Adam Lee
@daylightatheism.bsky.social
Progressive secular humanist. Author and columnist for Freethought Blogs & OnlySky Media.
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American autocracy, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
The U.S. government is waging war on its own people. Other countries have thrown off the yoke of autocratic rule in the past, and their experience gives Americans a guide on what we should do.
onlys.ky/american-aut...
#uspolitics #resist
The U.S. government is waging war on its own people. Other countries have thrown off the yoke of autocratic rule in the past, and their experience gives Americans a guide on what we should do.
onlys.ky/american-aut...
#uspolitics #resist
American autocracy
The U.S. government is at war with its own people. Other countries' experience gives us a guide for what to do.
onlys.ky
January 23, 2026 at 3:34 PM
American autocracy, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
The U.S. government is waging war on its own people. Other countries have thrown off the yoke of autocratic rule in the past, and their experience gives Americans a guide on what we should do.
onlys.ky/american-aut...
#uspolitics #resist
The U.S. government is waging war on its own people. Other countries have thrown off the yoke of autocratic rule in the past, and their experience gives Americans a guide on what we should do.
onlys.ky/american-aut...
#uspolitics #resist
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Showed this to @daylightatheism.bsky.social He said “I bet those companies were run by Beric Badams who looks like Eric Adams with a mustache.”
Try not to fall out of your chair: A review of Eric Adams's 2025 campaign coverage is raising questions, like "what's up with these companies based in Wyoming and Texas?" and "why did the campaign hire Dr. Phil's son?"
One More Campaign Snafu for the Road
Plus, more news for your Tuesday morning.
hellgatenyc.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Showed this to @daylightatheism.bsky.social He said “I bet those companies were run by Beric Badams who looks like Eric Adams with a mustache.”
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Cost disease: Why everything is so damn expensive, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
As robots get better, the jobs that still require humans get pricier. What can we do about it?
onlys.ky/cost-disease/
#economics #finance #inequality
As robots get better, the jobs that still require humans get pricier. What can we do about it?
onlys.ky/cost-disease/
#economics #finance #inequality
Cost disease: Why everything is so damn expensive
There's a deeper cause than greed or inefficiency.
onlys.ky
January 14, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Cost disease: Why everything is so damn expensive, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
As robots get better, the jobs that still require humans get pricier. What can we do about it?
onlys.ky/cost-disease/
#economics #finance #inequality
As robots get better, the jobs that still require humans get pricier. What can we do about it?
onlys.ky/cost-disease/
#economics #finance #inequality
Scott Adams is dead:
www.avclub.com/scott-adams-...
He used to be funny once, until he became a bitter racist crank and conspiracy theorist (or revealed that he always was one - take your pick).
www.avclub.com/scott-adams-...
He used to be funny once, until he became a bitter racist crank and conspiracy theorist (or revealed that he always was one - take your pick).
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert comic strip, dies at 68
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert comic strip, dies at 68
www.avclub.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Scott Adams is dead:
www.avclub.com/scott-adams-...
He used to be funny once, until he became a bitter racist crank and conspiracy theorist (or revealed that he always was one - take your pick).
www.avclub.com/scott-adams-...
He used to be funny once, until he became a bitter racist crank and conspiracy theorist (or revealed that he always was one - take your pick).
A really good speech by Steven Levitsky, given at the Freedom from Religion Foundation's national conference, about America's rapid descent into authoritarianism:
www.freethoughttoday.com/free/steven-...
www.freethoughttoday.com/free/steven-...
Steven Levitsky: America’s descent into authoritarianism
This is the speech, edited for length, given by Professor Steven Levitsky at FFRF’s national convention in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Oct.18. He was introduced by FFRF Executive Board member David Tamayo…
www.freethoughttoday.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A really good speech by Steven Levitsky, given at the Freedom from Religion Foundation's national conference, about America's rapid descent into authoritarianism:
www.freethoughttoday.com/free/steven-...
www.freethoughttoday.com/free/steven-...
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Will you be immortal by 2039? (by @daylightatheism.bsky.social)
One entrepreneur thinks so, and he's trying radical therapies to make sure he lives to see the day. Is this advancing the cause of science, or is it just wishful thinking and quackery?
onlys.ky/will-you-be-...
#transhumanism #biology
One entrepreneur thinks so, and he's trying radical therapies to make sure he lives to see the day. Is this advancing the cause of science, or is it just wishful thinking and quackery?
onlys.ky/will-you-be-...
#transhumanism #biology
Will you be immortal by 2039?
