Comedian and daytime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres was recently seated next to former president George W. Bush at a…
From: Mano Singham
This story describes a couple of grandmothers in Russia who took the law into their own hands and vandalized a…
From: Mano Singham
Rainy this morning, so all the colors are muted. There was no frost last night, but my elm tree near…
From: Stderr
And boredom leads to cake. For the Pokémon Go Community Day last Saturday I made a black forest style cake.…
From: Affinity
Ah, the "knife-maker's girlfriend's knife." It's got to be the best that you can make, at that given time and…
From: Stderr
This morning was lovely and bright. It's amazing how quickly the trees change color once they start.
From: Stderr
These are the last pictures by daylight. Remember that we went there in the evening especially so we could come…
From: Affinity
(Note: I am going to keep this as the top post for a while. New posts will appear below it…
From: Mano Singham
In the last couple of weeks, night time temperatures have been dropping to around 50F. This is my favorite time…
From: Stderr
I just saw the above film and it is excellent. It is based on real life events and tells the…
From: Mano Singham
Emerson Thomas "Tom" McMullen has opinions about evolution. He is a Historian of Science, Technology, and Medicine, though, and his…
From: Pharyngula
(Note: I am going to keep this as the top post for a while. New posts will appear below it…
From: Mano Singham
For all you masochists out there who want all the details, Stephanie Zvan has published a thorough timeline of David…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_56358" align="alignright" width="297"] Not getting up from this one.[/caption] She wields a Broadsword of Brutal Honesty +5. The recent…
From: Pharyngula
I am pleased to say that my book will be released next month and can now be pre-ordered. You can…
From: Mano Singham
Spotted on Facebook. Hated it. [caption id="attachment_56343" align="aligncenter" width="500"] I am a very critical thinker, which is why I am…
From: Pharyngula
Sources tell the Babbler that former American Atheist president David Silverman will run for Bolingbrook mayor in 2021. [caption id="attachment_890"…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Yesterday, Secular Woman posted an article about these harassing lawsuits by harassers, specifically mentioning the pending litigation by Richard Carrier…
From: Pharyngula
Atheist Alliance International has hired David Silverman to be their executive director. I can't even. Silverman is the controversial former…
From: Pharyngula
It's the layers of incomprehension that get to you. It's dull, bewildered monkeys all the way down. [caption id="attachment_56296" align="aligncenter"…
From: Pharyngula
It's International Pronouns Day! I got my button. I wonder if the UMM College Republicans got theirs? I notice that,…
From: Pharyngula
As stated, October 16th is International Pronouns Day, a day that encourages and demands respect for all Non-Binary, Transgender and…
From: Intransitive
Taipei's Pride Parade is the biggest in Asia with over 100,000 participants in each of the last two years, and…
From: Intransitive
For all you masochists out there who want all the details, Stephanie Zvan has published a thorough timeline of David…
From: Pharyngula
An utterly horrible story: Aja Newman goes to the emergency room for severe shoulder pain. She's given a sedative…then the…
From: Pharyngula
Their little hate signs have gotten attention from Newsweek. That's all they really wanted, was to be outrageous and stupid…
From: Pharyngula
Ricky Gervais is an atheist, stand up comedian, and actor. He made a pretty funny film with an interesting premise…
From: Mano Singham
Yesterday there was a town hall style forum with nine Democratic presidential candidates talking about LGBT issues, similar in format…
From: Mano Singham
Call me cynical, but I'm in full agreement with Christopher Chan: Friday October 11 is supposed to be National…
From: Intransitive
We have some [SATIRE!] deplorable students on our campus, and as I mentioned before, they've been putting up ugly anti-trans…
From: Pharyngula
This seems about right for America: an Iowa family's basement fills with blood. Real, genuine blood. The stuff had backed…
From: Pharyngula
A metaphor is often used to conjure up a visual image to illustrate an abstract idea in a concrete way.…
From: Mano Singham
I admit to a growing addiction: for the past month or so, I catch an episode or two of Letterkenny…
From: Pharyngula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTavR2PhsOY Open thread, talk whatever you want. Kindly. Previous thread.
