It’s deliriously desperate when you’re trying to distract from the war in Iran by going back to the Epstein files.

I'm still thinking on the Melania thing. There is some scam behind this.

The Problems with Evolutionary Psychology YouTube video by PZ Myers

More about why evolutionary psychology/sociobology is bullshit.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=osEi...

"...used to. “By the time they’re 14 or 15, they’re like grown women were 60 years ago, so I don’t see these acts as so heinous,” he said to Reuters."

...Mr. Trivers did not respond to emails seeking comment.

"The evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers is also mentioned in the new tranche of emails. In 2015, he told Reuters that Mr. Epstein had given him about $40,000 for his research. And he defended Mr. Epstein, saying girls mature sooner than they..."

From everything I've read, Trivers was a standard-issue sociobologist - he thought everything was an adaptation. He had no actual evidence, but he was good at telling just-so stories that some people wanted to believe.

People like Jeffrey Epstein.

archive.ph/o16sB

...all, to convince us that humans are smart enough to figure out the advantages of “you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.”

of “favor banking.” If I am perceived as a good altruist through acts that help nonrelatives, then other people are more likely to help me when I am in need—so called “reciprocal altruism.” Fine, but we scarcely need Darwinism, or genetic arguments at...

This is what Gould thought of Trivers' achievements.

"...One might argue, as Robert Trivers and others have, that the calculus of kin selection won’t work, but that a different kind of selfish and adaptive advantage arises through the old principle...

archive.ph/ydfFb

His personal life overlapped his professional life since Epstein gave him money because he liked Trivers sociobiological theories about women, race, etc.

But OK, let's hear more about Trivers' theoretical achievements.

In the current reality, "fuck" and "shit" are political speech.
By me in 2006:
The big chill of the censor
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Democrats Embrace a Four-Letter Word

Trump issues the ultimate profanity--not fuckin' but genocide--yet the Gray Lady chooses to clutch her pearls when Democrats cuss. Doesn't the #BrokenTimes read the Pitchbot?
Democrats Embrace a Four-Letter Word www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...

WORLD Why Iran Thinks It Won the War Despite Huge Military Losses The Islamic regime survived and appears to possess a new strategic prize in the Strait of Hormuz

After Trump pauses war, Iranians fly flags of victory, not surrender Amid fierce disagreements, the dramatic, last-minute decision to halt attacks seems less like an exit ramp than a rest stop for all sides. • 575 6d • ملكحة للاوحم الا «تنكه هرمز بسته ملى ° فارس المرو تك رماسة 월리존리곤릴럭

Today’s headlines

I don’t see any Americans flying flags of victory, not even MAGA.

“At least seven prominent law professors.”

As I suggested on Monday, this is just like Justice Gorsuch’s “battle of law reviews.” It’s not about the frickin’ scoreboard:

www.stevevladeck.com/p/219-drunks...

Good list of "seven prominent law professors" who would say anything Trump wanted them to say. Not sure what other takeaway they were looking for. bsky.app/profile/stev...

Twenty-four hours later, Trump has surrendered. And Democrats are surging. The GOP is in a world of hurt.

"The GOP is in a world of hurt."

www.signorile.com/p/twenty-fou...

One again, blocked by a fan of Robert Trivers.

It seems to be an article of faith among a certain age cohort of science-related scholars and pundits that Trivers was personally problematic but nevertheless scientifically brilliant.

And they don't want to discuss this faith with infidels.

So, basically, Iran’s regime won the war.

They are fucking morons. Dangerous, murderous, horrifying morons, but morons nonetheless. Morons all the way down.

bsky.app/profile/forb...

And a sociobiology-promoting charlatan.

bsky.app/profile/forb...

Instead he just lived off the charity of a child rapist.

The next time someone scolds me for saying that the Republican Party is a disease, I’ll share this.

Reps Demand For The 25th Amendment w/ Evan McMorris-Santoro YouTube video by Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast

Talked to @evanmcs.bsky.social about the 25th amendment

youtu.be/lygTaCnztIo?...

Correct

As Belize once said to Roy Cohn, "Everything I want is in the end of you."

Trump truth social post announcing 2 week ceasefire with Iran

Completely caved after world outrage (when he says "two weeks" we know what it means), will be back to status quo. This is Greenland 2.0

What is it with fans of Robert Trivers?

They're always on about how brilliant he was in spite of being "complicated," but when you ask them for evidence for why his brand of evolutionary psychology was so special they drop it.

Joanna Bryson blocked my other account for daring to disagree.