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
It's time for our Council of Psychics to announce their predictions for 2026. Let's just say we have a lot…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
This gripping documentary directed by Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus, about the work of legendary reporter Seymour M. Hersh has…
From: Mano Singham
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
I think I'm trapped at home today -- I tried walking to work, and didn't get beyond my driveway, because…
From: Pharyngula
I've been watching the trainwreck named Avi Loeb for a while now, and it's become obvious that he's shredding his…
From: Pharyngula
I keep seeing lies about biology like this on social media. This is all wrong. [caption id="attachment_78186" align="aligncenter" width="500"] A…
From: Pharyngula
Defense Expert Dunc commented in an earlier post of mine, with a link to an article that we both find…
From: Stderr
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
The insufferably pompous, arrogant, and sexist former president of Harvard University has been forced to withdraw from many of his…
From: Mano Singham
This part of the 2026 gardening work started actually in 2025, a few days before Christmas. And not only is…
From: Affinity
Guess where I've been this morning? I had a blood vessel pop in my eye a while back, and I…
From: Pharyngula
2025 was a no good, very bad year. I would like to think that the coming year will be better…
From: Mano Singham
I knew most of this stuff but it was presented entertainingly. I am never bored when I am at home…
From: Mano Singham
The blizzard is over. Talk amongst yourselves. Previous Thread
From: Pharyngula
I was fighting with upgrading my notebook for a few days, and I completely forgot to post the rest of…
From: Affinity
I think you'll have no problem comprehending this. Relatively speaking, Minneapolis is Birmingham, while I live somewhere in the Irish…
From: Pharyngula
There is an enduring appeal to encyclopedias.The ability to look up information that has been prepared by credible sources on…
From: Mano Singham
We woke up this morning to the moaning of the wind, and I decided to just stay in bed a…
From: Pharyngula
Being a lexicographer compiling dictionaries in the internet age can be viewed as both exciting, because of all the new…
From: Mano Singham
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 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
There is an enduring appeal to encyclopedias.The ability to look up information that has been prepared by credible sources on…
From: Mano Singham
This isn't exactly a pro-AI post, it's more of an anti-human post, because I'm annoyed that otherwise clever people can…
From: Life's a Gas
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
If you've noticed that I'm posting less, it's the timing: my sabbatical is ending, I'm getting ready to plunge back…
From: Pharyngula
Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani upset the political establishment by winning the mayoralty of New York City but now comes along…
From: Mano Singham
Today, ICE shot a woman in the face. They have an explanation. In a post to X, the homeland security…
From: Pharyngula
I remember when all the radical lefties were complaining that the university curriculum was too packed with tired old white…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_78307" align="alignright" width="120"] Squint harder, ya dork[/caption] If you are anything like me, you are eagerly anticipating the day…
From: Pharyngula
I know that the Christmas season is over but I found some amusing stuff that I wanted to share just…
From: Mano Singham
I have long been an admirer, from my college days in Sri Lanka when I first came across his work,…
From: Mano Singham
I am horrified by this incompetent man who is running the country. [caption id="attachment_78301" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The White House Doctors…
From: Pharyngula
In various discussions about "what do we do with Venezuela?" we should not ignore that the people asking the question…
From: Stderr
It us becoming more clear what Trump intends with his attack on Venezuela and his abduction of its president Nicolas…
From: Mano Singham
I have refrained from commenting on the outrageous act of imperialism by the US in Venezuela because the immediate aftermath…
From: Mano Singham
It's about time. Jesus was running a camp for the homeless in Alabama -- which sounds exactly like what the…
From: Pharyngula
