This 1969 film tells the tale of the unlikely friendship that arose between a fresh-faced country boy (Jon Voight) who…
From: Mano Singham
I recently watched two TV series that used the flashback technique extensively in their narrative structure. The use of flashbacks…
From: Mano Singham
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From: Mano Singham
Sometimes, I'm mindlessly cruel. I should think more about the victims.
From: Pharyngula
People have strong feelings about which Muppet is the best. I am one of them. The people at Pop Culture…
From: Mano Singham
A recent Gallup poll shows that the number of people who belong to a church, mosque or synagogue is dropping…
From: Mano Singham
The issue of the national debt has become more of a political wedge issue rather than an economic one. John…
From: Mano Singham
This is the state of the doors as of Tuesday night. Since the doors are basically a stack of plywood…
From: Stderr
He realizes that playing the hero if a 'bad guy with a gun' lets loose in a public space is…
From: Mano Singham
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From: Mano Singham
I think Jesus has earned it -- he's a true eldritch horror. [caption id="attachment_62417" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Unspeakable Vault (of Doom)[/caption]
From: Pharyngula
It helped to have all these people emailing me reminders in advance. Paul Nelson Day, for you blessed souls who…
From: Pharyngula
Our new representative for modern atheism that will scare the fundagelicals pantsless is a gay black man, Lil Nas X.…
From: Pharyngula
Woohoo! First post on my new laptop! My daughter starts kindergarten in the fall. I'm very excited for her but…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I want nothing to do with that wretched hive of villainy, Atheist Alliance International. This is the organization that was…
From: Pharyngula
Psst, wanna read a review of Jordan Peterson's new book, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life? It'll spare you…
From: Pharyngula
David Silverman's fall has been spectacular. A few years ago, he was running the US's largest atheist organization with panache…
From: Pharyngula
Way to lean in hard into the stereotypes, Karen from Texas. She has written a two-part column for the Orange…
From: Pharyngula
The Ethical Society of St Louis is holding a free online event: From some of the insurrectionists who laid siege…
From: Pharyngula
Over on our Discord server, user "Hemi" was struggling to decipher the illustrious Jordan Peterson's book, "Beyond Order" (which, as…
From: Impossible Me
I've been asked again about why I sometimes use an asterisk after the word "trans" when describing the broader transsexual and…
From: Pervert Justice
BREAKING: A Republican governor has just vetoed an anti-trans law. Let me just repeat that: A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR HAS JUST…
From: Death to Squirrels
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From: Mano Singham
In several countries we are seeing a harsh pushback on the rights of trans- and non-binary people. This pushback has…
From: Pro-Science
So, it's Transgender Day of Visibility, a day I often do not particularly emphasize seeing as how my mirrors still work, but…
From: Pervert Justice
Don't do one thing H*rry P*tter related for 24 hours, out of respect for the people whose lives Jowling Kowling…
From: Great American Satan
Part 1: Youtube videos March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility. 2020 and 2021 have been the best and…
From: Intransitive
More and more women are coming forward accusing New York governor of Andrew Cuomo sexual misconduct. Here is the just…
From: Mano Singham
This is partly a happy personal note, partly commentary on how Transgender people are portrayed in the media and pop…
From: Intransitive
The NCAA, the body that governs US athletics at the college level, has long had an unsavory reputation of enabling…
From: Mano Singham
In my last meta-announcement about the blog, I had realized that my old beat was depressing me. I've since gained…
From: Against the Grain
"Wait, I don't think you know exactly what 'literally' means." :dead stare: "Oh, I think I do."
