What didn't happen in Springfield

post from Pharyngula on 12 October 2008 03:04:48 PM. © Pharyngula

I did not get shot at during my presentation. I was not heckled to the point of tears. Richard Carrier's talk did not bore me. Despite Springfield being the world capitol of the Assemblies of God Pentecostal church, Sarah Palin did not attend…but it is not the case that the event was poorly attended. I did not fall off the stage, nor were there any technical problems with the video equipment. There were no Catholic picketers. Jesus did not manifest in a chariot of fire to smite the two godless speakers. The audience at our talk did not shy away from asking difficult questions of Carrier and myself. The beer that evening wasn't bad. While I did briefly disparage the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, no one threatened my livelihood or waved a sword at my neck. I was not neglected or mistreated. I did not eat all the chocolate-covered communion wafers I was given…yet. I did not miss a pleasant evening at the Springfield Brewing company.

I do not understand why anyone would think I am a pirate.

Ben was concerned that I would write horrible things about Springfield and MSU, so I had to cruelly let him know I would not write a post that said anything positive at all about my visit.

I do not think I would turn down an invitation to return.

You probably didn't know that Richard Carrier is not a ninja.

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How appropriate

post from Pharyngula on 12 October 2008 02:22:44 PM. © Pharyngula

Have you ever noticed what the first result you get if you google for gift from god is? He does love us!

(via Evo Terra)

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Where are your links for the Tangled Bank

post from Pharyngula on 12 October 2008 02:00:04 PM. © Pharyngula

We need more Tangled Bank entries — the next edition will be at Pro-Science on Wednesday. So get cracking and mail them in soon!

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The LHC may influence November 4

post from Bad Astronomy on 12 October 2008 02:00:00 PM. © Bad Astronomy

I wasn’t going to link to this cartoon — it’s a little too obvious, even for me — but I’m getting so many emails about it, what the heck.Click it to see the rest of it.Note: I do not endorse the use of singularities,[...]

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How low will he sink

post from Pharyngula on 12 October 2008 01:28:59 PM. © Pharyngula

I'm hanging out in the airport in Springfield, Missouri, and of course CNN is blaring on all the televisions. As is typical, it's just one news story repeated and rehashed and gnawed over endlessly, but what is surprising is what the story is: John McCain is running a filthy, dirty, racist, hate-mongering campaign. Revere has a fine post pointing out the McCain Doctrine: all's fair if it gets him elected.

Heck, you ought to read all of Revere's posts in the Annals of McCain-Palin. And once you've felt enough disgust at this man, lighten it up with the latest Freethinker Sunday Sermonette, which this time around is an excellent example of satire.

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Birdbooker Report 35

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 12 October 2008 12:59:59 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

tags: Birdbooker Report, bird books, animal books, natural history books, ecology books

"One cannot have too many good bird books"
--Ralph Hoffmann, Birds of the Pacific States (1927).

The Birdbooker Report is a special weekly report of wide variety of science, nature and behavior books that are or soon will be available for purchase. This report is written by one of my Seattle birding pals and book collector, Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, and is published here for your enjoyment. Here's this week's issue of the Birdbooker Report by which lists ecology, environment, natural history and bird books that are (or will soon be) available for purchase.

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Science Postercasts

post from Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog on 12 October 2008 12:11:00 PM. © Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog

I wrote about SciVee, over a year ago, saying I thought they could become a valuable resource. It has been taking longer to really get going than I thought it would but this new feature, Postercasts, is great. I am glad to see SciVee living up to my high expectation. Keep up the great work SciVee. The experience can still use improvement but this is a great start.

They have provided a tutorial on: How to Synchronize my Poster to my Video. I hope some of our readers try this out.

via: Interactive Virtual Posters

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Today's Mystery Bird for you to Identify

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 12 October 2008 10:59:59 AM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, nature, Image of the Day

[Mystery bird] photographed at Oakland, California. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]

Image: Joseph Kennedy, 22 December 2007 [larger view].

Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/350s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

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Mystery Bird: Greater Scaup, Aythya marila

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 12 October 2008 10:59:59 AM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

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~~[Mystery bird]~~ Greater Scaup, Aythya marila, photographed at Oakland, California. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]

Image: Joseph Kennedy, 22 December 2007 [larger view].

Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/350s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

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Giant Panda Genome Unlocked

The genome of giant panda has been successfully mapped by scientists in China. The genome map was revealed in the 10th China International Hi-Tech Fair at Shenzhen by scientists from Cardiff University. Panda has similar gene number like human, which is around 30,000. It is also found that panda is related to black bear rather [...]

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