After way too many years (4, 5 or so) the Hot Shed is officially "done." That means that the list…
From: Stderr
I am fond of the books of Charles Dickens but for some reason never got around to reading this particular…
From: Mano Singham
The Probability Broach, chapter 1 Among the possessions of murder victim Vaughn Meiss, Win Bear spots something unusual: The ambulance…
From: Daylight Atheism
Pi day post? Pizza Hut had been serving us adequately for a minute, but when it was time to cash…
From: Life's a Gas
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From: Mano Singham
Ohhh but sleep is so good, why must I ever deny myself its pleasures? Sometimes when woken abruptly, I will…
From: Life's a Gas
The winner of this year's Academy Award for Best Live Action Short was the 22-minute Dutch film I'm Not a…
From: Mano Singham
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From: Mano Singham
Need one o' them there meridian responses? Like unboxing and reaction videos? Product reviews? You like slow paced grainy video…
From: Life's a Gas
Rambling incoherent dream the other night. Our house was across a busy urban street from a house where a coven…
From: Life's a Gas
‘Deciphering the Gospels’, by R. G. Price, argues the case for Jesus mythicism, which is the view that Jesus never…
From: Geeky Humanist
Bryan Johnson -- you know, the Bryan Johnson who wants to achieve eternal youth by turning himself into a plasticine…
From: Pharyngula
Every week there are noteworthy people who pass away, but sometimes their deaths hit a little harder. This week we…
From: Pro-Science
[caption id="attachment_75808" align="alignright" width="141"] You don't need a medical degree if you can do this[/caption] The latest "health" craze is…
From: Pharyngula
I am a life-long atheist. I didn't have to deconvert and I'd go as far as saying that I'm anti…
From: Affinity
Here's another wild creationist claim that just popped up from the YouTube algorithm. It's a shouting match between a Muslim…
From: Pharyngula
Last night, Aron Ra got into a discussion about a claim that protein evolution is impossible, specifically, that different protein…
From: Pharyngula
Warning: Potentially Embarrassing References To 1980s Music Of course, the autocrats are assuming that the AIs will be nietzschean ubermenschen,…
From: Stderr
Sometimes, I'll tune in to these atheist phone line shows on YouTube. It's unfair, but it's always the worst, dumbest,…
From: Pharyngula
A great new podcast has come into existence: The Know Rogan Experience, The podcast is hosted brilliantly by Michael "Marsh"…
From: Pro-Science
What Even is Gender? is an academic philosophy book written by B. R. George and R. A. Briggs, freely accessible…
From: A Trivial Knot
Texas Republican congressman Keith Self is chair of a a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee and during a hearing, he turned…
From: Mano Singham
It's a simple point. [caption id="attachment_75817" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Someone on TikTok pointed out there are more kids in Texas with…
From: Pharyngula
Be there!
From: Pharyngula
Good news from Montana: the legislature was flooded with anti-trans laws, but they've all been defeated. They failed because a…
From: Pharyngula
Gavin Newsom, the governor of California who also has aspirations to the presidency, has destroyed any chance he has of…
From: Pharyngula
A new study finds that the 'quality' of a man's sperm correlates with their longevity. Sperm may be the canaries…
From: Mano Singham
Yesteray, I took my required online training course in Sexual Misconduct, Discrimination, and Retaliation Prevention and Response (SMPP). This is…
From: Pharyngula
Yesterday evening I was at a concert with the Indian heavy band Bloodywood. If you get a chance to see…
From: Pro-Science
Should I call them suras? My emerging personal religion has disparate influences, which could be read as holy texts, and…
From: Life's a Gas
Who'd have thought that the Canadians would stop apologizing for being stuck in this confusing situation, and would start bossing…
From: Stderr
Yesterday, I left my coat at home and went for a brisk walk downtown, which left me sweating. It felt…
From: Pharyngula
After way too many years (4, 5 or so) the Hot Shed is officially "done." That means that the list…
From: Stderr
The garlic had a bit of trouble poking through the moss mulch so I removed it two days ago. After…
From: Affinity
Lately, I've been getting up in the morning and glancing briefly at the news. More tariffs; we're in an unnecessary…
From: Pharyngula
I will probably write a lot about my gardening adventures this year, both because I will do a lot of…
From: Affinity
It looks like investigators have figured out most of the details of the last days of Gene Hackman and Betsy…
From: Mano Singham
I had my birthday the other day, and my birthday brings sadness and depression with it. Not because I'm getting…
From: Pharyngula
Revisiting Radway's Reading the Romance: A Critical Ethnography of Romance Fans | Osteophage - Coyote discusses a 1980s book that…
From: A Trivial Knot
Every week there are noteworthy people who pass away, but sometimes their deaths hit a little harder. This week we…
From: Pro-Science
