Adventures in AI... I tried to trick Microsoft's Copilot into giving me misinformation. "Microsoft Copilot AI: Conversation style: Balanced Great…
From: Great American Satan
Just how much more of this can you take? Content Warnings: Threats, Guns, Gun Shot Wounds, Ableism, Irresponsible Flying, Fear…
From: Great American Satan
When I was younger, I got the opportunity to travel. My family had the means to take vacations and I…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I have the degenerative disc disease. Not crippling most of the time, so far, but the first of those three…
From: Great American Satan
OnlySky is back from the dead! Back in 2022, an entrepreneur named Shawn Hardin launched OnlySky Media as an explicitly…
From: Daylight Atheism
People from all over have lined up to talk about their high esteem for Joe Biden and to credit him…
From: Mano Singham
This is a very important installment. Las Vegas meets Centennial Hills. Who will win? Content Warnings: Threats, Descriptions of Violence,…
From: Great American Satan
If anybody besides Alan G Humphrey is reading these, holler in the comments, heh. At any rate, I keep bustin'.…
From: Great American Satan
If you want a detailed fact check of the actual nonsense that the speech consisted of, see here. {AD}
From: Mano Singham
Occasionally over the years I would remember this song that played on the local radio when I was ten -…
From: Great American Satan
I've noted this before, that Ken Ham's Ark Park is built on a deep, rich bed of Ordovician fossils. Every…
From: Pharyngula
What? I've been so neglectful of the ID gang that I completely missed an announcement five years ago that they…
From: Pharyngula
In a world with so much cause for doom and gloom, one of the persistent bright spots is the steady…
From: Daylight Atheism
I woke up this morning with terrible sharp pains in my knee -- I guess I'd been sleeping too hard.…
From: Pharyngula
My recent video stirred up a lot of comments, so I'll try to address them in a YouTube live video…
From: Pharyngula
I've been a bit withdrawn lately, with concerns over personal matters. As I tend to do, I retreated into self-absorbed…
From: Pharyngula
A coworker quoted the bible to me a few days ago. We were having a very vague conversation about politics…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I prefer all of them to loony flat earth trash. Candace Owens tries so hard to make women who read…
From: Pharyngula
Skepticon is coming on 26 July, and they've announced the first few speakers. One is Kavin Senapathy . Kavin Senapathy…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_197" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Not edible.[/caption] "What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith…
From: Daylight Atheism
It looks like we can expect a steady drip of bad news about JD Vance as people start combing through…
From: Mano Singham
After Elon Musk declared his daughter dead because she was trans, I was just waiting for the other shoe to…
From: Pharyngula
Although it sounds like it, its roots have to be much deeper. Elon Musk sees his children as props that…
From: Pharyngula
I spent most of my 20s working in fast food, and as I was pushing 30, at Jack in the…
From: Great American Satan
Elon Musk made an announcement that he is moving the headquarters of Space X from California to Texas. Fine. It's…
From: Mano Singham
I don't know what the hell JK Rowling is babbling about now. [caption id="attachment_73649" align="aligncenter" width="500"] I’ve heard straight men…
From: Pharyngula
He had been talking about this for years at We Hunted the Mammoth, how strange little nazi babies had been…
From: Pharyngula
Beth Bourne is an administrator at the UC Davis’ Institute of Transportation Studies. She is also the president of her…
From: Pharyngula
When I march at Pride, I think of all the hate I get just for being an outspoken Black Bisexual…
From: YEMMYnisting
I'm hoping that the right-wing troll economy is bottoming out. We're living with the dregs of a few decades of…
From: Pharyngula
You may have noticed I left something out in that last post about Andreesen and Horowitz -- their political vision…
From: Pharyngula
Today is the first day of Skepticon. I was supposed to be there. I wanted to be there. But instead,…
From: Pharyngula
I think it's important to check the flow of misinformation. According to the Associated Press, JD Vance did not, I…
From: Pharyngula
I'm sorry, but I'm a cliche. I was lying in bed half asleep last night when my wife came to…
From: Pharyngula
When I was younger, I got the opportunity to travel. My family had the means to take vacations and I…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I apologize for the lack of posts lately. I have been working my butt off! I love my jobs but…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I'm back home again. It was not a happy trip, but I did learn a few things. Viewings are horrible,…
From: Pharyngula
The weather was very nice so I disassembled the drum sander, took it outside, and slathered blue paint all avo.…
From: Affinity
On the 4th anniversary of the first day of my protest coverage, I've initiated a look back and my experiences…
From: Pervert Justice
(Pearls Before Swine) It is rather strange when you think about it. I had not noticed this before, even though…
From: Mano Singham
