Simon Paynton

@RegTheFronkeyFarmer wrt the last link, for “simulation”, it’s a duplicate of the Sean Carroll link. (I fixed a typo elsewhere, so I’m betting you were in a hurry today!)

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Next year the 250th anniversary of 1776 will see MAGA […]

LOL [sic… I mean, maybe no one should laugh], please don’t publicly state any dates of when you might visit USA!

Next year the 250th anniversary of 1776 will see MAGA argue all their talking points to further justify what they are doing and politics will be fully aligned with Christian Nationalism. By the time of the next election there will be a visible military presence in most States. Trump won’t need to stand for election because of the ongoing domestic…[Read more]

Quick shout out to @Unseen – hope you’re OK mate, I gather Portland is under assault from the military – can’t believe I’m even typing this – stay safe!

Thank you Reg!

Have a great week!!

Kimmel is back on the air soon!

Left and Right don’t apply to Islamic terrorism except that Islamists think that they are the only ones who are Right and should be the only ones who are Left.

I like that line 🙂

@Enco –  you wrote: I got lucky and was able to get a prescription for a COVID-19 vaccine, completely covered by my insurance, with only the hassle of going to my Primary Care Physician, who fortunately didn’t charge me for the visit. 

You needed a script from a physician to get a COVID-19 vaccine and it cost money? Did booster vaccines also cos…[Read more]

Hours spent on religious indoctrination (especially in schools that emphasize rote memorization of doctrine) are hours not spent on inquiry-based learning, STEM labs, or building critical reasoning skills. When students are trained to accept authority and revelation as the highest form of knowledge, they often carry weaker habits of skepticism,…[Read more]

Here is a useful site to verify images…..i.e. fake or taken from elsewhere and re-used.

https://tineye.com/

@jakelafort…. I used to have a t-shirt with that quote. I wore it back in the days when blasphemy was a thing in Ireland. It started  lot of rows and arguments….which was my intention 🙂

If you ever want a ‘different’ book to read, then I would recommend this one. I have it somewhere in the house. Reading the first page of the prologue…[Read more]

Thanks Reg!