He captures some my own feelings about the family that I expressed yesterday. This was from a year ago at…
From: Mano Singham
I recently watched an old French film with English subtitles. But the timing was very slightly off in that the…
From: Mano Singham
We've finally had a break in the weather for a few days, so the crew jumped on the first bright…
From: Stderr
Or: It's all natural and plant based! Wild digitalis is blooming in the woods all around and the family tradition…
From: Affinity
Netflix recently released the three episodes of season 5 of the acclaimed series Black Mirror. As people who have seen…
From: Mano Singham
My friend Jenna sent me a care package of bones. I immediately started putting them in mold boxes and pouring…
From: Stderr
It's the same old scam the rich and powerful have been exploiting for years. [caption id="attachment_54763" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Trudy &…
From: Pharyngula
I stayed up for long enough last night to take pics of my fire lilies. Not as amazing as Opus'…
From: Affinity
I think that much of this concern over so many candidates at this stage is misplaced. This is the time…
From: Mano Singham
I dreamed I was Mila Kunis in action hero mode. I stabbed Jordan Peterson in the back of a limousine…
From: Great American Satan
Wired, the magazine, has a promotional spot for their Team of Experts. I hate it. https://twitter.com/WIREDScience/status/1142467062742179840 Bill Nye, James Cameron,…
From: Pharyngula
I have to ask because he wrote one of the most absurd evolutionary arguments ever. https://twitter.com/evopsychgoogle/status/1143011136511418368 The hair in your…
From: Pharyngula
Jesus, no. They can't do this to me. Can a creationist say something so ironic, so oblivious, so un-selfaware, so…
From: Pharyngula
I haven't been following the debate with this transphobic chode on youtube, just catching one side of it in the…
From: Great American Satan
Looks like my initial assessment of Rationality Rules' second attempt at transgender athletes got it right. I just want to…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
Even though a philosophy machine would be kind of neat-o, I'm pretty sure it would end up like the one…
From: Pharyngula
Harvard has rescinded an offer of admission to Kyle Kashuv, Parkland shooting survivor, pro-gun advocate, former member of Turning Point…
From: Pharyngula
Remember when Francis Collins published a book containing his goofy, ridiculous testimonial about how he became a Christian because he…
From: Pharyngula
Here's a beautiful fossil from the Green River beds, a whole school of fish fossilized in formation. The article mentions…
From: Pharyngula
Jordan Peterson has a brilliant idea. Not this one… He's pushing a new forum idea, only it's not so new.…
From: Pharyngula
I haven't been following the debate with this transphobic chode on youtube, just catching one side of it in the…
From: Great American Satan
In their college course evaluations, female faculty get a lot more comments about their appearance (some highly sexual) than male…
From: Mano Singham
Standardized testing (and its evil offspring, IQ testing) are an expression of people's desire to determine other peoples' worth without…
From: Stderr
I recently watched this powerful film that I heard about on a podcast on Latino USA. It reminds us, if…
From: Mano Singham
Change of plan! I spotted something interesting on Rationality Rules' channel. His latest video on transgender athletes doesn't have closed-captioning,…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
[caption id="attachment_54726" align="aligncenter" width="500"] from the 16th edition of Williams Obstetrics[/caption]
From: Pharyngula
Remember when Francis Collins published a book containing his goofy, ridiculous testimonial about how he became a Christian because he…
From: Pharyngula
Layleen Polanco is a 27-year-old Afro-Latina transgender woman who was found dead last Friday in the notorious Rikers Island jail…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_805" align="alignright" width="500"] An alien meets with one of the Bolingbrook Pride volunteers.[/caption] Last Sunday, Bolingbrook Pride held their…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
So, you should read RS for the new post up on the incoherence of TERF philosophy and/or ideology, it's well…
From: Pervert Justice
It's almost like a cartoon, how the whale neatly strips off the tasty bits leaving only the head for the…
From: Pharyngula
It's just too easy. An Instagram model/influencer/whatever named Belle Delphine, who posts lots of self-portraits of herself in cat ears…
From: Pharyngula
Once again, we see an example of the British royal family living high off the hog at taxpayer expense. Prince…
From: Mano Singham
In shortest commutes, that is. Add it all up and the best place for commuters in Minnesota is Morris, where…
From: Pharyngula
It is. I'm doing a few panels at Convergence…a fairly light load, compared to previous years. They didn't have as…
From: Pharyngula
American Airlines responded to my complaints, sort of. Actually, they evaded and lied, which is exactly what I expected. We’ve…
From: Pharyngula
What started as a vigil calling for “divine intervention” against illegal space aliens turned into a “prayer duel” between Trustee…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
It's the same old scam the rich and powerful have been exploiting for years. [caption id="attachment_54763" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Trudy &…
From: Pharyngula
It was not the good kind of adventure, oh no. It was a succession of epic fuck-ups. I was at…
From: Pharyngula
The disaster that is looming ahead of us is nebulous, and its vagueness has made it incomprehensible: we focus on…
