I made arts that I liked a lot, for a writing project. Will I ever finish one of these projects?…
From: Great American Satan
Fritz Lang's classic thriller "M" was released on May 11, 1931, ninety years ago. It's a gripping film about a…
From: Intransitive
As part of the FtB Mother's Day Anthology, here is a science fiction flash story, "Tradition." Also, it's a day…
From: Freethinking Ahead
Back in 2019, I wrote about a comedy film that had just been released that I wanted to see. Unfortunately,…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_47404" align="aligncenter" width="318"] New Pokémon Snap, Source: Nintendo[/caption] The end of last month saw the release of a…
From: Affinity
Note: This story is set in the same continuity as the upcoming Bolingbrook Babbler novel. If you like this story…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
In response to the pandemic, Italian band Ash Code - together with friends like André Savetier, host of The Wave…
From: Great American Satan
I was recently watching the TV series Marple (2013) based on the stories of Agatha Christie and one episode A…
From: Mano Singham
This coming Sunday is Mother's Day and it will also be the Freethought Blogs Mother's Day Fundraising Anthology. Richard Carrier's…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
I am fond of the card game bridge, growing up in a bridge playing family and returning to it in…
From: Mano Singham
Does anyone else roll their eyes when they see that Dean Radin has come out with another paper about psychic…
From: Pharyngula
In the summers, I would often run out of books to read, and raid my dad's shelves for new material.…
From: Stderr
Rhawn Joseph is back. Two years ago, I posted a comprehensive list of my engagements with that fraud, so if…
From: Pharyngula
Rebecca Watson has been getting lots of them, and threats of lawsuits, in a tangled web of complaints from a…
From: Pharyngula
Because I actually find this caption interesting.
From: Pharyngula
You don't need to understand the meaning, as long as you string together a few science terms you learned in…
From: Pharyngula
Every spring there comes a day when it's time to see if I can mow the grass. Usually, it's a…
From: Stderr
Once upon a time, the growing atheist community was shattered by the emergence of a disruptive faction who thought there…
From: Pharyngula
It's impossible to look at the US justice system and not think "something is seriously wrong, here." As usual, the…
From: Stderr
The only thing I disagree with my Quaker friends on is the slogan speaking truth to power. First of all,…
From: Jonathan's Musings
It's true, we're still digging out from under our legal debt and begging for donations. Check out our Fundraising page!…
From: Pharyngula
My thoughts about "mother's day" this year: I never begrudge this May weekend to those who came from good families…
From: Intransitive
Mothers Day has utterly confounded me as far back as I can remember. During my childhood years, spent unhappily suffocating…
From: Death to Squirrels
America's "protest season" has begun, and the government has continued its brutal response to any calls for systemic change. Because…
From: Oceanoxia
https://youtu.be/X4G7asMHqZ4 As I've said before, I don't think the threat of fascism will be leaving the United States any time…
From: Oceanoxia
Ken the Hen is exactly right: LEAVE THEM ALONE. [caption id="attachment_62611" align="aligncenter" width="500"] First Dog on the Moon[/caption] I remember…
From: Pharyngula
The only thing I disagree with my Quaker friends on is the slogan speaking truth to power. First of all,…
From: Jonathan's Musings
Jules Gill-Peterson, writer for Jewish Currents, has published an essay on the far right obsession with and attempts to legislate…
From: Intransitive
The state of California is famous for having all manner of issues decided by placing propositions on the ballot. Its…
From: Mano Singham
cn: it's about sex positions, but it is not graphic I hate the top vs bottom dichotomy as it is…
From: A Trivial Knot
I need to vent. I'm grading lab reports, and one of my banes is this: students who assemble a series…
From: Pharyngula
My final exams were due yesterday, and the students worked hard and got them all done and submitted online. I…
From: Pharyngula
For the third time, there is an outbreak of COVID-19 in Taiwan caused by returning airline pilots who are ignoring…
From: Intransitive
As long time readers know, I am reluctant to ban commenters but have done so on two previous occasions when…
From: Mano Singham
A funny thing popped up while I was reading about F-35s, regarding the Air Force's labor problem. I have a…
From: Stderr
When I announced the Freethought Blogs Mother's Day Fundraiser, I added if it reached a certain amount, I would go to…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Pie That'll Kill Ya: The Problem with Fandom Statistics | Franzeska Dickson (video, 5 min) - On the subject of…
From: A Trivial Knot
I have been working with lab alcohol for decades. I've got liters of the stuff. When we're using it in…
From: Pharyngula
It's true, we're still digging out from under our legal debt and begging for donations. Check out our Fundraising page!…
From: Pharyngula
This is another halftime post. I just managed a sequence break by bomb-jumping to get the ice beam, and I'm…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
