These topics can be cryptic, but wikipedia is my dogg. I found a connection. "If Antares was placed in the…
From: Great American Satan
My day and writing my next novel have kept me busy this year. However, my wife and attended a concert…
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Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler are two comedians who call themselves 'The Good Liars' and pull political pranks such as…
From: Mano Singham
I am both fascinated and disturbed by cults. Fascinated because of my interest in the psychology of the kind of…
From: Mano Singham
(Pearls Before Swine) For those who do not get the allusion, the song is Something by The Beatles and sung…
From: Mano Singham
This was from our "watch the LOTR trilogy and eat like Hobbits marathon". The original recipe uses rabbit or chicken,…
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Them Can a sweet and sour love live happily ever after? How far can the fire’s embers reach? Life is…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
My donors are so shy and unimposing. I have a guess who one of them is, and if I’m right,…
From: Great American Satan
Whoa, don't diss schools. [caption id="attachment_72860" align="aligncenter" width="473"] SMBC[/caption] I use algebra all the time! Not just in the lab,…
From: Pharyngula
Somebody suggested I could meditate for a moment on what it would be like if Loki were behind the mask…
From: Great American Satan
I mentioned recently that art school was a humbling experience for me. Humbleness, or humility, can be a good thing. …
From: Great American Satan
There's an opportunity for you to teach physics, chemistry, and algebra, and all you need is a bachelor's degree and…
From: Pharyngula
It's odd that I haven't seen much skeptical criticism of astrology lately -- it's one pseudoscience that has been laughed…
From: Pharyngula
Hey, I said the same thing! Twice! This makes the third time an atheist pointed out that Dawkins was just…
From: Pharyngula
Is it exclusionary to say I hope all Freethinkers are doing well? [I was actually asked that question by a…
From: Jonathan's Musings
I knew my recent criticisms or Richard Dawkins would enrage the usual crowd. I'm used to it and I knew…
From: Pharyngula
Well, well, well. Richard Dawkins declared himself a "cultural Christian" on Easter, which is no surprise and no big deal.…
From: Pharyngula
Here's a hard-earned lesson from years of debating Christians and creationists, all summed up in one lovely cartoon. [caption id="attachment_72743"…
From: Pharyngula
I'm sure you're all salivating at the prospect of gnawing on some chewy raw vulture necks tonight!
From: Pharyngula
Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler are two comedians who call themselves 'The Good Liars' and pull political pranks such as…
From: Mano Singham
Got some gentle sympathies in donation message, but again, barely anyone has been suggesting topics to write about. Makes me…
From: Great American Satan
I've never played Warmhammer, never owned any of the books or models, and I only just today learned something surprising.…
From: Pharyngula
There are many ways to assess the utility of a policy. One way is to simply ask who favors the…
From: Pharyngula
The ruling by the Arizona supreme court that an 1864 law that purportedly bans all abortions even in the case…
From: Mano Singham
I've changed my mind on a couple of things since yesterday. Based on the impression I got from the play…
From: Pharyngula
I keep hearing from anti-trans activists that this major review of the literature on the efficacy of transgender treatments, the…
From: Pharyngula
Back in 2019, Prince Andrew agreed to an interview with the BBC news program Newsnight in an effort to tell…
From: Mano Singham
The US has lots of old laws on the books that are terrible, reflecting the awful views that people had…
From: Mano Singham
It has become increasingly clear that there is a Republican war on sex and that Anthony Comstock has become their…
From: Mano Singham
Reached the goal on my fundraiser, thank you all so much! I don't have time to do proper posting yet…
From: Great American Satan
I honestly tried to give this Netflix movie, Rebel Moon: the Scargiver, a chance. I made it about halfway before…
From: Pharyngula
Sometimes, we do have to respect the humanity of those we despise, no matter how repugnant we find them. [caption…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_72900" align="alignright" width="100"] Me, right now[/caption] I am all caught up on my grading -- until Friday, when it…
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My fundraiser to make up for dental expenses is at 81% of goal. Now would be a good time to…
From: Great American Satan
My son, Major Conlann A. Myers, has been published in Army Communicator, with a short history and current status of…
From: Pharyngula
I don't think my local theater is planning to book this one, so I'll probably have to wait until it's…
From: Pharyngula
I made a brilliant planning decision way back at the beginning of the semester. Bless you, Fall Term PZ! My…
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The last time I met Dennett was at a Darwin Day event where we were a double bill. We had…
