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From: Mano Singham
This is a repost of an article I wrote in 2008, over ten years ago! This is the one that…
From: A Trivial Knot
When I saw the title of this article that said Reasons not to scoff at ghosts, visions and near-death experiences,…
From: Mano Singham
The guy on the far right is about to be pointing the barrel of his rifle into the back of…
From: Stderr
(Pearls Before Swine)
From: Mano Singham
Flibberty Bibberty Twitter's engagement scheme Spreads around viral memes And with them, hate Since nothing can redeem This vicious spite…
From: Impossible Me
Clothes are strictly gendered. In stores, some are marketed as only for men while others are marketed as exclusively for…
From: Andreas Avester
I've been sweating getting the doors for the shop done, which has been an emotional nightmare for me (strong sense…
From: Stderr
(Pearls Before Swine)
From: Mano Singham
Some trivial trivia about Czech beer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNmWkQRhjXY The juvenile joke about feminism aside, it is indeed true that one of…
From: Affinity
[caption id="attachment_57644" align="alignright" width="150"] Does she look gay to you?[/caption] Now we know why Texas is full of homosexuals: it's…
From: Pharyngula
When I saw the title of this article that said Reasons not to scoff at ghosts, visions and near-death experiences,…
From: Mano Singham
The guy on the far right is about to be pointing the barrel of his rifle into the back of…
From: Stderr
It causes people to do stupid things, like cross lanes and drive into oncoming cars as a "test of faith".…
From: Pharyngula
Since this came up in comments on my previous post, I thought I'd regale readers with the tale of that…
From: Death to Squirrels
...How are you treated as an atheist? [Via From the Ashes of Faith.] I saw the question/post on the sidebar…
From: Death to Squirrels
Oh lord. This looks awful. It's Matt Dillahunty in a debate with some evangelical clown named Glen Scrivener, where he…
From: Pharyngula
Oh boy. Ars Technica got to see the first episodes of Gwyneth Paltrow's series. Do you think they liked it?…
From: Pharyngula
From [youtube]@3:46 The right, at this point, is simply suicidal. It's not a question of going too far. The right…
From: Stderr
Rebecca Watson tears into Gwyneth Paltrow. She sounds mad. She should be. This is a fucking disgrace.
From: Pharyngula
Every once in a while the following conversation happens in my Twitter feed: Dude: "eating pussy too submissive for me…
From: Affinity
Shiv has come out of retirement with an excellent post on Meghan Murphy. Go read it. I'm a fan, but…
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This story was making the rounds last week, about a study that had found that women who are creeped out…
From: Pharyngula
Clothes are strictly gendered. In stores, some are marketed as only for men while others are marketed as exclusively for…
From: Andreas Avester
I recommended that short story by Isabel Fell, “I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter” to you all because I…
From: Pharyngula
Ayanna Pressley has just released a video through The Root about losing her hair over the last 6 months as…
From: Pervert Justice
Content Warning: Explicit Talk of Sexual Harassment. I'm six foot tall, 250 pounds, AMAB, masc-looking with a big white beard…
From: Great American Satan
This has been crossposted to The Asexual Agenda. "Subversivism", according to Julia Serano, is the practice of extolling certain gender…
From: A Trivial Knot
I had been wondering about what would happen to the Equal Rights Amendment ever since Democrats took control of both…
From: Mano Singham
There's something about the internet mindset - the anonymity (or, I should say, "apparent anonymity") on both sides, that brings…
From: Stderr
I am organized! Now ready to face the spring semester, although I've also learned that I'm apparently up to be…
From: Pharyngula
Shhh. Iliana is on the phone. Do not disturb.
