A group of friends from my college days in Sri Lanka now live all over the world but we stay…
From: Mano Singham
I'm going to keep being a pest posting walls of unreadable guff this month, if circumstances don't change. I had…
From: Life's a Gas
Had a dream I was Vin Diesel in Pitch Black mode. Me and my home boy Jeremy got in trouble…
From: Life's a Gas
[caption id="attachment_5883" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Western Pond Turtle, designed by Robert Lang[/caption] This is one of the designs in Origami Design…
From: A Trivial Knot
SPOOKTOBER DAY 31 - RETRO SLASHER OPTIONAL CHALLENGES: FIRST LOVE, LIBRARY & LIBRARIANS, PREMONITION TAROT INFLUENCE: QUEEN OF SWORDS, UPRIGHT. …
From: Life's a Gas
The US mid-term elections have seen a level of outright lying and racism and bigotry and fearmongering by Trump and…
From: Mano Singham
SPOOKTOBER DAY 29 - GOTHIC OPTIONAL CHALLENGES: BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY, SNAKES, GRIEF / LOSS :̶.̶|̶ ̶:̶;̶ TAROT INFLUENCE: QUEEN OF…
From: Life's a Gas
The Probability Broach, Appendix We've reached the end of The Probability Broach. But following the conclusion of his story, L.…
From: Daylight Atheism
SPOOKTOBER DAY 27 - APOCALYPSE / POST-APOC OPTIONAL CHALLENGES: RULES, BAD LUCK, TRYPOPHOBIA TAROT INFLUENCE: TEN OF PENTACLES, UPRIGHT TITLE: …
From: Life's a Gas
SPOOKTOBER DAY 25 - CYBERPUNK OPTIONAL CHALLENGES: CLUB/GROUP, TERRORISM, MANNEQUINS TAROT INFLUENCE: TEN OF WANDS, INVERTED TITLE: MANNEQUINS, COME OUT…
From: Life's a Gas
I think I mostly hang out with the right people (although, I was associating with a bad crowd when I…
From: Pharyngula
We get a geology lesson today, while honoring Bwian Thomas Ph.D. of the ICR for his bogus analysis of the…
From: Pharyngula
Colossal Biosciences is one big flashy scam. They have not and will not be resurrecting the woolly mammoth, they have…
From: Pharyngula
I haven't eaten at Chipotle for years. Similarly, I haven't had a Margarita in years, even though I think they're…
From: Pharyngula
I had to make a video when the blog was down. Transcript below the fold. I've been disconnected from the…
From: Pharyngula
OK, so yesterday morning I posted that ridiculous AI video of an ark excavation. How about another stupid video? That's…
From: Pharyngula
I'm thinking that most probably aren't stupid enough to fall for this, so maybe this is the floor. That comes…
From: Pharyngula
You probably already have heard of this; if you haven't, I'm sorry. The DoD is planning on executing the Fort…
From: Stderr
[caption id="attachment_80401" align="alignright" width="131"] Man, he looks suspiciously well-tanned and groomed for someone hospitalized for a few weeks[/caption] Gabe Poirot…
From: Pharyngula
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about a surprising new finding: practicing Christians are more likely…
From: Daylight Atheism
Is this news? Haven't we always known that Trump and Epstein were sleazy rapist, but it's about time Democrats woke…
From: Pharyngula
Women face dangers in all manner of situations that men rarely do. The news has been full of stories of…
From: Mano Singham
The Washington Post announces that the Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’.…
From: Pharyngula
There is a lot of stuff in the Epstein files that has been redacted out of the public eye, I…
From: Pharyngula
Megyn Kelly. She's hideous. She has a rotting, diseased brain behind that shiny façade. MEGYN KELLY (HOST): No one will…
From: Pharyngula
Dispiriting news from my alma mater: University of Oregon receives five sexual assault reports within first week of classes. Students…
From: Pharyngula
i'm working on the discolology of björk but i've barely started and it's gonna be a lot. gonna have spooktobers…
From: Life's a Gas
Building Better Men
I went through rush, the campaign to enlist new students into a fraternity/sorority, my first year at the University of…
From: Pharyngula
I have paid just a passing interest to the issue of 'furries', the people who role-play by dressing up as…
From: Mano Singham
If you ever thought Steven Pinker was a member of the liberal intelligentsia, think again. That was his carefully maintained…
From: Pharyngula
A group of friends from my college days in Sri Lanka now live all over the world but we stay…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_80581" align="alignright" width="150"] murderer and his murder weapon[/caption] Too many years ago, I was a die-hard bicyclist who pedaled…
From: Pharyngula
Born last night, seen here in his larval form: [caption id="attachment_80575" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Vittorio![/caption] We'll learn more when his limbs…
From: Pharyngula
Three little kids, the youngest no more than 3 years old…and our evil cat tried to kill them. Seriously: hissing,…
From: Pharyngula
We're strapped for volunteers at the Morris Theater because it's Hallowe'en and there are so many events going on, so…
From: Pharyngula
What makes a person "bad"? I want to start by saying that I'm honestly not comfortable designating a person as…
From: Oceanoxia
But if we do, let's smoke them out. For those unfamiliar with the region, Mt Rainier (correct spelling) is about…
From: Pharyngula
I'm volunteering at the theater tonight -- I've got a long shift, from 7-11, leading into the traditional Hallowe'en event,…
From: Pharyngula
I spent the morning making up reagents for multiple student experiments -- this is the start of a series of…
From: Pharyngula
There is a hidden alcove deep in the heart of the Science & Math building on the UMM campus, with…
From: Pharyngula
