He shows once again how the for-profit motive in health care leads to all manner of abuses. One thing that…
From: Mano Singham
When the "Fight for Fifteen" movement began in the United States in 2012, the argument for increasing the minimum wage…
From: Oceanoxia
Samantha Bee reminds of the complicity of Hollywood in creating anti-Asian prejudice in the way that for so long they…
From: Mano Singham
Dear daughter, By now I’m sure you know, I hate Christmas. I hate Christmas shopping. I hate Christmas carols, and…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
This 1969 film tells the tale of the unlikely friendship that arose between a fresh-faced country boy (Jon Voight) who…
From: Mano Singham
I recently watched two TV series that used the flashback technique extensively in their narrative structure. The use of flashbacks…
From: Mano Singham
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From: Mano Singham
Sometimes, I'm mindlessly cruel. I should think more about the victims.
From: Pharyngula
People have strong feelings about which Muppet is the best. I am one of them. The people at Pop Culture…
From: Mano Singham
A recent Gallup poll shows that the number of people who belong to a church, mosque or synagogue is dropping…
From: Mano Singham
The big lie of nationalism is that borders are necessary. Of course borders are necessary, if you are a nationalist…
From: Stderr
[caption id="attachment_62517" align="alignright" width="113"] Never trust this liar[/caption] Several years ago, Terry Mortenson spoke at a church here in Morris,…
From: Pharyngula
As someone who is a semi-professional in the arts of rhyme and meter, patterns tend to leap out at me,…
From: Impossible Me
I wrote this quickly this morning. I was trying to squeeze in some heavy themes in a small space, and…
From: Jonathan's Musings
We see the future through a glass, darkly. The F-22 and F-35 program's future is becoming clear in the fate…
From: Stderr
The 21st Century United States has been cursed with two of the most appallingly inane "geniuses" so far, people who…
From: Pharyngula
A great loss…Hector Avalos was a professor of philosophy and religious studies at Iowa State University, but also he was…
From: Pharyngula
Dear daughter, By now I’m sure you know, I hate Christmas. I hate Christmas shopping. I hate Christmas carols, and…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
As you can tell from my posting the other day, I am sick of Georgia's desire to both steal elections…
From: Stderr
I think Jesus has earned it -- he's a true eldritch horror. [caption id="attachment_62417" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Unspeakable Vault (of Doom)[/caption]
From: Pharyngula
In my previous post on the now-cancelled Coyne (the catapult is probably on the way to his office even now),…
From: Pharyngula
I've been asked again about why I sometimes use an asterisk after the word "trans" when describing the broader transsexual and…
From: Pervert Justice
BREAKING: A Republican governor has just vetoed an anti-trans law. Let me just repeat that: A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR HAS JUST…
From: Death to Squirrels
In several countries we are seeing a harsh pushback on the rights of trans- and non-binary people. This pushback has…
From: Pro-Science
So, it's Transgender Day of Visibility, a day I often do not particularly emphasize seeing as how my mirrors still work, but…
From: Pervert Justice
Don't do one thing H*rry P*tter related for 24 hours, out of respect for the people whose lives Jowling Kowling…
From: Great American Satan
Part 1: Youtube videos March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility. 2020 and 2021 have been the best and…
From: Intransitive
More and more women are coming forward accusing New York governor of Andrew Cuomo sexual misconduct. Here is the just…
From: Mano Singham
This is partly a happy personal note, partly commentary on how Transgender people are portrayed in the media and pop…
From: Intransitive
The NCAA, the body that governs US athletics at the college level, has long had an unsavory reputation of enabling…
From: Mano Singham
As you may remember, we had some (did I say "some") work done on our garden two years ago, which…
From: Affinity
Had a long drawn out dream last night, revolved around trying to hang out with a group of friends I…
From: Great American Satan
I know readers of this blog have been anxious to know the fallout from the dustup that occurred in the…
From: Mano Singham
As someone who is a semi-professional in the arts of rhyme and meter, patterns tend to leap out at me,…
From: Impossible Me
At about the same time that I have decided to leave my job and try to make a living as…
From: Affinity
Madoff made it his life's work to demonstrate the folly of having insiders within an industry (securities exchange) regulate it.…
From: Stderr
It's pretty much impossible to bend around and take a picture of the back of your own leg. I am…
From: Stderr
Dear daughter, By now I’m sure you know, I hate Christmas. I hate Christmas shopping. I hate Christmas carols, and…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I was talking to a student from the Middle East yesterday -- we are eyeballs deep in academic advising, I'm…
From: Pharyngula
I recently touched on the concept of ecosystem services, and I wanted to expand on that a little today, and…
From: Oceanoxia
Dear daughter, By now I’m sure you know, I hate Christmas. I hate Christmas shopping. I hate Christmas carols, and…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
As you can tell from my posting the other day, I am sick of Georgia's desire to both steal elections…
From: Stderr
Some terminally ill people experience excruciating pain for prolonged periods of time before they die of natural causes. Thus I…
From: Andreas Avester
A recent Gallup poll shows that the number of people who belong to a church, mosque or synagogue is dropping…
From: Mano Singham
An interesting fact about the QAnon phenomenon is that even though the mysterious Q has not been heard of in…
From: Mano Singham
I'm weirded out here. This is a video put out by fanatical, old-school Catholics to tell their followers to obey…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_62274" align="alignright" width="130"] Christ.[/caption] First, I have to say that I can't imagine choosing to sit around listening to…
From: Pharyngula
Woohoo! First post on my new laptop! My daughter starts kindergarten in the fall. I'm very excited for her but…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
You may be justifiably baffled about the title - what do these three things have in common? And, understandably, you…
From: Affinity
The sin which got Sye Ten Bruggencate ostracized has been revealed by his church: Following admissions by Sye ten Bruggencate…
From: Pharyngula
Chef PZ reveals all of his culinary knowledge.