The United States has a long, horrific history of funding, training, and arming extremist groups - particularly right-wing ones -…
From: Oceanoxia
Sri Lanka, the country that I grew up in, is made up of about 90% of Buddhists and Hindus, religious…
From: Mano Singham
(Guest post by Dan Phelps) Many of you are aware that Answers in Genesis (AiG) has a very strict Statement…
From: Pharyngula
What if he offered you candy, or had a puppy you could play with? That's Josh Duggar, the man who…
From: Pharyngula
https://youtu.be/X4G7asMHqZ4 As I've said before, I don't think the threat of fascism will be leaving the United States any time…
From: Oceanoxia
I recently ran into one of the tried-and-boring christian come-backs against atheism: "if you don't believe in god, how can…
From: Stderr
The pedagogical methods of Mark Samsel wouldn't fly here. In fact, they weren't even successful in Kansas. Kansas state Rep.…
From: Pharyngula
Dear daughter, By now I’m sure you know, I hate Christmas. I hate Christmas shopping. I hate Christmas carols, and…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
As you can tell from my posting the other day, I am sick of Georgia's desire to both steal elections…
From: Stderr
Some terminally ill people experience excruciating pain for prolonged periods of time before they die of natural causes. Thus I…
From: Andreas Avester
Getting infected with ransomware is management's decision. They just don't realize that they made that decision; it's one of those…
From: Stderr
Sri Lanka, the country that I grew up in, is made up of about 90% of Buddhists and Hindus, religious…
From: Mano Singham
It's true, we're still digging out from under our legal debt and begging for donations. Check out our Fundraising page!…
From: Pharyngula
When I encounter a weird story that might be an interesting core for some bloggy ruminations, I usually email it…
From: Stderr
One thing that is fast becoming a central theme of my work is the notion that, in addition to decentralizing…
From: Oceanoxia
Alex Gibney has a new documentary The Crime of the Century that looks at the opioid drug crisis and the…
From: Mano Singham
I mentioned before that I got into a conversation with Kevin Logan and Kristi Winters about this painfully narrow video…
From: Pharyngula
Thanks to generous donors, we are about to launch a new named professorship. The University of Minnesota Morris announced a…
From: Pharyngula
As the cost of renewable energy keeps going down and the technology used to generate and store it improve, the…
From: Mano Singham
On my daily spider meditation in the lab, today I found that they'd molted again. They're bigger, and they have…
From: Pharyngula
I mentioned how my Yankee education didn't praise slavery, it just kind of ignored it. But someone on Twitter pointed…
From: Pharyngula
A recent episode of the radio show Radiolab had a story from seven years ago by an award winning writer…
From: Mano Singham
I've been involved in textbook battles for decades -- conservatives/creationists have been smart, and worked to undermine elementary school education,…
From: Pharyngula
On the latest episode of his show Last Week Tonight, John Oliver tackled the issue of Black hair, something that…
From: Mano Singham
The United States has a long, horrific history of funding, training, and arming extremist groups - particularly right-wing ones -…
From: Oceanoxia
A funny thing popped up while I was reading about F-35s, regarding the Air Force's labor problem. I have a…
From: Stderr
Back in 2019, I wrote about a comedy film that had just been released that I wanted to see. Unfortunately,…
From: Mano Singham
One thing that is fast becoming a central theme of my work is the notion that, in addition to decentralizing…
From: Oceanoxia
Alex Gibney has a new documentary The Crime of the Century that looks at the opioid drug crisis and the…
From: Mano Singham
ProPublica's investigative reporter Alec McGillis has been following the predatory practices of Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner that have earned him…
From: Mano Singham
Unless you are a small child or flying for the first time, airplane flights are a drag. No one takes…
From: Mano Singham
A recent episode of the radio show Radiolab had a story from seven years ago by an award winning writer…
From: Mano Singham
On the latest episode of his show Last Week Tonight, John Oliver tackled the issue of Black hair, something that…
From: Mano Singham
The United States has a long, horrific history of funding, training, and arming extremist groups - particularly right-wing ones -…
From: Oceanoxia
A funny thing popped up while I was reading about F-35s, regarding the Air Force's labor problem. I have a…
From: Stderr
Oh, you weren't? You kind of forgot that it exists? You don't really care what he says anymore? Then you…
From: Pharyngula
Once again, Israel's boot is stomping down hard on the Palestinians, and the Israelis are positively giddy about it. https://twitter.com/simonerzim/status/1391876516452184065…
From: Pharyngula
You're acting strangely. You're carrying out a partisan, biased "recount" of an already settled election, and your deep investigation involves…
From: Pharyngula
One thing that is fast becoming a central theme of my work is the notion that, in addition to decentralizing…
From: Oceanoxia
The label 'right wing echo chamber' is used frequently, including by me. But what are all the entities that make…
From: Mano Singham