I used to be a highly creative person. I'm not bragging but one idea I threw out over a sushi…
From: Stderr
Don’t Miss Posts. This MonsterHearts, I’m also having one regular post a day, if you should prefer that kind of…
From: Life's a Gas
Don’t Miss Posts. This MonsterHearts, I’m also having one regular post a day, if you should prefer that kind of…
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Don’t Miss Posts. This MonsterHearts, I’m also having one regular post a day, if you should prefer that kind of…
From: Life's a Gas
Ejection seats are things you only ever see in older media, like cartoons from my youth, or the even older…
From: Life's a Gas
Don’t Miss Posts. This MonsterHearts, I’m also having one regular post a day, if you should prefer that kind of…
From: Life's a Gas
Don’t Miss Posts. This MonsterHearts, I’m also having one regular post a day, if you should prefer that kind of…
From: Life's a Gas
[caption id="attachment_541" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Ironically, my copy came used from a public library[/caption] [Previous: Atlas Shrugged; The Fountainhead] It's time…
From: Daylight Atheism
Don’t Miss Posts. This MonsterHearts, I’m also having one regular post a day, if you should prefer that kind of…
From: Life's a Gas
Since moving to Monterey, I have been playing bridge a couple of days a week and the club has some…
From: Mano Singham
The Discovery Institute is thrilled by Rogan and Weinstein, entirely because these conspiracy theorists criticize "Darwinism". It's laughable. Rogan is…
From: Pharyngula
Aron Ra asked me to address a novel proof for the existence of god. You see, the only way you…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_75481" align="alignright" width="150"] A horse living as God intended it to[/caption] I suspect most of you don't read the…
From: Pharyngula
Rebecca Watson did her yearly roundup of psychic predictions made by her friends, and it seems I'm the only one…
From: Pharyngula
[Previous: Let them eat the Ten Commandments] It's a consistent theme across history that religions are only as tolerant as…
From: Daylight Atheism
Our cat Augustine (Auggie), died last week due to various health conditions finally overwhelming his body. He was a 16-year-old…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
It's been over a decade since I even thought about Thunderf00t AKA Phil Mason. He had a blog here on…
From: Pharyngula
Answers in Genesis is thrilled at everything Trump promises to do. You know what else makes them happy? That Richard…
From: Pharyngula
[WARNING: Long for today's attention-spans. Readers over 50 should be OK.] The Zombie of Bimmler You've probably heard that before.…
From: Stderr
I used to raid my dad's library in the summers, when I ran out of books to read. One summer…
From: Stderr
It is LGBT+ History Month in the UK. This year's theme, Activism and Social Change, resonates deeply with me. LGBT+…
From: YEMMYnisting
This drunken sot and serial sexual harasser, Pete Hegseth, was appointed Secretary of Defense by a president who doesn't give…
From: Pharyngula
Everywhere in the world, including Canada, although we shouldn't talk about it here in the United States. We can celebrate…
From: Pharyngula
I have been told that I'm merely a “social justice” dishonest whackjob and that There are only two sexes, therefore…
From: Pharyngula
Richard Dawkins has attempted to answer the question "what is a woman" by inventing a definition, while simultaneously decrying attempts…
From: Pharyngula
I was watching this video -- it's very good, debunking all the nonsense anti-trans bigots regurgitate to justify their bias…
From: Pharyngula
Vera Rubin was a famous astronomer who did research on dark matter, and has an observatory named after her. Sadly,…
From: Pharyngula
You're sitting there trying to argue that reality isn't what you see right there in front of your face: nah,…
From: Pharyngula
I've been saying all along that good biology doesn't categorize sex into two inflexible bins, but what does that matter…
From: Pharyngula
A legislator in Mississippi has filed a bill in the state legislature titled “Contraception Begins at Erection Act". As written…
From: Mano Singham
It's Darwin Day! And it is sort of about him, sorta. It's not like a Catholic saint's feast day, or…
From: Pharyngula
There is something compelling about this silly experiment. It is the kind of thing that someone may idly wonder about…
From: Mano Singham
It's all her fault. Iliana is bringing on Winter Storm Iliana. I hope she doesn't have to pay for all…
From: Pharyngula
I know that this was low-budget mid-1960s sci-fi, but this monster is ridiculous.
