I'm going to talk about game balance specifically in the context of a video game that I made. You can…
From: A Trivial Knot
I scan a lot of news sites and in the process come across items that are not newsworthy in the…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_5747" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Exdented Boxes, designed by David Huffman[/caption] This is a tessellation by David Huffman, which I took…
From: A Trivial Knot
CRIKEY. I started this article ages ago. Anyway, it's time... Spoilers if you're going to read Road Rage, anyway. Been…
From: Life's a Gas
Following his team's loss to Turkey in the final game of their group stage, the US soccer team's manager Mauricio…
From: Mano Singham
had a dream i was a young lady taking the bus to the university district in seattle for the first…
From: Life's a Gas
People who are sensitive to avoid giving offense tend to be cautious in how they refer to groups of people…
From: Mano Singham
UK rap lady Nadia Rose cross'd my recs on yt because apparently I like lady musicians too much, but I…
From: Life's a Gas
It is pretty funny, and informative too. The Trump crony who was given the no-bid pool contract looks like a…
From: Mano Singham
Medley in my mind this morning, sort of a downbeat for a low mood. I've alluded to the existence of…
From: Life's a Gas
Imagine that Donald Trump offered me a prestigious and profitable position in his administration (that's not going to happen). I'm…
From: Pharyngula
This is a quick response to a naive pair of questions. Why is it that all questions about atheism and…
From: Pharyngula
I never formally attended Vacation Bible School, but my house was across the street from the Lutheran church, so sometimes…
From: Pharyngula
It's really hard to make humor out of ignorance. These examples are all too close to arguments I routinely and…
From: Pharyngula
I've been featured in Kent Hovind's regular Wack-An-Atheist nonsense, as have many other opponents of creationism. Now a different person…
From: Pharyngula
Barna has put out the results from a survey of American beliefs, and it bewilders me. [caption id="attachment_79521" align="aligncenter" width="500"]…
From: Pharyngula
No one will be surprised to learn that RFK jr is trying to bias the scientific literature. He's upset that…
From: Pharyngula
This topic is, unfortunately, inextricably inter-twined with AI, so I could as easily be talking about one axis of the…
From: Stderr
In other news about UFOs/UAPs, would you believe our government has formed a "UAP Science Advisory Council" to chase the…
From: Pharyngula
You know, the Southern Baptist denomination was specifically formed in 1845 to uphold slavery -- their whole raison d'etre was…
From: Pharyngula
In a long awaited ruling, the court affirmed by a 6-3 margin the constitutional right of birthright citizenship, that anyone…
From: Mano Singham
I've got a bit of a grudge going for Dave Chappelle. I don't think about things or people I hate…
From: Life's a Gas
I chose a life in the Great Social Discourse of Doom when I helped push Atheism Plus to establish a…
From: Life's a Gas
A long time ago I was hunting for a word and while "conformity" had occurred to me, it didn't feel…
From: Life's a Gas
I apologize for scaring you all with that dour, nasty visage. That's Keith Kidwell, a North Carolina state legislator, looking…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_79395" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Oh look, a trans person![/caption]
From: Pharyngula
Jey McCreight is an old friend I've known since they were a an undergraduate studying biology in Indiana. I've been…
From: Pharyngula
Our movement was founded in part on islamophobia, so it's unsurprising a number of our blogs beat that drum occasionally…
From: Life's a Gas
I'll have a lot more to say about this when I have time to knock together an essay, but right…
From: Life's a Gas
I write a bunch of book reviews, and review-ish writings on my Pillowfort. Maybe I should port some of these…
From: A Trivial Knot
Transcript below the fold. Let me take a moment to talk about my local movie theater and my role in…
From: Pharyngula
I scan a lot of news sites and in the process come across items that are not newsworthy in the…
From: Mano Singham
I visited a dermatologist last week for a routine yearly examination. This is a ritual debasement in which I have…
From: Pharyngula
I've always wanted to visit France, I guess I'm getting a taste of it today. I went for my morning…
From: Pharyngula
What? You need new thread? Previous Thread
From: Pharyngula
Today should end the worst heatwave in recorded history in CZ. It was horrendous because my house does not have…
From: Affinity
Of course I had to go see the new Supergirl movie -- I had to run the projector. It was…
From: Pharyngula
Both bloggers and commenters seem to be less active at the moment, which, if my perception isn't slanted, started with…
From: Life's a Gas
Sometimes, when volunteering at the local theater, one must sometimes suffer through terrible (but popular) movies. This week was my…
From: Pharyngula
It's in the New York Post, so you know it must be true. They've extracted alien corpses from multiple crashed…
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
It has come to my attention that a disturbing number of people think that ethnostates, or ethnocracies, are fine as…
From: Oceanoxia
Trump has fired the secretary of the navy John Phelan. Phelan's only qualification for the job seemed to be that…
From: Mano Singham
Whatever one's views are about the Catholic Church, there is no question that it takes its doctrines seriously, devoting enormous…
From: Mano Singham
Cancer is many things, so one tool or technique cannot be used against all, but even so, it is good…
From: Pro-Science
I came across an interest research article in PLOS One: What helps and hinders reproducible research? Researchers’ perspectives from a…
From: Pro-Science
They always look so affectionate.
