I was clearing up some cutoffs in the shop, and noticed a couple of largeish pieces of bog oak in…
From: Stderr
Immediate post-tragedy statements by the local police chief said that the long delay in responding to the Uvalde school shooter…
From: Mano Singham
John Oliver examines the housing crisis in the country that s faced by pretty much everyone other than high-income people…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_1567" align="alignright" width="576"] The Rift: A Bolingbrook Babbler Story releases on July 13, 2022.[/caption] Here's a short excerpt from…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
[embed]https://youtu.be/lLGLUSzzuWU[/embed] By Reporter X Bolingbrook’s Clow UFO Base officially banned performances of the “Sea Shanty Melody” while Palatine’s Rob Sherman…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
Today is June 19th, the day known as 'Juneteenth', the anniversary of the day when the news of the emancipation…
From: Mano Singham
Your Webcomic Is Bad and You Should Feel Bad (YWIBaYSFB) was a blog active in the years 2007-2008. The title,…
From: A Trivial Knot
My brain is not cooperating on the blog post I wanted to have up today, so instead I'll leave you…
From: Oceanoxia
It is scandalous that the richest country in the world has such a high mortality rate of women giving birth.…
From: Mano Singham
I feel like I spend a lot of time talking about what it means to "get it right" on the…
From: Oceanoxia
I got a challenge from a creationist. Hello, I am a Muslim. Recently I have written a small script as…
From: Pharyngula
I'm pretty quick to point out that terves very much share blame for the recent losses on women's rights. Transphobia…
From: Great American Satan
Intelligence and Breast vs. Ass Preference
Here's one for the Evolutionary Psychology Hall of Shame: https://twitter.com/evopsychgoogle/status/1538954025038663681/ The author of this "study" has a theory, which is…
From: Pharyngula
This is a talented bit of work, but I don't think Kent Hovind will recognize how stupid he looks in…
From: Pharyngula
I get solicitations to publish papers all the time, and I just roundfile 'em. There are journals that are desperate…
From: Pharyngula
Dan Phelps sent me a few scans from a 'treasure' he discovered -- a "99 cent Goodwill find that was…
From: Pharyngula
At 7pm tonight (Central time) I'll be joining Jackson Wheat to laugh at a book from the Jehovah's Witnesses. You…
From: Pharyngula
I was 3 when Malcolm X was assassinated. Naturally, I don't remember anything about it. It wasn't until I was…
From: Stderr
Nowadays they send idiotic mail to harass you, instead of a pair of idiots. I miss the personal touch. So…
From: Pharyngula
I hadn't initially planned this post as part of the series, but OverlappingMagisteria had a question in comments that I…
From: Geeky Humanist
Oh, look. Abortion is still safe in a few states, including Minnesota. I don't know what's wrong with those gomers…
From: Pharyngula
I'm pretty quick to point out that terves very much share blame for the recent losses on women's rights. Transphobia…
From: Great American Satan
I see trouble on the way. I have a lot of thoughts and a lot of feelings, right now, and…
From: Oceanoxia
I don't know about this Salon article, "A microscopic evolutionary arms race is happening between sperm". It's OK, but it…
From: Pharyngula
A couple weeks ago, I was following the Summer Games Fest and other video game presentations. And because I'm so…
From: A Trivial Knot
It's impressive that Lyft can profit off women getting raped in their cars. Lyft just paid out $25 million in…
From: Pharyngula
The LGBTQ+ community had made great strides in recent times in gaining more equality, the chief achievements being the decriminalization…
From: Mano Singham
My brain is not cooperating on the blog post I wanted to have up today, so instead I'll leave you…
From: Oceanoxia
Boy, Jordan Peterson sure is upset that other people don't share his Objective™ and True™ evaluation of beauty. https://twitter.com/NiceMangos/status/1534655470446817280 How…
From: Pharyngula
What kind of attitude goes with a Silicon Valley tech-bro crypto-dude? You probably won't be surprised by this: Jesse Powell,…
From: Pharyngula
The economic crisis in Sri Lanka shows no sigs of ending soon. That is not surprising since the immediate cause…
From: Mano Singham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KS02q0BUnY I did not expect it to end with "Shave and a haircut - no legs! Open thread, talk whatever…
From: Affinity
If I asked you to think of a masked comic book hero, the alter ego of a wealthy multimillionaire, who…
From: Pharyngula
It characterized this guy perfectly. He's even bragging about its accuracy! Nobody tell him. Not that I think he'd understand…
From: Pharyngula
This is just the worst. In time for Father's Day, Elon Musk's daughter filed a petition to change her name…
From: Pharyngula
Today was lovely, and I had to wait outside for a delivery, so I decided to bring His Holiness out…
From: Oceanoxia
[embed]https://youtu.be/lLGLUSzzuWU[/embed] By Reporter X Bolingbrook’s Clow UFO Base officially banned performances of the “Sea Shanty Melody” while Palatine’s Rob Sherman…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
[caption id="attachment_48916" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] © Charly, all rights reserved. Click for full size.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_48917" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] © Charly, all…
From: Affinity
I don't follow crypto religiously -- there's no way I'd ever invest in such an obvious grift, just like I…
