Yesterday was such a gorgeous day. The sun was shining and it was so wonderful, I decided to share with…
From: Affinity
Right now temperatures change extremely between -5°C in the night and 15°c in the afternoon and the days, they're getting…
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From: Mano Singham
First of all, sorry for mostly disappearing, but work's been demanding lately. This weekend will be the first one this…
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With Winter nearing its end, at least here, it's time to look back at the snow that we had. [caption…
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After a break, he has returned with a new episode and it was a hard-hitting one. {AD} To no one's…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_36572" align="alignnone" width="1600"] Mammoth tusks? ©voyager, all rights reserved[/caption] Our polar exploration has finally found success. This morning the…
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Saturday Night Live had a good recap of the week's news. {AD} The Virginia blackface controversy is astounding. But what…
From: Mano Singham
I used to travel a lot. I've been cutting back because I've increasingly come to hate it, but today I…
From: Stderr
Sounds like a rare drop in World of Warcraft. Something a gnome death-knight would wear with their PVP gear. You…
From: Stderr
Imagine you are walking down a dark alleyway, alone, at night. Suddenly, the menacing music starts and the fog-machine turns…
From: Stderr
Hey, guys, anyone up for a bit more Jesus mythicism debate? Yes... it's time for me to start reviewing R.G.…
From: Geeky Humanist
Don't. I stumbled across this on Quora, a site that seems to specialize in collecting uninformed questions from ignorant people,…
From: Pharyngula
Paula (real name withheld), an 80-year-old Romeoville resident, was surprised when the doorbell rang. As she approached the door, she…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
This is the sort of thing that ought to result in careers and reputations going up in smoke, and maybe…
From: Stderr
Earlier, when I was talking about the death of the New Atheist movement, and I mentioned the idea that New…
From: A Trivial Knot
I got an email bringing this guy, Owen Benjamin, to my attention and asking if I'd ever heard of him.…
From: Pharyngula
I went to AA back in October because an addiction specialist doctor, whom I’ll call Dr. James, told me to.…
From: Bi Any Means
For even more fun, David Klinghoffer has written his own criticism of the Science review. His take is even more…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_53391" align="alignright" width="150"] Still true[/caption] Behe is crowing over the Science review of his new book. The man is…
From: Pharyngula
I long ago stopped reading whenever the name Jordan Peterson came up because it usually consisted of the same old…
From: Mano Singham
This is the sort of thing that ought to result in careers and reputations going up in smoke, and maybe…
From: Stderr
I think I like this person, although I don't think we've ever met. BethAnn McLaughlin has no time for James…
From: Pharyngula
In international Test cricket matches, there are microphones embedded in the wickets at each end. The primary purpose is to…
From: Mano Singham
I'm a big fan of Darwin, and think he made an important contribution to the world of science, but I…
From: Pharyngula
I wrote this a couple of months ago so some things are a little out-of-date. The overall message, however, remains…
From: Bi Any Means
Countless moderate liberals have called upon the Democratic party to ditch “identity politics” in the wake of Trump. “We need…
From: Bi Any Means
The same group of people cheering on the destruction of families at the border are also calling for an end…
From: Pharyngula
Jeez. Jordan Peterson really hates human rights and gender issues. Those things really fire him up, which suggests there's something…
From: Pharyngula
You've probably read the article by the two-fisted reportress Siobhan O'Leary about a crusty transphobe with some authority over transgender…
From: Great American Satan
Shannon Gabriel, the West Indian fast bowler who was suspended from the next four international games, has issued a statement…
From: Mano Singham
Yesterday, I stood up from my chair and nearly fell over. Then I started to walk, and it was like…
From: Pharyngula
You may recall my post from a couple of weeks ago about people who deliberately use their First Amendment rights…
From: Mano Singham
Winky won rave reviews at the Westminster Dog Show for deciding that she was going to do it her way,…
From: Mano Singham
Paula (real name withheld), an 80-year-old Romeoville resident, was surprised when the doorbell rang. As she approached the door, she…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
I will be going away for a few days to visit my grandson and so blogging will be sporadic until…
From: Mano Singham
Because I started drooling and making strange guttural noises when I read this story of a remote-controlled 3-D printed snowblower.…
From: Pharyngula
Coming in to Luxembourg, the pilot said that the airport was queueing incoming flights because of dense fog; we spent…
From: Stderr
But I still think the homologies are misaligned. It's a better version of what Spider-Man ought to have looked like.…
From: Pharyngula
Lutefisk is nothing but a way to make fish that has been dried rock hard edible. You've got your dried…
