In my last post on this topic I meant to go deeper into the non-player creatures of the setting, be…
From: Life's a Gas
I'm reviewing the whole discography of The Dead Milkmen. I know, I know. You're not interested. Tough titty! This is…
From: Life's a Gas
You can still join the RP by comment, open for two more players. Catch up from the beginning here, just…
From: Life's a Gas
I was thinkin' of callin' this series "Musicular Disctrophy" but that's in bad taste and I half feel like I'm…
From: Life's a Gas
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From: Mano Singham
As part of my notion of building all my monsters and playable races at the same time, making them feel…
From: Life's a Gas
Had a dream I was at work, trying to walk someone through getting signed into a government website. The security…
From: Life's a Gas
The Probability Broach, chapter 5 Dizzy and baffled, stumbling through an unfamiliar world with no clue where he is or…
From: Daylight Atheism
I was spending some time with demonology a few years ago, motivated by the observation that grimoires listing demons had…
From: Life's a Gas
A conlang game is a game that asks the player to learn a fictional constructed language. Recently there have been…
From: A Trivial Knot
[caption id="attachment_76674" align="alignright" width="150"] onstage during the 6th Annual KLOVE Fan Awards at The Grand Ole Opry on May 27,…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_76655" align="alignright" width="300"] It's more of a pathetic squeak.[/caption] Dave Futrelle found something provocative: a new type of guy…
From: Pharyngula
OK, Republicans suck, have wicked intentions, and are wrecking the country. Their one saving grace, the one thing that gives…
From: Pharyngula
As you may have heard, Joni Ernst, the Iowa pig-farmer who has somehow found herself in congress, had a town…
From: Pharyngula
Ken Ham is spittin' mad. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear made a statement in support of LGBTQ+ people and the importance…
From: Pharyngula
When I encounter a substance dualist, this is how I mock their position. [caption id="attachment_76557" align="aligncenter" width="439"] Consciousness arises from…
From: Pharyngula
Any time the various creationist organizations -- AiG, ICR, CMI, DI, etc. -- start getting excited and claiming that genetics…
From: Pharyngula
I don't know the answer. This Christian dork kept popping up in my YouTube feed, making this claim that we…
From: Pharyngula
You'll have to wait until tomorrow to see my latest video, "An Un-Deconstructed Atheist". Unless you're a Patreon subscriber, in…
From: Pharyngula
I have talked to many creationists who, when asked for evidence that the universe was created by a god, tell…
From: Pharyngula
Had a dream, felt like the raw setup and environment were recurring, but the feeling of remembering can be fake,…
From: Life's a Gas
In a basketball game between two professional teams in the WNBA, the Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky, Caitlin Clark…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_76402" align="alignright" width="150"] Pete Hegseth says transgender people "lack warrior ethos, are liars, lack integrity, are not humble, are…
From: Pharyngula
Hey, what's the deal with the gay antics out here? Lookit that guy up on the stage, kissin' the other…
From: Life's a Gas
Via Pharyngula, I saw an excellent analysis by Rebecca Watson (see below) about a new book coming out that is…
From: Mano Singham
David Futrelle has brought back We Hunted the Mammoth! Go read it! The latest post is about JK Rowling and…
From: Pharyngula
Lil' question for the scientists and science communicators and defenders of liberty who thought woke moral scolds were impinging so…
From: Life's a Gas
[caption id="attachment_50285" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Copyright: Netflix[/caption] After hearing all about it, I watched the Netflix mini series. It was hyped…
From: Affinity
Russell Brand is a British media personality who started out as a standup comedian before branching out into other fields.…
From: Mano Singham
My union talked me into writing to my representatives thru a web form, and the responses have trickled in. Clearly…
From: Life's a Gas
My granddaughter has graduated from kindergarten! She looks so eager to get out in the real world and get a…
From: Pharyngula
This month, I wrote an article about the problems with the Asexuality Identification Scale. Also, a funny thing happened. These…
From: A Trivial Knot
For over a decade now, I've been accustomed to screwing myself up every summer. I spend the school year focused…
From: Pharyngula
Over two weeks ago, I spotted a pair of boots abandoned in a parking lot. I've been keeping an eye…
From: Pharyngula
A squad of Space Force marines helped two convenience store robbers, disguised as masked ICE agents, escape the Bolingbrook police.…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
I tend not to do anything that others would find interesting. Many of the acquaintances of my age like to…
From: Mano Singham
Suppose you arrive at the airport too late to board your flight and it has just left the gate. What…
From: Mano Singham
Wondering why it's been so long since I gave an update? Allow this table to explain: Month Cost November 2022…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
