Fox News is celebrating 25 years of existence and The Daily Show has created a montage of some of the…
From: Mano Singham
By “logic puzzle”, I don’t just mean puzzles involving logic, but rather a specific genre of puzzles, whose most famous…
From: A Trivial Knot
I’m doing a thing with some people to do 31 horror story concepts within October… SPOOKTOBER DAY #13 —…
From: Great American Satan
I like Jessie Gender. I will heartily recommend her videos in general (though admittedly, I don't much care for the…
From: Impossible Me
I stumbled across this on the internets, forwarded it around to a few of my knife-making buddies, and everyone had…
From: Stderr
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Fantasyland) said that the horse de-worming medicine Ivermectin that the nutjobs are pushing as a covid treatment,…
From: Mano Singham
I’m doing a thing with some people to do 31 horror story concepts within October… SPOOKTOBER DAY #11 —…
From: Great American Satan
Some double standards in art are taken completely for granted. For instance, parents are expected to appreciate shows or concerts…
From: A Trivial Knot
... John Oliver walks us through the nightmare on the internet in the languages of immigrant communities where it seems…
From: Mano Singham
It starts with October being the month of Halloween. The whole month we have increasing promotions of horror-themed films and…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_64204" align="alignright" width="150"] Let's get all Manichaean on their asses![/caption] Caroline Matas attended an Answers in Genesis conference, and…
From: Pharyngula
Are you at all curious about what Kent Hovind is up to, or his latest legal travails? Oh boy, it's…
From: Pharyngula
I thought an outline of the problem of free will would help anyone that is interested in the debate. To…
From: Jonathan's Musings
It's almost time for Freethought Blogs' Podish-Sortacast, Episode 2 live broadcast. It starts at 16:00 CDT today. I won't be…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Yep, I finally did it: I have revealed to the creationists the secret we have held so long: how to…
From: Pharyngula
Fascists in the US government are trying to legislate against teaching truths such as: The US is systemically racist. The…
From: Stderr
In case you didn't realize this already, he's got all the kook symptoms. Kent Hovind is a young earth creationist,…
From: Pharyngula
From: Pharyngula
These hardened criminals and repeat offenders…Kent Hovind has been found guilty, guilty, guilty of domestic violence in the third degree…
From: Pharyngula
I'm going to call the relentless, performative celebration of something called "rationality" Pinkerism now. I've noticed it before: every YouTube…
From: Pharyngula
Fox News is celebrating 25 years of existence and The Daily Show has created a montage of some of the…
From: Mano Singham
Have you heard about the latest round of anti-Trans hate propaganda the rightwing media are trying to disseminate as fast…
From: Intransitive
I like Jessie Gender. I will heartily recommend her videos in general (though admittedly, I don't much care for the…
From: Impossible Me
This is a topic I find simultaneously fascinating and annoying. There is some evidence that conservatives and progressives- as defined…
From: Oceanoxia
A truly horrific case has rightfully caught the attention of the media in the UK, the murder of Sarah Everard.…
From: Pharyngula
Content warning: rape, murder, sexual assaults, police brutality A couple of days ago, an police officer from London's Metropolitan Police…
From: Pro-Science
I was bullied for my weight growing up, though looking at pictures from back then I wasn't particularly fat -…
From: Oceanoxia
As the title says, September 28th is International Safe Abortion Day. I wish I heard about events like these more…
From: Intransitive
In 2017, Taiwan's supreme court ruled that there was no argument against marriage equality, a decision which forced the government…
From: Intransitive
Yes, another post about music, but this goes in a different direction. I love music and musicianship. Some people bristle…
From: Intransitive
They’re putting guns on robot dogs And teaching them to dance They kick their heels and bounce around Like playful…
From: The Digital Cuttlefish
I got shot up with Pfizer a few months ago, yesterday I got a buttload of pain-numbing happy juice, and…
From: Pharyngula
We just have to spread the word about what Facebook is really about. Tech reporter Kevin Roose argues that what…
From: Pharyngula
It starts with October being the month of Halloween. The whole month we have increasing promotions of horror-themed films and…
From: Mano Singham
It's easy. A few lessons: https://twitter.com/WUTangKids/status/1446891200552767490 https://twitter.com/FilmThePoliceLA/status/1445566038855217158 Follow their examples.