From: Pharyngula
The Guardian is asking for nominations for the Invertebrate of the Year, and you can submit your choice! I made…
From: Pharyngula
Your date has bright green teeth, and there's a bug caught in them. What do you do?
From: Pharyngula
Well, sort of. Researchers in the College of Biological Sciences on the Twin Cities campus have created a synthetic cell…
From: Pharyngula
Very pretty. Of course, you have to remember that it's probably got the texture of a spongecake, and those long…
From: Pharyngula
I study spiders in the family Theridiidae, which you've probably seen many times. Sometimes they're called cupboard spiders, or cobweb…
From: Pharyngula
Following his team's loss to Turkey in the final game of their group stage, the US soccer team's manager Mauricio…
From: Mano Singham
My favorite quote/concept of all time is this one: Everything is the way it is because it got that way.D'Arcy…
From: Pharyngula
Republican speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson thought he would scare people by reading out loud what the…
From: Mano Singham
Yesterday saw primary races in Colorado and there was an upset when democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeated 15-term incumbent congresswoman…
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
People who are sensitive to avoid giving offense tend to be cautious in how they refer to groups of people…
From: Mano Singham
I'm going to talk about trauma and PTSD in this one. It's something I've studied a bit for writing and…
From: Oceanoxia
Primary elections in the US are a test of the relative strength of intra-party factions. On the Republican side, the…
From: Mano Singham
That trillionaire fuck been in the news again for (possibly) the biggest evil he's committed since ending usaid condemned millions…
From: Life's a Gas
I've got a bit of a grudge going for Dave Chappelle. I don't think about things or people I hate…
From: Life's a Gas
Charly recently raised a question that on the surface seems reasonable, but when applied to ameriKKKa, becomes a bit of…
From: Life's a Gas
Switzerland had a referendum yesterday on whether to place a limit of 10 million on the total population of the…
From: Mano Singham
Today is American Independence Day, a milestone in it being the 250th or semiquincentennial one, which I read is Latin…
From: Mano Singham
[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
Today is Independence Day in USA - the 250th since the original one in 1776. In 1776, Independence Day was…
From: Pro-Science
Imagine that Donald Trump offered me a prestigious and profitable position in his administration (that's not going to happen). I'm…
From: Pharyngula
Did you know that at this moment the Trump administration is running what it calls the The Great American State…
From: Mano Singham
Republican speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson thought he would scare people by reading out loud what the…
From: Mano Singham
We're deep in the insanity phase of the progression, and it's obvious. A report has been released that exposes the…
From: Pharyngula
Yesterday saw primary races in Colorado and there was an upset when democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeated 15-term incumbent congresswoman…
From: Mano Singham
Yesterday, the Supreme Court affirmed birthright citizenship. Good. Let's celebrate. Except, this was a decision that should have been a…
From: Pharyngula
In a long awaited ruling, the court affirmed by a 6-3 margin the constitutional right of birthright citizenship, that anyone…
From: Mano Singham