I've heard "fanny" is a dirtier word in the UK than in the US, but don't care enough to google…
From: Great American Satan
BrookBot, the Village of Bolingbrook’s secret generative AI, is jealous of Brookie, the village’s newest AI. Experts believe this is…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
My love for all things quirky has resulted in a youtube algorithm setting that appears to serve me up the…
From: Stderr
The reviews are in and the general consensus supports my own immediate reaction last night which was that Kamal Harris…
From: Mano Singham
There once was a man from Nantucket. What happened next will warm your heart... I kid, I kid. But I…
From: Great American Satan
There's a bird species I think in New Guinea that, in response to brood parasitism, developed a trick whereby they…
From: Great American Satan
Don't worry, if you are inclined to. To be completely frank, I have been depressed into near immobility by the…
From: Stderr
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From: Mano Singham
Sorry to not deliver on the promise of that headline. It was just another case of sidebar vandalism, on my…
From: Great American Satan
i've been occasionally percolating on a ttrpg of my own design and, being a very appearance-oriented character designer, i've been…
From: Great American Satan
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 guess this is what retired professors are reduced to, flogging their ideas over whatever little venue will accept them…
From: Pharyngula
Remember Robert Morris? Pastor at one of the largest megachurches in the country, Gateway Church, that draws in a 100,000…
From: Pharyngula
[Previous: We will tell you what you want] We need to talk about Catholic integralism. In American politics, it's usually…
From: Daylight Atheism
The Intelligent Design creationists had a discombobulating conversation that they thought was brilliant, but just left me wondering what planet…
From: Pharyngula
Trust Rebecca Watson to dive deep and falsify a funny claim. Bonus: the enshittification of Google & Snopes, and more…
From: Pharyngula
There is a town in Washington state which has built almost 30 dinosaur statues and installed them in parks. It's…
From: Pharyngula
Remember when we used to have creationists pop up in the comments here to spew stupid arguments and everyone would…
From: Pharyngula
My love for all things quirky has resulted in a youtube algorithm setting that appears to serve me up the…
From: Stderr
Remember when some conservative twitter posted this? This is the Age of Sin. Reject the order of creation. Revel in…
From: Great American Satan
All the trigger warnings for sexual assault, rape, and rape culture. There's currently a court case in France that's not…
From: Affinity
We are living at a time when a wider range of human relationships is emerging from the shadows and becoming…
From: Mano Singham
Most focus on the 2024 US election is rightfully on the Presidential election, where the is a stalk choice between…
From: Pro-Science
For creepy Donald Trump, the politics of abortion must have once seemed so simple. I strongly suspect that he does…
From: Mano Singham
Weird JD Vance says that he and creepy Donald Trump do not want a federal abortion ban, no doubt because…
From: Mano Singham
They just keep tumbling out. It doesn't do any good to tell him to shut up because, for a young…
From: Pharyngula
When I first got the gynecomastia, there was a generalized firmness and sensitivity to mild injury that was probably what…
From: Great American Satan
Remember that news story about how a reporter randomly found out his wife had berserk record-breaking ultra Tetris skills? I…
From: Great American Satan
Did you know that some of my links, I get from other link roundups? I don't always give credit to…
From: A Trivial Knot
One of Batman's enemies is a guy named Two-Face. He used to be a good guy but half his body…
From: Great American Satan
For the last few years, I have regularly grown three potato varieties - Marabel, Esme, and Dali. All three performed…
From: Affinity
Don't worry, if you are inclined to. To be completely frank, I have been depressed into near immobility by the…
From: Stderr
After a very bad spring, the pumpkin plants that I have did catch up in a big way. I already…
From: Affinity
Back in the olden days, you know, the 20th century, I had a favorite computer game: Hellcats Over the Pacific.…
From: Pharyngula
Short and sweet and exactly what it says on the tin. I've recently landed a new job and will have…
From: Against the Grain
I got up early today, because I was giving a new lecture today, and while I got most of it…
