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A stream of consciousness: The decline of the Broadway musical
11+ hour, 28+ min ago (732+ words) Yes, I can hear you thinking, “Here goes Professor Ceiling Cat again arguing that popular music reached its apogee in his youth and has gone downhill ever since.” I realized this when I came across the song below, which I…...
Saturday: Hili dialogue
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1714+ words) He looks like he belongs in a yeshiva, not on a horse!: It’s also the Assumption of Mary (i.e., the myth that she was taken bodily to heaven when she died), International Homeless Animals’ Day, National Best Friends Day, National…...
Reminder of the posting Roolz: commenting frequency
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (173+ words) I wanted to remind readers of the “Roolz” (the commenting rules) for two reasons. First, there are some new commenters who should read them, as some people violate them from the get-go (e.g., calling other readers names or being…...
Saturday duck report – Why Evolution Is True
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (176+ words) They are still adorable but now, four weeks later, they are going through what we call their “awkward teenage phase”as they shed their duckling down and start growing feathers, In another month they should be about ready to fly....
Readers’ wildlife photos
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (135+ words) Some really cute mammals from Dryandra, SE of Perth. The forest area is home to the critically endangered Numbat. I was really pleased to see this cute little fella, and get some decent pics. And here are a few birds…...
Jason Arday is dead – Why Evolution Is True
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (271+ words) This is the end of a sad story, and of a life. The BBC (click screenshot below) announced that former Cambridge sociology professor Jason Arday was found dead: Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor at the centre of…...
Investigation challenges Jason Arday’s claims that he was nonverbal until age eleven
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (887+ words) Well, the Guardian, which unexpectedly broke a lot of the Arday stuff in the MSM, has done so. The results are mixed: some remember him being quite vocal in primary school, while others buttress his own story. Click below to…...
Friday: Hili dialogue – Why Evolution Is True
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (1771+ words) Welcome to the tail end o’ the work week: Friday, August 14, 2026, and National Navajo Code Talkers Day. (Wikipedia lists other Native American languages also used as codes during WWII.) Here’s a short video of this remarkable endeavor: It’s also National…...
Brief review: Maggie O’Farrell’s “The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox”
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (540+ words) Why Evolution Is True I’ve read only two of Maggie O’Farrell’s ten novels, but, based on just those two I’m convinced she’s a major figure in modern fiction. I’ve already talked about her 2020 novel Hamnet, which won all kinds of…...
Readers’ wildlife photos – Why Evolution Is True
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (319+ words) Please send in wildlife ph0tos if you have some good ones. This feature has become pretty intermittent. In July, I had an opportunity to hike in the northern, Polish section of the Tatra Mountains. This part of this alpine range is…...