im 500 years old today. congradulate me or die tryin. i was contemplatin posting my novella "mitosis" here in a…
From: Life's a Gas
I'm on both sides of the fence about things like the world cup. For one thing, it's a joy to…
From: Stderr
Ruh-roh, Raggy. I may have gone too far that title. Stop me before I kill again. - Time to do…
From: Life's a Gas
A lot of this is what I consider being from the Department of Obviousness Department, which I normally try to…
From: Stderr
The Probability Broach, chapter 20 We're up to chapter 20 (of 24) in The Probability Broach. This chapter opens with…
From: Daylight Atheism
Content Warnings: It's horror. Whatever. CHUNK ONE__ _ Dan Kowal had once been a reasonable man - of this he…
From: Life's a Gas
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
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
[caption id="attachment_66324" align="alignright" width="146"] Portrait of a pseudoscientist[/caption] Nathaniel Jeanson, that incompetent "geneticist" who was employed by Answers in Genesis,…
From: Pharyngula
Remember Bryan Johnson? Here's a reminder of his silly obsession. Johnson famously claims to spend millions on his health each…
From: Pharyngula
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
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
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
I'm on both sides of the fence about things like the world cup. For one thing, it's a joy to…
From: Stderr
The natural step after my last post would be to examine some LLM-generated code and point and laugh. I don't…
From: Reprobate Spreadsheet
This old man did not taunt the bison at all, and was respectful and cautious, but that didn't help him.…
From: Pharyngula
I'm in between movie releases, so I didn't see anything new this week. Sorry. Although…I did have some free time,…
From: Pharyngula
This month, the ace journal club talked about Lord of the Rings. The case for an asexual Frodo is more…
From: A Trivial Knot
You don't say. This is a story about a professor who discovered his students will use AI to cheat. Serrano…
From: Pharyngula
It's unpleasantly hot and humid -- we just had a thunderstorm drench us -- so I decided to try something…
From: Pharyngula
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
Trump has fired the secretary of the navy John Phelan. Phelan's only qualification for the job seemed to be that…
From: Mano Singham
I released this wolf spider onto a rock, and moved to take a picture. I immediately noticed that she was…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_79737" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Pholcus[/caption] She did her little dance when I got a glass of water.
From: Pharyngula
A lot of this is what I consider being from the Department of Obviousness Department, which I normally try to…
From: Stderr
My desk spider, the Parasteatoda I keep in front of me on my desk, made an egg sac! How is…
From: Pharyngula
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
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
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
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about how socialist candidates are making inroads, despite the best…
From: Daylight Atheism
There are many politicians who are awful because they espouse terrible policies. But there are others who are truly odious…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_79732" align="alignright" width="135"] Lay down your bubble wand, faithful servant[/caption] Well, damn. We were so busy waiting for ghoulish…
From: Pharyngula
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
long after elno mork ducked from being the public face of it, his pet project within the us gov kept…
From: Life's a Gas
It looks like the Reform party's leader Nigel Farage's sudden decision to resign from parliament and re-contest in the ensuing…
From: Mano Singham
I am pleased to read that Charlie Kirk's reputation is rotting as fast as his corpse. While he shouldn't have…
From: Pharyngula
As with all things involving Trump, things are never stable or decided but keep changing on him whims. After touting…
From: Mano Singham
I've avoided discussing Graham Platner here all this time. I could tell early in his rise that his campaign was…
From: Pharyngula
One of the appealingly quirky features of UK politics is that pretty much anyone can stand for election to a…
From: Mano Singham
