Adam Lee
@daylightatheism.bsky.social
Progressive secular humanist. Author and columnist for Freethought Blogs & OnlySky Media.
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American religion continues its long fadeout, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
We've hit another milestone in the secularization of humanity.
onlys.ky/american-rel...
#demographics #religion
We've hit another milestone in the secularization of humanity.
onlys.ky/american-rel...
#demographics #religion
American religion continues its long fadeout
Another milestone in the secularization of humanity.
onlys.ky
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
American religion continues its long fadeout, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
We've hit another milestone in the secularization of humanity.
onlys.ky/american-rel...
#demographics #religion
We've hit another milestone in the secularization of humanity.
onlys.ky/american-rel...
#demographics #religion
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@daylightatheism.bsky.social Is doing a readthrough of the Probability Broach where he raise a lot of criticisms. www.patreon.com/c/adamleeboo...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
@daylightatheism.bsky.social Is doing a readthrough of the Probability Broach where he raise a lot of criticisms. www.patreon.com/c/adamleeboo...
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The era of Zohran Mamdani, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
This isn't how politics normally goes in America. Is it a fluke, or the first rumblings of a larger shift?
onlys.ky/the-era-of-m...
#nyc #socialism #zohranmamdani
This isn't how politics normally goes in America. Is it a fluke, or the first rumblings of a larger shift?
onlys.ky/the-era-of-m...
#nyc #socialism #zohranmamdani
The era of Mamdani
This isn't how politics normally goes in America.
onlys.ky
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The era of Zohran Mamdani, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
This isn't how politics normally goes in America. Is it a fluke, or the first rumblings of a larger shift?
onlys.ky/the-era-of-m...
#nyc #socialism #zohranmamdani
This isn't how politics normally goes in America. Is it a fluke, or the first rumblings of a larger shift?
onlys.ky/the-era-of-m...
#nyc #socialism #zohranmamdani
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The fossil fuel era is ending in flames, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
Oil and gas infrastructure can't be protected from a determined enemy, which is all the more reason to shift away from it.
onlys.ky/the-fossil-f...
#ukraine #climatechange #oil
Oil and gas infrastructure can't be protected from a determined enemy, which is all the more reason to shift away from it.
onlys.ky/the-fossil-f...
#ukraine #climatechange #oil
The fossil fuel era is ending in flames
Oil and gas infrastructure can't be protected from a determined enemy, which is all the more reason to shift away from it.
onlys.ky
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The fossil fuel era is ending in flames, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
Oil and gas infrastructure can't be protected from a determined enemy, which is all the more reason to shift away from it.
onlys.ky/the-fossil-f...
#ukraine #climatechange #oil
Oil and gas infrastructure can't be protected from a determined enemy, which is all the more reason to shift away from it.
onlys.ky/the-fossil-f...
#ukraine #climatechange #oil
Encouraging news from Australia: Renewable energy overtakes coal as the #1 power source.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Electricity from renewables overtakes coal in Australia for the first time
Power from solar, wind hydro and biomass totals 9.24 terawatt hours, compared with 8.8 terawatt hours from burning the fossil fuel
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Encouraging news from Australia: Renewable energy overtakes coal as the #1 power source.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Zohran Mamdani should announce that he wants to implement all the same tax rates and progressive policies in NYC that Israel already has. Watch people's heads explode.
October 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Zohran Mamdani should announce that he wants to implement all the same tax rates and progressive policies in NYC that Israel already has. Watch people's heads explode.
The data doesn't lie: Religious people are neither nicer, nor more civically engaged, nor happier than nonreligious people. We're all just human beings!
www.freethoughttoday.com/free/ryan-t-...
www.freethoughttoday.com/free/ryan-t-...
Ryan T. Cragun — The consequences of secularization
This is an edited and condensed version of the speech given by Ryan T. Cragun at FFRF’s national convention in Denver on Sept. 27, 2024. It has been reworked by Cragun for ease of reading since the…
www.freethoughttoday.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The data doesn't lie: Religious people are neither nicer, nor more civically engaged, nor happier than nonreligious people. We're all just human beings!
www.freethoughttoday.com/free/ryan-t-...
www.freethoughttoday.com/free/ryan-t-...
