In the wake of the widespread unrest across the nation following the murder of George Floyd that has resulted in…
From: Mano Singham
Some evening last week one of local roe deer grazed in the lower, and so far mostly overgrown part of…
From: Affinity
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From: Mano Singham
We all know that Donald Trump is an idiot and/or suffering from some kind of debilitating metal disorder. But I…
From: Stderr
I tend to go through crafting cycles. Right now I have little motivation to mix resin or, lets face it,…
From: Affinity
Adapting to living in isolation in the woods is not easy. {AD}
From: Mano Singham
We visited the Zoo at the weekend, which in hind(haha)sight was not the best idea. Their concept to prevent infections…
From: Affinity
Content Warning: Bleak world views It seems to me you lived your life like a can that certain points of…
From: Great American Satan
Actually, unlike Henry, I did see one superhero film that was in the Avengers series because I was curious as…
From: Mano Singham
Bruce Cockburn was born May 27, 1945, seventy five years old today. He is a Canadian music legend, releasing albums…
From: Intransitive
I decided to address a few of Kent Hovind's stupid points in a video.
From: Pharyngula
SpaceX had a planned manned space flight the other day, postponed now until tomorrow, so is it too soon to…
From: Pharyngula
It's also not "Meyers". As promised, Kent Hovind has uploaded his "Whack An Atheist - PZ Meyers" video to YouTube,…
From: Pharyngula
Kent Hovind has informed me that I'm being featured on his YouTube channel tonight. Heads up PZ, every Wednesday night…
From: Pharyngula
I was listening to this episode of Snap Judgement podcast [the country doctor] and found my eyes kept filling with…
From: Stderr
This philosopher, Giorgio Agamben, has a remarkably pessimistic view of the future of academia. He has written a requiem for…
From: Pharyngula
The question has come up of how to react to proselytisation attempts on my blog. Yannoupoika, one of the contributors…
From: Geeky Humanist
THIS JUST IN: ‘We need more prayer’: Trump orders states to let houses of worship reopen despite coronavirus crisis So…
From: Death to Squirrels
A reader informed me that I was mentioned in a British magazine, and sent me a scan of the relevant…
From: Pharyngula
Henry Rollins had a bit in one of his spoken word performances, in which he ridiculed a pentagon spokesperson for…
From: Stderr
By Grace Taverna If you can, please donate to Charleston Shield or to one of the bail funds working to…
From: Oceanoxia
For folks who are new to social justice actions: 1. Water makes pepper spray worse. Use milk or liquid antacid…
From: Oceanoxia
In 2018, Taiwan's supreme court's decision that there was no argument against marriage equality and that it would have no…
From: Intransitive
Regular readers of this blog will know that I have never been a fan of former senator, vice-president, and now…
From: Mano Singham
The landmark US Supreme Court decision that in 1973 legalized abortion in the US is Roe v. Wade where 'Jane…
From: Mano Singham
Norma McCorvey, who fought for the right to an abortion in Roe v. Wade, and then flipped to crusade against…
From: Pharyngula
Amy Dyess is a lesbian from Seattle. She first rose to prominence after writing a "TERF is a slur" article…
From: Intransitive
Sunday May 17, 2020, is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, or IDAHoBiT for short. From the May…
From: Intransitive
The state of British mainstream feminism has long been abysmal. All the major players seem to be massive transphobes, there's…
From: Affinity
This is the fourth, and I hope the final, part of a multi-part answer to Andrew Haslam’s post Ten Questions…
From: Geeky Humanist
During breaking major events, rumors and hoxes seem to abound. This week's nationwide protests against the death of George Floyd…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
People have a tendency to imagine themselves to be normal. Moreover, unless they have strong evidence suggesting otherwise, they also…
From: Andreas Avester
First time: Around May 19, JK Rowling (aka TERFling, aka Scowling) retweeted a hate filled, anti-Trans post by Fred Sargeant. …
From: Intransitive
I expected this, but it's now official: the wonderful Convergence convention has been postponed for a year. I guess I'll…
From: Pharyngula
I was in the lab feeding the spiders, and on the may out I decided I ought to check my…
From: Pharyngula
We have pretty much all had this experience at some time or other in some form. You are driving along…
From: Mano Singham
Today when I went into the workshop I had to light the fire because, despite reasonably sunny weather, the temperatures…
From: Affinity
I'm about fed up with the crap going on this year. A troop of monkeys in India attacked a medical…
From: Pharyngula
[CONTENT NOTE: racist police violence, f-bombs.] I awoke today, as many did, to news of more widespread protests in the…
From: Death to Squirrels
This article was written for the Carnival of Aces, which this month had the theme of "quarantine". Back in February,…
From: A Trivial Knot
