October 2024

Mark Weinstein — The Social Reset: Big Tech, Mental Health, and the Future of Connection Skeptic Skeptic

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Read More Skeptic Shermer and Weinstein discuss AI’s impact on social media platforms and personal relationships, solutions to combat teen mental health issues, and strategies for parental control. They examine protective measures, Web3’s promises regarding privacy and data ownership, and methods to defeat bots and trolls. The conversation also explores social media’s potential mental health […]

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From the archives: The Weight of Evidence – Gyroscopes can’t levitate UFOs Dave Love The Skeptic

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This article originally appeared in The Skeptic, Volume 4, Issue 3, from 1990. A Matter of Gravity – Hits and Misses (Steve Donnelly) If you are an inventor of an antigravity machine based on spinning discs or rings (aren’t they all?) then a paper published in the highly respected physics journal, Physical Review Letters (PRL)

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FFRF urges IRS to take action over politicking ministry event featuring JD Vance Gregory Fletcher Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation has asked the IRS to investigate a non-profit religious tour featuring JD Vance as part of its efforts to support the GOP ticket, in violation … More » from FFRF urges IRS to take action over politicking ministry event featuring JD Vance The post

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Oklahoma Families Petition to Block Oklahoma Bible Mandate Greta Martens Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation On October 17, 2024, FFRF and a coalition filed a petition on behalf of Oklahoma families with the Oklahoma Supreme Court would block State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters’ … More » from Oklahoma Families Petition to Block Oklahoma Bible Mandate The post Oklahoma Families Petition to Block

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Louisiana officials set to defend controversial law in federal court Monday Gregory Fletcher Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation WBRZ 2 ABC (Baton Rouge, LA) By Staff … More » from Louisiana officials set to defend controversial law in federal court Monday The post Louisiana officials set to defend controversial law in federal court Monday appeared first on Freedom From Religion Foundation.

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Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law faces court challenge over church-state separation Gregory Fletcher Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation Fox 8 (New Orleans, LA) By Jacob Bradford … More » from Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law faces court challenge over church-state separation The post Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law faces court challenge over church-state separation appeared first on Freedom From Religion Foundation.

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The Sullivanians, psychoanalysis, and the worst therapy in the world Carlos Orsi The Skeptic

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Note – contains references to sexual assaults This story was originally written in Portuguese, and published to the website of Revista Questão de Ciência. It appears here with permission. Between the 1950s and 1980s, a group of people in New York City decided to abandon monogamy and the traditional notion of family. Women who wanted to

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just watched your chapter 63 vlog.. MRFF Admin Military Religious Freedom Foundation

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Read More Military Religious Freedom Foundation From: (name withheld)Date: October 20, 2024 at 11:28:22 AM MDTTo:mikey@militaryreligiousfreedom.orgSubject:just watched your chapter 63 vlog… THANK YOU SO MUCH for persisting in your efforts to keep religion out of the military.  it was a very disheartening aspect of serving the country.  i’m near the tip of the atheist spectrum, but

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Yes, It’s a Sin Not to Vote. Here’s Why (with Scripture). Gregory Fletcher Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation Protestia By Staff … More » from Yes, It’s a Sin Not to Vote. Here’s Why (with Scripture). The post Yes, It’s a Sin Not to Vote. Here’s Why (with Scripture). appeared first on Freedom From Religion Foundation.

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November December 2024 Freethought Society EZine Patti Butcheck The Freethought Society

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Read More The Freethought Society Click here to see the November/December 2024 Freethought Society (FS) Ezine. In the Ezine you will find the following: Skeptic and Freethought Representation at the 2024 DragonCon Parade Photos of the 2024 DragonCon Skeptics Parade Entry More Photos of the 2024 DragonCon Skeptics Parade Entry Part-Three of a Five-Part Series:

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