Jerry Coyne
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Jerry Coyne
@evolutionistrue.bsky.social
The latest episode of "Ask Haviv Anything" reveals how Wikipedia's ideological editors strongly distort what should be an objective site, and one that is cited widely.

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Episode 65: The unseen editors rigging the information war, with Ashley Rindsberg
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December 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Photos of some birds from Belize by Susan Harrison.

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December 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Hilis's taken a vow of silence.

Andrzej: You’ve been silent recently.
Hili: True, but it’s a very expressive silence.

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December 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This French Jewish boy was killed with cyanide gas as soon as he arrived in Auschwitz. He was three years old. He would be 87 today had he lived.
26 December 1938 | French Jewish boy, Samuel Banda, was born in Metz.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 11 November 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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▶ A video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
December 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Holiday Cat Parade! 64 photos of readers' cats with a holiday theme. Here's one mimicking the wreaths put yearly around the stone lions at the Art Institute in this season.

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December 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Scott Ritchie's bird photo of the year: Rainbow bee-eaters.

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December 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
All the news that's fit to print, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili is recalibrating for 2026.

Andrzej: Are you asleep?
Hili: Nope, I’m rescheduling every problem for next year.

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December 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Merry Christmas and happy Koynezaa.
December 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New Sci. Am. article looks at sediment in ancient Roman sewer systems and found that Romans guarding Hadrian's wall were full of whipworms, roundworms, and Giardia. And there was no cure, either. You were infected for life.

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Ancient Romans Guarding Hadrian’s Wall Were Riddled with Worms and Parasites
Romans living in ancient Britain were plagued by intestinal parasites, all of which are spread by fecal contamination
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December 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Free Press continues its osculation of religion. In this article in a series of religious pieces celebrating America's 250th anniversary, an Orthodox rabbis says that the American idea of equality comes from the Jewish Old Testament.

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December 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Photos of mushrooms by Rik Gern.

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December 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Once again, Mo is guilty of what he accuses others of doing.

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December 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is absolutely true in America; I don't know about the UK.
December 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hili: I'm watching to see whether it's going to be Jesus-the-Palestinian or yet another Zionist.
Andrzej: And?
Hili: For now, all you can hear are the groans of labor pains.
December 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The "60 Minutes" segment that was pulled by Bari Weiss from CBS at the last minute was apparently broadcast in Canada, and you can watch it. And you need to if you want to judge the controversy.

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December 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Send in your cat photos (instructions at link). Here we have Jewish cats, Christian cats, and of course we can't forget the atheist cats.

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December 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
All the news that's fit to print, and, in Dobrzyn, Andrzej doesn't want immortality.

Hili: Would you like to be immortal?
Andrzej: What have I done to deserve such a fate?

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December 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This French Jewish girl was gassed as soon as she arrived at Auschwitz from the French camp, She was eight yers old.
23 December 1935 | French Jewish girl, Jacqueline Gutkind, was born in Paris.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 9 February 1943. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
December 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
New South Wales bans anti-Jewish "hate speech" in wake of Bondi Beach massacre, but I don't think it's going to do bupkes to eliminate antisemitism in Australia.

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December 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Bari Weiss, now editor-in-chief of CBS News, pulls a segment of "60 minutes," possibly on ideological grounds, before it aired.

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December 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Readers wildlife photos: pictures of butterflies by Pratyaydipta Rudra and Sreemala Das Majumder from Oklahoma State University.

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December 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Send in your holiday cat photos. Instructions at the link.

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No AI pictures like the one I made here, though. . .
Send in your holiday cat photos!
This will be the penultimate reminder to send in your photo of cats with a Christmas theme (or Hanukkah theme, as we now have several Jewish cats).  The instructions are here and we have acquired m…
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December 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
All the news that's fit to print, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili is upset:

Hili: Nothing lasts forever.
Andrzej: What do you mean?
Hili: That cutlet you finished all by yourself.

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December 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A Dutch Jewish girl was gassed to death as soon as she arrived at Auschwitz. She was nine years old and would be 91 today had she lived.
21 December 1934 | Dutch Jewish girl, Sofia Sluijter, was born in Den Helder.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in April 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
December 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM