Sandra
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Blue laws are outdated relics of religious rule.
There’s no reason government should force businesses to close on Sunday — or any day — because of someone else’s holy book.
There’s no reason government should force businesses to close on Sunday — or any day — because of someone else’s holy book.
Imagine running one of the biggest malls in America and being told selling socks on Sunday is a crime.
One New Jersey town is serious about it, and officials there have sued the owners of the American Dream mall for not obeying their "Blue Laws."
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/new-jersey...
One New Jersey town is serious about it, and officials there have sued the owners of the American Dream mall for not obeying their "Blue Laws."
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/new-jersey...
New Jersey town sues mall for ignoring Blue Laws and selling merch on Sundays
Paramus is suing the nation’s second-largest mall, American Dream, for keeping its stores open on the Sabbath
www.friendlyatheist.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Blue laws are outdated relics of religious rule.
There’s no reason government should force businesses to close on Sunday — or any day — because of someone else’s holy book.
There’s no reason government should force businesses to close on Sunday — or any day — because of someone else’s holy book.
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Atheist in America: an unseen challenge?
"The United States is quite a paradox. Founded on secular principles, yet faith is everywhere you look."
Why do so many non-believers still feel left out?
Can the country’s secular beginnings hold strong against the influence of religion in public spaces
"The United States is quite a paradox. Founded on secular principles, yet faith is everywhere you look."
Why do so many non-believers still feel left out?
Can the country’s secular beginnings hold strong against the influence of religion in public spaces
August 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Atheist in America: an unseen challenge?
"The United States is quite a paradox. Founded on secular principles, yet faith is everywhere you look."
Why do so many non-believers still feel left out?
Can the country’s secular beginnings hold strong against the influence of religion in public spaces
"The United States is quite a paradox. Founded on secular principles, yet faith is everywhere you look."
Why do so many non-believers still feel left out?
Can the country’s secular beginnings hold strong against the influence of religion in public spaces
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A study reveals that extreme heat accelerates biological aging even more than smoking or drinking. www.wired.com/story/your-b...
Your Body Ages Faster Because of Extreme Heat
A study reveals that extreme heat accelerates biological aging even more than smoking or drinking.
www.wired.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A study reveals that extreme heat accelerates biological aging even more than smoking or drinking. www.wired.com/story/your-b...
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Despite conflicting opinions, evidence shows that listening to audiobooks has similar cognitive benefits to reading books.
Listen Up! How Audiobooks Work Alongside the Printed Page Promoting Literacy and Accessibility
Despite conflicting opinions, evidence shows that listening to audiobooks has similar cognitive benefits to reading books.
buff.ly
August 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Despite conflicting opinions, evidence shows that listening to audiobooks has similar cognitive benefits to reading books.
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James Dobson is dead, was a monster: defector.com/james-dobson...
James Dobson Is Dead, Was A Monster | Defector
James Dobson was a nasty dude. He liked to beat children and dogs with a belt and to rain misery and punishment on the vulnerable; we know all of this about him because he said as much in public,…
defector.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
James Dobson is dead, was a monster: defector.com/james-dobson...
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Via @acvollers.bsky.social and @stateline.org: The new law, signed last month, says physicians can’t deny sterilization based on a patient’s age, number of children, marital status, or if the physician has views on fertility that run contrary to the patient’s wishes.
New Hampshire is first state to require doctors to sterilize patients who request it | Alabama Reflector
The law says physicians can’t deny sterilization based on a patient’s age, number of children, marital status, or if the physician has views on fertility that run contrary to the patient’s wishes.
alabamareflector.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Via @acvollers.bsky.social and @stateline.org: The new law, signed last month, says physicians can’t deny sterilization based on a patient’s age, number of children, marital status, or if the physician has views on fertility that run contrary to the patient’s wishes.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after funding cut reut.rs/3UIh13q
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after funding cut
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down its operations after the loss of federal funding, the nonprofit said on Friday, ending decades of support for local TV and radio stations that have relied on its grants.
reut.rs
August 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after funding cut reut.rs/3UIh13q
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CPB informed its employees today that the majority of staff positions will conclude with the close of the fiscal year on September 30, 2025. A small transition team will remain through January 2026 to ensure a responsible and orderly closeout of operations.
yubanet.com/usa/corporat...
yubanet.com/usa/corporat...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissio...
yubanet.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
CPB informed its employees today that the majority of staff positions will conclude with the close of the fiscal year on September 30, 2025. A small transition team will remain through January 2026 to ensure a responsible and orderly closeout of operations.
yubanet.com/usa/corporat...
yubanet.com/usa/corporat...
