[caption id="attachment_4716" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Water Drop, by Ekaterina Lukasheva[/caption] For quite some time, I had been complaining about lack of…
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I was a little iffy about writing this post since I struggle with an eating disorder and often try to…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Probably. [caption id="attachment_71276" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The Far Side[/caption]
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In economic strategy board games, it’s very common to have an arc of growth over the course of the game.…
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[Warning: AI] [audio mp3="https://freethoughtblogs.com/stderr/files/2023/09/jesus-playing-electric-bass-at-the-sermon-on-the-mount-with-drums-by-john-bonham_092323.mp3"][/audio] And Jesus said, "upon this rock I shall roll." Prompt for both: Jesus playing electric bass…
From: Stderr
[Warning: AI] An apostle friend of mine made a fun suggestion: to use AI to illustrate a bible. A carefully…
From: Stderr
I was in high school when my sweetheart, Rachel, discovered Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roy [King Ubu] and started reading big…
From: Stderr
I feel kind of stupid. I didn't even think to ask for anything but music. Suddenly, this is interesting/huge. So…
From: Stderr
Right now, the popularity/interest in stable audio is so high that you basically can't get to it unless you're a…
From: Stderr
I'm a guy who knows his way around an embryo, and is also knowledgeable about evolution, and to a lesser…
From: Pharyngula
This is all rather vague, but this person has put it all together -- 5G towers, chemtrails, smartphones, all the…
From: Pharyngula
I may have another post up today (people are coming to work on my roof, so we'll see), but I…
From: Oceanoxia
[Warning: AI] [audio mp3="https://freethoughtblogs.com/stderr/files/2023/09/jesus-playing-electric-bass-at-the-sermon-on-the-mount-with-drums-by-john-bonham_092323.mp3"][/audio] And Jesus said, "upon this rock I shall roll." Prompt for both: Jesus playing electric bass…
From: Stderr
[Warning: AI] An apostle friend of mine made a fun suggestion: to use AI to illustrate a bible. A carefully…
From: Stderr
[Warning: This is not advocating violence.] [I can just say that, right?] "I call it a 'bloop gun'," said Phil,…
From: Stderr
[caption id="attachment_71230" align="alignright" width="150"] But look at the craftsmanship, the beauty, the awesome skill in the work![/caption] Unbelievable. I can't…
From: Pharyngula
Oh god. Avi Loeb waxes philosophical, and he sounds like a crackpot theologian rather than a crackpot scientist. He wants…
From: Pharyngula
You know, all those tubes and oozing liquids, it's hard to know where my cerebrospinal fluid ends up. [caption id="attachment_71222"…
From: Pharyngula
Potholer54 has announced the first nominees for his annual Golden Crocoduck award. I don't think any of them deserve any…
From: Pharyngula
The other day, I mentioned that a few people were protesting the cancellation of a panel session at a meeting…
From: Pharyngula
My brain has been much more interested in working on the novel recently, so I'm just going to roll with…
From: Oceanoxia
A few medical students in Duluth are very unhappy with what they're being taught. My days were filled with so…
From: Pharyngula
No wonder the world ended in the 5th century BCE: look what the Etruscans were doing in the 6th century…
From: Pharyngula
It was over 10 years ago that feminist man and professor of gender studies Hugo Schwyzer revealed his true colors,…
From: Pharyngula
When the US Supreme Court in their Dobbs ruling in 2021 overturned its Roe v. Wade precedent and declared that…
From: Mano Singham
Imagine you are a big prestigious university, with a gigantic endowment -- about $13 billion at last count. You have…
From: Pharyngula
How it begins: An Arizona pro-parent school board member, who was recently elected into office, leaked and alerted parents to…
From: Pharyngula
In all senses of the word. This has been a disease raging through certain people since at least the Gamergate…
From: Pharyngula
Yeah, it's hard to think of anything to add, so I'm just leaving the floor to Nebraska State Senator Hunt:…
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As I posted several days ago, I recently suffered kidney failure which was most likely caused, or contributed to, by…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
This blog is somewhat quiet due to my work/life balance not being as healthy as it should be. I am…
From: Pro-Science
[caption id="attachment_71310" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Lio[/caption] [caption id="attachment_71311" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Oglaf[/caption]
From: Pharyngula
I was a little iffy about writing this post since I struggle with an eating disorder and often try to…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
We can skip the accreditation process and go straight to the employers
Joining the esteemed ranks of the University of Austin and Prager U, Jordan Peterson will be accepting applications for his…
From: Pharyngula
Normally I have little patience for the Washington Compost, but a recent item has made the rounds in certain communities:…
From: Intransitive
Next, I have to get my COVID booster. My immune system is becoming fierce, in a specific way.
