I'm sad to say that Italian composer Ennio Morricone (born November 10, 1928) has died of undisclosed causes, age 91.…
From: Intransitive
Did anyone else see live music on Saturday? O_- The Taipei Scream event took place today, eight bands performing 45…
From: Intransitive
When I was a young warthog, I attended Waldorf Schools. One of the things required of me was the artistic…
From: Oceanoxia
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It's gotta rhyme, right? [caption id="attachment_59494" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Watterson[/caption]
From: Pharyngula
Because Trump has made such a hash of the response to the pandemic, we are going to see a cascade…
From: Mano Singham
Simone Giertz is a cancer survivor and a bit peculiar YouTuber. I have not watched many of her videos, but…
From: Affinity
The above sign, without the mask requirement, is commonly found posted at the entrance to many business establishments in the…
From: Mano Singham
Two thoughts on Canada Day, 2020: In one of his many collections of essays, Canadian humourist Eric Nicol mused about…
From: Intransitive
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You probably already know I think the FBI are a bunch of chucklefucks. My perspective was formed by working with…
From: Stderr
Kent Hovind really doesn't know to make a logical argument, and he has bananas on the brain.
From: Pharyngula
Between when I saw this image on The Guardian and bounced it from my phone to my desktop, it had…
From: Stderr
PS: happy Oligarchy Day! "Middle Class" - in the US, which is the main place where the term is used,…
From: Stderr
I gave up on creationist debates when I realized I was being taken advantage of -- I've always been willing…
From: Pharyngula
US president Donald Trump has gone to the edge of the cliff defending his right to privacy, although he would…
From: Stderr
I declared June 10 to be "facial recognition" day, and this year I didn't do a posting about it. Governments…
From: Stderr
I think they've been alarmed for a long time, but now Science is reporting on it. He and others are…
From: Pharyngula
Something I've observed among atheists, is a narrow legalistic stance informed by separation of church and state. For example, saying…
From: A Trivial Knot
Humanists International released a report on Thursday, June 25, entitled Humanists at Risk: Action Report 2020. which the site says…
From: Intransitive
TOHO Co. Ltd. of Japan owns the character Godzilla, which first appeared in a 1954 film. It has appeared in…
From: Intransitive
Last month, Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation held its annual Pride Shabbat service. This year, Stephanie Goldfarb was the guest speaker. She…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
There is one thing that puzzles me over the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's one-time lover and later friend,…
From: Mano Singham
Maxwell was Jeffrey Epstein's close associate and sometime lover and was accused by his victims as being the person most…
From: Mano Singham
On the surface, the ruling by the US Supreme Court in the case of JUNE MEDICAL SERVICES L. L. C.…
From: Mano Singham
Graham Linehan, the 'noxious transphobe and serial harasser of trans folk, has finally been banned from Twitter. This is a…
From: Pharyngula
Religious organizations that discriminate against the LGBT community have been stunned by the US supreme court's ruling handed down last…
From: Mano Singham
While welcoming the ruling that said that firing someone because they are gay or lesbian or transgender violates the law,…
From: Mano Singham
Ah, the country is swirling down the crapper thanks to toxic conservatives, but at least we can savor the desperate…
From: Pharyngula
On Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that firing employees because they are gay or lesbian or transgender violated…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_1128" align="alignright" width="368"] File photo of Jeanne Ives taken by the College of DuPage's staff.[/caption] Canvassers claiming to be…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
The knife is done about 95% now. I have peened and ground flush all the pins on scales without some…
From: Affinity
Just asking, since that's what I'll be doing next month. Also on that list…gosh, I miss going to the movie…
From: Pharyngula
Will County Board member and former Bolingbrook mayoral candidate Jackie Traynere announced on social media that she will be running…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
When I was a young warthog, I attended Waldorf Schools. One of the things required of me was the artistic…
From: Oceanoxia
Today was very stressful, although I did not, in fact, do too much work. But I was agitated about it…
From: Affinity
The poor man. Jimmy Flores came down with a serious case of COVID-19: life-threatening symptoms, hospitalized, breathing tube, the works.…
From: Pharyngula
For the next attempt at the patina, I had to think of a more fool-proof way to mask the areas…
From: Affinity
I find this video absolutely fascinating. I have no idea what a pentatonic scale is and how it differs from…
From: Affinity
I just had to make a harrowing trip to our local grocery store -- harrowing, because no one wears face…
