Helldivers 2 is a game that takes a significant amount of inspiration from Starship Troopers, being basically a satire of…
From: A Trivial Knot
There was some debate as to the validity of my notion that Dobald Upchuck Scump is an atheist, but you…
From: Life's a Gas
Melania Trump is, to be frank, a boring person. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I myself am…
From: Mano Singham
The Probability Broach, chapter 17 Win Bear and his friends are en route to the Continental Congress via cross-country airship.…
From: Daylight Atheism
I travelled a bit around in Japan around Christmas and New Year, and decided to stay for a couple of…
From: Pro-Science
During the filming of a new action film, lead actors Jonathan Majors and JC Kilcoyne tumbled backwards through a glass…
From: Mano Singham
I hear that they took him to the Naval Observatory for emergency medical care. Could this be The Day? It would…
From: Stderr
[caption id="attachment_5650" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Drawer Box, designed by Akiko Yamanashi[/caption] I got this drawer box from something called the Practical…
From: A Trivial Knot
Nothing as naughty as the last chapter, time to be boring again. The emotions run high in this one. If…
From: Life's a Gas
The Probability Broach, chapter 17 This chapter begins with another of the fake quotes L. Neil Smith loves. This one…
From: Daylight Atheism
Here's a conflict in human thinking in general. It's revealed in this old exchange between Mehdi Hasan and Richard Dawkins.…
From: Pharyngula
There was some debate as to the validity of my notion that Dobald Upchuck Scump is an atheist, but you…
From: Life's a Gas
One of the worst things I can imagine happening in my world is the death of a student. These are…
From: Pharyngula
Atheism is not an intellectual achievement. Maybe for some people it can be, people who grew up in an environment…
From: Life's a Gas
If you were active in online Atheism in 2011, you are probably aware of the Deep Rifts that formed back then,…
From: Pro-Science
It's been such a long time since we've opened the Argument Clinic. But, these times are desperate and many people…
From: Stderr
I figure with all the doom and gloom, maybe I should bring you a story that elevates your opinion of…
From: Stderr
Aww, pretty. I wonder what it says inside? [caption id="attachment_78960" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Dear Professor Myers:I am grateful to have the…
From: Pharyngula
I was enthused about the Artemis 2 lunar flyby mission. I was. My interest is cooling fast, though, and I…
From: Pharyngula
Normally, I do not get involved in conspiracist thinking. I guess I have a pretty basic world view: it's round,…
From: Stderr
When I read that the secretary of defense Pete Hegseth had summarily fired the army chief of staff Randy George,…
From: Mano Singham
If you were active in online Atheism in 2011, you are probably aware of the Deep Rifts that formed back then,…
From: Pro-Science
We all know that Twitter is a cesspool of spambots, far right users, incels and outright Nazis. We know this…
From: Pro-Science
Bette Midler has long been associated with gay culture, being a purveyor of showtunes and bland liberalism. In the runup…
From: Life's a Gas
The latest scandal: Kristi Noem's husband, Bryan Noem, has been revealed to be a cross-dresser by the Daily Mail. That's…
From: Pharyngula
I have been thinking more about the documentary Inside the Manosphere that I reviewed recently and it struck me how…
From: Mano Singham
Even someone as deeply cynical as I am about the lack of morality of Trump and his willingness to do…
From: Mano Singham
This 12-minute 2026 Oscar-nominated short film satirizes the period drama in more ways than one. {AD}
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
Netflix has released a new documentary by Louis Theroux where he goes inside the so-called 'manosphere', the world of young…
From: Mano Singham
Back in October, Trump got an MRI as part of a supposedly routine physical, which was weird. MRIs aren't routine,…
From: Pharyngula
As a former security guy, it's hard to imagine an end-user who's worse than the current dumbass-in-chief. He's the kind…
From: Stderr
I just submitted the official university paperwork resigning from my appointment as of April 2027. One more year, and then…
From: Pharyngula
Well, the title gives it away, dunnit. This year, I have the exact opposite of the problem I had last…
From: Affinity
[caption id="attachment_50853" align="aligncenter" width="450"] ©Giliell, all rights reserved[/caption] Socks has been living with us for two months now, and after…
From: Affinity
To connect this series with my regular gardening a bit, let's talk about fertilizing the fields and garden beds in…
From: Affinity
OK, gang, help me out here. I'm swamped today -- my morning is destroyed because I have to go in…
From: Pharyngula
Today was a lab day, and I'm happy to report that the students have achieved perfection. Every fly bottle was…
From: Pharyngula
I did not like this Far Side cartoon for obvious reasons. [caption id="attachment_79007" align="aligncenter" width="428"] The Far Side[/caption] This could…
From: Pharyngula
Rock Paper Scissors is a game where two players simultaneously pick one of the three things in the title. Rock…
From: A Trivial Knot
When I posted about pope Leo criticizing warmongering leaders, I added that that it was only a matter of time…
From: Mano Singham
Although he did not mention any leaders by name, it is pretty clear who was the main intended recipient of…
From: Mano Singham
Atheism is not an intellectual achievement. Maybe for some people it can be, people who grew up in an environment…
From: Life's a Gas
I thought Xians were supposed to celebrate with colored eggs and church services and a nice family dinner. I was…
From: Pharyngula
At a Christian worship service last week, defense secretary Pete Hegseth gave the following prayer. “Let every round find its…
From: Mano Singham
And it's the Pope, no less! Pope Leo made a plea on Wednesday for countries to offer their citizens universal…
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
Zebra jumper on our window screen, with dinner.
