I feel I should come out of the closet on this, because visibility is important. Now I don't routinely bang…
From: Life's a Gas
The Probability Broach, chapter 13 Having discovered a parallel universe ("our" universe), the North American Confederacy expands their efforts to…
From: Daylight Atheism
I know that the Christmas season is over but I found some amusing stuff that I wanted to share just…
From: Mano Singham
Maybe because life has been rather hard lately in some respects, I'm just full of escapist compulsions. Being a creative…
From: Life's a Gas
"But, be careful out there. It's a dark world out there." "It doesn't have to be," Lydia replied. "But it…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
[caption id="attachment_5552" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A free pleating model, made in a workshop with Goran Konjevod[/caption] I made this a couple…
From: A Trivial Knot
I swear I'm gonna stop blogging so often, any day now. Try not to think I'm dead when that happens.…
From: Life's a Gas
The Probability Broach, chapter 13 The North American Confederacy's scientists explain to Win Bear how their breakthrough came about. Like…
From: Daylight Atheism
Radburn nicks rat an' runner, merc an' mickey, but no me. I's too quick for the shiverwaves. -
From: Life's a Gas
Been with this guy for 20 years as o' NYE midnight-ish, been married only a year and a few months. …
From: Life's a Gas
There is a huckster named Skyler Chan who is raising money from the tech bros in Silicon Valley to build…
From: Pharyngula
I remember this old battered paperback that was passed around my father's family -- I think it was my uncle…
From: Pharyngula
I used to think the BBC was a pretty good network, too. I'm still right about Robin, but I'm proven…
From: Pharyngula
Too on-the-nose? I don't think so. Lysenko was put in charge of Soviet agriculture after declaring that Mendelian genetics was…
From: Pharyngula
In various discussions about "what do we do with Venezuela?" we should not ignore that the people asking the question…
From: Stderr
The answer is a lot simpler than Nathaniel Jeanson thinks. It's because creationism is bullshit. The gentleman to the left…
From: Pharyngula
Nobody should be surprised by this: Today (1/1/26) the Kentucky Department for Public Health announced that an unvaccinated, out-of-state individual…
From: Pharyngula
"Under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of…
From: Daylight Atheism
‘Deciphering the Gospels’, by R. G. Price, argues the case for Jesus mythicism, which is the view that Jesus never…
From: Geeky Humanist
I rediscovered an old poster with a few of my words on it, so I figured I'd throw together a…
From: Pharyngula
What the internet and the latest forms of AI have revealed is that many people harbor the ugliest of impulses.…
From: Mano Singham
I recently discovered I'm missing an important piece of gaming history on my bookshelves. Once upon a time, Palladium Books…
From: Life's a Gas
I am becoming increasingly concerned whenever I see the word 'influencer' associated with someone on the internet. It is a…
From: Mano Singham
I have a new column this week on OnlySky about the effect of abortion bans. They don't decrease abortion -…
From: Daylight Atheism
Heated Rivalry is an M/M hockey romance TV series based on the book of the same name. It's some sort…
From: A Trivial Knot
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about the prospect of marriage going extinct, whether it can…
From: Daylight Atheism
I'm not in favor of assassinations; I'm especially not fond of sloppy wet work. Fortunately I'm not in that business,…
From: Stderr
Wait, what? There's a Riley Gaines Center? Meanwhile, the Leadership Institute, a nearly 50-year-old nonprofit that trains conservative activists, launched…
From: Pharyngula
Incels and misogynists seem to have missed out on a lot of genetics, so they freely make it up as…
From: Pharyngula
Rebecca Watson. The context: it's because Lawrence Krauss was getting clobbered by Watson over his abuses, and he wrote to…
From: Pharyngula
Good ridda…wait. He was 68 years old? The same age I am? It's sorta sad when people die so young.…
From: Pharyngula
One of our colleagues came back from their break in Jordan with treats for us all. And some people don't…
From: Pharyngula
I've been away from the habit of delivering long orations, so today in my first class returning from a long…
From: Pharyngula
Sabbatical is over. Fall break is over. I haven't retired yet. Time to get back in the classroom.
