The bass player for The Monkees (whose full name was Peter Halsten Thorkelson) died today at the age of 77.…
From: Mano Singham
That Donald Trump lies constantly is not news. But his lies and those of his supporters have long since jumped…
From: Mano Singham
This is a chapter-by-chapter review of problematic romance novel ‘Walking Disaster’ by Jamie McGuire. Posts in the series will all…
From: Geeky Humanist
The Swiss character actor died last week at the age of 77. Many people may not be aware of him.…
From: Mano Singham
Ice Swimmer's here and today he has rocks to show us. Be still my heart..... Chapter 10 - Southwestern Rocks…
From: Affinity
There are a bunch of videos of this on youtube; they started showing up in my feed around the time…
From: Stderr
[caption id="attachment_36682" align="alignnone" width="800"] © Giliell, all rights reserved[/caption] I don't think that anybody has ever accused llamas and alpacas…
From: Affinity
Over the weekend I watched the film Brexit: An Uncivil War starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Dominic Cummings, the brains behind…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_36668" align="alignnone" width="800"] © Giliell, all rights reserved[/caption] We've got a pack of Dholes, Asian wild dogs. While at…
From: Affinity
Yesterday was such a gorgeous day. The sun was shining and it was so wonderful, I decided to share with…
From: Affinity
Someone brought him a Gideon's Bible from a Kentucky hotel that had been horrifically defaced. Someone came prepared. I usually…
From: Pharyngula
Adam Lee says a lot of things about the atheist movement I've said before -- the deplorable leaders, the avid…
From: Pharyngula
Can you handle another tale of men getting sucked into the heady arrogance of YouTube "logic"? “Our relationship started normally:…
From: Pharyngula
This article, The Magical Thinking of Guys Who Love Logic, strikes a chord. You've probably all noticed the reverence the…
From: Pharyngula
"If you tax the rich, they'll just leave!" - I'm sure you've heard that one, before. It's often trotted out…
From: Stderr
Imagine you are walking down a dark alleyway, alone, at night. Suddenly, the menacing music starts and the fog-machine turns…
From: Stderr
Hey, guys, anyone up for a bit more Jesus mythicism debate? Yes... it's time for me to start reviewing R.G.…
From: Geeky Humanist
Don't. I stumbled across this on Quora, a site that seems to specialize in collecting uninformed questions from ignorant people,…
From: Pharyngula
Paula (real name withheld), an 80-year-old Romeoville resident, was surprised when the doorbell rang. As she approached the door, she…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
This is the sort of thing that ought to result in careers and reputations going up in smoke, and maybe…
From: Stderr
Here's an interesting article about the Red Pill cult, focusing mostly on people who have left it. There's a common…
From: Pharyngula
Theres been another development in the story of BethAnn McLaughlin. To recap: she's a neuroscientist at Vanderbilt who also has…
From: Pharyngula
I long ago stopped reading whenever the name Jordan Peterson came up because it usually consisted of the same old…
From: Mano Singham
This is the sort of thing that ought to result in careers and reputations going up in smoke, and maybe…
From: Stderr
I think I like this person, although I don't think we've ever met. BethAnn McLaughlin has no time for James…
From: Pharyngula
In international Test cricket matches, there are microphones embedded in the wickets at each end. The primary purpose is to…
From: Mano Singham
I'm a big fan of Darwin, and think he made an important contribution to the world of science, but I…
From: Pharyngula
I wrote this a couple of months ago so some things are a little out-of-date. The overall message, however, remains…
From: Bi Any Means
Countless moderate liberals have called upon the Democratic party to ditch “identity politics” in the wake of Trump. “We need…
From: Bi Any Means
The same group of people cheering on the destruction of families at the border are also calling for an end…
From: Pharyngula
Watch those billions of dollars stack up behind corporate brands. There have been so many times when I've seen Apple…
From: Pharyngula
You can almost watch my opinion flip in real time. September 25, 2014 at 11:57 am If Benson made a…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
My return from visiting my grandson took much longer than anticipated. After arriving at the airport at 2:30 pm yesterday…
From: Mano Singham
It's not fair. The horrible wretched campus conservative newspaper gets shoved under my office door in multiple copies, and they…
From: Pharyngula
Be as excessively ambitious in every little project as Tim Follin was in composing the music for a cheesy Nintendo…
From: Pharyngula
Despite reports of zombie skunks in Bolingbrook, the Department of Paranormal Affairs denies their existence. [caption id="attachment_722" align="alignright" width="563"]…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Shannon Gabriel, the West Indian fast bowler who was suspended from the next four international games, has issued a statement…
From: Mano Singham
Yesterday, I stood up from my chair and nearly fell over. Then I started to walk, and it was like…
From: Pharyngula
You may recall my post from a couple of weeks ago about people who deliberately use their First Amendment rights…
From: Mano Singham
Winky won rave reviews at the Westminster Dog Show for deciding that she was going to do it her way,…
From: Mano Singham
Maybe after wrecking America, Jesus will finally reward his fervent followers. End-Times believers really don't belong in any positions of…
