It takes very little to set the rightwing nut jobs off into starting a new front in the culture wars,…
From: Mano Singham
This grand plan to rename New York's Penn Station after Donald Trump has been kicking around for a while now,…
From: Death to Squirrels
The Probability Broach, chapter 20 The Continental Congress is at a stalemate. Win and Lucy know that John Jay Madison…
From: Daylight Atheism
Content Warnings: It's horror. Whatever. EDIT to ADD: jeezis i have a lot of repeated words phrases in this. they…
From: Life's a Gas
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From: Mano Singham
It is quite extraordinary how Count Binface emerging as the main opponent to Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election on…
From: Mano Singham
The Probability Broach, chapter 20 Even in the anarcho-capitalist North American Confederacy, dealing with the government is an exhausting ordeal.…
From: Daylight Atheism
The Clacton by-election that will see Nigel Farage face off (bin off?) against Count Binface will take place on August…
From: Mano Singham
Content Warnings: Murdering Sex Workers Taken as an Artistic Abstraction When it's a Real Thing that Happens and its Victims…
From: Life's a Gas
The late night talk shows I watch were no fans of Lindsey Graham and I was curious as to how…
From: Mano Singham
This grubby-handed gentleman left a jar of raw milk outside, in 90°F heat, for two days, until the solids started…
From: Pharyngula
My husband described to me a version of the cosmological argument based on explanations. Everything in the world requires an…
From: A Trivial Knot
Hey atheists — I have a question.Is Lily Jay fake?
If you've hung out with the atheist communities on YouTube or Instagram (and if you haven't, congratulations!) you've probably encountered…
From: Pharyngula
I don't follow the day-to-day activities of the Peterson family, Jordan and Mikhaila, so I had just assumed that they…
From: Pharyngula
Got a spammesque comment on an old post, from a creationist! of all things. This has never been a blog…
From: Life's a Gas
I could not leave the scarring of this lovely video unaddressed, so I made a video of my own. Transcript…
From: Pharyngula
Who remembers the Peanut Butter Man, Chuck Missler? He was a creationist who ranked down there with Ray Comfort and…
From: Pharyngula
I'm on both sides of the fence about things like the world cup. For one thing, it's a joy to…
From: Stderr
A lot of this is what I consider being from the Department of Obviousness Department, which I normally try to…
From: Stderr
Oh boy, chew on this comment on my YouTube channel: [caption id="attachment_79717" align="aligncenter" width="500"] @Toytime-TVI Got you PZ...It goes like…
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
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
I realized that I have a pretty expensive camera, but I haven't been using it for a long time except…
From: Affinity
Oh no. I'm getting so old. Now my oldest son, Alaric, and his partner, Katarina, have announced that they are…
From: Pharyngula
I get up early every morning, and practically the first thing I do is check the news to see if…
From: Pharyngula
Serves him right. This sculptor thought he could cash in on the Charlie Kirk frenzy, but it backfired on him…
From: Pharyngula
I know it's only appreciated when I really hate a movie, but I liked Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. Sorry. Hey…
From: Pharyngula
In any sports, one can always engage in endless debates as to who was the greatest ever player in some…
From: Mano Singham
I was wondering why I had to keep teaching the same thing every year. They're swapping new students in on…
From: Pharyngula
I refuse to accept the sacrificial substitution of Sam Neill for far more deserving people. Sam Neill, the popular New…
From: Pharyngula
I had to fill in at the theater last night. I was not prepared for the exam. I hadn't realized…
From: Pharyngula
Back in the day, I used to post math puzzles, similar to how I post origami today. Today I'm revisiting…
From: A Trivial Knot
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
It has come to my attention that a disturbing number of people think that ethnostates, or ethnocracies, are fine as…
From: Oceanoxia
Now you can. It's pretty amazing how much silk she can produce so quickly.
From: Pharyngula
This is not good news. The Trump administration wants to radically change how science is done in this country. On…
From: Pharyngula
Showing off our lavely backyard Argiope aurantia. She's an ornament to our house.
From: Pharyngula
One of the virtues of the heat is that we have lazily allowed our backyard to run wild. Thigh-high grasses,…
From: Pharyngula
It's been a miserable day, driving in exhausting heat to visit family in St Cloud. But we're back, and look…
From: Pharyngula
We've had a couple of bad days here in Minnesota -- the smoke from the wildfires up north has made…
From: Pharyngula
Got a spammesque comment on an old post, from a creationist! of all things. This has never been a blog…
From: Life's a Gas
I had other plans for this week, but they'll have to wait because some Republican politicians just offered bait too…
From: Oceanoxia
I could not leave the scarring of this lovely video unaddressed, so I made a video of my own. Transcript…
From: Pharyngula
We got up early this morning to run errands in the exotic metropolis of Alexandria (not the one in Egypt),…
From: Pharyngula
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 share with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez the belief that there are no good billionaires. “There’s a certain level of wealth and…
From: Mano Singham
A lot of this is what I consider being from the Department of Obviousness Department, which I normally try to…
From: Stderr
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
It takes very little to set the rightwing nut jobs off into starting a new front in the culture wars,…
From: Mano Singham
This is not good news. The Trump administration wants to radically change how science is done in this country. On…
From: Pharyngula
Wyoming students aren't allowed to get a degree in philosophy. Wyoming will become the first state in the US where…
From: Pharyngula
Apparently, the Odyssey is fully engaged with pop culture now. [caption id="attachment_79826" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Tom the Dancing Bug[/caption] I think…
From: Pharyngula
In the latest result in a congressional primary race in Arizona yesterday, a candidate defeated a rival who had been…
From: Mano Singham
What if a documentary was made to bridge the divide between conservatives and liberals, and it only showed the conservative…
From: Pharyngula
Last Friday I was informed that Marco Rubio, the U.S. Secretary of State, has launched an international crusade against “far-left terrorists.”…
From: Death to Squirrels
The personal apology of a powerless person in the United States doesn't matter much, but I sincerely am sorry for…
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
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan represent some of the worst elements of the so-called manosphere, the world of pathetic…
From: Mano Singham