From: Pharyngula
I know it's a holiday, but it's also the day before classes resume, so I have to go in and…
From: Pharyngula
Every year, Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar delivers a State of the Village address, and the Babbler prints the responses from…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
You may have heard that the Space Force has announced what their uniforms will look like -- boring bog-standard army…
From: Pharyngula
By Wendy Onofrey Webmaster Mayor Roger Claar delivered the State of the Village address last week and announced that he…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
This is not supposed to be possible. How do you redirect grant funds to strip clubs? The former chair of…
From: Pharyngula
From: Great American Satan
Once again we have an utterly absurd fuss ginned up by Republicans over the fact that speaker of the House…
From: Mano Singham
In case you missed it, PZ Myers launched a FTB Discord server. As part of that, several blogs started dedicated…
From: A Trivial Knot
When I saw the title of this article that said Reasons not to scoff at ghosts, visions and near-death experiences,…
From: Mano Singham
One good, one bad. "Confessionals" are allegedly absolutes and absolution - You can say anything inside and be "forgiven", but…
From: Intransitive
It has always been absurd that the followers of a faith that believes in an all-powerful deity would think that…
From: Mano Singham
And they must be propitiated. They are ubiquitous in human cultures across time and space because they actually exist. As…
From: I Have Forgiven Jesus
At the height of the battles over the efforts of intelligent design creationists (IDC) to have their ideas taught as…
From: Mano Singham
Of the major religions, Buddhism carries with it the least amount of supernatural baggage (though not entirely devoid of it)…
From: Mano Singham
The sixth annual meeting of this group that features "a day of free presentations on science, skepticism and critical thinking"…
From: Mano Singham
Christian Conservative Liberty Loving Republican
Am I the only person who remembers the movie Nothing But Trouble, with Dan Akroyd as Judge Alvin Valkenheiser, the…
From: Pharyngula
In watching an earlier Democratic debate, I mentioned how surprised I was to see an ad featuring Ron Reagan, former…
From: Mano Singham
When members of the Jewish community are attacked because they are Jewish, one immediately thinks that the attacker will be…
From: Mano Singham
When I saw the title of this article that said Reasons not to scoff at ghosts, visions and near-death experiences,…
From: Mano Singham
This story was making the rounds last week, about a study that had found that women who are creeped out…
From: Pharyngula
In science, collective judgments by credible experts that have passed through institutional filters are what make up reliable knowledge. These…
From: Mano Singham
I was not going to go into the university today. It is miserable outside -- bitter cold, stiff winds, piles…
From: Pharyngula
I'm back! I survived my trek to the lab! It wasn't as bad as I made it sound -- the…
From: Pharyngula
Anyone who has worked at a large organization, especially if they have been in charge of a department or section,…
From: Mano Singham
From [youtube]@3:46 The right, at this point, is simply suicidal. It's not a question of going too far. The right…
From: Stderr
This is straight from the ALGAE-L listserv, but I thought it might be of interest: PhD studentship: The ecology and…
From: Fierce Roller
You've missed the spiders, haven't you? I was away for a week, and only today had time to spend a…
From: Pharyngula
Another of Mary's bizarre arachnids showed up in the tree outside my office window today. I don't get it. It…
From: Pharyngula
Let me say right off the bat that I don't think newspaper endorsements matter that much anymore. Given the proliferation…
From: Mano Singham
The good readers of FtB probably are aware of this, but MLK was skeptical of capitalism, against US imperialism, and…
From: I Have Forgiven Jesus
Flibberty Bibberty Twitter's engagement scheme Spreads around viral memes And with them, hate Since nothing can redeem This vicious spite…
From: Impossible Me
Ayanna Pressley has just released a video through The Root about losing her hair over the last 6 months as…
From: Pervert Justice
From [youtube]@3:46 The right, at this point, is simply suicidal. It's not a question of going too far. The right…
From: Stderr
I had been wondering about what would happen to the Equal Rights Amendment ever since Democrats took control of both…
From: Mano Singham
I am impressed with this detailed dissection of the recent collapse of the Romance Writers of America. Not only does…
From: Pharyngula
I guess the cost of influence went up. It's not enough anymore to just offer free candy from your beat-up…
From: Pharyngula
Well, today the Virginia legislature ratified the ERA, making it the 38th state to have done so. This does not…
From: Pervert Justice
Empathy is at the core of justice. Without an ability to place oneself in another's situation, it would be hard…
From: Pervert Justice
by Joe Giamanco, Jaime Olson and Village Trustee Robert Jaskiewicz On Thursday, January 16, 2020, for the final time in…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
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From: Mano Singham
Before I got sick, I would post every year on this occasion my favorite speech of King's, that I know…
From: Death to Squirrels
Let me say right off the bat that I don't think newspaper endorsements matter that much anymore. Given the proliferation…
From: Mano Singham
The good readers of FtB probably are aware of this, but MLK was skeptical of capitalism, against US imperialism, and…
From: I Have Forgiven Jesus
The New York Times editorial board has published their endorsement for the Democratic party nomination, and it's two candidates, Elizabeth…
From: Pharyngula
We have moved from the era of civil rights to the era of human rights, an era where we are…
From: Pharyngula
Every year, Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar delivers a State of the Village address, and the Babbler prints the responses from…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Ralph Waldo Emerson once memorably wrote: “The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons”, at…
From: Mano Singham
These are my recollections of a life behind the iron curtain. I do not aim to give a perfect and…
From: Affinity