I have baked this just for fun in 2015 for christmas. [caption id="attachment_28426" align="alignnone" width="800"] ©Charly, all rights reserved. Click…
From: Affinity
This is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad film. I cannot be clearer than that. Anyone who loved this…
From: Mano Singham
Panache Noun. 1: an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet. 2: dash or flamboyance in style and…
From: Affinity
Over at Affinity, voyager posted a thread of famous graves in Russia. [affinity] These are not my photos. Thomas Sayers,…
From: Stderr
Larry Schwartz has compiled a list of 10 golden oldies, hoaxes that took place some time ago. Some of them…
From: Mano Singham
Hell has been getting bad press in recent times. How can a place of eternal damnation where people are supposed…
From: Mano Singham
This is some of the best soap ever. Those of you that I am sending refrigerator magnets to will probably…
From: Stderr
Instead of a laborious and depressing sunday sermon I may just make soap today. I have so many molds that…
From: Stderr
I know, I know, I should have promoted that OrbitCon talk on Steven Pinker before it aired. I was a…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
Have you ever been happily reading, and come across an idiom, expression, or turn of phrase you're familiar with, and…
From: Affinity
[caption id="attachment_28451" align="alignnone" width="557"] Source.[/caption] Jim Bakker, a fan of the fanatical Jan Porter and her 'heartbeat' bill, has somehow…
From: Affinity
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From: Pharyngula
Jordan Peterson was on Bill Maher's show, and I didn't watch it -- those are two names I find utterly…
From: Pharyngula
My ten-year-old daughter and I, both atheists, are teaming up to review J. Warner Wallace’s children’s apologetics book ‘Cold Case…
From: Geeky Humanist
One of the reasons I hate spam and spammers is because it's bad marketing. When some marketing weasel decides to…
From: Stderr
Frank Amedia and his Potus Shield clown circus are back at it, just praying their little red noses off. If…
From: Affinity
It could happen at any time. People are still inviting Shermer to give talks at various events, despite his sordid…
From: Pharyngula
One of the less appreciated aspects of rape culture is how rapists are demonized, literally portrayed as animals, violently and…
From: Pervert Justice
Dan Phelps just sent me the attendance numbers for Answers in Genesis. I just received my KORA package from Williamstown.…
From: Pharyngula
Let's get one thing straight right now: The purpose of the universe cannot be to supply a place for human…
From: Pervert Justice
The lurid tales of media mogul Harvey Weinstein keep coming out. Apart from the abusive way he treated actors, the…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_28451" align="alignnone" width="557"] Source.[/caption] Jim Bakker, a fan of the fanatical Jan Porter and her 'heartbeat' bill, has somehow…
From: Affinity
The debate about social justice and free speech in the United States burns on. Some argue that asking for more…
From: Bi Any Means
It could happen at any time. People are still inviting Shermer to give talks at various events, despite his sordid…
From: Pharyngula
Fascinating. My daughter is a graduate student in computer science at the University of Colorado. I wonder if Colorado is…
From: Pharyngula
CN: Sexual assault It’s no secret that Christianity has a history of mishandling sexual misconduct allegations. From the Catholic Church’s well-documented…
From: Bi Any Means
Today’s episode is the audio from an online panel discussion Callie Wright, Marissa McCool, and I did about the Trans…
From: Bi Any Means
I can tell you why: it's because he bullies people, is litigious, and does his best to make life miserable…
From: Pharyngula
UK prime minister Theresa May has apologized for the laws criminalizing homosexual acts that were passed by the British during…
From: Mano Singham
It's unbelievable what we men can get away with. Here's an account of an ongoing trial in which a naval…
From: Pharyngula
But then, he always does.
