Fred Pilcher
@freddyp1.bsky.social
An old Aussie guy with a guitar and a left inclination. Science not superstition, Linux, socialism. No DMs or cryptocurrency.
I'm a card-carrying member of the Australian Skeptics. Motto: Seek the Evidence.
Skeptics know that vaccines work, that the Earth is an oblate spheroid, that anthropogenic climate change is real, and other stuff that's supported by evidence.
RFK Jr is not a skeptic.
Skeptics know that vaccines work, that the Earth is an oblate spheroid, that anthropogenic climate change is real, and other stuff that's supported by evidence.
RFK Jr is not a skeptic.
January 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I'm a card-carrying member of the Australian Skeptics. Motto: Seek the Evidence.
Skeptics know that vaccines work, that the Earth is an oblate spheroid, that anthropogenic climate change is real, and other stuff that's supported by evidence.
RFK Jr is not a skeptic.
Skeptics know that vaccines work, that the Earth is an oblate spheroid, that anthropogenic climate change is real, and other stuff that's supported by evidence.
RFK Jr is not a skeptic.
I'm re-reading Small Gods at the moment. STP's genius shines through in this witty, insightful look at the nonsense that is gods.
January 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I'm re-reading Small Gods at the moment. STP's genius shines through in this witty, insightful look at the nonsense that is gods.
How about the working class?????
January 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
How about the working class?????
But that's the thing - they're *all* "true christians".
January 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
But that's the thing - they're *all* "true christians".
Only 2/3? He's slacking off!
January 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Only 2/3? He's slacking off!
See the No True Scotsman fallacy.
Both sides: "Those christians don't agree with me. They're not *real* christians."
Both sides: "Those christians don't agree with me. They're not *real* christians."
January 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
See the No True Scotsman fallacy.
Both sides: "Those christians don't agree with me. They're not *real* christians."
Both sides: "Those christians don't agree with me. They're not *real* christians."
WTF?? There's a pro-Trump police union? :O Mind boggled!
January 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
WTF?? There's a pro-Trump police union? :O Mind boggled!
Aussie here. I have to disagree. Social security is welfare, as it *should* be. I should be available whether you're earned it or not - it's a fundamental component of a just society.
January 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Aussie here. I have to disagree. Social security is welfare, as it *should* be. I should be available whether you're earned it or not - it's a fundamental component of a just society.
No more or less than Trump's election does.
January 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
No more or less than Trump's election does.
Given that the supreme court has refused to implement the 14th, the constitution is no longer worth the vellum it's printed on.
January 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Given that the supreme court has refused to implement the 14th, the constitution is no longer worth the vellum it's printed on.
Given that the US has declined to implement the 14th amendment, their constitution clearly isn't worth the vellum it's printed on.
January 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Given that the US has declined to implement the 14th amendment, their constitution clearly isn't worth the vellum it's printed on.
Given the blatant refusal to impose the 14th amendment, the US constitution demonstrably isn't worth the vellum it's printed on.
January 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Given the blatant refusal to impose the 14th amendment, the US constitution demonstrably isn't worth the vellum it's printed on.