[caption id="attachment_3465" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Leaf, designed by Ekaterina Lukasheva, from Floral Origami[/caption] Today's origami design is a relatively simple one,…
From: A Trivial Knot
Our zoo seems to attract albino Bennet Roos.. [caption id="attachment_46172" align="aligncenter" width="800"] ©Giliell, all rights reserved The whole family[/caption] [caption…
From: Affinity
I don't spend much time on youtube. Usually, I decide I am interested in something, then race around and download…
From: Stderr
A reminder: we've got a fundraiser coming up, and one of the things we're doing is collecting winter art. Send…
From: Pharyngula
On my morning walk today, I noticed that it was a bit icy. I'm pretty sure that's the work of…
From: Pharyngula
Pics NSFI (Not Safe For Iris) Some versions of squirrels/rodents/chipmunks. [caption id="attachment_46151" align="aligncenter" width="800"] ©Giliell, all rights reserved[/caption] [caption id="attachment_46153"…
From: Affinity
This seven-part miniseries on Netflix about a female chess prodigy Beth Harmon in the 1960s taking that male world by…
From: Mano Singham
I am a total sucker for "fortress of solitude" type buildings. There is some part of me that wishes I…
From: Stderr
I've written before that agriculture is likely to be our biggest challenge as the planet warms. This is not because…
From: Oceanoxia
As part of the December 5th Winterfest, I'll be talking creativity without the woo along with fellow bloggers from The…
From: Freethinking Ahead
It's always sad to see someone bring disgrace to my profession. There's a physical science professor, Thomas Brennan at Ferris…
From: Pharyngula
What’s the purpose of moral rules? My answer: To prevent people from causing harm to other sentient beings. Of course,…
From: Andreas Avester
Today, I appeared on Steve's Conversation Streams to discuss the election, new atheism, and the rise of the far-right in…
From: Danthropology
My poetry book is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Everything about Megan Rahm screams “Midwest Mom” with one big…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Anyone remember Ed Conrad? I had a few encounters with him years and years ago. Now I found someone worse,…
From: Pharyngula
Details Meet Megan Ginter Rahm, Freethought Blogger as she chats with us about her upcoming poetry book, entitled, "Free to…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
How can normal human beings fall for Kenneth Copeland's schtick? But they do,and this ranting twit makes millions of dollars,…
From: Pharyngula
I once asked a libertarian his thoughts on what we should do with those that are unable to be productive…
From: Jonathan's Musings
I generally ignore twitter. But sometimes, something happens there that just screams, "ignore me some more!" In a bid to…
From: Stderr
I am speechless. …we can look at the nasal bones right here. God designed humans very specifically with this nasal…
From: Pharyngula
Apparently, there's a bit of a row going on over in the UK because Cambridge University is planning to impose…
From: Pharyngula
This is just sad. https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/1330410630222897152 It's not even creative or original or good -- it's just a variant of the…
From: Pharyngula
Yesterday, while USians were curled up at home feeling thankful and/or gluttonous, feminists around the world were celebrating a different day: the UN's…
From: Pervert Justice
In queer culture and media, there is a lot of emphasis on one's "found family" or "chosen family"--families composed of…
From: A Trivial Knot
I was watching the new series on Netflix titled The Queen's Gambit that deals with a female chess prodigy entering…
From: Mano Singham
You probably are, too. People apparently had a different attitude towards nudity and public sexual displays in the medieval era,…
From: Pharyngula
Friday was Transgender Day of Remembrance (a topic I still need to write about). The stories of two important women…
From: Intransitive
Dear strong and beautiful daughter, Your body is yours -- not god’s, not society’s, not your family’s, not the government’s,…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
When discussing the two major parties in the United States, people on the far left tend to make the case…
From: Oceanoxia
Before the election, there was widespread expectations that Trump had lost support among women, especially suburban women, and the elderly.…
From: Mano Singham
As we've mentioned a few times, we're having another casual fundraiser this month, and as part of that, we're doing…
From: Pharyngula
None of this makes any sense. Our university administration keeps flapping their lips about caution and respect for faculty, staff,…
From: Pharyngula
The Village of Bolingbrook rejected the Church of Christopher Hitchens’ display of interactive holograms of atheist leaders to the International…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
I am a total sucker for "fortress of solitude" type buildings. There is some part of me that wishes I…
From: Stderr
My thought process for choosing this game was pretty straightforward: fall is a time of harvest, some sort of game…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
Marcus Ranum has alerted me to the fact that the Utah monolith has disappeared as mysteriously as it appeared. The…
From: Mano Singham
So, this is my next big-ish project, I have decided to make a basic set of kitchen knives - three…
From: Affinity
I was just wandering around, noticing that the world has a limited color palette right now.
