What does "sea level" mean? How do you go about measuring it? Those with any experience in large bodies of…
From: Oceanoxia
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From: Mano Singham
Pillowfort was conceived, whatever else they say, as a tumblr knockoff that was supposed to be distinguished by having effective…
From: Great American Satan
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From: Mano Singham
In episode 9 of Creativity for Skeptics, I’ll recap week three of The Artist’s Way and preview week four. Transcript…
From: Freethinking Ahead
In December, I posted about the demise of Creative Computing in December 1985. And in the item, I said I…
From: Intransitive
Stephen Colbert hopes to take advantage of the popularity of The Queen's Gambit by making his own miniseries based on…
From: Mano Singham
This is to help defray FTB's legal debts from Richard Carrier's defamation lawsuit. Details and rules are below: Note: NEW…
From: Stderr
This is to help defray FTB's legal debts from Richard Carrier's defamation lawsuit. Details and rules are below: Note: NEW…
From: Stderr
This is to help defray FTB's legal debts from Richard Carrier's defamation lawsuit. Details and rules are below: Note: NEW…
From: Stderr
Truth is a kind of illusory rule-following, the purpose of which has long been forgotten; it is a “mobile army of…
From: Jonathan's Musings
A few years ago, an unusual object zipped through the solar system. It flew through on a straight trajectory at…
From: Pharyngula
I seem to be famous in the Muslim world for disagreeing with Keith Moore and Hamza Tzortzis on the validity…
From: Pharyngula
One of the things bringing me great joy right now is watching QAnon implode. None of the predictions came true!…
From: Pharyngula
What sucks is when you've lived more than 70 years, and not for one day have you known what accountability…
From: Pervert Justice
Earlier, I posted those emails from a creationist telling me that he had a "theory" that united human genomics and…
From: Pharyngula
The word philosophy literally means the love of wisdom. I understand why scientists may view philosophy with contempt because…
From: Jonathan's Musings
If you asked Jackson Pollock to do a painting representing government computer security, it would look just like every other…
From: Stderr
I get email, still, and I get tired of it all. This is what I got last night. Modern people…
From: Pharyngula
Back when I was CEO of NFR, in 1999, I broke labor laws by sending an email to all staff…
From: Stderr
In May 2019, the Taiwan government legalized equal marriage. However, it only applied to people like myself who came from…
From: Intransitive
Anti-Transgender bigots, TERFs and other human garbage are repeating the same failed tactics of prior bigots: Repeating lies in the…
From: Intransitive
In any week of the year, even during the last twelve months, you can find news story after news story…
From: Intransitive
According to homophobes, some families are better than others. In fact, they would even say that some people who consider…
From: Andreas Avester
With great mourning I must inform all of you that president Biden has disappeared about 157 million women. I am…
From: Affinity
I never got around to posting my pictures from Taipei's pride parade on October 28th. The estimated attendance was around…
From: Intransitive
Vaccines, the only light at the end of this grim tunnel called “COVID-19 pandemic.” Now that scientists have developed several…
From: Andreas Avester
Randomly meeting people from your past, people that you had some kind of big feelings about, there's a tendency to…
From: Great American Satan
For me, temptation is something to play with and pleasure is something I choose to pursue every now and then.…
From: Andreas Avester
In the last post I covered some of the more obvious problems with the world building. This one will focus…
From: Affinity
The first day of in-person lab was as difficult as expected. Add to my earlier complaints: I forgot about the…
From: Pharyngula
Truth is a kind of illusory rule-following, the purpose of which has long been forgotten; it is a “mobile army of…
From: Jonathan's Musings
Iliana suggested that we might like to drive, drive, drive to come play with her this weekend, and if the…
From: Pharyngula
It wasn't a good night. It's not a particularly good morning either. I'm teaching the first in-person lab of the…
From: Pharyngula
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From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
[ Addendum below as of January 26 ] It's funny how reckless airline pilots didn't cause a mass outbreak of…
From: Intransitive
Chess is a game whose rules were determined centuries ago and are thought to be unchangeable. Chess aficionados would be…
From: Mano Singham
He even confessed to it, telling everyone he was a spider from Mars. Don't believe me? Check out this thread.…
From: Pharyngula
No Man's Sky again, at 7 (in about 15 minutes)!
From: Pharyngula
Like it says in the title, a new collection of amusing pics. Share and enjoy. .