A scientific test of astrology. The results aren't shocking, but it's good to test what we think we know:
www.clearerthinking.org/post/does-as...
Astrologers were given detailed info about real people, and asked to pick their "correct" natal chart. They did as well as chance would predict.
www.clearerthinking.org/post/does-as...
Astrologers were given detailed info about real people, and asked to pick their "correct" natal chart. They did as well as chance would predict.
Does astrology work? We put 152 astrologers to the test
Recently, we ran a study testing whether astrological sun signs (like Scorpio and Capricorn) can predict any of 37 facts about a person’s life, such as their educational level, and number of close fri...
www.clearerthinking.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A scientific test of astrology. The results aren't shocking, but it's good to test what we think we know:
www.clearerthinking.org/post/does-as...
Astrologers were given detailed info about real people, and asked to pick their "correct" natal chart. They did as well as chance would predict.
www.clearerthinking.org/post/does-as...
Astrologers were given detailed info about real people, and asked to pick their "correct" natal chart. They did as well as chance would predict.
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An end in sight for Huntington's disease, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
Genetic therapy offers hope for a dreaded and previously untreatable disorder.
onlys.ky/an-end-in-si...
#huntingtons #genetherapy #medicine #biology
Genetic therapy offers hope for a dreaded and previously untreatable disorder.
onlys.ky/an-end-in-si...
#huntingtons #genetherapy #medicine #biology
An end in sight for Huntington's disease?
Genetic therapy offers hope for a dreaded and previously untreatable disorder.
onlys.ky
October 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
An end in sight for Huntington's disease, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
Genetic therapy offers hope for a dreaded and previously untreatable disorder.
onlys.ky/an-end-in-si...
#huntingtons #genetherapy #medicine #biology
Genetic therapy offers hope for a dreaded and previously untreatable disorder.
onlys.ky/an-end-in-si...
#huntingtons #genetherapy #medicine #biology
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Vaccine wars, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
We're about to reap the deadly harvest of anti-science ideology.
onlys.ky/vaccine-wars/
#vaccination #antivax #publichealth
We're about to reap the deadly harvest of anti-science ideology.
onlys.ky/vaccine-wars/
#vaccination #antivax #publichealth
Vaccine wars
We're about to reap the deadly harvest of anti-science ideology.
onlys.ky
October 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Vaccine wars, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
We're about to reap the deadly harvest of anti-science ideology.
onlys.ky/vaccine-wars/
#vaccination #antivax #publichealth
We're about to reap the deadly harvest of anti-science ideology.
onlys.ky/vaccine-wars/
#vaccination #antivax #publichealth
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A new era of political violence, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
This bloodshed is a sign of democracy failing to deliver on its promises.
onlys.ky/a-new-era-of...
#charliekirk #gunviolence
This bloodshed is a sign of democracy failing to deliver on its promises.
onlys.ky/a-new-era-of...
#charliekirk #gunviolence
A new era of political violence
This bloodshed is a sign of democracy failing to deliver on its promises.
onlys.ky
September 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A new era of political violence, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
This bloodshed is a sign of democracy failing to deliver on its promises.
onlys.ky/a-new-era-of...
#charliekirk #gunviolence
This bloodshed is a sign of democracy failing to deliver on its promises.
onlys.ky/a-new-era-of...
#charliekirk #gunviolence
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Can we imagine life without cars?
The builders of a car-free community in Arizona want to find out.
@daylightatheism.bsky.social reports on Culdesac Tempe:
onlys.ky/life-without...
#urbanism #carculture #culdesac
The builders of a car-free community in Arizona want to find out.
@daylightatheism.bsky.social reports on Culdesac Tempe:
onlys.ky/life-without...
#urbanism #carculture #culdesac
Can we imagine life without cars?
The builders of a car-free community in Arizona want to find out.
onlys.ky
September 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Can we imagine life without cars?
The builders of a car-free community in Arizona want to find out.