From: Pharyngula
The flu-like symptoms I had lasted only about 24 hours and I am back. When I feel sick, which fortunately…
From: Mano Singham
Since last night I have been feeling 'under the weather' (a fine phrase that captures the feeling of being lethargic…
From: Mano Singham
The debate about social justice and free speech in the United States burns on. Some argue that asking for more…
From: Bi Any Means
Roundabouts are rare in the US (where they are called traffic circles), with traffic authorities favoring stop signs instead. Last…
From: Mano Singham
As I was saying last time, I have given my belt grinder a complete overhaul. Since now I knew that…
From: Affinity
Tom Rosenthal - Don’t Die Curious (Official Lyric Video) from Chloe Jackson on Vimeo. Open Thread, don't be an asshole.…
From: Affinity
Gotta teach the little guy what stairs are. Bless. [embed]https://www.facebook.com/PolarP/videos/687941594742286/[/embed]
From: Thoughts of Crys
Warning: posting may be intermittent, and I may be particularly cranky. I volunteered to chair two search committees at once…
From: Pharyngula
I've been an avid devourer of science fiction for decades, so it's a little odd that I've missed out on…
From: Pharyngula
Hell has been getting bad press in recent times. How can a place of eternal damnation where people are supposed…
From: Mano Singham
It's time to face the facts, evangelicals. This week dozens of prominent evangelical leaders gathered at conservative Wheaton College, in…
From: Pharyngula
Let's get one thing straight right now: The purpose of the universe cannot be to supply a place for human…
From: Pervert Justice
As a lapsed religious believer, I find interesting the stories of how other people lost their faith. I was a…
From: Mano Singham
Do you have religious Christian friends and don't know what to give them as gifts? Here is an idea: a…
From: Mano Singham
We have become used to religious institutions finding ways to get public funding for their purposes, the main one being…
From: Mano Singham
This is a revision of a previously posted item. Please comment! Flesh of Children Carnival Not much difference…
From: Odgraphix
India seems to breed a constant stream of so-called 'holy men'. These are people who preach some kind of religious…
From: Mano Singham
Alexandre Bissonnette, the Canadian mass murderer who walked into a mosque and opened fire, is not at all remorseful. “I…
From: Pharyngula
What would we say or a father who, we are assured, watches without relaxation over the welfare of his feeble…
From: Stderr
Reader Leo was kind enough to send me a link to a clip from an episode of the TV show…
From: Mano Singham
If I had a word of the week, it would be "radicalization." Some of why the term is hot in…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
I recently read How Emotions are Made, by Lisa Feldman Barrett. It explains the theory of constructed emotion and its…
From: A Trivial Knot
[caption id="attachment_4245" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Volvox carteri by Gavriel Matt & James Umen.[/caption] Back in December, I wrote about two studies…
From: Fierce Roller
[caption id="attachment_28269" align="alignnone" width="800"] IV treatment helps Pillalamarri live another day. Courtesy of District Administration, Mahabubnagar.[/caption] An amazing story, this.…
From: Affinity
TESS, NASA's new space telescope for detecting planetary transit events was successfully launched by a SpaceX Falcon9 rocket today, with…
From: Pervert Justice
This is a repost of an article I wrote in 2014. There are countless cases in the news where a…
From: A Trivial Knot
Last week, I wrote about Takashi Hamaji's new paper characterizing the mating-type/sex-determining loci in Eudorina and Yamagishiella. That paper showed that the…
From: Fierce Roller
DNA has become the gold standard for evidence in criminal cases. It has a high reputation for accurately identifying people…
From: Mano Singham
I was reading this article with a provocative title: Cause of Cambrian Explosion - Terrestrial or Cosmic?. It set my…
From: Pharyngula
Hank Azaria has responded to the Apu controversy on The Simpsons. Recently, people woke up to the fact that the…
From: Pharyngula
If I had a word of the week, it would be "radicalization." Some of why the term is hot in…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
This one's been bouncing around in my head since Trump announced he was going to meet with Kim Jong Un.…
From: Oceanoxia
Some of you may have seen this news report where a resident of a small rural town in southwestern Ohio…
From: Mano Singham
The idea of providing everyone with a guaranteed universal basic income (UBI) is something that is being increasingly discussed. One…
From: Mano Singham
It happens all the time. You agree to meet with someone at a coffee shop but for some reason you…
From: Mano Singham
One must be guided there, gently, with a series of increasingly radical leaders. Over at the really racist forum, "The…
From: Pharyngula
Watch this Ohio couple try to explain how the display of confederate flags, and lawn jockeys with bright red lips…
From: Pharyngula
One of the less appreciated aspects of rape culture is how rapists are demonized, literally portrayed as animals, violently and…
From: Pervert Justice
There's an ongoing protest at a Michigan high school, with Confederate flag waving students irate about an incident in which…
From: Pharyngula
Gosh, this has been a busy week of late nights and paperwork and search committees and trying to catch up…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_28451" align="alignnone" width="557"] Source.[/caption] Jim Bakker, a fan of the fanatical Jan Porter and her 'heartbeat' bill, has somehow…
From: Affinity
The Baltimore Police have a huge problem. Not only has it turned out that the street cops are thugs that…
From: Stderr
I don't know if that's a good thing. Capone was a murder and thief, an amoral gangster -- and the…
From: Pharyngula
Trump's big "trade war" is going to result in unexpected windfalls for some people, as prices go up and new…
From: Stderr
The debate about social justice and free speech in the United States burns on. Some argue that asking for more…
From: Bi Any Means
Senator Tammy Duckworth had a baby, and Orrin Hatch stuck his foot (his own foot, not the baby's) into his…
From: Pharyngula
Here's the answer for you. In the 1930s, Minnesota had an extraordinarily successful third political party, the Farmer-Labor Party, or…
From: Pharyngula
This one's been bouncing around in my head since Trump announced he was going to meet with Kim Jong Un.…
From: Oceanoxia
Lauren Vazquez advises people about four magic phrases that one must memorize and tell police in that particular order if…
From: Mano Singham