see the post before this if you want to see how the RP by post is going, still in progress…
From: Life's a Gas
In the 2023 film Oppenheimer, during the Manhattan project to develop the nuclear bomb, one of the concerns was whether…
From: Mano Singham
This is a bonus post. For the regular daily content, look at the post before this. You can still join…
From: Life's a Gas
Back in 2017, I designed the Cube Tessellation. It's one that I have shown off here on multiple occasions. I…
From: A Trivial Knot
My earliest school experiences were either preschool, kindergarten, or very early grades. I don't remember which or much about them,…
From: Life's a Gas
Still writing about the earliest epoch of my childhood, in mid-California suburbs. Now, I don't remember having seen Karate Kid…
From: Life's a Gas
I had a dream last night with nothing remarkable about it, ultimately. I've worked as a security guard pretty often,…
From: Life's a Gas
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From: Mano Singham
The Probability Broach, chapter 4 Lt. Win Bear has taken a road trip to speak with Vaughn Meiss' boss, the…
From: Daylight Atheism
content warnings: child sex abuse mention tho i don't go into any detail at all, child neglect and abuse, class…
From: Life's a Gas
I fucking detest IFLScience. If you're unfamiliar with it, it started as a Facebook page, "I Fucking Love Science," that…
From: Pharyngula
Great! Except… [caption id="attachment_76411" align="aligncenter" width="445"] SMBC[/caption] I reject "Darwinism". I didn't ooze out of a Darwinian slurry. No priest…
From: Pharyngula
I wouldn't normally quote the odious Matt Walsh, but I was amused that he was taking umbrage at a new…
From: Pharyngula
This doesn't sound like my childhood swimmin' hole. “Swimming and wading are not allowed due to high bacteria levels,” the…
From: Pharyngula
A plea for moderation in the face of fanaticism: [caption id="attachment_76381" align="aligncenter" width="500"] You don't have to be that gung-ho…
From: Pharyngula
Or anywhere else off planet for that matter. Jennifer Ouellette has an enlightening interview with Adam Becker, the author of…
From: Pharyngula
Pope Leo XIV is a trans man. [caption id="attachment_76357" align="aligncenter" width="500"] X, of course.[/caption] You don't doubt this conclusion, do…
From: Pharyngula
It's some American guy named Robert Prevost who has now accepted the purported mantle of infallibility and divine favor from…
From: Pharyngula
The DOGE scam is fading, at least in the sense of helping Musk skim off money from the government, so…
From: Pharyngula
Jim Bakker is 85 years old, and he's still running his scam. Televangelist Jim Bakker needs 1,000 people to donate…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_76402" align="alignright" width="150"] Pete Hegseth says transgender people "lack warrior ethos, are liars, lack integrity, are not humble, are…
From: Pharyngula
Hey, what's the deal with the gay antics out here? Lookit that guy up on the stage, kissin' the other…
From: Life's a Gas
Via Pharyngula, I saw an excellent analysis by Rebecca Watson (see below) about a new book coming out that is…
From: Mano Singham
David Futrelle has brought back We Hunted the Mammoth! Go read it! The latest post is about JK Rowling and…
From: Pharyngula
Lil' question for the scientists and science communicators and defenders of liberty who thought woke moral scolds were impinging so…
From: Life's a Gas
[caption id="attachment_50285" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Copyright: Netflix[/caption] After hearing all about it, I watched the Netflix mini series. It was hyped…
From: Affinity
Russell Brand is a British media personality who started out as a standup comedian before branching out into other fields.…
From: Mano Singham
My union talked me into writing to my representatives thru a web form, and the responses have trickled in. Clearly…
From: Life's a Gas
[caption id="attachment_76082" align="alignright" width="100"] As everyone knows, it's all about the size of the palps[/caption] The creationists (and a few…
From: Pharyngula
America's new motto: [caption id="attachment_76074" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Bob the Angry Flower[/caption] And here's a horrifying example: making a tiny number…
From: Pharyngula
The 2025 graduating class in biology at the University of Minnesota Morris:
From: Pharyngula
I had big plans for today. I was going to make a day trip to do some spider collecting --…
From: Pharyngula
I guess I'll try revive my long-neglected YouTube channel. Transcript below the fold. I'm free! It's the end of the…
From: Pharyngula
I am so tired of super hero movies, but they keep drawing me back in. I'm not going to be…
From: Pharyngula
News incoming! I've been a regular columnist for OnlySky since 2022. Originally conceived as a news and opinion site for…
From: Daylight Atheism
Mary has gardening plans. She has taken over the sun room and filled it with seedlings. We're growing lots of…
From: Pharyngula
This month, the ace journal club covered a qualitative study of autistic sexuality, as it is discussed on autistic forums. …
From: A Trivial Knot
Adam Conover notices that an awful lot of far-right weirdos and fanatics are addicted to group chats, and speculates that…
