In the UK, Nigel Farage is under fire for having made Cameo videos that featured him making controversial statements. The…
From: Mano Singham
SNL had Jeremy Culhane play Tucker Carlson giving his take on some of this year's nominees. I have not seen…
From: Mano Singham
This chapter was like pulling teeth. It is lifeless and introduces too many boring guys. In a subsequent draft, it…
From: Life's a Gas
Netflix has released a new documentary by Louis Theroux where he goes inside the so-called 'manosphere', the world of young…
From: Mano Singham
Revenge of the Phantom Press is a novel by FTBlogger William Brinkmann. It is the sequel to The Rift, which…
From: A Trivial Knot
Some time ago, I wrote about reading an article that described how AI companies were offering the services of 'companions'…
From: Mano Singham
It's a scary moment, when you realize that nationalism is a pack of lies, like religion and being a sports…
From: Stderr
if u go obscure enough u can have a holiday every day of the year, but at the moment a…
From: Life's a Gas
The Probability Broach, chapter 16 Ed and Win Bear have burgled the house of their enemy, John Jay Madison, and…
From: Daylight Atheism
There's a song by Electric Six called "Be My Dark Angel" and it is great, altho haters of novelty music…
From: Life's a Gas
Apparently the Iranians managed to tag an F-35. As I mentioned in 2019, [stderr] stealth aircraft typically are mostly “stealthy”…
From: Stderr
It's a scary moment, when you realize that nationalism is a pack of lies, like religion and being a sports…
From: Stderr
Elevatorgator small, mindless undead chaotic evil Armor class: 14 Hit points: 1d4 Speed: 10ft Attacks: annoying whine Weaknesses: die at…
From: Pharyngula
I have wargamed war in the gulf a few times. And, as you know, I'm a fan of Millennium Challenge…
From: Stderr
A lot of atheist content on YouTube is boring, and here I am contributing to it.
From: Pharyngula
Via Mano, I am reassured to learn that not all scientists were taken in by Epstein. Sean M. Carroll represents…
From: Pharyngula
Twitter is bad because it is full of hate and lies, but TikTok is bad because it is full of…
From: Pharyngula
Hey! I'm going to be speaking at an Iowa Atheists event tomorrow, which has me mildly shocked. I hope I…
From: Pharyngula
I've made posts wondering before if any of the people from the shit side of the regressive/progressive atheist split find…
From: Life's a Gas
Hell no, I said. He also recommended a physical therapist, which I think is a good idea. I was just…
From: Pharyngula
An investigative report reveals that the man who has long been viewed as a civil rights icon and who organized…
From: Mano Singham
Netflix has released a new documentary by Louis Theroux where he goes inside the so-called 'manosphere', the world of young…
From: Mano Singham
On March 6, 2026, PBS reported on the latest release of files from the Epstein files that includes transcripts of…
From: Mano Singham
A lot of attention has been focused on the hundreds of scientists who are mentioned in the files of convicted…
From: Mano Singham
So I don't have evidence this was entrapment or the feds, but there are strong indicators it was. I was…
From: Life's a Gas
One of the popular conspiracies of the right such as by QAnon is that the world is run by a…
From: Mano Singham
Well, as more of a jerk -- I think everyone already knew that Robert Trivers was a poor excuse for…
From: Pharyngula
The unfolding Epstein story reveals how contemptibly women were treated by the wealthy and powerful men that Epstein drew into…
From: Mano Singham
What the internet and the latest forms of AI have revealed is that many people harbor the ugliest of impulses.…
From: Mano Singham
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
Apparently the Iranians managed to tag an F-35. As I mentioned in 2019, [stderr] stealth aircraft typically are mostly “stealthy”…
From: Stderr
In the UK, Nigel Farage is under fire for having made Cameo videos that featured him making controversial statements. The…
From: Mano Singham
The world, and especially the United States right now, sucks. So I have little rituals to keep me somewhat balanced…
From: Pharyngula
[caption id="attachment_78821" align="alignright" width="133"] Also, we're going to nit-pick all your jokes and tell you why this one is stupid.[/caption]…
From: Pharyngula
This is somewhat old news: I've mentioned before this strange entitled woman who has been harassing tenants, specifically by throwing…
From: Pharyngula
I walked back into work this morning -- the place is really dead today, I think a lot of students…
From: Pharyngula
Today is our 46th wedding anniversary. I have no idea why she agreed to it in the first place. No…
From: Pharyngula
This year's Spring Break is over, and it was a mess, as usual. The students got a full week of…
From: Pharyngula
I tilled the whole big patch on which I tried the three sisters system last year and a bit more.…
From: Affinity
[caption id="attachment_78798" align="alignright" width="120"] The bowtie makes me suspicious right away[/caption] I shouldn't have to tell my students that I…
