Conan O'Brien says that the chaotic last Democratic debate provided an immense challenge to the people who have to write…
From: Mano Singham
(Thanks to commenter larpar for the link.) {AD}
From: Mano Singham
Yes, I've been productive last week. Last night I sanded down some pieces I had cast some days ago, finally…
From: Affinity
It is interesting to watch the media's attempts to spin Sanders' third consecutive win in the first three contests (something…
From: Mano Singham
Some time ago I watched a youtube video on making shaker charms with open bezels. Keyword is "a while ago".…
From: Affinity
[caption id="attachment_41571" align="alignnone" width="1067"] Welcome to Uglich. ©voyager, all rights reserved[/caption] When we disembarked in Uglich we crossed a cobblestone…
From: Affinity
The usual residents on any pond are mallards, who I think are underappreciated for their beauty, both male and female,…
From: Affinity
One of the things that is often overlooked about Sanders is that, along with Elizabeth Warren, he is a sharp…
From: Mano Singham
I've been using my holiday to get some creative work done. Let's start with the items that gave this post…
From: Affinity
With just 6% of the votes in, Fox News has already projected that Bernie Sanders has won the Nevada caucuses,…
From: Mano Singham
PZ has a new post up about a group Atheists for Liberty which proudly announces its embrace of Enlightenment values.…
From: Pervert Justice
There are many ways that fake science can be promoted: two factors are the profit motive and lazy media. Or…
From: Pharyngula
Here we go again. We have a new gang of atheists with the same old meaningless buzzwords: Atheists for Liberty.…
From: Pharyngula
There's an article up on Vice as of a couple days ago. It's about a particular feminist thinker Sophie Lewis and…
From: Pervert Justice
The US is now deploying its next-generation nuclear warheads. The ones that it must have designed and built while it…
From: Stderr
I've mentioned Mad Mike Hughes here a few times before. He claims to be using a rocket to research "flat…
From: Pharyngula
The latest burst of inane apologetics to enthrall the poobahs of atheism because it allows them to make excuses for…
From: Pharyngula
Unbelievable. Kavin is a super-star skeptic -- one of those people who gave me hope that the Center for Inquiry…
From: Pharyngula
Raif Badawi is the Saudi blogger, atheist, and critic of the Saudi theocracy who was jailed and lashed, and who…
From: Pharyngula
Metaethics is an incredibly broad topic about which literally hundreds of thousands if not millions of pages have been written.…
From: Pervert Justice
On the thread about the recent right wing terrorist attack in Germany, we had a slight disagreement about the role…
From: Affinity
Someone named Jason Johnson, a commentator on MSNBC (that is one of the most anti-Sanders mainstream media outlets) and elsewhere,…
From: Mano Singham
This guy who is truly a monster was immediately handcuffed and taken into custody after the guilty verdict. He faces…
From: Mano Singham
I don't even want to touch this story, but it's a real problem. An organization to fight sexual harassment and…
From: Pharyngula
There's an article up on Vice as of a couple days ago. It's about a particular feminist thinker Sophie Lewis and…
From: Pervert Justice
It is saddening that transphobia camouflaged as concerns for women's rights is growing within the left movement and seeping its…
From: YEMMYnisting
The decisive win by Bernie Sanders in the Nevada caucuses where, with currently 60% of the votes counted, he has…
From: Mano Singham
Someone swapped the models in Arkham Asylum so that Batman and Catwoman were inverted. I like to dismiss games like…
From: Stderr
One of the interesting things emerging from the current Democratic primary race is the lessening role of identity politics. Having…
From: Mano Singham
Sunday marks my 53rd birthday. I'm also celebrating it as the fifth anniversary of my transition, though I usually do…
From: Intransitive
My posting about the coronavirus and the cruise ship as a "terror movie" was not a suggestion for how to…
From: Stderr
I'm sitting in my classroom, proctoring an exam over lunch, and I'm hungry. Then I read that that Donald Trump…
From: Pharyngula
I'm not qualified to go into any kind of in-depth analysis about Modi and hindutva, and the attempt to erase…
From: Stderr
In their latest attempt to incite panic and sell ad space, the talking heads on Chicken Noodle News (CNN) are…
From: Intransitive
Netflix is putting together a new show about academics and the chair of an English department which, to be honest,…
From: Pharyngula
You've probably seen this image: coronavirus expose-ees leaving the cruise ship in Japan, deplaning at an air base in the…
From: Stderr
Something was going through my head reading about Mad Mike's rocket crash, but after reading a commenter on Wonkette say…
From: Pervert Justice
Aww, crap. I first learned about her in the movie Hidden Figures, which you should see if you haven't already,…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_1009" align="alignright" width="200"] File photo of Sen. Bernie Sanders. "IMG_5513" by cornstalker is licensed under CC BY 2.0 [/caption] By…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Welp, we didn't get the live YouTube stream of our celebration working, but Jason Thibeault was recording and has put…
