Congrats, you're old! Me too. Now for something in a similar spirit, enjoy Youth Code. Flashing light warning on the…
From: Great American Satan
This is a chapter-by-chapter review of problematic romance novel ‘Walking Disaster’ by Jamie McGuire. Posts in the series will all…
From: Geeky Humanist
Usually when I harden a blade, I let it get its tempering-cycles while I grind it. That can result in…
From: Stderr
A nuthatch in the woods [caption id="attachment_35914" align="alignnone" width="800"] ©Giliell, all rights reserved[/caption] Getting ready for takeoff [caption id="attachment_35915" align="alignnone"…
From: Affinity
Anna and I were talking about my inordinate love of LED blinky things. She says that if something has LEDs…
From: Stderr
This is an idea I stole from michaelcthulu on youtube. He's the guy who makes gigantic swords from anime shows…
From: Stderr
Miri over the Orbit just published a zine, The Girl Survives Cancer In This One. It's a collection of essays…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
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From: Mano Singham
It took me a while to figure out what seems to have been going on. [wp] Died or was killed?…
From: Stderr
[caption id="attachment_36116" align="alignnone" width="800"] From the Barcelona Aquarium[/caption] And just for the fun of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faC3XTInrgA {AD}
From: Affinity
That's the best news I've heard from that organization in ages. Now all they have to do is actually pay…
From: Pharyngula
Like Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings have been in decline…coincidentally, just as video cameras in our phones become ubiquitous. Unfortunately, that…
From: Pharyngula
Neil deGrasse Tyson and the sexual misconduct allegations is a sad reminder of why I hardly have heroes, especially men…
From: YEMMYnisting
"No" is usually the right answer when an article is headlined with a question. Jesse Singal has authored an article…
From: Pharyngula
a secular program of education
Ken Ham is pissed off. The FFRF has been telling local schools that field trips to the Creation "Museum" and…
From: Pharyngula
I once looked at Quillette. I immediately broke out in hives and started retching. It was obvious from the get-go…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_4016" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Image credit: ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images.[/caption] As I have mentioned now and then over the last year…
From: Fierce Roller
The Bolingbrook Skeptics declared a “Woo State of Emergency” following Bears kicker Cody Parkey’s missed field goal against the Philadelphia…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Some sure are, like Ken Ham and his crew, or that bozo Bevins, but it's also home to well-respected universities…
From: Pharyngula
Comments on YouTube are often superfluous noise -- many of them are by people who didn't bother to watch the…
From: Pharyngula
None of us are wholly good or wholly bad. We all have our good and bad sides. If we are…
From: Mano Singham
In my last link roundup, I pointed to a paper called "Coin of Another Realm: Gaming's Queer Economy", by Christopher…
From: A Trivial Knot
I'd almost forgotten alt.seduction.fast! That was one of those pariah newsgroups back in the 90s that I filtered against because…
From: Pharyngula
You might want to read this Twitter thread by Siobhan points out how Jesse Singal delicately carves up his sources…
From: Pharyngula
This is a really good commercial. Without saying a single outrageous thing, by presenting a purely optimistic message, it has…
From: Pharyngula
Neil deGrasse Tyson and the sexual misconduct allegations is a sad reminder of why I hardly have heroes, especially men…
From: YEMMYnisting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sc67W4ilVI
From: Oceanoxia
That small thing? I saw a referer pop up from Butterflies and Wheels, when one of Ophelia Benson's commenters linked…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
That's a challenge. I'd like to see him try. He and Tucker Carlson have this thing going where they screw…
From: Pharyngula
cn: discussion of genitals, porn PZ brought to my attention a "joke" where a comedian mocked the penis size of…
From: A Trivial Knot
My wife and I have been watching this show, The Final Plate, on NetFlix. It features these talented chefs competing…
From: Pharyngula
Another round of same-time-same-placing, this time with a variation (and no, it's not the darkness). So first, the classic shot:…
From: Affinity
I am going to visit my daughter and son-in-law and so blogging will be light for the next few days.…
From: Mano Singham
Today's video is not the main meat of the article, but just an appetizer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BF4M5qxkO4 Joe van der Steeg is…
From: Affinity
For those of you who don't use a feed reader, I have set up a Facebook page for Fierce Roller: facebook.com/FierceRoller.…
From: Fierce Roller
Miri over the Orbit just published a zine, The Girl Survives Cancer In This One. It's a collection of essays…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Not very. The problem is that while the majority of science journals are legit and at least try to be…
From: Pharyngula
Vyckie Garrison is an awesome person who managed to extract herself from the Quiverfull movement -- that ghastly Christian cult…
From: Pharyngula
By Reporter X The New World Order officially opened its Palatine and Peotone UFO Bases over the weekend. The two…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
At 7:30 Central time, I'll be having a conversation with Chrisiousity about "Grievance studies" and Ethics Violations. Tune in!
