Back in 2021, I was persuaded to play a little game called The House in Fata Morgana. It’s a Japanese…
From: A Trivial Knot
The good news for serial sex abuser Donald Trump (SSAT) is that a panel of New York state appeals court…
From: Mano Singham
I really struggled as a teenager. I knew from a young age that I wasn’t a Christian, even though everyone…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
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From: Mano Singham
I do not believe that we have been visited by extra-terrestrials. However, I do think it is quite possible, even…
From: Mano Singham
John Oliver explains why so many students in the US acquire such large college debts and have a hard time…
From: Mano Singham
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April is National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo), and it's right around the corner! During NaPoWriMo, poets tackle the challenge of…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Many articles about "AI deepfake of Congressman Porkbelly fucking a Goat" are clearly fake ... ... because they'd couch it…
From: Stderr
They're like little snacks, you see.
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 really struggled as a teenager. I knew from a young age that I wasn’t a Christian, even though everyone…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
A new movie has come out! Look at that ad -- for a moment, I thought someone was finally going…
From: Pharyngula
Will Knowland was a teacher at Eton who was dismissed for making a video claiming that patriarchy was good after…
From: Pharyngula
When OnlySky fell apart, we managed to scoop up one of their best writers and install them here at freethoughtblogs.…
From: Pharyngula
The Defense Department’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) released a report that will finally end all that UFO/UAP nonsense. Just…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_72503" align="alignright" width="150"] Classic foot-in-the-door technique, just picture them wearing ragged dirty clodhoppers[/caption] You all remember Kitzmiller v. Dover…
From: Pharyngula
I regret to inform you all that an atheist blog network, OnlySky, has announced that they are ceasing publication. We…
From: Pharyngula
I forget where I saw this one, but: "The lone star on the Texas flag is a review/rating." Texas was…
From: Stderr
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
In an earlier post, I wrote about how the GOP is on a slippery slope when it comes to some…
From: Mano Singham
Alabama senator Katie Britt, who delivered the widely panned response to Joe Biden's State of the Union address, has been…
From: Mano Singham
The GOP is discovering that there is a real danger in pandering to the extreme right wing religious faction within…
From: Mano Singham
What I find astonishing is how opinions in the US towards Russia among self-styled conservatives has shifted dramatically over the…
From: Mano Singham
I got a haircut recently. A big change, and I love it. That by itself might not sound particularly out…
From: Against the Grain
Oh, look. Another bogus claim by an extremist conservative. [caption id="attachment_72402" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The point of sex is to create…
From: Pharyngula
People seem to love what are known as collectibles, items that have no functional use but they want to own…
From: Mano Singham
He's expired. I'm either happy or sad about that, and I'm not sure whether he's in heaven or hell. He's…
From: Pharyngula
Forrie Smith is a regular John Wayne -- all hat and no cattle, nothing but air and noise pretending to…
From: Pharyngula
It's still snowing. It was snowing all day yesterday. It's not going to stop until 7am tomorrow, presumably. Fortunately, I…
From: Pharyngula
I really struggled as a teenager. I knew from a young age that I wasn’t a Christian, even though everyone…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Here are some of my mother's creations she made for last Christmas. I forgot to post them at the time.…
From: Affinity
It's been a dud of a winter, but now the weather service is predicting 25-35 cm (10-14 in) of heavy,…
From: Pharyngula
I am an addict, but a healthy one. One of my addictions is reading -- every night when I go…
From: Pharyngula
April is National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo), and it's right around the corner! During NaPoWriMo, poets tackle the challenge of…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Surprise. Candace Owens, the anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist, has been fired by Ben Shapiro, the Jewish conservative weirdo. I suspect there…
From: Pharyngula
Which is worse: 1) the guy peddling silly Christian theology who truly believes in that nonsense, or 2) the guy…
From: Pharyngula
I really struggled as a teenager. I knew from a young age that I wasn’t a Christian, even though everyone…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
