Seth Meyers wonderfully deconstructs Trump false statements about what his latest Executive Orders will do. The correct answer is 'very…
From: Mano Singham
Ant Log turned out very well indeed. It could have been better, but that's how these things go. In retrospect,…
From: Stderr
I'm impressed that the lightsabers survive. This is a companion piece to the bowl and squeak hammer kendo [stderr] They're…
From: Stderr
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From: Mano Singham
Today I found out that we're all supposed to be into critical theory. If ya ain't into critical theory, get…
From: Great American Satan
As I mentioned on TNET, we're getting pets. More specifically, we're getting degus. We did all our learning and deciding…
From: Affinity
The plight of the Uighur minority in China is something that I was peripherally aware of and kept meaning to…
From: Mano Singham
It appears that Fox News personality and Trump whisperer Sean Hannity, no doubt in an attempt to appear erudite and…
From: Mano Singham
Given that the dudes from Zepp were most likely rapists, and given that even if they weren't, they literally have…
From: Great American Satan
I have written multiple times before how US history is taught in schools in a completely sanitized form that distorts…
From: Mano Singham
Even the Canadian humanists! Here's a conversation between two old cis guys about what to do about the trans folk,…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_1163" align="alignright" width="312"] Did anti-psychic energy create this image of blogger Ed Brayton?[/caption] Bolingbrook atheists claim that an image…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
I got a message today about a corner of the internet with which I was unfamiliar -- I post it…
From: Pharyngula
Last Fall, there was a conference held in London, the Sovereign Nations conference. The 'star' speakers were Peter Boghossian, Helen…
From: Pharyngula
I've been living in Academyville most of my life, which means I've met some of the villainous ogres the right-wingers…
From: Pharyngula
It is the 5th of August, and I have noticed that I've already run out of access to 'free' articles…
From: Pharyngula
It must be nice to be filthy rich, so that you can say any idiotic thing and automatically get lots…
From: Pharyngula
It's entirely online this year, for obvious reasons, but if you're interested, you should mosey on over to the Skepticon…
From: Pharyngula
Tonight, at 9pm Central, I'm going to try and wade through the bullshit Ken Ham threw everywhere in a recent…
From: Pharyngula
The Republicans have a new favorite doctor, Stella Immanuel. She loves hydroxychloroquine and detests face masks, so of course the…
From: Pharyngula
Over the weekend Trump stormed off from a press conference when a female reporter kept pressing him about why he…
From: Mano Singham
Cultural appropriation, the term given (usually censoriously) to anyone who attempts to portray a culture other than their own, has…
From: Mano Singham
Well, gosh, I've seen it all now: Answers in Genesis is eager to defend an evolutionary biologist. I suppose it…
From: Pharyngula
Once upon a time, when I first heard about BethAnn McLaughlin, I posted approvingly about her. She was a founder…
From: Pharyngula
Since I didn't watch the awards presentation at all, I missed George R. R. Martin making a colossal flaming ass…
From: Pharyngula
We live in terrifying times, my friends. There's a lot of bad going on right now, both in the world,…
From: Oceanoxia
The problem of what pronoun to use to describe the third person singular has been around for a long time…
From: Mano Singham
The Republican party, led by the Trump administration, is pushing the United States ever closer to something like a civil…
From: Oceanoxia
You wanna see reductive? She's gonna give you reductive. https://twitter.com/BellaRizinti/status/1286996847962267649 My first thought was, "Why are these aliens murdering us…
From: Pharyngula
In the fight for greater justice and against systemic racism, female athletes in the fields of soccer and basketball have…
From: Mano Singham
One could make the point that there's an interesting and sort of natural experiment going on here: two adjacent countries…
From: Pharyngula
I mentioned before that I've given in and bought myself a small lathe. The first thing I wanted to make,…
From: Affinity
Can you solve this mystery, which, according to NewAtlas.com has been baffling scientists? [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="2010"] New Atlas invites…
From: Pervert Justice
It is no news that white colleagues often feel uncomfortable when Black/Brown colleagues talk about racism. They fidget, try to…
From: YEMMYnisting
Last month, I relaunched the Ace Journal Club. We discussed a psychology paper, and next month we're discussing a gender…
From: A Trivial Knot
I'm going to remind you all that I've really cut back on posting spider photos here on Pharyngula. It makes…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_472" align="alignleft" width="241"] File photo of Judge Kilos Surgon.[/caption] By Reporter X Conservative lawyers who attempted to reopen Bolingbrook’s…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
[caption id="attachment_1163" align="alignright" width="312"] Did anti-psychic energy create this image of blogger Ed Brayton?[/caption] Bolingbrook atheists claim that an image…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
With Covid raging we made the wise decision to stay the fuck at home during our holiday, and with 2.5%…
From: Affinity
I'm a sucker for retro computing, and I like things that let me work "the old way". I'd probably still…
