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From: Affinity
To finish up the chat in the last Raturday, about Amelia having a taste for gold buttons... (click for full…
From: Affinity
You all follow Movies with Mikey, right? He's a guy who really loves the movies, and does these wonderful analyses…
From: Pharyngula
Like many people, I had seen the music video This is America by Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) that had…
From: Mano Singham
There will be much of George Cruikshank, caricaturist and printmaker coming up, but I felt this one deserved to be…
From: Affinity
In an earlier post, I mentioned how I had the completely wrong idea about what in America is referred to…
From: Mano Singham
Manhunt! New John Woo joint on Nutflex. Extremely poorly reviewed. I watched it. Don't feel up for a full review,…
From: Great American Satan
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Also? Georgia O'Keeffe wasn't obsessed, okay?[/caption]
From: Pervert Justice
Correction Below. Since we're talking about Watson again, I thought I'd recommend a post on BitchMedia about how genius is…
From: Pervert Justice
I recently watched the charming 2011 film Hugo set in 1931 about an orphaned boy who, trying to avoid being…
From: Mano Singham
Over on Pharyngula, a discussion has been started about the propriety of using "accomplice" as a better word to describe…
From: Pervert Justice
One of the worst things about Russians (especially Soviet Russians!) is that they use propaganda to indoctrinate their people into…
From: Stderr
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
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
[caption id="attachment_29380" align="alignnone" width="480"] Screengrab via RWW.[/caption] Yet more contradictory behaviour by christians. Everything, always a contradiction, with more than…
From: Affinity
There are good lies and bad lies, apparently. It's bad propaganda when Russians buy ads on social media, but it's…
From: Stderr
Whelp, less than thirty-eight hours after my blog post Sam Harris finally deleted that old video. However, spotting that made…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
[caption id="attachment_29368" align="alignnone" width="800"] Detail from Sermon and Deeds of the Antichrist, Luca Signorelli, San Brizio Chapel.[/caption] The antichrist will…
From: Affinity
We float in a sea of propaganda and lies; the biggest lie of them all being that we don't float…
From: Stderr
My guest for today is Deanna Adams. She is a co-organizer for Black Lives Matter Houston, and has an essay…
From: Bi Any Means
I think this article by Robyn Pennacchia comes closest to explaining Peterson's appeal. There are a lot of meaty quotes…
From: Pharyngula
Rachel Glickhouse and Rahima Nasa of the invaluable ProPublica say that they were surprised when they discovered in crime statistics…
From: Mano Singham
So some folks in my off-line life have asked me if I've watched Jasmine Saavedra's BRAVE HERO video. I have not.…
From: Pervert Justice
This is an ad from 1967. Sure, you want your stewardesses to be pretty, don't you? [caption id="attachment_50898" align="aligncenter" width="500"]…
From: Pharyngula
My guest for today is Deanna Adams. She is a co-organizer for Black Lives Matter Houston, and has an essay…
From: Bi Any Means
It's James Watson. He's got a Nobel prize, which means he gets to lecture incompetently about black people and women,…
From: Pharyngula
All around repugnant, immoral, evil person, Scott Lively has a new shtick in his bid for governor of Massachusetts: he's…
From: Affinity
How can a criticism of evolutionary psychology come off sounding like apologetics? I found this article annoying because of its…
From: Pharyngula
Chapter 3: War for a Small Planet These book reviews are a way for me to think through what we…
From: Oceanoxia
I generally don't cover trans* celebrities, even those i respect and who are doing a lot of positive work in…
From: Pervert Justice
For a list of good reading having to do with mental and emotional health, head over to Rumpus. I'm not…
From: Affinity
You know why he's smiling? Because he knows his grandparents are flying out to see him next weekend, and he's…
From: Pharyngula
A pun after my own heart
From: Thoughts of Crys
That ^ is what I got instead of surgery, for Six. Weeks. In case you missed it, after chemo on…
From: Affinity
Today on the show, we’ll talk about the US recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the violence in…
From: Bi Any Means
My guest for today is Deanna Adams. She is a co-organizer for Black Lives Matter Houston, and has an essay…
From: Bi Any Means
It was highly anti-climactic.I went in, laid down on a hospital bed, nearly fell asleep while they were doing the…
From: Pharyngula
Since I am currently in the process of making a rondel dagger like knife, I think it is fitting to…
From: Affinity
Chemo went fine, but a couple hours later (thankfully, we were binging at Goodwill and still in town) my abdominal…
From: Affinity
I did it. I drank all 4 liters in 4 hours.The cat was clearly hoping to gnaw on my dying…
From: Pharyngula
The New York Times has a daily podcast where they discuss with their reporters a single story that they covered.…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_29368" align="alignnone" width="800"] Detail from Sermon and Deeds of the Antichrist, Luca Signorelli, San Brizio Chapel.[/caption] The antichrist will…
