He investigates One America News Network (OANN) that is so slavishly pro-Trump that it makes even Fox News look like…
From: Mano Singham
Turbulence, that's what we've got. Things pressing against other things in irregular ways, and energy goes squirting around in complex,…
From: Stderr
One of the reasons we remember certain songs so fondly is because they kindle old memories, if not of specific…
From: Mano Singham
I watched this 2017 production by the New York City Metropolitan Opera company two nights ago and really enjoyed it.…
From: Mano Singham
Co-host of On The Media Bob Garfield has a sardonic sense of humor and on the show this week he…
From: Mano Singham
Samantha Bee points out that while this pandemic is adversely affecting pretty much everyone, women are getting hit harder. {AD}
From: Mano Singham
Andrew Lloyd Webber will be streaming, free-of charge, one of his musicals for 48 hours every weekend, starting each Friday…
From: Mano Singham
Back when I was a kid, the local stations would have the creature features with the horror host on Friday…
From: Pharyngula
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
My blog has hit a bit of a slump--the coronavirus has taken the wind out of everything that isn't itself.…
From: A Trivial Knot
That's right, it's 7 April, which is Paul Nelson Day! I figure I'l have an appropriately wild and festive celebration…
From: Pharyngula
I was amazed by how quickly Congress was able to jack open the nation's checkbook and write a ginormous rubber…
From: Stderr
Someday I want to do a series of posts, attempting to unpack how free market capitalist ideology evolved. There are…
From: Stderr
Uh-oh. Michael Egnor is writing about me over on the Discovery Institute site. He's commenting on that summary of the…
From: Pharyngula
(I know, I know; right now, this seems like a strange and possibly inappropriate thing to be paying much attention…
From: Geeky Humanist
I saw Cody at Some More News talking about the rich people who are dealing with the pandemic in rich…
From: Pharyngula
April 1, 2018 was a nice day. After years of xians saying, "April first is athiest day!" (their misspelling, not…
From: Intransitive
The google word significance score is always a fun tool to play with. I'm glad it's not part of my…
From: Stderr
Andreas Avester is having to deal with someone stealing his art and using it as a commercial logo. [http://blamscoon.e-monsite.com/] What's…
From: Stderr
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - a complicated and irritating man, but one of the enlightenment philosophers who helped justify the state's authority.…
From: Stderr
Yesterday was International Down With Cis Day, a good time for reflection on one's relationship with the kyriarchy. A while…
From: Great American Satan
Samantha Bee points out that while this pandemic is adversely affecting pretty much everyone, women are getting hit harder. {AD}
From: Mano Singham
One of the first things I learned about domestic violence is that the abuser often follows a pattern of controlling…
From: Oceanoxia
As announced over on Pharyngula, our very own Spider Professor ran a stream today reading and reacting to the comments…
From: Impossible Me
I have a hate-hate relationship with all professional sports*, especially with zero-sum competitions. Apparently even that IMO shitty environment can…
From: Affinity
Since I didn't have time to write something myself, here's a round-up of posts on the subject from FTB-ers: In…
From: Geeky Humanist
On this day, I think the primary way I can help is to use my platform, such as it is,…
From: Oceanoxia
It's difficult to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility today, on a day when fascists in Idaho pass laws legalizing…
From: Intransitive
It's a follow-up to my post on that awful Idaho bill.