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Prosecutors on Saturday charged the priest, only identified as Mirosław M. in line with Polish privacy rules, with murder with particular cruelty.
religionnews.com/2025/07/29/w...
religionnews.com/2025/07/29/w...
Warsaw archbishop asks Vatican to defrock Polish priest charged with the killing of a homeless man
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors on Saturday charged the priest, only identified as Mirosław M. in line with Polish privacy rules, with murder with particular cruelty.
religionnews.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Prosecutors on Saturday charged the priest, only identified as Mirosław M. in line with Polish privacy rules, with murder with particular cruelty.
religionnews.com/2025/07/29/w...
religionnews.com/2025/07/29/w...
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Hidaya Al-Motawaq's son is a year and a half old and weighs less than 10 pounds. Doctors warn of permanent damage to children's health due to chronic malnutrition from Israel's earlier blockade.
His name is Mohammad Al-Motawaq. He is 18 months old. And he is starving in Gaza
Hidaya Al-Motawaq's son is a year and a half old and weighs less than 10 pounds. Doctors warn of permanent damage to children's health due to chronic malnutrition from Israel's earlier blockade.
n.pr
July 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Hidaya Al-Motawaq's son is a year and a half old and weighs less than 10 pounds. Doctors warn of permanent damage to children's health due to chronic malnutrition from Israel's earlier blockade.
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The Israeli military on Sunday began a limited pause in fighting in three populated areas of Gaza, as concerns over surging hunger in the territory mount.
Israel begins a limited pause in fighting in 3 Gaza areas as concerns over hunger mount
The Israeli military on Sunday began a limited pause in fighting in three populated areas of Gaza, as concerns over surging hunger in the territory mount.
n.pr
July 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The Israeli military on Sunday began a limited pause in fighting in three populated areas of Gaza, as concerns over surging hunger in the territory mount.
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Hunger is consuming our bodies. Today we lost the child Yahya Al-Najjar. During an interview with a local channel, I explained the catastrophic situation we are living in, and I am no exception I feel exhausted from the lack of food. Please help us
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/save...
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/save...
July 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Hunger is consuming our bodies. Today we lost the child Yahya Al-Najjar. During an interview with a local channel, I explained the catastrophic situation we are living in, and I am no exception I feel exhausted from the lack of food. Please help us
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/save...
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/save...
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Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance.
By Joe Hernandez, @danielestrin.bsky.social and Anas Baba
By Joe Hernandez, @danielestrin.bsky.social and Anas Baba
Nearly 100 people killed seeking aid in Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian officials say
Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance.
n.pr
July 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance.
By Joe Hernandez, @danielestrin.bsky.social and Anas Baba
By Joe Hernandez, @danielestrin.bsky.social and Anas Baba
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#OnThisDay in 1841, the USS Peacock wrecked at the mouth of the Columbia River, giving her name to Peacock Spit. historylink.org/File/5624
July 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#OnThisDay in 1841, the USS Peacock wrecked at the mouth of the Columbia River, giving her name to Peacock Spit. historylink.org/File/5624
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When I was growing up Christian apologists used to say atheism was what led to gulags and death camps
But they never told me God was thanked in every Hitler speech
They never told me Stalin went to Bible college
And it’s no surprise now but every one of those Christian apologists voted for Trump
But they never told me God was thanked in every Hitler speech
They never told me Stalin went to Bible college
And it’s no surprise now but every one of those Christian apologists voted for Trump
July 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
When I was growing up Christian apologists used to say atheism was what led to gulags and death camps
But they never told me God was thanked in every Hitler speech
They never told me Stalin went to Bible college
And it’s no surprise now but every one of those Christian apologists voted for Trump
But they never told me God was thanked in every Hitler speech
They never told me Stalin went to Bible college
And it’s no surprise now but every one of those Christian apologists voted for Trump
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The Trump admin may deport immigrants to a country where they have no connections, in some cases with as little as six hours' notice and without assurances from the destination country that the deported individuals “will not be persecuted or tortured,” a memo from a top immigration official says.
