Even with everything going on this week I was still able to crank out a couple of poems -- and…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
[caption id="attachment_1822" align="alignright" width="200"] A Fire in the Shadows: A Bolingbrook Babbler Story[/caption] My upcoming novelette, A Fire in the…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
My husband’s grandfather died last weekend. He was in his 90s and he was aware that he was dying. He…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I haven't gotten bored of the AI generated art, yet. There will almost certainly be more. It was a whim…
From: Stderr
In addition to being a master raconteur, the late Irish comedian Dave Allen was a genius at creating visual gags…
From: Mano Singham
Is there a certain age when you just stop caring? I turned forty back in November, so I’m not old…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Freethought Blogs just joined the Mastodon migration! (HJ Hornbeck explains Mastodon in two posts Post 1. Post 2.) Our instance…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Many of the people whom one sees on cable TV 'news' shows are not really journalists but people selected for…
From: Mano Singham
Are blogs dying off? The trend of setting up faux blogs to rig search results and/or soak in ad revenue…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
Nothing too heavy today - I needed time for other pursuits. As some of you are no doubt aware, it…
From: Oceanoxia
I remember this cute chubby wild-eyed dude breathlessly extolling satanic ideals when The Satanic Temple was newer, on some TV…
From: Great American Satan
The failing New York Times sometimes manages to churn forth something important. I'm recommending this article. [nyt] Early Abortion Looks…
From: Stderr
I wish I'd jumped on this bandwagon ages ago: just fart out incredibly stupid things with no context and no…
From: Pharyngula
…shoot my sperm into an incubator and give it 9 months…
Yes, Virginia, people this ignorant do exist. This little cabal of arrogant men get together to tell each other they're…
From: Pharyngula
Someone over at dkos described the republican controlled house as a "goat rodeo" and I immediately decided to steal the…
From: Stderr
I recently talked with a religious person who said they wouldn’t take medication. They just “let the body do what…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I have to take a break from JB Peterson, and I will not be posting the next section for some…
From: Jonathan's Musings
A Recurring Character Among my many years participating in university atheist student groups, there was often someone who played the…
From: A Trivial Knot
Anti-vaxxers. Harriet Hall, a well-known doctor who had been prominent on the skeptic circuit, died last week of heart disease.…
From: Pharyngula
I want to tell you guys something kind of fun… I have a lot of religious coworkers and they’re pretty…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
They're up to their usual tricks, pushing more hate bills. Six Republican members of the North Dakota Legislature introduced a…
From: Pharyngula
Act I: The story begins with a Christian apologist named David Falk making some scathing comments about a Biblical scholar…
From: Pharyngula
Right now, the American conservative movement is trying to erase LGBTQIA people from society. As with past genocidal projects, all…
From: Oceanoxia
Nothing too heavy today - I needed time for other pursuits. As some of you are no doubt aware, it…
From: Oceanoxia
At least Minnesota has the right priorities. Today, lawmakers in the Minnesota House of Representatives voted to pass HF 1,…
From: Pharyngula
Right next door to me is the state of North Dakota. They're up to no good. Books containing “sexually explicit”…
From: Pharyngula
Oh boy, the "partial birth abortion ban" people have moved into the Minnesota legislature, and are trying to ban abortion…
From: Pharyngula
I'm not going to take advice from anyone with the word "alpha" in their username, a rule that seems to…
From: Pharyngula
As you may or may not remember, right-wing guru Jordan Peterson rose to fame by pretending, loudly and angrily, that…
From: Oceanoxia
Obviously I'm a bit behind in posting this, but better late than never. The December edition of Positive Leftist News…
From: Oceanoxia
Creepy ol' Prince Andrew, Epstein's pal, is reportedly being evicted from Buckingham Palace. He's been an embarrassment to the family…
From: Pharyngula
Even with everything going on this week I was still able to crank out a couple of poems -- and…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
My husband’s grandfather died last weekend. He was in his 90s and he was aware that he was dying. He…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I haven't gotten bored of the AI generated art, yet. There will almost certainly be more. It was a whim…
From: Stderr
We have a new blogger, Bill Seymour at long long short long, and he was writing about trains. That got…
From: Pharyngula
Is there a certain age when you just stop caring? I turned forty back in November, so I’m not old…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I'm still awfully sick with a nasty ugly cold, but I showed up in class today to teach, feeling like…
From: Pharyngula
I'm not joining Comrade Hornbeck's FreethoughBlogs-flavored Mastodon Instance myself for a few reasons, most notably that I didn't have a…
From: Great American Satan
I'm 65. Barry Mehler is 75, and he's still teaching. Well, he was. After he gave this introduction to one…
From: Pharyngula
Here's the pretty kind. We've been getting dense fog and sub-zero temperatures, which does interesting things to the trees. Then…
From: Pharyngula