Are we on the brink of living forever? One entrepreneur thinks so.
onlys.ky
January 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Will you be immortal by 2039? (by @daylightatheism.bsky.social)
One entrepreneur thinks so, and he's trying radical therapies to make sure he lives to see the day. Is this advancing the cause of science, or is it just wishful thinking and quackery?
onlys.ky/will-you-be-...
#transhumanism #biology
One entrepreneur thinks so, and he's trying radical therapies to make sure he lives to see the day. Is this advancing the cause of science, or is it just wishful thinking and quackery?
onlys.ky/will-you-be-...
#transhumanism #biology
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Say it again: Abortion bans don't stop abortion, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
U.S. abortion rates have gone up, not down, since the Dobbs decision. This shouldn't come as a surprise.
onlys.ky/abortion-ban...
#abortion #reproductiverights
U.S. abortion rates have gone up, not down, since the Dobbs decision. This shouldn't come as a surprise.
onlys.ky/abortion-ban...
#abortion #reproductiverights
Say it again: Abortion bans don't stop abortion
They only cause women and infants to die.
onlys.ky
December 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Say it again: Abortion bans don't stop abortion, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
U.S. abortion rates have gone up, not down, since the Dobbs decision. This shouldn't come as a surprise.
onlys.ky/abortion-ban...
#abortion #reproductiverights
U.S. abortion rates have gone up, not down, since the Dobbs decision. This shouldn't come as a surprise.
onlys.ky/abortion-ban...
#abortion #reproductiverights
The Probability Broach: Ook ook
"I mean no disrespect to our ape cousins when I say that they’re not intelligent in the same sense or to the same degree as humans."
freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/202...
#probabilitybroach #libertarianism
"I mean no disrespect to our ape cousins when I say that they’re not intelligent in the same sense or to the same degree as humans."
freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/202...
#probabilitybroach #libertarianism
The Probability Broach: Ook ook
freethoughtblogs.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Probability Broach: Ook ook
"I mean no disrespect to our ape cousins when I say that they’re not intelligent in the same sense or to the same degree as humans."
freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/202...
#probabilitybroach #libertarianism
"I mean no disrespect to our ape cousins when I say that they’re not intelligent in the same sense or to the same degree as humans."
freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/202...
#probabilitybroach #libertarianism
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The end of marriage? (by @daylightatheism.bsky.social)
Increasingly fewer women want to get married. Men still have the power to change this - but if marriage goes extinct, it will be because it deserves to.
onlys.ky/the-end-of-m...
#feminism #marriage #relationships
Increasingly fewer women want to get married. Men still have the power to change this - but if marriage goes extinct, it will be because it deserves to.
onlys.ky/the-end-of-m...
#feminism #marriage #relationships
The end of marriage?
If marriage goes extinct, it will be because it deserves to.
onlys.ky
December 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The end of marriage? (by @daylightatheism.bsky.social)
Increasingly fewer women want to get married. Men still have the power to change this - but if marriage goes extinct, it will be because it deserves to.
onlys.ky/the-end-of-m...
#feminism #marriage #relationships
Increasingly fewer women want to get married. Men still have the power to change this - but if marriage goes extinct, it will be because it deserves to.
onlys.ky/the-end-of-m...
#feminism #marriage #relationships
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American religion continues its long fadeout, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
We've hit another milestone in the secularization of humanity.
onlys.ky/american-rel...
#demographics #religion
We've hit another milestone in the secularization of humanity.
onlys.ky/american-rel...
#demographics #religion
American religion continues its long fadeout
Another milestone in the secularization of humanity.
onlys.ky
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
American religion continues its long fadeout, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
We've hit another milestone in the secularization of humanity.
onlys.ky/american-rel...
#demographics #religion
We've hit another milestone in the secularization of humanity.
onlys.ky/american-rel...
#demographics #religion
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@daylightatheism.bsky.social Is doing a readthrough of the Probability Broach where he raise a lot of criticisms. www.patreon.com/c/adamleeboo...
Get more from Adam Lee on Patreon
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November 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
@daylightatheism.bsky.social Is doing a readthrough of the Probability Broach where he raise a lot of criticisms. www.patreon.com/c/adamleeboo...
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The era of Zohran Mamdani, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
This isn't how politics normally goes in America. Is it a fluke, or the first rumblings of a larger shift?
onlys.ky/the-era-of-m...
#nyc #socialism #zohranmamdani
This isn't how politics normally goes in America. Is it a fluke, or the first rumblings of a larger shift?
onlys.ky/the-era-of-m...
