I did not know anything about the person known as Perez Hilton but his name occupied the periphery of my…
From: Mano Singham
As expected, Reform party leader and generally odious person Nigel Farage has won the Clacton byelection that he triggered by…
From: Mano Singham
The TV channel C-Span is watched mainly by a small audience of wonky types who are interested in the details…
From: Mano Singham
Remember that one time Metallica made a song that spoke directly to the horror of war and made ya feel…
From: Life's a Gas
I made an infographic depicting every distinct possible symmetry of 2D periodic groups. There are 17 distinct symmetries, known as…
From: A Trivial Knot
The Probability Broach, chapter 21 Chapter 21 of TPB begins with another fictional quote, this one attributed to "Rosalie Wilderlane"…
From: Daylight Atheism
A lot has been said about this subject, and I'm not ambitious enough to even give a proper tour of…
From: Life's a Gas
Back in 2014, I had a blog post about a community of migrant workers that are not what you first…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_5782" align="aligncenter" width="600"] U4-30, designed by Kazutaka Naka[/caption] I folded this from someone else's origami book, which was in…
From: A Trivial Knot
Man, it was a bad month for writing. I was doing well enough when I wrote, but there were certain…
From: Life's a Gas
I did not like this video. It's titled "Meet the Evangelical Science Teacher Who Raised an Evolutionist". It meanders. It's…
From: Pharyngula
I've only been teaching for over 40 years, so what do I know. I have to work with a team…
From: Pharyngula
The fundamental feature of Christianity is that its believers are all committed to the idea they are especially beloved by…
From: Pharyngula
Did you know that God explicitly bestowed the ability to generate explosive diarrhea on Cyclospora, and that this is true…
From: Pharyngula
The Shadow League
How exciting! I'd like to say thank you for the honor, I appreciate the efforts of all the little people…
From: Pharyngula
The king of all useless arguments Arguments for the existence of God are, generally agreed, not very compelling, and irrelevant…
From: A Trivial Knot
I ask because I got served this morning. There was a knock at the door, and a nice lady handed…
From: Pharyngula
Blah blah AI no creativity, whatever, blah. It's still fun. I was lying in bed trying to sleep and had…
From: Stderr
Right now, we are being treated to a fascinating mix of genius and antigenius, whipsawed between incredible stupidity and last-minute…
From: Stderr
This grubby-handed gentleman left a jar of raw milk outside, in 90°F heat, for two days, until the solids started…
From: Pharyngula
I often talk about the importance of solidarity and organizing. I think I talk less about the obstacles to doing…
From: Oceanoxia
I don't want to read any references to South Park in my comments. They repeatedly produced absolutely horrid transphobic cartoons…
From: Life's a Gas
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has announced that she's freezing her eggs, basically planning ahead to defer reproduction. Some people have feelings about…
From: Pharyngula
You spend years, decades even, in deep study of a complex topic, and you keep abreast of the current literature.…
From: Pharyngula
dan mcclellan gets it all right here.
From: Pharyngula
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan represent some of the worst elements of the so-called manosphere, the world of pathetic…
From: Mano Singham
The Tate Bros (Andrew & Tristan) of internet misogyny and international sex crime fame were arrested today, for extradition to…
From: Life's a Gas
Isn't that sweet? Pete Hegseth is imposing mandatory testosterone testing, but is not requiring testosterone supplements, yet. As we all…
From: Pharyngula
Trump was found guilty by a jury in 2023 of sexual abuse and defamation of E. Jean Carroll. But he…
From: Mano Singham
In a long awaited ruling, the court affirmed by a 6-3 margin the constitutional right of birthright citizenship, that anyone…
From: Mano Singham
Yay me. Yesterday was my 50th birthday. For those extremely quick on the uptake, that means I was born on…
From: Affinity
Yesterday, my goal was to whip my cell biology syllabus into shape, and then to reorganize my first lecture. I…
From: Pharyngula
Socks: Did you know there's different types of water? I didn't! I mean, water and me, we go way back.…
From: Affinity
I just did an interview with a journalist who is trying to answer that question. I was not very helpful.…
From: Pharyngula
Artificial Life | Emergent Garden (video, 35 min) - A video about simulations that simulate evolution or generate life-like complexity. …
From: A Trivial Knot
It's lunch hour, on my first day back at full-time work, and I'm thinking about food. I'm in transition; all…
From: Pharyngula
Time to go to…work. I have to go into my lab/office and get my class in order for the start…
From: Pharyngula
I love thistles from an aesthetic standpoint, but in the garden, they are admittedly a huge pain in the wherever.…
From: Affinity
I harvested my first potatoes of the year, the very early variety "Bellarosa". [caption id="attachment_51102" align="aligncenter" width="800"] © Charly, all…
From: Affinity
I extracted and weighed the oats. Let's talk about it. [caption id="attachment_51094" align="aligncenter" width="800"] © Charly, all rights reserved. Click…
From: Affinity