Sometimes, I too can swaddle myself in cherished delusions and believe for a time that the world might get better.…
From: Pharyngula
I recently talked with a religious person who said they wouldn’t take medication. They just “let the body do what…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I want to tell you guys something kind of fun… I have a lot of religious coworkers and they’re pretty…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Robert Garcia, a newly-elected Democratic representative, has chosen the book upon which he will swear the oath of office, and…
From: Pharyngula
Please help settle a score – my husband and I were having a debate over dinner at Denny’s. Is there…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I was gradually failing high school in the '90s and in an effort to make up credits I took some…
From: Great American Satan
Several years ago, a young priest officiated my grandpa’s funeral mass. My grandpa was aware when he was dying and…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
[caption id="attachment_68956" align="alignright" width="295"] Malcolm & Simone Collins, a pair of grinning fascist gobshites[/caption] Look to the right. If you…
From: Pharyngula
I have raised the question before about the hesitancy of the leaders of the evangelical community to rally behind Donald…
From: Mano Singham
Pope Benedict XVI was a conservative pope, who pushed the Catholic Church backwards in his eight years as the pope.…
From: Pro-Science
I'm not certain, but it's likely that my favorite climate solution is covering everything in plants. In additional to mental…
From: Oceanoxia
It's been one of those days. We've got another chemistry job candidate today with a busy schedule, and we're making…
From: Pharyngula
The recent incident in an (American) football game where Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest after getting hit hard in the…
From: Mano Singham
The science is in, and we need more ginormous critters. Well, ok, not exactly, but this research does remind me…
From: Oceanoxia
It was the first day of fly lab in genetics. I prepare well in advance, setting up stocks of the…
From: Pharyngula
HJ Hornbeck has been plugging away at the technical details of setting up a local Mastodon server, Freethought.online. He describes…
From: Pharyngula
What's the difference between engineering and hacking? I think this video is a good illustration. Some guys decided to try…
From: Pharyngula
Insects are in trouble. That doesn't make them special, or anything (they were always special to me), but they play…
From: Oceanoxia
When we think of cult leaders, we tend to think of those with large followings. But that same kind of…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_69087" align="alignright" width="150"] What do you mean, "enhancement"? Who are you to decide what's better?[/caption] Émil Torres explores the…
From: Pharyngula
What would you give for your life? What would you give for your freedom? I periodically talk about the ways…
From: Oceanoxia
The recent incident in an (American) football game where Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest after getting hit hard in the…
From: Mano Singham
Everyone should have a guarantee of quality housing. There's no question that we have the resources to do it, but…
From: Oceanoxia
Right now, the American conservative movement is trying to erase LGBTQIA people from society. As with past genocidal projects, all…
From: Oceanoxia
Freethought Blogs just joined the Mastodon migration! (HJ Hornbeck explains Mastodon in two posts Post 1. Post 2.) Our instance…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
When we think of cult leaders, we tend to think of those with large followings. But that same kind of…
From: Mano Singham
Defend The Atlanta Forest is circulating this statement of solidarity, and asking people to sign on. I've already done so,…
From: Oceanoxia
As the colonial era "ended", and the various colonies in Africa, the Americas, and Asia gained their independence, the various…
From: Oceanoxia
I love libraries. They are truly egalitarian spaces that are open to everyone and enables anyone free access to information,…
From: Mano Singham
Kenneth Roth, the outgoing heard of Human Rights Watch, was offered a fellowship by Center for Human Rights Policy at…
From: Mano Singham
What would you give for your life? What would you give for your freedom? I periodically talk about the ways…
From: Oceanoxia
Elaine Chao was the secretary of transportation during almost the entirety of the Trump administration, only resigning after the events…
From: Mano Singham
In order to get the votes to become Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy had to agree to…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_69131" align="alignright" width="150"] Behold the social media harvest! Pay me![/caption] This will not end well, as we're already seeing.…
From: Pharyngula
Everyone should have a guarantee of quality housing. There's no question that we have the resources to do it, but…
From: Oceanoxia
You've got to dredge back into the past for this one. Remember, Trump versus Clinton, 2016. Right before the election…
From: Stderr
Once again, we are being told that there is a danger that the US may default if Congress does not…
From: Mano Singham
I'm not impressed with the fools who think the two on the left are equivalent to the crook on the…
From: Pharyngula
Right now, the American conservative movement is trying to erase LGBTQIA people from society. As with past genocidal projects, all…
From: Oceanoxia
I have been thinking about how future historians will characterize the period through which we are living and the label…
From: Mano Singham