Many hundreds of years ago I actually was paid to publish short stories and poems. Not many, but a few.…
From: Pervert Justice
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From: Mano Singham
It took a remarkable amount of time to smear three coats of paint on the doors. Then, it was a…
From: Stderr
Dear daughter, If someone makes you uncomfortable, you don’t have to be polite. You don’t have to smile. You don’t…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Stephan Pastis, the creator of Pearls Before Swine, has come up with one of his most tortured puns. (Pearls Before…
From: Mano Singham
From: Pharyngula
Worship my nine lives, eighteen claws, and thirty teeth; then go fuck yourself.
From: Pervert Justice
One of my goals for the summer is to get some hot and heavy breeding going on in the lab.…
From: Pharyngula
I can't speak to the experiences of others, but for me, the notion of "writer's block" as a lack of…
From: Oceanoxia
The actor has rejected offers by the people behind the scenes in the TV series Mare of Easttown to adjust…
From: Mano Singham
I have gotten my first jab of the Pfizer vaccine this morning, and while I don't really feel any side…
From: Pro-Science
[caption id="attachment_63004" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Julie Lynn Bjornsson Myers — 1961-2021[/caption] It says something about my brother’s character that he marries…
From: Pharyngula
Most of the people who pay attention to Richard Dawkins probably remember exactly which tweetstorm I'm referring to, but, for…
From: Geeky Humanist
Ricky Gervais and Sam Harris have teamed up on a podcast called "Absolutely Mental". It sounds like the title matches…
From: Pharyngula
The current crop of New Atheists take a brutal beating. Phil Torres takes the approach of looking at the atheists…
From: Pharyngula
Oh boy, we get to relive Elevatorgate again. Thanks, Atheists for Liberty, for revisiting it. You are a proud atheist…
From: Pharyngula
It's always a mistake to treat creationists gently, especially Islamic creationists. Well, maybe not especially…believers in any fundamentalist, literalist religion…
From: Pharyngula
What a weird story, yet somehow unsurprising. L. Ron Hubbard and Leni Riefenstahl worked together on a movie script. It…
From: Pharyngula
It would be embarrassing to try to comment on James Baldwin; he's so brilliant, so articulate, so absolutely ruthless, and…
From: Stderr
So, apparently Q has gone quiet since not long after last November's US election. As a result there is a…
From: Pervert Justice
In a recent post, I mentioned in passing that I do not call myself a feminist even though I consider…
From: Mano Singham
Now THIS is an unpleasant shock. From the Minneapolis StarTribune: The FBI arrested three more men Friday in connection with…
From: Pervert Justice
Gordon Moore said in 1965 (Moore's Law) that the number of transistors per silicon chip doubles every year. I wonder…
From: Intransitive
The leftist Pedro Castillo, a teacher from the rural areas of Peru, is holding a very slim lead over the…
From: Mano Singham
Rainbow capitalism sucks. It's sickening to watch corporations wrap themselves in flags and pretend to "care" just to make a…
From: Intransitive
Most of the people who pay attention to Richard Dawkins probably remember exactly which tweetstorm I'm referring to, but, for…
From: Geeky Humanist
The number of people who comprise the trans community is small. The number of them who compete in competitive sports…
From: Mano Singham
Steven Crowder, the right-wing "comedian", was previously banned from YouTube for hate speech. They've lifted his ban, though, and he's…
From: Pharyngula
Very obvious, very big CN for this post, but no graphic descriptions A long, long time ago, I decided to…
From: Affinity
The actor has rejected offers by the people behind the scenes in the TV series Mare of Easttown to adjust…
From: Mano Singham
One big announcement is that I got home safely, and now get to relax after a long day of travel.…
From: Pharyngula
According to various esteemed sources, the Village of Bolingbrook attempted to grow a genetically engineered Village Board Trustee to fill…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
I just might tumble all blades from now on, even those that I will mirror-polish manually afterward. Because after two-three…
From: Affinity
I have gotten my first jab of the Pfizer vaccine this morning, and while I don't really feel any side…
From: Pro-Science
Shiro Ishii has died and moved on. The US, predictably, did not really shut down its biowarfare efforts after the…
From: Stderr
A friend tasked me with making a knife for their spouse. The spouse does not cook, so a kitchen knife…
From: Affinity
I don't want to say this, but Ka-Bar has become sort of like "The Collector's Armory." I don't think their…
From: Stderr
I wake up early here, still on Minnesota time. Four AM. That’s when my Dad would shake us awake summers…
From: Pharyngula
I never ceased to be amazed at the fascination in the US with the British royal family, deeply engrossed over…
From: Mano Singham
... if nunchucks could chuck nuns? I am going to ramble a bit about my pet peeve nonsensical weapon bans…
From: Affinity
Phil Torres has published a scathing essay that looks closely at the ugly trajectories that the careers of a group…
