In 2016 there was the explosive leak to the ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigate Journalists) of a massive trove of…
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Today I'm including a bonus photo of the maples at the back of my yard, where the old horse barn…
From: Stderr
I am not an instinctive hugger of people, even when I know the other person well. It is not that…
From: Mano Singham
During our holidays, the city of Mataró celebrated its annual major festival calleD "Les Santes", the saints, remembering two female…
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This is a foreshadowing. I'm not going to torment you by seeing who can guess what it's for. Go ahead…
From: Stderr
There was pea soup fog this morning, which burned off by 10am. If you've ever flown from Baltimore or Washinton…
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This one is in focus. In fact, it looks extra sharp and crispy.
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You get used to a cat being a presence, like any given movement or patch of appropriate color the right…
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This is what happens when you take a picture with your glasses off. So, I looked at it and thought…
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Oh god…I'm watching this video about how the alt-right infiltrates fandoms, and the tactics they use to radicalize members, and…
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Emerson Thomas "Tom" McMullen has opinions about evolution. He is a Historian of Science, Technology, and Medicine, though, and his…
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(Note: I am going to keep this as the top post for a while. New posts will appear below it…
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For all you masochists out there who want all the details, Stephanie Zvan has published a thorough timeline of David…
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[caption id="attachment_56358" align="alignright" width="297"] Not getting up from this one.[/caption] She wields a Broadsword of Brutal Honesty +5. The recent…
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I am pleased to say that my book will be released next month and can now be pre-ordered. You can…
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Spotted on Facebook. Hated it. [caption id="attachment_56343" align="aligncenter" width="500"] I am a very critical thinker, which is why I am…
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Sources tell the Babbler that former American Atheist president David Silverman will run for Bolingbrook mayor in 2021. [caption id="attachment_890"…
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Yesterday, Secular Woman posted an article about these harassing lawsuits by harassers, specifically mentioning the pending litigation by Richard Carrier…
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Atheist Alliance International has hired David Silverman to be their executive director. I can't even. Silverman is the controversial former…
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The organizers of the Taipei Pride Parade have announced this year's route, with two major changes from previous years. First,…
From: Intransitive
It's International Pronouns Day! I got my button. I wonder if the UMM College Republicans got theirs? I notice that,…
From: Pharyngula
As stated, October 16th is International Pronouns Day, a day that encourages and demands respect for all Non-Binary, Transgender and…
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Taipei's Pride Parade is the biggest in Asia with over 100,000 participants in each of the last two years, and…
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For all you masochists out there who want all the details, Stephanie Zvan has published a thorough timeline of David…
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An utterly horrible story: Aja Newman goes to the emergency room for severe shoulder pain. She's given a sedative…then the…
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Their little hate signs have gotten attention from Newsweek. That's all they really wanted, was to be outrageous and stupid…
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Ricky Gervais is an atheist, stand up comedian, and actor. He made a pretty funny film with an interesting premise…
From: Mano Singham
Yesterday there was a town hall style forum with nine Democratic presidential candidates talking about LGBT issues, similar in format…
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Call me cynical, but I'm in full agreement with Christopher Chan: Friday October 11 is supposed to be National…
From: Intransitive
I'll always enjoy seeing Steven Pinker, Sam Harris and the epidemic of annoying white male intellectuals ragged on -- and…
From: Pharyngula
I woke up this morning to a strange sound from my kitchen -- an angry churring, punctuated with little squeaks.…
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By Reporter X An intoxicated alien crashed its UFO while attempting to land at Palatine’s Rob Sherman UFO Base. The…
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Louis Riel was born on October 22, 1844, one hundred and seventy five years ago today. On November 16, 1885,…
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Well, if this isn't the most horrifying story to start my morning ever. After three decades of progressive symptoms, a…
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I just discovered that Eric Gill, creator of the reasonably popular typeface Gill Sans, was one weird dude. Arthur Eric…
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard used a two-finger takedown to push Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar to the ground during an Illuminati gathering.…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Two years ago my father's oldest brother has died. If you were reading TNET at the time, you may remember…
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I have determined that attractiveness is a recessive trait. 'Cause those grandkids sure didn't get their good looks from my…
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I gave up on The Walking Dead. It was slow-paced, repetitive torture porn with a cast of unlikeable characters. Romero's…
