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Burning Question Edition
🕑 Added 2025-10-16 02:21:54 +0000 UTCIn this week’s episode, we’ll hate on the wrong way to hate wrongness, One Million Moms tells NASCAR their language is a bit too racy, and Don Ford will be here to help take the pi$$ out of an epistle.
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Headlines:
In victory for free speech, UK court overturns Qur'an-burning conviction
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/in-victory-for-free-speech-uk-court
Our favorite christofascist white rapper Michigan rep was allegedly looking for an orgy: https://www.wonkette.com/p/our-favorite-christofascist-white
https://twitter.com/repjoshschriver/status/1742959025434525703
The pope condemns clickbait: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/10/you-wont-believe-what-degrading-practice-the-pope-just-condemned
Pastor aims assault rifle at parishioners to make violent point about Christianity: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-christian-pastor-aimed-an-ar-15
One Million Moms is mad at NASCAR: https://onemillionmoms.com/current-campaigns/urge-nascar-to-cancel-its-offensive-new-brand-spot/
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This Week in Misogyny:
South Carolina law would criminalize all abortion and some contraception: https://www.thestate.com/opinion/article312481224.html
UN tries to do something for women in Afghanistan: https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/10/06/un-rights-council-creates-afghanistan-accountability-body
America is helping erode women’s rights worldwide: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/world/europe/athens-democracy-forum-womens-rights.html
Comments
Stormy Decisis says visit sharebannedbooks.com
I decided to investigate Noah's assertion that story submission thanks had become mundane, perhaps due to a waning possum nipple supply. I formed a list of all the prizes I've been awarded: https://www.reddit.com/r/GodAwfulMovies/comments/1o9bq19/are_they_really_running_out_of_possum_nipples/ Conclusions:(1) Prize intensity has NOT decreased. (2) Heath, not Eli, actually gives the most elaborate prizes. (3) I want my damn waffles.
B. King
Lean into the advising role Eli! You will probably come to appreciate it, if not love it. The growth you see as an advisor is on par with teaching. You get to see the college students go from freshman floundering about, to people who are ready (or at least willing) to believe in their future and abilities. For all of my 24 years (and counting) as prof, my department required full time of courses and 50 to 60 majors as advisees. Maybe I'm a weirdo, but I have loved helping these students get where they want to be. Faculty certainly don't do it for the pay. (And I would trade more advisees if I could get out if committee meetings....ugh)
