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Brandon | Religious pluralist, agnostic/atheist, and nerd.
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Joseph Laycock
6 days ago
Discussing my new book "The Penguin Book of Cults" on Genetically Modified Skeptic.
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The Religious Right's Tactics Haven't Changed in 2,000 Years
YouTube video by Genetically Modified Skeptic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf0xhf0GYc0
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Extra Credits Studios
24 days ago
Every Bean down in Beanville loved Christmas, it’s true! Till brands monetized all of it... Then sold it to you. Each tradition? A transaction. Each cheer? A receipt. 🎄🧾 Did the brands steal Christmas? Or make it complete? 📺
youtu.be/RRC_t84UXzI
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The History of a Corporate Christmas | Christmas History | Extra History
YouTube video by Extra History
https://youtu.be/RRC_t84UXzI
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Extra Credits Studios
16 days ago
Holiday cheer meets historical lore in history’s greatest seasonal myths!
youtu.be/eLZjHsi6h3A
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Extra Mythology Complete | Christmas Stories
YouTube video by Extra History
https://youtu.be/eLZjHsi6h3A
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Some of my favorite video games... 🐉 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 🗡 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 💫 Elden Ring ☢️ Fallout 4 🚀 Starfield 🕌 Assassin's Creed: Mirage
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Katie Mack
25 days ago
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
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Dan McClellan
28 days ago
Book announcement!
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Katie Mack
about 1 month ago
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
about 1 month ago
Objective truths are still out there. It’s just harder than ever to know what they look like. What’s Up With That? [StarTalk video: 15min]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4I_...
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How to Tell What’s Real Online
YouTube video by StarTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4I_hOz_MLw
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Katie Mack
about 1 month ago
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
about 1 month ago
The plots of disaster movies that portray the end of civilization often begin with high-level Government Officials ignoring the warning of scientists. One of several lesson learned from the 2.5 hour Netflix Documentary — Don’t Look Up (2021).
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Mr. Beat
about 1 month ago
Yep. He’s right. It’s sad what’s happening to my country right now.
youtu.be/zn-rkKIMNAs?...
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Authoritarianism Is Here
YouTube video by LegalEagle
https://youtu.be/zn-rkKIMNAs?si=F_zps_7IorIU8UIs
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Tasting History with Max Miller
about 1 month ago
Kicking off the holiday season with some Victorian mulled wine and a marathon of holiday food history.
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Christmas Cooking Marathon with Mulled Wine
YouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller
https://youtu.be/6aKvdoUEVzY?si=yWQY-SPE--VN6mof
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Andrew Rakich
about 1 month ago
In case you need to win any dinner table arguments about settler colonial history on this vile holiday, here’s my King Philip’s War playlist.
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King Philip's War in Chronological Order - YouTube
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwCiRao53J1zC_zUgjuB7hIVreGthh9nF&si=3Kwt2sB2MXKkTgiy
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
about 1 month ago
My annual advice on how to navigate angry arguments during holiday dinners. [4-min Read]
neildegrassetyson.com/commentary/2...
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How to Navigate Arguments During Holiday Dinner - Neil deGrasse Tyson
By Neil deGrasse Tyson Social Media — OpEd November 17, 2022 Inspired by the contents of the book
https://neildegrassetyson.com/commentary/2022-11-17-navigate-arguments-during-holidays/
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Paulogia
about 1 month ago
I can't believe Wes Huff is still peddling the misconception that cosmologists think "something came from nothing", when he's the embodiment of a hot, dense state.
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Two Jacked Christians FLEX on Soyboy Atheism (Wes Huff response)
YouTube video by Paulogia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMKwr-yNk-o
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Some peak Star Wars fan art
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Hank Green
about 2 months ago
Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else? What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
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Katie Mack
about 2 months ago
In a world in which people with too much power and influence desperately need to be told and to understand when they are wrong, we are suddenly all inescapably drowning in sycophancy machines.
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about 2 months ago
We’ll let Jack Posobiec and the pope sort out what Catholics believe about compassion. We’ll stick with the simple principle that every human being deserves dignity and respect, no matter where they were born.
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Katie Mack
about 2 months ago
This video is excellent and you should watch it
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Katie Mack
about 2 months ago
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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about 2 months ago
If Christian faith “laid the foundation,” someone forgot to tell the founders who made no mention of Christianity or Jesus in our founding documents. The United States was founded on democratic principles and a secular Constitution.
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Michael Burns
about 2 months ago
good video that i was enjoying even before it included 5 seconds of me talking about how Marxist Church would rip
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Yes, the Religious Right Is Ignorant On Purpose
YouTube video by Genetically Modified Skeptic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89-LYo0KsWc&t=1s
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Dan McClellan
about 2 months ago
I recently had the privilege of talking with Dan Barker and Scott Knickelbine from the Freedom From Religion Foundation on their show, Secular Spotlight, and the interview is available on YouTube, if you're interested:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Hv...
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Exploring Biblical Misconceptions with Bible Scholar Dan McClellan | Secular Spotlight
YouTube video by Freedom From Religion Foundation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6HvAoh90H4
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about 2 months ago
New Gallup data shows a historic shift: only 49% of Americans now say religion is important in their daily lives, down from 66% in 2015. Fewer Americans identify with religion, fewer attend church, and more embrace secular values every year.
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...
