All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili and Szaron are worried about the dog upstairs.

Hili: You’re also not certain whether that dog is shut in.
Szaron: No, but all signs point that way.

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All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Andrzej is checking on Hili:

Hili: Do you have something you want to talk to me about?

Andrzej: No, I just wanted to make sure everything is alright.

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Another *NOT AI* video

How this complex behavior evolved baffles me (but of course that's not embracing creationism; it just means we don't understand).

Photos of hummingbirds from Trinidad and Tobago taken by Ephraim Heller.

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The Beatles - Blackbird Rehearsal Session at EMI Studios (June 11th, 1968) [All Available Footage] YouTube video by AdamBound

Paul McCartney rehearses "Blackbird" on the day it was recorded for the White Album.

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Wildlife photos from Jan Malik taken in New Jersey, many showing a Great Blue Heron catching and swallowing a large perch.

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All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Andrzej has no kind words for philosophy.

Andrzej: Are you asleep?
Hili: No, I’m practicing philosophy.
Andrzej: Sometimes that amounts to the same thing.

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My article in Skeptic: Coyne vs. Shermer on Free Will In mid-February, Michael Shermer wrote a piece in Quillette called “The truth about free will,” the truth being that we have it, but in the compatibilist rather than the libertarian sen…

My debate with Michael Shermer continues with a new piece I've written for Skeptic, taking issue with Shermer's claim that although the universe is deterministic, we still have free will of a sort. I found that claim confusing, as most compatibilism is.

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Caturday felid trifecta: three cat-related items for ailurophiles, plus lagniappe.

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Three--count them, three--cat-related items plus two lagniappes. One is a library accepting cat photos in lieu of overdue fees.

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Steve Pinker and Ross Douthat have a CBS/Free Press town hall debate: "Do we need God?" One hour, and have a listen. (free link).

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Crick, Cobb, London: Greg Mayer, in London, searches for a copy of Matthew Cobb's new biography of Francis Crick, and encounters other stuff, including the world's best ale.

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Three--count them, three--cat-related items (plus lagniappe). This week includes a cat who steals bras and another cat who required emotional support potatoes.

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🪄🤣 Spreading JOY 🪄🤭🤣
This laugh worth the wait 🤣

15 photos of some birds of New Zealand taken by David Riddell.

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Three--count them, three--cat-related items plus a meaty lagniappe. Look at these cat ladders that Turkish people put up so cats can get some safety and warmth.

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I was at London Zoo years ago and the vicuna made a noise at me. Feeling clever, I repeated it back; it said the same thing, so I said again. Then it spat me right in the eyes.* It was saying “You lookin’ at me?” and I was unwittingly saying that back.

* An unnoticed sign said “this animal spits”.

OY!!!

In which I dine with Robert Lang at the restaurant Next, which changes menus three times a year. Our 11-course meal, served with 8 wines and sakes, was perhaps the best meal I've ever had in an American restaurant, outstripping the vaunted French Laundry.

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Wildlife photos from Costa Rica by Rachel Sperling.

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The Botany Pond mallards have been named (Armon and Vashti), and two of our red-eared slider turtles showed up yesterday. Photos and a video.

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Photos by Ephraim Heller of spiders in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Readers’ wildlife photos Hooray! Two more groups of photos came in this morning and so we’re good through Friday (I have one in reserve and can cobble together a few others). The regulars are pulling their weight, an…

Athathayde Tonhasca Júnior tells us about "cuckoo bees" that, like bird cuckoos, co-opt the next of another species, getting genetically free child-rearing.

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Some shorebirds from Barnegut Inlet (New Jersey) by Jan Malik.

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Three--count them, three--cat related items, and lagniappe. Don't miss the video, or this article about Jock, the cats of Churchill's home Chartwell.

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Readers' wildlife photos: a melange from three people:

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We have lovely photos of a gorgeous bird, all taken by Ephraim Heller. The bird is the tufted coquette, photographed in Trinidad.

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All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, man and cat are having Deep Thoughts.

Hili: What hides in the darkness, what cunning figures?
Andrzej: Fear sometimes builds deceptive images.

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Photos of waterfowl in Barnegut Bay, New Jersey, all taken by Jan Malik.

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