ICE may deport some migrants to 'third countries' without assurances they won't be tortured, memo says
The memo instructs ICE employees on how to deport people to countries other than their country of origin, in some cases in as little as six hours.
nbcnews.to
July 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The Trump admin may deport immigrants to a country where they have no connections, in some cases with as little as six hours' notice and without assurances from the destination country that the deported individuals “will not be persecuted or tortured,” a memo from a top immigration official says.
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Making sure everyone has a safe place to sleep means prioritizing affordable housing, not criminalizing people for having no other place to go.
July 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Making sure everyone has a safe place to sleep means prioritizing affordable housing, not criminalizing people for having no other place to go.
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NEW: We're challenging the Trump administration's latest directive to restrict many immigrant families from participating in the Head Start program.
This directive is unlawful and will prevent many children from accessing early childhood education.
This directive is unlawful and will prevent many children from accessing early childhood education.
July 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
NEW: We're challenging the Trump administration's latest directive to restrict many immigrant families from participating in the Head Start program.
This directive is unlawful and will prevent many children from accessing early childhood education.
This directive is unlawful and will prevent many children from accessing early childhood education.
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“Is there an atheist in the room?… I wouldn’t want to raise my hand if I were. You’d be in big trouble.”
This isn’t leadership. It’s theocratic pandering.
Faith-based favoritism has no place in a secular democracy.
ffrf.org/news/release...
This isn’t leadership. It’s theocratic pandering.
Faith-based favoritism has no place in a secular democracy.
ffrf.org/news/release...
FFRF slams Trump for ridiculing atheists and advancing religious agenda at CEO lunch
FFRF strongly condemns President Donald Trump’s latest effort to entangle religion and government through a White House event rewarding wealthy business leaders for promoting religion and aligning the...
ffrf.org
July 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“Is there an atheist in the room?… I wouldn’t want to raise my hand if I were. You’d be in big trouble.”
This isn’t leadership. It’s theocratic pandering.
Faith-based favoritism has no place in a secular democracy.
ffrf.org/news/release...
This isn’t leadership. It’s theocratic pandering.
Faith-based favoritism has no place in a secular democracy.
ffrf.org/news/release...
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The United Church of Christ passed a resolution this week denouncing what it called “domestic terrorism” by ICE and accusing the Trump administration of weaponizing the Constitution.
religionnews.com/2025/07/15/u...
religionnews.com/2025/07/15/u...
United Church of Christ synod denounces ICE raids as 'domestic terrorism'
(RNS) — The resolution also denounces the 'weaponization of the constitution' and urges UCC churches to divest from private incarceration companies that are participating in the White House crackdown…
religionnews.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The United Church of Christ passed a resolution this week denouncing what it called “domestic terrorism” by ICE and accusing the Trump administration of weaponizing the Constitution.
religionnews.com/2025/07/15/u...
religionnews.com/2025/07/15/u...
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Texas adds transgender bathroom bill to agenda for special legislative session to deal with deadly flooding
Transgender bathroom bill added to Texas legislative session about deadly flooding
www.independent.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Texas adds transgender bathroom bill to agenda for special legislative session to deal with deadly flooding
Study uncovers how brain damage increases religious fundamentalism www.psypost.org/study-uncove...
Study uncovers how brain damage increases religious fundamentalism
Research has found religious belief is associated with certain regions of the human brain, but there is still much to learn about how these areas
www.psypost.org
July 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Study uncovers how brain damage increases religious fundamentalism www.psypost.org/study-uncove...
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Atheists, agnostics and freethinkers... oh my!! 😉
July 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Atheists, agnostics and freethinkers... oh my!! 😉