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Godfly
@godfly.bsky.social
Atheist; evolutionary geneticist; mocker of creationists and similar fools.

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(@Godfly__ on the other platform, formerly known as Twitter)
What do they risk ?

Losing their $20 million/yr job ?

That, admittedly, is a big risk.

Much bigger of a risk than I (& indeed, most people) can afford to take.

So, perhaps you have a point.

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Twenty million sounds wild, sure — but comparing CEOs to freelancers while ignoring the risks, workload, and performance they’re judged on is just off-base. Greed exists, no doubt, but it’s not the whole picture.
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Heads up.
Aldi has Peace Prizes in the middle aisle today.
Grab one while you can
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This is how genetics should work.
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
If it's still too warm, when you're wearing one of these, cool off with a refreshing can of this:
bsky.app/profile/luke...
December 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
So, I guess Peter Thiel will be relocating to New Zealand ...
December 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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I'm old enough to remember when everyone dismissed the plot of Quantum of Solace, because it was 'just' about ruthless capitalists stealing a country's water supply.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
How will this "provenance" affect its sale price at auction ? 🤔
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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December 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Richard Marles gloating that the US is pro-AUKUS.

Why wouldn't they be?

- Billions for nothing - the subs will never arrive.
- A WA US base with free housing supplied.
- We have to manage their toxic nuclear waste.

The deal of the century ... for the US.

Marles should be charged with treason.
December 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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@johnmoffitt.bsky.social @wondersnorbet.bsky.social

Question about metamorphosis in chordates:
I was brought up to believe that the "sister group" of vertebrates was the Lancets - and that the common ancestor was Tunicates - which would make metamorphosis into an ascidian ...
December 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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If you can't helium or curium, barium
a periodic table with a wooden table top
ALT: a periodic table with a wooden table top
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Who would want eggs from autistic chooks ?
My God!

It's one thing for Amerika to systemically make themselves increasingly unhealthy and vulnerable to diseases / pandemics ..

It's another thing entirely to escalate the threat of pandemic globally!
To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.

Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”

By @natlash.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Go long in nappies.
December 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I'm generally more on the Labor-ish side of politics than on the Liberal side, but on this issue, I'm with the Libs.

Fuck the Nanny State, and Nannyism/Wowserism in general.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Coalition has 'no confidence' social media ban will work under Labor
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says Australia's social media ban will not work under Labor, as the federal government rejects YouTube's claim it will make kids "less safe".
www.abc.net.au
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social @wondersnorbet.bsky.social

Question about metamorphosis in chordates:
I was brought up to believe that the "sister group" of vertebrates was the Lancets - and that the common ancestor was Tunicates - which would make metamorphosis into an ascidian ...
December 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Hi, I’m a queer person who worked for Salvation Army in MN, & SA was equitable to anyone of LGBTQIA+ diversity as staff and clients, and also provide life saving services to people of any identity in need, so this wokeism is a lil off and you should still toss coins to the bell ringers 🤷🏼‍♀️
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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What a story! How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi-occupied Paris
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi-occupied Paris
The search for the unknown photographer began in the summer of 2020, with the discovery of an old photo album at a flea market in southern France.
www.npr.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM