[CONTENT NOTE: graphic image of child's arm showing injuries after a squirrel attack.] I read with alarm a terrifying story…
From: Death to Squirrels
A new comedy called The Little Hours and set in 1349 is based on a book I read as a…
From: Pervert Justice
Cartoonist Ruben Bolling captures well the absurdity of the idea that health care should be left to the so-called 'free…
From: Mano Singham
Malevolent Adjective. 1: having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred. 2: productive of harm…
From: Affinity
https://youtu.be/vmi-MtP969M The Trumpholes are so very upset over Moby's latest, claiming it's breeding hate and terrorists because, y'know, it's not…
From: Affinity
Art, as a tool of life and love, is available to all of us. We make use of it as…
From: Odgraphix
I watched the season finale of American Gods, and they did something brave: they portrayed Jesus as just another member…
From: Pharyngula
I've highlighted Steven Wilson before, as well as Porcupine Tree. At this point, it's safe to say Porcupine Tree is…
Yesterday we went out for dinner, then had a private tour of Yerkes Observatory, up in Williams Bay, WI. [caption…
From: Stderr
To those who have parents deserving of your love, and especially their fathers on June 18th, I offer best wishes…
From: Intransitive
Regular readers of this blog will have noticed that I've been silent for a while. I intimated that I needed…
From: Anjuli Pandavar
[caption id="attachment_18919" align="alignnone" width="605"] The Obscene Kiss, an illustration of witches kissing the Devil's anus from Francesco Maria Guazzo's Compendium…
From: Affinity
My guest for today is Rajani Gudlavalleti, racial equity trainer and board member of the Foundation Beyond Belief. Here’s what…
From: Bi Any Means
Hussein Kesvani writes about how internet atheism sucks. As an internet atheist, I have to agree. To understand where online…
From: Pharyngula
The IHEU is launching a fundraising campaign to help humanists at risk around the world. Over the last 5 years,…
From: Pharyngula
Edward Bernays was the foremost proponent of "public relations" (which encompasses marketing, political propaganda, and other means of manipulating society)…
From: Stderr
[caption id="attachment_18874" align="alignnone" width="825"] Pride Leadership AwardNavy Lt. Cmdr. Damita Zweiback presents a Department of Defense Pride Military Leadership Award…
From: Affinity
I've never been a believer, so who am I to say how to convince others to leave their faith? Tonight…
From: Pharyngula
Would you believe that loons on the internet have claimed that the flu epidemic of 1918 was caused by a)…
From: Pharyngula
I had no idea. Every few days to a week, Answers in Genesis puts out a youtube video called "Answers…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_18874" align="alignnone" width="825"] Pride Leadership AwardNavy Lt. Cmdr. Damita Zweiback presents a Department of Defense Pride Military Leadership Award…
From: Affinity
I had a lot of people click on the hyperlink I provided on my last long-form post in support of the…
From: Against the Grain
On March 22nd 2017, Khalid Masood drove a car on to the pavement of Westminster Bridge, killing four people and…
[caption id="attachment_18812" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Elise Peterson, "Grace Meets Matisse." All images courtesy the artists.[/caption] From hawking sports cars to hamburgers,…
From: Affinity
[caption id="attachment_18806" align="alignnone" width="1050"] Amanda Charchian, Celine, 2016.[/caption] The exhibit starts tomorrow! Artists include: Aneta Bartos, Anna Biller, Amanda Charchian,…
From: Affinity
[caption id="attachment_18777" align="alignnone" width="800"] Metropolitan Kornily (putin.blog).[/caption] Metropolitan Kornily, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church, an Orthodox Catholic…
From: Affinity
Siggy has a fantastic post on his blag about the impact of sex-negativity in Christianity on ace folks: In ace…
From: Against the Grain
An eighteen year old boy named T. Nhaveen has been declared dead, five days after a brutal assault and rape…
From: Intransitive
An appalling hashtag "don't racialize our flag" is appearing on facebook. The addition of two colours to the LGBTQIA flag…
From: Intransitive
Last Friday, Silentbob pointed out that TigTog, a radical feminist whose work I've occasionally encountered on teh interwebs, sometimes comments…
From: Against the Grain
Been having very high levels of pain lately, which also seeps out all over my attitude. Having to get up…
From: Affinity
I recently got into an argument over how big a cup is. I'd thought that measurement came in only two…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
Cricket fans in India are notorious for being highly enthusiastic that sometimes crosses over into being bad sports, getting angry…
From: Mano Singham
Back here, I admonished The Intercept for being careless about the handling of classified info. I've since learned it's a…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
Art, as a tool of life and love, is available to all of us. We make use of it as…
From: Odgraphix
For the most part, Taiwan is a safe country to live in. Petty crime isn't a major problem, and while…
From: Intransitive
Pakistan has emerged the winners of the cricket tournament, notching a surprisingly easy win over India in the finals. India…
From: Mano Singham
Contemporary movies and TV shows often have trouble keeping up with the changing tide of technology and the way it…
From: Odgraphix
In my recent article about Jack Ma [stderr] I was horrified by the way the camera and interview format dwelt…