From: Pharyngula
Yesterday was a very uneventful Thanksgiving thanks to the pandemic. My daughter is young enough to not really grasp that…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Someone is attempting to play logic games in the comments. Set up to require approval for the 1st comment by…
From: Pervert Justice
Dang it. I sympathize with the sentiment here. But now it's ruined, because to be fair you should stop right…
From: Pharyngula
What a strange clip from Fox News. The garbage is flowing thick and fast here, and I count at least…
From: Pharyngula
Reports have emerged of a wedding held in the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community of New York City where thousands of…
From: Mano Singham
Yesterday was a very uneventful Thanksgiving thanks to the pandemic. My daughter is young enough to not really grasp that…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I feel like a lot of people are having trouble grasping what's going on right now. The United States has…
From: Oceanoxia
Some fans of 2001: A Space Odyssey are clearly having some fun. The @UtahDPS helicopter was assisting the @UtahDWR in…
From: Mano Singham
What’s the purpose of moral rules? My answer: To prevent people from causing harm to other sentient beings. Of course,…
From: Andreas Avester
My poetry book is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Everything about Megan Rahm screams “Midwest Mom” with one big…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I was chatting with a friend of mine about the upcoming Thanksgiving and the December holiday season and I said…
From: Mano Singham
When discussing the two major parties in the United States, people on the far left tend to make the case…
From: Oceanoxia
Tantalizing. I keep seeing news about the discovery of a massive cliff face in a remote part of central Colombia…
From: Pharyngula
I've written before that agriculture is likely to be our biggest challenge as the planet warms. This is not because…
From: Oceanoxia
Reports have emerged of a wedding held in the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community of New York City where thousands of…
From: Mano Singham
This is part of my series where I read physics articles in Scientific American, and publicly ponder what choices in…
From: A Trivial Knot
Lately, on my YouTube channel, I've been plagued with Peterson fanatics suddenly popping up on old videos and leaving weird,…
From: Pharyngula
Australia's national airline Qantas has announced that once the covid-19 vaccines become readily available they will require proof of vaccination…
From: Mano Singham
It really makes you want to read the whole thing, doesn't it? [caption id="attachment_61087" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Dead minks infected with…
From: Pharyngula
Today is the American holiday known as Thanksgiving. It is a nice holiday when family and friends get together that…
From: Mano Singham
I feel like a lot of people are having trouble grasping what's going on right now. The United States has…
From: Oceanoxia
Some fans of 2001: A Space Odyssey are clearly having some fun. The @UtahDPS helicopter was assisting the @UtahDWR in…
From: Mano Singham
In an article The Silenced Majority: Can America still afford democracy? in the December 2020 issue of Harper's Magazine, Rana…
From: Mano Singham
Violence is no stranger to American life. Its gun culture results in violence on almost a routine basis, so much…
From: Mano Singham
I came across a quote that seemed to me to capture a great deal of truth about how race politics…
From: Mano Singham
Or, you know, the opposite of that. The Proud Boys of North Carolina turned out to support a #StopTheSteal rally…
From: Pervert Justice
She gives an account of how Twitter sleuths quickly expose a series of lies and liars. {AD}
From: Mano Singham
Shantilly is a musician and abolitionist with whom I've enjoyed interacting with on twitter. They're a working musician who makes…
From: Oceanoxia
He is a truly vile human being. https://twitter.com/gaywonk/status/1332312615780044800 YouTube will do nothing about this, because Crowder has 5 million subscribers.…
From: Pharyngula
Yesterday, while USians were curled up at home feeling thankful and/or gluttonous, feminists around the world were celebrating a different day: the UN's…
From: Pervert Justice
My husband, being the passionate social justice warrior that he is, shared this zine with me today on racial capitalism…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I feel like a lot of people are having trouble grasping what's going on right now. The United States has…
From: Oceanoxia
I used to watch Hercules with my kids all the time, but then he made God's Not Dead and demonstrated…
From: Pharyngula
In an article The Silenced Majority: Can America still afford democracy? in the December 2020 issue of Harper's Magazine, Rana…
From: Mano Singham
Violence is no stranger to American life. Its gun culture results in violence on almost a routine basis, so much…
From: Mano Singham
I've written before that agriculture is likely to be our biggest challenge as the planet warms. This is not because…
From: Oceanoxia
I came across a quote that seemed to me to capture a great deal of truth about how race politics…
From: Mano Singham
Or, you know, the opposite of that. The Proud Boys of North Carolina turned out to support a #StopTheSteal rally…
From: Pervert Justice
I made a posting the other day, about Rudi Giuliani and what a racist bastard he is. [stderr] And, unfortunately,…
From: Stderr
Reports have emerged of a wedding held in the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community of New York City where thousands of…
From: Mano Singham
This is part of my series where I read physics articles in Scientific American, and publicly ponder what choices in…
From: A Trivial Knot
She gives an account of how Twitter sleuths quickly expose a series of lies and liars. {AD}
From: Mano Singham