From: Pharyngula
This is the sort of thing that ought to result in careers and reputations going up in smoke, and maybe…
From: Stderr
I am so glad that I don't watch Fox News, but that other people suffer through it to let me…
From: Pharyngula
There's a new hashtag floating around Twitter, #ExposeChristianSchools, prompted in part I think because Mike Pence's wife just landed a…
From: Pharyngula
When I see people wearing clothes that are identified with specific religious beliefs, I sometimes wonder why they do so.…
From: Mano Singham
Ernest Angley is a well-known televangelist based in Cuyahoga Falls, close to where I live, who rails against homosexuality in…
From: Mano Singham
I've always wondered what Catholic values were, and now I know. Covington Catholic school exemplifies them all: Disrespect. Contempt. Dogma.…
From: Pharyngula
I really enjoyed philosopher Stephen Law's 2011 book Believing Bullshit: How Not to Get Sucked into an Intellectual Black Hole…
From: Mano Singham
It's the damnedest thing. Yiannopoulos gets invited on to Michael Voris's reactionary Catholic show, and he accepted. I guess that…
From: Pharyngula
I'd forgotten who Danny Masterson was, so I had to look him up. He played Steven on That 70's Show,…
From: Pharyngula
If you read the same blogs I do, you're no doubt aware that Nathan Lents, Joshua Swamidass, and Richard Lenski published…
From: Fierce Roller
Eagerly, I pre-ordered Adam Higginbotham's Midnight In Chernobyl [wc] which arrived last Friday. I'll write a review of it in…
From: Stderr
[caption id="attachment_5664" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] John Tyler BonnerPhoto by Denise Applewhite, Princeton University Office of Communications.[/caption] Close on the heels David…
From: Fierce Roller
I just submitted a proposal on Monday for in-house funding for student research this summer and next year, specifically to…
From: Pharyngula
¥50,000 is ¥50,000! Applications for travel fellowships from the Kato Memorial Bioscience Foundation for the Fifth International Volvox Meeting are due tomorrow. These…
From: Fierce Roller
[caption id="attachment_5640" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Figures 13-20 from Nozaki et al. 2019*. Light microscopy of female strain of Volvox zeikusii Nozaki.…
From: Fierce Roller
Warning: it's boring, tedious, hard work. There's nothing flashy about it. First step: define a clear set of tested standards.…
From: Pharyngula
Michael Behe has a problem: he uses polar bears as an example of how "damaging" a gene can have an…
From: Pharyngula
The Green New Deal is the non-binding resolution introduced by representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and senator Ed Markey to highlight the…
From: Mano Singham
The Discovery Institute is SO proud that they've managed to accumulate over 1000 signatures in nearly 20 years from people…
From: Fierce Roller
If you are on a lookout for left leaning U-tubers, Shaun is also a good choice. His specialty is dismantling…
From: Affinity
A small-town newspaper in Linden, Alabama, the Democrat-Reporter, published a little editorial calling for the return of the Ku Klux…
From: Pharyngula
I long ago stopped reading whenever the name Jordan Peterson came up because it usually consisted of the same old…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_53431" align="alignright" width="94"]David Leppert[/caption] I'm browsing, as one does, and reading a bit of labor history, and the name…
From: Pharyngula
I've listened to short clips of Joe Rogan -- I can't stand much more. He's a pompous dudebro who's usually…
From: Pharyngula
One of the arguments that religious people give for their religion is that it provides a basis for morality. Without…
From: Mano Singham
How many of you have ever heard of J. Kenji Lopez Alt? Personally, I’m a pretty big fan. His Food…
My brother took one of those gene tests. Think he got a three-fer deal because they were checking out his…
From: Great American Satan
You should not become bankrupt just because you get sick. That seems to me to be an obvious requirement for…
From: Mano Singham
We are having an epidemic of politicians, corporations, and celebrities from all spheres of activity having information revealed about their…
From: Mano Singham
That Donald Trump lies constantly is not news. But his lies and those of his supporters have long since jumped…
From: Mano Singham
In response to Amazon withdrawing its offer to have its second headquarters in New York City following protests by local…
From: Mano Singham
There's yet another crook in Trump's orbit. His labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, has been found to have broken the law…
From: Pharyngula
The seal of the state of Virginia has an image of the Roman god Virtus wearing a gown that exposes…
From: Mano Singham
I blogged yesterday about the interview that Fox News personality Tucker Carlson had with Dutch historian Rutger Bregman where he…
From: Mano Singham
All I can say is, "Holy shit." I've always known that the Republicans were publicly depraved, but that's nothing compared…
From: Pharyngula
Warning: Unsettling, Death, Gore, Cops killing people Let's start with the facts, as reported [nbc] NEW ORLEANS — Authorities say…
From: Stderr
After the historian made a big splash by calling out all the billionaires at Davos who flew in on private…
From: Pharyngula
The Fox News host invited the Dutch historian on his show to discuss his comments at Davos about the need…
From: Mano Singham
I am constantly on the lookout for signs that attitudes are moving in more positive directions and in the last…
From: Mano Singham