For the record: I don't care particularly much about the underlying topic, but I am interested why someone would lie…
From: Stderr
Or is it? This is a midwest horror film. 22 years ago, I moved here from Philadelphia -- which is…
From: Pharyngula
The co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the highly influential instrumental surf-rock guitar group known as The Ventures has just died.…
From: Mano Singham
Bolingbrook’s wereskunks are outraged that a proposed garbage collection contract will allow residents to rent garbage toters. Liz, Bolingbrook Priestess…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Well, it's probably no secret that I love Studio Ghibli animes and their magical worlds and being. And I wanted…
From: Affinity
The room was small, and it smelled of salt water and bleach. As she stood in the doorway, Caroline heard…
From: Oceanoxia
Watching the new superhero show "Naomi" about teenage girl who finds out she's an alien superhero like Superman. OK, I'm…
From: Great American Satan
Over a decade ago ago, I wrote a post titled No more daft women! about one of my pet peeves…
From: Mano Singham
Content Warning: Blood, Despair I found this years ago; I don't know who did the original or where it's from,…
From: Stderr
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From: Oceanoxia
Behold, two idiots talking. https://twitter.com/thebadstats/status/1486103450446303234 There is no such thing as climate. Climate and everything are the same word. That's…
From: Pharyngula
In a surprise only to the disingenuous and rabidly religious, a University of Munich study published (PDF) in the Centre…
From: Intransitive
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From: Oceanoxia
Congratulations to OnlySky for getting out from under the pious thumbs of Patheos, and finally joining the rest of us…
From: Pharyngula
Sensitive people.., may have suffered much pain (they were often of a delicate constitution), but the damage to their inner…
From: Jonathan's Musings
Of course he's peddling more conspiracy theories. These new COVID variants that require booster shots are apparently the product of…
From: Pharyngula
I was suspicious at the first paragraph -- who is out hugging strangers nowadays? -- but the whole second paragraph…
From: Pharyngula
There has been many megabytes of pixels spilled, writing about the US exit from Afghanistan. The tragedy, if there is…
From: Stderr
One of the most influential books in my life has been Robert Paul Wolff's In Defense of Anarchism [stderr] [wc].…
From: Stderr
Good work, design team! After 52 years of fruitful ministry, the Institute for Creation Research is renewing its commitment to…
From: Pharyngula
Tom Cotton? Cottonmouth is more like it, because he's a snake. He wants to force states to place Transgender women…
From: Intransitive
As you may recall, I did a short post this past November about bigotry, which included a video about the…
From: Oceanoxia
Comedian Ricky Gervais seems to have gone off the rails in a big way. After his breakthrough series The Office…
From: Mano Singham
When he went off to college, Joseph Whedon "traded his basic name for a more interesting one" and started calling…
From: Pharyngula
Remember the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, that field station where the boys ran wild and made life miserable for women…
From: Pharyngula
Branko Marcetic writes that while the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell did not blow the lid off the whole sordid Epstein…
From: Mano Singham
Normally I pay zero attention to any awards shows. If an artist or their work was good, they usually get…
From: Intransitive
When you're not grounded by evidence, speculation can take you to some very wild places.The Frontline COVID Critical Care Alliance,…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
One of the reasons why I write science fiction, is that it's a way for me to think about what…
From: Oceanoxia
One of the consequences of having a great deal of math and physics education, is that whenever I learn about…
From: A Trivial Knot
The US Navy could not tolerate having the British get ahead in the "flinging F-35s overboard" TikTok fad that appears…
From: Stderr
I keep telling my students about what I call Fly Time -- the idea that these genetic experiments we're doing…
From: Pharyngula
I said I was going to optimize my classroom management for flexibility, but this is ridiculous. I'm supposed to be…
From: Pharyngula
This little Darwin figurine I keep on my desk always looks like I've disappointed him. Sorry, guy.
