Legally weaselly Richard quite grumpily Lacking all subtlety Launched a new trick Filing suits legally Forced folks to penally Hyperlitigiously…
From: Impossible Me
Jordan Klepper continues his exploration of that strange territory known as MAGAland by going to see what is happening at…
From: Mano Singham
As most of my readers are no doubt aware, in addition to the primary content of this blog, I also…
From: Oceanoxia
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From: Mano Singham
I made arts that I liked a lot, for a writing project. Will I ever finish one of these projects?…
From: Great American Satan
Fritz Lang's classic thriller "M" was released on May 11, 1931, ninety years ago. It's a gripping film about a…
From: Intransitive
As part of the FtB Mother's Day Anthology, here is a science fiction flash story, "Tradition." Also, it's a day…
From: Freethinking Ahead
Back in 2019, I wrote about a comedy film that had just been released that I wanted to see. Unfortunately,…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_47404" align="aligncenter" width="318"] New Pokémon Snap, Source: Nintendo[/caption] The end of last month saw the release of a…
From: Affinity
Note: This story is set in the same continuity as the upcoming Bolingbrook Babbler novel. If you like this story…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Legally weaselly Richard quite grumpily Lacking all subtlety Launched a new trick Filing suits legally Forced folks to penally Hyperlitigiously…
From: Impossible Me
[caption id="attachment_62764" align="alignright" width="150"] Would you buy a cancer cure from this man?[/caption] Social media are a cesspool -- it's…
From: Pharyngula
In related news, that unfathomably successful smug modern medicine denier (who nonetheless was awarded a prize by Richard Dawkins), has…
From: Pharyngula
The Brights was a movement in the 00s to rebrand atheists as "brights". It immediately fizzled, as everyone laughed it…
From: A Trivial Knot
Does anyone else roll their eyes when they see that Dean Radin has come out with another paper about psychic…
From: Pharyngula
In the summers, I would often run out of books to read, and raid my dad's shelves for new material.…
From: Stderr
Rhawn Joseph is back. Two years ago, I posted a comprehensive list of my engagements with that fraud, so if…
From: Pharyngula
Rebecca Watson has been getting lots of them, and threats of lawsuits, in a tangled web of complaints from a…
From: Pharyngula
Because I actually find this caption interesting.
From: Pharyngula
You don't need to understand the meaning, as long as you string together a few science terms you learned in…
From: Pharyngula
MAY 17 is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). It was first celebrated in 2004 to draw attention…
From: YEMMYnisting
It's true, we're still digging out from under our legal debt and begging for donations. Check out our Fundraising page!…
From: Pharyngula
My thoughts about "mother's day" this year: I never begrudge this May weekend to those who came from good families…
From: Intransitive
Mothers Day has utterly confounded me as far back as I can remember. During my childhood years, spent unhappily suffocating…
From: Death to Squirrels
America's "protest season" has begun, and the government has continued its brutal response to any calls for systemic change. Because…
From: Oceanoxia
https://youtu.be/X4G7asMHqZ4 As I've said before, I don't think the threat of fascism will be leaving the United States any time…
From: Oceanoxia
Ken the Hen is exactly right: LEAVE THEM ALONE. [caption id="attachment_62611" align="aligncenter" width="500"] First Dog on the Moon[/caption] I remember…
From: Pharyngula
The only thing I disagree with my Quaker friends on is the slogan speaking truth to power. First of all,…
From: Jonathan's Musings
Jules Gill-Peterson, writer for Jewish Currents, has published an essay on the far right obsession with and attempts to legislate…
From: Intransitive
The state of California is famous for having all manner of issues decided by placing propositions on the ballot. Its…
From: Mano Singham
Due to the selfish actions of a few, COVID-19 has spread to multiple cities around Taiwan. The government has enacted…
From: Intransitive
In my last post, I mentioned that FreethoughtBlogs was doing a Mothers' Day fundraiser, to cover some of the debt…
From: Pro-Science
My dearest comrades, commenters, lurkers and benefactors- I am overwhelmed and overjoyed to report that our recent Mothers Day fundraiser…
From: Death to Squirrels
Well, I'm continuing anyway. I had such fun with Super Metroid last weekend that during the second part I suggested resuming it…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
Join us for a Livestream as PZ Myers and the rest of the Freethought Blogs crew thank our readers for…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
From: Pharyngula
I guess there has been a wave of panic-buying of gasoline after a major pipeline was shut down; I haven't…
From: Pharyngula
Wow! You know that fundraiser I mentioned? (The one for paying off our legal debts from the SLAPP suit?) Well,…
From: Geeky Humanist
A Bengal tiger was spotted strolling around a neighborhood in the city of Houston. {AD} If that was not weird…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_1432" align="alignright" width="240"] File photo of IL14 Representative Lauren Underwood.[/caption] By Reporter X The Clow UFO Base Court of…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
