These are a prank but, if they were made in black and had a holster for a small automatic, you…
From: Stderr
I call this "frost fog" but that's probably not the right name for it. It's frost that melts off early…
From: Stderr
She looks at the messages that 'PragerU', an online site created by right-winger Dennis Prager, promotes. She says that it…
From: Mano Singham
A bunch of years ago I got to know Jonathan M., who runs a custom Japanese calligraphy production; he mounts…
From: Stderr
Matt Taibbi writes that the dynamics of the 2016 Republican primaries are playing out again in the 2020 Democratic primaries…
From: Mano Singham
As I've gotten older, I've become more fond of using sensible leverage and supporting systems, instead of just lifting things…
From: Stderr
I got this job about a year ago. Used to see rabbits about every day there. Less so in the…
From: Great American Satan
After we've collapsed our civilization and made huge swaths of the planet uninhabitable, it's just going to open up new…
From: Stderr
I haven't said much about the doors because the project has been lingering on the edge of done for days.…
From: Stderr
I consider Paul Simon one of the best rock guitarists and songwriters of his generation. I have been learning the…
From: Mano Singham
Metaethics is an incredibly broad topic about which literally hundreds of thousands if not millions of pages have been written.…
From: Pervert Justice
This weekend, I've been working on an exam for my introductory biology class. We've been covering basic principles of evolution…
From: Pharyngula
Bill Maher soft-pedaled Mike Bloomberg's racism last night. You know, this Bloomberg, who bragged about targeting minorities for selective policing.…
From: Pharyngula
I'm pretty sure that's in the Bible somewhere, but I haven't cracked one of those open in decades. Anyway, Jim…
From: Pharyngula
I came at this one from a weird angle. One of the Pacifica Radio Archive shows I listened to was…
From: Stderr
The other daaaay, I was asked to do a YouTube debate with an Islamic group, and I told them no,…
From: Pharyngula
I just got this invitation. Hi Dr. Myer, Our Global Islamic outreach organization, Mercy4Mankind.com shares the message of Islam across…
From: Pharyngula
I'm a pacifist who has never figured out how to apply her principles to others. I worked too many years…
From: Pervert Justice
This, from Malcolm X: Trapped! Double trapped, triple trapped! Anywhere we go, we find that we're trapped, and every kind…
From: Stderr
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From: Pharyngula
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
I pass on to readers this story of how religion can drive people to make the most absurd rules restricting…
From: Mano Singham
She looks at the messages that 'PragerU', an online site created by right-winger Dennis Prager, promotes. She says that it…
From: Mano Singham
I normally don't write much on Feb 14th. My own history with it is ... complicated. It involves a violent…
From: Pervert Justice
I know that many of the readers of this blog also follow Marcus Ranum's blog stderr but for the few…
From: Mano Singham
I came at this one from a weird angle. One of the Pacifica Radio Archive shows I listened to was…
From: Stderr
cn: Non-graphic references to oral sex Many asexuals don't want sex of any sort. However, if you listen to asexual…
From: A Trivial Knot
I have railed before about congressman Dan Lipinski who since 2004 has represented a very safe Democratic seat in the…
From: Mano Singham
I have written before about how I felt that sex work should be decriminalized. Although there had been concern in…
From: Mano Singham
By Reporter X The Martian Colonies launched a surprise invasion of Bolingbrook and seized the former site of the Old…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Mark your calendars! This Sunday, 23 February, at 6pm Central time, the victorious defendants in that ridiculous SLAPP suit will…
From: Pharyngula
Previous part. Of those many books that I have read about the art of growing bonsai trees, only one goes…
From: Affinity
I have a frantically overloaded day ahead of me, so I'll have to leave you with a picture of a…
From: Pharyngula
I do, that's who. With the first one you feel some sympathy for the candidates, who get a long grueling…
From: Pharyngula
Each society has some rules of conduct for how a person is supposed to behave in specific situations. In general,…
From: Andreas Avester
These are a prank but, if they were made in black and had a holster for a small automatic, you…
