Donald Trump tells his beautiful Christian supporters they ‘won’t have to vote anymore’ if he wins election, giving them more hands-free orgasms in the aisles.
Oklahoma superintendent vows to force schools to teach the Bible.
Catholic Christian nationalism is having another moment.
It takes religion for good children to do naughty things and how education can be an indicator of religious belief later in life.
New Zealand report finds 200,000 abuse victims in care of state, faith-based groups.
World of Woo: Meditation.
Environment: Last Sunday was Earth’s hottest day in all recorded history, climate agency says.
The “perfect map” paradox: Why scientific models can never be complete.
The secret to a longer life may be in your head.
Why we might never know the truth about ultra-processed foods.
Why did Homo sapiens outlast all other human species?
How our genome is like a generative AI model and if we want to settle on other planets, we’ll have to use genome editing to alter human DNA when we get better at CRISPR-based engineering.
Five ways Humans evolved to be athletes and will Olympic athletes ever stop breaking records?
Long Reads: Godwashing in Politics. Two thinkers who overcame the philosopher’s curse(s). The worst internet outage still hasn’t happened yet. Dinner with Daniel Kahneman. Trump and Vance are a weird threat to democracy.
Sunday Book Club: Filterworld: How Algorithms flattened Culture.
Some photographs taken last week. The Mangrove Action Project.
While you are waiting for the kettle to boil……
Coffee Break Videos: The Christian Nationalist threat to American Democracy. Atheist Debates – What’s wrong with Louisiana and Oklahoma? A Rational look at Irrationality: Steven Pinker. ‘Terrible policy and politics’: Rattner breaks down Project 2025
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