From: Pharyngula
One of the basic things that are emphasized in the training of scientists is the importance of evidence in arriving…
From: Mano Singham
One of the things that really makes me furious is when adults make decisions that endanger the lives of their…
From: Mano Singham
I've made posts wondering before if any of the people from the shit side of the regressive/progressive atheist split find…
From: Life's a Gas
Christopher Beha has a long essay titled Losing Faith in Atheism wherein he describes his personal journey from Catholicism to…
From: Mano Singham
This clip was yanked from the Late Show with Stephen Colbert because Trumpian sycophants did not care at all for…
From: Pharyngula
I just learned that one of the featured talks in the US Pavilion at Davos (I detest Davos anyway) is…
From: Pharyngula
I had no idea what Cities Church was like. This is the church in St Paul were protesters disrupted a…
From: Pharyngula
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
They have just completed the first half-semester experiment, a complementation test with two loci in flies, and we sat down…
From: Pharyngula
No? The huge investment Facebook made in launching a virtual reality social media platform that Mark Zuckerberg predicted would take…
From: Pharyngula
SNL had Jeremy Culhane play Tucker Carlson giving his take on some of this year's nominees. I have not seen…
From: Mano Singham
Some time ago, I wrote about reading an article that described how AI companies were offering the services of 'companions'…
From: Mano Singham
When cloud computing first became a thing, the benefits seemed obvious, in that you could access your data wherever you…
From: Mano Singham
One of the basic things that are emphasized in the training of scientists is the importance of evidence in arriving…
From: Mano Singham
One of the things that really makes me furious is when adults make decisions that endanger the lives of their…
From: Mano Singham
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about some surprisingly hopeful news: the planet's forests are growing…
From: Daylight Atheism
Even though it is officially Spring Break, I had to trudge through the snow (yeah, it snowed again) to the…
From: Pharyngula
I kinda sorta envy Chinese science policy. The Chinese government is ramping up its support for science, announcing plans to…
From: Pharyngula
An investigative report reveals that the man who has long been viewed as a civil rights icon and who organized…
From: Mano Singham
Netflix has released a new documentary by Louis Theroux where he goes inside the so-called 'manosphere', the world of young…
From: Mano Singham
This is a very funny Mel Brooks film, a parody of westerns that was also a biting satire of racism.…
From: Mano Singham
Over the last several years, a man named Darren Beattie has been busy on Xitter promoting a crude, ignorant form…
From: Pharyngula
So I don't have evidence this was entrapment or the feds, but there are strong indicators it was. I was…
From: Life's a Gas
I have often railed about the fact that a car is recognized as a dangerous item in the hands of…
From: Mano Singham
I do not watch the Super Bowl because I don't care for it. I also never watch the half-time shows…
From: Mano Singham
I have written before about the possible connection between the presence of lead in the environment and violent crime by…
From: Mano Singham
Laura Loomer watched the Superbowl, and revealed so much. lllegal aliens and Latin hookers twerking at the SuperBowl. What was…
From: Pharyngula
The unfolding Epstein story reveals how contemptibly women were treated by the wealthy and powerful men that Epstein drew into…
From: Mano Singham
Apparently the Iranians managed to tag an F-35. As I mentioned in 2019, [stderr] stealth aircraft typically are mostly “stealthy”…
From: Stderr
In the UK, Nigel Farage is under fire for having made Cameo videos that featured him making controversial statements. The…
From: Mano Singham
An investigative report reveals that the man who has long been viewed as a civil rights icon and who organized…
From: Mano Singham
SNL had Jeremy Culhane play Tucker Carlson giving his take on some of this year's nominees. I have not seen…
From: Mano Singham
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about the war with Iran and Trump's continuing efforts to…
From: Daylight Atheism
It never fails -- a Republican leader always turns out to be an absolute idiot. Behold, Newt Gingrich's plan for…
From: Pharyngula
Netflix has released a new documentary by Louis Theroux where he goes inside the so-called 'manosphere', the world of young…
From: Mano Singham
Well, we know that gas prices are rising, the Strait of Hormuz is closed, oil tankers are stacking up before…
From: Pharyngula
Note: I feel like this whole post was poorly considered.** I'm just spittin' it out to have a post up…
From: Life's a Gas
Some time ago, I wrote about reading an article that described how AI companies were offering the services of 'companions'…
From: Mano Singham