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
Their Weekend Update segment was pretty good. {AD}
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
If a game is on Steam, it's possible for a public observer to estimate how much money it made. The…
From: A Trivial Knot
The Probability Broach, chapter 15 Ed and Win Bear are committing crimes in the name of justice. They've broken into…
From: Daylight Atheism
What is the difference between a puzzle and a real world problem? A puzzle is devised by someone, generally with…
From: A Trivial Knot
i was listenin' to whatever yewchoob throws at me, as much as i can tolerate that. this time it was…
From: Life's a Gas
[caption id="attachment_5617" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Persian Horse, designed by Peter Engel[/caption] Here's a horse I folded at a conference many years…
From: A Trivial Knot
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
[caption id="attachment_78720" align="alignright" width="113"] No questions allowed.Obey even if he doesn't exist.[/caption] Mano Singham considers an essay from one of…
From: Pharyngula
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about the arrival of a day you always knew was…
From: Daylight Atheism
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
I am becoming increasingly concerned whenever I see the word 'influencer' associated with someone on the internet. It is a…
From: Mano Singham
I have a new column this week on OnlySky about the effect of abortion bans. They don't decrease abortion -…
From: Daylight Atheism
[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
Spring break is almost over, and classes resume on Monday, maybe. So of course nature is getting its revenge. We're…
From: Pharyngula
Yup; today is this blog's tenth anniversary. Ten years ago, at home with an eight-year-old who was off school with…
From: Geeky Humanist
I have wargamed war in the gulf a few times. And, as you know, I'm a fan of Millennium Challenge…
From: Stderr
The UK plans to release new bank notes in a few years, which isn't news at all. Countries do this…
From: Pharyngula
I wrote an article for The Asexual Agenda which may or may not interest readers, talking about umbrella terminology. "I…
From: A Trivial Knot
In our hypothetical plot map, there are two areas designated for producing mainly fruit - the fruit shrubbery along the…
From: Affinity
With all the horrors going on in the world, let's have something positive. Please meet the newest member of the…
From: Affinity
Yeah, I still get lots of this stuff. Study am Right human genus with child STAINS, died biology, more than…
From: Pharyngula
It's my birthday, and my age is the kind of stupid joke I might have sniggered over when I and…
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
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
People who are highly credentialed academically tend to have their views given a great deal of weight because of the…
From: Mano Singham
I'm beginning to hate computers. I have been trying to deal with Apple security this morning, trying to log in…
From: Pharyngula
It's warming up and the snow is melting everywhere, which means my lawn is exposed and looking hideous, and all…
From: Pharyngula
A controversial view, I know, but I was wandering around the taxonomy lab and saw this snake identification poster: They're…
From: Pharyngula
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
Little bit. Maybe. You think? Trump posted this pointless racist meme portraying the Obamas as apes, because they're black. Get…
From: Pharyngula
Donald Trump has a new stupid, pointless plan for Washington DC: he wants to put up a statue to Christopher…
From: Pharyngula
I'm reading his assessment of the Iran War to date (you should too, depressing as it is), and feeling the…
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
The US has depleted its Middle East defense systems to the point where they are stripping Asian defense systems, particularly…
From: Pharyngula
Trust me, I know that correlation is not causation, but damn, that is one sharp coincidence. This corrupt Supreme Court…
From: Pharyngula
Think about this truth. [caption id="attachment_78772" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 billion.First 6 Days of…
From: Pharyngula
One of the things that really makes me furious is when adults make decisions that endanger the lives of their…
From: Mano Singham
WTF? Who is this Erika Kirk weirdo, other than the Charlie Kirk's widow and a former Miss Arizona? She's now…
From: Pharyngula
I kinda sorta envy Chinese science policy. The Chinese government is ramping up its support for science, announcing plans to…
From: Pharyngula
People who are highly credentialed academically tend to have their views given a great deal of weight because of the…
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