Some brave soul has waded through the public comments portions of school board meetings dealing with covid-19 preventive measures and…
From: Mano Singham
Two weeks ago Mr and I went to our local woods for the first time this year. Living next to…
From: Affinity
I've had some interesting rush hour road blocks out here. One time there was a bobcat sitting on the hood…
From: Stderr
Hopefully this isn't news to most of my readers, but the United States is the heart of a global pseudo-empire…
From: Oceanoxia
The Stranglers are back with a new album, Dark Matters, a record that took a long time, effort, and hardship…
From: Intransitive
Mold-making can be a pain in the neck. And it's a truism in the model-making community that the better you…
From: Stderr
This cartoon is right about how the wingnuts operate. (This Modern World) I can see how this strategy can boost…
From: Mano Singham
Autumn is sneaking in, which means that it will soon be time to say goodbye to the lush colours of…
From: Affinity
There must be a huge mycelium run under the grass. Back in the day [any FBI that read this: back…
From: Stderr
The League of Assertive Women and sources within Bolingbrook’s Chamber of Commerce confirmed that Mayor Emeritus Roger Claar ordered the…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Or maybe some would just be confused? After all, it comes from that reputable scientific authority, the Daily Mail. https://twitter.com/PhilipLeftwich/status/1441395083966918656…
From: Pharyngula
Hopefully this isn't news to most of my readers, but the United States is the heart of a global pseudo-empire…
From: Oceanoxia
I got out of Facebook, but the stench still follows me. Yesterday, a reader told me about a new Facebook…
From: Pharyngula
I was forced to take an Uber today, and the driver was talking about how wonderful it is not knowing…
From: Jonathan's Musings
A decade ago I briefly tangled with Bob Enyart and his pal Fred Williams. They had a show called Real…
From: Pharyngula
When I was a student at the University of Iowa back in the 1980s, I was a member of a…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Time to explain why Boghossian's resignation is a) not newsworthy, and b) good and appropriate.
From: Pharyngula
Despite our participation in the free market being a positive summed game when we gain wealth, this does not mean…
From: Jonathan's Musings
I guess the Aubrey de Grey affair, in which he was accused of sexual harrasment and lost his job, has…
From: Pharyngula
The last post argues, not from me but from thirty years' worth of epidemiological studies, that where we are positioned…
From: Jonathan's Musings
I went to work today, as per usual. Unfortunately, I'm still forced to dress "male" to work because I wouldn't…
From: Intransitive
September 23rd is Bisexual Visibility Day. This means as a bisexual, I can't rob a bank today cos my society-imposed…
From: YEMMYnisting
But not you. I've long been a fan of Cassandra Peterson, AKA Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, because she's goofy…
From: Pharyngula
There will not be a pride parade in 2021 in Taipei nor in any other city. Highly annoying, though not…
From: Intransitive
As expected, civil lawsuits have been filed against the Texas doctor Dr. Alan Braid who publicly announced that he had…
From: Mano Singham
In an earlier post, I wrote about how the Texas anti-abortion law, by authorizing anyone at all to bring a…
From: Mano Singham
In December 2020, courts in the UK inexplicably and incompetently ruled that hormones were "experimental" and thus should be denied…
From: Intransitive
Texas has passed an extremely restrictive law, effectively eliminating a woman's right to have an abortion by authorizing any person…
From: Mano Singham
Please do tear into Andrew Sullivan. This review of one of his books in The Baffler does a fine job…
From: Pharyngula
A lot of attention has been paid recently to the abortion law passed in Texas that places such great restrictions…
From: Mano Singham
Totally accurate summary of anti-vax research: [caption id="attachment_63999" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Tom the Dancing Bug[/caption]
From: Pharyngula
Mean, with a grain of truth. Unfortunately, it relies on a flexible definition of "fix," and it's not a very…
From: Pharyngula
This is a real and thorny problem. [caption id="attachment_63986" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Bob the Angry Flower[/caption] 3 doesn't work at all,…
From: Pharyngula
I'm going to blame Rebecca Watson's latest video, where she talks about how some smart people must appreciate astrology as…
From: Pharyngula
This series is nearing slowly its end. Had I had time and strength to post more often, it would probably…
From: Affinity
Is this going to happen every week? Why does time hate me so much? Classes, meetings, labs all the damned…
From: Pharyngula
The worst day of the Salem Witch Trials came on September 22, 1692, three hundred and twenty nine years ago…
From: Intransitive
Kristen Lowery, 40 year old mother of four, anti-vaccine fanatic, chose poorly. She's dead of COVID-19, leaving behind a GoFundMe…
From: Pharyngula
That is all.
From: Pharyngula
The League of Assertive Women and sources within Bolingbrook’s Chamber of Commerce confirmed that Mayor Emeritus Roger Claar ordered the…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Hopefully this isn't news to most of my readers, but the United States is the heart of a global pseudo-empire…
From: Oceanoxia
I was forced to take an Uber today, and the driver was talking about how wonderful it is not knowing…
From: Jonathan's Musings
Bob Enyart was an anti-vaxxer, anti-masker, religious fanatic, anti-LGBTQIA bigot and all around reprobate who contributed nothing to the world. …
From: Intransitive
This cartoon shows how at some point, efforts to do so will hit inevitably a rock and collapse.The only difference…
From: Mano Singham
I must admit that hearing that some people believe in the existence of 'lizard people' took me by surprise, even…
From: Mano Singham
In lieu of a post, I will refer you to an article of mine that was just published in Scientific…
From: Mano Singham
We seem to be awash in various culture wars that seem to never end. So it is good to consider…
From: Mano Singham
Come on, people! At least try to do a little bit. (Tom the Dancing Bug)
From: Mano Singham
Answers in Genesis is fond of a peculiar metaphor: portraying secularism and Christianity as two castles in a bitter war.…
From: Pharyngula
The internet is awash with examples of people in the US who believe in the craziest things. Even without seeking…
From: Mano Singham
Thanks to blog readers Donnie B. and Brian, I learned that a Sri Lankan who claimed that he had a…
From: Mano Singham
Awww, so cute.
From: Pharyngula
Accidents involving cars are one of the biggest sources of deaths in the US. The last year has seen a…
From: Mano Singham
Some brave soul has waded through the public comments portions of school board meetings dealing with covid-19 preventive measures and…
From: Mano Singham
In the post about the Carrington Event, I mentioned the Mount Tambora eruption of 1815. It was labelled “Year Without…
From: Intransitive
Sometimes it seems like this pandemic will never end. We have been teased in the past that things were looking…
From: Mano Singham
If you're plotting something and want to recruit a horde of fellow conspiracy theorists to join you, the go-to company…
From: Pharyngula
You may have noticed that I abstain from showing photos of spiders here, because when I do I get so…
From: Pharyngula
My absence caused me to miss an anniversary at the start of September: the Carrington Event of 1859 (CE, for…
From: Intransitive
I was brought up with enough food to eat but wasting was severely frowned upon. You served on your plate…
From: Mano Singham
The "audit" in Arizona has not gone to wingnut plan. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-elections-arizona-phoenix-conspiracy-theories-d38321441bcd6cea58421f6871b4f74e The final report was set to be released Friday,…
From: Impossible Me
There is this law called the Indian Child Welfare Act which, along with providing necessary protections, also helped kill the…
From: Pharyngula
When there is open conflict between Israel and the people of the Occupied Territories, we can see the terror unleashed…
From: Mano Singham
September 23rd is Bisexual Visibility Day. This means as a bisexual, I can't rob a bank today cos my society-imposed…
From: YEMMYnisting
Hopefully this isn't news to most of my readers, but the United States is the heart of a global pseudo-empire…
From: Oceanoxia
September 22 is World Car Free Day, a day and a movement to encourage people to walk, ride bicycles, and…
From: Intransitive
Disturbing photos and video from the U.S.-Mexico border show Haitian refugees being attacked by Border Patrol agents on horses with…
From: Oceanoxia
It was a dark and stormy night in Okinawa, 1962; the seas were beaten into foam by the wind that…
From: Stderr
A lot of attention has been paid recently to the abortion law passed in Texas that places such great restrictions…
From: Mano Singham
Robert Paul Wolff is one of my favorite writers. I came across his work completely by accident: dad was getting…
From: Stderr
The much-ballyhooed 'audit' of the presidential election results in Maricopa county in Arizona that Joe Biden won by a huge…
From: Mano Singham
The US Congress as usual falls over itself in its eagerness to provide aid to Israel, with both parties competing…
From: Mano Singham
The "audit" in Arizona has not gone to wingnut plan. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-elections-arizona-phoenix-conspiracy-theories-d38321441bcd6cea58421f6871b4f74e The final report was set to be released Friday,…
From: Impossible Me
Thanks to blog readers Donnie B. and Brian, I learned that a Sri Lankan who claimed that he had a…
From: Mano Singham
We are about to be treated to another disgusting show of "richest country in history cries 'poor' over politics." What…
From: Stderr
Some brave soul has waded through the public comments portions of school board meetings dealing with covid-19 preventive measures and…
From: Mano Singham
Alaska, Idaho, and Montana have all declared emergencies in their health care systems, and enacted Crisis Care rules for determining…
From: Intransitive
When there is open conflict between Israel and the people of the Occupied Territories, we can see the terror unleashed…
From: Mano Singham
Hopefully this isn't news to most of my readers, but the United States is the heart of a global pseudo-empire…
From: Oceanoxia
I generally avoid talking about specific foreigners in Taiwan because anything I say might come around (e.g. which foreigners deal…
From: Intransitive