https://youtu.be/NPnCBe0cLos SEGA is going fully mobile with the launch of SEGA Forever, an app store collection that allows nostalgic gamers…
From: Affinity
This month we review Yes' 1972 seminal album "Close to the Edge" and Chris reveals why it's such a personal…
From: Bi Any Means
Last year I went to LaveCon, and I'm going again this year. It's a small conference held in Northampton, devoted…
From: Stderr
[CONTENT NOTE: graphic image of child's arm showing injuries after a squirrel attack.] I read with alarm a terrifying story…
From: Death to Squirrels
A new comedy called The Little Hours and set in 1349 is based on a book I read as a…
From: Pervert Justice
Cartoonist Ruben Bolling captures well the absurdity of the idea that health care should be left to the so-called 'free…
From: Mano Singham
Malevolent Adjective. 1: having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred. 2: productive of harm…
From: Affinity
https://youtu.be/vmi-MtP969M The Trumpholes are so very upset over Moby's latest, claiming it's breeding hate and terrorists because, y'know, it's not…
From: Affinity
Art, as a tool of life and love, is available to all of us. We make use of it as…
From: Odgraphix
I watched the season finale of American Gods, and they did something brave: they portrayed Jesus as just another member…
From: Pharyngula
Earlier in the month, I had read about the christian wailing and gnashing of teeth over McDonald's having the awful…
From: Affinity
I was asked by Paulogia to say a few words about Answers in Genesis's news story about my visit to…
From: Pharyngula
This is a fantastically good video by ContraPoints on free speech. It's basically a dissection of what "free speech" actually…
From: Pharyngula
Have you no shame? Shame on you for suggesting that! Take the walk of shame down the hall of shame.…
From: Odgraphix
Mike Huckabee has been sued for illegally robocalling to plug his movie. It doesn't surprise me that he's a venal…
From: Pharyngula
Hume's gap, Hume's law, Hume's guillotine, the "is-ought" problem, the naturalistic fallacy--they're all phrases for the same observation: That a…
From: Against the Grain
In the past week, a Canadian law regulating the exercise of the right to medical assistance in dying (that right…
From: Pervert Justice
Or he would be, if he weren't an inanimate corpse that had ceased to be. Erdogan is continuing his corruption…
From: Pharyngula
I am almost never asked, "Right Reverend Crip Dyke, if some community leader is going to be a self-professed Christian,…
From: Pervert Justice
Regular readers of this blog will have noticed that I've been silent for a while. I intimated that I needed…
From: Anjuli Pandavar
By Reporter X Ten Jewish lesbians — from the solar system of the Lost Tribes of Israel — were kicked…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
On June 15th, 2017, the Senate finally voted on Bill C-16 after nine months of stalling. It passed, overwhelmingly, and…
From: Against the Grain
I went out for a drink stroll before the crushing crowds completely take over the neighborhood. It was pretty fucking…
From: Death to Squirrels
Have you no shame? Shame on you for suggesting that! Take the walk of shame down the hall of shame.…
From: Odgraphix
Robert Oscar Lopez truly hates Sylvia Plath and The Bell Jar. It's symptomatic of every wrong thing in the world!…
From: Affinity
I've always been a fan of gender quotas. Think about it: sexism is largely unconscious and subtle, which means it…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
It's a beautiful day in NYC. Sunny skies all day, with a predicted high of 85F. If you're celebrating Pride…
From: Death to Squirrels
Hume's gap, Hume's law, Hume's guillotine, the "is-ought" problem, the naturalistic fallacy--they're all phrases for the same observation: That a…
From: Against the Grain
I'm constantly spammed by the Weatherspoon Institute, one of those right-wing think tanks that is, as part of its mission,…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_18955" align="alignnone" width="800"] Shutterstock.[/caption] America, the experiment, is one that will fail. And no, this isn't yet another report…
From: Affinity
As Dan Geer once said, "We all have limited time; thank you for yours." I've been doing this for a…
From: Stderr
To get to Lavecon, I took the midlands train from London/Euston up toward Birmingham, and got off at Northampton. On…
From: Stderr
All of us have had the experience of having to deal with someone who just rubs you the wrong way.…
From: Mano Singham
I will be in a live hangout with PZ in a few hours, at noon CDT. I'm just going to…
From: A Trivial Knot
Another hangout today? Yes! I'll finding out what Dr Sarah of the Geeky Humanist is up to at 4pm Central…
From: Pharyngula
I'm going to be hanging out with Siggy of A Trivial Knot today at noon Central time. Here's Siggy's blurb:…
From: Pharyngula
Anita Sarkeesian was at a convention of youtubers this week, which sounds like a kind of hell. It's not that…
From: Pharyngula
I like to document uses of the name "Volvox" that don't refer to the green algal genus, for example Volvox the…
From: Fierce Roller
Not for sensitive stomachs, but if you're interested in what your pet will do if you happen to up and…
From: Pharyngula
Content notice: Satirical depictions of Fascists. Reminder: This is a work of fiction. Organizers of the Village of Bolingbrook Annual…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
When I came across this article by Candida Moss and Jessica Baron with the title Where in your body is…
From: Mano Singham