From: Pervert Justice
How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation | MIT Technology Review - Since Cambridge Analytica, Facebook has made efforts to…
From: A Trivial Knot
I got my second Pfizer shot yesterday, and I had had a mild reaction (lethargy, general weakness) to the first…
From: Pharyngula
Some terminally ill people experience excruciating pain for prolonged periods of time before they die of natural causes. Thus I…
From: Andreas Avester
My first attempt at big blade ended up in a disaster and after several years of procrastinating the issue ended…
From: Affinity
SUCCESS!! The energy drink experiment worked, so now I've distributed them into the proper mana potions! Bend to my will,…
From: Impossible Me
Second vaccine injection…received. Now I wait a few weeks before I can start grabbing passers-by and kissing them. (Yuck, you…
From: Pharyngula
The Babbler sent out a team of reporters to cover the night of the historic 2021 election. They returned these…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
The bad news: I arranged my schedule so that I don't have any classes or labs on Friday. The dream…
From: Pharyngula
Some terminally ill people experience excruciating pain for prolonged periods of time before they die of natural causes. Thus I…
From: Andreas Avester
A recent Gallup poll shows that the number of people who belong to a church, mosque or synagogue is dropping…
From: Mano Singham
An interesting fact about the QAnon phenomenon is that even though the mysterious Q has not been heard of in…
From: Mano Singham
I'm weirded out here. This is a video put out by fanatical, old-school Catholics to tell their followers to obey…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_62274" align="alignright" width="130"] Christ.[/caption] First, I have to say that I can't imagine choosing to sit around listening to…
From: Pharyngula
Woohoo! First post on my new laptop! My daughter starts kindergarten in the fall. I'm very excited for her but…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
You may be justifiably baffled about the title - what do these three things have in common? And, understandably, you…
From: Affinity
The sin which got Sye Ten Bruggencate ostracized has been revealed by his church: Following admissions by Sye ten Bruggencate…
From: Pharyngula
A baptist preacher is on leave and in 'professional counseling' after a video surfaced of his Sunday sermon in which…
From: Mano Singham
Do Christians get the funny drilled out of them? I ask because I recently got this ad from Ray Comfort:…
From: Pharyngula
Mary and I have been laid out flat this weekend -- I shouldn't have been so quick to suggest yesterday…
From: Pharyngula
SUCCESS!! The energy drink experiment worked, so now I've distributed them into the proper mana potions! Bend to my will,…
From: Impossible Me
And why does he say such stupid things? To answer the first question: he's a guy with a bachelor's degree…
From: Pharyngula
Or perhaps, at worst, an "inadvisable" science. I made a 'mana potion'. I have a habit of experimenting with a…
From: Impossible Me
The spiders I've been raising live to be approximately two years old in the lab. What typically happens is that…
From: Pharyngula
I am not an immunologist by any stretch, but I do teach a bit of basic immunology in my cell…
From: Pharyngula
Whether it's banning references to climate change, or sending armed goons to invade the home of a scientist calling out…
From: Oceanoxia
We have a man at Disney World refusing to have his temperature checked and then being charged with trespassing, handcuffed,…
From: Mano Singham
This is reported in The Guardian - and I heartily suggest you read the whole source article, if it interests…
From: Stderr
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, much of the blame for the disaster that followed rightly went to neglected or…
From: Oceanoxia
So it has come out that Boston PD protected a pedophile rapist, and Boston officers then voted that scumbag their…
From: Pervert Justice
I've been asked again about why I sometimes use an asterisk after the word "trans" when describing the broader transsexual and…
From: Pervert Justice
People have strong feelings about which Muppet is the best. I am one of them. The people at Pop Culture…
From: Mano Singham
Trump didn't start America's mistreatment of people at our borders, Biden hasn't stopped it, and the immigration policies of both…
From: Oceanoxia
One of the most infuriating things about healthcare in the United States is that not only is it viciously expensive,…
From: Oceanoxia
It seems to have confused him. It's amazing, when you think about it, how much the rantings of the darlings…
From: Pharyngula
Whether it's banning references to climate change, or sending armed goons to invade the home of a scientist calling out…
From: Oceanoxia
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, much of the blame for the disaster that followed rightly went to neglected or…
From: Oceanoxia
The team that goes by the name the Cleveland Indians used to have a grotesque caricature called Chief Wahoo as…
From: Mano Singham
Gil Scott-Heron's second album "Pieces of a Man" was recorded in April 1971. The released date unknown, so now is…
From: Intransitive
So it has come out that Boston PD protected a pedophile rapist, and Boston officers then voted that scumbag their…
From: Pervert Justice
Debra Jo Hunter, a woman in Florida (of course) who deliberately went up to someone and coughed in her face…
From: Mano Singham
It appears that British TV, especially the BBC, decided to go to wall-to-wall coverage of Prince Philip's death and viewers…
From: Mano Singham
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Workers at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama have voted against creating a union by a wide margin. Workers at…
From: Mano Singham
Imagine, just now, that you are smiling your day away in Seattle and happen to come upon a bronze statue while…
From: Pervert Justice
David Corn recounts John Boehner's history in light of the latter's recent efforts in a book excerpt to decry the…
From: Mano Singham
Matt Gaetz has been lying low, sensibly enough, but he's about to make his first public appearance since the storm…
From: Pharyngula
A recent Gallup poll shows that the number of people who belong to a church, mosque or synagogue is dropping…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_62422" align="alignright" width="150"] Swamp Creature[/caption] Should I be shocked about the Matt Gaetz scandal? Maybe. But he was such…
From: Pharyngula