and having fun. :D I've gotten so accustomed to doing gum arabic watercolours, I don't know that I can ever…
From: Affinity
The fairytale theme of every wedding is – perfect love. It is a good story that has little to do…
From: Odgraphix
The title is a bastardization of a lyric from a King Crimson song which said, “Confusion will be my epitaph,”…
From: Odgraphix
I got this old thing from a fellow on craig's list who was clearing out an old farm. Feels like…
From: Stderr
It's the North American Land Mammal Ages (NALMA). [caption id="attachment_36256" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Ray Troll[/caption] If you want the bigger picture,…
From: Pharyngula
Sometimes, I get very interestin' things in the mail... [caption id="attachment_22843" align="alignnone" width="1500"] © C. Ford.[/caption] Thanks, Marcus, it did…
From: Affinity
From: Mano Singham
Please, greeting card industry, we need these cards. But they're also for us thick-skulled scientists who have kids doing very…
From: Pharyngula
The Chemical Crew has a great love of oil paints, which are kept seriously locked up most of the time.…
From: Affinity
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_22895" align="alignnone" width="250"] The Shadow as depicted on the cover of the July 15, 1939, issue of The Shadow…
From: Affinity
The title is a bastardization of a lyric from a King Crimson song which said, “Confusion will be my epitaph,”…
From: Odgraphix
It probably won't surprise anyone that the same institution employing an intellectually bankrupt conman has, under the guise of future "budget cuts,"…
From: Against the Grain
Sigh. I might once have been willing to take exception to this characterization of the history of New Atheism, but…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_22866" align="alignnone" width="600"] Bill Day.[/caption] James Robison is one of the Tiny Tyrant's "key spiritual advisors". While shilling his…
From: Affinity
"Don't mock Jim Bakker!" Why? Oh, Jehovah will get you if you do, because that's Jim's best buddy. Saying that…
From: Affinity
Thomas Smith and I had a conversation this weekend. Whew, he was merciless. Now I know how Carl Benjamin feels.…
From: Pharyngula
If you're ever wondering how the American electorate can be so ignorant, consider these observations. I would like to live…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_22807" align="alignnone" width="929"] Amdusias has 29 legions of demons and spirits under his command. He is depicted as a…
From: Affinity
As I mentioned in my bloggiversary post, good skeptical content creation is hard. In order to debunk something, and do…
From: A Trivial Knot
I re-watched the 2006 documentary, Jesus Camp the other day. It predicted Trump; not the who of Donald Trump, but…
From: Odgraphix
The fairytale theme of every wedding is – perfect love. It is a good story that has little to do…
From: Odgraphix
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From: Pharyngula
Post-Harvey Weinstein, assault and harassment survivors are talking about their own experiences on social media using the hashtag #MeToo. As a…
From: Bi Any Means
Content Warning: discussion of rape culture, reporting, sexual harassment/assault, and rape. I will never forget back in 2015 when the…
Helen Lewis has a few words for the men of journalism (which also apply to every other area). It's easy…
From: Pharyngula
Guys, gather round. I get it. I understand. You care about sexual abuse, sexual violence, sexual harassment. In fact, you…
Crip Dyke has a stupendous analysis on the trainwreck calling itself "An Argument for a Liberal and Rational Approach to…
From: Against the Grain
GamerGate reached its zenith long before I began writing in earnest. I was fortunate to not be a direct target…
From: Against the Grain
Dana Loesch, spokesmouth for the NRA, was at the Values Voter Summit, declaring the death of feminism. Just in case…
From: Affinity
We've been doing it all wrong. I was reading this article about blogs that review goddamn mattresses, which seems to…
From: Pharyngula
You may have heard that Scienceblogs is being shuttered at the end of this month, which is a real shame.…
From: Pharyngula
Eventually I will stop making fun of the "tactical" gear mindset. But for now, since I'm stuck in an airport,…
From: Stderr
I'm keeping up with the news from Ireland, where Ophelia is rushing up the west coast. Hurricanes and fierce winds…
From: Pharyngula
By Reporter X With Mayor Roger Claar on a business trip and Deputy Mayor Leroy Brown on medical leave, the…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
My posting about the paradox of "self defense" triggered much more response than I expected. [stderr] Like many of you,…
From: Stderr
I made a curry tonight, and was asked to share my recipe. I was a little reluctant, because this is…
From: Pharyngula
So the Cleveland Indians, the baseball team of my hometown, was eliminated from the championship playoffs by the New York…
From: Mano Singham
We need some of these now and then. I know I was reading about the possibility of the Yellowstone supervolcano…
From: Pharyngula
I still despise Twitter as a platform, principally because it refuses to do anything about its infestation of Nazi shitheels.…
From: Against the Grain
When it started to become clear that Donald Trump was actually being taken seriously as a candidate for president, the…