From: Pharyngula
I said that at the beginning of every month, I would repost my comments policy for those who started visiting…
From: Mano Singham
God and I apparently have similar outlooks on the future. [caption id="attachment_78347" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The people of the future are…
From: Pharyngula
This month, the ace journal club discussed a quoiromantic manifesto, translated from Japanese! Probably not the easiest read if you…
From: A Trivial Knot
I was walking home from the movie theater last night, when I saw the shadows of the trees thrown on…
From: Pharyngula
Since some complained that my atheist creed video didn't actually show the poster I had found, here -- now you…
From: Pharyngula
My coppice is not nearly big enough to suffice my needs for wood, so I have to buy some. When…
From: Affinity
It's about time. Jesus was running a camp for the homeless in Alabama -- which sounds exactly like what the…
From: Pharyngula
The University of Oklahoma has made an announcement about the Samantha Fulnecky affair. It's the wrong one. [caption id="attachment_78226" align="aligncenter"…
From: Pharyngula
In these days of relentlessly depressing news, a good comedy comes as a welcome relief and this is such a…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_77735" align="alignright" width="130"] Dumbass[/caption] I don't think she should graduate from college until she passes a basic English literacy…
From: Pharyngula
A reader sent me a comment about how Catholics tell stories that they claim are in the Bible that aren't,…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_77649" align="alignright" width="150"] Chopping it all down[/caption] I had a nightmarish realization last night -- that American education was…
From: Pharyngula
We all know of and despise Ryan Walters, the Superintendent of Public Instruction in Oklahoma. He's a Christo-Fascist of the…
From: Pharyngula
As regular readers know, I play the card game bridge and recently I happened to look at some aspects of…
From: Mano Singham
Joseph Ladapo is the surgeon general for the state of Florida and is a vaccine skeptic who recently announced plans…
From: Mano Singham
I've been pretty blithe in my attempts to make people feel less doomy, and PZ did call me out on…
From: Life's a Gas
I have two male Latrodectus left. Only two. Males are more fragile and die off more readily, and also, they're…
From: Pharyngula
First day back in the classroom, teaching genetics, and I speculate for a bit about why so many people find…
From: Pharyngula
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about the human desire for immortality, as embodied in one…
From: Daylight Atheism
Don't be too shocked, but I think AI does have some utility, despite the occasional hallucination. A Utah police department's…
From: Pharyngula
Maybe because life has been rather hard lately in some respects, I'm just full of escapist compulsions. Being a creative…
From: Life's a Gas
In the past year, myself and many other people who program for a living started using AI coding assistance. I’m…
From: A Trivial Knot
Another little change in national health policy has occurred. States will no longer be required to report how many children…
From: Pharyngula
So I decided to talk about it. Sorry, no transcript here…I was just winging it.
From: Pharyngula
Humans are dangerous. "Get a therapist." Oh, you mean like that guy I read about on Pharyngula that convinced mothers…
From: Life's a Gas
On no! It's sad news. Biologists in regions of the Southern U.S. noticed that the iconic black widow spider —…
From: Pharyngula
What the internet and the latest forms of AI have revealed is that many people harbor the ugliest of impulses.…
From: Mano Singham
The thuggish and murderous rampage by ICE that is terrorizing the country continues, and now we have the murder of…
From: Mano Singham
Candidates after winning an election on a platform that appeals to the progressive base (because that is where the energy…
From: Mano Singham
The end of the year seems like when many take the time to take stock of the status of life…
From: Mano Singham
This gripping documentary directed by Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus, about the work of legendary reporter Seymour M. Hersh has…
From: Mano Singham
There is an enduring appeal to encyclopedias.The ability to look up information that has been prepared by credible sources on…
From: Mano Singham
Much has been written in tribute about Rob Reiner after the brutal murder of him and his wife Michele. Rob…
From: Mano Singham
Consider this: ICE agents smashed in a car window in Minneapolis, and dragged a pregnant woman through the snow and…
From: Pharyngula
The writer and digital rights activist coined the term 'enshittifcation' to describe the deterioration of the internet and it caught…
From: Mano Singham
In an earlier post, I wrote about how I enjoyed sleeping. But clearly I am a mere piker in this…
From: Mano Singham
A whole bunch of sensitive information about some government employees has been released. Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and…
From: Pharyngula
By now, we should all be making the default assumption that any claims made by Trump and anyone in his…
From: Mano Singham
I believe this is a 100% accurate rendering of ICE training. It's also the entirety of their training. [caption id="attachment_78366"…
From: Pharyngula
What the internet and the latest forms of AI have revealed is that many people harbor the ugliest of impulses.…
From: Mano Singham
Never trust Facebook, but this account of what's happening in Minneapolis aligns with what I'm seeing on the news and…
From: Pharyngula
By Reporter X Palatine police arrested an alien crew accused of dropping an EMP bomb into Twin Lakes. They were…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
It was a bad day for a protest: -10°C (what is that in F? about 15,16°), 40km/hr winds, blowing snow,…
From: Pharyngula
President Trump has declared that Renee Good was a domestic terrorist. JD Vance has gone into a mode of full…
From: Pharyngula
Since some complained that my atheist creed video didn't actually show the poster I had found, here -- now you…
From: Pharyngula
The thuggish and murderous rampage by ICE that is terrorizing the country continues, and now we have the murder of…
From: Mano Singham