Jerry Coyne
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An enthusiastic book recommendation from me, and also a Pulitzer winner for fiction:
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November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
An enthusiastic book recommendation from me, and also a Pulitzer winner for fiction:
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Some birds (and mammals) from Massachusetts, photographed by Susan Harrison, who rarely sees them since she lives in California.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Some birds (and mammals) from Massachusetts, photographed by Susan Harrison, who rarely sees them since she lives in California.
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All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili encounters a carved wooden figure in the back yard:
Hili: Are all the saints made of wood?
Andrzej: No, marble, clay, and even cement are used too.
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Hili: Are all the saints made of wood?
Andrzej: No, marble, clay, and even cement are used too.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili encounters a carved wooden figure in the back yard:
Hili: Are all the saints made of wood?
Andrzej: No, marble, clay, and even cement are used too.
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Hili: Are all the saints made of wood?
Andrzej: No, marble, clay, and even cement are used too.
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Jonathan Kay interviews Lawrence Krauss about the anthology he edited, "The war on science," a book that's become a bit controversial because it implicates the Left in the erosion of science.
It's a 36-minute video.
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It's a 36-minute video.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXFD...
Lawrence Krauss: The War on Science — How Ideology Is Undermining Academia and Research
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November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Jonathan Kay interviews Lawrence Krauss about the anthology he edited, "The war on science," a book that's become a bit controversial because it implicates the Left in the erosion of science.
It's a 36-minute video.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXFD...
It's a 36-minute video.
whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/11/10/j...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXFD...
Photos of Chatham Island flora and fauna (off NZ) by David Riddell, with several of the species endangered. The "fluffball" is the chick of a Chatham Island taiko, of which there fewer than 200 and for which rangers provide special nesting holes.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Photos of Chatham Island flora and fauna (off NZ) by David Riddell, with several of the species endangered. The "fluffball" is the chick of a Chatham Island taiko, of which there fewer than 200 and for which rangers provide special nesting holes.
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All the news that's fit to print and, in Dobrzyn, the pessimism continues nonstop.
Hili: I’m seeing which way the wind is blowing.
Andrzej: Usually not the way you’d want.
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Hili: I’m seeing which way the wind is blowing.
Andrzej: Usually not the way you’d want.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
All the news that's fit to print and, in Dobrzyn, the pessimism continues nonstop.
Hili: I’m seeing which way the wind is blowing.
Andrzej: Usually not the way you’d want.
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Hili: I’m seeing which way the wind is blowing.
Andrzej: Usually not the way you’d want.
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I discuss two poems by Yeats and show that they don't convey "truth", or, if they do, it is trivial truth. But that's not the purpose of the fine arts, and therefore the purpose of a liberal education itself has to be more than just "finding and conveying truth and knowledge."
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Is there truth in Yeats?
I was plesed to find an analysis in The Free Press today of one of my favorite poems by Yeats, “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death,” and here’s one of Yeats’s masterpieces: …
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November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I discuss two poems by Yeats and show that they don't convey "truth", or, if they do, it is trivial truth. But that's not the purpose of the fine arts, and therefore the purpose of a liberal education itself has to be more than just "finding and conveying truth and knowledge."
bit.ly/4hQlvja
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A deeply misleading book review in Nature implies that the modern view of evolution is woefully incomplete, making the same tired arguments refuted over a decade ago. Moreover, the author of the book review is a collaborator with several of the book's authors.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A deeply misleading book review in Nature implies that the modern view of evolution is woefully incomplete, making the same tired arguments refuted over a decade ago. Moreover, the author of the book review is a collaborator with several of the book's authors.
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Neil Dawes sends bird photos from the Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire, a prime place to watch seabirds.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Neil Dawes sends bird photos from the Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire, a prime place to watch seabirds.
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All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili and Andrzej are having deep conversations.
Hili: What is progress?
Andrzej: Hard to say, but most often it’s the search for originality by parroting our great-grandfathers’ fanaticism.
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Hili: What is progress?
Andrzej: Hard to say, but most often it’s the search for originality by parroting our great-grandfathers’ fanaticism.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili and Andrzej are having deep conversations.
Hili: What is progress?
Andrzej: Hard to say, but most often it’s the search for originality by parroting our great-grandfathers’ fanaticism.
whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/11/09/s...
Hili: What is progress?
Andrzej: Hard to say, but most often it’s the search for originality by parroting our great-grandfathers’ fanaticism.
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My two encounters with J. D. Watson, who just died at 97. One of them is quite funny.