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The editors of Scientific American magazine have come out with a strong editorial arguing that the present exceptions for vaccinations…
From: Mano Singham
During the Democratic debate yesterday, I was surprised to see an ad on CNN by the Freedom From Religion Foundation…
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(Note: I am going to keep this as the top post for a while. New posts will appear below it…
From: Mano Singham
I am pleased to say that my book will be released next month and can now be pre-ordered. You can…
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You may recall my earlier post about the strange relationship between Jerry Falwell, Jr,, his wife, and two young men…
From: Mano Singham
From where I'm standing, usually racism. White religions worship "relics", and non-white people worship "fetishes" and "totems". I say we…
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A right wing, anti-Muslim group called Act for America decided to hold a fund-raising cocktail party and dinner at Donald…
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One of the most common arguments that are presented for the existence of the afterlife are the reported near-death experiences,…
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On a regular basis, I hear about films that are released that are targeted at evangelical Christians that feed them…
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The Satanic Temple and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Or Pastafarians for short) are examples of non-religious groups…
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Arachnologists spend a lot of time staring at spider genitals, since they're often key to classifying them. I've mentioned that…
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Right now, I'm cash poor (please keep that in mind if you think you can get rich by suing me)…
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Given the horrendous couple of weeks that Donald Trump has had, his advisors must have been pleased to have the…
From: Mano Singham
I'm not talking about the mountain of grading waiting for me. The bad news: I fear Jenny By-The-Front-Door may have…
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Finally, Floridians are talking about climate change. It's a strange situation where the American state with the most obvious risk…
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The editors of Scientific American magazine have come out with a strong editorial arguing that the present exceptions for vaccinations…
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Whoa. We were stunned when we were told we get to hire a tenure-track ecologist, but now I'm totally gobsmacked…
From: Pharyngula
Much awesomeness. Look at all the octopuses! https://twitter.com/RebeccaRHelm/status/1184542225298055168 It's showing live on NautilusLive right now!
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Here's another wintertime project I've got to work on. I've got all these spiders I collected, and I'm confident that…
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So that's how unicorns fly through space -- by pooping out rainbow-colored slinkies. I've always wondered. The brain-twisting image comes…
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In 2016 there was the explosive leak to the ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigate Journalists) of a massive trove of…
From: Mano Singham
The Canadian elections took place yesterday. Prime minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party, hammered by its leader's political and personal scandals,…
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HBO's new blockbuster series is Watchmen, a sequel to the original comic book, and they're doing something bold and educational:…
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It's been a long time since I last glanced at VDARE, the racist website, and there's a good reason for…
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While Bernie Sanders calls himself a democratic socialist and Elizabeth Warren also is promoting progressive policies, we should be clear…
From: Mano Singham
I understand that the capitalistic system, at least in theory, is based on businesses competing with each other to provide…
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Goddamnit. We needed him more then ever, and now a civil rights hero has died at the much too young…
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Economist Gabriel Zucman has compared what the average tax rates will be depending on your income, based on the various…
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The last time I mentioned Jared Taylor, I said: he’s an unpleasant and pretentious leader of white supremacists…an unctuous, smiling…
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[UPDATE: The US Customs and Border Protection agency has given their version of events, saying that the border crossing was…
From: Mano Singham
In 2016 there was the explosive leak to the ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigate Journalists) of a massive trove of…
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The Canadian elections took place yesterday. Prime minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party, hammered by its leader's political and personal scandals,…
From: Mano Singham
This is how one deals with Nazis appropriately.
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The UK parliament has just rejected Boris Johnson's three-day timetable for debating his Brexit withdrawal deal. MPs have voted to…
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Matt Taibbi writes that Democratic party establishment and its media allies have resorted to Cold War fear mongering rhetoric, epitomized…
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I am not an instinctive hugger of people, even when I know the other person well. It is not that…
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It's hard to keep from just burying my head under the covers and waiting for everything to go away. But…
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First past the post sucks, but we can live with a minority government. Depending on how the undeclared ridings go,…
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Given the horrendous couple of weeks that Donald Trump has had, his advisors must have been pleased to have the…
From: Mano Singham