On my writing desk today, a coral and yellow rose in a bud vase, my attempt to bring a bit…
From: Freethinking Ahead
This BBC series is set in the Shetland Islands off the northeast coat of Scotland. It tells the story of…
From: Mano Singham
I'm in the process of re-assessing everything I think about AIs.[stderr] One topic I have always been fascinated by is:…
From: Stderr
As I said, I was not that excited about the total solar eclipse that passed over sections of the US…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_21084" align="alignnone" width="720"] John Margolies, “Hoot Owl Cafe, horizontal view, 8711 Long Beach Boulevard, Southgate” (1977), taken in Los…
From: Affinity
I was thinking on the way players in some of my games have fallen into tropes during character creation that…
From: Great American Satan
A few links of interest from around the web: A recent episode of The 1A asks "what’s inspiring the next…
From: Freethinking Ahead
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From: Mano Singham
This one comes courtesy of sonofrojblake, in a comment on last week's GGS post. Like last week's, it's another instrumental…
Now that the attempts to repeal Obamacare failed in the US Senate, a peevish Donald Trump vows to sabotage it…
From: Mano Singham
Eric Hovind has been working on (and raising money for) a movie called Genesis: Part 1: Paradise Lost: 3D or…
From: Pharyngula
Richard Dawkins used his recently much calmer Twitter account to snipe at something he doesn't seem to understand. https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/899708854338019329 All…
From: Pharyngula
Okay, I love The Wicker Man, one of my fave films. The original, of course. I own the collector's limited…
From: Affinity
I'm registered for Skepticon 10. Are you? If not, go here. 10-12 November in glorious Springfield, Missouri.
From: Pharyngula
Wallnau, again. Lance is the gift of never-ending eyerolls. Now it's Jehovah playing with the stock market, just to fuck…
From: Affinity
For this month's repost, I selected an article I wrote in 2008. Considering how old this is, I don't necessarily…
From: A Trivial Knot
This hit my inbox a few days ago. It's some kind of masterpiece. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Anti-Terrorist And…
From: Stderr
An organization called Mythicist Milwaukee is putting on a one day skeptic/atheist conference called Mythcon, a "mythinformation conference". I think…
From: Pharyngula
I fell in love with a new word: Squink. It's onomatopoeically delicious! I had expressed a desire to use this…
From: Affinity
My guest for today is Armin Navabi, ex-Muslim and founder of Atheist Republic. He’s also the author of the book…
From: Bi Any Means
I remember the last time I went camping. It was one of those days where the angry fusion hateball fired…
From: Against the Grain
But then, everything sounds lovelier in French. I'm told the refrain translates as “angel dust got into you, you’d make…
From: Pharyngula
It takes a while to assemble a comprehensive rebuttal to pseudoscientific claims -- everyone who has dealt seriously with creationists…
From: Pharyngula
Holly Wood champions her coining of the term "shit-toweling" to describe the facile arguments mass-flung at anyone who dares to…
From: Against the Grain
A gay man in Oklahoma is suing the Sheriff, Under Sheriff, Mayor, and six other officials of Hitchcock, OK. There…
From: Stderr
[caption id="attachment_20957" align="alignnone" width="1050"] Flyer courtesy Girl Mobb.[/caption] When it comes to street art, saying there's a gender disparity is…
From: Affinity
Nothing to see here, folks: 1963 The Great Breen Boondoggle: Walter Breen excluded from Worldcon as he was judged (correctly)…
From: Against the Grain
As I have said before (a number of times) in this series, a principle component of fascist policing is an…
From: Pervert Justice
My inestimable colleague Crip Dyke reminded me that I've never justified the vocabulary I use in my writings on trans…
From: Against the Grain
Cheesy singing, dirty dancing and that moment revellers jumped into the Trafalgar square fountain; it is fair to say I…
From: YEMMYnisting
OK, I can do this. Deep breaths. The semester has launched, now if I can just keep my head above…
From: Pharyngula
Forgot to mention last week that my first article for Ravishly went online. It's called "I'm Done Trying to 'Prove'…
From: Bi Any Means
This isn't really much of a threat, but speaking of spam [stderr] I got this phone call the other day…
From: Stderr
Some readers may be aware of the infamous Leopold and Loeb murder case where two young undergraduates at the University…
From: Mano Singham
During the eclipse, the Donald was yelled at to not look directly into the sun, and what does he do?…
From: Pharyngula
I met with my first group of new student advisees this morning. I think we'll keep them. Also, totally irrelevant:…
From: Pharyngula
There doesn't seem to be any question that Andrew Escobedo, a professor of English at Ohio University, sexually assaulted several…
From: Pharyngula
Sources say Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar is unharmed after repeatedly holding his breath in defiance of opposition Trustee Robert Jaskiewicz.…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
We're having an eclipse tomorrow. A white moose has been spotted in Sweden. And the corpse flowers are blooming. I…
From: Pharyngula
I am incredibly lucky, and so very privileged to know so many wonderful people. Voyager has been helping to clean…
From: Affinity
The chain of referrers on this is longer than the paragraph I wanted to share: via Salty Current and Josh…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
