Stephen Colbert had a good monologue on the lowlights. {AD} Trevor Noah says that the debate format must change. Jimmy…
From: Mano Singham
Slowly, the reality of having degus is getting us. No matter how much you read, it's never going to come…
From: Affinity
The revelations about Trump's taxes show how the system is rigged to to give the wealthy all manner of advantages…
From: Mano Singham
By Wendy Onofrey Webmaster for the Bolingbrook Babbler My brother, who writes a column for the Babbler, managed to get…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
I was making some notes for myself, and decided to share them. Why not? From the design of each door,…
From: Stderr
Samantha Bee makes the powerful case that these are breeding grounds for appalling abuses and should be abolished. Furthermore, because…
From: Mano Singham
This is to help defray FTB's legal debts from Richard Carrier's defamation lawsuit. Details and rules are below: The Big…
From: Stderr
This is to help defray FTB's legal debts from Richard Carrier's defamation lawsuit. Details and rules are below: A Custom…
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One of the great things about FTB is that nobody can imagine PZ Myers rolling around on the floor in…
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This is to help defray FTB's legal debts from Richard Carrier's defamation lawsuit. Details and rules are below: The Thin…
From: Stderr
This is not an argument against libertarianism, so don't jump to the conclusion that because an analysis is done on…
From: Jonathan's Musings
Noam Chomsky is a great orator if you get him and that means you must share his contempt towards unjustified…
From: Jonathan's Musings
That was a busy weekend, but I still disciplined myself to crank out a Sunday video, even if it didn't…
From: Pharyngula
A few years ago, someone on Freethoughtblogs was accused of sexual harassment, and when folks decided to take the accusations…
From: Oceanoxia
His reputation was sinking fast, and has now reached the abyssal level.
From: Pharyngula
I hope you all have some fun with this conversation between the Knechtle evangelical group and some radical materialist named…
From: Pharyngula
I was asked by this fellow, Stuart Knechtle, to have a chat on his YouTube channel, so I guess I…
From: Pharyngula
Donald Trump is so ignorant and illiterate that apparently his aides read their briefing notes aloud, to him, like he's…
From: Stderr
A commenter, BCWebb, mentioned this recent paper, which is mind-blowingly bad. It's a combination of crackpot physics plus crackpot biology,…
From: Pharyngula
The Black Death inspired the flagellants -- it seems to be a common human response to extremes of stress, that…
From: Pharyngula
This is a work in progress, and I'll update it as I learn more, find more resources, and as events…
From: Oceanoxia
There is a petition going around in support of awful transphobe JK Rowling. It's remarkably stupid. We are a group…
From: Pharyngula
A few years ago, someone on Freethoughtblogs was accused of sexual harassment, and when folks decided to take the accusations…
From: Oceanoxia
Some readers may recall that a couple of years ago, I made fun of a press release issued by the…
From: Mano Singham
Last week, dating app company Hornet published a dubious survey of 10,000 gay men on the 2020 US election. I…
From: Intransitive
I woke up to the horrible news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died, 87 years old. As…
From: Pro-Science
Fascism is gaining power in the United States right now, accompanied by both lies about who and what they are,…
From: Oceanoxia
I have of course heard of the Miss America and Miss USA pageants and recall having seen bits of either…
From: Mano Singham
Another woman has come forward and charged that back in 1997 when she was a model, Trump sexually assaulted her.…
From: Mano Singham
People who want to be parents are the ones who should be having children. What to do with their reproductive…
From: Andreas Avester
Since I mentioned my
From: Pharyngula
This is not an argument against libertarianism, so don't jump to the conclusion that because an analysis is done on…
From: Jonathan's Musings
Slowly, the reality of having degus is getting us. No matter how much you read, it's never going to come…
From: Affinity
I have gotten side-tracked. Some of the comments on my last posting mentioned that Derren Brown did a couple of…
From: Stderr
It's a bit of a tossup. https://twitter.com/CNET/status/1310489425470803975 Either way, I don't want it anywhere near me. Yuck.