From: Stderr
There has been a steady rise in the number of Nones in America, which troubles the Christian majority. You know…
From: Pharyngula
What started as a vigil calling for “divine intervention” against illegal space aliens turned into a “prayer duel” between Trustee…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
After the deadly attacks by ISIS-inspired suicide bombers that killed and injured over 250 people in Sri Lanka on Easter…
From: Mano Singham
In their college course evaluations, female faculty get a lot more comments about their appearance (some highly sexual) than male…
From: Mano Singham
The large cross that was on public land in a busy intersection in Bladensburg, Maryland and is maintained at taxpayer…
From: Mano Singham
The Legion of St Ambrose looks like a gang of video game cosplayers. They threaten to dab you. https://twitter.com/AmbroseLegion/status/1137459897715625986 They…
From: Pharyngula
The theist exclaims, "Be careful not to worship the ferocious and strange God of theology; mine is much wiser and…
From: Stderr
It seems like they were just yesterday. {AD}
From: Mano Singham
He has been driven out of Ireland. Pastor Steven L Anderson, who founded the Faithful Word Baptist Church in 2005,…
From: Pharyngula
A humanitarian group known as No More Deaths places water at various locations in the desert regions near the Mexican…
From: Mano Singham
I'm following some of the suggestions mentioned in the previous thread -- specifically, I got some extension tubes. $20? I…
From: Pharyngula
EssenseOfThought has already covered the way Rationality Rules plunges head-first into this fallacy, but I don't think they truly captured…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
Netflix recently released the three episodes of season 5 of the acclaimed series Black Mirror. As people who have seen…
From: Mano Singham
A lot of e-ink has been spilled over the claim, primarily by Schweitzer, that intact, ancient soft tissue can be…
From: Pharyngula
I'm getting a little worried about my wife. She's been getting a bit…obsessive. She's been gardening this summer, and sure,…
From: Pharyngula
The Cuyahoga is a long and winding river that empties into Lake Erie after splitting the city of Cleveland into…
From: Mano Singham
It is. I'm doing a few panels at Convergence…a fairly light load, compared to previous years. They didn't have as…
From: Pharyngula
Steatoda triangulosa, hovering watchfully over her egg sac. We also set up 8 Parasteatoda tepidariorum with mates today. For the…
From: Pharyngula
I'm trying to keep my spider-squad informed about plans for the lab, so I'll be periodically sending out notifications to…
From: Pharyngula
This one, Pholcus, is right up there with P. tep. as the most common spider I encounter. You've probably got…
From: Pharyngula
Yet another damning report has been issued by a group of layers and doctors who had visited a large detention…
From: Mano Singham
Someone is profiting off the suffering of children. Can we put them on a concrete floor in a cage? [caption…
From: Pharyngula
David Neiwert was banned from Twitter. The reason: an alt-right troll with a Pepe the Frog avatar had reported him…
From: Pharyngula
Once again, we see an example of the British royal family living high off the hog at taxpayer expense. Prince…
From: Mano Singham
It has become the fashion recently, especially by some smug and patronizing comedians, to hate on the younger generation, condescendingly…
From: Mano Singham
I hate loose threads. There was something I had to brush past in my last post, because I didn't know…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
Shaun's videos are always excellently done, and this one is no exception. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXZ6BZzQeCQ I am a bit torn after seeing…
From: Affinity
If you work in the Donald Trump administration, you will find yourself steadily violating any ethical principles you might have…
From: Mano Singham
I recently watched this powerful film that I heard about on a podcast on Latino USA. It reminds us, if…
From: Mano Singham
Celebrate! Here's the holiday explained. I can think of another reason to celebrate: this is one holiday that Trump and…
From: Pharyngula
I just got home from a long day of wrangling student registration and doing bureaucratic paperwork and not getting to…
From: Pharyngula
After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won a shock primary victory over long-time Democratic establishment incumbent Joe Crowley for the congressional seat in…
From: Mano Singham
Yet another damning report has been issued by a group of layers and doctors who had visited a large detention…
From: Mano Singham
Over in the UK Boris Johnson, the man strongly favored to win the contest for the Conservative party leadership and…
From: Mano Singham
The knock against this candidate for the Democratic nomination has been that he lacks substance and a proven record and…
From: Mano Singham
He points out that Trump helped create the Iran crisis and that launching bombs and missiles against another country is…
From: Mano Singham
We should be very, very careful about believing anything we are told regarding aircraft being shot down, and where they…
From: Stderr
The Cuyahoga is a long and winding river that empties into Lake Erie after splitting the city of Cleveland into…
From: Mano Singham
The vicious anti-immigrant rhetoric of Donald Trump has mainstreamed the views of neo—Nazis and white supremacists and thus created a…
From: Mano Singham
What started as a vigil calling for “divine intervention” against illegal space aliens turned into a “prayer duel” between Trustee…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler