This is some artwork that I immediately fell in love with. There's something interesting going on within it; the artist…
From: Stderr
Commentariat member rq sends this picture: Ronja approves of the fur removal device! I have a lovely piece of oak…
From: Stderr
But in my brain, I know it's not. Molluscs are no more closely related to arachnids than they are to…
From: Pharyngula
This should come as no surprise, but it's certainly a disappointment. One of the attributes of a great businessman is…
From: Stderr
My experience doing flooring is limited to edge-to-edge boards. In fact, I've been terrified of doing tile because of the…
From: Stderr
Today's book comes to us from Marcus' collection (stderr) and it's a classic. Published in 1920, the book is a…
From: Affinity
The New York Times has a very good in-depth article about the Notre Dame fire. [nyt] When I saw the…
From: Stderr
[Content Warning: Cat Pictures] I got some photos from Commentariat(tm) member Celeste H, providing empirical proof that at least some…
From: Stderr
This is one picture from the Saturn-V that I forgot to post. It's worth it in its own right, in…
From: Stderr
Daniel Craig is handing over the James Bond baton to Lashana Lynch. In news that will surely come as a…
From: Mano Singham
I found this article on Gateway Pundit. GP doesn't get enough attention simply because it is run by the dumbest…
From: Pharyngula
Not talking about centrism today, not strictly speaking about what's wrong with it or anything. I'm thinking about this situation…
From: Great American Satan
This should come as no surprise, but it's certainly a disappointment. One of the attributes of a great businessman is…
From: Stderr
When I visit my parents, we watch a lot of Food Network. It's just about the only thing we can…
From: Fierce Roller
Maybe the Tennessee police have become homeopaths. If homeopathy worked, this would be a problem. [nbc] It appears that the…
From: Stderr
NASA's done a good job producing a sort of "space disneyland" - probably for the usual reasons: it's necessary to…
From: Stderr
https://youtu.be/Uab5_6SYayA
From: The Atheist Experience
Incredible. DJ Grothe -- you remember Grothe, right? If not, ask Carrie Poppy, or Stephanie Zvan, or Jason Thibeault, or…
From: Pharyngula
I police my social media fairly heavily, since I really don't want to waste time on major bozos. This one…
From: Pharyngula
Coons biases are showing nakedly in this essay in which he says Democrats need to talk about their faith, using…
From: Pharyngula
I like to think of myself as an unequivocal supporter to the LGBTQIA community in their striving to be treated…
From: Mano Singham
Lately people have been talking about the downturn of the Austin Community of Atheists (see video explaining timeline, or transcript).…
From: A Trivial Knot
Not talking about centrism today, not strictly speaking about what's wrong with it or anything. I'm thinking about this situation…
From: Great American Satan
Tracie Harris, Jen Peeples & Clare Wuellner got on YouTube to discuss the right-ward slide of the Atheist Community of…
From: Pharyngula
You knew it was coming, because it always does. A man rapes a child, and rather than focusing on the…
From: Pharyngula
According to Steven Pinker, at least. I guess he's never looked at Reddit or YouTube or any online community that…
From: Pharyngula
Finally. Pinker has a letter posted on another blog in which he strongly repudiates Jeffrey Epstein. I'm glad to see…
From: Pharyngula
You just knew that Jeffrey Epstein had to have had this conversation over and over again. “He hates every story…
From: Pharyngula
It is a sad commentary on the state of the justice system and the presidency in the US today that…
From: Mano Singham
Yet here I am, thinking it might be fun to watch a women's soccer match. I'm not even talking about…
From: Pharyngula
The Illuminati announced their endorsement of Congressional candidates Rachel F. Ventura and Jeanne Ives during their gathering at the Bolingbrook…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
I've emailed the president of ACA, the vice president, and the board, and have received no response. We've discussed the…
From: Pharyngula
I was a little amazed at how few people wanted the Atheist Experience blog to remain on FtB. I counted…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
Since the values of the ACA no longer conform to the values of Freethoughtblogs, and since the ACA administrators are…
From: The Atheist Experience
The last restaurant in that ice cream chain has closed. It was popular on the west coast when I was…
From: Pharyngula
For this month's repost, I'm publishing up an article I wrote in explanation of a programming project in 2018. In…
From: A Trivial Knot
We have arrived in Duluth a few days before a big air show, and the Blue Angels are practicing all…
From: Pharyngula
Mary and I are going to spend a few lazy days near a big lake, and we're also going to…
From: Pharyngula
Essence of Thought has published a timeline of the Rationality Rules affair. If you're missed any of the last five…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
I have just received the proofs of my forthcoming book THE GREAT PARADOX OF SCIENCE: Why its conclusions can be…
From: Mano Singham
Donald Trump's recent Twitter rant against four congresswomen of color where he told them to 'go back where they came…
