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I'm lifting this from another forum posted by a wonderful chap who I wish would join here, but it's something others here might find interesting! https://birdsarentreal.com/pages/who-are-we A group set up expounding on the conspiracy claim that biological birds no longer exist on U.S. soil...

That was surprisingly good - floated right on the mark of simple explanation while dealing with the substance in depth!

A surprisingly good article outlining the cultural differences between Europe and the US which has resulted in the latter being the only developed nation in the world to have no protections for parental leave...

It's a nice little simulation, but the main reason I'm posting it is to express my happiness at finding someone using the metaphor I came up with years ago wherein Creationists try to think about evolution as if it were Pokemon, with an organism evolving traits to dominate its generation. <3

I am making a thread about the Fermi Paradox not because I have anything new or interesting to say about the Fermi Paradox, but simply because I love thinking about it and talking about it and hearing new ideas about it... and I'm working under the well-established assumption that 'if you build...

I don't know BrachioPEP's circumstances and hope they are well and happy, but I just wanted to note that seeing things like this can be a real turn off for newcomers to a webforum. It gives an air of stagnation if even the moderators don't log in for 6 months.

Hi LoR folks. When the server transitioned last year, I had a problem in that I could log in but was unable to start a thread or post a reply in a thread. After trying, and failing, to get in contact with the admin for many months, I nearly gave up on this place. Eventually, I managed to get in...

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53772526 Apparently, Trump's not convinced that foreign interference with the election is going to be enough this round, so he's opting for domestic interference. The above alone should be sufficient to impeach and remove from office.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53774289 Barely has a non-white person been nominated for high office in the U.S. again than the racist trope has been trotted back out again. And of course, the ignorant racist Trump is right there amplifying it on a national and international stage...

For anyone who hasn't found this gem of a Youtube channel, I am happy to introduce you to it. Rarely is such an amazing experience offered to us ; access to an alien landscape of knowledge through glorious visuals making the microbial world so much more visceral and emotional. I've shared this...

A comprehensive report on the state of the world's biodiversity in terms of human agricultural production. http://www.fao.org/3/CA3129EN/CA3129EN.pdf Not a short or easy read, but one that snapshots a moment in time of human history and of our impact on the planet. If we continue with...

Living overseas, I have really struggled to understand this trainwreck that's played out over a couple of years. All the bits I've seen suggests that it's just another iteration of criticism of Israel's actions and its policies - or failure to engage in full-throated support of Israel's...

Good to see this on the BBC as it's something I think few Western skeptics get to see much of. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46778879 Sadly this bullshit has all too real repercussions. A sweet, gentle guy I knew got sucked into this fatuous make-believe and started promulgating...

According to the Conservative News Source (CSN News), the expression "Jesus take the wheel" is an anti-Christian attack by incoming Muslim Congresswomen. https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/patrick-goodenough/incoming-muslim-congresswomen-mock-pences-christian-faith Check out the comments section to...

Merry Christmas, sultry winter solstices, and season's greetings to one and all! Have fun, stay safe, and make merry!

A new study of last 70 years shows that global Total Fertility Rates (TFR) have decreased by 50% since the 1950s. Essentially the only geographical area in the world which maintains a fertility rate doubling their population is in sub-Saharan Africa, and some of the most populous areas on Earth...

https://c402277.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/publications/1187/files/original/LPR2018_Full_Report_Spreads.pdf 60% of all vertebrates have gone extinct over the last 4 decades and those extinctions are directly linked to rising rates of affluence and corresponding consumption. There can be no sensible...

Those chickens are coming home to roost. In just one week, a guy tries to get into a church frequented by African Americans and, when he fails, he goes to the supermarket and shoots dead two elderly African Americans; pipe-bombs are mailed to various critics of Donald Trump - the crackpot crew...

Just gob-smackingly, inanely stupid. Donald Trump is... once again... using Twitter to apparently subvert USA's rule of law. There's the typical implication that it's all politically motivated by saying that the investigations were started during Obama's presidency (factually, only one was...