Michigan voters voted 56.7% to 43.3% (with >95% of votes in, see N.Y. Times) to enact a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom, which would cover abortion rights; California and Vermont voters supported the same, but those states already broadly allow abortions. Voters in Kentucky (where abortion is generally illegal) appear to have rejected (52.4% […]
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Why does ice float in water? – George Zaidan and Charles Morton
View full lesson: Water is a special substance for several reasons, and you may have noticed an important one right in your cold drink: ice. Solid ice floats in liquid water, which isn’t true for most substances. But why? George Zaidan and Charles Morton explain the science behind how how hydrogen bonds keep the ice […]
How to Plan and Design an Ayurvedic Wellness Spa
With the present-day lifestyle getting hectic and busier by the day, one thing that is getting scarce is perhaps the availability of time for oneself, one’s family or for ones wellbeing. This scenario is not only scary but also dangerous as it spells disaster for a physically and mentally healthy body in you. This realization […]
Question for Our Florida Readers About Gov. DeSantis
As many have pointed out, Ron DeSantis won the Florida Governor’s race in 2018 in a squeaker, 49.6%-49.2%, and in 2022 in a blowout, 59.4%-40%. What’s your sense, based on your knowledge of your fellow Floridians, of why this happened? Note that I’m not asking here whether DeSantis is in reality a good governor, or […]
Your Words Are Containers of Power
Your words are containers of power. With the tongue we bless God and curse men. “Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to so be.” (Jas. 3: 9 – 10) What does that mean, really? It’s understandable that we should not curse our fellow men. Yet, whenever […]
Automatic Feed to Mastodon
We’re happy with our Twitter feed, so we have no plans to switch to Mastodon. At the same time, if some readers are moving there, we’d be happy to set up a Mastodon feed as well. The more ways people can read us, the better. Our Twitter and Facebook feeds, however, are automatically delivered from […]
The Origin of the Flood Myth and finding an ancient Creation Myth
If you think flood myths started with the Biblical story of Noah, or the Epic of Gilgamesh, you’d be mistaken. In this video I look at a phylogenetic study about the origin of the Flood Myth, to find out where it started, and when. And in doing so I also discover a very early form […]
The Shack by William P Young – Propaganda Reinforcing Spiritual Propaganda of the Universe
Ask yourself if a pope, Martin Luther, Calvin, any other reformed minister, theologian, or Muslim Mullah three centuries ago would agree with the major premise of this book. The answer must be a solid “NO!” This god Jehovah does not love everybody just because they are his children. Allah rejects all but those who are […]
The Secret Breast Connections of the Internet, Here of Mastodon
The word comes from “mastodont,” which the Oxford English Dictionary tells us comes from French mastodonte (Cuvier 1806, in Ann. du muséum d’hist. nat. de Paris8 270) < masto- + -odonte, with reference to the nipple-like tubercles present in pairs on the crowns of the molar teeth. Perhaps those nipple-like objects came from Amazons, < Latin Amazon, < Greek Ἀμαζών, -όνα; explained by the […]
How You Can Get Your Lover Back Spiritually
There’s nothing impossible on this earth, except what we acknowledge as impossibility. We were not created to suffer or to have limitations, the only limitations we have are the one’s we set for ourselves. Are you suffering from broken relationship: were you jilted by the one you love? If you answered yes, be rest assured […]