Here comes another one... It Was All Yellow Anyone else remember when that song "Yellow" by Coldplay was big on…
From: Great American Satan
I had a dream last night that included a song, which was kind of a feeble knockoff of the Gershwins'…
From: Great American Satan
On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart looks at the corruption trial of New Jersey senator Robert Menendez and his wife…
From: Mano Singham
Chat, j'ai pété is rolling out a new version, tho you're only allowed to use it for X amount of…
From: Great American Satan
In a surprise development yesterday, Joe Biden and serial sex abuser Donald Trump (SSAT) have agreed to two debates, one…
From: Mano Singham
Allow me to hit you with a little Vogon poetry, just to notch one color and break my dry streak. …
From: Great American Satan
I think I’ve asked this question before but for some reason, this topic seems to blow my mind. I’m just…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
How many true believers are in the world? It’s true; your geographical location usually decides your religion, but how many…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I used to love fashion. It flows from my love of art, design, and craft - some of the outfits…
From: Stderr
I have recently discovered my love for tofu. Turns out all the people who always told me that you just…
From: Affinity
Glenn Gruenhagen is a horrible, dull little man who is somehow a state senator. I decided to post a bit…
From: Pharyngula
This video is definitely not going to be to everyone's taste, but I enjoyed it (what I've seen of it…
From: Pharyngula
We've generally found that the scientific method is a useful tool for testing explanations, and apparently Catholics are envious, so…
From: Pharyngula
Or ever? You might bet tempted to cite Kurt Vonnegut's "Wear sunscreen" speech, but he didn't give it and it…
From: Pharyngula
True Freethinkers™ also wouldn't wear a baseball cap backwards. [caption id="attachment_73135" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Mattie Lubchansky[/caption]
From: Pharyngula
[Previous: Let's chat with Justin, the Catholic apologist AI] My chat with Justin, the Catholic apologist AI, got me thinking.…
From: Daylight Atheism
We should all go! Registration is open, and of course it's free! I wonder if Atheists for Liberty will be…
From: Pharyngula
the godfather, or grandfather, or one of the prime people that ended up actually killing the unity of the movement
A friend let me know that there was a discussion that briefly mentioned me last night, between Ember and Thomas…
From: Pharyngula
How many true believers are in the world? It’s true; your geographical location usually decides your religion, but how many…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
His madness was exposed on Joe Rogan's show -- and Carlson made Rogan look intelligent, which is quite a feat.…
From: Pharyngula
This video is definitely not going to be to everyone's taste, but I enjoyed it (what I've seen of it…
From: Pharyngula
More than anything else, right-wing culture warriors live to trigger the libs. They compete to one-up each other in saying…
From: Daylight Atheism
The pressure is enormous. I'm a pretty conventional guy, but all the messaging from the world around me tells me…
From: Pharyngula
Aww, a heartwarming story before the weekend (when I'm going to be neck-deep in grading.) A Russian, Erik Beda, fled…
From: Pharyngula
In one of those meatspace conversations, we were talking about crazy cat ladies, each of us trying to do cursory…
From: A Trivial Knot
Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler are two comedians who call themselves 'The Good Liars' and pull political pranks such as…
From: Mano Singham
Got some gentle sympathies in donation message, but again, barely anyone has been suggesting topics to write about. Makes me…
From: Great American Satan
I've never played Warmhammer, never owned any of the books or models, and I only just today learned something surprising.…
From: Pharyngula
There are many ways to assess the utility of a policy. One way is to simply ask who favors the…
From: Pharyngula
The ruling by the Arizona supreme court that an 1864 law that purportedly bans all abortions even in the case…
From: Mano Singham
The 2024 Olympics are going to be held in Paris, and someone has decided that they must find a way…
From: Pharyngula
Today in the morning I went to my greenhouse to plant some tomatoes and I was greeted by something I…
From: Affinity
I'm taking a break in Minneapolis, with just two missions: dropping off an old pocket watch for repair, and meeting…
From: Pharyngula
At the recently held Westminster Dog Show, a small mixed breed dog named Nimble turned in an amazing performance in…
From: Mano Singham
A question that keeps me up at night is "What is the theoretical best you can do in Mysterium?" I'm…
From: A Trivial Knot
Pairwise spider breeding session postponed until tomorrow. I hope my day is slightly less cluttered then. Saturday I'm going to…
From: Pharyngula
Anyone else remember the song, Indian Reservation, by Paul Revere and The Raiders? It isn't a particularly good song, and…
From: Pharyngula
I'm supposed to be breeding spiders in the lab today, but then a combination of factors are interfering. Poor Mary…
From: Pharyngula
I think I’ve asked this question before but for some reason, this topic seems to blow my mind. I’m just…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I'm starting up The Raven in 20 minutes, and will make an occasional comment here in honor of Roger Corman.…