@daylightatheism.bsky.social reports on Culdesac Tempe:
onlys.ky/life-without...
#urbanism #carculture #culdesac
The builders of a car-free community in Arizona want to find out.
@daylightatheism.bsky.social reports on Culdesac Tempe:
onlys.ky/life-without...
#urbanism #carculture #culdesac
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Today on OnlySky, new short fiction from @daylightatheism.bsky.social: "A list of friendly AI directives recovered from a degraded memory chip, excavated from a circa 22nd-century ash layer"
We only wanted it to solve our problems.
onlys.ky/friendly-ai-...
#fiction #scifi #ai
We only wanted it to solve our problems.
onlys.ky/friendly-ai-...
#fiction #scifi #ai
A list of friendly AI directives recovered from a degraded memory chip, excavated from a circa 22nd-century ash layer
We only wanted it to solve our problems.
onlys.ky
August 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Today on OnlySky, new short fiction from @daylightatheism.bsky.social: "A list of friendly AI directives recovered from a degraded memory chip, excavated from a circa 22nd-century ash layer"
We only wanted it to solve our problems.
onlys.ky/friendly-ai-...
#fiction #scifi #ai
We only wanted it to solve our problems.
onlys.ky/friendly-ai-...
#fiction #scifi #ai
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The fertility freeze: Why the birth rate is falling, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
Fewer women are choosing to have kids, and the reasons should be obvious.
onlys.ky/the-fertilit...
#population #demographics #natalism
Fewer women are choosing to have kids, and the reasons should be obvious.
onlys.ky/the-fertilit...
#population #demographics #natalism
The fertility freeze: Why the birth rate is falling
Fewer women are choosing to have kids, and the reasons should be obvious.
onlys.ky
August 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The fertility freeze: Why the birth rate is falling, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
Fewer women are choosing to have kids, and the reasons should be obvious.
onlys.ky/the-fertilit...
#population #demographics #natalism
Fewer women are choosing to have kids, and the reasons should be obvious.
onlys.ky/the-fertilit...
#population #demographics #natalism
Some good news for the day: For the first time ever, the EU got more energy from solar power in June than from nuclear, fossil fuel, or any other source.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
Chart: Solar leads EU's power mix for first time ever
In June, the region got 22% of its electricity from solar — more than any other source, and more even than gas and coal combined. It’s a major milestone.
www.canarymedia.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Some good news for the day: For the first time ever, the EU got more energy from solar power in June than from nuclear, fossil fuel, or any other source.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
I should've been expecting this. I just got my first pitch where the pitch itself, as well as the writer's portfolio, were clearly AI-generated.
(Pitch us at OnlySky! But human-written entries only, please:
<https://onlys.ky/submissions/>)
(Pitch us at OnlySky! But human-written entries only, please:
<https://onlys.ky/submissions/>)
June 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I should've been expecting this. I just got my first pitch where the pitch itself, as well as the writer's portfolio, were clearly AI-generated.
(Pitch us at OnlySky! But human-written entries only, please:
<https://onlys.ky/submissions/>)
(Pitch us at OnlySky! But human-written entries only, please:
<https://onlys.ky/submissions/>)
Well done, New York! The state legislature finally passed a medical aid in dying bill. Now it's up to Governor Hochul to sign it. It has supermajority support according to opinion polls, so I'm optimistic.
deathwithdignity.org/news/2025/06...
deathwithdignity.org/news/2025/06...
New York Senate Passes Medical Aid in Dying Act | Death With Dignity
Portland, Oregon, June 9, 2025 – In a landmark vote today, the New York State Senate passed the Medical Aid in Dying Act (S138) by a vote of 35–27, marking a
deathwithdignity.org
June 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Well done, New York! The state legislature finally passed a medical aid in dying bill. Now it's up to Governor Hochul to sign it. It has supermajority support according to opinion polls, so I'm optimistic.
deathwithdignity.org/news/2025/06...
deathwithdignity.org/news/2025/06...
