In the thread about Bletchley Park, Dunc made a comment about the "foreshortening effect of living in a country with…
From: Stderr
I came across this clever mashup of British prime minister Theresa May into scenes from the iconic film Monty Python…
From: Mano Singham
Uh-oh. They're on to us, comrades. LOL!
From: Pharyngula
The frightening and false information that is being propagated by anti-vaxxers has led many people to either not vaccinate their…
From: Mano Singham
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
WISDOM IN THREE PARTS: Part I: A. Back off and let those men who want to marry men, marry…
From: Affinity
No, not that kind of angel dust. This would be Jehovah blessed, gold dust, from angels. Angel dandruff. Whatever it…
From: Affinity
True Leaders are hardly known to their followers. Next after them are the leaders the people know and admire; after…
From: Stderr
Clementine Ford has published a book, Fight Like A Girl, and has written a number of columns like this one,…
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
She has a fine statement on their fundamental dishonesty. Now, he and his followers are acting as if me publicly…
From: Pharyngula
I first realized I was bisexual in high school but didn’t come out until fifteen years later because I thought…
From: Bi Any Means
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
True Leaders are hardly known to their followers. Next after them are the leaders the people know and admire; after…
From: Stderr
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
I am not sure how many people read the comments to my posts but quite often the commenters are very…
From: Mano Singham
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
This is a promotional video for the University of Utrecht, but it doesn't lie (although I'm beginning to detest the…
From: Pharyngula
The frightening and false information that is being propagated by anti-vaxxers has led many people to either not vaccinate their…
From: Mano Singham
I first realized I was bisexual in high school but didn’t come out until fifteen years later because I thought…
From: Bi Any Means
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
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
I had assumed that Germany was one of those enlightened countries where same-sex marriages had long been legal and lesbians…
From: Mano Singham
I came across this clever mashup of British prime minister Theresa May into scenes from the iconic film Monty Python…
From: Mano Singham
I was going to point and laugh at Donald Trump for hanging a fake Time magazine cover in his golf…
From: Pharyngula
When there was a ghastly tragedy on April 4th, 2017 in Idlib, Syria that killed a large number of civilians,…
From: Mano Singham
Postmedia, the corporate near-monopoly on Canadian news outlets, is heavily invested in convincing the public that the same austerity which…
From: Against the Grain
In the last part of my series on the DNC hack, I mentioned that I watched a seminar hosted by…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
I know it's all the fashion, in some circles, to belittle the "mainstream media" for being hard on Donald Trump…
From: Stderr
[caption id="attachment_19085" align="alignnone" width="720"] Hrag Vartanian.[/caption] Oh, the TSA has come up with yet another of their unbelievably stupid ideas,…
From: Affinity
Robert Mackey writes that Theresa May in order to have a working majority in parliament has bought the allegiance of…
From: Mano Singham
[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