From: Pharyngula
Oooh, the thrill of recognition. I got a whole paragraph, too, not just a one-liner. Here's my moment in the…
From: Pharyngula
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have declared financial bankruptcy to go along with their moral bankruptcy, having paid over…
From: Intransitive
James Baldwin is the fucking best. The following excerpts, taken from his Collected Essays, are either explicitly concerned with religion or…
From: I Have Forgiven Jesus
I pass on to readers this story of how religion can drive people to make the most absurd rules restricting…
From: Mano Singham
The other daaaay, I was asked to do a YouTube debate with an Islamic group, and I told them no,…
From: Pharyngula
I am an old school fan of anything loud played on guitars (read: I'm old and I grew up hearing…
From: Intransitive
You may recall the case of Scott Warren of the humanitarian group No More Deaths who was charged by the…
From: Mano Singham
The Iowa caucuses had satellite sites for various groups that could not make it to the regular precincts and here…
From: Mano Singham
Despite the fact that the Catholic church keeps promising to increase transparency after each successive scandal about abusive priests who…
From: Mano Singham
I watched the finale of this NBC TV series a couple of days ago. The series consisted of 52 half-hour…
From: Mano Singham
In a break from the 'all Bernie, all the time' mode that this blog has been in recently, I want…
From: Mano Singham
From the realm of the really cool: Henneguya salminicola is a species related to jellyfish, a multicellular animal that does…
From: Intransitive
My posting about the coronavirus and the cruise ship as a "terror movie" was not a suggestion for how to…
From: Stderr
It is good news that the Smithsonian is making its archives of millions of images freely available -- this is…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_6689" align="aligncenter" width="856"] Fig 2A & B from Nozaki et al. 2020. Light microscopy of Eudorina compacta Nozaki sp. nov.…
From: Fierce Roller
Hey, gang! Thursday evening at 7pm we have a guest speaker, Dr Mona Hanna-Attisha talking in Edson Auditorium about her…
From: Pharyngula
I put more spider photos on Patreon and Instagram. Today's subjects are members of the tribe of Pholcus phalangioides who…
From: Pharyngula
I said I'd stop flashing spider photos at you all, so really, it's safe to come back here if you're…
From: Pharyngula
When I walked into work this morning, I noticed something odd: all the sidewalk tiles were outlined with ragged, chalky…
From: Pharyngula
Back when I worked in security, I regularly encountered things that just left me shaking my head, "why would anyone…
From: Stderr
One of the interesting features about Bernie Sanders's rise in the Democratic race is that in addition to the panic…
From: Mano Singham
PZ has a new post up about a group Atheists for Liberty which proudly announces its embrace of Enlightenment values.…
From: Pervert Justice
You may or may not know, but giving women substandard medical care is kind of a thing. Giving Black women…
From: Pervert Justice
Someone named Jason Johnson, a commentator on MSNBC (that is one of the most anti-Sanders mainstream media outlets) and elsewhere,…
From: Mano Singham
This guy who is truly a monster was immediately handcuffed and taken into custody after the guilty verdict. He faces…
From: Mano Singham
The blockade of Canada’s rail network continues in response to the black-hearted desire of politico-corporate ghouls to build a pipeline…
From: I Have Forgiven Jesus
It is saddening that transphobia camouflaged as concerns for women's rights is growing within the left movement and seeping its…
From: YEMMYnisting
The decisive win by Bernie Sanders in the Nevada caucuses where, with currently 60% of the votes counted, he has…
From: Mano Singham
Here is Jon Shore responding a year ago to someone who asked him the question: "How do countries that have…
From: Mano Singham
The stop and frisk policy in New York City while Michael Bloomberg was mayor was blatantly racist and Bloomberg is…
From: Mano Singham
Conan O'Brien says that the chaotic last Democratic debate provided an immense challenge to the people who have to write…
From: Mano Singham
One of the interesting features about Bernie Sanders's rise in the Democratic race is that in addition to the panic…
From: Mano Singham
PZ has a new post up about a group Atheists for Liberty which proudly announces its embrace of Enlightenment values.…
From: Pervert Justice
Can we elect co-presidents? Because I'm trying to decide who terrifies the awful people the most.
From: Pharyngula
I have to admit I don't believe most of what politicians say, and after Obama I feel like "don't get…
From: Stderr
On Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman moderates a 28-minute discussion between two economists, New York Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman…
From: Mano Singham
Cracked identified The 5 Most Garbage Democrats In Congress, and I knew upon reading just the title that my rep,…
From: Pharyngula
I never thought I would say this but Chris Christie gave a pretty good evaluation of last night's debate and…
From: Mano Singham
(Thanks to commenter larpar for the link.) {AD}
From: Mano Singham
In his never-ending quest to show that he is always in the middle of any two positions, in the debate…
From: Mano Singham