By Reporter X Ten Jewish lesbians — from the solar system of the Lost Tribes of Israel — were kicked…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Have you no shame? Shame on you for suggesting that! Take the walk of shame down the hall of shame.…
From: Odgraphix
A friend of mine made me watch this; I had had too much wine, perhaps, and really couldn't believe I…
From: Stderr
Yesterday was Focus on the Family's 40th anniversary. I remember 1977 well enough, and I remember the low stirrings of…
From: Affinity
I am almost never asked, "Right Reverend Crip Dyke, if some community leader is going to be a self-professed Christian,…
From: Pervert Justice
It is really not surprising how fundamentalism is the same irrespective of the religion because at root it requires the…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_18919" align="alignnone" width="605"] The Obscene Kiss, an illustration of witches kissing the Devil's anus from Francesco Maria Guazzo's Compendium…
From: Affinity
A new comedy called The Little Hours and set in 1349 is based on a book I read as a…
From: Pervert Justice
[caption id="attachment_18874" align="alignnone" width="825"] Pride Leadership AwardNavy Lt. Cmdr. Damita Zweiback presents a Department of Defense Pride Military Leadership Award…
From: Affinity
I previously pointed out that Casey Luskin's "false, straw-man [version] of ID" bears a striking resemblance to intelligent design advocate…
From: Fierce Roller
Existential Comics is... a bit of a weird read. Crudely drawn, a bit obsessed with nihilism, it nonetheless hits some…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
It's just too scary, and radioactive materials are just too weird. [caption id="attachment_35006" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The metal rods in the…
From: Pharyngula
We're making the planet a better place for cephalopods. It also helps that humans are busily destroying teleost populations. [caption…
From: Pharyngula
"NASA Scientists Baffled by Mysterious Pit Photographed on Mars" - like a trout to a clickbait fly, I rise and…
From: Stderr
It is really not surprising how fundamentalism is the same irrespective of the religion because at root it requires the…
From: Mano Singham
It's weird. I don't know why. [caption id="attachment_34988" align="aligncenter" width="500"] PhD Comics[/caption] Maybe it's because I find commercial interruptions infuriating.…
From: Pharyngula
As I mentioned previously, I have a chapter in the newly published book Biological Individuality, Integrating Scientific, Philosophical, and Historical Perspectives. The…
From: Fierce Roller
Another one from Cassini's Grand Finale. And yeah, I'm a day late. NASA's Cassini spacecraft sees bright methane clouds drifting…
Biologists have the option of posting preprints, articles that have not yet been through peer review, to bioRxiv. Modeled on…
From: Fierce Roller
I keep getting asked to explain my position on the mess at Evergreen College. I've abstained so far because I…
From: Pharyngula
By Reporter X Ten Jewish lesbians — from the solar system of the Lost Tribes of Israel — were kicked…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Have you no shame? Shame on you for suggesting that! Take the walk of shame down the hall of shame.…
From: Odgraphix
On Friday June 23, 2017, Ari Melber, sitting in for Lawrence O'Donnell on, facilitated the best and most extensive examination…
From: COBS Web
In the past week, a Canadian law regulating the exercise of the right to medical assistance in dying (that right…
From: Pervert Justice
[caption id="attachment_18960" align="alignnone" width="1160"] Christian Picciolini, founder of the group Life After Hate, is pictured. | AP Photo.[/caption] If there…
From: Affinity
Suddenly, all these videos of the Philando Castile shooting are being released after the murder cop got acquitted. This latest…
From: Pharyngula
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, much to my frustration, seems to be coated in the same Teflon as the country itself,…
From: Against the Grain
Regular readers of this blog will have noticed that I've been silent for a while. I intimated that I needed…
From: Anjuli Pandavar
[caption id="attachment_18938" align="alignnone" width="800"] Image from the scene where an off-duty officer was shot by a fellow cop in St.…
From: Affinity
[caption id="attachment_19056" align="alignnone" width="800"] Al Franken at The BookExpo2017 in New York City, 6/1/17. CREDIT: Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx.[/caption] Getting…
From: Affinity
Insufficient specification, though. That defines every day.
From: Pharyngula
On June 15th, 2017, the Senate finally voted on Bill C-16 after nine months of stalling. It passed, overwhelmingly, and…
From: Against the Grain
Ranum's turn! Old blog post first. Joking aside, Putin’s right: the ‘attribution’ to Russia was very very poor compared to…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
Thanks to Cory Doctorow I came across this short but powerful speech given yesterday by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn…
From: Mano Singham
On Friday June 23, 2017, Ari Melber, sitting in for Lawrence O'Donnell on, facilitated the best and most extensive examination…
From: COBS Web
Marcus Ranum discusses the status of the war in Afghanistan and the ever-enduring belief of the military that seems to…
From: Mano Singham
Robert Oscar Lopez truly hates Sylvia Plath and The Bell Jar. It's symptomatic of every wrong thing in the world!…
From: Affinity
One of the crucial failures of leadership during the Vietnam War was the way the pentagon managed to reduce a…
From: Stderr
I wrote last month about a case that had been argued before the US Supreme Court about whether one can…
From: Mano Singham