Should I call them suras? My emerging personal religion has disparate influences, which could be read as holy texts, and…
From: Life's a Gas
Shortly after we moved into our condo, my husband found a little plastic figurine of St. Joseph buried in our…
From: Life's a Gas
From: Pharyngula
We were always in favor of separation of church and state -- I still am -- and I never cared…
From: Pharyngula
I got the usual email from American Atheists, and Melina Cohen brought up an interesting contrast. First, on Monday, there…
From: Pharyngula
Ben Shapiro chose to go after Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde. Unfortunately, he chose to do so by making up facts…
From: Pharyngula
A legislator in Mississippi has filed a bill in the state legislature titled “Contraception Begins at Erection Act". As written…
From: Mano Singham
I'm bewildered. I'm an anti-theist, so it makes me uncomfortable when I see a priest acting charitably and kindly and…
From: Pharyngula
Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) was a powerful logician whose contributions to logic, mathematics, and philosophy were immense. He was deeply interested…
From: Mano Singham
How dare Joe Biden give Bill Nye the Medal of Freedom? Ham doesn't think he deserves it because Nye supports…
From: Pharyngula
What's that thing you spotted at the treeline? Is spotted towhee, comrade. Some articles out there will copy-paste the idea…
From: Life's a Gas
It is interesting how words and concepts that originate in fields like psychology and psychotherapy seep into general public discourse…
From: Mano Singham
It's not a great time to be in the sciences, is it? Read Niles Eldredge's obituary for Elizabeth Vrba if…
From: Pharyngula
I had no idea what I was seeing. I had no idea when the day began that I'd be up…
From: Life's a Gas
The short film I'm Not a Robot that I posted about recently, told the story of a woman who suddenly…
From: Mano Singham
Today I'm catching up with lab work, and the first thing I spotted after coming through the door was that…
From: Pharyngula
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about how the internet has made everyone connected all the…
From: Daylight Atheism
Stellers Georg was some kinda colonial naturalist who mushroom-stamped his name on tons of beautiful and rare creatures, some of…
From: Life's a Gas
The winner of this year's Academy Award for Best Live Action Short was the 22-minute Dutch film I'm Not a…
From: Mano Singham
The peepingest marshmallow peeps. A bug of a bird. There's a trend in evolution that the adaptable base of a…
From: Life's a Gas
It is interesting how words and concepts that originate in fields like psychology and psychotherapy seep into general public discourse…
From: Mano Singham
Texas Republican congressman Keith Self is chair of a a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee and during a hearing, he turned…
From: Mano Singham
I'm going to offer that as a postulate. The attempt to eradicate history requires so much effort and energy that…
From: Stderr
A German woman has experienced what so many poor immigrants experience at the hands of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.…
From: Mano Singham
It looks like Reels, Meta's attempt to match the popularity if Instagram, had a malfunction in its algorithm that resulted…
From: Mano Singham
Netanyahu has announced the complete halt to all humanitarian aid to Gaza. He, with the support of the US, has…
From: Mano Singham
The Trump administration has been on a rampage against institutions that support diversity, equity, and inclusion, and in particular has…
From: Pharyngula
So Germany has voted, and yes, it's bad, but it could be a lot worse. We needed early elections after…
From: Affinity
A great new podcast has come into existence: The Know Rogan Experience, The podcast is hosted brilliantly by Michael "Marsh"…
From: Pro-Science
Niall Gooch is a very Christian man. He writes for the Spectator, a conservative British news weekly, but he also…
From: Pharyngula
I can get behind this:
From: Stderr
Who'd have thought that the Canadians would stop apologizing for being stuck in this confusing situation, and would start bossing…
From: Stderr
Hey republican senators, I know most of you don't like having to worship the floppy anal orifice of gibbering shitgibbon. …
From: Life's a Gas
I am fond of the books of Charles Dickens but for some reason never got around to reading this particular…
From: Mano Singham
It's true: they literally hate science. Warning, though: they will also lie to you. For example, look at Answers in…
From: Pharyngula
Republicans may seem unstoppable, and the MAGA movement has energized a racist, nativist, nationalist mob. But you know what else…
From: Pharyngula
Texas Republican congressman Keith Self is chair of a a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee and during a hearing, he turned…
From: Mano Singham
It's very useful to read some Nazi history nowadays. In particular, here in America it's 1933 all over again; Mark…
From: Pharyngula
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From: Mano Singham
I know absolutely nothing about stocks. My eyes glaze over if you try to explain the stock market to me.…
From: Pharyngula