From: Affinity
Joaquin Phoenix is right handed, as can be seen in an autograph scrum at an airport. So why did those…
From: Intransitive
Tuesday is also a crowded schedule for me, and I just got home. That's partly because I pushed and got…
From: Pharyngula
Republican Congressional candidate Jeanne Ives will run a “Hell House” this month focused on Representative Sean Casten. [caption id="attachment_894" align="alignright"…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
My wife is away for a few weeks, so she's sending me photos of things she knows I'll like…like Texas…
From: Pharyngula
OK, memories, I've experienced this. [caption id="attachment_56348" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Unshelved[/caption] I was probably in second or third grade, somewhere around…
From: Pharyngula
I am pleased to say that my book will be released next month and can now be pre-ordered. You can…
From: Mano Singham
The editors of Scientific American magazine have come out with a strong editorial arguing that the present exceptions for vaccinations…
From: Mano Singham
During the Democratic debate yesterday, I was surprised to see an ad on CNN by the Freedom From Religion Foundation…
From: Mano Singham
(Note: I am going to keep this as the top post for a while. New posts will appear below it…
From: Mano Singham
I am pleased to say that my book will be released next month and can now be pre-ordered. You can…
From: Mano Singham
You may recall my earlier post about the strange relationship between Jerry Falwell, Jr,, his wife, and two young men…
From: Mano Singham
From where I'm standing, usually racism. White religions worship "relics", and non-white people worship "fetishes" and "totems". I say we…
From: Intransitive
A right wing, anti-Muslim group called Act for America decided to hold a fund-raising cocktail party and dinner at Donald…
From: Mano Singham
One of the most common arguments that are presented for the existence of the afterlife are the reported near-death experiences,…
From: Mano Singham
On a regular basis, I hear about films that are released that are targeted at evangelical Christians that feed them…
From: Mano Singham
The Satanic Temple and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Or Pastafarians for short) are examples of non-religious groups…
From: Mano Singham
I'm not talking about the mountain of grading waiting for me. The bad news: I fear Jenny By-The-Front-Door may have…
From: Pharyngula
Finally, Floridians are talking about climate change. It's a strange situation where the American state with the most obvious risk…
From: Pharyngula
The editors of Scientific American magazine have come out with a strong editorial arguing that the present exceptions for vaccinations…
From: Mano Singham
Whoa. We were stunned when we were told we get to hire a tenure-track ecologist, but now I'm totally gobsmacked…
From: Pharyngula
Much awesomeness. Look at all the octopuses! https://twitter.com/RebeccaRHelm/status/1184542225298055168 It's showing live on NautilusLive right now!
From: Pharyngula
Here's another wintertime project I've got to work on. I've got all these spiders I collected, and I'm confident that…
From: Pharyngula
So that's how unicorns fly through space -- by pooping out rainbow-colored slinkies. I've always wondered. The brain-twisting image comes…
From: Pharyngula
(Note: I am going to keep this as the top post for a while. New posts will appear below it…
From: Mano Singham
I'm done with seeking out spiders in their natural environment, for a while. I'm keeping an eye on a few…
From: Pharyngula
I have used most of the major reference management platforms at one time or another: EndNote, RefMan, Zotero, and Mendeley.…
From: Fierce Roller
Goddamnit. We needed him more then ever, and now a civil rights hero has died at the much too young…
From: Pharyngula
Economist Gabriel Zucman has compared what the average tax rates will be depending on your income, based on the various…
From: Mano Singham
The last time I mentioned Jared Taylor, I said: he’s an unpleasant and pretentious leader of white supremacists…an unctuous, smiling…
From: Pharyngula
[UPDATE: The US Customs and Border Protection agency has given their version of events, saying that the border crossing was…
From: Mano Singham
These days we seem to see a proliferation of hate speech, the tone being set by the petulant man-child who…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_56351" align="alignright" width="111"] Memorial to the stolen families on the UMM campus[/caption] White Americans stole Indian children and ripped…
From: Pharyngula
Ricky Gervais is an atheist, stand up comedian, and actor. He made a pretty funny film with an interesting premise…
From: Mano Singham
Yesterday was Pokémon Go Community Day. For those of you who don't play the game, that's a day when a…
From: Affinity
Yesterday there was a town hall style forum with nine Democratic presidential candidates talking about LGBT issues, similar in format…
From: Mano Singham
This awful. https://twitter.com/PopChassid/status/1182509132999528450 It's chilling how the audience boos when he mentions Somalia. Then they cheer when he claims to…
From: Pharyngula
Yesterday, Donald Trump released a letter sent by him to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan warning him about dire consequences…
From: Mano Singham
Comedian and daytime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres was recently seated next to former president George W. Bush at a…
From: Mano Singham
Jon Schwarz writes that in the Democratic debate on Tuesday, none of them grappled with the fact of how American…
From: Mano Singham
Oops. I have to apologize to Floridians. I just accused them of being a collection of stupid, purblind fools who…
From: Pharyngula
The different branches of the US military act as though they are in a war with eachother. Which, in a…
From: Stderr
The editors of Scientific American magazine have come out with a strong editorial arguing that the present exceptions for vaccinations…
From: Mano Singham
One big sticking point in getting a Brexit deal that will be agreeable to the EU and can get passed…
From: Mano Singham
During the Democratic debate yesterday, I was surprised to see an ad on CNN by the Freedom From Religion Foundation…
From: Mano Singham
Economist Gabriel Zucman has compared what the average tax rates will be depending on your income, based on the various…
From: Mano Singham
This is our president writing a diplomatic letter to a foreign head of state. https://twitter.com/trish_regan/status/1184559361638748161 What's terrifying about this, besides…
From: Pharyngula