It seems Kurt Cobain had a touch of the "Impostor Syndrome" that has been semi-popular for people to yak about…
From: Life's a Gas
One of the problems of dealing with distant wars is force protection, the other is logistics. As Napoleon famously said,…
From: Stderr
The Probability Broach, chapter 5 Win has almost reached his doppelganger's address in the parallel world he's stumbled into. He's…
From: Daylight Atheism
I have finally released a new EP titled Unrelenting Introspection. You can listen for free on Bandcamp. It’s only 14…
From: A Trivial Knot
I didn't really get the fact that recognition is a feeling and that feeling can be utterly mistaken, until I…
From: Life's a Gas
Another type of post to add to the rotay, so I don't run out of birdposts and dreamposts and discposts:…
From: Life's a Gas
The Probability Broach, chapter 5 In a phone booth in a strange futuristic city, Win Bear has found a number…
From: Daylight Atheism
My rip-roaring revue of the entire catalogue of The Dead Milkmen proceeds according to plan, now entering the last era…
From: Life's a Gas
In my last post on this topic I meant to go deeper into the non-player creatures of the setting, be…
From: Life's a Gas
I'm reviewing the whole discography of The Dead Milkmen. I know, I know. You're not interested. Tough titty! This is…
From: Life's a Gas
From 2007 to 2019, local skeptic activists organized Skepticamps. They were loosely organized one day events in which local area speakers…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
I'm trying hard to make videos as a regular habit, just to get back in the swing of things. In…
From: Pharyngula
Hey! I vividly remember this cover, the May 1969 issue of Argosy magazine! My father's family was fond of some…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_76674" align="alignright" width="150"] onstage during the 6th Annual KLOVE Fan Awards at The Grand Ole Opry on May 27,…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_76655" align="alignright" width="300"] It's more of a pathetic squeak.[/caption] Dave Futrelle found something provocative: a new type of guy…
From: Pharyngula
OK, Republicans suck, have wicked intentions, and are wrecking the country. Their one saving grace, the one thing that gives…
From: Pharyngula
As you may have heard, Joni Ernst, the Iowa pig-farmer who has somehow found herself in congress, had a town…
From: Pharyngula
Ken Ham is spittin' mad. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear made a statement in support of LGBTQ+ people and the importance…
From: Pharyngula
When I encounter a substance dualist, this is how I mock their position. [caption id="attachment_76557" align="aligncenter" width="439"] Consciousness arises from…
From: Pharyngula
Any time the various creationist organizations -- AiG, ICR, CMI, DI, etc. -- start getting excited and claiming that genetics…
From: Pharyngula
I walked to the Morris Pride celebration at Eastside Park this afternoon, wearing my Biology is Bigger than Binaries t-shirt.…
From: Pharyngula
Coming out isn’t what it used to be. Literally, “coming out” has a rich history of different meanings. Originally it…
From: A Trivial Knot
We're having a Pride celebration here in little ol' Morris, Minnesota this afternoon, 2-5pm at Eastside Park. I might stroll…
From: Pharyngula
The transphobes are experiencing the contradictions inherent in their ideas. In England, which has become Transphobe Central, they set up…
From: Pharyngula
Had a dream, felt like the raw setup and environment were recurring, but the feeling of remembering can be fake,…
From: Life's a Gas
In a basketball game between two professional teams in the WNBA, the Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky, Caitlin Clark…
From: Mano Singham
[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
A person named Elise has compiled a spreadsheet of responses from neurodivergent people about their jobs and careers. I learned…
From: Pharyngula
The hot compost is a lot of work, but so far, I find it at least interesting. In the meantime,…
From: Affinity
I was busy as a bee since the last article, and I did not have much time (and strength) for…
From: Affinity
I tried to do a posting the other night, and thought maybe I could keep myself from flailing around violently…
From: Stderr
I have been enlightened. I know exactly what my role on this Earth is. Yesterday, my wife found a dead…
From: Pharyngula
Back in 2017, I had a post arguing that a good personal motto to live by is 'Don't Be a…
From: Mano Singham
Vance Boelter is cooked. You can see a detailed list of all the evidence he left in his wake, as…
From: Pharyngula
Back in the 1980s, we made frequent family trips from Eugene to Seattle and back again, and one of the…
From: Pharyngula