Work has been strange this week. It’s been busy, and I’m a little stressed and emotional. On Monday, my supervisor…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
A coworker quoted the bible to me a few days ago. We were having a very vague conversation about politics…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Do you remember that "faith" poster at my work? I haven't complained and it's still up. I was so…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Religious conservatives in the US are determined to get Christianity back into the school curriculum. For the longest time, they…
From: Mano Singham
The state of Oklahoma ranks 49th in education, according to one review (there are many such reviews that come up…
From: Pharyngula
Common sense would tell you that when temperatures rise to extraordinarily high levels, you should avoid exertion and stay indoors.…
From: Mano Singham
When I returned to work last week, I noticed this sign in the mailroom, and I’ve been thinking a lot…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
Russia has suffered somewhere north of a quarter million -- possibly approaching a half million -- casualties in their war…
From: Pharyngula
Say you're a poorly educated little man with no redeeming qualities, but you want to be rich and famous. You…
From: Pharyngula
For the longest time, Catholic churches and individuals have made money from claims of the supernatural, such as religious statues…
From: Mano Singham
Adventures in AI... I tried to trick Microsoft's Copilot into giving me misinformation. "Microsoft Copilot AI: Conversation style: Balanced Great…
From: Great American Satan
Oh no. I just finished relocating all the baby black widows, and what happens? Another clutch emerges.
From: Pharyngula
From: Pharyngula
Busy, busy, busy. The hatching yesterday means that I'm going to spend the morning sorting spiders, on top of the…
From: Pharyngula
I finally got away this afternoon to check on the spiders in the lab, and behold…one of the black widow…
From: Pharyngula
We have a young monarch enjoying a fine meal in our yard!
From: Pharyngula
On the bus to Seattle along I-5, I saw a large raptor-style nest atop a relatively short cellphone tower. Next…
From: Great American Satan
I used to have the hots for a micromanipulator -- a bulky block of clamps with a joystick that would…
From: Pharyngula
Identity theft is a plague on society. It's bad enough when your credit card or your Social Security number is…
From: Daylight Atheism
Commenter birgerjohansson was kind enough to send me this link about how the UK has become the first country in…
From: Mano Singham
It looks like we can expect a steady drip of bad news about JD Vance as people start combing through…
From: Mano Singham
The Israeli leader who is carrying out a genocidal assault on the people of Gaza and who seems to care…
From: Mano Singham
We should have expected this. Donald Trump's good buddy, Sebastian Gorka, responds to the news that Biden has resigned and…
From: Pharyngula
Indoor plumbing that directs human waste into channels where it can be properly treated and disposed of has been one…
From: Mano Singham
If you are like me and enjoy watching murder mystery thrillers, and recently there have been a spate of limited-series…
From: Mano Singham
There is no question that the shooting at the Trump rally is big news. But it is also a good…
From: Mano Singham
Sometimes, when you're teaching simple Mendelian genetics you have to make up fictitious scenarios, because real genetics is significantly more…
From: Pharyngula
The horrendous behavior by the Israeli government and military in Gaza, where the Palestinian people have been subjected to bombing…
From: Mano Singham
The drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, although developed to treat diabetes, have become wildly popular outside its original target population because…
From: Mano Singham
He walks us through the 14 years of Conservative rule, the five prime ministers, and the measures that they implemented…
From: Mano Singham
Headline in an Associated Press article: Stephen Colbert gave some background to the story. {AD}
From: Mano Singham
It looks like we can expect a steady drip of bad news about JD Vance as people start combing through…
From: Mano Singham
You'll never believe why Marc Andreesen and Ben Horowitz are supporting Donald Trump. It has nothing to do with the…
From: Pharyngula
Call me naive, but I believe Joe Biden could have won the 2024 election. Nothing is guaranteed, of course, and…
From: Daylight Atheism
The position of vice-president in the US is a peculiar one. The position carries with it no power, nor substantive…
From: Mano Singham
During her campaign challenging serial sex abuser and convicted felon Donald Trump (SACFT) for the Republican nomination, Nikki Haley managed…
From: Mano Singham
The Israeli leader who is carrying out a genocidal assault on the people of Gaza and who seems to care…
From: Mano Singham
For the longest time, serial sex abuser and convicted felon Donald Trump (SSACFT) and his cronies in the Republican party…
From: Mano Singham
People from all over have lined up to talk about their high esteem for Joe Biden and to credit him…
From: Mano Singham
My biggest reaction to Joe Biden announcing that he was quitting the race was relief. Each day had been a…
From: Mano Singham