I have three "Tree Sisters" patches, with 10, 15, and 25 squares. In all the patches, I planted or I…
From: Affinity
At my local bridge club, one member has his own coffee mug that has printed on the side "Not my…
From: Mano Singham
I was looking up monsters and some chain led to motifs from Middle Eastern art, which led to an article…
From: Life's a Gas
Red pill, blue pill. Why so biney, Morpheoose? I've gotten self-righteous about it from time to time, as have most…
From: Life's a Gas
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From: Mano Singham
Like pretty much everyone who has even the smallest presence online, I receive spam email offering me all kinds of…
From: Mano Singham
My 1000th post on this blog network was queued to be a birdpost about an LBB. Observe it later today. …
From: Life's a Gas
I have not yet seen the new thriller film Conclave (the word comes from the Latin cum clave, meaning "with…
From: Mano Singham
Pope Francis has died, Vatican says Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died,…
From: Pro-Science
Russell Brand is a British media personality who started out as a standup comedian before branching out into other fields.…
From: Mano Singham
My union talked me into writing to my representatives thru a web form, and the responses have trickled in. Clearly…
From: Life's a Gas
You heard about all the businesses capitulating to the fresh fashy vibes of the new ameriKKKa? Tossing diversity initiatives, LGBTetc…
From: Life's a Gas
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have signed a declaration protesting the deep cuts in public health research and…
From: Mano Singham
The pre-Cambrian animal rollover: A micro-evolutionary event becomes a major macro-evolutionary distinction in 600 million years. At 10am Central tomorrow…
From: Pharyngula
I was interviewed by Michael Beverly last week. It's a two-parter, and I appear only at the end of this…
From: Pharyngula
Mary found this Bold Jumper while gardening. I have moved it into luxurious housing in my lab, along with a…
From: Pharyngula
I collected my first spider egg sac of the summer -- see, that means summer is finally here -- and…
From: Pharyngula
In our yard, building a web, it's a little baby spiderling only about 2mm long.
From: Pharyngula
UMM is hosting the SCOPES conference (Small Campus Observatories as Promoters of Education in Science) today through Saturday, so 43…
From: Pharyngula
Like Yurp, Amurrica has a coot. A coot is part of a fucking weird group of weird birds, but is…
From: Life's a Gas
Trump seems to be careening ever-more erratically day by day. He started out by seeming to have some kind of…
From: Mano Singham
Could it be…a Monarch?
From: Pharyngula
Mano Singham is on the anti-Pinker train. But if you claim to be of the left and yet find yourself…
From: Pharyngula
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about the strange philosophy of antinatalism, and how it led…
From: Daylight Atheism
The recent flare up in the Los Angeles area caused by ICE agents sweeping up people for deportation without warrants…
From: Mano Singham
They don't do anything productive, and are just fanning the flames of a destructive hatred. We have a huge cultural,…
From: Pharyngula
Have you ever heard of Aporia? It's an online magazine. If you want to follow that link, feel free, but…
From: Pharyngula
Musk is on his way out, but he's not going quietly. It seems there's been some resentful scuffling over his…
From: Pharyngula
There's a tension in all countries with the resources to have social benefits, between the idea everybody should have to…
From: Life's a Gas
One thing that resulted from the killing by Luigi Mangione of the CEO of the health insurance conglomerate known as…
From: Mano Singham
My dad was recently in one of those shitty situations people find themselves in, when dependent on social benefits -…
From: Life's a Gas
We have a tendency to take any trend and extrapolate it far out in the future. This is done for…
From: Mano Singham
Are you ready for the big No Kings protest on Saturday? Are you making signs? I have to tell you…
From: Pharyngula
I got a note from our university advocate at the capitol, announcing the completion of the Minnesota state budget. Is…
From: Pharyngula
Stephen Pinker is in the news again, and again, not in a good way. The Harvard psychologist and bestselling author…
From: Mano Singham
Like almost all the Republicans who were once critical of Trump for whatever reason, Elon Musk has started his rehabilitation…
From: Mano Singham
May he die alone, wallowing in shit and the knowledge that the world despises him. His "birthday parade" brings dishonor…
From: Pharyngula
This is a spot-on summary of fascism, and jesus christ, but it sounds familiar to this American. It's a gross…
From: Pharyngula
It got published on the WSJ opinion page, so you know it's garbage. It turns out he's a real chickenhawk…but…
From: Pharyngula
The recent flare up in the Los Angeles area caused by ICE agents sweeping up people for deportation without warrants…
From: Mano Singham
Here. Read this essay. Much has been made of an alleged “crisis of masculinity” among America’s young men. This sort…
From: Pharyngula
They don't do anything productive, and are just fanning the flames of a destructive hatred. We have a huge cultural,…
From: Pharyngula