SPOOKTOBER 2024! Spooktober is a 31 day event of coming up with original horror ideas based on prompts my writing…
From: Great American Satan
I reviewed the excellent documentary Will and Harper a couple of days ago about the cross-country journey taken by Will…
From: Mano Singham
Off. Did you hear that, when I finally finished? I just completed a major project on my journey to a…
From: Affinity
SPOOKTOBER 2024! Spooktober is a 31 day event of coming up with original horror ideas based on prompts my writing…
From: Great American Satan
SPOOKTOBER 2024! Spooktober is a 31 day event of coming up with original horror ideas based on prompts my writing…
From: Great American Satan
SPOOKTOBER 2024! Spooktober is a 31 day event of coming up with original horror ideas based on prompts my writing…
From: Great American Satan
SPOOKTOBER 2024! Spooktober is a 31 day event of coming up with original horror ideas based on prompts my writing…
From: Great American Satan
This cartoon brought me up short. (WuMo) My practice has been to take spaghetti out of the box and break…
From: Mano Singham
SPOOKTOBER 2024! Spooktober is a 31 day event of coming up with original horror ideas based on prompts my writing…
From: Great American Satan
A few times before, I've posted origami failures, outtakes and disasters. This time I'll focus on some failed experiments--design ideas…
From: A Trivial Knot
[Previous: Why I lost faith in New Atheism] I haven't thought about Richard Dawkins in a while, but he's still…
From: Daylight Atheism
Wells was one of the worst liars at the Discovery Institute, which is saying a lot. His pals out there…
From: Pharyngula
I've never seen a dead human body before. Many people have; I may be very privileged in this regard. I've…
From: Great American Satan
Ken Ham is relieved that a gay penguin has died. Sphen and Magic, two male penguins in an Australian zoo,…
From: Pharyngula
Ken Ham was motivated to respond to YouTuber because, apparently, her message was inconsistent. Our social media team recently asked…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_74372" align="alignright" width="150"] Fuck all of these guys[/caption] There is no doubt but that the New Atheism was a…
From: Pharyngula
Martyn Iles, the heir to the pile of dishonest shit that is Answers in Genesis, has posted a tirade about…
From: Pharyngula
Who knew we could find unity in the cause of killing children? Right-wing loonies and left-wing moonbats have been working…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_74269" align="alignright" width="150"] Russian deep state operatives[/caption] In the aftermath of the disclosure of Russian disinformation agents sponsoring right-wing…
From: Pharyngula
An engineer named Rob Webb has been inspired by Ken Ham to write a book about space and the Bible.…
From: Pharyngula
I reviewed the excellent documentary Will and Harper a couple of days ago about the cross-country journey taken by Will…
From: Mano Singham
About thirty years ago, Will Ferrell became a cast member on Saturday Night Live where he became friends with Andrew…
From: Mano Singham
After being almost invisible during the entirety of this campaign, suddenly Melania Trump is making news. Excepts from her memoir…
From: Mano Singham
Some of the extremists in the anti-abortion movement in the US seeks as their goal the complete abolition of all…
From: Mano Singham
Women's basketball has gained a lot of popularity in the last few years, though the players in the WNBA do…
From: Mano Singham
The atheist community has always had more men than women. Why? One commonly heard answer goes something like this: more…
From: Daylight Atheism
Ken Ham is relieved that a gay penguin has died. Sphen and Magic, two male penguins in an Australian zoo,…
From: Pharyngula
Readers may be familiar with the idea of stacking queer labels, especially words related to asexual and nonbinary people. For…
From: A Trivial Knot
It looks like GOP trash talking of women is not limited to just weird JD Vance. Listen to what Ohio…
From: Mano Singham
Happy BiVisibility Day! Bisexuality is sexual, romantic or emotional attraction towards same and other genders. It is attraction to men…
From: YEMMYnisting
Also an exaggerated sense of self-regard. I guess this is an ad for a tennis match? I don't know any…
From: Pharyngula
On Saturday mornings, I try to make a big pot of something that will last a few days, because Mary…
From: Pharyngula
Or maybe everyone will shrug and say that this is obviously true. [caption id="attachment_74506" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Lio[/caption] Elon can console…
From: Pharyngula
A new iteration! Previous Thread
From: Pharyngula
I can sometimes see the appeal of conspiracy theories. [caption id="attachment_74497" align="aligncenter" width="500"] SMBCThink about it. He's called Captain Hook,…
From: Pharyngula
Consider this: It is almost my granddaughter's birthday. It's the month of Halloween. If I don't get my shopping done…
From: Pharyngula
For the benefit of those who started coming to this blog in the previous month, I will be posting my…
From: Mano Singham
If you see this face coming, kick him or spit on him or otherwise scorn him. He's terrible. I'm having…
From: Pharyngula
We are returned from the shadow realm! Hail! While the website was down, I had a few queued posts, so…
From: Great American Satan
I have a busy weekend ahead of me, and I got an early start this morning. Up early, graded an…
From: Pharyngula
On Saturday morning there was a knock on my door. This is unusual since the condominium complex that I live…