From: Pharyngula
Content Warnings: Suicide mention, Less than positive trans stuff. Trans Day of Visibility, right? A lot of trans people don't…
From: Great American Satan
By Reporter X Klizgot, a reporter from Glot, an interstellar news agency, walks along the empty streets of The Promenade…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
The first rule of any successful business must surely be Don't Annoy Your Customers. It's amazing how many feel they…
From: Intransitive
And I'll bet smokers are terrified at the thought. But the only people who should be afraid are those in…
From: Intransitive
So I linked to one important source I used in my non-professional but (hopefully) mathematically literate guesswork about how COVID-19…
From: Pervert Justice
I find it hard to believe any institution is shelling out money for these authoritarian proctoring services. When University of…
From: Pharyngula
I was amazed by how quickly Congress was able to jack open the nation's checkbook and write a ginormous rubber…
From: Stderr
SARS-CoV2 infections were originally doubling once every 2.5 days, according to the CDC and the WHO. Over the last 4…
From: Pervert Justice
Because I have so many links about art saved (>200), I'm trying to group them by themes. Today's theme is…
From: Affinity
The current state of lockdown is necessary, but it's isolating. There are good parts to that, but there also bad…
From: Oceanoxia
Times are tough, unemployment is high, and a lot of people who were already living paycheck to paycheck are worried…
From: Oceanoxia
The New York Times has published a map based on cell phone tracking data that shows how different regions compare…
From: Mano Singham
I just glanced at the front page of deadstate.org, and then I had to close the window before the rage…
From: Pharyngula
The presence and influence of religious nutcases at the highest levels of government is reaching alarming levels. Lee Fang writes…
From: Mano Singham
A Florida evangelical church leader who still held services in his church despite being told not to has been arrested.…
From: Mano Singham
Richard Wolff's take on current event is worth considering, particularly now as corporate forces are working to sacrifice hundreds of…
From: Oceanoxia
Times are tough, unemployment is high, and a lot of people who were already living paycheck to paycheck are worried…
From: Oceanoxia
Can I please go back to my state of innocence? Drollinger is a minister of some sort who gets together…
From: Pharyngula
Something to add to your quarantine reading list: To provide access to people’s history materials for students while school buildings…
From: Oceanoxia
https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1242555802264768519 This is one way that concentration camps can become death camps. People crowded together without adequate sanitation, health care,…
From: Oceanoxia
I thought that for this Saturday I'd share some pictures of my cat engaging in his third favorite activity. Then…
From: Oceanoxia
Whoa. This is a siphonophore colony, 15 meters in diameter, just floating in the ocean with tentacles dangling down to…
From: Pharyngula
After self-isolating for seven days because he had the coronavirus, UK prime minister Boris Johnson has now been placed in…
From: Mano Singham
Rebecca Watson, founder of Skepchick and former Skeptics Guide to the Universe co-cost, posted a video countering the claim that…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
By Reporter X Klizgot, a reporter from Glot, an interstellar news agency, walks along the empty streets of The Promenade…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
I've been doing class stuff all morning. I haven't left the house in several day. I haven't fed the spiders…
From: Pharyngula
We have been warned by the US Surgeon General that this might be the worst week of the pandemic in…
From: Mano Singham
So I linked to one important source I used in my non-professional but (hopefully) mathematically literate guesswork about how COVID-19…
From: Pervert Justice
While humanity argues over how to respond to the changes we're causing in our climate, and in some cases argues…
From: Oceanoxia
One of the features of the current pandemic is that the more developed countries especially in Europe seem to have…
From: Mano Singham
I was cyberstalking Ray Goldstein this morning, trying (and mostly failing) to write some background for a post about a…
From: Fierce Roller
Netflix has just released the six episodes of the second season of its excellent Dirty Money series that looks at…
From: Mano Singham
One of the first things I learned about domestic violence is that the abuser often follows a pattern of controlling…
From: Oceanoxia
The current state of lockdown is necessary, but it's isolating. There are good parts to that, but there also bad…
From: Oceanoxia
The use of Zoom videoconferencing technology has exploded now that people have to stay at home but still need to…
From: Mano Singham
Times are tough, unemployment is high, and a lot of people who were already living paycheck to paycheck are worried…
From: Oceanoxia
Peter Hessler is an American with a wife and two young children who has been living in China for a…
From: Mano Singham
One of the things about national or even global crises is that initially there is an upsurge of individualistic thinking…
From: Mano Singham
The stock market has been on a roller coaster ride these last few weeks as downward pressure due to fears…
From: Mano Singham
A while ago I started writing a few science fiction stories about life after The Gauntlet. The basic premise was…
From: Oceanoxia
Since November of 2016, I've heard a lot of people wondering out loud about how we got to this point.…
From: Oceanoxia
After self-isolating for seven days because he had the coronavirus, UK prime minister Boris Johnson has now been placed in…
From: Mano Singham
I'm so sorry, neighbors to the east, but despite sensible orders to avoid congregating in groups, and despite the rising…
From: Pharyngula
By Reporter X Klizgot, a reporter from Glot, an interstellar news agency, walks along the empty streets of The Promenade…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
He investigates One America News Network (OANN) that is so slavishly pro-Trump that it makes even Fox News look like…
From: Mano Singham
We have been warned by the US Surgeon General that this might be the worst week of the pandemic in…
From: Mano Singham
Netflix has just released the six episodes of the second season of its excellent Dirty Money series that looks at…
From: Mano Singham
Once again, let me get this out of my system, a dump of recent reactions to coronavirus news. Then I…
From: Pharyngula
While humanity argues over how to respond to the changes we're causing in our climate, and in some cases argues…
From: Oceanoxia
No, really, I am a bad person. I shouldn't even be thinking this way. If any of you are in…
From: Pharyngula
I'm home alone and kind of miserable, but am willing to pay that small price if it reduces the death…
From: Pharyngula