From: Pharyngula
It's the damnedest thing. Yiannopoulos gets invited on to Michael Voris's reactionary Catholic show, and he accepted. I guess that…
From: Pharyngula
I'd forgotten who Danny Masterson was, so I had to look him up. He played Steven on That 70's Show,…
From: Pharyngula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sc67W4ilVI
From: Oceanoxia
As a result of the rapid advances in science, the explanatory claims of religion for natural phenomena have been all…
From: Mano Singham
The southern Indian state of Kerala has been roiled with turmoil for three months ever since the Indian Supreme Court…
From: Mano Singham
It is unfortunately not uncommon for the parent of a divorced or separated couple that was denied custody of the…
From: Mano Singham
Mike Pompeo promising never-ending struggle until the Rapture: https://twitter.com/tommyxtopher/status/1078298857434501120 We are plagued with an ominous number of these evangelical fanatics…
From: Pharyngula
Most people are familiar with the wacky ideas about the Rapture, where the chosen are whisked away into heaven leaving…
From: Mano Singham
For the holiday, here are some cartoons. {AD} {AD}
From: Mano Singham
In their efforts to flog the tired old 'War on Christmas' trope, Fox News and Tucker Carlson, the person vying…
From: Mano Singham
The flight of an arrow is often used as a metaphor for going straight. Xeni Jardin says that Adam Savage…
From: Mano Singham
I keep learning new stuff about dishwashers. Almost five years ago, I wrote about one misconception of how it worked…
From: Mano Singham
I'm not so good with keeping plants alive and healthy (one could argue I have the same problem with spiders),…
From: Pharyngula
I think it's the idea of living in your home for 16 years and never leaving it except for brief…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_5462" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Image from https://thethompsonlab.wordpress.com/.[/caption] The Thompson lab at University College London is looking for a postdoctoral researcher…
From: Fierce Roller
Via Rob Beschizza I came across this fascinating video about how it works. {AD}
From: Mano Singham
First, the bad news. I now have no adult males, because Xena ate her consort, as I feared she would.…
From: Pharyngula
Sean Carroll has compiled a nice list of 19 items of what we currently know and don't know about the…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_5510" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Forney Creek, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.[/caption] I listen to NPR nearly every morning, and on…
From: Fierce Roller
James Watson, 90, has had all of his honors from Cold Spring Harbor revoked. It turns out that documentary on…
From: Pharyngula
To my surprise, the Republican party has actually taken some action against Iowa congressperson Steve King for his comments that…
From: Mano Singham
On multiple occasions, I have toyed with the idea that it is unethical to play music in public places. It's…
From: A Trivial Knot
Neil deGrasse Tyson and the sexual misconduct allegations is a sad reminder of why I hardly have heroes, especially men…
From: YEMMYnisting
Oh, look. The "race realist/scientific racist/just plain racist" gang is very upset that James Watson's reputation has been besmirched. Errm,…
From: Pharyngula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sc67W4ilVI
From: Oceanoxia
Say "motherfucker" once, and the media melts down; but when a representative announces his allegiance to racist white supremacy, it's…
From: Pharyngula
That small thing? I saw a referer pop up from Butterflies and Wheels, when one of Ophelia Benson's commenters linked…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
Maybe it's just my anxiety, but I'm worried that I didn't make myself clear with this one. I support #CancelPinkwashing…
From: Bi Any Means
The radio program On the Media had a powerful program that looked at how differently the US and Germany deal…
From: Mano Singham
Disclaimer: This is not in response to any particular apology. This has been on my topics list for years. Frustratingly,…
From: A Trivial Knot
In retaliation for being disinvited by Speaker Nancy Pelosi from delivering his State of the Union speech, Donald Trump cancelled…
From: Mano Singham
Members of the Democratic party have realized that there is a lot they can learn from the millennials in their…
From: Mano Singham
Welp, I've read the worst response to the Gillette commercial so far. It's written by a person claiming to be…
From: Pharyngula
The loathsome John Bolton is too easy to point at as an example of everything that is wrong with US…
From: Stderr
In an article about the resignation of Deputy Secretary Pam Patenaude from HUD, we learn some more ugly facts about…
From: Pharyngula
Matthew Chapman writes about the weird right wing obsession with Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and how their attempts to discredit her (such…
From: Mano Singham
Nancy Pelosi has written to Donald Trump saying that it would be best to postpone his State of the Union…
From: Mano Singham
It is hard to gauge where public sentiment lies on social issues. But one indicator is the commercials that big…
From: Mano Singham
That Theresa May's deal with the EU was likely to be rejected by parliament today was widely expected. What was…
From: Mano Singham
To my surprise, the Republican party has actually taken some action against Iowa congressperson Steve King for his comments that…
From: Mano Singham