From: Pharyngula
Soon, the meetings will resume (I hear that phrase as "soon, the beatings will resume"). I do believe meetings at…
From: Pharyngula
It's often difficult for me to gauge what "the general public" is thinking about stuff like climate change. That said,…
From: Oceanoxia
Bolingbrook’s wereskunks are outraged that a proposed garbage collection contract will allow residents to rent garbage toters. Liz, Bolingbrook Priestess…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
The Minnesota Department of Transportation wants your input. I voted for a few. My criterion was that they at least…
From: Pharyngula
Joseph Zowghi has sent us a pretty picture summing up his winter mood. It sums up my usual winter mood…
From: Affinity
It's -25°C and snowing, but no worries, it's going to stop snowing. Of course, once it stops, it's going to…
From: Pharyngula
My father's first name was Leo (short for Leonard). His three brothers were Reggie (Reginald), Benny (Benedict), and Archie (Archibald)…
From: Mano Singham
The sexual abuse of minors is an extremely ugly thing that rightly arouses great anger among people. This is likely…
From: Mano Singham
Oh boy, Answers in Genesis has published their assessment of the James Webb Space Telescope. They've already decided that it'll…
From: Pharyngula
It's been one revolution around the sun since Trump and part of the Republican Party enacted the coup attempt they'd…
From: Oceanoxia
I keep expecting no more of these stories. Maybe the increasing number of them is a good sign for the…
From: Intransitive
We atheists really can't take credit for it -- years of shaking our fists at the churches and patiently explaining…
From: Pharyngula
The indefatigable South African fighter for human rights died today at the age of 90. His achievements are well known…
From: Mano Singham
I cannot express my feelings about Christmas better than this cartoon. (Calamities of Nature) {AD}
From: Mano Singham
CBSN looks at the growing split within the evangelical movement between those who take extreme ideological stances and those who…
From: Mano Singham
Some people who do not want to get the vaccine but are required to do so because of their work…
From: Mano Singham
The space telescope has reached its destination of the second Lagrange point. The mirrors on the space observatory must still…
From: Mano Singham
It's often difficult for me to gauge what "the general public" is thinking about stuff like climate change. That said,…
From: Oceanoxia
I can see my future now, for at least the next four months. I have committed myself to record all…
From: Pharyngula
(Previous posts in this series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part…
From: Mano Singham
I read that Elon Musk is currently the richest man in the world, which is as complete an indictment of…
From: Pharyngula
It's a problem we've all faced - what do we do when we need to hurl ourselves through the air,…
From: Oceanoxia
Empress Yakei, Alpha Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata a.k.a. Snow Monkey) (image: Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden) (via New York Times…
From: Death to Squirrels
I remain intrigued by the so-called 'Havana Syndrome', the strange affliction reported by some (mostly) US government and embassy officials…
From: Mano Singham
Another genetics class video -- our first fly lab is this week, so they're going to set up the parental…
From: Pharyngula
Content note: I'm not going out of my way to spoil the game, but I'll mention some aspects of one…
From: A Trivial Knot
You had to know this was coming. Republicans in Tennessee were outraged that federal law prohibited discrimination. In December, the…
From: Pharyngula
It is not racist, It is not ableist, yet I still think that it should not be used as an…
From: Affinity
Well, this is awkward. Once again personal biases have throttled me for years. Razib Khan was a colleague on ScienceBlogs.…
From: Pharyngula
As you may recall, I did a short post this past November about bigotry, which included a video about the…
From: Oceanoxia
Good news, everyone! Jordan Peterson has resigned from the University of Toronto. I recently resigned from my position as full…
From: Pharyngula
Apparently the agriculture post is going to take me another day - sorry about that! For any readers outside the…
From: Oceanoxia
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States, a federal holiday. As longtime readers may recall, it…
From: Death to Squirrels
Today, the Republicans who oppose voting rights for black Americans are all piously praising and quoting Martin Luther King Jr.…
From: Pharyngula
Happy Martin Luther King Day! Or, more accurately, Racism-Is-Over-Because-We-Named-It-After-A-Black-Man Day! Here in the Great White North, our big state newspaper…
From: Pharyngula
The sexual abuse of minors is an extremely ugly thing that rightly arouses great anger among people. This is likely…
From: Mano Singham
My father's first name was Leo (short for Leonard). His three brothers were Reggie (Reginald), Benny (Benedict), and Archie (Archibald)…
From: Mano Singham
It's easy, when looking at the scale of what's happening to the climate, and forget that there are other problems…
From: Oceanoxia
I have been observing the goings on over in the UK where prime minister Boris Johnson is under fire for…
From: Mano Singham
The pandemic has been a good thing for the rich. They've consolidated their power. The wealth of the world’s 10…
From: Pharyngula
The next election is going to be a doozy. The Republicans have been pulling out all the stops to claim…
From: Pharyngula
I'm going to rant/ramble and not try to make a neat argument this morning. I need sleep and coffee and…
From: Stderr
I remain intrigued by the so-called 'Havana Syndrome', the strange affliction reported by some (mostly) US government and embassy officials…
From: Mano Singham
On January 22, 1987, thirty five years ago, Pennsylvania republican R Budd Dwyer died. In December 1986, Dwyer was convicted…
From: Intransitive
This is the first time I learned about the Burn Pits problem. During the live recorded meeting, which ran close…
From: Pharyngula
How's the defunding going? It appears that the police unions have figured out that all they have to do, when…
From: Stderr