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to compel Illinois to provide its complete statewide voter registration database. Another…
From: Pro-Science
There's a line in Minority Report that's stuck with me. After looking over the crime scene, the detective character turns…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
Just ask Doug Wilson. "If Kamala [Harris] had won the presidency, there would have been basically zero evangelicals in the…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_79680" align="alignright" width="300"] These gomers make it so hard to celebrate Independence Day[/caption] It's Independence Day, which means most…
From: Pharyngula
We're deep in the insanity phase of the progression, and it's obvious. A report has been released that exposes the…
From: Pharyngula
Lard, I hate waking up to shit like this. Especially when I'm only really interested in the latest news about…
From: Death to Squirrels
Heretical notion, not much to it, but it makes more sense the canon version of events. I am constantly confronted…
From: Life's a Gas
One of Christianity's most pernicious and harmful ideas is that a deathbed conversion is sufficient to erase all of your…
From: Pharyngula
You may have the impression that Minnesota is chock-full of Scandinavian Lutherans, but that's not so: German Catholics make up…
From: Pharyngula
I am busy today and in lieu of an original post, thought that I would post an old article of…
From: Mano Singham
I didn't care much for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, so today I made the movie I wanted. It didn't require…
From: Pharyngula
I've only been teaching for over 40 years, so what do I know. I have to work with a team…
From: Pharyngula
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has introduced eyeglasses that can record what the user sees with only the smallest…
From: Mano Singham
I don't recall ever seeing services that offered to do all your research for you, and to write the paper…
From: Pharyngula
Is it possible to have too many baby spiders? No, it is not. Just ask their mother.
From: Pharyngula
I have become fascinated, for both technical and political reasons, with the saga over the Lincoln Reflecting Pool. That the…
From: Mano Singham
Mary and I thought our yard Argiope was looking lonely, so we visited a local breeding ground and snatched up…
From: Pharyngula
We've got a few monarch chrysalides around the house, but we've also noticed a lot of mortality among the caterpillars,…
From: Pharyngula
That you can use your home computer as a spider incubator? I keep several containers of Parasteatoda on top of…
From: Pharyngula
Time to party! That isn't the only clutch to emerge today. Here's another: These little guys are popping out everywhere…
From: Pharyngula
I often talk about the importance of solidarity and organizing. I think I talk less about the obstacles to doing…
From: Oceanoxia
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has introduced eyeglasses that can record what the user sees with only the smallest…
From: Mano Singham
The podcast This American Life had the following segment. In 1865, a formerly enslaved man named Jourdan Anderson received a…
From: Mano Singham
A lot has been said about this subject, and I'm not ambitious enough to even give a proper tour of…
From: Life's a Gas
Back in 2014, I had a blog post about a community of migrant workers that are not what you first…
From: Mano Singham
Given how much I loathe the subject and am annoyed by the fans, you may wonder why I hang around…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to compel Illinois to provide its complete statewide voter registration database. Another…
From: Pro-Science
It takes very little to set the rightwing nut jobs off into starting a new front in the culture wars,…
From: Mano Singham
A military police officer turned researcher got a job as a corrections. No one will be surprised that she discovers…
From: Pharyngula
One of the most disgusting things about the Biden administration was his steadfast refusal to condemn Israel's horrific genocidal behavior…
From: Mano Singham
I often talk about the importance of solidarity and organizing. I think I talk less about the obstacles to doing…
From: Oceanoxia
I did not know anything about the person known as Perez Hilton but his name occupied the periphery of my…
From: Mano Singham
As expected, Reform party leader and generally odious person Nigel Farage has won the Clacton byelection that he triggered by…
From: Mano Singham
Napoleon Bonaparte is reported to have said that an army marches on its stomach, suggesting the importance of keeping troops…
From: Mano Singham
I told you who won the Minnesota primaries, but I should probably mention the wacky and unloveable losers of that…
From: Pharyngula
The TV channel C-Span is watched mainly by a small audience of wonky types who are interested in the details…
From: Mano Singham
Yesterday saw primary elections in several states in which, on the Democratic side ,progressives were pitted against establishment candidates. The…
From: Mano Singham
I'm not used to this. I'm accustomed to deep disappointment the day after an election, but this year, the results…
From: Pharyngula
They are being used to protect Trump while he plays golf. One photo shows Trump wielding a wedge with an…
From: Mano Singham
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has introduced eyeglasses that can record what the user sees with only the smallest…
From: Mano Singham