For folks who are new to social justice actions: 1. Water makes pepper spray worse. Use milk or liquid antacid…
From: Oceanoxia
Yup. They could have brought a manslaughter charge on the same day they saw that video, and even that paltry,…
From: Oceanoxia
I don't have a lot to say about this. I can't bring myself to watch the video, and the odds…
From: Oceanoxia
For the last couple decades, the United States of America has been on a collision course with reality, and I…
From: Oceanoxia
I was listening to this episode of Snap Judgement podcast [the country doctor] and found my eyes kept filling with…
From: Stderr
I'm working on patron rewards today, but here's a bit of discussion on what's been going on in Venezuela: https://youtu.be/qhSivdrxXMg…
From: Oceanoxia
The landmark US Supreme Court decision that in 1973 legalized abortion in the US is Roe v. Wade where 'Jane…
From: Mano Singham
Spokane has had about 30 COVID-19 deaths, so a memorial was put together at the city hall, a Christian memorial…
From: Pharyngula
As I've mentioned before, my wife has been isolated in Colorado -- bad timing, she was visiting our family in…
From: Pharyngula
This is the fourth, and I hope the final, part of a multi-part answer to Andrew Haslam’s post Ten Questions…
From: Geeky Humanist
This morning, we were gathering Parasteatoda around the house, and I guess that it's that time of year, because we…
From: Pharyngula
Some of you may recall the fun experiment that was done by the astronaut David Scott on the Moon during…
From: Mano Singham
Today, I make good on that threat. Did you think I'd chicken out? Philodromus. I thought she was pretty.
From: Pharyngula
This is an entry in my series where I read physics articles in Scientific American, and provide my weary perspective…
From: A Trivial Knot
A team of researchers, including some Inuit hunters, have published an array of new underwater recordings from the Arctic Ocean,…
From: Oceanoxia
It's a spider abdomen, but not the whole spider, so I hope it's OK. I just love the muted but…
From: Pharyngula
SpaceX had a planned manned space flight the other day, postponed now until tomorrow, so is it too soon to…
From: Pharyngula
One of the ways I'm coping with this pandemic is studying it. Over the span of months I built up…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
A few years ago, I attended a seminar by a researcher on aging. He explained what goes on when a…
From: Mano Singham
Oh, happy news: the American Arachnology Society meetings were cancelled this summer, but they're going ahead with the 2020 AAS…
From: Pharyngula
By Grace Taverna If you can, please donate to Charleston Shield or to one of the bail funds working to…
From: Oceanoxia
In the wake of the widespread unrest across the nation following the murder of George Floyd that has resulted in…
From: Mano Singham
It's the cops. The protests were a response to unchecked police brutality, and the cops respond with more violence. So…
From: Pharyngula
As the title says, Sunday May 31 is the WHO's World No Tobacco Day. The theme this year is "Tobacco…
From: Intransitive
For people new to the subject of White Supremacist Bullshit, there's this concept that's been around for a while: The…
From: Great American Satan
For folks who are new to social justice actions: 1. Water makes pepper spray worse. Use milk or liquid antacid…
From: Oceanoxia
In a post a couple of days ago, I wrote about a Minneapolis venture capitalist Tom Austin who challenged a…
From: Mano Singham
Yup. They could have brought a manslaughter charge on the same day they saw that video, and even that paltry,…
From: Oceanoxia
How can people behave like this? A woman who drove through a protest in Denver on Thursday appeared to deliberately…
From: Mano Singham
This morning, authorities announced that Derek Chauvin, who was the Minneapolis police officer whose knee on George Floyd resulted in…
From: Mano Singham
By Grace Taverna If you can, please donate to Charleston Shield or to one of the bail funds working to…
From: Oceanoxia
In the wake of the widespread unrest across the nation following the murder of George Floyd that has resulted in…
From: Mano Singham
People have a tendency to imagine themselves to be normal. Moreover, unless they have strong evidence suggesting otherwise, they also…
From: Andreas Avester
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From: Mano Singham
For folks who are new to social justice actions: 1. Water makes pepper spray worse. Use milk or liquid antacid…
From: Oceanoxia
The average age of death from COVID in Alberta is 83, and I remind the House that the average life…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
We all know that Donald Trump is an idiot and/or suffering from some kind of debilitating metal disorder. But I…
From: Stderr
In a post a couple of days ago, I wrote about a Minneapolis venture capitalist Tom Austin who challenged a…
From: Mano Singham
Yup. They could have brought a manslaughter charge on the same day they saw that video, and even that paltry,…
From: Oceanoxia
How can people behave like this? A woman who drove through a protest in Denver on Thursday appeared to deliberately…
From: Mano Singham