (and all the other ones that support gender affirming care) doesn't exist?

My research on the origins of the phrase “the woke mind virus” has led me to a book by Gad Saad about “brain parasites such as postmodernism” and a “mind vaccine” of free speech. Fml. Let’s hope I can kill this thing in one weekend or else I might actually welcome a plague to devour my brain.

"We're just speaking about biological reality!" No, you're making very specific policy prescriptions, weighing in on the ethical implications of medical treatment, telling certain people that they aren't worth our community's care, and lecturing us on how to best spend our time as advocates.

As you hear talk of a “schism” in the atheist community, keep the actual numbers in mind. The VAST majority of atheists in the US believe that *society has not gone far enough* to accept trans people. Atheist elites are ludicrously unrepresentative of US atheism and they are just finding that out.

A kid in my youth group would occasionally litter (very deliberately) while saying something like “I hate the environment.” Their parents were the most Rush-Limbaugh-Republican Christians I’ve ever known. Others in the church stressed “being a good steward of God’s creation,” a preferable theology.

While we’re discussing how well-known atheists handle trans issues, my friend Drew (@gmskeptic.bsky.social) recently had the chance to interview Richard Dawkins on a big stage. He said no due to Dawkins’ anti-trans rhetoric. I spoke with him about that decision. Watch: youtu.be/n09JGRMfMds?...

As so many atheist public figures cash in on the anti-woke grift, it’s heartening to see one of our most important organizations stand with marginalized people.

I need to know the etymology of “the woke mind virus.” I fear it’s deeply rooted in New Atheism

In my capacity as the Pope of Atheism™, don't do this kind of thing. And anytime you feel the need to preface something with "as a realist and logical person" maybe go for a short walk to get some air or something.

I like when I’m listening to an audiobook and the narrator takes a good pause before pronouncing a particularly difficult name. Like thank you for not cutting that out and gaslighting me into thinking you just whipped that one out no problem

This excerpt goes viral every few months, so I made a video examining Sagan’s motivations for writing such a “prophetic” piece in 1995. It turns out: The celebration of ignorance has always been a problem, but it’s especially present in uncertain times. youtu.be/LNQtB5sL9F4?...

Pencils down for any New Atheist who complained about how radical religious sects are bad for children; please turn in your equally vigorous critique of the world's richest man, a technocrat "secular Christian" who believes in AI utopia (read: Heaven), cutting $190M from kids cancer research.

Question for @ryanburge.bsky.social! Do we have any data on the frequency of church attendance for evangelicals who believe conspiracy theories (ie Plandemic, 2020 election was stolen)? My hunch says less enmeshment in religious community = more of these positions, but what does the data say?

Well worth the read

The New Atheist elites and the religious Right have always been united in their commitment to idealism and scorn of materialist analysis of any given problem. “War in the Middle East? They’re just the wrong religion.” It’s no wonder New Atheist celebs now partner with orgs like Prager U and CPAC.

My niche on YouTube is a crossover between religious studies, LGBT advocacy, and scientific skepticism. I want to further left-leaning causes (and fight the selling out of my genre to the right) in 2025. Who should I work with? What should I discuss? What long form content do you want to see?

Really liked this article from @ellehardy.bsky.social today. It drives home the point that I've been nibbling around for a while. Religion has increasingly become about way to create a social/political label. It's less and less about an embodied faith. newrepublic.com/article/1883...

Give Drew at @gmskeptic.bsky.social a follow! He just published this massive educational video on concepts of Hell, ethics, punishment, and afterlives on his v v popular #YouTube channel. Was a pleasure to have the opportunity to rep #Shinto studies. youtu.be/ivAMaY4bkSk

With some encouragement from cool people like @jacksonwheat1.bsky.social and @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social I’m finally here. Social media hasn’t felt worthwhile for a long time for me, so here’s hoping that changes!