Sam Alito really hates gay and trans people, and logic. He has some twisted arguments. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito,…
From: Pharyngula
I am currently listening to various YouTube essays on LOTR lore. I have read most of the books and watched…
From: Affinity
Gentle mockery of zoroastrianism again. I found out, or was reminded of, the version of your soul that goes for…
From: Life's a Gas
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to compel Illinois to provide its complete statewide voter registration database. Another…
From: Pro-Science
There's a line in Minority Report that's stuck with me. After looking over the crime scene, the detective character turns…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
Just ask Doug Wilson. "If Kamala [Harris] had won the presidency, there would have been basically zero evangelicals in the…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_79680" align="alignright" width="300"] These gomers make it so hard to celebrate Independence Day[/caption] It's Independence Day, which means most…
From: Pharyngula
We're deep in the insanity phase of the progression, and it's obvious. A report has been released that exposes the…
From: Pharyngula
Lard, I hate waking up to shit like this. Especially when I'm only really interested in the latest news about…
From: Death to Squirrels
Heretical notion, not much to it, but it makes more sense the canon version of events. I am constantly confronted…
From: Life's a Gas
A group of friends from my college days in Sri Lanka now live all over the world but we stay…
From: Mano Singham
Found on a shelf of reagents while preparing a lab: I trust that label. I didn't open it or touch…
From: Pharyngula
Some of the best years of my youth were in high school…but not in high school. During those years, we…
From: Pharyngula
I believe I've mentioned I almost never see goldfinches. It's been years since I got a definitive eyeball on one. …
From: Life's a Gas
Dire warnings about the dangers posed by AI have been around since it first burst into the news. But back…
From: Mano Singham
If you've got a spare 20 minutes, you can get a quick overview of what is currently known about the…
From: Pharyngula
AI discovered an exploit in the PHP that most of the Internet is using, including... wordpress sites, like our own. …
From: Life's a Gas
Some individuals seem to be particularly susceptible to AI psychosis, which shouldn't be surprising. Humans have long been prone to…
From: Pharyngula
I'm one of the least qualified people in the world to be talking about this. I might be the fourth…
From: Life's a Gas
I had a couple of posts last year about the people who call themselves biohackers. There are people who devote…
From: Mano Singham
The US mid-term elections have seen a level of outright lying and racism and bigotry and fearmongering by Trump and…
From: Mano Singham
What makes a person "bad"? I want to start by saying that I'm honestly not comfortable designating a person as…
From: Oceanoxia
Republicans are going all out to try and rig the mid-term elections in their favor by a variety of means:…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_80545" align="alignright" width="150"] Do you think the Kent GOP regrets providing a backdrop for those disgusting remarks?[/caption] Maybe it's…
From: Pharyngula
It's about time. A Minnesota prosecutor on Wednesday charged conservative provocateur James O’Keefe and influencer Cam Higby with felony counts…
From: Pharyngula
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after coming in second in the first round of presidential voting three weeks ago, staged…
From: Mano Singham
Women face dangers in all manner of situations that men rarely do. The news has been full of stories of…
From: Mano Singham
On his weekly podcast, he spoke with the Democratic candidate for the senate seat in Michigan. The interview lasts about…
From: Mano Singham
This is a statue that graces our central campus mall. [caption id="attachment_80438" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Commissioned by Puncky '73 and Mary…
From: Pharyngula
Pete Hegseth's obscene decision to livestream the December 3 execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan has generated worldwide revulsion…
From: Mano Singham
I must express my gratitude to Hayley Stevens. She lost a primary election for the Michigan senate to Abdul El-Sayed,…
From: Pharyngula
There's a sleepy little town, Appleton, just a few miles south of Morris. I've visited it a few times to…
From: Pharyngula
The US mid-term elections have seen a level of outright lying and racism and bigotry and fearmongering by Trump and…
From: Mano Singham
What makes a person "bad"? I want to start by saying that I'm honestly not comfortable designating a person as…
From: Oceanoxia
Republicans are going all out to try and rig the mid-term elections in their favor by a variety of means:…
From: Mano Singham
"SHOVE THAT BALLROOM UP YOUR FAT ASS!!" https://twitter.com/HQNewsNow/status/2114878550163530043 Then the audience chants "USA! USA!" for some reason, and Trump claims…
From: Pharyngula
The 20th century saw the apex of US power. Even during the Cold War with the Soviet Union as a…
From: Mano Singham
Is this news? Haven't we always known that Trump and Epstein were sleazy rapist, but it's about time Democrats woke…
From: Pharyngula
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after coming in second in the first round of presidential voting three weeks ago, staged…
From: Mano Singham
I was browsing pubmed for some interesting articles when I noticed that every article is tainted with this stupid announcement.…
From: Pharyngula