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This is the sort of thing that ought to result in careers and reputations going up in smoke, and maybe…
From: Stderr
I am so glad that I don't watch Fox News, but that other people suffer through it to let me…
From: Pharyngula
There's a new hashtag floating around Twitter, #ExposeChristianSchools, prompted in part I think because Mike Pence's wife just landed a…
From: Pharyngula
When I see people wearing clothes that are identified with specific religious beliefs, I sometimes wonder why they do so.…
From: Mano Singham
Ernest Angley is a well-known televangelist based in Cuyahoga Falls, close to where I live, who rails against homosexuality in…
From: Mano Singham
I've always wondered what Catholic values were, and now I know. Covington Catholic school exemplifies them all: Disrespect. Contempt. Dogma.…
From: Pharyngula
I really enjoyed philosopher Stephen Law's 2011 book Believing Bullshit: How Not to Get Sucked into an Intellectual Black Hole…
From: Mano Singham
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,…
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From: Oceanoxia
Warning: it's boring, tedious, hard work. There's nothing flashy about it. First step: define a clear set of tested standards.…
From: Pharyngula
Michael Behe has a problem: he uses polar bears as an example of how "damaging" a gene can have an…
From: Pharyngula
The Green New Deal is the non-binding resolution introduced by representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and senator Ed Markey to highlight the…
From: Mano Singham
The Discovery Institute is SO proud that they've managed to accumulate over 1000 signatures in nearly 20 years from people…
From: Fierce Roller
As I have said repeatedly, the US national parks are a genuine treasure, meant for everyone to enjoy. But in…
From: Mano Singham
It's all over after 15 years. I think it's all a hoax, and have a hypothesis. Opportunity saw an opportunity…
From: Pharyngula
Daniel Ellsberg is famous now as a strong whistleblower advocate who released the Pentagon Papers that showed that the publicly…
From: Mano Singham
It's awesome stuff, as this video explains. Also recommended if you want to learn more: this book, Spider Silk: Evolution…
From: Pharyngula
One of the arguments that religious people give for their religion is that it provides a basis for morality. Without…
From: Mano Singham
Registration for the Fifth International Volvox Conference (July 26-29, 2019) will open next month, but meanwhile there are several opportunities for…
From: Fierce Roller
I long ago stopped reading whenever the name Jordan Peterson came up because it usually consisted of the same old…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_53431" align="alignright" width="94"]David Leppert[/caption] I'm browsing, as one does, and reading a bit of labor history, and the name…
From: Pharyngula
I've listened to short clips of Joe Rogan -- I can't stand much more. He's a pompous dudebro who's usually…
From: Pharyngula
One of the arguments that religious people give for their religion is that it provides a basis for morality. Without…
From: Mano Singham
How many of you have ever heard of J. Kenji Lopez Alt? Personally, I’m a pretty big fan. His Food…
My brother took one of those gene tests. Think he got a three-fer deal because they were checking out his…
From: Great American Satan
You should not become bankrupt just because you get sick. That seems to me to be an obvious requirement for…
From: Mano Singham
We are having an epidemic of politicians, corporations, and celebrities from all spheres of activity having information revealed about their…
From: Mano Singham
The most recent scandal to emerge out of Virginia is that a number of politicians were hanging around, or were…
From: Pharyngula
Countless moderate liberals have called upon the Democratic party to ditch “identity politics” in the wake of Trump. “We need…
From: Bi Any Means
I long ago stopped reading whenever the name Jordan Peterson came up because it usually consisted of the same old…
From: Mano Singham
Imagine you are walking down a dark alleyway, alone, at night. Suddenly, the menacing music starts and the fog-machine turns…
From: Stderr
So, in a bit of personal news, I joined the local YIMBY group. It's a political group that fights for…
From: A Trivial Knot
Cody Fenwick writes that the government funding deal that was just signed by Donald Trump was much worse for him…
From: Mano Singham
Elliot Abrams is an aggressive warmonger who oversaw US involvement in all manner of atrocities in Latin America going back…
From: Mano Singham
Paula (real name withheld), an 80-year-old Romeoville resident, was surprised when the doorbell rang. As she approached the door, she…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
So to no one's surprise, Donald Trump has caved once again on funding for his stupid wall, accepting an even…
From: Mano Singham
The Green New Deal is the non-binding resolution introduced by representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and senator Ed Markey to highlight the…
From: Mano Singham
As I have said repeatedly, the US national parks are a genuine treasure, meant for everyone to enjoy. But in…
From: Mano Singham
I found him repellent, so I didn't know much about him, except that I'd occasionally encounter one of his rabid…
From: Pharyngula