From: Mano Singham
My attention was caught by this news item from Akela Lacey about how the state of South Carolina is seeking…
From: Mano Singham
A priest in Brazil declared that fat women don't get to go to heaven, so this woman made the best…
From: Pharyngula
This was the ruling from an appeals court that was handed down on Monday. Brevard County in Florida had passed…
From: Mano Singham
Coons biases are showing nakedly in this essay in which he says Democrats need to talk about their faith, using…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_39234" align="alignnone" width="483"] Abbie Farwell Brown. The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts. Illustrated by Fanny Cory. Boston, Houghton…
From: Affinity
Via reader and commenter Golgafrinchan Captain, I watched this amusing video narrated by 'Reverend Carl Sagan' about why biblical revelation…
From: Mano Singham
From Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in 1971. {AD}
From: Mano Singham
In the west, Hinduism and Buddhism are seen as peaceful, contemplative religions that preach peace, tolerance, and harmony, and advocate…
From: Mano Singham
We have two answers to the question: Why are there ten commandments when just one would have sufficed? Bizarro offers…
From: Mano Singham
If you compare this photo to yesterdays, you can see that yesterday the embryos were in the process of molting,…
From: Pharyngula
A gang of billionaires -- Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson -- were asked why they were spending so…
From: Pharyngula
There was some concern about a clutch of embryos that I accidentally removed from the egg sac prematurely. I was…
From: Pharyngula
I'm back! I have to say that, after drinking margaritas with Iris, the next best part was the spider tour,…
From: Pharyngula
I've been making a pest of myself on iNaturalist the past few months, throwing in photographs of spiders with my…
From: Pharyngula
I glossed past something in my last post. Emphasis mine: [9:18] You see, I absolutely understand why we have and…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
I am a terrible poker player, losing every time even when the other players are also novices. (Bridge is my…
From: Mano Singham
Today was a glorious day for a road trip from Morris to Duluth. I told Mary that we should take…
From: Pharyngula
Well, you can't because those painters are all dead. But Mark Frauenfelder says that there is now AI software developed…
From: Mano Singham
Nigeria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan were three countries where anti-vaccination campaigns led by Muslin clerics and fanatics seriously set back the…
From: Mano Singham
I like to think of myself as an unequivocal supporter to the LGBTQIA community in their striving to be treated…
From: Mano Singham
You know the one…the one where a white American thinks you're only allowed to speak English. Xiara Mercado walked into…
From: Pharyngula
Stephen Fry narrates a comparison of the two health care systems and shows clearly why the British National Health Service…
From: Mano Singham
If you are a Republican, you're racist. If you vote Republican, you are a racist. If you live in a…
From: Pharyngula
How do young people become racists? On Reddit (a dubious source, I know), one young man explains how his own…
From: Pharyngula
Donald Trump has been on a racist Twitter tear over the last few days, attacking four progressive congresswomen of color,…
From: Mano Singham
I think his own words definitively answer that question. This is not the first time Trump has gone on a…
From: Pharyngula
What do you think of a man who threw flares at ICE vehicles and buildings? An armed man was fatally…
From: Pharyngula
There's this thing that's been in the news lately. It's actually quite an interesting bit of awful, and exactly the…
From: Pervert Justice
It could be worse. I've noticed that all the centrists shut up for a week after the fascists murder someone…
From: Pharyngula
I am not sure how many readers of this blog check out the website Quora. People post questions on a…
From: Mano Singham
I like to think of myself as an unequivocal supporter to the LGBTQIA community in their striving to be treated…
From: Mano Singham
The Illuminati announced their endorsement of Congressional candidates Rachel F. Ventura and Jeanne Ives during their gathering at the Bolingbrook…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
In this tweet, Bernie Sanders does not mince his words about who the real enemies of the people are. The…
From: Mano Singham
When Donald Trump launched his racist attacks on the four Democratic progressive congresswomen of color, he was undoubtedly encouraged to…
From: Mano Singham
These are my recollections of a life behind the iron curtain. I do not aim to give a perfect and…
From: Affinity
Stephen Fry narrates a comparison of the two health care systems and shows clearly why the British National Health Service…
From: Mano Singham
The state budget for Ohio should have been approved before July 1 but this year there was an impasse and…
From: Mano Singham
Donald Trump's recent Twitter rant against four congresswomen of color where he told them to 'go back where they came…
From: Mano Singham
This is going to end badly, mark my words. In case you aren't familiar with maritime law, piracy is when…
From: Stderr