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Facebook announced that it has banned far-right antagonists such as InfoWars host Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Louis Farrakhan, and Laura Loomer for conduct Facebook believes is “dangerous” on social media. You may recall Facebook’s banning of Jones last July, for behavior that Facebook said violated their “Community Standards.” I’m sure it wasn’t helped by Jones, who at that time, […] More
According to a report, more than 200 faculty and staff are currently under quarantine to try to limit the spread of a current measles outbreak in Los Angeles. Writing for the LA Times, Soumya Karlamangla reported: Trying to stop a measles outbreak from spreading, health officials announced Thursday that more than 200 students and staff members […] More
Last night on the hit show “The MC Files”, conservative christian commentator Chris McDonald said that the murder of 50 Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand was a “false flag” in order to justify the attacks in Sri Lanka that left over 320 Christians dead. If this sounds a lot like Alex Jones-style nonsense, that’s because […] More
I wrote the other day about all the wonderful feedback from Christians™ I’ve been receiving in the wake of my viral tweet, so I thought I’d follow that up with a post about all the brosplaining I’ve been on the receiving end of. In case you missed it (somehow), here’s the tweet: https://twitter.com/aSciEnthusiast/status/1118256899730870278 As I […] More
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA – Donald Trump announced today on Twitter that he will be traveling to Indiana to visit what’s left of the historic Cathedral at Notre Dame. As of press time, the tweet had close to 20,000 retweets and over 70,000 likes. In an exclusive interview with aScienceEnthusiast.com, Trump explained why it was so […] More
Well, today’s the day. The redacted version of the Mueller Report is now publicly available on the Department of Justice’s website (with the seemingly innocuous URL justice.gov/storage/report.pdf). Today started with Attorney General Bill Barr’s press conference about the report that the press had not yet been able to read. It was little more than a campaign […] More
According to the World Health Organization, the number of measles cases in the world has quadrupled in the first quarter of 2019. They also said that this is “a clear trend”, as all regions around the globe have seen an uptick in measles outbreaks. According to the BBC: The UN says the disease is “entirely […] More
Following the massive fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris earlier this week, many Christians have been searching for meaning amidst the chaos. Our friend Hemant Mehta over at Friendly Atheist posted today about how, apparently, some Christians saw the Jesus in the flames. If you don’t see him, look closer. There he is! […] More
A team of Yale scientists successfully restored partial function in the brains of pigs that had been dead for about four hours. I think that this marks the first time that reality has bested the great Rick Sanchez. Science: 1 Death: Well… a lot. But seriously, this research is extremely impressive, though the team was […] More
A massive fire has broken out at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, causing its iconic spire to collapse. As of this writing, we don’t know if anyone has been injured or what started the fire. It goes without saying that I truly hope no one was harmed and that those inside were able to […] More
Following the ridiculousness that was the first Falcon Heavy launch, where SpaceX launched Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster into space (because: why not?), SpaceX has now successfully completed its first launch for a commercial customer using the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle. T-60 seconds → https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z pic.twitter.com/3eVqgEtxyR — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 11, 2019 The world’s most powerful […] More
Today, NASA announced that its Mars Curiosity Rover captured not one, but two solar eclipses from the surface of Mars last month – one each for both of its moons. In order to capture the eclipses, the Curiosity Rover had to bring along special “eclipse glasses”, as NASA explains on the JPL website: When NASA’s […] More