From: Intransitive
The head of the evangelical Liberty University has agreed to take the "indefinite leave of absence" asked for by the…
From: Mano Singham
The plight of the Uighur minority in China is something that I was peripherally aware of and kept meaning to…
From: Mano Singham
I'm working on a long, involved blog post relating to this video and the playlist of which it is a…
From: Oceanoxia
As my readers may be aware, all is not well in the heart of the American Empire. There have been…
From: Oceanoxia
Today I'm mourning someone I never met, and never talked to. I've felt sad about the death of a number…
From: Oceanoxia
The white supremacists have opened a church just down the road from me, about 40 minutes down the road, between…
From: Pharyngula
This article collects statistics about atheists in America and worldwide. In America: Research has shown that most atheists tend to…
From: Mano Singham
Unfortunately, the United States seems to be entering an eviction crisis, caused by the pandemic-triggered mass unemployment, combined with a…
From: Oceanoxia
God Does Not Comprehend Forgiveness. The topic of who god forgives, and for what, and why, is central to christian…
From: Stderr
It's always good to see internal schisms within Christianity, but not so great when the guy with a $100 million+…
From: Pharyngula
To add to the list of 2020's casualties, the radio telescope at Arecibo has been severely damaged -- a cable…
From: Pharyngula
I just finished feeding my spider horde,and I have developed a cruel strategy that gets the job done efficiently. Dump…
From: Pharyngula
Can you solve this mystery, which, according to NewAtlas.com has been baffling scientists? [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="2010"] New Atlas invites…
From: Pervert Justice
The PBS science program Nova has an excellent three-part series that was first broadcast in 2015 on the history of…
From: Mano Singham
My wife's butterfly garden is successful -- I looked outside and the backyard was filled with Painted Ladies and bumblebees.…
From: Pharyngula
Today comes welcome news that the Big Ten conference made up of 14 of the biggest powerhouses in college football…
From: Mano Singham
That's probably too general. I mean, it's true - but let's focus more narrowly: Huawei. I have written before about…
From: Stderr
Hey, check out this kickstarter for a crow-watching app for kids. Just imagine -- your kids can get a little…
From: Pharyngula
The diversity of life on Earth has always been a source of fascination and joy for me. It's common, in…
From: Oceanoxia
Henrietta Lacks was born on August 1, 1920, one hundred years ago. She died on October 4, 1951 of cervical…
From: Intransitive
Cultural appropriation, the term given (usually censoriously) to anyone who attempts to portray a culture other than their own, has…
From: Mano Singham
It is no news that white colleagues often feel uncomfortable when Black/Brown colleagues talk about racism. They fidget, try to…
From: YEMMYnisting
Activists are marching from Milwaukee to Washington D.C. to bring awareness to racial inequity and police brutality. They’re currently in Indiana…
From: I Have Forgiven Jesus
In many ways, I think it shouldn't be surprising that the government and the people backing the current capitalist order…
From: Oceanoxia
Two months ago, I linked to an excellent special episode of Hasan Minhaj's show Patriot Act following the murder of…
From: Mano Singham
Henrietta Lacks was born on August 1, 1920, one hundred years ago. She died on October 4, 1951 of cervical…
From: Intransitive
The cops in Hiram, Georgia have announced a "water gun fight", allegedly to "build public goodwill" and "let cops connect…
From: Intransitive
Remember the case of the teenager who was jailed for not doing her homework? After ProPublica publicized the case leading…
From: Mano Singham
Today I found out that we're all supposed to be into critical theory. If ya ain't into critical theory, get…
From: Great American Satan
Portland has been my focus, because I was on the ground there (I am now away from the city for…
From: Pervert Justice
Kamala Harris sucks. She lost out in the primaries specifically because her cruelty corruption and hypocrisy were on easy display…
From: Great American Satan
Abe Drayton over at Oceanoxia posts about the Trump administration's attempts to tie "Antifa" to international terrorist organizations. There are various…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
I was out spidering this afternoon when Biden announced his vice presidential candidate: Kamala Harris. Not that it matters, but…
From: Pharyngula
Seth Meyers wonderfully deconstructs Trump false statements about what his latest Executive Orders will do. The correct answer is 'very…
From: Mano Singham
Over the weekend Trump stormed off from a press conference when a female reporter kept pressing him about why he…
From: Mano Singham
. . .China's 2020 will be as bad as anyone else's. Some have noted that the flooding isn't just the…
From: Intransitive
This is an actual commercial for a real product that was shown on Fox "News", and I'm actually officially totally…
From: Pharyngula
Cultural appropriation, the term given (usually censoriously) to anyone who attempts to portray a culture other than their own, has…
From: Mano Singham
But then, I'm not laughing at much nowadays. We could have poured resources into prevention. We could’ve spent all summer…
From: Pharyngula
That's probably too general. I mean, it's true - but let's focus more narrowly: Huawei. I have written before about…
From: Stderr