I was looking at some pictures (they were unavoidable) of the queen's lying-in-state, and I noticed an odd thing. The…
From: Stderr
So I got a philosophy for the end of the world inspired by a Junji Ito comic, Hellstar Remina, in…
From: Great American Satan
This is a chapter-by-chapter review of problematic romance novel ‘Walking Disaster’ by Jamie McGuire. Posts in the series will all…
From: Geeky Humanist
Dear Daughter, It’s fall 2022 and a new school year has begun – first grade. More reading. More math. More…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
This British documentary directed and narrated by Mark Cousins looks at the history of film making around the world starting…
From: Mano Singham
I want to share another journal entry with you from my time in treatment in Chicago. It's the day after…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Seth Meyers asked this anti-royalist for his reaction to the news coverage of the funeral. Oliver describes an innocuous but…
From: Mano Singham
So no bites on reading the stories I've posted lately, alright. There could be a variety of reasons for that…
From: Great American Satan
Since I get my news online, I have managed to avoid coverage of the non-news of Queen Elizabeth's funeral. My…
From: Mano Singham
A friend forwarded to me this set of photographs of 30 architectural wonders from around the world. #7 reminded me…
From: Mano Singham
We are the heroes of our own mythology. This year, we find ourselves even further under the nuclear threat. Russia's…
From: Stderr
So I got a philosophy for the end of the world inspired by a Junji Ito comic, Hellstar Remina, in…
From: Great American Satan
Jesus fuck, but I despise the debate cultists. The most ignorant, unpleasant, dishonest people seem to have adopted this grift:…
From: Pharyngula
Dear Daughter, It’s fall 2022 and a new school year has begun – first grade. More reading. More math. More…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Kent Hovind has been dealing with some legal issues lately -- in particular, he had a court date to argue…
From: Pharyngula
When you are in recovery, you are bound to encounter the topic of “resilience”. It’s a certain toughness – an…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Kent Hovind recycled a video titled Aronra, Professor Dave, & PZ Meyers get OWNED by Kent Hovind's Assistant, originally posted…
From: Pharyngula
I was on an episode of Reason with Science a while back, and it was just posted. I was talkative,…
From: Pharyngula
I have been incredibly busy, so I am way behind on my posts. This one is not even done, so…
From: Jonathan's Musings
What do you value? Do you think about your values consciously? Unconsciously? Does being an atheist affect what you value?…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
As fascism rises around the world, we're going to see a lot of bigotry and oppression justified in the name…
From: Oceanoxia
On 16 September 2022, 22 year old Jina Mahsa Amini was killed by the morality police in Tehran, Iran leading…
From: Pro-Science
I have proof by anecdote. That wimpy child was feminized. Those men were wrecked by soy products and the mainstreaming…
From: Pharyngula
From a comment I wrote on WHTM, lightly edited for clarity absent its original context: So many people have announced…
From: Pervert Justice
I've been working on a couple posts about this general topic for a while now, and I'm hoping I'll have…
From: Oceanoxia
Ever since my daughter learned the colors she knew her favorite was pink. She’s six now and that hasn’t changed.…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I just want to note here (after a frustrating conversation elsewhere) so I can link to this later in the…
From: Pervert Justice
They're everywhere. The NSF has released a horrifying report on sexual harassment and assault at US Antarctic program -- there…
From: Pharyngula
When I was a kid, and nobody knew what an asshole Scott Adams is, I loved reading Dilbert. I think…
From: Oceanoxia
I find conservatives' obsession with gender affirmation therapy to be disturbing and bizarre. This Libs of TikTok fanatic, Chaya Raichik,…
From: Pharyngula
Tegan is finally home from three weeks out of town, and both His Holiness and I are very happy. She's…
From: Oceanoxia
A common rule for people recovering from an eating disorder is to avoid conversations about dieting, so when I came…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Émile P. Torres just pointed out the existence of this 5 year old video. Elon Musk, Stuart Russell, Ray Kurzweil,…
From: Pharyngula
Well, this is an unexpected ploy. The flu epidemic of 1918 didn't kill people, it was all those cases of…
From: Pharyngula
Dear Daughter, It’s fall 2022 and a new school year has begun – first grade. More reading. More math. More…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I just encountered Bret Weinstein's self-promotional blurb, and I'm kind of in awe. [caption id="attachment_67965" align="aligncenter" width="461"] Dr. Bret Weinstein…
From: Pharyngula
It is the season when the walnut tree is shedding its bounty. We still haven't eatet yet all the nuts…
From: Affinity
I was reading about this guy, Vitalik Buterin, who is supposed to be some super-smart crypto guy. There's an infestation…
From: Pharyngula
These are the years I should be relaxing and resting, right? Gotta go, late for a long lab session, and…
From: Pharyngula
