Thread by @center4inquiry

We are now ready to begin the official transition to Tuesday, as links have been allocated for the day's edition of the Morning Heresy. Shall we? centerforinquiry.org/blog/divert-po… 1/13

Important! Make sure you’re registered for tonight’s CFI Insider HOLIDAY SPECIAL. Okay that’s not what it’s called, but it’s sort of like that. “It’s a Survival Guide to Surviving the Holidays, Charlie Brown.” But not with Charlie Brown.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 2/13

Also important! We are none too pleased with a neurosurgeon and member of the Coronavirus Task Force telling folks, Hey I got COVID and so I took this homeopathic scam medicine! So we have words for Ben Carson. centerforinquiry.org/press_releases…
3/13

Also also important! We have announced the election of ten new Fellows of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry! They’re like an elite super-squad of skeptics, so that’s how I’m treating them. Check out the full list.
centerforinquiry.org/news/10-new-fe… 4/13

President-elect Biden announced some cabinet picks, one of which is a first-ever “climate czar”: former Secretary of State John Kerry, the next president’s Climate Envoy. @LFFriedman reports:
nytimes.com/2020/11/23/cli… 5/13

.@heavyredaction says Biden needs to bring on social scientists to help with COVID response: “The administration should dedicate new funding to investigating the spread of conspiracy theories about the coronavirus.”
thehill.com/blogs/congress…
6/13

It looks like Tennessee lawmakers are trying to pull what legislators in Virginia tried to pull a couple months ago: religious exemptions to emergency vaccinations in cases of “epidemic or immediate threat of an epidemic.”
friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/11/23/tn-… 7/13

.@laurenfturek on Mike Pompeo’s “Unalienable Rights” thing: “Proclaiming that the United States is going to prioritize only some of its stated ideals diminishes the power of all of those ideals in world discourse. It diminishes us as a nation.”
religionnews.com/2020/11/23/pom… 8/13

The Supreme Court is unimpressed by the Satanic Temple’s novel lawsuit, claiming that anti-abortion laws violate their religious liberty.
friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/11/23/sup…

@TheEconomist does an explainer on French secularism, laïcité: economist.com/the-economist-…
9/13

.@ryanburge: In 20 years, Episcopalians may be on life support. Not, like, Episcopalian people! They’re fine. I mean the religion, Episcopalianism, will be on life support. Wow, I sure a dug a hole there. religioninpublic.blog/2020/11/23/the…
10/13

Officers from Utah’s Department of Public Safety stumbled upon a metal monolith in the middle of the desert. It looks like they’re on the 1960s set of an alien planet on Star Trek. Those guys best watch out for any wandering Gorn. @asmeleah reports:
cnn.com/style/article/… 11/13

President Trump may keep us from knowing THE TRUTH about UFOs if he vetoes the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. This may be the unkindest cut of all.

@skippyd at @PopMech reports:
popularmechanics.com/military/resea… 12/13

Okay, things to do. Things to do. Must be going. Have a lovely Tuesday, and maybe subscribe to the Morning Heresy so you can ignore tweets. centerforinquiry.org/newsletter/?ut… 13/13