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From: Mano Singham
In an earlier post, I wrote about how the GOP is on a slippery slope when it comes to some…
From: Mano Singham
I'm not a vegan, but I minimize the amount of meat I eat, and try to basically never waste any.…
From: Stderr
Hey everybody, sorry about the long silence! I'm applying to a creative writing master's program, so I've been pushing ahead…
From: Oceanoxia
After the Alabama supreme court ruled that embryos are children and deserve all the protections that children are entitled to,…
From: Mano Singham
What I find astonishing is how opinions in the US towards Russia among self-styled conservatives has shifted dramatically over the…
From: Mano Singham
In 1974, a 28-year old Frenchman Claude Vorilhon said that while on a hike by himself in a remote area,…
From: Mano Singham
I was curious to know who was running the Alabama Supreme Court after that ridiculous ruling that embryos are human…
From: Pharyngula
It's another busy week of EcoDevo, and even though the campus was closed I still had to give a lecture…
From: Pharyngula
The reward structure in American universities, especially in the sciences, puts a great deal of pressure on scientists. In order…
From: Mano Singham
Like lots of people, I'm planning to admire the total eclipse next month. I'll be heading north, into upstate New…
From: Daylight Atheism
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From: Mano Singham
Cooperativity and social reciprocity are the way all humans ought to be dealing with their environment. Selfishness is the terrible,…
From: Pharyngula
I do not believe that we have been visited by extra-terrestrials. However, I do think it is quite possible, even…
From: Mano Singham
Classified materials and their handling appears to still be a news story. Back in 2016, I wrote a bit [stderr]…
From: Stderr
The strange symptoms reported by US diplomatic personnel at various locations around the globe got the name 'Havana Syndrome' because…
From: Mano Singham
This article lists what it calls 17 'outstanding' scientific mysteries that have currently eluded researchers' ability to solve. Any such…
From: Mano Singham
After all the hyperventilating over the photoshopped photograph of Kate Middleton and her three children, the media have unearthed another…
From: Mano Singham
People seem to love what are known as collectibles, items that have no functional use but they want to own…
From: Mano Singham
Many states in the US that still have the death penalty are finding it hard to find ways to execute…
From: Mano Singham
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[caption id="attachment_72640" align="alignright" width="150"] Cry harder, murderer[/caption] A crybaby made an appearance at the University of Memphis, in a talk…
From: Pharyngula
I am old enough and have read enough history to know that people can act in incredibly cruel ways towards…
From: Mano Singham
Big legal news occurred recently that did not receive the widespread coverage that I thought it deserved. One of the…
From: Mano Singham
Look around your house. How many of the things you own do you truly deserve? If you're a carpenter and…
From: Daylight Atheism
Back in 2022, I wrote about the scam with the ugly name of 'pig-butchering'. On a recent episode of his…
From: Mano Singham
He must be so relieved to have been doxxed -- now he can be his true self in public. He…
From: Pharyngula
He discusses something that has also long irritated me, and that is the claims by GOP politicians that 'real' Americans…
From: Mano Singham
Among my earliest complaints was about their editor, Jodi Wilgoren (now Rudoren), who was always waffling over 'both sides' in…
From: Pharyngula
[Previous: Embryos are people in Alabama, but women aren't] In the wake of Alabama's anti-IVF ruling, the American religious right…
From: Daylight Atheism
Many states in the US that still have the death penalty are finding it hard to find ways to execute…
From: Mano Singham
Let's get this out of the way: Biden is old. He's slow and halting in his speech, he sounds like…
From: Pharyngula
The good news for serial sex abuser Donald Trump (SSAT) is that a panel of New York state appeals court…
From: Mano Singham
Does anyone have a copy of the 1658 edition? [caption id="attachment_72672" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The Crafty Whore:or,The mistery and iniquity ofBAWDY…
From: Pharyngula
I thought this was one of the worst fathers ever: remember the Canadian farmer who moved his whole family to…
From: Pharyngula
I do not believe that we have been visited by extra-terrestrials. However, I do think it is quite possible, even…
From: Mano Singham
John Oliver explains why so many students in the US acquire such large college debts and have a hard time…
From: Mano Singham
Classified materials and their handling appears to still be a news story. Back in 2016, I wrote a bit [stderr]…
From: Stderr