From: Pharyngula
Normally, I'd say that Sam Altman deserves any pushback he gets. But the AI hatred seems to be getting a…
From: Pharyngula
Found another one in the reliable spot, the compost bin. I didn't crop this photo at all because I really…
From: Pharyngula
Shirtsleeve weather, the sun is shining bright, and there are stirrings in the darkness. I prowled about my yard, searching…
From: Pharyngula
Samples have been analyzed from two carbonaceous chondrites in space, Ryugu and Bennu, and they've been found to contain common…
From: Pharyngula
I haven't been showing off my spiders much lately. There's a reason for that. They still think it's winter, so…
From: Pharyngula
Farther away than anyone has gone before. The Orion spacecraft is now in the lunar sphere of influence, meaning the…
From: Pharyngula
Holly Dunsworth is doing a page-by-page reading of Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. She has more stamina than I do.…
From: Pharyngula
I put together a rambling video about the final project in my genetics class, and about the responsibility of modern…
From: Pharyngula
Among the many bad and evil things that Trump did when he got into office for the second time, was…
From: Pro-Science
As a former security guy, it's hard to imagine an end-user who's worse than the current dumbass-in-chief. He's the kind…
From: Stderr
When I read that the secretary of defense Pete Hegseth had summarily fired the army chief of staff Randy George,…
From: Mano Singham
If you were active in online Atheism in 2011, you are probably aware of the Deep Rifts that formed back then,…
From: Pro-Science
I can think of non-KKK reasons why a person might feel motivated to delete any reference to blackface from Al…
From: Life's a Gas
It's been such a long time since we've opened the Argument Clinic. But, these times are desperate and many people…
From: Stderr
I have been thinking more about the documentary Inside the Manosphere that I reviewed recently and it struck me how…
From: Mano Singham
It is easy to focus on the day-to-day events in the US-Israeli attack on Iran, we should not forget that…
From: Mano Singham
Apparently, I'm "Somalia-oriented," because I don't share Trump's bigoted views about entire nations. In Minnesota, it's very Somalia-oriented. These people…
From: Pharyngula
When I was around 13 years of age, our neighbors had five children, three of whom were close in age…
From: Mano Singham
I feel as if all the point of progressivism has just served to use it as a target. Every place…
From: Stderr
In most gambling, as in the casinos or in betting on the outcome of sporting events where there is no…
From: Mano Singham
This is news to make a professor shudder: a university closing its doors. A Massachusetts liberal arts college is set…
From: Pharyngula
As a former security guy, it's hard to imagine an end-user who's worse than the current dumbass-in-chief. He's the kind…
From: Stderr
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about the democratic triumph of Hungary's elections. Hungary is a…
From: Daylight Atheism
When I posted about pope Leo criticizing warmongering leaders, I added that that it was only a matter of time…
From: Mano Singham
I am encouraged by the defeat of Victor Orban in Hungary. I'm happy for the people of Hungary throwing off…
From: Pharyngula
Despite using all the levers of power to tilt the election in his favor, MAGA favorite Victor Orbán has been…
From: Mano Singham
Although he did not mention any leaders by name, it is pretty clear who was the main intended recipient of…
From: Mano Singham
Amid all the speculation about why Melania Trump made her extraordinary statement to the press on Thursday, one seems to…
From: Mano Singham
Melania Trump is, to be frank, a boring person. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I myself am…
From: Mano Singham