I want to share another journal entry with you from my time in treatment in Chicago. It's the day after…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
As fascism rises around the world, we're going to see a lot of bigotry and oppression justified in the name…
From: Oceanoxia
On 16 September 2022, 22 year old Jina Mahsa Amini was killed by the morality police in Tehran, Iran leading…
From: Pro-Science
I've been working on a couple posts about this general topic for a while now, and I'm hoping I'll have…
From: Oceanoxia
When you are in recovery, you are bound to encounter the topic of “resilience”. It’s a certain toughness – an…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Earlier this summer, the Supreme Court made another of their stupid decisions, in this taking a first step in gutting…
From: Pharyngula
It's peculiar. We're supposed to have a separation of church and state, but somehow we've ended up with not just…
From: Pharyngula
This is an old video, but given current events, I think it's worth sharing. Part of that is because the…
From: Oceanoxia
I seem to have constructed a memory from whole cloth. The internet is not backing me up on this, so…
From: Great American Satan
No Dr Oz today. There's an even worse guy running for office in Pennsylvania: Doug Mastriano wants to be governor,…
From: Pharyngula
I went through this strange period when I was a kid – probably around junior high – where I tried…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
This is an impressive microscope. It doesn't look like much, but this is the kind of instrument Leeuwenhoek used to…
From: Pharyngula
Prepping for my intro class today, we're wrapping up the unit on basic Mendelian genetics and a little more. The…
From: Pharyngula
It's just an innocent space rock, didn't do anyone any harm, but NASA is getting ready to practice its marksmanship…
From: Pharyngula
So I got a philosophy for the end of the world inspired by a Junji Ito comic, Hellstar Remina, in…
From: Great American Satan
I talk a lot about the need for us to clean up air pollution as part of our climate response,…
From: Oceanoxia
Aaargh, neglecting the blog again. My big distraction today: as always happens, I looked over last year's notes and grumped…
From: Pharyngula
I wrote a few days ago about the total failure of Puerto Rico's privatized power grid under Hurricane Fiona. As…
From: Oceanoxia
I talk about systemic change a fair amount on this blog. The effort to solve climate change through "individual action"…
From: Oceanoxia
Data science has an increasing impact on our lives, and not always for the better. People speak of “Big Data”,…
From: A Trivial Knot
President Biden created a bit of a stir when he said in an interview that the pandemic is over but…
From: Mano Singham
The current Republican party seems to have just one policy and that is to 'own the libs', whatever the cost…
From: Mano Singham
There are interesting questions in the population genetics and evolution of different human groups, and it would be nice if…
From: Pharyngula
As fascism rises around the world, we're going to see a lot of bigotry and oppression justified in the name…
From: Oceanoxia
I talk a lot about the need for us to clean up air pollution as part of our climate response,…
From: Oceanoxia
I wrote a few days ago about the total failure of Puerto Rico's privatized power grid under Hurricane Fiona. As…
From: Oceanoxia
On 16 September 2022, 22 year old Jina Mahsa Amini was killed by the morality police in Tehran, Iran leading…
From: Pro-Science
From a comment I wrote on WHTM, lightly edited for clarity absent its original context: So many people have announced…
From: Pervert Justice
I've been working on a couple posts about this general topic for a while now, and I'm hoping I'll have…
From: Oceanoxia
[caption id="attachment_67946" align="alignright" width="150"] Creep.[/caption] How did this guy get any attention at all? https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1572297054617219072 These quotes come from a…
From: Pharyngula
Readers may recall a couple of posts earlier this year about me receiving cryptic text messages on WhatsApp from people…
From: Mano Singham
I did not know much about Liz Truss who was elected as the new leader of the UK Conservative party,…
From: Mano Singham
The current Republican party seems to have just one policy and that is to 'own the libs', whatever the cost…
From: Mano Singham
The man is an embarrassment of failures. His latest? A right-leaning newspaper suggested it would be a good idea to…
From: Pharyngula
As fascism rises around the world, we're going to see a lot of bigotry and oppression justified in the name…
From: Oceanoxia
We are the heroes of our own mythology. This year, we find ourselves even further under the nuclear threat. Russia's…
From: Stderr
In his 1938 essay What I Believe that can be found in the collection Two Cheers for Democracy, E. M.…
From: Mano Singham
Steve Bannon. Speaking at a Turning Point USA conference. With Alex Jones. Summarizing the evil schemes of the elites. It's…
From: Pharyngula
I wrote a few days ago about the total failure of Puerto Rico's privatized power grid under Hurricane Fiona. As…
From: Oceanoxia
On 16 September 2022, 22 year old Jina Mahsa Amini was killed by the morality police in Tehran, Iran leading…
From: Pro-Science
I talk about systemic change a fair amount on this blog. The effort to solve climate change through "individual action"…
From: Oceanoxia