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
How many true believers are in the world? It’s true; your geographical location usually decides your religion, but how many…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
You would think that by now people would have got used to the extent to which the Catholic church went…
From: Mano Singham
I have a Cardi B song stuck in my head. I like the song, but it just won’t leave me…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I had my follow-up appointment on Tuesday from my knee surgery earlier this month. They removed the sutures, but unfortunately,…
From: From the Ashes of Faith
I am both fascinated and disturbed by cults. Fascinated because of my interest in the psychology of the kind of…
From: Mano Singham
Somebody suggested I could meditate for a moment on what it would be like if Loki were behind the mask…
From: Great American Satan
A donation with a topic, fantastic! What is the role of Satan in current American religions? What I want is…
From: Great American Satan
The Washington Post gave a lot of attention to Kali and Joshua Fantanilla today, for reasons I can't comprehend. It's…
From: Pharyngula
It often seems that rich people can break the law with no consequences, but once in a while, you come…
From: Pro-Science
[caption id="attachment_141" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Whanganui River - Felix Engelhardt, CC BY 2.0 DEED[/caption] Corporations are people, my friend. Or, at…
From: Daylight Atheism
I am in favor of using renewable energy as one way to replace fossil fuels as a power source. I…
From: Oceanoxia
A friend of mine sent me a link to this; we were discussing prevailing currents in the Pacific in the…
From: Stderr
It's like dealing cocaine. An arachnid kingpin, Lorenzo Prendini, curator of arachnids at the American Museum of Natural History, was…
From: Pharyngula
We have a division of labor in our household. I care about the spiders, Mary cares about the birds. She's…
From: Pharyngula
One of the things Parasteatoda does is build cobwebs on the side of our house (yes, we have an orange…
From: Pharyngula
This is the week! It was a busy morning in the lab, doing a complete spider cage cleanup, shuffling everyone…
From: Pharyngula
Somebody snuck in and moved our house farther south. According to this informative map of plant hardiness zones, I'm not…
From: Pharyngula
There are valid concerns about renewable energy sources, particularly as they are being implemented today. Corporations and governments have been…
From: Oceanoxia
When watching films that are set in a time before there was electricity, I would sometimes see public fountains and…
From: Mano Singham
Before she became a Massachusetts US senator and while she was still an academic, Elizabeth Warren proposed the creation of…
From: Mano Singham
News reporters are supposed to use as a maxim that their articles provide answers to five questions: who, what, when,…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_132" align="alignright" width="800"] Coalwood High School, WV - Kelly Michals, CC BY-NC 2.0 Deed [/caption] What happens when white…
From: Daylight Atheism
The campus protests against the atrocities committed by Israel in Gaza were largely peaceful, with much of the violence occurring…
From: Mano Singham
We don't get as much of the noise about Eurovision here in the benighted Americas, but every once in a…
From: Pharyngula
Today is the official changeover day for the Minnesota state flag. I like it! I especially like it because I…
From: Pharyngula
It has become common to hear well-known comedians bemoaning that they are no longer allowed to do the kind of…
From: Mano Singham
I know that there are sadistic sociopaths out there who delight in the suffering of other people and animals. But…
From: Mano Singham
The mayor of New York City Eric Adams and the police department have used the claim of outside agitators to…
From: Mano Singham
Both the university and the state have an ugly history of racism that they would like to bury. But the…
From: Mano Singham
Massachusetts leads the way! They placed a wealth tax on rich people and gleaned over a billion dollars, which sounds…
From: Pharyngula
I am in favor of using renewable energy as one way to replace fossil fuels as a power source. I…
From: Oceanoxia
Before she became a Massachusetts US senator and while she was still an academic, Elizabeth Warren proposed the creation of…
From: Mano Singham
A grand jury in Arizona recommended indictments against Rudy Giuliani and 17 other people for their involvement in the fake…
From: Mano Singham
On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart looks at the corruption trial of New Jersey senator Robert Menendez and his wife…
From: Mano Singham
Just check out what happened at a meeting of the congressional oversight committee. Watch. This video lays out what happened…
From: Mano Singham
News reporters are supposed to use as a maxim that their articles provide answers to five questions: who, what, when,…
From: Mano Singham
Here's an observation that you might find counter-intuitive, unless you recognize that the police carry a cost in inherent destructiveness:…
From: Pharyngula
This week, Donald Trump took advantage of the recess in his trial for paying hush money to a porn star…
From: Pharyngula
In a surprise development yesterday, Joe Biden and serial sex abuser Donald Trump (SSAT) have agreed to two debates, one…
From: Mano Singham