Luigi Mangione is scheduled to be sentenced on December 18, 2026. He became something of a folk hero after killing…
From: Mano Singham
I thought this was my third post about this song but it's only my second. Observe the first, but beware,…
From: Life's a Gas
This should be several posts worth of material but I just don't feel like doing that right now. First up,…
From: Life's a Gas
The Probability Broach, chapter 23 Having escaped pursuit in last week's plot-obligatory car chase scene, Win and his friends have…
From: Daylight Atheism
I think this means the Sixties are finally over. This is how he illustrated the Apollo 11 moon mission. The…
From: Pharyngula
Lately some "booktok" types have been baiting the ableists in the worst way, and I can't blame them for biting. …
From: Life's a Gas
Yesterday was the annual Emmy's awards event that honors TV shows and it provided yet more evidence that when it…
From: Mano Singham
Texas has long been a tease for Democrats. While it used to reliably elect Democrats to major offices, in the…
From: Mano Singham
The Probability Broach, chapter 23 We've gotten almost to the end of TPB without a car chase. Especially since this…
From: Daylight Atheism
I am aware that there is an accessory known as the 'Birkin bag', created by the fashion house Hermès in…
From: Mano Singham
AiG is losing their tax incentives, so they're going through various arcane legal maneuvers right now to…it's not clear. They're…
From: Pharyngula
The death of atheism According to local mythology,* the atheist movement of ~2007-2015 was torn apart by the feminist wars.…
From: A Trivial Knot
Yesterday was the annual Emmy's awards event that honors TV shows and it provided yet more evidence that when it…
From: Mano Singham
I received an email asking about eye evolution. hi dear myers, im a turkish student. i study EEE but i…
From: Pharyngula
Tucker Carlson interviewed some random guy who builds kilns for a living -- that could be interesting, except it turns…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_80150" align="alignright" width="150"] Joe Schmid's new god[/caption] Joe Schmid was, I hear, a popular atheist YouTuber whose videos I…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_38" align="aligncenter" width="300"] You can't explain this[/caption] The other day, I was curious if there was any news on…
From: Cubist Vowels
I know a little bit about development, so this abomination made me want to punch an anti-choicer. The mother's abdomen…
From: Pharyngula
No? I don't blame you. He's a rather repellent character who always gets everything wrong. In case you don't bother…
From: Pharyngula
I am currently listening to various YouTube essays on LOTR lore. I have read most of the books and watched…
From: Affinity
If you ever thought Steven Pinker was a member of the liberal intelligentsia, think again. That was his carefully maintained…
From: Pharyngula
The death last week of Gloria Steinem at the age of 92 saw many tributes to someone who was widely…
From: Mano Singham
New news out of Romania Romanian prosecutors indict Andrew Tate on trafficking minors and money laundering The agency said on…
From: Pro-Science
She was 92. After decades of journalism and feminist activism, she died peacefully at her home. I have to say…
From: Pharyngula
At the dawn of what is now called the New Atheist movement, I proudly called myself one, seeing myself as…
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 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
You might remember that I hoped to get at least some soybeans, despite the bought seeds' abysmal germination rate. And…
From: Affinity
Yesterday, we had a plumber come in and adjust our shower. The water pressure had been declining, it took many…
From: Pharyngula
There seem to be two iron rules of American consumerism. The first one is that people love to buy stuff…
From: Mano Singham
This looks like a relevant and interesting documentary: The Last Picture Shows. It's about all those small town movie houses…
From: Pharyngula
My wife, Mary, is from a family with two sisters, and they taught me the meaning of sisterhood. Back in…
From: Pharyngula
I harvested my summer squash a few weeks ago. [caption id="attachment_51225" align="aligncenter" width="800"] © Charly, all rights reserved. Click for…
From: Affinity
I'm a bit of a mess right now. My voice is an ugly croak, and I'm also experiencing some gastrointestinal…
From: Pharyngula
It seemed too sappy for much of its length, but the ending saved it for me. Is it really time…
From: Pharyngula