From: Mano Singham
Ah, it's a good day to be alive and bearing the Mark of the Beast. I can do commerce and…
From: Great American Satan
Almost. There's a line you can cross that will finally get the FBI on your case, but you have to…
From: Pharyngula
still trying to keep this one-post-per-day streak going. what to say next? i'd like to get away from grim topics…
From: Great American Satan
[caption id="attachment_74101" align="alignright" width="144"] This is how they think science works[/caption] But it's unavoidable when one party is explicitly anti-science.…
From: Pharyngula
I'm weird. Statistically, if you're reading this, you are too. As an atheist, a secular humanist and a socialist, I'm…
From: Daylight Atheism
Uh-oh. You knew that somewhere in the next few months the frantic digging for dirt on Harris/Walz would strike gold,…
From: Pharyngula
Louisiana has passed a law that requires the Ten Commandments to be posted in every classroom. Needless to say, that…
From: Mano Singham
Donald Trump denies knowing anything about Project 2025, or the author, Kevin Roberts. "Have no idea who is in charge…
From: Pharyngula
Work has been strange this week. It’s been busy, and I’m a little stressed and emotional. On Monday, my supervisor…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I am struggling with student engagement in all of my classes: poor attendance, poor participation, all those horribly negligent bugaboos…
From: Pharyngula
Jason Allen won a prize for this digital 'painting,' which I am flagrantly ripping off and posting here without paying…
From: Pharyngula
The other day, when I was taking a tour of the UMM EcoStation, I learned that they are currently leasing…
From: Pharyngula
Last night, I bummed a ride with one of our campus groups to Glacial Lakes State Park, for the selfish…
From: Pharyngula
The exception: the sunchokes have rocketed up to 3 meters high, heavy with blossoms. The local pollinators are pigging out…
From: Pharyngula
Remember the audiobook snorings? I chanced to look at the rest of the videos on that channel and a huge…
From: Great American Satan
It's not looking good for Florida today. Helene is currently a category 2 hurricane with wind speeds of 100 mph.…
From: Pharyngula
Martha Wells, the author, gave a speech in which she said something profound. There are a lot of people who…
From: Pharyngula
I found a nice big orange spider last night. Halloween is coming! [caption id="attachment_74422" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Orange Marbled Orbweaver (Araneus…
From: Pharyngula
Today I learned about the Vampire Spider, Evarcha culicivora. I was dubious at first. Spiders don't have the piercing mouthparts…
From: Pharyngula
Offhand, I know about a dozen interracial couples -- some of them are in my family. Republican Senator Mike Braun…
From: Pharyngula
I reviewed the excellent documentary Will and Harper a couple of days ago about the cross-country journey taken by Will…
From: Mano Singham
Rich people and companies have all manner of ways to avoid paying any taxes at all, let alone their fair…
From: Mano Singham
About thirty years ago, Will Ferrell became a cast member on Saturday Night Live where he became friends with Andrew…
From: Mano Singham
I am continuously astonished by how bad Republicans can be. It's not just that I disagree with their policies, but…
From: Pharyngula
Back in my childhood, Crayola made a crayon labeled "flesh". I found them slightly disturbing, because I thought that wasn't…
From: Pharyngula
Some of the extremists in the anti-abortion movement in the US seeks as their goal the complete abolition of all…
From: Mano Singham
Women's basketball has gained a lot of popularity in the last few years, though the players in the WNBA do…
From: Mano Singham
Jared Taylor is a notorious racist and extremist, recognized as a white nationalist by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Only…
From: Pharyngula
Happy BiVisibility Day! Bisexuality is sexual, romantic or emotional attraction towards same and other genders. It is attraction to men…
From: YEMMYnisting
I reviewed the excellent documentary Will and Harper a couple of days ago about the cross-country journey taken by Will…
From: Mano Singham
Rich people and companies have all manner of ways to avoid paying any taxes at all, let alone their fair…
From: Mano Singham
The New York Times has always been a weaselly accommodationist to Trump's nonsense, putting a positive spin on his words…
From: Pharyngula
Brooke Gladstone, the host of the radio program On the Media, had an interview with Israeli journalist Raviv Drucker who…
From: Mano Singham
About thirty years ago, Will Ferrell became a cast member on Saturday Night Live where he became friends with Andrew…
From: Mano Singham
It was quite an eloquent endorsement of them and a repudiation of the GOP ticket. But you would expect that…
From: Mano Singham
It seems like during periods of uncertainty, the main thing that many Americans worry about is running out of toilet…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_74494" align="alignright" width="93"] There they go![/caption] We all know that the one thing that Donald Trump is most sensitive…
From: Pharyngula
After being almost invisible during the entirety of this campaign, suddenly Melania Trump is making news. Excepts from her memoir…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_74480" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Joe is the one on the right.[/caption] Joe Gow was a successful academic, chancellor of the…
From: Pharyngula