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Encounters with J. D. Watson
Yesterday I wrote a brief report on the death of J. D. Watson, who left this earthly vale at age 97. You can read the NYT obituary for him, which is quite good (archived here), so I’ll just …
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November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My two encounters with J. D. Watson, who just died at 97. One of them is quite funny.
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Three--count them, three--cat-related items plus lagniappe, including the wonderful story of the cat called "Room 8", a must-read for ailurophiles.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Three--count them, three--cat-related items plus lagniappe, including the wonderful story of the cat called "Room 8", a must-read for ailurophiles.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
All the news that's fit to print, and, in Dobrzyn, Andrzej is replacing Listy with a Substack.
Hili: So this is our new workplace?
Andrzej: One of many, since I constantly have to run between computers.
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Hili: So this is our new workplace?
Andrzej: One of many, since I constantly have to run between computers.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
All the news that's fit to print, and, in Dobrzyn, Andrzej is replacing Listy with a Substack.
Hili: So this is our new workplace?
Andrzej: One of many, since I constantly have to run between computers.
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Hili: So this is our new workplace?
Andrzej: One of many, since I constantly have to run between computers.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My interview with Scott Jacobsen, part 2, and a note on the incompatibility of science and religion.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My interview with Scott Jacobsen, part 2, and a note on the incompatibility of science and religion.
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Readers' wildlife photos, today from Athayde Tonhasca Júnior. We visit the Lapa Doce cave system in Bahia, Brazil, to see the formations and some cave art.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Readers' wildlife photos, today from Athayde Tonhasca Júnior. We visit the Lapa Doce cave system in Bahia, Brazil, to see the formations and some cave art.
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All the news that's fit to print and, in Dobrzyn, Hili is importuning Andrzej:
Hili: I’m trying to think.
Andrzej: About what?
Hili: About what else you could buy me.
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Hili: I’m trying to think.
Andrzej: About what?
Hili: About what else you could buy me.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
All the news that's fit to print and, in Dobrzyn, Hili is importuning Andrzej:
Hili: I’m trying to think.
Andrzej: About what?
Hili: About what else you could buy me.
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Hili: I’m trying to think.
Andrzej: About what?
Hili: About what else you could buy me.
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This Dutch Jewish girl was imprisoned in Auschwitz at age fifteen. She did not survive.
7 November 1927 | Dutch Jewish girl, Edith Rebecca Pachter, was born in Amsterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in January 1943. She did not survive.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in January 1943. She did not survive.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This Dutch Jewish girl was imprisoned in Auschwitz at age fifteen. She did not survive.
An interview with yours truly about creationism, intelligent design, and teaching evolution over the years.
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My interview with Scott Jacobsen, Part 1
Just to keep the record complete, and at the risk of being self-aggrandizing, here’s an interview I did some time ago with writer and publisher Scott Jacobsen, an interview coming out in two …
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November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
An interview with yours truly about creationism, intelligent design, and teaching evolution over the years.
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In the Archives of Sexual Behavior, Colin Wright explains why there are only two sexes, and debunks claims that the sexes are more numerous than that or form a spectrum.
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Once again: Why there are two sexes and no more
In a recent post on his site “Reality’s Last Stand,” Colin Wright reprints an article he published a few months ago in Archives of Sexual behavior, outlining why there are exactly…
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November 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
In the Archives of Sexual Behavior, Colin Wright explains why there are only two sexes, and debunks claims that the sexes are more numerous than that or form a spectrum.
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Photos of Australian flowers (and especially orchids) by Scott Ritchie.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Photos of Australian flowers (and especially orchids) by Scott Ritchie.
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All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, there's a lot of pessimism afoot.
Hili: At times, optimism is right on the edge of despair.
Andrzej: I’m aware of that, though I’ve always been a pessimist.
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Hili: At times, optimism is right on the edge of despair.
Andrzej: I’m aware of that, though I’ve always been a pessimist.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, there's a lot of pessimism afoot.
Hili: At times, optimism is right on the edge of despair.
Andrzej: I’m aware of that, though I’ve always been a pessimist.
whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/11/06/t...
Hili: At times, optimism is right on the edge of despair.
Andrzej: I’m aware of that, though I’ve always been a pessimist.
whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/11/06/t...
This Hungarian Jewish girl was gassed upon arriving at Auschwitz. She was one year old. Had she lived, she'd be 83 today.
6 November 1942 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Valeria Heiman, was born in Satoraljaujhely to Géza and Sári.
In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This Hungarian Jewish girl was gassed upon arriving at Auschwitz. She was one year old. Had she lived, she'd be 83 today.
The barmaid, a humanist, says that she chooses to be ethical rather than have morality dictated to her by faith.
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The barmaid, a humanist, says that she chooses to be ethical rather than have morality dictated to her by faith.