I just watched the four-part TV series Adolescence that has created quite a media splash. The show tells the story…
From: Mano Singham
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Last November in novel-writing month, I had intended to write a Thriller™ in the Dan Brown-Tom Clancy-John Grisham mold, and…
From: Life's a Gas
Gather round, it's anecdote time. Unpacking is a critically acclaimed indie game from 2021 that asks the player to unpack…
From: A Trivial Knot
The story about Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa has thrown up new complications. A private healthcare clinic in New Mexico…
From: Mano Singham
I once had a weird relationship with the alternative weekly magazines in Seattle. I read them front to back every…
From: Life's a Gas
The Probability Broach, chapter 2 The second chapter of TPB begins with a vignette: ATLANTA (FNS) - Over 100 heavily…
From: Daylight Atheism
U might not be aware, but several US cities have rap scenes with a lot of local pride. One particularly…
From: Life's a Gas
You might not be aware, but there is a whole internet subculture bent to the task of investigating cultural obscurae. …
From: Life's a Gas
I can't remember where and when I wrote about it; I think it was here - but since I forget,…
From: Stderr
Deciphering the Gospels’, by R. G. Price, argues the case for Jesus mythicism, which is the view that Jesus never…
From: Geeky Humanist
[caption id="attachment_62764" align="alignright" width="150"] Would you buy a cancer cure from this man?[/caption] It's been a while since I mentioned…
From: Pharyngula
Well, this is interesting. Answers in Genesis has had a bit of a shake-up. You may recall that Ken Ham…
From: Pharyngula
‘Deciphering the Gospels’, by R. G. Price, argues the case for Jesus mythicism, which is the view that Jesus never…
From: Geeky Humanist
Bryan Johnson -- you know, the Bryan Johnson who wants to achieve eternal youth by turning himself into a plasticine…
From: Pharyngula
Every week there are noteworthy people who pass away, but sometimes their deaths hit a little harder. This week we…
From: Pro-Science
[caption id="attachment_75808" align="alignright" width="141"] You don't need a medical degree if you can do this[/caption] The latest "health" craze is…
From: Pharyngula
I am a life-long atheist. I didn't have to deconvert and I'd go as far as saying that I'm anti…
From: Affinity
Here's another wild creationist claim that just popped up from the YouTube algorithm. It's a shouting match between a Muslim…
From: Pharyngula
Last night, Aron Ra got into a discussion about a claim that protein evolution is impossible, specifically, that different protein…
From: Pharyngula
I just watched the four-part TV series Adolescence that has created quite a media splash. The show tells the story…
From: Mano Singham
I once had a weird relationship with the alternative weekly magazines in Seattle. I read them front to back every…
From: Life's a Gas
What Even is Gender? is an academic philosophy book written by B. R. George and R. A. Briggs, freely accessible…
From: A Trivial Knot
Texas Republican congressman Keith Self is chair of a a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee and during a hearing, he turned…
From: Mano Singham
It's a simple point. [caption id="attachment_75817" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Someone on TikTok pointed out there are more kids in Texas with…
From: Pharyngula
Be there!
From: Pharyngula
Good news from Montana: the legislature was flooded with anti-trans laws, but they've all been defeated. They failed because a…
From: Pharyngula
Gavin Newsom, the governor of California who also has aspirations to the presidency, has destroyed any chance he has of…
From: Pharyngula
A new study finds that the 'quality' of a man's sperm correlates with their longevity. Sperm may be the canaries…
From: Mano Singham
Yesteray, I took my required online training course in Sexual Misconduct, Discrimination, and Retaliation Prevention and Response (SMPP). This is…
From: Pharyngula
For those who care, I've switched my Mastodon server. I'm now @pzmyers@freethought.online. HJ Hornbeck set this up for us a…
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I can't remember where and when I wrote about it; I think it was here - but since I forget,…
From: Stderr
Here in lovely, thawing Minnesota, our Republican representatives tried to outlaw opposition to Trump's policies, on the grounds that anyone…
From: Pharyngula
You may not be interested, but I passed my physical exam. Blood pressure is perfect, cholesterol levels are so low…
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Today is the day for my annual physical exam, and I'm about to get my veins tapped and my body…
From: Pharyngula
We were hit by a snowstorm this past weekend, but it's now melting away fast. We can't get too excited…
From: Pharyngula
As seen on Discord: Lockheed Martin Develops Giant Tactical Rubber Spider. Although…I notice they don't include a price tag. Lockheed…
From: Pharyngula
Who'd have thought that the Canadians would stop apologizing for being stuck in this confusing situation, and would start bossing…
From: Stderr
Yesterday, I left my coat at home and went for a brisk walk downtown, which left me sweating. It felt…
From: Pharyngula
After way too many years (4, 5 or so) the Hot Shed is officially "done." That means that the list…
From: Stderr