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Drop in U.S. Religiosity Among Largest in World
The 17-percentage-point drop in U.S. religiosity over the past decade is among the largest declines measured in the Gallup World Poll.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/697676/drop-religiosity-among-largest-world.aspx
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Dan McClellan
about 2 months ago
Recently had the pleasure of chatting with
@hankgreen.bsky.social
about why we think of Jesus as having long hair.
youtu.be/9nPLAlqsWgM?...
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The Millenia Long Battle over Jesus' Hair
YouTube video by Hank Green
https://youtu.be/9nPLAlqsWgM?si=XHU6rQg6sK4z9YfN
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Nick Fish
about 2 months ago
New, from me, in today's
@inquirer.com
: The GOP is becoming the party of white Christian nationalism (Gift Link)
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The GOP is becoming the party of white Christian nationalism | Opinion
The administration’s attempts to delegitimize the “No Kings” protests reveal its conviction that anyone who is not white, native-born, or Christian should have no say or representation in government.
https://share.inquirer.com/p69Muq
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Andrew Rakich
2 months ago
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is not about "playing God" – it's a timeless parable about human responsibility grappling with environmentalism, feminism, liberation politics, sexuality, birth, death, and family. Let's rediscover the true radicalism of this masterpiece of horror.
youtu.be/CY3LkkAgePg
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The Sexual Politics of Frankenstein
YouTube video by Atun-Shei Films
https://youtu.be/CY3LkkAgePg
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I'm very excited to be going on a tour through Rhode Island and Massachusetts next October with Dr. Justin Sledge and
@atunshei.bsky.social
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Hemant Mehta
2 months ago
Atheist content creators are some of the most effective advocates for secular values, but they rarely get institutional support. That’s about to change—and the American Humanist Association (
@americanhumanist.bsky.social
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www.friendlyatheist.com/p/how-the-am...
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How the American Humanist Association is empowering a new wave of atheist content creators
A quiet experiment could redefine how secular voices reach millions online and revive a movement that’s lost momentum
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/how-the-american-humanist-association
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Jackson Crawford
2 months ago
In honor of Yggdrasil getting a headline in
@theonion.com
here’s a little more context about it (also on Youtube)
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Mr. Beat
3 months ago
I am against fascism.
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American Atheists
3 months ago
No Gods, No Kings, No Petty Tyrants. Not today, not ever.
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IGN
3 months ago
Ubisoft allegedly scrapped early plans for an Assassin's Creed game set during the U.S. post-Civil War period, a report has claimed, with the decision made primarily due to anxiety surrounding the country's current political climate.
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Assassin's Creed Set During Post-Civil War Period Canceled Last Year Due to Increasing Concerns Over U.S. Political Climate — Report
Ubisoft allegedly scrapped early plans for an Assassin's Creed game set during the U.S. post-Civil War period, a report has claimed, with the decision made primarily due to anxiety surrounding the country's current political climate.
https://bit.ly/4nM0to6
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Looking forward to going on a macabre history/ghost tour of Vaile Mansion this weekend! 👻
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American Humanist Association
3 months ago
As humanists, we can celebrate people’s decision to come out without reinforcing the expectation that they have to. Queer people don’t need permission or a contextualizing statement to deserve the respect and dignity they're owed.
https://thehumanist.com/commentary/on-coming-out
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On “Coming Out” - TheHumanist.com
Marking National Coming Out Day by examining the concept itself.
https://thehumanist.com/commentary/on-coming-out
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Dan McClellan
3 months ago
I recently gave a TEDx talk at Lone Star College entitled “The Bible Doesn’t Say So.” You can check it out at the link below & if you do: Thank you for coming to my TEDx talk.
youtu.be/VidaQPd3C6Q?...
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The Bible Doesn't Say So | Dan McClellan | TEDxLone Star College
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https://youtu.be/VidaQPd3C6Q?si=KjyqHhWaTSv4ihrg
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Kansas City Oasis
6 months ago
#CommunityWithoutChurch
#RelationshipsWithoutReligion
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Kansas City Oasis
6 months ago
Oasis' 5 Core Values.
www.kcoasis.org/our-philosophy
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Andrew Mark Henry
4 months ago
Apparently The Rapture is trending? Time to surface and oldie: No, the Rapture is not in the Bible:
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The Origins of the Rapture
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvsjMuHkGBc
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My current hero, Carl Sagan (d. 1996), vs. my old hero, Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274). While I still admire Aquinas, I am much happier following Sagan's "Cosmic Perspective" on life...
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I got 15/15 correct 😁
#Jesus
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The Historical Jesus Quiz: 15 Question Challenge (FREE)
You may know
https://www.bartehrman.com/start-historical-jesus-quiz/
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My uncle got to meet the
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in Boston today!
#jealous
Very excited to get a signed copy of his book! I recently finished the audio version and it was excellent. Top-notch scholarship and a very timely subject. Highly recommended!
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Extra Credits Studios
9 months ago
History of Cats 3 just dropped!
youtu.be/0JV9oyb8Uo4
Where we will trace how our whiskered overlords went from pests to pets, and finally to internet icons!
#History
#CatMemes
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The First Cat Memes: History of Cats 3 | World History | Extra History
YouTube video by Extra History
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Extra Credits Studios
10 months ago
The History of Cats has just dropped!
youtu.be/zK1Mpx9h-I8
From their wild ancestors in North Africa to their modern reign over the internet, cats have walked a fascinating path through history! 🐈⬛ ❤️ 🐾
#History
#Cats
#Caturday
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History of Cats 1: God’s Fluffy Murder Machines | World History | Extra History
YouTube video by Extra History
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Definitely my favorite queer couple in gaming
#KCD2
#Hansry
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