Okay, I love The Wicker Man, one of my fave films. The original, of course. I own the collector's limited…
From: Affinity
The Vice News video of the events that unfolded in Charlottesville by reporters embedded among the marchers has had over…
From: Mano Singham
I fell in love with a new word: Squink. It's onomatopoeically delicious! I had expressed a desire to use this…
From: Affinity
There is an interesting development in Australia where there is a raging scandal involving pedophilia in the Catholic church. A…
From: Mano Singham
Self-styled "prophet" Mark Taylor is at it again, this time loaded with all kinds of war vernacular, made to appeal…
From: Affinity
[caption id="attachment_20884" align="alignnone" width="749"] Screengrab.[/caption] The Jefferson Gathering, a group of fanatical, conservative christians who have a lock on a…
From: Affinity
No man on earth is truly interested in sustaining error; sooner or later it is compelled to surrender to truth.…
From: Stderr
"Cursing" is a left-over of the jewish restrictions on saying "Yahweh" [caption id="attachment_611" align="alignright" width="195"] Is this the right room…
From: Stderr
Robert Jeffress is an evangelical pastor who has been a steadfast supporter of Donald Trump and even said during the…
From: Mano Singham
It seems like the ideal way to be a parasite is to allow your host animals to proliferate and be…
From: Great American Satan
As concerns about the adverse effects of burning fossil fuels on our climate became more widespread, the coal industry launched…
From: Mano Singham
Taking a detour from Cassini's Grand Finale to celebrate the solar eclipse we had in the US just this past…
Mano Singham and PZ Myers aren't that interested in eclipses. I'm sort of the opposite, as a group of us…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
As I said, I was not that excited about the total solar eclipse that passed over sections of the US…
From: Mano Singham
They aren't colorful enough, either. [caption id="attachment_35624" align="aligncenter" width="500"] NatGeo[/caption]
From: Pharyngula
As I have said before, I am not that excited about the solar eclipse that will occur over parts of…
From: Mano Singham
The folks over at the Philly Voice were kind enough to host dueling comments between Flat Earth believers and people…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
If you've ever wondered what squid ink is made of, here's your answer: Generally, cephalopod ink includes melanin, enzymes related…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_20941" align="alignnone" width="1136"] Screencapture.[/caption] There's been some very interesting research happening in Chicago, and it turns out that trees…
From: Affinity
[caption id="attachment_21123" align="alignnone" width="1280"] In this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 file photo, white nationalist demonstrators walk into the entrance of…
From: Affinity
By Wendy Onofrey Webmaster for the Bolingbrook Babbler Believe it or not, I do get Saturdays off, and this Saturday…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
[caption id="attachment_12786" align="alignnone" width="800"] Tucker Viemeister.[/caption] It's a forlorn hope, that republicans might stumble over a conscience, discover their humanity…
From: Affinity
One of the key features of Buddhism is its emphasis on the impermanence of all things and the consequent undesirability…
From: Mano Singham
Dawn Paley and I agree that the naive idealism with which Canada is perceived really ought to be shattered at…
From: Against the Grain
Morgan's back from her vacation, and so is the show! Today we talk about Charlottesville and all that happened there.…
From: Bi Any Means
Round 1 ED: You see a well groomed garden. In the middle, on a small hill, you see a gazebo. ERIC:…
From: Oceanoxia
Wallnau, again. Lance is the gift of never-ending eyerolls. Now it's Jehovah playing with the stock market, just to fuck…
From: Affinity
Holly Wood champions her coining of the term "shit-toweling" to describe the facile arguments mass-flung at anyone who dares to…
From: Against the Grain
David Futrelle has been listing tweets he finds interesting, amusing or, in a few cases, actually important. I won't repeat…
From: Pervert Justice
One of things that, if the issues were not so serious, would be comical about the recent spate of actions…
From: Mano Singham
It's time to march on DC and just throw the rascals out. Charles Pierce is having no more of these…
From: Pharyngula
When I look at Donald Trump is see someone who is analogous to a dangerous animal that has got used…
From: Mano Singham
When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, And the women come out to cut up what remains, Jest roll…
From: Stderr
Without even getting into the antic, hateful content of his demented speech, why is he even having this rally? He…
From: Pharyngula
By Wendy Onofrey Webmaster for the Bolingbrook Babbler Believe it or not, I do get Saturdays off, and this Saturday…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
I have always struggled to properly articulate my position on freedom of speech, as a legal concept created by the…
From: Against the Grain
Texas, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, is second only to Virginia in its number of Confederate symbols, and…
From: Freethinking Ahead
Donald Trump is clearly going to make things worse in Afghanistan now that he has pledged an open-ended war there…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_12786" align="alignnone" width="800"] Tucker Viemeister.[/caption] It's a forlorn hope, that republicans might stumble over a conscience, discover their humanity…
From: Affinity