From: Pharyngula
This came up in the comments on my post about the Arctic heat wave, and I think it merits further…
From: Oceanoxia
Being an anti-scientific chucklefuck kills people. The US went through some hardship and, with a great deal of hair-pulling from…
From: Stderr
One of Trump's most loyal groups of supporters are Christian evangelicals who, in their single-minded devotion to opposing abortion and…
From: Mano Singham
Religious organizations that discriminate against the LGBT community have been stunned by the US supreme court's ruling handed down last…
From: Mano Singham
The Serfs made a really good video examining culture, art, politics, and how truly fucked we all are. It also…
From: Oceanoxia
The right-wing and evangelical Christian sites are all lit up with the news that a BLM activist has declared that…
From: Pharyngula
Maybe that's why I feel the way I do. It's probably photoshopped. With all the fake news out there, I…
From: Stderr
At the end of eighth grade, my class took a trip to Nova Scotia, in Canada. I don't remember exactly…
From: Oceanoxia
I've cared about environmental problems for my entire life. One of the things that led to my stunningly successful early…
From: Oceanoxia
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From: Mano Singham
The pandemic has made everyone aware of the need to monitor their body temperature to see if they might be…
From: Mano Singham
It's that time of year when all the spectacular orb webs are popping up all over. We found a few…
From: Pharyngula
This is part of my series where I read physics articles in Scientific American, and offer commentary as a former…
From: A Trivial Knot
This article describes how California went from being lauded for the way it controlled the outbreak to now being one…
From: Mano Singham
We were exploring our local horticulture garden, and found this little guy hiding between some leaves. We also found lots…
From: Pharyngula
Between when I saw this image on The Guardian and bounced it from my phone to my desktop, it had…
From: Stderr
Even Fox News host Neil Cavuto is having a hard time dealing with the idiocy of Trump-supporting Republican congresspeople like…
From: Mano Singham
H. L. Mencken famously wrote that, "there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and…
From: Mano Singham
In the Washington Post: Coronavirus autopsies: A story of 38 brains, 87 lungs and 42 hearts, just the thing to…
From: Pharyngula
US president Donald Trump has gone to the edge of the cliff defending his right to privacy, although he would…
From: Stderr
Even after moving to California, I still get a daily newsletter from Chris Quinn, the editor of Cleveland.com, the online…
From: Mano Singham
The weapon of choice by those supporting the police and institutional racism (I repeat myself) is the car. The alt-right…
From: Pharyngula
We are used to seeing heavily armed white militia marching around in public spaces to show their support for white…
From: Mano Singham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewjaC6X9MaY No comment from me.
From: Affinity
America was born in racism, starting with the way that the early settlers massacred the indigenous peoples, before moving on…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_53347" align="alignright" width="150"] Krauss & friends[/caption] Lawrence Krauss stands exposed as a gullible fool, and it's sad to see.…
From: Pharyngula
After the
From: Mano Singham
There's a petition making the rounds to have Steven Pinker's recognition by the Linguistic Society of America removed. I don't…
From: Pharyngula
Last month, Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation held its annual Pride Shabbat service. This year, Stephanie Goldfarb was the guest speaker. She…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
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We've got pandemics, a crashing economy, Europe has closed its borders to us, nation-wide protests, etc., etc., etc., and this…
From: Pharyngula
You probably already know I think the FBI are a bunch of chucklefucks. My perspective was formed by working with…
From: Stderr
Even after moving to California, I still get a daily newsletter from Chris Quinn, the editor of Cleveland.com, the online…
From: Mano Singham
I suspect that Big Media(tm) aren't covering this story because they're afraid of exactly that. An official report from the…
From: Stderr
This article describes how California went from being lauded for the way it controlled the outbreak to now being one…
From: Mano Singham
We are used to seeing heavily armed white militia marching around in public spaces to show their support for white…
From: Mano Singham
America was born in racism, starting with the way that the early settlers massacred the indigenous peoples, before moving on…
From: Mano Singham
This is how you get lunatics in high office. Do you want more delusional politicians with selfish, unrealistic ideas running…
From: Pharyngula
Even Fox News host Neil Cavuto is having a hard time dealing with the idiocy of Trump-supporting Republican congresspeople like…
From: Mano Singham
When I was a young warthog, I attended Waldorf Schools. One of the things required of me was the artistic…
From: Oceanoxia