From: Stderr
I call this "frost fog" but that's probably not the right name for it. It's frost that melts off early…
From: Stderr
A cab driver is the first Taiwanese citizen or resident to die from COVID-19. He is the ninteenth known patient.…
From: Intransitive
As a foreigner living abroad, other foreigners can be very embarrassing, and not just those involved and murder and the drug…
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
Bernie Sanders is my preferred candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 American presidential election, and this is my…
From: Oceanoxia
Chemist Peter Atkins writes that it is only science that can answer real big questions, as opposed to invented ones…
From: Mano Singham
This feels mildly peculiar, to put posts up behind a paywall, but that's what I've done because I'm anxious to…
From: Pharyngula
I've been doing a lot of maintenance on the spider colony, moving spiders into new, clean cages, and so far,…
From: Pharyngula
Someone went and got me a subscription to Scientific American. So I’ve been looking at these popular physics articles, marveling…
From: A Trivial Knot
[caption id="attachment_58015" align="alignright" width="150"] Chuck Asay[/caption] His reputation would be so much better if he never ever discovered Twitter. Which…
From: Pharyngula
I'm going to start doing regular or semi-regular news posts. The goal here is to share links to media that…
From: Oceanoxia
Usually, the science building I work in isn't great for finding spiders -- the custodians are good at their jobs.…
From: Pharyngula
Um Ladaw Cave in India is a chamber 300 feet below the surface that fills to the brim with water…
From: Pharyngula
Remember how I complained about my defunct microscope camera? I complain no more. Thanks to a gift from an exceedingly…
From: Pharyngula
It's a busy day with all these job interview related things, but over my lunch hour I banged out 8…
From: Pharyngula
I scoop you up, put you in a cage, take photos of you, and give you flies to eat. She's…
From: Pharyngula
One of the interesting things emerging from the current Democratic primary race is the lessening role of identity politics. Having…
From: Mano Singham
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
If you want to see what the capitalist ideal for America is, just look at our for-profit prisons. They exploit…
From: Pharyngula
I'm going to start doing regular or semi-regular news posts. The goal here is to share links to media that…
From: Oceanoxia
She looks at the messages that 'PragerU', an online site created by right-winger Dennis Prager, promotes. She says that it…
From: Mano Singham
I normally don't write much on Feb 14th. My own history with it is ... complicated. It involves a violent…
From: Pervert Justice
I know that many of the readers of this blog also follow Marcus Ranum's blog stderr but for the few…
From: Mano Singham
Dennis Prager is upset that he "isn't allowed" to use the n-word. https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1228088976483012620 He's wrong, though. There is no n-word…
From: Pharyngula
Matt Taibbi writes that the dynamics of the 2016 Republican primaries are playing out again in the 2020 Democratic primaries…
From: Mano Singham
Adam Rutherford, lovely gentleman that he is, sent me a review copy ahead of its release date in the US,…
From: Pharyngula
I'm just going to agree with John Oliver. That is all.
From: Pharyngula
Bloomberg's got a "young hipness" problem - namely that he is neither young nor hip. Actually, it's a "stupid marketing…
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
And mine, but that goes without saying. He declared that any idiot can be a farmer. https://twitter.com/PeterMentes/status/1228518467776761856 I might think…
From: Pharyngula
One of the things that this year's election has laid bare is the dominance of the oligarchy in the process.…
From: Mano Singham
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
You really don't want to find your name in it. It's his aspirational list of who a creepy rich pedophile…
From: Pharyngula
You may want to skip this one if you loathe American politics. Here's a prediction: the democratic party is going…
From: Stderr
This coming Saturday, the voters of Nevada will vote for their choice of Democratic presidential nominee. This is going to…
From: Mano Singham
I'm going to start doing regular or semi-regular news posts. The goal here is to share links to media that…
From: Oceanoxia