Excellent reading recommendation. David Fitzgerald's books are the perfect combination of informative and witty.
Last shameless push for birthday & Christmas earnings! I discuss why my friend's series on the #evolution of world #religion is a great survey of expert literature, a must have for any library. At least try volume one, and see how useful you find it!
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My Monthly Recommendation: The Fitzgerald Series on World Religion • Richard Carrier Blogs
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December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Excellent reading recommendation. David Fitzgerald's books are the perfect combination of informative and witty.
The best way to learn about mythology is from a guy who looks like a wizard 😀
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Evolution of Mythology and Absurd Beliefs, with Aron Ra @AronRa
YouTube video by The Funny Thing About Religion
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October 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The best way to learn about mythology is from a guy who looks like a wizard 😀
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As a minority of the population actively tries to drag the world back into the dark ages; perhaps we should look at what happened the last time, so we can try to avoid it happening again.
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The Dark Ages: Christianity’s Great Failure?
YouTube video by MythVision Podcast
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October 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
As a minority of the population actively tries to drag the world back into the dark ages; perhaps we should look at what happened the last time, so we can try to avoid it happening again.
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There must be some way to get through to the people who keep voting to harm themselves.
Lets make different political choices says Zack Polanski.
Like taxing billionaires instead of blaming poor people.
#bbcqt
Like taxing billionaires instead of blaming poor people.
#bbcqt
October 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
There must be some way to get through to the people who keep voting to harm themselves.
Let's learn from America's mistakes, and elect a government that serves normal people rather than oppressing everyone for the benefit of a few billionaires.
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Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
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October 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Let's learn from America's mistakes, and elect a government that serves normal people rather than oppressing everyone for the benefit of a few billionaires.
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This Sunday! Learn all about The Obsolete Paradigm of a Historical Jesus on MythVision: what's new & its #PeerReview. Scholars in biblical studies join us to discuss it all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVLp...
#jesus #mythicaljesus #mythicism #historicaljesus #HistoricalMethods #apologetics
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#jesus #mythicaljesus #mythicism #historicaljesus #HistoricalMethods #apologetics
The OBSOLETE PARADIGM of a HISTORICAL JESUS
YouTube video by MythVision Podcast
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September 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This Sunday! Learn all about The Obsolete Paradigm of a Historical Jesus on MythVision: what's new & its #PeerReview. Scholars in biblical studies join us to discuss it all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVLp...
#jesus #mythicaljesus #mythicism #historicaljesus #HistoricalMethods #apologetics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVLp...
#jesus #mythicaljesus #mythicism #historicaljesus #HistoricalMethods #apologetics
I wish this quote hadn't aged so well.
August 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I wish this quote hadn't aged so well.
I hope someone remembered to take a backup of the Epstein files before being ordered to redact 95% of it to protect the world's most powerful paedophile.
August 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I hope someone remembered to take a backup of the Epstein files before being ordered to redact 95% of it to protect the world's most powerful paedophile.
In case there was any doubt about the motives of people who still support the racist paedophile in the White House, this was in the comments under his latest declaration of Martial law.
August 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In case there was any doubt about the motives of people who still support the racist paedophile in the White House, this was in the comments under his latest declaration of Martial law.
I still can't believe this man is in power instead of in prison.
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Everything They're Desperately HIDING About Epstein and Trump
YouTube video by Holy Koolaid
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August 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I still can't believe this man is in power instead of in prison.
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I catalogue all the mistakes #BartEhrman made in his recent lectures on the #historicity of #Jesus. It disinforms his students. And it suggest he has no interest in even knowing what the truth is. And that's not #ethical. It's careless and insulting.
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Bart Ehrman's Latest Weird Attempt to Refute Mythicism • Richard Carrier Blogs
After ten years of pretty much ignoring the arguments in the peer-reviewed studies on the question of Jesus’s historicity, Bart Ehrman has tried again to “respond” to their findings—and again proves h...
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July 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I catalogue all the mistakes #BartEhrman made in his recent lectures on the #historicity of #Jesus. It disinforms his students. And it suggest he has no interest in even knowing what the truth is. And that's not #ethical. It's careless and insulting.
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"What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter."
- Sir Terry Pratchett, 2004.
I wish it wasn't still relevant.
- Sir Terry Pratchett, 2004.
I wish it wasn't still relevant.
June 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter."
- Sir Terry Pratchett, 2004.
I wish it wasn't still relevant.
- Sir Terry Pratchett, 2004.
I wish it wasn't still relevant.
Just in case you encounter Nazis complaining that you shouldn't compare the Trump regime to the Nazis because of "Godwin's law", remember that Godwin himself says it's fine.
June 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Just in case you encounter Nazis complaining that you shouldn't compare the Trump regime to the Nazis because of "Godwin's law", remember that Godwin himself says it's fine.
Reposted by Joel Pearson
Opponents of transgender rights have claimed not enough research exists on care for trans kids. “However, results from our exhaustive literature searches have led us to the opposite conclusion,” the report commissioned by Utah Republicans states.
www.advocate.com/news/utah-go...