From: Affinity
So, let me start by saying that I am conflicted and don't know where I want this post to go:…
From: Pervert Justice
All around repugnant, immoral, evil person, Scott Lively has a new shtick in his bid for governor of Massachusetts: he's…
From: Affinity
Chapter 3: War for a Small Planet These book reviews are a way for me to think through what we…
From: Oceanoxia
In February of 1999, I was 18 years old. I had six siblings. Two twin older brothers who were 19,…
There are 57,000 children of ultra-orthodox Jews in state-funded yeshivas in New York. They are exempt from minimal education standards.…
From: Pharyngula
An ABC News poll finds a decline in religious affiliation among Americans between the years 2003 and 2017. {AD} Evangelical…
From: Mano Singham
One of the amusing things to observe is how so many leading lights in the evangelical Christian movement have abandoned…
From: Mano Singham
This is a very interesting and informative series of three videos about a knightly effigies, what they are, why they…
From: Affinity
Hot on the heels of The Sun, here comes Newsweek, touting that drivel about cephalopods from space by Steele et…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_50911" align="alignright" width="300"] Meg Lyman[/caption] I got email this morning…and so did every member of the science & math…
From: Pharyngula
Just a quick followup on yesterday's post ("Those beautiful Research Features articles? The authors get £50."). If you could write…
From: Fierce Roller
You must have heard about the gaggle of stupid Republicans who had a meeting to deny climate change and tell…
From: Pharyngula
Gorgeous photo. It took me a moment to figure out what was going on. [caption id="attachment_50901" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Heather Waye[/caption]
From: Pharyngula
Back in August, I wrote a fairly critical post about an outfit called Research Features ("Research Features: seems sketchy to me").…
From: Fierce Roller
You may remember the big disagreement that emerged in 2015 over 'the dress', a photo of a dress that some…
From: Mano Singham
There's a new study up which does something that I hadn't realized atmospheric physicists had not yet accomplished: equate the…
From: Pervert Justice
Last week I gave a talk to the Northeast Ohio chapter of the Center for Inquiry on the topic "The…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_4322" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Image from www.micropia.nl/en/discover/microbiology/volvox/[/caption] Micropia, the museum of microbes in Amsterdam, has a page devoted to Volvox: Ponds…
From: Fierce Roller
I think this article by Robyn Pennacchia comes closest to explaining Peterson's appeal. There are a lot of meaty quotes…
From: Pharyngula
Over on Pharyngula, a discussion has been started about the propriety of using "accomplice" as a better word to describe…
From: Pervert Justice
The world of professional sports takes great advantage of young people's desire to be part of its glamor. The most…
From: Mano Singham
These are my recollections of a life behind the iron curtain. I do not aim to give perfect and objective…
From: Affinity
So some folks in my off-line life have asked me if I've watched Jasmine Saavedra's BRAVE HERO video. I have not.…
From: Pervert Justice
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="361"] Mary Poppins rolling her eyes in disappointment[/caption] I honestly don't know what to do with my…
Many readers would have seen the viral video of a man in a restaurant who raged against employees who were…
From: Mano Singham
My guest for today is Deanna Adams. She is a co-organizer for Black Lives Matter Houston, and has an essay…
From: Bi Any Means
A few weeks ago I had a visitor at my lab from our other plant in Germany. We did not have…
From: Affinity
On Fox News yesterday, host Laura Ingraham brought on two Black guests to respond to Spike Lee's strong statements attacking…
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Gina Haspel has been confirmed as head of the CIA with assistance from Democratic senators despite her appalling record of…
From: Mano Singham
This was supposed to be a post about the past week of early voting here in Texas to determine party…
From: Freethinking Ahead
There are good reasons I'm incapable of watching Bill Maher any more -- I'd have to rip the big screen…
From: Pharyngula
Yet again, the US news media over-hypes a story and uses it to peddle a narrative about e-cigarettes being "just…
Rachel Glickhouse and Rahima Nasa of the invaluable ProPublica say that they were surprised when they discovered in crime statistics…
From: Mano Singham
The New York Times has a daily podcast where they discuss with their reporters a single story that they covered.…
From: Mano Singham
Like many people, I had seen the music video This is America by Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) that had…
From: Mano Singham
There was another school shooting in Texas today; 10 people are dead. The Lieutenant Governor of the state has come…
From: Pharyngula
The ghastly series of needless gun-related deaths in the US continues with the latest in Texas this morning, with reportedly…
From: Mano Singham
Today on the show, we’ll talk about the US recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the violence in…
From: Bi Any Means