From: Pharyngula
Today is the day, the last day of finals week. My students will soon be finishing up their final exam,…
From: Pharyngula
That is a lovely tree. It's been posing in a scenic location near Hadrian's Wall for 150 years. Then a…
From: Pharyngula
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From: Mano Singham
Like pretty much everyone who has even the smallest presence online, I receive spam email offering me all kinds of…
From: Mano Singham
My 1000th post on this blog network was queued to be a birdpost about an LBB. Observe it later today. …
From: Life's a Gas
I have not yet seen the new thriller film Conclave (the word comes from the Latin cum clave, meaning "with…
From: Mano Singham
Pope Francis has died, Vatican says Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died,…
From: Pro-Science
Russell Brand is a British media personality who started out as a standup comedian before branching out into other fields.…
From: Mano Singham
My union talked me into writing to my representatives thru a web form, and the responses have trickled in. Clearly…
From: Life's a Gas
You heard about all the businesses capitulating to the fresh fashy vibes of the new ameriKKKa? Tossing diversity initiatives, LGBTetc…
From: Life's a Gas
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
In the 2023 film Oppenheimer, during the Manhattan project to develop the nuclear bomb, one of the concerns was whether…
From: Mano Singham
I saw the rising tide of belligerent white nationalism coming, and knew I had to revise how I teach genetics.…
From: Pharyngula
And it tolled for 9 days! Climate change is increasingly predisposing polar regions to large landslides. Tsunamigenic landslides have occurred…
From: Pharyngula
Uh-oh. The lawyers have been deployed. They're trying to parse the wording of the Endangered Species Act to legalize habitat…
From: Pharyngula
The famous american blue jay. Iconic bird, famous. Star of cartoon network's Regular Show. Mascot of Toronto stickball. Festive blue…
From: Life's a Gas
Smart phones and smart watches now enable people to monitor and quantify all manner of information about their daily habits…
From: Mano Singham
I teach (in the distant future) a first year class in genetics and evolution. I'm going to have to use…
From: Pharyngula
This is going to have a lot of bullshit and filler because the fact is, I've never had a view…
From: Life's a Gas
Surfing the internet, I noted two pieces of news related to Chimpanzees and sounds. The first article is about the…
From: Pro-Science
Price gouging of US consumers by drug companies so that they can make enormous profits off patients so that they…
From: Mano Singham
Price gouging of US consumers by drug companies so that they can make enormous profits off patients so that they…
From: Mano Singham
Finally, after being kidnapped during daylight hours in a public street near Tufts University where she was a graduate student…
From: Mano Singham
Bikes are great, there's no doubt about it. They allow you to move relatively quickly with ease and are great…
From: Affinity
Via Pharyngula, I saw an excellent analysis by Rebecca Watson (see below) about a new book coming out that is…
From: Mano Singham
It has become clear that the Trump gang's plan is to summarily detain and deport people before they have had…
From: Mano Singham
After the US Supreme Court said that the Trump administration needed to facilitate Kilmar Ábrego García's release from a prison…
From: Mano Singham
It is clear that the Trump gang is going after foreign students by revoking their student visas willy-nilly for the…
From: Mano Singham
I'm a recovering gun nut. I guess. I always found guns to be another example of cool design and often…
From: Stderr
I posted three days ago about how Trump faced his first major test before the US Supreme Court about the…
From: Mano Singham
In discussing Trump's presidency, I though that one of the few things that he cared about, other than his own…
From: Mano Singham
In the 2023 film Oppenheimer, during the Manhattan project to develop the nuclear bomb, one of the concerns was whether…
From: Mano Singham
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about the future of dying, and whether we should be…
From: Daylight Atheism
Chinese and US trade representatives agreed to suspend for 90 days 115% of the sky-high tariffs each had imposed on…
From: Mano Singham
It's a beautiful state with a fabulous climate, when it's not on fire, but what's going on with their politicians?…
From: Pharyngula
It's a toasty 33°C (93°F) here in this northern state, and the White House has fired our researchers who contributed…
From: Pharyngula
This first one is obvious and is a knife aimed at the heart of our country: the Trump administration is…
From: Pharyngula
Price gouging of US consumers by drug companies so that they can make enormous profits off patients so that they…
From: Mano Singham
The effects of the tariffs that Trump imposed are starting to become manifest, hitting especially hard small retailers who find…
From: Mano Singham
Finally, after being kidnapped during daylight hours in a public street near Tufts University where she was a graduate student…
From: Mano Singham
It's embarrassing. Even the Aussies are being smug about being smarter than us.
From: Pharyngula