Jerry Coyne
@Evolutionistrue
Superannuated evolutionary biologist, writer, humanist, atheist, secularist and ailurophile. On Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/evolutionistrue.bsky.social
"Save the Children has been informed. . . " Pure hearsay. It would be nice if these benighted people (and those who believe them instantly) would provide some EVIDENCE for an accusation this hard to believe. But of course there's no evidence, just assertion.
Israeli soldiers are raping Palestinian children. The only thing that rivals this depravity are those governments & individuals who make this possible through financing & propaganda. #Palestinians have the right to self defense to overthrow this colonial condition. #Nakba
Elite universities are going to start using peer-scored civility ratings for admissions?! Sorry, that’s a terrible idea. Why not just admit people based on their scores and then teach them to debate and dialogue? You don’t need to go full CCP to solve this problem.
Remember when I told you Sal Khan was evil? I didn't know the half of it! Meet the Civility Score, courtesy of Khan's "Dialogues." Get your kids used to having a social credit score, and make sure they understand their highest value should be the opinion of their peers! What…
Alex Byrne’s “colleagues” dogpile him for co-writing a critique of American pediatric gender medicine – Jerry Coyne presents a full accounting of this latest episode in cancel culture. whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/07/07/ale…
Out in September.
Why do people hoard toilet paper at the first sign of an emergency? Why are Super Bowl ads filled with ads for crypto? Why, in American presidential primary voting, do citizens typically select the candidate they believe is preferred by others rather than their favorite? Why…
Cancel culture is back: MIT philosopher Alex Byrne gets dogpiled for helping write the HHS report on pediatric gender medicine in the US. But the 200+ academics who went after him are doing so for misguided reasons. whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/07/07/ale…
This is progress: more fairness to women. Trans athletes who wish to compete might have their own category, or perhaps organizations like the Olympics could allow them to compete in the men's category.
#BREAKINGNEWS: Transgender women will no longer be eligible to compete for the United States in the Olympic or Paralympic Games in women's categories, after a recent policy change from the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. abc7.la/3TPTuxh
This is not a picture of starving children in Gaza but of two Jewish children starving in the Warsaw Ghetto. Just like these people (read the whole tweet) to ignore the truth and, in fact, invert it. See collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog… britannica.com/place/Warsaw-G…
We are doing this. Our governments. Our taxes. Our arms sales. This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide. We are doing this and history will never forgive us. Gaza:
And if you care about endangered species, please retweet this to @AskeBay. They don't even use humans to adjudicate these items any more; it's all AI. U.S. Fish & Wildlife might be interested.
.@AskeBay .@eBay How many times do I have to tell you to stop selling illegal sea turtle boots? See item 177280206307, identified as "sea alligator" (a euphemism for sea turtle) and easy to see that it's turtle because of the high price and polygonal scales. Please remove it now.
.@AskeBay .@eBay How many times do I have to tell you to stop selling illegal sea turtle boots? See item 177280206307, identified as "sea alligator" (a euphemism for sea turtle) and easy to see that it's turtle because of the high price and polygonal scales. Please remove it now.
According to the article, Jews now self-censor more than conservatives do. That's remarkable. Blame the encampments.
These political shifts among Ivy League Jewish students are remarkable:
Read the thread to see how this doctor was unjustly kicked off the editorial board of an OB/GYN journal for objecting to a new lead editor with NO qualifications. A prime example of ideology completely displacing merit and experience.
It's true - I've been canceled! @BioMedCentral just kicked me off their editorial board for pointing out their newly hired "Lead Editor" is a DEI figure that’s NEVER PUBLISHED A PAPER - and received her Phd from an internet school last year!
In a strong field, this is the stupidest thing I have ever read.
Maybe it works well with drums, but the ever-benighted Friedman hasn't suggested who will run the Palestinian state. Neither the PA nor Hamas are suitable.
Is Tom Friedman being intentionally obtuse in suggesting Mamdani adopt this slogan? Mamdani believes that Israel shouldn’t exist. Going at least as far back as starting his campus SJP chapter, an organization also opposed to Israel‘s existence, it’s the single issue dearest to…
Oy vey!
Biden Appointee Claims Non-Binary People Understand Quantum Mechanics Better At Socialism 2025, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein—a physics professor at the University of New Hampshire and Biden appointee to the Department of Energy’s High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, which helps shape…
I have actually heard this Hitler/dog argument used to prove that the current administration could never do anything that wasn't bad. After all, "Hitler like dogs."
whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/07/07/ale… This is horrible. I don't know Alex Byrne but I've read his book and it's excellent. One way to show contempt for these mindless sheep is to buy it. The accusation of complicity with Trump is as silly as, "You love dogs? Therefore you support Hitler."
Maarten & I and another person were cancelled at this antisemitic university because we were "too sympathetic to Israel," even though we were going to discuss science! UvA is toxic. quillette.com/2024/06/04/dam…
Muslims at @UvA_Amsterdam are being intimidated, shunned & threatened. The university tells them to stay home—for their own safety. This is outrageous & unacceptable! Wait, did I say 'Muslims'? I meant Jews. Oh well, it's fine then, those filthy Zionists deserve it, right?
.@AskeBay Oh, and there's no such thing as LEGAL "pre-ban" boots. All endangered wildlife items are banned, Please remove illegal sea turtle boots, item 197504393775. Notice the sneaky headline; this person knows they're selling illegally. Wake up, eBay.
.@eBay .@AskeBay Once again eBay is engaged in illegal selling of sea turtle boots, item 197504393775. Polygonal scales, high price, and explicit description as sea turtle boots tell the tale. It is against the law to sell endangered widlife items. Please retweet to AskeBay
Some of the news that's fit to post (from FInland, where I am), and, in Dobrzyn, Hili asks for amenities from Paulina, the upstars lodger. Paulina: Would you like to be petted? Hili: Yes, please. whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/07/07/mon…
One of my University "colleagues" who wants to turn the school into an organ of propaganda
Eman Abdelhadi: “F*** the University of Chicago... but it’s my best shot at power.” At Socialism 2025, @UChicago professor Eman Abdelhadi called her employer “evil colonial landlord." Use it. Organize it. Seize its structural leverage. “We don’t have power... but I work at one…