In about 11 hours I will be hiking the Jordan Cliffs Trail in Acadia National Park. I don’t have anything substantial to say right now. I’m just pretty excited. It looks like this but with snow.
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It’s a rare instance that I agree with Boston radio host Howie Carr – and today is one of those instances. His website has a daily poll and he reports the results each weekday. Obviously, the conservative position wins at least 80-20 every time and Carr pretty much is always with that majority. But today [...]
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I suspect that not one person in the history of humanity has ever reached early adolescence and made a conscious decision about what stimuli trigger a little hormonal surge. ~PZ Myers
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The French just seem to hate the burqa. A parliament report has recommended a ban of the burqa in certain circumstances. In the end, the commission called on parliament to adopt a resolution stating that the all-encompassing veil was “contrary to the values of the republic” and proclaiming that “all of France is saying ‘no’ [...]
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Joe Biden has a million dollar smile.
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This is from The Island of Doubt: So, to recap: More than 96% of working climatologists say the global mean temperatures are rising, but only 34% of the public believes “Most scientists think global warming is happening.” How did we let this happen? Before you answer, note that the public poll, published today by a [...]
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The January-February edition of Without Apology has finally arrived. Big thanks to those who contributed. I got two articles from Kaytlyn Gillis and one article from Matthew Doyon. I also had a few photo contributions from Michael Amalfitano. Do check out his work as it is quite good. I’m sure few have really picked up [...]
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By Michael Hawkins In all my attempts to explain certain things about science, I’ve noticed something: a lot of people just don’t know the general timeline of significant events. These are important things to know, if only so one can at least have a general idea of what’s going on whenever science is discussed. Even [...]
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