From: Pharyngula
Wish FtB was more active right now? Need something to read? Check out some of my old articles. I got…
From: Great American Satan
On May 12, 2022, Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a 200 level Home Economics student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education,…
From: YEMMYnisting
A Christian football player from Texas (obviously, that's all you need to be fully qualified to provide answers to everything)…
From: Pharyngula
This is Franklin Graham, evangelical leader of the Southern Baptist convention, son of Billy Graham, yesterday, the 23rd of May.…
From: Pharyngula
I did suggest that Greg Locke's tax exempt status be revoked, as did many other people. It is now being…
From: Pharyngula
To anyone? Srsly? News Alert May 22, 4:01 p.m. EDT Southern Baptist leaders covered up sex abuse, lied to members…
From: Death to Squirrels
When will my supernatural demonic powers kick in? None of my curses ever seem to work. https://twitter.com/MaddowBlog/status/1527831276165779456 I think a…
From: Pharyngula
But I can! https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1524476037689708545 The Bible is true in a very strange way. It's true in that it provides the…
From: Pharyngula
The story of Adam and Eve tells how Eve was tempted by the serpent to eat the fruit from a…
From: Mano Singham
[CONTENT WARNING: child rape, teen suicide, fanatical hostility to bodily autonomy and consent, extreme misogyny, and probably some other shit…
From: Death to Squirrels
While much of the week's legal news has centered on the leaked draft of a US Supreme Court that revealed…
From: Mano Singham
This was then, two days ago. This is now. The spiders have gone through their final molt before emerging --…
From: Pharyngula
I might have to be a bit less lithe than that show-off, though.
From: Pharyngula
Watch this video, or at least click through to youtube and read the transcript (click on the "..." next to…
From: Oceanoxia
Speaking of bad ideas about Darwin, here's a doozy. And it comes from the king of biased pseudoscience, Jordan Peterson!…
From: Pharyngula
I don't know about this Salon article, "A microscopic evolutionary arms race is happening between sperm". It's OK, but it…
From: Pharyngula
So, you may not have heard, but we've got a bit of a problem where we're taking too much stuff…
From: Oceanoxia
I am excited to report that the latest generation of spiders in the colony is developing nicely. Here's a closeup…
From: Pharyngula
This is pretty groundbreaking, are you ready? Researchers have linked repeated exposure to hurricanes, to adverse psychological symptoms: Findings, published…
From: Oceanoxia
This video has been online for 9 years, and only has 358 views. That's sad. Maybe it has something to…
From: Pharyngula
Well, I'm back to sort-of normal. I feel a bit different, but it doesn't make sense to talk about "different"…
From: Stderr
I see trouble on the way. I have a lot of thoughts and a lot of feelings, right now, and…
From: Oceanoxia
Intelligence and Breast vs. Ass Preference
Here's one for the Evolutionary Psychology Hall of Shame: https://twitter.com/evopsychgoogle/status/1538954025038663681/ The author of this "study" has a theory, which is…
From: Pharyngula
This is pretty groundbreaking, are you ready? Researchers have linked repeated exposure to hurricanes, to adverse psychological symptoms: Findings, published…
From: Oceanoxia
Today is a federal holiday that commemorates June 19, 1865 that has come to be known as Juneteenth. NPR tries…
From: Mano Singham
Except for these guys. I hope they were miserable and frustrated and seething with racist anger all day long. Franklin…
From: Pharyngula
The LGBTQ+ community had made great strides in recent times in gaining more equality, the chief achievements being the decriminalization…
From: Mano Singham
My brain is not cooperating on the blog post I wanted to have up today, so instead I'll leave you…
From: Oceanoxia
David Leonhardt writes about an unexpected recent trend. When it comes to almost any issue in America, the data for…
From: Mano Singham
I was 3 when Malcolm X was assassinated. Naturally, I don't remember anything about it. It wasn't until I was…
From: Stderr
So I foolishly took on too much today, and while I did get a lot of things done, a publication-ready…
From: Oceanoxia
Oh, look. Abortion is still safe in a few states, including Minnesota. I don't know what's wrong with those gomers…
From: Pharyngula
Fascist boot-lickers seem to think they're funny. But I just think they're stupid. Here's a local missed attempt at humor:…
From: Stderr
I'm pretty quick to point out that terves very much share blame for the recent losses on women's rights. Transphobia…
From: Great American Satan
I see trouble on the way. I have a lot of thoughts and a lot of feelings, right now, and…
From: Oceanoxia
The economic crisis in Sri Lanka shows no sigs of ending soon. That is not surprising since the immediate cause…
From: Mano Singham
The rotten Supreme Court makes yet another decision that harms our freedom, and what does Nancy Pelosi do? SHE READS…
From: Pharyngula
We all knew this was coming. Goddamn this corrupt, theocratic, criminal Supreme Court. Not only are they killing women, they're…
From: Pharyngula
The January 6th hearings yesterday focused on the attempts by Trump and his minions to use the Department of Justice…
From: Mano Singham
"The only reason I know to ask for a pardon, because you think you’ve committed a crime." After gripping testimony…
From: Pharyngula
It appears that the tabloids are finally starting to turn on Trump. That means that Trump's electorate is going to…
From: Stderr