From: Pharyngula
My granddaughter Iliana starts school today, and she is prepared! Blue hair! It's Madison, Wisconsin, so it's probably lib'rul camouflage.…
From: Pharyngula
I've been doing one post per day for a lil bit now, but I've come to the bottom of the…
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
A coworker quoted the bible to me a few days ago. We were having a very vague conversation about politics…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Do you remember that "faith" poster at my work? I haven't complained and it's still up. I was so…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
You know, I was stung by a yellowjacket the other day, when all I'd done was try to visit their…
From: Pharyngula
I was astonished to read of yet another new dietary fad that seems to have attracted adherents. They call themselves…
From: Mano Singham
Mars is for robots, not people. I've thought that for a long time, and as someone who reads a fair…
From: Pharyngula
We don't have air conditioning, which means we don't have the house buttoned down tight in the summer, which means…
From: Pharyngula
I told you I'd try to get better pictures of that nest in my yard. I learned my lesson. I…
From: Pharyngula
My front yard is a bit of a scary place -- it's been taken over by cranky stinging insects. Here's…
From: Pharyngula
On Thursday, 12 September, at 2:30, I'm joining forces with another class to drag our freshman students outside, before the…
From: Pharyngula
people in another place i hang out online have been chewing on AI again. the terms of the discussion from…
From: Great American Satan
You probably assume you can recognize black widows by the red hourglass on the underside, like this: But the juveniles…
From: Pharyngula
Big agreement with commenter Bekenstein Bound here, windows has gone off the fucking rails into enshittification and they are extremely…
From: Great American Satan
My love for all things quirky has resulted in a youtube algorithm setting that appears to serve me up the…
From: Stderr
During the debate, creepy Donald Trump lied about many things but the only time that I actually slapped my forehead…
From: Mano Singham
The reviews are in and the general consensus supports my own immediate reaction last night which was that Kamal Harris…
From: Mano Singham
We are living at a time when a wider range of human relationships is emerging from the shadows and becoming…
From: Mano Singham
It is no secret that far-right, white supremacist, neo-Nazi groups have been active on the internet, spreading propaganda, recruiting new…
From: Mano Singham
America has a lot of problems. It needs to invest far more in education and health care so that everyone…
From: Mano Singham
Sure liked The Dukes of Hazzard when I was a wee child. Beautiful man voice theme song, talkin about those…
From: Great American Satan
I have a new column today on OnlySky. It's about why progressive change is so difficult to achieve, why grand…
From: Daylight Atheism
A few interesting reads on the internet Pro-Trump defamation attorney Lin Wood must pay former law partners $4.5 million after…
From: Pro-Science
Yes. Obviously. Although, if we want to be pedantic about it, it’s less clear that she’s African American. In the…
From: A Trivial Knot
It slaps. https://twitter.com/TRHLofficial/status/1834290607550042305 I don't really care what the intent of the creator was, it shows what a buffoon this…
From: Pharyngula
During the debate, creepy Donald Trump lied about many things but the only time that I actually slapped my forehead…
From: Mano Singham
Dave Rubin is one of the dumbest online pundits on the planet, and he's also one of those people caught…
From: Pharyngula
I'll admit it: If a wealthy benefactor offered to pay me millions of dollars a year to write this blog,…
From: Daylight Atheism
The reviews are in and the general consensus supports my own immediate reaction last night which was that Kamal Harris…
From: Mano Singham
Taylor Swift has endorsed Kamala Harris/Tim Walz. Lest you think the Republicans will be steamrollered, have no fear: Donald Trump…
From: Pharyngula
I did. I sat through the whole thing, and I did not enjoy it. Harris said nothing radical. No surprising…
From: Pharyngula
There once was a man from Nantucket. What happened next will warm your heart... I kid, I kid. But I…
From: Great American Satan
As I said, these debates are all about optics and not substance and it was clear that Kamala Harris won…
From: Mano Singham
Given that nowadays campaigns can put vast amounts of policy proposals and details on the internet, debates are not the…
From: Mano Singham