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Them Can a sweet and sour love live happily ever after? How far can the fire’s embers reach? Life is…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I am both fascinated and disturbed by cults. Fascinated because of my interest in the psychology of the kind of…
From: Mano Singham
Somebody suggested I could meditate for a moment on what it would be like if Loki were behind the mask…
From: Great American Satan
A donation with a topic, fantastic! What is the role of Satan in current American religions? What I want is…
From: Great American Satan
The Washington Post gave a lot of attention to Kali and Joshua Fantanilla today, for reasons I can't comprehend. It's…
From: Pharyngula
It often seems that rich people can break the law with no consequences, but once in a while, you come…
From: Pro-Science
The philosopher Daniel Dennett has recently published a memoir and in a review Matthew Lau accuses him of pursuing a…
From: Mano Singham
The dingbats of Arizona were up to shenanigans recently. Here they are, speaking in tongues before denying women basic health…
From: Pharyngula
My surgery last week was done in a Catholic hospital. I didn’t choose it. It just happened to be one…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
This is the message a school sends to parents. It's a Christian school, so it's substandard bad education, and packed…
From: Pharyngula
One measure of how Republicans are viewing with alarm that their extreme positions on abortion risks damage at the polls…
From: Mano Singham
Way back in 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 1 probe into space to do close up studies of Jupiter and…
From: Mano Singham
These little guys, wolf spiders of the genus Pardosa, are everywhere right now. Mary brought this one home from work…
From: Pharyngula
Here is a typical gathering of UMM students, honoring the god of electricity. [caption id="attachment_72912" align="aligncenter" width="500"] UMN Morris is…
From: Pharyngula
You may have seen photographs of the Tesla cybertruck. It is a hideous vehicle that looks like something in a…
From: Mano Singham
The ruling by the Arizona supreme court that an 1864 law that purportedly bans all abortions even in the case…
From: Mano Singham
The philosopher Daniel Dennett has recently published a memoir and in a review Matthew Lau accuses him of pursuing a…
From: Mano Singham
Once upon a time there was Twitter, and it was fine. There was much to dislike about it, but it…
From: Pharyngula
[Previous: The eclipse of 2024: why are we lucky enough to have these on Earth?] I missed the eclipse in…
From: Daylight Atheism
Parts of the northeastern US are bracing for a cicada swarm when trillions of these creatures will burst from the…
From: Mano Singham
I didn't see much of them while I was growing up near Seattle, but then I spent a year in…
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There has been an outpouring of student protests at university campuses in the US as a result of the unfolding…
From: Mano Singham
Americans are more unhappy than ever. Is capitalism to blame? If you ask social media, the answer is obvious. Polls…
From: Daylight Atheism
The program was especially powerful in making the case why the death penalty should be abolished. The practice is so…
From: Mano Singham
The US has lots of old laws on the books that are terrible, reflecting the awful views that people had…
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In a blistering piece on The Daily Show, he blasts Joe Biden and his administration for their hypocrisy in using…
From: Mano Singham
Many people take advantage of the convenience of food delivery apps like Uber Eats, GrubHub, and Door Dash. Their popularity…
From: Mano Singham
Well, well, well. Richard Dawkins declared himself a "cultural Christian" on Easter, which is no surprise and no big deal.…
From: Pharyngula
[Previous: Netanyahu speaks the language of genocide] There was a moment when Israel had the whole world's sympathy. That moment…
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A state of famine in Gaza, if not already present, is imminent. The government of Israel is deliberately starving to…
From: Mano Singham
I'm glad Jon Stewart is around to point out the absurdity of our news media. Yes. Following Donald Trump's car…
From: Pharyngula
The full US House of Representatives consists of 435 voting members. Currently there are 218 Republicans and 213 Democrats with…
From: Mano Singham
Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler are two comedians who call themselves 'The Good Liars' and pull political pranks such as…
From: Mano Singham
I am both fascinated and disturbed by cults. Fascinated because of my interest in the psychology of the kind of…
From: Mano Singham
[Previous: The Christian nationalism is coming from inside the House] After months of agonizing delay, help is coming for Ukraine.…
From: Daylight Atheism
If I lived a good bit further east, I'd be here this afternoon: There have been several days of peaceful…
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From: Mano Singham
There has been an outpouring of student protests at university campuses in the US as a result of the unfolding…
From: Mano Singham
I'm so used to thinking of myself as a radical iconoclastic weirdo, but now you're telling me that I'm actually…
From: Pharyngula
Serial sex abuser Donald Trump (SSAT) has had his Truth Social company go public by merging with a publicly traded…
From: Mano Singham