Hey! I vividly remember this cover, the May 1969 issue of Argosy magazine! My father's family was fond of some…
From: Pharyngula
I have not felt the desire to blog the least few days because the news has been so relentlessly depressing.…
From: Mano Singham
One of the problems of dealing with distant wars is force protection, the other is logistics. As Napoleon famously said,…
From: Stderr
There are many axioms that people adopt as desirable guidelines to live by, such as the Golden Rule or Kant's…
From: Mano Singham
I was looking up monsters and some chain led to motifs from Middle Eastern art, which led to an article…
From: Life's a Gas
Red pill, blue pill. Why so biney, Morpheoose? I've gotten self-righteous about it from time to time, as have most…
From: Life's a Gas
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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
In the US, lotteries are a big business, raising huge revenues for state governments. But recently, here has been a…
From: Mano Singham
One of the problems of dealing with distant wars is force protection, the other is logistics. As Napoleon famously said,…
From: Stderr
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about Ukraine's audacious "Operation Spiderweb" - a covert operation to…
From: Daylight Atheism
Google has come up with a new tool for generating video called Veo -- feed it some detailed prompts, and…
From: Pharyngula
You can ask my wife what it's like being married to a biologist, and she'll tell you. [caption id="attachment_76800" align="aligncenter"…
From: Pharyngula
There's a zoo in Kansas called Tanganyika Wildlife Park, and the fact it doesn't have zoo in the name makes me…
From: Life's a Gas
It happened to be right there as I walked into the house. It's too hot to go looking for them.
From: Pharyngula
China has a space station named Tiangong that we don't hear much about in US media, which is a shame.…
From: Pharyngula
What does it mean to you, birdies, to run in a mixed flock? What are you getting out of it? …
From: Life's a Gas
You can still join the RP by comment, open for two more players. Catch up from the beginning here, just…
From: Life's a Gas
I tried to do a posting the other night, and thought maybe I could keep myself from flailing around violently…
From: Stderr
Would anyone be surprised by this observation? Wealth and privilege mess up your head. In 2011, a Berkeley grad student…
From: Pharyngula
Given the hellscape that is unfolding in the Middle East and the police state that the US has become (with…
From: Mano Singham
When Biden was in office, the house and senate were dominated by rethugs, one way or another, right? It felt…
From: Life's a Gas
It's getting seriously hard to find the strength to talk about anything positive since January, and the genocide in Gaza…
From: Stderr
Mano Singham is on the anti-Pinker train. But if you claim to be of the left and yet find yourself…
From: Pharyngula
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about the strange philosophy of antinatalism, and how it led…
From: Daylight Atheism
The recent flare up in the Los Angeles area caused by ICE agents sweeping up people for deportation without warrants…
From: Mano Singham
They don't do anything productive, and are just fanning the flames of a destructive hatred. We have a huge cultural,…
From: Pharyngula
Have you ever heard of Aporia? It's an online magazine. If you want to follow that link, feel free, but…
From: Pharyngula
Late last night, I got an alert with the good news that Iran and Israel were going to stop shooting…
From: Pharyngula
In the US, lotteries are a big business, raising huge revenues for state governments. But recently, here has been a…
From: Mano Singham
The World Humanist Conference was scheduled for next year in Washington DC. I've been to this conference in Oxford in…
From: Pharyngula
There may be little point to these comments, because the people who need to hear them most are incapable of…
From: Pharyngula
When it comes to waging war with other countries, we see clearly that what we have in the US is…
From: Mano Singham
Two days ago, Donald Trump was whining that he wasn't going to win a Nobel Peace Prize, despite the fact…
From: Pharyngula
What's for sale? Everything. Tvngp would sell Texas to Mexico for 47 pesos. I guess conservatives just love a white…
From: Life's a Gas
There are many axioms that people adopt as desirable guidelines to live by, such as the Golden Rule or Kant's…
From: Mano Singham
Last Saturday saw the massive No Kings protest around the country (and even in other countries) that dwarfed Trump's sad…
From: Mano Singham
I tried to do a posting the other night, and thought maybe I could keep myself from flailing around violently…
From: Stderr