Today's strange-but-true fact, which I learned from reading Candide: the word "bugger", as in the derogatory term for anal sex, is derived from "Bulgaria" - because medieval western Christians thought that medieval eastern Christians were all dirty perverts.
www.etymonline.com/word/bugger
www.etymonline.com/word/bugger
Bugger - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
"Sodomite" originates from Medieval Latin Bulgarus ("Bulgarian"), linked to 14th-century heretics; it means one who commits sodomy, evolving from notions about Ea...
www.etymonline.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today's strange-but-true fact, which I learned from reading Candide: the word "bugger", as in the derogatory term for anal sex, is derived from "Bulgaria" - because medieval western Christians thought that medieval eastern Christians were all dirty perverts.
www.etymonline.com/word/bugger
www.etymonline.com/word/bugger
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We need the East Queens Democratic Club because they’re not going to smile for photo ops with fascists. Unlike the wishy washy appeasers current running the show.
May 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We need the East Queens Democratic Club because they’re not going to smile for photo ops with fascists. Unlike the wishy washy appeasers current running the show.
I'm the new editor-in-chief of OnlySky, and we want you!
We publish columns about the future, in all the forms it may take. We pay money for original submissions. Want to write for us? Send me a pitch!
freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/202...
We publish columns about the future, in all the forms it may take. We pay money for original submissions. Want to write for us? Send me a pitch!
freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/202...
New role at OnlySky
freethoughtblogs.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I'm the new editor-in-chief of OnlySky, and we want you!
We publish columns about the future, in all the forms it may take. We pay money for original submissions. Want to write for us? Send me a pitch!
freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/202...
We publish columns about the future, in all the forms it may take. We pay money for original submissions. Want to write for us? Send me a pitch!
freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/202...
The future of dying:
"Freedom to choose what we do with our lives implies the freedom to stop living. It's the ultimate declaration of self-ownership and autonomy."
onlys.ky/the-future-o...
#onlysky #maid
"Freedom to choose what we do with our lives implies the freedom to stop living. It's the ultimate declaration of self-ownership and autonomy."
onlys.ky/the-future-o...
#onlysky #maid
The future of dying
Departing life on our own terms is the ultimate liberty.
onlys.ky
May 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The future of dying:
"Freedom to choose what we do with our lives implies the freedom to stop living. It's the ultimate declaration of self-ownership and autonomy."
onlys.ky/the-future-o...
#onlysky #maid
"Freedom to choose what we do with our lives implies the freedom to stop living. It's the ultimate declaration of self-ownership and autonomy."
onlys.ky/the-future-o...
#onlysky #maid
Here's a really interesting paper by an astrophysicist, arguing that physical law conclusively disproves the claim that we're living in a simulated universe inside a computer:
arxiv.org/abs/2504.08461
arxiv.org/html/2504.08...
arxiv.org/abs/2504.08461
arxiv.org/html/2504.08...
Astrophysical constraints on the simulation hypothesis for this Universe: why it is (nearly) impossible that we live in a simulation
We assess how physically realistic the ''simulation hypothesis'' for this Universe is, based on physical constraints arising from the link between information and energy, and on known astrophysical co...
arxiv.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Here's a really interesting paper by an astrophysicist, arguing that physical law conclusively disproves the claim that we're living in a simulated universe inside a computer:
arxiv.org/abs/2504.08461
arxiv.org/html/2504.08...
arxiv.org/abs/2504.08461
arxiv.org/html/2504.08...
Pope Francis dies:
"This seems like the theme of Francis’ papacy. He tried to convey an impression of acceptance and tolerance, but without changing the religious dogmas that were the problem in the first place."
freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/202...
"This seems like the theme of Francis’ papacy. He tried to convey an impression of acceptance and tolerance, but without changing the religious dogmas that were the problem in the first place."
freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/202...
Pope Francis dies
freethoughtblogs.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Pope Francis dies:
"This seems like the theme of Francis’ papacy. He tried to convey an impression of acceptance and tolerance, but without changing the religious dogmas that were the problem in the first place."
freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/202...
"This seems like the theme of Francis’ papacy. He tried to convey an impression of acceptance and tolerance, but without changing the religious dogmas that were the problem in the first place."
freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/202...