From: Pharyngula
This story is unbelievably horrible. Adam Britton, a fairly well-known Australian expert on crocodiles, has been arrested for unspeakable acts.…
From: Pharyngula
I am not a fan of American football but one nice tradition they have is that, at least at the…
From: Mano Singham
It is really starting to piss me off in no uncertain terms. I keep getting the same ad that I…
From: Affinity
[Warning: AI] An apostle friend of mine made a fun suggestion: to use AI to illustrate a bible. A carefully…
From: Stderr
Tonight I went to the store with my husband and daughter, and while my husband was waiting for his allergy…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I never heard of him before, but suddenly my email is flooded with crap from him -- some troll probably…
From: Pharyngula
A new survey finds that nearly 70% of Americans believe in the existence of angels, more than believe in the…
From: Mano Singham
Over in Sweden, a storm has been brewing over the public burnings of the Koran and the Torah. Sweden is…
From: Mano Singham
Some Hindu groups in India are up in arms about a scene in the new film Oppenheimer, a biopic about…
From: Mano Singham
Let me introduce you to Roberto Ferri. His art has a frisson of body horror that I appreciate, while wanting…
From: Stderr
The ubiquity of mobile phones has led to all manner of novel uses. The fact that each phone transmits data…
From: Mano Singham
When I was a young teenager, I would go to church with a friend who happened to be the pastor's…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Can you define love? It’s not tangible. Is it measurable in any way? How do you know you love someone…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Some spiders have a serious problem: runaway evolution sometimes produces maladaptive conditions. Here's a spider, Tidarren sisyphoides, that exhibits extreme…
From: Pharyngula
My students talked about their work today -- this picture was taken before the crowds put them to work. Violet…
From: Pharyngula
There seems to be an endless fascination in America with diets. This is different from simply a fascination with food,…
From: Mano Singham
Down in the sea, it's calm and restful as the octopus drifts by. Of course, they also mention in passing…
From: Pharyngula
I know that jellyfish have more going on than just drifting around till they run into food, but I think…
From: Oceanoxia
Lately, I've been having these odd dreams in which I'm traveling to Quito, where I'm expected to take a ride…
From: Pharyngula
The question of what constitutes consciousness arouses quite a bit of controversy, around what is known as 'the hard problem…
From: Mano Singham
Could a disease arise that killed half the human population? And that inflicted horrifying neurological effects as the victims slowly…
From: Pharyngula
It's a real shame. I used to watch Sabine Hossenfelder videos regularly -- she was explaining stuff far outside my…
From: Pharyngula
These days one does not hear many breathless reports of new NFTs (non-fungible tokens) being sold for huge amounts and…
From: Mano Singham
There's a line that I often here from conservatives, about all the crime and poverty in "Democrat-run cities". Leaving aside…
From: Oceanoxia
Tommy Tuberville, the dumb-ass Republican who has been single-handedly holding up various military appointments, spoke out about why he voted…
From: Pharyngula
There seems to be an endless fascination in America with diets. This is different from simply a fascination with food,…
From: Mano Singham
I have to correct the statement below. [caption id="attachment_71283" align="aligncenter" width="500"] You cannot be a responsible teacher or researcher if…
From: Pharyngula
Ever since the US Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 that Section 4(b) of the Voting…
From: Mano Singham
Once again we are going through the shutdown brinkmanship, with the September 30 deadline for passing a bill that funds…
From: Mano Singham
Dr Ibram X. Kendi has a noble goal, combatting racism. To that end, he established a Center for Antiracist Research…
From: Pharyngula
Since Henry Ford was also a rich anti-Semitic Nazi sympathizer. [caption id="attachment_71214" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Ruben Bolling[/caption]
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Fat people have a hell of a time navigating the world. If they are out in public, they get stared…
From: Mano Singham
This past February, I gave an overview of how the government uses poverty to kill people, knowing that that's what…
From: Oceanoxia
One of the 19 people charged in the Georgia election interference case has pleaded guilty. Former Republican bail bondsman Scott…
From: Mano Singham
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is thoroughly botching the most important role assigned to it by the US Constitution, that…
From: Mano Singham
There's a line that I often here from conservatives, about all the crime and poverty in "Democrat-run cities". Leaving aside…
From: Oceanoxia
I was a little iffy about writing this post since I struggle with an eating disorder and often try to…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
She had quite a career, and if she'd retired gracefully a few years ago, I'd have nothing but good things…
From: Pharyngula
I did not watch the second Republican debate. I could not watch it because it is on Fox News and…
From: Mano Singham
There's a subset of left-wing people on Twitter, who seem to have fallen for the seductive trap of cynicism. Unless…
From: Oceanoxia
My brain has been much more interested in working on the novel recently, so I'm just going to roll with…
From: Oceanoxia
New York's attorney general Letitia James had brought a lawsuit contending that serial sex abuser Donald Trump (SSAT), his sons…
From: Mano Singham
No wonder the world ended in the 5th century BCE: look what the Etruscans were doing in the 6th century…
From: Pharyngula