From: Pharyngula
I'm not going to write about last night's debate, because a) I only saw a few moments of it and…
From: Pharyngula
Noam Chomsky is a great orator if you get him and that means you must share his contempt towards unjustified…
From: Jonathan's Musings
Every few years, stories of Organism 46-B rise up again, and of course, I'm starting to see it again in…
From: Pharyngula
The original plan was to make ordinary knives, no fancy stuff, no distractions, just to build up some stock for…
From: Affinity
The Panel of Inexpert Discussion begins shortly, don't miss it! Also, later this evening, we say farewell to Ed Brayton.…
From: Pharyngula
This is a work in progress, and I'll update it as I learn more, find more resources, and as events…
From: Oceanoxia
Kol Hadash Humanistic congregation, based in the Chicago area, held its High Holidays services last weekend. The full services, lead…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
The theory of natural selection provides a way of understanding how life, starting from one or a few microorganisms, has…
From: Mano Singham
Some readers may recall that a couple of years ago, I made fun of a press release issued by the…
From: Mano Singham
You can go here for links and sources, and a text version
From: Oceanoxia
This is the last one where I'll be looking at demon descriptions, but I have a few other things I…
From: Great American Satan
That Catholic reactionary, Michael O'Fallon, is running another "Sovereign Nations" conference. It's very important you know. https://twitter.com/SovNations/status/1307056529204563969 The funny thing…
From: Pharyngula
I guess there is. I'm always torn by these things. They aren't a problem, and they promote good humanist values,…
From: Pharyngula
Content Warning: Flashing Lights, Extreme Cheesiness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIULR5NbBss Got some more demons to ponder. I was able to work out a…
From: Great American Satan
Fascism is gaining power in the United States right now, accompanied by both lies about who and what they are,…
From: Oceanoxia
This is a work in progress, and I'll update it as I learn more, find more resources, and as events…
From: Oceanoxia
I have gotten side-tracked. Some of the comments on my last posting mentioned that Derren Brown did a couple of…
From: Stderr
In an article titled The Big Tech Extortion Racket in the September 2020 issue of Harper's Magazine, Barry C. Lynn…
From: Mano Singham
I am sorry to report that, on my latest scan of my house, I have discovered that our beloved feral…
From: Pharyngula
Modern neuroscience is challenging innatism - think evolutionary psychology - with their findings on how our emotions work. Bottom line…
From: Jonathan's Musings
When seated at my desk, I have a nice view of the hills that surround Monterey. I often see hawks…
From: Mano Singham
When Peter’s eyes started sliding off the lines of code he was supposed to be editing, he noticed the signals…
From: Oceanoxia
In my recent article in Scientific American, I wrote about one issue that I deal with more extensively in my…
From: Mano Singham
I wrote a lot of poetry in high school. Maybe, if enough people contribute to my patreon, I'll share some…
From: Oceanoxia
The theory of natural selection provides a way of understanding how life, starting from one or a few microorganisms, has…
From: Mano Singham
This is a work in progress, and I'll update it as I learn more, find more resources, and as events…
From: Oceanoxia
This is not an argument against libertarianism, so don't jump to the conclusion that because an analysis is done on…
From: Jonathan's Musings
[CONTENT NOTE: police violence against peaceful protesters, lying police liars who lie.] A new report from Human Rights Watch documents…
From: Death to Squirrels
As I expected, Trump's refusal to condemn white supremacy in last night's disgraceful apology for a debate has been the…
From: Mano Singham
Noam Chomsky is a great orator if you get him and that means you must share his contempt towards unjustified…
From: Jonathan's Musings
I'm not in her district, so I can't vote for her, but if I were I would. James O'Keefe, professional…
From: Pharyngula
Maybe it's more common in legal documents. [caption id="attachment_60473" align="aligncenter" width="477"] Unspeakable Vault of Doom[/caption] I mean, what else could…
From: Pharyngula
Samantha Bee makes the powerful case that these are breeding grounds for appalling abuses and should be abolished. Furthermore, because…
From: Mano Singham
Lost in the news about how Trump is both a tax avoider and a failure as a businessman comes the…
From: Mano Singham
As we all know, whiteness is a social construct (because everything is, duh). It is not a concept that has…
From: Affinity
This is a work in progress, and I'll update it as I learn more, find more resources, and as events…
From: Oceanoxia
This is not an argument against libertarianism, so don't jump to the conclusion that because an analysis is done on…
From: Jonathan's Musings
Stephen Colbert had a good monologue on the lowlights. {AD} Trevor Noah says that the debate format must change. Jimmy…
From: Mano Singham
On October 5, 1970, the Front de libération du Québec kidnapped UK Trade Commissioner James Cross. Many call this the…
From: Intransitive
As I expected, Trump's refusal to condemn white supremacy in last night's disgraceful apology for a debate has been the…
From: Mano Singham
Watching the debate? Paying any attention whatsoever to the shitshow that is US politics, outside of the bare-ass minimum it…
From: Great American Satan
I'm sitting this one out. Go ahead, leave comments reporting your status. You might want to leave your address with…
From: Pharyngula
The revelations about Trump's taxes show how the system is rigged to to give the wealthy all manner of advantages…
From: Mano Singham
Here is bodycam footage from one of the police SWAT team who arrived in response to Brad Parscale's wife's call…
From: Mano Singham
Noam Chomsky is a great orator if you get him and that means you must share his contempt towards unjustified…
From: Jonathan's Musings