I've been using my holiday to get some creative work done. Let's start with the items that gave this post…
From: Affinity
With just 6% of the votes in, Fox News has already projected that Bernie Sanders has won the Nevada caucuses,…
From: Mano Singham
The sharp exchanges between Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg at last night's debate have created a lot of buzz. What…
From: Mano Singham
Someone swapped the models in Arkham Asylum so that Batman and Catwoman were inverted. I like to dismiss games like…
From: Stderr
These are a prank but, if they were made in black and had a holster for a small automatic, you…
From: Stderr
I call this "frost fog" but that's probably not the right name for it. It's frost that melts off early…
From: Stderr
She looks at the messages that 'PragerU', an online site created by right-winger Dennis Prager, promotes. She says that it…
From: Mano Singham
A bunch of years ago I got to know Jonathan M., who runs a custom Japanese calligraphy production; he mounts…
From: Stderr
Matt Taibbi writes that the dynamics of the 2016 Republican primaries are playing out again in the 2020 Democratic primaries…
From: Mano Singham
As I've gotten older, I've become more fond of using sensible leverage and supporting systems, instead of just lifting things…
From: Stderr
The latest burst of inane apologetics to enthrall the poobahs of atheism because it allows them to make excuses for…
From: Pharyngula
Unbelievable. Kavin is a super-star skeptic -- one of those people who gave me hope that the Center for Inquiry…
From: Pharyngula
Raif Badawi is the Saudi blogger, atheist, and critic of the Saudi theocracy who was jailed and lashed, and who…
From: Pharyngula
Metaethics is an incredibly broad topic about which literally hundreds of thousands if not millions of pages have been written.…
From: Pervert Justice
This weekend, I've been working on an exam for my introductory biology class. We've been covering basic principles of evolution…
From: Pharyngula
Bill Maher soft-pedaled Mike Bloomberg's racism last night. You know, this Bloomberg, who bragged about targeting minorities for selective policing.…
From: Pharyngula
I'm pretty sure that's in the Bible somewhere, but I haven't cracked one of those open in decades. Anyway, Jim…
From: Pharyngula
I came at this one from a weird angle. One of the Pacifica Radio Archive shows I listened to was…
From: Stderr
The other daaaay, I was asked to do a YouTube debate with an Islamic group, and I told them no,…
From: Pharyngula
I just got this invitation. Hi Dr. Myer, Our Global Islamic outreach organization, Mercy4Mankind.com shares the message of Islam across…
From: Pharyngula
Someone swapped the models in Arkham Asylum so that Batman and Catwoman were inverted. I like to dismiss games like…
From: Stderr
One of the interesting things emerging from the current Democratic primary race is the lessening role of identity politics. Having…
From: Mano Singham
Sunday marks my 53rd birthday. I'm also celebrating it as the fifth anniversary of my transition, though I usually do…
From: Intransitive
I pass on to readers this story of how religion can drive people to make the most absurd rules restricting…
From: Mano Singham
She looks at the messages that 'PragerU', an online site created by right-winger Dennis Prager, promotes. She says that it…
From: Mano Singham
I normally don't write much on Feb 14th. My own history with it is ... complicated. It involves a violent…
From: Pervert Justice
I know that many of the readers of this blog also follow Marcus Ranum's blog stderr but for the few…
From: Mano Singham
I came at this one from a weird angle. One of the Pacifica Radio Archive shows I listened to was…
From: Stderr
cn: Non-graphic references to oral sex Many asexuals don't want sex of any sort. However, if you listen to asexual…
From: A Trivial Knot
I have railed before about congressman Dan Lipinski who since 2004 has represented a very safe Democratic seat in the…
From: Mano Singham
That was fairly quick and unexpectedly mostly painless, because I did something I haven't done before, and that now I'm…
From: Pharyngula
I could not work on anything else much today. Outside it is still very windy and the workshop concrete floor…
From: Affinity
Well, I was so fried yesterday that I went to see this new Sonic Hedgehog movie. Boy, was I disappointed.…
From: Pharyngula
Back when I worked in security, I regularly encountered things that just left me shaking my head, "why would anyone…
From: Stderr
As promised, I'm making my Patreon posts freely available, after a bit less than a week. Subscribe if you want…
From: Pharyngula
I have mixed feelings about it -- my son Connlann was active in Boy Scouts for years, and I think…
From: Pharyngula
This is a repost of a puzzle I created in 2014. I used to post puzzles on my blog, a…
From: A Trivial Knot
Some of you may have noticed that I did not post anything yesterday. That was because on Monday evening, I…
From: Mano Singham
I got an odd request in email. Someone named jeffreydavidmorris wants me to take down an old post. Hello can…
From: Pharyngula
Yes, I've got so much economic anxiety nowadays that I'm imagining voting for Trump. It's the irrational solution. Good thing…
From: Pharyngula