The fairytale theme of every wedding is – perfect love. It is a good story that has little to do…
From: Odgraphix
“We’re getting near that beautiful Christmas season that people don’t talk about anymore. They don’t use the word ‘Christmas’ because…
From: The Digital Cuttlefish
I have had to make a decision recently that is not the rational choice. Since I spend a fair amount…
From: Odgraphix
Among the many tax benefits that religious clergy get is that any housing allowance that they are given is exempt…
From: Mano Singham
The rapid succession of shooting tragedies has resulted in people realizing that the phrase ' sending our thoughts and prayers'…
From: Mano Singham
Well lookee here. Rep. Tim Murphy resigns from Congress after allegedly asking woman to have abortion Rep. Tim Murphy told…
From: Death to Squirrels
Since there are currently no pressing problems facing our great nation, the US House of Reprehensibles has just passed HB…
From: Death to Squirrels
There is this odd fantasy that some religious people indulge in that they think that atheists secretly feel some void…
From: Mano Singham
Patricia Grell, well known on this blag for being basically the only Catholic with a conscience in the whole of…
From: Against the Grain
Another study has come out claiming a link between vaccinations and autism -- and it has been retracted. The paper…
From: Pharyngula
It's the North American Land Mammal Ages (NALMA). [caption id="attachment_36256" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Ray Troll[/caption] If you want the bigger picture,…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_36244" align="aligncenter" width="500"] BoingBoing[/caption] Serial cables are neutral? No way. Chaotic evil. I had to make too many of…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_22829" align="alignnone" width="720"] Visualization of networks in Brooklyn, and a map to escape them, on the White Spots app…
From: Affinity
[caption id="attachment_36239" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Strange Animals[/caption]
From: Pharyngula
A bit about the early development of human gonads. A few useful sources: Sadler TW. 2014. Langman's Medical Embryology. LWW.…
From: Pharyngula
One of the first things people learn about microwaves ovens is to never put any metal objects in it. So…
From: Mano Singham
Josiah Zayner is a self-proclaimed bio-hacker. He sells CRISPR/CAS9 home gene editing kits, and he goes to conferences where he…
From: Pharyngula
For Halloween, I was going to find a scary picture of a cephalopod skeleton, but gosh, squid tend not to…
From: Pharyngula
This study comes to a happy conclusion, and then wrecks it all with EP bullshit. What the researchers did was…
From: Pharyngula
When it started to become clear that Donald Trump was actually being taken seriously as a candidate for president, the…
I re-watched the 2006 documentary, Jesus Camp the other day. It predicted Trump; not the who of Donald Trump, but…
From: Odgraphix
What a piece of work is man How noble in reason how infinite in faculties in apprehension how like a…
From: Odgraphix
It probably won't surprise anyone that the same institution employing an intellectually bankrupt conman has, under the guise of future "budget cuts,"…
From: Against the Grain
Readers here are familiar with a deflection technique used by people with ugly views: they claim they aren't promoting bad…
From: Pharyngula
Crip Dyke has a stupendous analysis on the trainwreck calling itself "An Argument for a Liberal and Rational Approach to…
From: Against the Grain
Jezebel has been posting stories over the past several weeks from parents of children that have been involved in the…
From: I Have Forgiven Jesus
GamerGate reached its zenith long before I began writing in earnest. I was fortunate to not be a direct target…
From: Against the Grain
One of the many reasons I have difficulty assuming right-wing commentators engage in good faith is the abundance of projection…
From: Against the Grain
Sam Bee is at it again, chronicling the most recent house bill to abort scientific inquiring in the name of…
From: Pervert Justice
When it started to become clear that Donald Trump was actually being taken seriously as a candidate for president, the…
I re-watched the 2006 documentary, Jesus Camp the other day. It predicted Trump; not the who of Donald Trump, but…
From: Odgraphix
The title is a bastardization of a lyric from a King Crimson song which said, “Confusion will be my epitaph,”…
From: Odgraphix
What a piece of work is man How noble in reason how infinite in faculties in apprehension how like a…
From: Odgraphix
I am finally home again after a week on the road. Most of the time was spent playing with my…
From: Mano Singham
When you've got over half a trillion dollars at stake, people will do or say pretty much anything. So it…
From: Stderr
So many people are praising this speech by John McCain. To fear the world we have organized and led for…
From: Pharyngula
Last week, I asked, "What do all these quotes have in common?", including things like "Fucking moron," "Just pathetic," and…
From: Fierce Roller
The underfunded public school system here in Texas is about to face another problem: should Dreamers be forced out of…
From: Freethinking Ahead
The TV show Black-ish presented a brief animated story I am a slave sung by The Roots in the style…
From: Mano Singham