#nyc #socialism #zohranmamdani
The era of Mamdani
This isn't how politics normally goes in America.
onlys.ky
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The era of Zohran Mamdani, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
This isn't how politics normally goes in America. Is it a fluke, or the first rumblings of a larger shift?
onlys.ky/the-era-of-m...
#nyc #socialism #zohranmamdani
This isn't how politics normally goes in America. Is it a fluke, or the first rumblings of a larger shift?
onlys.ky/the-era-of-m...
#nyc #socialism #zohranmamdani
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The fossil fuel era is ending in flames, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
Oil and gas infrastructure can't be protected from a determined enemy, which is all the more reason to shift away from it.
onlys.ky/the-fossil-f...
#ukraine #climatechange #oil
Oil and gas infrastructure can't be protected from a determined enemy, which is all the more reason to shift away from it.
onlys.ky/the-fossil-f...
#ukraine #climatechange #oil
The fossil fuel era is ending in flames
Oil and gas infrastructure can't be protected from a determined enemy, which is all the more reason to shift away from it.
onlys.ky
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The fossil fuel era is ending in flames, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
Oil and gas infrastructure can't be protected from a determined enemy, which is all the more reason to shift away from it.
onlys.ky/the-fossil-f...
#ukraine #climatechange #oil
Oil and gas infrastructure can't be protected from a determined enemy, which is all the more reason to shift away from it.
onlys.ky/the-fossil-f...
#ukraine #climatechange #oil
Encouraging news from Australia: Renewable energy overtakes coal as the #1 power source.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Electricity from renewables overtakes coal in Australia for the first time
Power from solar, wind hydro and biomass totals 9.24 terawatt hours, compared with 8.8 terawatt hours from burning the fossil fuel
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Encouraging news from Australia: Renewable energy overtakes coal as the #1 power source.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Zohran Mamdani should announce that he wants to implement all the same tax rates and progressive policies in NYC that Israel already has. Watch people's heads explode.
October 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Zohran Mamdani should announce that he wants to implement all the same tax rates and progressive policies in NYC that Israel already has. Watch people's heads explode.
The data doesn't lie: Religious people are neither nicer, nor more civically engaged, nor happier than nonreligious people. We're all just human beings!
www.freethoughttoday.com/free/ryan-t-...
www.freethoughttoday.com/free/ryan-t-...
Ryan T. Cragun — The consequences of secularization
This is an edited and condensed version of the speech given by Ryan T. Cragun at FFRF’s national convention in Denver on Sept. 27, 2024. It has been reworked by Cragun for ease of reading since the…
www.freethoughttoday.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The data doesn't lie: Religious people are neither nicer, nor more civically engaged, nor happier than nonreligious people. We're all just human beings!
www.freethoughttoday.com/free/ryan-t-...
www.freethoughttoday.com/free/ryan-t-...
A scientific test of astrology. The results aren't shocking, but it's good to test what we think we know:
www.clearerthinking.org/post/does-as...
Astrologers were given detailed info about real people, and asked to pick their "correct" natal chart. They did as well as chance would predict.
www.clearerthinking.org/post/does-as...
Astrologers were given detailed info about real people, and asked to pick their "correct" natal chart. They did as well as chance would predict.
Does astrology work? We put 152 astrologers to the test
Recently, we ran a study testing whether astrological sun signs (like Scorpio and Capricorn) can predict any of 37 facts about a person’s life, such as their educational level, and number of close fri...
www.clearerthinking.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A scientific test of astrology. The results aren't shocking, but it's good to test what we think we know:
www.clearerthinking.org/post/does-as...
Astrologers were given detailed info about real people, and asked to pick their "correct" natal chart. They did as well as chance would predict.
www.clearerthinking.org/post/does-as...
Astrologers were given detailed info about real people, and asked to pick their "correct" natal chart. They did as well as chance would predict.
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An end in sight for Huntington's disease, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
Genetic therapy offers hope for a dreaded and previously untreatable disorder.
onlys.ky/an-end-in-si...
#huntingtons #genetherapy #medicine #biology
Genetic therapy offers hope for a dreaded and previously untreatable disorder.
onlys.ky/an-end-in-si...
#huntingtons #genetherapy #medicine #biology
An end in sight for Huntington's disease?
Genetic therapy offers hope for a dreaded and previously untreatable disorder.
onlys.ky
October 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
An end in sight for Huntington's disease, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
Genetic therapy offers hope for a dreaded and previously untreatable disorder.
onlys.ky/an-end-in-si...
#huntingtons #genetherapy #medicine #biology
Genetic therapy offers hope for a dreaded and previously untreatable disorder.
onlys.ky/an-end-in-si...