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have declared financial bankruptcy to go along with their moral bankruptcy, having paid over…
From: Intransitive
James Baldwin is the fucking best. The following excerpts, taken from his Collected Essays, are either explicitly concerned with religion or…
From: I Have Forgiven Jesus
I pass on to readers this story of how religion can drive people to make the most absurd rules restricting…
From: Mano Singham
The other daaaay, I was asked to do a YouTube debate with an Islamic group, and I told them no,…
From: Pharyngula
I am an old school fan of anything loud played on guitars (read: I'm old and I grew up hearing…
From: Intransitive
You may recall the case of Scott Warren of the humanitarian group No More Deaths who was charged by the…
From: Mano Singham
The Iowa caucuses had satellite sites for various groups that could not make it to the regular precincts and here…
From: Mano Singham
Despite the fact that the Catholic church keeps promising to increase transparency after each successive scandal about abusive priests who…
From: Mano Singham
I watched the finale of this NBC TV series a couple of days ago. The series consisted of 52 half-hour…
From: Mano Singham
Bernie Sanders is my preferred candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 American presidential election, and this is my…
From: Oceanoxia
I said I'd stop flashing spider photos at you all, so really, it's safe to come back here if you're…
From: Pharyngula
When I walked into work this morning, I noticed something odd: all the sidewalk tiles were outlined with ragged, chalky…
From: Pharyngula
Back when I worked in security, I regularly encountered things that just left me shaking my head, "why would anyone…
From: Stderr
I read yesterday that Larry Tesler had died at the age of 74. I had never heard of him but…
From: Mano Singham
You might want to look up Geoffrey Miller, evolutionary psychologist and general bigot, who wrote a piece for John Brockman's…
From: Pharyngula
I'm only a 21st century Minnesotan, by which I mean I grew up on the West coast, lived on the…
From: Pharyngula
Back in the day, I recall someone getting excited about "tool using animals" when a monkey was using a stick…
From: Stderr
From: Pharyngula
For prospective pre-med students looking for an undergrad institution: the UMM biology discipline just approved a change to our anatomy…
From: Pharyngula
One repeatedly finds the complaint among establishment media analysts that Bernie Sanders keeps saying the same things over and over,…
From: Mano Singham
Here is Jon Shore responding a year ago to someone who asked him the question: "How do countries that have…
From: Mano Singham
The stop and frisk policy in New York City while Michael Bloomberg was mayor was blatantly racist and Bloomberg is…
From: Mano Singham
You might want to look up Geoffrey Miller, evolutionary psychologist and general bigot, who wrote a piece for John Brockman's…
From: Pharyngula
The Democratic debate of two nights ago got the highest ratings of any debate, though how people knew to expect…
From: Mano Singham
Kavin Senapathy was, until last year, one of the co-hosts for the Center for Inquiry’s “Point of Inquiry” podcast. She…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
One repeatedly finds the complaint among establishment media analysts that Bernie Sanders keeps saying the same things over and over,…
From: Mano Singham
So Mano Singham has a post up celebrating Bernie Sanders' recent interview answer on Medicare for All. I agree it's…
From: Pervert Justice
In the clip below from a town hall in Las Vegas hosted by CNN's Anderson Cooper, in response to a…
From: Mano Singham
One of the interesting things emerging from the current Democratic primary race is the lessening role of identity politics. Having…
From: Mano Singham
James Baldwin is the fucking best. The following excerpts, taken from his Collected Essays, are either explicitly concerned with religion or…
From: I Have Forgiven Jesus
With just 6% of the votes in, Fox News has already projected that Bernie Sanders has won the Nevada caucuses,…
From: Mano Singham
Here is Jon Shore responding a year ago to someone who asked him the question: "How do countries that have…
From: Mano Singham
One of the stories that I hear all the time in the mainstream media is that while Democrats are desperately…
From: Mano Singham
The stop and frisk policy in New York City while Michael Bloomberg was mayor was blatantly racist and Bloomberg is…
From: Mano Singham
Winnie the Pooh (a/k/a Xi Limping, as he limps from one crisis to another) has manipulated the WHO and UN…
From: Intransitive
The Democratic debate of two nights ago got the highest ratings of any debate, though how people knew to expect…
From: Mano Singham
The sharp exchanges between Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg at last night's debate have created a lot of buzz. What…
From: Mano Singham
One repeatedly finds the complaint among establishment media analysts that Bernie Sanders keeps saying the same things over and over,…
From: Mano Singham
Last night's Democratic debate was very feisty, to say the least. People came out swinging, and some clear patterns soon…
From: Mano Singham
I did! But then last night I didn't watch the whole debate, just bits and pieces here and there, but…
From: Pharyngula