From: Stderr
I have one, and only one requirement for being permitted into my home: I had a bunch of dental done…
From: Against the Grain
[caption id="attachment_18919" align="alignnone" width="605"] The Obscene Kiss, an illustration of witches kissing the Devil's anus from Francesco Maria Guazzo's Compendium…
From: Affinity
A new comedy called The Little Hours and set in 1349 is based on a book I read as a…
From: Pervert Justice
[caption id="attachment_18874" align="alignnone" width="825"] Pride Leadership AwardNavy Lt. Cmdr. Damita Zweiback presents a Department of Defense Pride Military Leadership Award…
From: Affinity
I want to see this horrible woman, Karen Handel, go down in flames. She's a Christian, which she interprets to…
From: Pharyngula
I'm a "mutually assured destruction" kind of gal. Christians had whole centuries in Europe to put their "turn the other…
From: Against the Grain
[caption id="attachment_13" align="alignright" width="162"] Jean Meslier[/caption] In order to avoid all embarrassment, they tell us that it is not necessary…
From: Stderr
From a few of the comments on my post about my visit to Ken Ham's Ark Park, people seem to…
From: Pharyngula
Full report later. My eldest daughter is in a choir and will be traveling to Norway in a few days,…
There is no end to the weirdness of religious practices. It looks like animal sacrifices to the gods, a practice…
From: Mano Singham
The leader of the UK Liberal Democratic Party Tim Farron has become the latest casualty of the election and resigned,…
From: Mano Singham
Another one from Cassini's Grand Finale. And yeah, I'm a day late. NASA's Cassini spacecraft sees bright methane clouds drifting…
Biologists have the option of posting preprints, articles that have not yet been through peer review, to bioRxiv. Modeled on…
From: Fierce Roller
That strange tissue I showed in a previous post is…the chorion of the embryonic zebrafish. It's homologous to a structure…
From: Pharyngula
I know, I'm going to need a lot more maturity and discipline.
From: Pharyngula
I was tinkering in the lab this morning, trying out a new gadget, collecting embryos, and cleaning and fine-tuning my…
From: Pharyngula
This is the first in what will be a short series that I will try to drop over the course…
From: Stderr
I had a lot of people click on the hyperlink I provided on my last long-form post in support of the…
From: Against the Grain
Annalee Newitz writes about the domestication history of house cats. They're odd in that they haven't been bred away from…
From: Pharyngula
I always thought the idea of getting rid of a body by dumping it in an acid bath was impractical…
From: Pharyngula
The process of evolution produces an extraordinary diversity of species, far greater than we experience in our normal lives. As…
From: Mano Singham
Regular readers of this blog will have noticed that I've been silent for a while. I intimated that I needed…
From: Anjuli Pandavar
[caption id="attachment_18938" align="alignnone" width="800"] Image from the scene where an off-duty officer was shot by a fellow cop in St.…
From: Affinity
My guest for today is Rajani Gudlavalleti, racial equity trainer and board member of the Foundation Beyond Belief. Here’s what…
From: Bi Any Means
Also late to this (warning: that link includes the Facebook video of Philando's death; it does not include the more recent…
Another one... I'm late to this one, I know. I'm sorry. Seattle police officers shot and killed a woman at…
A few years ago at a conference about queer video games, I said to an acquaintance, "It seems like there…
From: A Trivial Knot
Jesus fucking christ. Police dashcam video of the Philando Castile murder has been released, and I made the mistake of…
From: Pharyngula
Art, as a tool of life and love, is available to all of us. We make use of it as…
From: Odgraphix
This is a repost of an linkspam I created in 2015. So naturally, all the links come from 2015 or…
From: A Trivial Knot
Y'all know it's Juneteenth, the day we celebrate the end of slavery. Here in Minnesota, we had a little warm-up…
From: Pharyngula
Before the latest reports emerged of of an alleged new NSA contractor leaker Reality Leigh Winner, David Sirota had a…
From: Mano Singham
The much-hyped special elections in Georgia and South Carolina have resulted in wins for Republicans. It is true that both…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_18903" align="alignnone" width="800"] Screen capture.[/caption] Politics tends to be a game for the wealthy, although every now and then,…
From: Affinity
Edward Bernays was the foremost proponent of "public relations" (which encompasses marketing, political propaganda, and other means of manipulating society)…
From: Stderr
Here today with another old post from TigTog, this time about the "valorisation of ignorance"--anti-intellectualism--in Australian politics. The topic is…
From: Against the Grain
Cartoonist Ruben Bolling captures well the absurdity of the idea that health care should be left to the so-called 'free…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_18877" align="alignnone" width="800"] Via Twitter.[/caption] The people of Briarcliff Manor, NY, are rather upset with the Tiny Tyrant, and…
From: Affinity
And I'm tired of feeling like it's all been going wrong.
From: Pharyngula
So Ossoff was defeated by Handel in Georgia's 6th congressional district. Are you getting tired of this? I'm getting tired…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_18859" align="alignnone" width="800"] In this photo taken April 21, 2010, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, speaks about financial reform at…
From: Affinity