From: Intransitive
Just yesterday, I was saying it brought me great joy to watch Q implode. Today, the joy is gone. I…
From: Pharyngula
I can tell we're going to be hearing much about young Mr Josh Hawley in the future. He's a fanatical…
From: Pharyngula
It's God. I mean, Ken Ham, who thinks he is god. Oh look. Biden has appointed a transgender woman to…
From: Pharyngula
The Monterey Skepticamp conference on January 2, 2021 where I gave a talk was enjoyable and informative, covering quite a…
From: Mano Singham
While there's a lot to be getting on with this week in the USA (and, heck, around the world, what…
From: Pervert Justice
Mikey Weinstein, of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, wrote an excellent open letter to the US Air Force Academy, pointing…
From: Stderr
[Much of this is my interpretation of the incredible work of Richard Carrier, Robert Price, and Mike Licona.] No, not another…
From: Jonathan's Musings
Grounded Ivory giggles and pink powder secrets power an endless charade. Let it all hang out between the pews. Just…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Last summer, I did some spider-hunting around Murdock, Minnesota. It's the typical slow, sleepy, small rural town (with spiders! But…
From: Pharyngula
For me, temptation is something to play with and pleasure is something I choose to pursue every now and then.…
From: Andreas Avester
What does "sea level" mean? How do you go about measuring it? Those with any experience in large bodies of…
From: Oceanoxia
My daughter graduated from college in 2004 and we went to her open-air graduation ceremony in New Jersey in late…
From: Mano Singham
Tomorrow I'm going to be on a webinar about security, "injecting security into systems engineering." As Ghandi allegedly said when…
From: Stderr
Pillowfort was conceived, whatever else they say, as a tumblr knockoff that was supposed to be distinguished by having effective…
From: Great American Satan
The climate disaster is going to be compounded by humans' disastrous response. Imagine if you were in a burning building…
From: Stderr
There is a team of international scientists under the auspices of the UN currently in China to study the origins…
From: Mano Singham
Not a bright red cardinal on new-fallen snow, that's for sure.
From: Pharyngula
As a reminder, I’m open to requests to discuss any popular physics articles or videos, to append to my “I…
From: A Trivial Knot
Stephen Colbert discusses what is going on with the vaccination program as well as developments with the QAnon conspiracy and…
From: Mano Singham
500 women scientists feel the same way. ...we can’t help but notice that the recently announced nomination of presidential science…
From: Pharyngula
The Gulf states market themselves as glitzy tourist places filled with luxury high rise hotels and shopping malls and recreational…
From: Mano Singham
According to homophobes, some families are better than others. In fact, they would even say that some people who consider…
From: Andreas Avester
I am fascinated by cults and the people who join them. And the mother of all political cults is QAnon.…
From: Mano Singham
As I have said so many times before, the US is a one-party state. The party is a pro-war, pro-oligarchy…
From: Mano Singham
What sucks is when you've lived more than 70 years, and not for one day have you known what accountability…
From: Pervert Justice
Anaiise Diaz, former Social Justice and Legislative Assistant at the American Humanist Association, recently wrote an article for The Humanist called…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
While the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech and “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” are…
From: Death to Squirrels
People don't always tell you what they are thinking. They just see to it that you don't advance in life.…
From: Jonathan's Musings
The Dutch government has resigned en masse. What was the massive scandal that brought them all down? Prepare to be…
From: Mano Singham
Professional historian of lynching and mob violence Guy Lancaster has an article up at HistoryNewsNetwork.org that interprets the mob violence…
From: Pervert Justice
What does "sea level" mean? How do you go about measuring it? Those with any experience in large bodies of…
From: Oceanoxia
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From: Mano Singham
From the party of "christian morality", "family values", and swallowing koolaid. Kellyanne Conway has committed revenge porn upon her own…
From: Intransitive
One of the features of the insurrection of January 6th was the tough talk of the people invaded the Capitol…
From: Mano Singham
The MyPillow guy is dithering over whether to run for governor of Minnesota -- he's distracted right now, trying to…
From: Pharyngula
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From: Mano Singham
The climate disaster is going to be compounded by humans' disastrous response. Imagine if you were in a burning building…
From: Stderr
Some on the right are now aware that it was a bad idea to stage an attempted conservative revolution with…
From: Pharyngula
There is a team of international scientists under the auspices of the UN currently in China to study the origins…
From: Mano Singham
The arrest stories from the insurrection keep rolling out. Another person arrested Sunday, Bryan Betancur, was captured on video holding…
From: Pharyngula