From: Pharyngula
A scene in an FBI building: the walls that were covered with words reflecting virtuous concepts were painted gray. What…
From: Pharyngula
What the hell? I just learned about the Zizian death cult from Rebecca Watson. Why? What did I do to…
From: Pharyngula
Representatives from the Illuminati named Elon Musk as February’s Man of the Month during a gathering at the Bolingbrook Golf…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
I am concerned. [caption id="attachment_75504" align="aligncenter" width="500"] SMBC[/caption] I've got it under control. It really helped finding the place that…
From: Pharyngula
We have lubed up our mighty door, and it opens and closes much more easily now. Unfortunately, the damage is…
From: Pharyngula
At the beginning of every month, I will repost my comments policy for those who started visiting this site the…
From: Mano Singham
Shortly after we moved into our condo, my husband found a little plastic figurine of St. Joseph buried in our…
From: Life's a Gas
From: Pharyngula
We were always in favor of separation of church and state -- I still am -- and I never cared…
From: Pharyngula
I got the usual email from American Atheists, and Melina Cohen brought up an interesting contrast. First, on Monday, there…
From: Pharyngula
Ben Shapiro chose to go after Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde. Unfortunately, he chose to do so by making up facts…
From: Pharyngula
A legislator in Mississippi has filed a bill in the state legislature titled “Contraception Begins at Erection Act". As written…
From: Mano Singham
I'm bewildered. I'm an anti-theist, so it makes me uncomfortable when I see a priest acting charitably and kindly and…
From: Pharyngula
Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) was a powerful logician whose contributions to logic, mathematics, and philosophy were immense. He was deeply interested…
From: Mano Singham
How dare Joe Biden give Bill Nye the Medal of Freedom? Ham doesn't think he deserves it because Nye supports…
From: Pharyngula
Today, someone at the hardware store said, almost aggressively, "Merry Christmas." It took me a few minutes to remember (so,…
From: Stderr
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about the bright side of global population decline. For most…
From: Daylight Atheism
I used to be a highly creative person. I'm not bragging but one idea I threw out over a sushi…
From: Stderr
Which white cockatoo? Hell if I know. Apparently there are a number of white cockatoo species kept in captivity. I…
From: Life's a Gas
The benefits of science to society are extremely significant. The so-called scientific revolution has driven much of the medical and…
From: Mano Singham
The situation is dire. Here's a good overview. Zach is not being hysterical. Everything he said is objective fact and…
From: Pharyngula
Here's a fantasy for you: a rich man uses his immense wealth to alleviate poverty, fund science that benefits all,…
From: Pharyngula
We have good reasons to forbid her. She's a hateful little beast who sits in the window and hisses and…
From: Pharyngula
I started watching this new cable series, Landman, mainly because it has Billy Bob Thornton in it. I think he's…
From: Pharyngula
Richard Dawkins has attempted to answer the question "what is a woman" by inventing a definition, while simultaneously decrying attempts…
From: Pharyngula
Ars Technica has a list of the worst features of the internet. It's depressing how much of the stuff mentioned…
From: Pharyngula
It is LGBT+ History Month in the UK. This year's theme, Activism and Social Change, resonates deeply with me. LGBT+…
From: YEMMYnisting
I have written before about recent positive developments in Sri Lanka where the corrupt nepotistic looters who ran the country…
From: Mano Singham
After Trump's announcement about taking over Gaza and expelling all the people living there, they now want to be called…
From: Mano Singham
Health care workers are being harassed by an organization called "the American Accountability Foundation". They're getting letters threatening their jobs.…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_72748" align="alignright" width="226"] Tom the Dancing Bug[/caption] Our university president has spoken on the anti-DEI pronouncements coming from the…
From: Pharyngula
I used to read and support both of them (I used to send money to Greenwald back at the beginning…
From: Mano Singham
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about the deferred dream of democracy and the stark reality…
From: Daylight Atheism
Little bit of a land mine here, but I'm feeling insouciant today, so bear with me... I've talked with thousands…
From: Life's a Gas
Birthright citizenship is the right that grants automatic citizenship to anyone born in the US, irrespective of the status of…
From: Mano Singham
You're sitting there trying to argue that reality isn't what you see right there in front of your face: nah,…
From: Pharyngula
C.R.E.A.M. by the Wu-Tang Clan says "Cash Rules Everything Around Me." No, my fellas. It is Chaos that reigns supreme. …
From: Life's a Gas
I used to be a highly creative person. I'm not bragging but one idea I threw out over a sushi…
From: Stderr
A bill has been introduced in Washington DC by a congressman from Georgia. [caption id="attachment_75585" align="aligncenter" width="500"] H.R.1161 - To…
From: Pharyngula
The benefits of science to society are extremely significant. The so-called scientific revolution has driven much of the medical and…
From: Mano Singham
These are the states suing HHS and the NIH over their disastrous policy on indirect costs. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ATTORNEY…
From: Pharyngula
Content note: I don't have any links about the Trump administration today. AIs Regurgitate Training Data | Reprobate Spreadsheet -…
From: A Trivial Knot
At least we're getting words of encouragement from the administration. Dear Colleagues, Since our founding in 1851, the University of…
From: Pharyngula
Shame on the American Society for Microbiology. A prominent US scientific society altered its website to remove references to diversity…
From: Pharyngula
Here's a fantasy for you: a rich man uses his immense wealth to alleviate poverty, fund science that benefits all,…
From: Pharyngula
There's a notion, fueled by some careless rhetoric from blue state types, that we don't care about helping protect the…
From: Life's a Gas