There is no excuse to look away from this. This video contains no wounds, no blood, no corpses, and no…
From: Oceanoxia
That's a great title: Heckle Christ’s bride at your eternal peril! I knew I had to read it to find…
From: Pharyngula
The United States has a long, horrific history of funding, training, and arming extremist groups - particularly right-wing ones -…
From: Oceanoxia
Sri Lanka, the country that I grew up in, is made up of about 90% of Buddhists and Hindus, religious…
From: Mano Singham
(Guest post by Dan Phelps) Many of you are aware that Answers in Genesis (AiG) has a very strict Statement…
From: Pharyngula
What if he offered you candy, or had a puppy you could play with? That's Josh Duggar, the man who…
From: Pharyngula
https://youtu.be/X4G7asMHqZ4 As I've said before, I don't think the threat of fascism will be leaving the United States any time…
From: Oceanoxia
I recently ran into one of the tried-and-boring christian come-backs against atheism: "if you don't believe in god, how can…
From: Stderr
The pedagogical methods of Mark Samsel wouldn't fly here. In fact, they weren't even successful in Kansas. Kansas state Rep.…
From: Pharyngula
Dear daughter, By now I’m sure you know, I hate Christmas. I hate Christmas shopping. I hate Christmas carols, and…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
The New Yorker has a reputation for being a serious magazine. It is famed for its rigorous fact-checking of its…
From: Mano Singham
Of course I went spidering. Found some lovely Steatoda borealis living contentedly in peace and harmony in a crowded colony,…
From: Pharyngula
Some people (and I include myself) sometimes describe bad behavior as animal-like, even though many of us treat our pets…
From: Mano Singham
I'm seeing a lot of slack in my little town: I'm vaccinated, but I still wear a mask in public…
From: Pharyngula
She was a very tiny angel. As I was making coffee, she slowly descended on a silken thread to float…
From: Pharyngula
Getting infected with ransomware is management's decision. They just don't realize that they made that decision; it's one of those…
From: Stderr
Sri Lanka, the country that I grew up in, is made up of about 90% of Buddhists and Hindus, religious…
From: Mano Singham
It's true, we're still digging out from under our legal debt and begging for donations. Check out our Fundraising page!…
From: Pharyngula
When I encounter a weird story that might be an interesting core for some bloggy ruminations, I usually email it…
From: Stderr
One thing that is fast becoming a central theme of my work is the notion that, in addition to decentralizing…
From: Oceanoxia
Whew. Peter Boghossian has gone full on crackpot. He's nuttering along like a Baby Mussolini, claiming he is the true…
From: Pharyngula
Nowhere is the propaganda system in the US on full display than when it covers the way that Israel treats…
From: Mano Singham
There is no excuse to look away from this. This video contains no wounds, no blood, no corpses, and no…
From: Oceanoxia
Chris Hedges writes that pretty much everything that emanates from Washington and Tel Aviv and the mainstream media about the…
From: Mano Singham
Even though I am aware of the utterly barbaric way that prisoners are treated in the US incarceration system, I…
From: Mano Singham
Some people (and I include myself) sometimes describe bad behavior as animal-like, even though many of us treat our pets…
From: Mano Singham
MAY 17 is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). It was first celebrated in 2004 to draw attention…
From: YEMMYnisting
The evidence for the above claim lies is in the way we treat people for even minor offenses. An inmate…
From: Mano Singham
Once again, we have a flare up in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestinians. As of yesterday, 65…
From: Mano Singham
I mentioned how my Yankee education didn't praise slavery, it just kind of ignored it. But someone on Twitter pointed…
From: Pharyngula
While Trump seems to have a lock on the Republican party establishment, we should not assume that his support among…
From: Mano Singham
If you read the Failing New York Times' coverage of the Israeli bombing Gaza, it sounds like it's all just…
From: Stderr
[caption id="attachment_62781" align="aligncenter" width="460"] First Dog on the Moon[/caption] Adults are rubbish! Don't trust us or listen to us except…
From: Pharyngula
Nowhere is the propaganda system in the US on full display than when it covers the way that Israel treats…
From: Mano Singham
There is no excuse to look away from this. This video contains no wounds, no blood, no corpses, and no…
From: Oceanoxia
Chris Hedges writes that pretty much everything that emanates from Washington and Tel Aviv and the mainstream media about the…
From: Mano Singham
This is a page or so from Collins and LaPierre's excellent book O Jerusalem, which is billed as a "blow…
From: Stderr
Even though I am aware of the utterly barbaric way that prisoners are treated in the US incarceration system, I…
From: Mano Singham
Jordan Klepper continues his exploration of that strange territory known as MAGAland by going to see what is happening at…
From: Mano Singham
There is currently a recall election for the governor of California and according to the way the system works, there…
From: Mano Singham