Should I call them suras? My emerging personal religion has disparate influences, which could be read as holy texts, and…
From: Life's a Gas
Shortly after we moved into our condo, my husband found a little plastic figurine of St. Joseph buried in our…
From: Life's a Gas
From: Pharyngula
We were always in favor of separation of church and state -- I still am -- and I never cared…
From: Pharyngula
I got the usual email from American Atheists, and Melina Cohen brought up an interesting contrast. First, on Monday, there…
From: Pharyngula
Ben Shapiro chose to go after Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde. Unfortunately, he chose to do so by making up facts…
From: Pharyngula
A legislator in Mississippi has filed a bill in the state legislature titled “Contraception Begins at Erection Act". As written…
From: Mano Singham
I'm bewildered. I'm an anti-theist, so it makes me uncomfortable when I see a priest acting charitably and kindly and…
From: Pharyngula
Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) was a powerful logician whose contributions to logic, mathematics, and philosophy were immense. He was deeply interested…
From: Mano Singham
How dare Joe Biden give Bill Nye the Medal of Freedom? Ham doesn't think he deserves it because Nye supports…
From: Pharyngula
Blue is the lab mascot, a Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, and after their last molt, they've acquired the dark blue and blue-green…
From: Pharyngula
Yet another species with intercontinental distribution, depending on how you define species, barn swallows are the easiest swallows to meet. …
From: Life's a Gas
I know fuck-all about diamond doves. Is that even what they're actually called, where they're from? I just remember seeing…
From: Life's a Gas
The story about Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa has thrown up new complications. A private healthcare clinic in New Mexico…
From: Mano Singham
I've seen this game of Telephone played out in my cell biology class, but to a greater degree. [caption id="attachment_75915"…
From: Pharyngula
Day one: Day two: And now, day three: I don't think it's gotten any more complex, but is it changing?
From: Pharyngula
Barn owls are one of those species with "global distribution," where one could consider the barn owls of Europe to…
From: Life's a Gas
Yesterday: Today: Isn't complexity fun?
From: Pharyngula
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about the future of food, and a new technology called…
From: Daylight Atheism
My black widows were relocated to new empty cages, and overnight they filled them with beautiful, intricate cobwebs, like this…
From: Pharyngula
I just watched the four-part TV series Adolescence that has created quite a media splash. The show tells the story…
From: Mano Singham
This little meme was posted by Will Stancil. I'm wondering if I'm just too online, because I got the joke…
From: Pharyngula
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former director of global public policy at Meta’s precursor, Facebook, has written a best-seller Careless People that…
From: Mano Singham
Jasmine Mooney is a Canadian who got caught in the nightmare that is run by ICE (US Immigration and Customs…
From: Mano Singham
What do the following people have in common: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Sam Bankman-Fried, George Santos, Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro,…
From: Mano Singham
One of my favorite albums ever is Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger. Musically, quite excellent. Some of the B sides are fairly B…
From: Life's a Gas
The US seems to be following the path of authoritarian countries around the world in steadily abrogating the rights of…
From: Mano Singham
It is interesting how words and concepts that originate in fields like psychology and psychotherapy seep into general public discourse…
From: Mano Singham
Texas Republican congressman Keith Self is chair of a a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee and during a hearing, he turned…
From: Mano Singham
I'm going to offer that as a postulate. The attempt to eradicate history requires so much effort and energy that…
From: Stderr
Kat Abughazaleh is running for congress. We need more of this: young people rising up and running against the tired…
From: Pharyngula
They should be ashamed by their cowardice. Trump threatened and Columbia caved. The US president has made no secret of…
From: Pharyngula
I just watched the four-part TV series Adolescence that has created quite a media splash. The show tells the story…
From: Mano Singham
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The historians all saw this coming. In a prophetic post from long long ago (2023), Ruth Ben-Ghiat explains the authoritarian…
From: Pharyngula
My post about how badly visitors to the US are treated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in…
From: Mano Singham
Warning: cancel your travel plans. The US is not a viable destination anymore. Read this account by a Canadian professor…
From: Pharyngula
If this weren't so horrifying, it would be ridiculous. Trump & Co. want to eliminate federal support for libraries. When…
From: Pharyngula
Don't blame Minnesota for the mess we're in.
From: Pharyngula
The people who hate DEI really hate it when you say they're racist. They claim their motivations aren't racist at…
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