From: Mano Singham
You could have guessed that this would be coming. I had a discussion/debate with some Muslim creationists a few months…
From: Pharyngula
One of the shameful features of US history is its attempted genocide of the indigenous people here. Apart from the…
From: Mano Singham
While I am an atheist, I can understand the appeal that the idea of a god has for some people,…
From: Mano Singham
There are a few articles around now about how laughable Qanon is. It's true, they're the most absurd and easily…
From: Great American Satan
It's called the buybull because believers buy the bull. George Barna of the "Cultural Research Center" at Arizona Christian University, has…
From: Intransitive
I love my life here in Toledo. I love the people, the opportunities, and the shit ton of restaurants and…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Alabama has, after nearly three decades, lifted the ban on teaching yoga in public schools. Alabama has lifted a three-decade-long…
From: Mano Singham
This is some "fifty shades of gray" bullshit. Would you believe what being a good Christian demands of women? It's…
From: Pharyngula
Ashlie D. Stevens reviews a new podcast series The Turning: The Sisters Who Left that talks to some of the…
From: Mano Singham
Shiro Ishii has died and moved on. The US, predictably, did not really shut down its biowarfare efforts after the…
From: Stderr
Katie Englehart writes about the problem of loneliness that afflict a large number of older people in the US. Older…
From: Mano Singham
Mick West, who has long studied UFOs (or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena as the US government calls them) is not impressed…
From: Mano Singham
Ohio, the state where I lived for over thirty years, seems to be a breeding ground for nutcases and we…
From: Mano Singham
I've noticed a frustrating tendency among some climate activists to cling to a mode of thought that works to uphold…
From: Oceanoxia
Some among you doubted. Commenters thought it unlikely that a small spider could capture, kill, and consume a big ol'…
From: Pharyngula
On June 5, 1981, the first reported cases were announced of a disease spreading amongst gay men in the US…
From: Intransitive
I admit that I have not been following the career of Naomi Wolf closely, and had not read any of…
From: Mano Singham
Wholesome jigsaw puzzle youtuber Karen Kavett recently did a challenge where she assembled a 1000 piece puzzle by selecting 100…
From: A Trivial Knot
The SARS-COV-2 virus is certainly benefiting from the power of natural selection. It's spreading rapidly through a vulnerable population, that…
From: Pharyngula
In a recent post, I mentioned in passing that I do not call myself a feminist even though I consider…
From: Mano Singham
The congresswoman from Minnesota has been subjected to fierce criticism for a tweet that she put out. What did she…
From: Mano Singham
Now THIS is an unpleasant shock. From the Minneapolis StarTribune: The FBI arrested three more men Friday in connection with…
From: Pervert Justice
I was not aware that the police learn a technique known as the precision immobilization technique (PIT) by which they…
From: Mano Singham
The report by ProPublica about how the very rich pay almost no taxes shows the problem with the tax system…
From: Mano Singham
The invaluable investigative news outfit ProPublica has come out with a blockbuster report on how little the really wealthy pay…
From: Mano Singham
On his show Last Week Tonight, John Oliver said a lot of things that needed to be said about Asian-Americans…
From: Mano Singham
The leftist Pedro Castillo, a teacher from the rural areas of Peru, is holding a very slim lead over the…
From: Mano Singham
Remember this? That's a statue of Edward Colston, the slave trader, being thrown into the river by the citizens of…
From: Pharyngula
The US Army is making a token acknowledgment of crimes against American Indians by digging up and shipping back to…
From: Pharyngula
I take part in a weekly online trivia quiz contest that was organized by skeptics during the lockdown but has…
From: Mano Singham
In a recent post, I mentioned in passing that I do not call myself a feminist even though I consider…
From: Mano Singham
The congresswoman from Minnesota has been subjected to fierce criticism for a tweet that she put out. What did she…
From: Mano Singham
I was not aware that the police learn a technique known as the precision immobilization technique (PIT) by which they…
From: Mano Singham
One thing you have to say for the Republicans is that they present a unified front. They're horrible, but they…
From: Stderr
Ohio, the state where I lived for over thirty years, seems to be a breeding ground for nutcases and we…
From: Mano Singham
The report by ProPublica about how the very rich pay almost no taxes shows the problem with the tax system…
From: Mano Singham
In the US, if you file a civil lawsuit against someone, that person is not legally required to respond until…
From: Mano Singham
The invaluable investigative news outfit ProPublica has come out with a blockbuster report on how little the really wealthy pay…
From: Mano Singham
I've noticed a frustrating tendency among some climate activists to cling to a mode of thought that works to uphold…
From: Oceanoxia