I can’t believe I’m even writing this. I grew up in a conservative rural area in Ohio and I spent…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Still sick, but I think the congestion is clearing up. Not in a way that makes my head any less…
From: Oceanoxia
On Tuesday, he went to the site of the Manhattan district attorney's office. Trump had called upon his supporters to…
From: Mano Singham
A few years ago, I played an audiobook version of LeGuin's The Wave of The Mind [wc] - basically, short…
From: Stderr
In the face of declining ad revenues*, we have decided to become a full-time porn blog. You'll find an example…
From: Pharyngula
There are two people who have entered my life in the last several years who I am genuinely afraid of.…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Content Warning: I link to videos that show clips of Tucker Carlson, and the thumbnails show his crappy fucken face.…
From: Great American Satan
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From: Mano Singham
On the latest episode of his show Last week Tonight, John Oliver explains why timeshares (where one buys a period…
From: Mano Singham
The other day I had a coworker tell me that once she gets to know me better she wants to…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
The Republican legislature in Kentucky assembled a set of those inhumane, ignorant anti-trans laws, and handed it to the Democratic…
From: Pharyngula
[Content warning: violent death] This is a remarkably rare description, given the alleged frequency with which such incidents occurred. Or,…
From: Stderr
Part of the money-making strategy at Answers in Genesis is to constantly promote how popular they are in a never…
From: Pharyngula
A few years ago, I played an audiobook version of LeGuin's The Wave of The Mind [wc] - basically, short…
From: Stderr
Committee Chair: Please state for the record your name and title. After that, you may provide a brief testimony and…
From: Stderr
Answers in Genesis isn't just that annoying collection of stupid people and con artists anymore -- they're embracing hate and…
From: Pharyngula
Biologists have managed to reprogram stem cells taken from a male mouse into female oocytes, then fertilized them with sperm…
From: Pharyngula
One of the more damning testimonies from Ken Ham occurred in his debate with Bill Nye, in which he declared…
From: Pharyngula
The other day I had a coworker tell me that once she gets to know me better she wants to…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
How about some low-lying fruit for a light afternoon snack? Here's a cocky believer to nibble on. Atheism is the…
From: Pharyngula
The Republican legislature in Kentucky assembled a set of those inhumane, ignorant anti-trans laws, and handed it to the Democratic…
From: Pharyngula
So much wrong. Transcript below the fold. This is a sad, disappointing video for me. Once again, Richard Dawkins screws…
From: Pharyngula
Every cavity in my skull is filled with gunk right now, so I'm doing the bare minimum and focusing on…
From: Oceanoxia
There's a lot of horrible stuff going on right now, particularly with the escalation of genocidal transphobia. This video's definitely…
From: Oceanoxia
Men these days have decayed from the power and virility of their forebears. Think of those mountain men who'd go…
From: Pharyngula
Not even the ones who seem nice and kindly. They've all got a dogma driving them. Pope Francis has said…
From: Pharyngula
Minnesota is doing the right thing. Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Wednesday directing state agencies to…
From: Pharyngula
I am, in general, pretty cynical about the U.S. electoral system. It's designed to empower conservatism, and has been shaped…
From: Oceanoxia
Oh no! Graham Linehan mentions me again! He gets everything wrong again. I'm not practicing "mob-friendly pseudoscience" -- the kind…
From: Pharyngula
I'm not sure where I first encountered the despicable practice of using autistic people as a political weapon, but it…
From: Oceanoxia
I can’t believe I’m even writing this. I grew up in a conservative rural area in Ohio and I spent…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I am gonna have to take about a week off work for surgery soonish, without pay. Since I live pretty…
From: Great American Satan
[Content warning: violent death] This is a remarkably rare description, given the alleged frequency with which such incidents occurred. Or,…
From: Stderr
It's not the usual thing! This one is from my granddaughter, Iliana. Excellent news. The treatments are working.
