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More spiders today. All S. triangulosa. Also, the mama spider was an unexpected bonus.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/11/and-thenthe-monster-leapt-out-and-surprised-me/

What do Bob Murray and Richard Carrier have in common? They both need to eat shit.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/11/hey-john-oliver-do-richard-carrier-next/

Isn't it sweet when two awful people battle for the affection of other awful people?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/11/i-would-pay-good-money-to-see-a-cage-match-with-nick-fuentes-and-charlie-kirk/

Also ask your politician about funding VA hospitals on this day.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/11/how-bout-if-we-remember-our-veterans-by-not-starting-any-more-wars/

What would you dump on Milo or Gavin?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/11/you-heard-the-man-up-your-game/

Minnesota seems to be largely spared the ravages of global flooding, the rise of Atlantis, and the consequences of a meteor strike that sends Earth spinning off its axis, according to Edgar Cayce and Gordon-Michael Scallion.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/11/garbage-in-garbage-all-over-the-place/

On top of everything else, Uber is evil.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/11/in-case-you-ever-doubted-that-uber-was-evil/

Finished grading that beast of exam! Then discovered how deeply I loathe that Canvas grading module. What kind of clueless asshole designed that?

This looks like a useful illustration for our intro biology course.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/10/someone-gets-it/

I am not going to start playing cowboy music just to make these Texas spiders more comfortable.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/10/spidersunday-pinin-for-texas/

We will teach them all to love arthropods, given enough time!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/10/overcoming-entomophobia/

Huh. So all it takes to kill an academic career is to co-host a Nazi YouTube channel with Richard Spencer? Goodbye, Josh Dietz, vanish into mediocrity and failure.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/10/who-the-heck-is-josh-dietz/

I really need an excuse to go back to Australia. I hear they've got spiders there.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/09/treating-spiders-with-the-right-attitude/

Mayor Pete can just fuck off now. So can all the rich devious establishment candidates who are trying to pretend to be working for the common people.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/09/mayor-pete-can-go-away-now/

Grind, grind, grind, grind.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/09/the-teaching-life-i-guess/

No. Stop. You shouldn't.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/08/we-have-enough-centrists-running-for-office-thank-you-very-much/

Reason: We all suck.

A radical and offensive suggestion for taxonomic naming rules.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/08/maybe-just-stop-naming-things-after-people-period/

Billionaires, you can calculate your taxes under Elizabeth Warren. It's not that scary.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/08/are-you-a-billionaire/

"Radiating electability" alone is grounds to reject this wanker.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/08/radiating-electability-sounds-like-a-deadly-condition/