Jerry Coyne
evolutionistrue.bsky.social
Jerry Coyne
@evolutionistrue.bsky.social
A book recommendation: Ian McEwan's latest novel, "What We Can Know", is terrific.

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November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Martin Riddle's photos of butterfly species in Massachusetts.

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November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili is being extra cuddly.

Hili: I’m not here to convert you.
Andrzej: But…
Hili: I only came to sit beside you.

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November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Steve Pinker and Marian Tupy go after the notion that we need religion to have good modern societies, and also after the claim that things were better in the olden days than they are now.

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November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Uwe Mueller has photos of German birds.

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November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili pretends to be helping out Andrzej (look at that tongue!):

Hili: Don’t you think it’s time for a break from work?
Andrzej: Maybe that’s a good idea.

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November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Only one species of cockroach in a hundred is associated with humans, but they still inspire disgust. Yet many serve a valuable function in nature: they are pollinators. An explanation buy Athayde Tonhasca Júnior.

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November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
All the news that's fit to print and, in Dobrzyn, Hili huddles under Andrzej's jacket (he reports that she's getting "very cuddly"):

Hili: I know you have to concentrate;that’s why I’m trying not to disturb you.
Andrzej: Thank you, sweetheart.

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November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Photos of butterflies by Pratyaydipta Rudra.

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November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, the discussion gets confusing.

Hili: I’m not sure we really need to import everything from China.
Andrzej: We do, because we believe we’re fighting climate change.

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November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Three--count them, three--cat-related items, plus lagniappe, all for a sunny Caturday.

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November 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Birds from Western Australia, photographed by Scott Ritchie.

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November 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
All the news that's fit to print, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili has turned killer:

Hili: I killed a mouse.
Andrzej: Why?
Hili: You could call it a conflict of interest.

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November 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Thrushes from British Columbia and Ireland, photographed by Paul Handford.

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November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
All the news that's fit to print and, in Dobrazyn, Hili's environment has changed.

Hili: What’s this?
Andrzej: A new cover for the old sofa.

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November 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Photos by Ephriam Heller on the Aurora Borealis taken in Alaska (and a few mammals):

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November 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
An op ed from two academics that discusses sex versus gender. Some of it I agree with, but other bits to me seem misguided.

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November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili, like Sheriff Billy Mack, just wants to know what the facts is.

Andrzej: Hili, what are you up to?
Hili: Just checking the facts.

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November 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The anti-Israel protests begin again this year, this time in the form of an installation accusing the new head of the Institute of Politics of promoting genocide.

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November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It's the 20th anniversary of the Jesus and Mo strip, and today the artist reproduces the very first strip.

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November 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Seabirds off New Zealand, photographed by David Riddell

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November 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn Hili shows us when she was a young and arrogant kitten.

Hili: One of us was a living icon, and the other just a wooden god.
Andrzej: Do you recall that?
Hili: Oh yes, I was so young and so arrogant at the time.

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November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Lovely photos of scissor-tailed flycatchers taken by Pratyaydipta Rudra.

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November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili and Szaron remember the bad old days in Soviet-dominated Poland.

Szaron: Waiting in lines is so boring.
Hili: You’ll see real lines when the Marxists come back to power.

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November 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili is being stalked by paparazzi:

Hili: You show up in the basement with a camera?
Andrzej: Yes. I knew you’d be here.

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November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM