Quote of the Day

Religion supports nobody. It has to be supported. It produces no wheat, no corn; it ploughs no land; it fells no forests. It is a perpetual mendicant. It lives on the labors of others, and then has the arrogance to pretend that it supports the giver.
-- Robert G. Ingersoll

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It’s hard to imagine an external enemy causing more long-term damage to this country

The administration's budget request would cut research funding for the National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency by more than 50%. It's hard to imagine an external enemy causing more long-term damage to this country. www.nature.com/articles/d41…

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— Sean Carroll (@seanmcarroll.bsky.social) April 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM

AI is a useful tool for certain aspects of the craft

My fellow writers might not want to hear this, but AI is a useful tool for certain aspects of the craft, like for instance when you’re engaged in the process of being a talentless shitbag hack who is too lazy to do any fucking writing.

— Frank Conniff (@frankconniff.bsky.social) April 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM

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