From: Pharyngula
Worst day ever, except for Thursday, which is worser. It's just labs and classes and meetings all day long until…
From: Pharyngula
Has it really been five years since I first posted (2016/10/12)? Yes. But if you take away the long…
From: Intransitive
I should have known -- I remember when "Clapton is God" was a common phrase among the guitarists I knew.…
From: Pharyngula
Why does everything it touches turn to crap? Hear me out. I have a theory, which is mine, which is…
From: Pharyngula
In case you missed it, I published a couple articles on The Asexual Agenda this month: The search for an…
From: A Trivial Knot
The other day, Fox News was hyperfocused on the War on Christmas. https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1448710602046820352 https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1448712133760389127 I guess I need to gird…
From: Pharyngula
There were some comments in response to my post on writing sermons during the time I was a lay preacher…
From: Mano Singham
A Moonie splinter cult is now buying up property and using AR-15s as church accoutrements. These are not good neighbors.…
From: Pharyngula
If someone said to you, We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children, and…
From: Pharyngula
As long time readers know, I used to be a lay preacher in the Methodist Church in Sri Lanka. What…
From: Mano Singham
This is a topic I find simultaneously fascinating and annoying. There is some evidence that conservatives and progressives- as defined…
From: Oceanoxia
This video (transcript) makes a lot of sense, pointing out that how atheists are made is a combination of historical/cultural/emotional…
From: Pharyngula
The Catholic Church seems to be experiencing a few rifts of their own. The current pope has apparently been sending…
From: Pharyngula
In the US and Canada, we've had a tremendous number of cases of sexual abuse by Catholic priests -- over…
From: Pharyngula
I recently re-watched the TV series The Good Life which I have praised highly in the past but did not…
From: Mano Singham
They’re putting guns on robot dogs And teaching them to dance They kick their heels and bounce around Like playful…
From: The Digital Cuttlefish
My wife was just sitting there, quietly reading, when she noticed this little friend descending from the ceiling to sit…
From: Pharyngula
Here's a bobtail squid coming at you, its business end straight on, its tentacles splayed open and elegantly curled. What…
From: Pharyngula
Mario Savio: There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at…
From: Stderr
Now that the US has pulled out of Afghanistan, one already sees a drastic decline in media coverage of that…
From: Mano Singham
There is an old proverb that says that an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. While…
From: Mano Singham
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Fantasyland) said that the horse de-worming medicine Ivermectin that the nutjobs are pushing as a covid treatment,…
From: Mano Singham
I am contemptuous of the stupidity of anti-vaxxers; anyone who studies the merest whiff of epidemiology and virology is going…
From: Stderr
People are always going on and on about the itsie-bitsie cutesy-wootsy toe beans that cats have. I don't get it…
From: Pharyngula
... John Oliver walks us through the nightmare on the internet in the languages of immigrant communities where it seems…
From: Mano Singham
Mario Savio: There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at…
From: Stderr
I'll lead with the happy news: I survived another grueling Thursday coupled to my continuing Achilles tendon agony. But I…
From: Pharyngula
I like Jessie Gender. I will heartily recommend her videos in general (though admittedly, I don't much care for the…
From: Impossible Me
I am contemptuous of the stupidity of anti-vaxxers; anyone who studies the merest whiff of epidemiology and virology is going…
From: Stderr
I regret not hearing until now that October 11 was Indigenous People's Day in the US. I read that Biden…
From: Intransitive
This is a topic I find simultaneously fascinating and annoying. There is some evidence that conservatives and progressives- as defined…
From: Oceanoxia
The game of tax avoidance is one of the corrupt scandals of the US' ridiculous regime. There are armies of…
From: Stderr
In reading this article about how one county treats children, one cannot help but think that if you wanted to…
From: Mano Singham
In early 2020, a so-called "study" made the rounds claiming, that "smokers are protected from COVID-19!" It may have been…
From: Intransitive
I've recently run into a number of people who aren't aware of the fact that the prosperity of rich countries…
From: Oceanoxia
Fox News is celebrating 25 years of existence and The Daily Show has created a montage of some of the…
From: Mano Singham
Pat yourself on the back, creationists. You've succeeded beyond your wildest dreams. I'd give special appreciation to the Discovery Institute,…
From: Pharyngula
Mario Savio: There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at…
From: Stderr
Now that the US has pulled out of Afghanistan, one already sees a drastic decline in media coverage of that…
From: Mano Singham
I like Jessie Gender. I will heartily recommend her videos in general (though admittedly, I don't much care for the…
From: Impossible Me
After all, can you imagine a Republican stating these obvious truths? https://twitter.com/flywithkamala/status/1448075124570218497 This does not mean I agree with everything…
From: Pharyngula
Whenever fanatics use religion as an excuse to deny science, it's always selective and hypocritical cherry picking. They ignore the…
From: Intransitive
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Fantasyland) said that the horse de-worming medicine Ivermectin that the nutjobs are pushing as a covid treatment,…
From: Mano Singham
I am contemptuous of the stupidity of anti-vaxxers; anyone who studies the merest whiff of epidemiology and virology is going…
From: Stderr
It seems to me that the way to remove all the glamor and heroism of space travel is to hand…
From: Pharyngula