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Activism
Top 10 Reasons to Support the Secular Student Alliance Today
It’s SSA Week, celebrating the Secular Student Alliance, a fast-growing nonprofit organization with nearly 400 chapters in high schools and colleges all over the United States. Here are a mere 10 of the many reasons SSA not only needs your support but deserves it. 10. They sound like a roving band of kick-ass superheroes. 9. Finding other nonbelievers can be…
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Events
EVENTS This Week: OC Freethought Alliance Con, Atlanta Skepticamp & More
This week’s post is going to be a quick rundown rather than the usual list of featured events because new events plug-in + sitewide technical difficulties = I’m drunk. I know, I know. You look forward to that list every week. It’s an unending series of dramatic cliffhangers, an unfolding mystery. What will happen next? And WHERE?! It’ll be okay.…
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EVENTS This Week—George Hrab, Mary Roach, SSA Week, Day of Reason + MORE
Next Thursday, May 2, is the National Day of Reason, a response to the US National Day of Prayer. Groups all over the country are gathering to celebrate at capitols, courthouses, and public squares as well as with potlucks and even a Freethought Slam. Some events are highlighted below, but check the official website for more. The Day of Reason falls within…
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EVENTS This Week: Rebecca in CR, Reasonfest, Secular Summit, SD Con of Reason, Philly Science Fest & More
The week ahead is a busy one for conferences, from Reasonfest 3 in Kansas, Lobby Day and Secular Summit in DC, the first ever South Dakota Conference of Reason, the Philadelphia Science Festival, and the International Festival of Science Documentary Films in the Czech Republic, featuring Rebecca! You’ll find some great talks going on as well, including one in Chicago by Kate Donovan, of Teen Skepchick and Freethought…
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Random Asides
Bad Chart Thursday: Subversive Subtext in Maggot Painting
You know, most people who see the video below or even participate in maggot painting events have pretty much the same reactions: “Wow, cool!” or “Amazing!” or “That’s fucking disgusting!” or all of the above. No one seems to want to talk about the artistic merit of these works or how the differences in technique bring out (or suppress) the…
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Events
Events Update: Upcoming Cons & Events Calendar Awesomeplosion
So, I am not doing the featured events this week, which will no doubt give this kid yet another reason to cry. But I have a good reason! I’m snowed in and watching a Buffy marathon. We are in the process of revamping our calendar to embed maps and images, categorize events, make everything searchable, place all events on a…
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Activism
EVENTS This Week—Rebecca at NECSS, plus Skeptech, NC Science Festival & More
The Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism (NECSS) starts tomorrow, with great speakers and mini-events, including a live SGU, a science/improve mashup with George Hrab, Steve Novella, and others. Meet Rebecca, Eugenie Scott, Jon Ronson, Julia Galef, and many more special guests. UpDATED: Or if you’re in the Midwest, join me and Teen Skepchicks Kate Donovan and Olivia James at…
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Activism
EVENTS This Week—Easter Fools’ Day Edition: Pirates vs. Zombies
This week, we’ve got Easter and April Fools’ Day back-to-back. [Insert plethora of obvious jokes here.] As usual, events are all over the map, from the spring opener of egg hunting season to celebrations of the Flying Spaghetti Monster for the Pastafarian pirates among us. But I admit that this posts subtitle is a false dichotomy. You have many more choices…
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