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
Got a donation with a suggested topic I don’t quite understand. I wonder if it’s a sex thing. Phrased, “A…
From: Great American Satan
Baseball dude Ken Griffey Jr. once did a rap with Seattle rapper Kid Sensation which referred to piece-of-shit Damon Wayans…
From: Great American Satan
Got another donation with no suggested topic, here's the words for dollas, tho my micro-thesis derails at the end: Who's…
From: Great American Satan
Tonight I started watching OJ: Made in America on Netflix. It’s an absolutely fascinating series. I just finished episode three.…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Thanks Siggy for this donation. Topic: a personal story, in my usual way. MY PANTS Faded or torn-up blue jeans…
From: Great American Satan
I’m going to write 1000 words now on something that amuses me. I came up with the name for this…
From: Great American Satan
From: From the Ashes of Faith
The program was especially powerful in making the case why the death penalty should be abolished. The practice is so…
From: Mano Singham
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
There was a terrible accident at a bridge in Baltimore -- it was struck by a container ship and collapsed…
From: Pharyngula
I've been seeing more examples recently of theists pointing at the 'miracle' of solar eclipses. It's amazing the the diameter…
From: Pharyngula
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
Because our conservative justices are a joke year round! Rebecca Watson is righteously irate at the ongoing threat to our…
From: Pharyngula
It's 48 seconds long. You might still want to shut it off in disgust halfway through.
From: Pharyngula
Big legal news occurred recently that did not receive the widespread coverage that I thought it deserved. One of the…
From: Mano Singham
Christian fundamentalism, like all fundamentalisms, is a high-control belief system. It smothers believers - especially women - with an oppressive…
From: Daylight Atheism
Difficult survey questions I’ve spent a lot of time making surveys that ask people about their orientation, so I’m familiar…
From: A Trivial Knot
My fundraiser to make up for dental expenses has been a wild ride, now up to 72% of my goal. …
From: Great American Satan
I having been having a wonderful time these last few days entertaining family and friends and so did not have…
From: Mano Singham
Tonight I started watching OJ: Made in America on Netflix. It’s an absolutely fascinating series. I just finished episode three.…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
[caption id="attachment_72853" align="alignright" width="150"] I'd buy this car before I'd get a Tesla[/caption] I am increasingly feeling that the very…
From: Pharyngula
Last night, I attended a play, Copenhagen by Michael Frayn. I was in the odd position of being invited to…
From: Pharyngula
I think I'm recovered from my horrendous Shingrix vaccination -- still a bit wobbly and fatigued, but progress has been…
From: Pharyngula
Got a donation for $100 with nothing I could interpret as a topic, but I wanna earn my $700, so…
From: Great American Satan
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Yesterday, I got my second shot of the shingles vaccine. "Shingrix" is the right adjective to use for my late…
From: Pharyngula
Ahhhh shit you know what fucken time it is. It's medical fundraiser time... I maxed out my health care credit…
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
It has become increasingly clear that there is a Republican war on sex and that Anthony Comstock has become their…
From: Mano Singham
The Daily Show show had fun at the expense of Faux News and other rightwing news sources losing their minds…
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…
From: Pharyngula
I spend my weekends preparing the lectures for my coming week, and today the Far Side featured the perfect image…
From: Pharyngula
The other day, I told you that Republicans were trying to legislate against chemtrails in 6 states. I regret to…
From: Pharyngula
I weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces when I was born on Saturday, 9 March 1957, at 7:07 in the morning.…
From: Pharyngula
A paper in the journal Pharmaceutics, Inhaled Medicines for Targeting Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Arwa Omar Al Khatib, Mohamed…
From: Pharyngula
Something funny is going on 650 light years away…or should I use the past tense? Something funny was going on…
From: Pharyngula
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…
From: Mano Singham
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…
From: Daylight Atheism
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 at a university thoroughly steeped in the idea of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and I tell you -- it…
From: Pharyngula
[Previous: That which must not be seen] In the era of Don't Say Gay laws, we mostly hear about Christian…
From: Daylight Atheism
If you believe the gun fanatics, we are all safer if we carry guns around with us because then if…
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
Donald Trump is in the courtroom again, accused of 34 counts of falsifying business records. “The People of the State…
From: Pharyngula
[Previous: The lights are flickering in Red America] Rural Americans are white, conservative, and Republican. That pattern holds overwhelmingly true,…
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
It often seems that rich people can break the law with no consequences, but once in a while, you come…
From: Pro-Science
On Monday, April 15th, the criminal trial involving 34 felony charges against serial sex offender Donald Trump (SSAT) for the…
From: Mano Singham
Back in 2019, Prince Andrew agreed to an interview with the BBC news program Newsnight in an effort to tell…
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
Read this little story. A New Hampshire county chair for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign lost his job as a police…
From: Pharyngula
One of the worst things about professional sports in the US is that the owners of teams extort local communities…
From: Mano Singham