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Utah Republicans ignore study supporting gender-affirming care for trans youth. It's research they demanded
In 2023, the state legislature banned care for transgender youth “pending research.” The research is in — and inconvenient for Republicans.
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May 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Opponents of transgender rights have claimed not enough research exists on care for trans kids. “However, results from our exhaustive literature searches have led us to the opposite conclusion,” the report commissioned by Utah Republicans states.
www.advocate.com/news/utah-go...
www.advocate.com/news/utah-go...
Reposted by Joel Pearson
This Texan knows what it means to show up for our trans community by speaking out against anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. 👏
May 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This Texan knows what it means to show up for our trans community by speaking out against anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. 👏
The UK government is making policy based on lies pushed by science-deniers.
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What’s wrong with the Cass Review? A round-up of commentary and evidence
[last updated 12/05/25] Wednesday 10 April 2024 saw the long-awaited publication of the final report of the Cass Review. This report was commissioned by NHS England, and provides a review of eviden…
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May 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The UK government is making policy based on lies pushed by science-deniers.
ruthpearce.net/2024/04/16/w...
ruthpearce.net/2024/04/16/w...
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This is an excellent talk from Arden Hart challenging the transphobia coming out of the atheist world.
It's easy to understand, there are rebuttals to so many bad-faith arguments, and it's all done without cheap shots at the people who say these things.
youtu.be/cxOAh20qo84
It's easy to understand, there are rebuttals to so many bad-faith arguments, and it's all done without cheap shots at the people who say these things.
youtu.be/cxOAh20qo84
Confronting TRANSPHOBIA in the Secular Movement?!
YouTube video by Arden Hart
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April 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This is an excellent talk from Arden Hart challenging the transphobia coming out of the atheist world.
It's easy to understand, there are rebuttals to so many bad-faith arguments, and it's all done without cheap shots at the people who say these things.
youtu.be/cxOAh20qo84
It's easy to understand, there are rebuttals to so many bad-faith arguments, and it's all done without cheap shots at the people who say these things.
youtu.be/cxOAh20qo84
Reposted by Joel Pearson
Reposted by Joel Pearson
Doctors slam Supreme Court ruling as 'reductive' and 'scientifically illiterate'
50,000 BMA doctors passed a motion to define “woman” as someone who was female at birth. They called it reductive, trans and intersex-exclusionary, biologically nonsensical.
uk.news.yahoo.com/doctors-slam...?
50,000 BMA doctors passed a motion to define “woman” as someone who was female at birth. They called it reductive, trans and intersex-exclusionary, biologically nonsensical.
uk.news.yahoo.com/doctors-slam...?
Doctors slam Supreme Court ruling as 'reductive' and 'scientifically illiterate'
Doctors at the British Medical Association (BMA) have branded the Supreme Court's gender ruling as "scientifically illiterate" ...
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May 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Doctors slam Supreme Court ruling as 'reductive' and 'scientifically illiterate'
50,000 BMA doctors passed a motion to define “woman” as someone who was female at birth. They called it reductive, trans and intersex-exclusionary, biologically nonsensical.
uk.news.yahoo.com/doctors-slam...?
50,000 BMA doctors passed a motion to define “woman” as someone who was female at birth. They called it reductive, trans and intersex-exclusionary, biologically nonsensical.
uk.news.yahoo.com/doctors-slam...?
I was lucky enough not to know what V-coding was until today. America: what the hell is wrong with you? Huge trigger warning for those who want to find out:
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Transgender rights in the United States - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
April 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I was lucky enough not to know what V-coding was until today. America: what the hell is wrong with you? Huge trigger warning for those who want to find out:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transge...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transge...
The banks are already working out how to profit from the climate catastrophe rather than preventing it.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/big-...
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Big Banks Quietly Prepare for Catastrophic Warming
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement’s 2 degree C goal and are examining how to maintain profit...
www.scientificamerican.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The banks are already working out how to profit from the climate catastrophe rather than preventing it.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/big-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/big-...
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Do you know how fucking vindicating it is to hear @lastweektonight.com confirm what I have been telling people since 2019, that attacks on trans sports were used to normalise anti-trans violence in general.
It's really hard to express just how impactful this is for me.
#TransRights #TransSports
It's really hard to express just how impactful this is for me.
#TransRights #TransSports
Trans Athletes: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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April 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Do you know how fucking vindicating it is to hear @lastweektonight.com confirm what I have been telling people since 2019, that attacks on trans sports were used to normalise anti-trans violence in general.
It's really hard to express just how impactful this is for me.
#TransRights #TransSports
It's really hard to express just how impactful this is for me.
#TransRights #TransSports
Just in case anyone was in doubt about Rowling's stance on genocide against trans people: she isn't even trying to hide it anymore. She's openly fascist.
April 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Just in case anyone was in doubt about Rowling's stance on genocide against trans people: she isn't even trying to hide it anymore. She's openly fascist.