I still can't talk, and my throat is horribly sore. But…when I got home yesterday, Mary put me to bed,…
From: Pharyngula
My voice is totally gone, except as a raspy whisper that frequently cracks and can only make shushing noises. That's…
From: Pharyngula
I am currently listening to various YouTube essays on LOTR lore. I have read most of the books and watched…
From: Affinity
Gentle mockery of zoroastrianism again. I found out, or was reminded of, the version of your soul that goes for…
From: Life's a Gas
🚨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
Luigi Mangione is scheduled to be sentenced on December 18, 2026. He became something of a folk hero after killing…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_80297" align="alignright" width="150"] This figure, used by ScienceDaily, is totally irrelevant to the topic and has a caption that…
From: Pharyngula
A recent article in Science has been deleted and a curious editorial comment added to it. The article title is…
From: Pharyngula
Aron Ra has been battling a particularly pretentious creationist who insist that he has evidence for creationism. Here's the short…
From: Pharyngula
I'm obviously bothering people when I'm bullish on AI crap so I'll stop interacting with anti- posts. I don't like…
From: Life's a Gas
I have to admit that ever since I discovered the existence of the livecam that points directly at the Lincoln…
From: Mano Singham
OK, ya get more punchy, I'll have to bite. Here we go... "LLMs Destroy Communities," says hyperbolic invective in the…
From: Life's a Gas
I remember when I first started hearing this phrase, 'touch grass' as some kind of admonishment for having an internet…
From: Cubist Vowels
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about the 1970s-style oil crisis we may be about to…
From: Daylight Atheism
We need a name for this disease, and it may already have one, because it's been rampant for decades. It…
From: Pharyngula
Luigi Mangione is scheduled to be sentenced on December 18, 2026. He became something of a folk hero after killing…
From: Mano Singham
If you ever thought Steven Pinker was a member of the liberal intelligentsia, think again. That was his carefully maintained…
From: Pharyngula
I have not said anything about the tragic story of Jason Arday, who was accused of plagiarism and after being…
From: Pharyngula
Lately some "booktok" types have been baiting the ableists in the worst way, and I can't blame them for biting. …
From: Life's a Gas
The death last week of Gloria Steinem at the age of 92 saw many tributes to someone who was widely…
From: Mano Singham
I am a big believer in public libraries, seeing them as one of the great egalitarian institutions, enabling anyone to…
From: Mano Singham
I was discussing LLM cognition, such as it be, with an LLM - Claude - and the spirit of the…
From: Life's a Gas
The article I linked to yesterday about the potential AI bubble focused on Larry Ellison, founder and CEO of Oracle,…
From: Mano Singham
New news out of Romania Romanian prosecutors indict Andrew Tate on trafficking minors and money laundering The agency said on…
From: Pro-Science
A few interesting stories and commentary I have come across recently Who is Accountable for Measles Deaths? I was on…
From: Pro-Science
Luigi Mangione is scheduled to be sentenced on December 18, 2026. He became something of a folk hero after killing…
From: Mano Singham
Of the many lessons that we can learn from the sudden advances by the group Ansar Allah (aka Houthis) in…
From: Mano Singham
If you ever thought Steven Pinker was a member of the liberal intelligentsia, think again. That was his carefully maintained…
From: Pharyngula
Thanks to the ever-expanding conflict in the Middle East triggered by the war that Trump and Netanyahu launched against Iran,…
From: Mano Singham
I have to admit that ever since I discovered the existence of the livecam that points directly at the Lincoln…
From: Mano Singham
I've run across a heartbreaking tale. Bevy is an "engine" that simplifies the process of creating a video game. It's…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
It should be no surprise that Trump and Hegseth have been hiding the true costs of the Iran war from…
From: Mano Singham
The organizers of the Get Paid to be Progressive conference declared the event a success, despite a New York Times…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
There is no question that AI systems, in addition to producing vast amount of junk known as AI slop, are…
From: Mano Singham
I've been on TPUSA's Professor Watchlist since 2016, and I was quite proud to be mentioned on Charlie Kirk's hate…
From: Pharyngula