From: Pharyngula
I would imagine that it is extremely rare for a goal keeper in a soccer match to score a goal…
From: Mano Singham
Committee Chair: Please state for the record your name and title. After that, you may provide a brief testimony and…
From: Stderr
There are two people who have entered my life in the last several years who I am genuinely afraid of.…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I woke up this morning, dreading the day -- I have so much work I need to get done, and…
From: Pharyngula
Since it is officially spring now, I wanted to write about Morana this weekend. But I do not have to…
From: Affinity
I'm in trouble now. I was late reading some official email, and learned (was reminded) yesterday that I have to…
From: Pharyngula
As part of my process of posting my published articles here on my blog for easier access, here is one…
From: Mano Singham
The other day I had a coworker tell me that once she gets to know me better she wants to…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Well, I have to admit it. I don't like it, but facts are facts and I like to think that…
From: Pervert Justice
Also, where is Ray Comfort getting the money? That's a box full of crap you can get for free from…
From: Pharyngula
I am, in general, pretty cynical about the U.S. electoral system. It's designed to empower conservatism, and has been shaped…
From: Oceanoxia
The US government gives religious institutions all manner of tax breaks and also tends to not scrutinize their workings too…
From: Mano Singham
This novel by Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won the prestigious Booker Prize for 2022. He is the second Sri…
From: Mano Singham
It was a terrible mistake. They bumped the character limits from 140 to 280 for most people, and I have…
From: Pharyngula
We seem to have succeeded in driving Kent Hovind underground. He still has a Twitter account, but as we all…
From: Pharyngula
The perfect abbreviation doesn't exis… [caption id="attachment_69386" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Betty Bowers: To save time, I call Nationalist Christians "Nat C's"[/caption]…
From: Pharyngula
The main reason that I'm convinced that life exists on other planets, is the sheer variety of environments on Earth…
From: Oceanoxia
Many artists are opposed to AI art, and there seem to be three central arguments. First, that these AI models…
From: A Trivial Knot
Maria Konnikova looked at the research done by anthropologists on the sizes of social groupings. The research initially studied why…
From: Mano Singham
A few years ago, I played an audiobook version of LeGuin's The Wave of The Mind [wc] - basically, short…
From: Stderr
Environmental writer Elizabeth Kolbert had an interesting article in the New Yorker about the little-known world of caterpillars and other…
From: Mano Singham
As part of my process of posting my published articles here on my blog for easier access, here is one…
From: Mano Singham
Content Warning: I link to videos that show clips of Tucker Carlson, and the thumbnails show his crappy fucken face.…
From: Great American Satan
I caught the head cold Tegan was dealing with last week, so my brain feels like it's all clogged up…
From: Oceanoxia
It's only about 200 years old, pulling a DNA sequence out of a hair sample is a piece of cake.…
From: Pharyngula
When I posted about the East Palestine train derailment a little while back, I covered how the corruption that's built…
From: Oceanoxia
Still sick, but I think the congestion is clearing up. Not in a way that makes my head any less…
From: Oceanoxia
I repeat, anyone who cites "woke" as the boogeyman causing any problem is an idiot. [caption id="attachment_69644" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Tom…
From: Pharyngula
I wonder what their CEO thinks of this statistic: Antisemitism on Twitter has more than doubled since Elon Musk took…
From: Pharyngula
There's a lot of horrible stuff going on right now, particularly with the escalation of genocidal transphobia. This video's definitely…
From: Oceanoxia
As longtime readers know, I supported Bernie Sanders in both of his runs for the presidency in 2016 and 2020.…
From: Mano Singham
So the Belarussian journalist who edited Tut.by and just got sent to jail for a decade+ for the crime of…
From: Pervert Justice
In the computer security world, the vulnerability of open above-ground transformer parks is a well-known problem. It's been a hypothetical…
From: Stderr
The program known as TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) "provides states and territories with flexibility in operating programs designed…
From: Mano Singham
Who the heck is Bethany Mandel? I had to look her up on Wikipedia to find out: she's a conservative…
From: Pharyngula
Before the mid-term elections last November, Michael Moore went against the conventional wisdom that there would be a Red Wave…
From: Mano Singham
[Content warning: violent death] This is a remarkably rare description, given the alleged frequency with which such incidents occurred. Or,…
From: Stderr
The fight over Obamacare was probably the first time I really came face to face with the corruption and dysfunction…
From: Oceanoxia
Still sick, but I think the congestion is clearing up. Not in a way that makes my head any less…
From: Oceanoxia
On Tuesday, he went to the site of the Manhattan district attorney's office. Trump had called upon his supporters to…
From: Mano Singham
In the face of declining ad revenues*, we have decided to become a full-time porn blog. You'll find an example…
From: Pharyngula
Every cavity in my skull is filled with gunk right now, so I'm doing the bare minimum and focusing on…
From: Oceanoxia
Committee Chair: Please state for the record your name and title. After that, you may provide a brief testimony and…
From: Stderr
As part of my process of posting my published articles here on my blog for easier access, here is one…
From: Mano Singham
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From: Mano Singham
I have been avoiding much of the news about the possible indictments of Donald Trump because prosecutors' offices tend to…
From: Mano Singham