From: Pharyngula
I have written many times before about the Sackler family that made billions of dollars by pushing their company Purdue…
From: Mano Singham
When the "Fight for Fifteen" movement began in the United States in 2012, the argument for increasing the minimum wage…
From: Oceanoxia
The headline that 2.5 billon T. Rex dinosaurs walked the Earth was definitely something that caught my attention. It turns…
From: Mano Singham
This morning, as I was futzing about in the lab, I decided to give my Laowa 25mm f2.8 Ultra Macro…
From: Pharyngula
We see the future through a glass, darkly. The F-22 and F-35 program's future is becoming clear in the fate…
From: Stderr
Today's hour of spider-zen was spent feeding (they were hungry -- they always hunger) and tinkering with the photography lighting.…
From: Pharyngula
True freedom loving Merkins who see wearing masks during a pandemic as a horrendous violation of their rights should patronize…
From: Mano Singham
Yesterday was not a good day. I had way too much on my calendar and worked late, and didn't get…
From: Pharyngula
The US is temporarily halting giving this vaccine, pending further study, because of the potential danger of blood clots. Six…
From: Mano Singham
When the "Fight for Fifteen" movement began in the United States in 2012, the argument for increasing the minimum wage…
From: Oceanoxia
Samantha Bee reminds of the complicity of Hollywood in creating anti-Asian prejudice in the way that for so long they…
From: Mano Singham
Samantha Bee walks us through the ugly history of anti-Asian racism in the US. Part 1: {AD} Part 2: Trump…
From: Mano Singham
The PBS investigative program Frontline has been investigating hate groups in American for the last few years and I linked…
From: Mano Singham
Luke Alvin Oeltjenbruns, a Minnesota man, got very upset when a Menards employee told him he had to wear a…
From: Pharyngula
A woman in Florida (of course!) was asked by a Walgreens store employee to wear a mask but simply walked…
From: Mano Singham
Derek Chauvin is currently on trial for the murder of George Floyd after restraining him with a form of chokehold…
From: Mano Singham
During the Obama years, his administration's responses to the Keystone protest, Occupy Wall Street, and the birth of the BLM…
From: Oceanoxia
Madoff made it his life's work to demonstrate the folly of having insiders within an industry (securities exchange) regulate it.…
From: Stderr
He uses the George Floyd trial and the shooting this week of Daunte Wright to make some very sharp points…
From: Mano Singham
The big lie of nationalism is that borders are necessary. Of course borders are necessary, if you are a nationalist…
From: Stderr
Guess what? Politics isn't over! Lynna is your curator. Type furiously! (Previous thread)
From: Pharyngula
I sign out of Outlook and it takes me to msn.com. I generally avoid news but some imp of the…
From: Great American Satan
I have written many times before about the Sackler family that made billions of dollars by pushing their company Purdue…
From: Mano Singham
When the "Fight for Fifteen" movement began in the United States in 2012, the argument for increasing the minimum wage…
From: Oceanoxia
Samantha Bee reminds of the complicity of Hollywood in creating anti-Asian prejudice in the way that for so long they…
From: Mano Singham
As the trials start to unfold for those who took part in the January 6th insurrection, we see the various…
From: Mano Singham
Samantha Bee walks us through the ugly history of anti-Asian racism in the US. Part 1: {AD} Part 2: Trump…
From: Mano Singham
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar are firing up a new America First caucus. It is something to behold. https://twitter.com/PunchbowlNews/status/1383104582398701568…
From: Pharyngula
The PBS investigative program Frontline has been investigating hate groups in American for the last few years and I linked…
From: Mano Singham