#huntingtons #genetherapy #medicine #biology
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Vaccine wars, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
We're about to reap the deadly harvest of anti-science ideology.
onlys.ky/vaccine-wars/
#vaccination #antivax #publichealth
We're about to reap the deadly harvest of anti-science ideology.
onlys.ky/vaccine-wars/
#vaccination #antivax #publichealth
Vaccine wars
We're about to reap the deadly harvest of anti-science ideology.
onlys.ky
October 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Vaccine wars, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
We're about to reap the deadly harvest of anti-science ideology.
onlys.ky/vaccine-wars/
#vaccination #antivax #publichealth
We're about to reap the deadly harvest of anti-science ideology.
onlys.ky/vaccine-wars/
#vaccination #antivax #publichealth
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A new era of political violence, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
This bloodshed is a sign of democracy failing to deliver on its promises.
onlys.ky/a-new-era-of...
#charliekirk #gunviolence
This bloodshed is a sign of democracy failing to deliver on its promises.
onlys.ky/a-new-era-of...
#charliekirk #gunviolence
A new era of political violence
This bloodshed is a sign of democracy failing to deliver on its promises.
onlys.ky
September 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A new era of political violence, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
This bloodshed is a sign of democracy failing to deliver on its promises.
onlys.ky/a-new-era-of...
#charliekirk #gunviolence
This bloodshed is a sign of democracy failing to deliver on its promises.
onlys.ky/a-new-era-of...
#charliekirk #gunviolence
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Can we imagine life without cars?
The builders of a car-free community in Arizona want to find out.
@daylightatheism.bsky.social reports on Culdesac Tempe:
onlys.ky/life-without...
#urbanism #carculture #culdesac
The builders of a car-free community in Arizona want to find out.
@daylightatheism.bsky.social reports on Culdesac Tempe:
onlys.ky/life-without...
#urbanism #carculture #culdesac
Can we imagine life without cars?
The builders of a car-free community in Arizona want to find out.
onlys.ky
September 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Can we imagine life without cars?
The builders of a car-free community in Arizona want to find out.
@daylightatheism.bsky.social reports on Culdesac Tempe:
onlys.ky/life-without...
#urbanism #carculture #culdesac
The builders of a car-free community in Arizona want to find out.
@daylightatheism.bsky.social reports on Culdesac Tempe:
onlys.ky/life-without...
#urbanism #carculture #culdesac
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Today on OnlySky, new short fiction from @daylightatheism.bsky.social: "A list of friendly AI directives recovered from a degraded memory chip, excavated from a circa 22nd-century ash layer"
We only wanted it to solve our problems.
onlys.ky/friendly-ai-...
#fiction #scifi #ai
We only wanted it to solve our problems.
onlys.ky/friendly-ai-...
#fiction #scifi #ai
A list of friendly AI directives recovered from a degraded memory chip, excavated from a circa 22nd-century ash layer
We only wanted it to solve our problems.
onlys.ky
August 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Today on OnlySky, new short fiction from @daylightatheism.bsky.social: "A list of friendly AI directives recovered from a degraded memory chip, excavated from a circa 22nd-century ash layer"
We only wanted it to solve our problems.
onlys.ky/friendly-ai-...
#fiction #scifi #ai
We only wanted it to solve our problems.
onlys.ky/friendly-ai-...
#fiction #scifi #ai
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The fertility freeze: Why the birth rate is falling, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
Fewer women are choosing to have kids, and the reasons should be obvious.
onlys.ky/the-fertilit...
#population #demographics #natalism
Fewer women are choosing to have kids, and the reasons should be obvious.
onlys.ky/the-fertilit...
#population #demographics #natalism
The fertility freeze: Why the birth rate is falling
Fewer women are choosing to have kids, and the reasons should be obvious.
onlys.ky
August 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The fertility freeze: Why the birth rate is falling, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
Fewer women are choosing to have kids, and the reasons should be obvious.
onlys.ky/the-fertilit...
#population #demographics #natalism
Fewer women are choosing to have kids, and the reasons should be obvious.
onlys.ky/the-fertilit...
#population #demographics #natalism
Some good news for the day: For the first time ever, the EU got more energy from solar power in June than from nuclear, fossil fuel, or any other source.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
Chart: Solar leads EU's power mix for first time ever
In June, the region got 22% of its electricity from solar — more than any other source, and more even than gas and coal combined. It’s a major milestone.
www.canarymedia.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Some good news for the day: For the first time ever, the EU got more energy from solar power in June than from nuclear, fossil fuel, or any other source.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
