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The Probability Broach: Backyard WMDs
The Probability Broach, chapter 13 Deejay and Ooloorie, the human and dolphin (respectively) scientists who built the Probability Broach, fill…
From: Daylight Atheism
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We Dem Boyz
I made a playlist on yewchoob. When I say "we dem boyz" I don't mean to misgender myself. I was…
From: Life's a Gas
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Juggalo Reprezentation
I feel I should come out of the closet on this, because visibility is important. Now I don't routinely bang…
From: Life's a Gas
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The Probability Broach: Non-state violence
The Probability Broach, chapter 13 Having discovered a parallel universe ("our" universe), the North American Confederacy expands their efforts to…
From: Daylight Atheism
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Christmas messages
I know that the Christmas season is over but I found some amusing stuff that I wanted to share just…
From: Mano Singham
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More Bad Ideas
Maybe because life has been rather hard lately in some respects, I'm just full of escapist compulsions. Being a creative…
From: Life's a Gas
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“It doesn’t have to be…”
"But, be careful out there. It's a dark world out there." "It doesn't have to be," Lydia replied. "But it…
From: The Bolingbrook Babbler
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Origami: Free pleating
[caption id="attachment_5552" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A free pleating model, made in a workshop with Goran Konjevod[/caption] I made this a couple…
From: A Trivial Knot
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FtB Vaulderie
I swear I'm gonna stop blogging so often, any day now. Try not to think I'm dead when that happens.…
From: Life's a Gas
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The Probability Broach: Blue sky
The Probability Broach, chapter 13 The North American Confederacy's scientists explain to Win Bear how their breakthrough came about. Like…
From: Daylight Atheism
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Ars Technica loses its mind
There is a huckster named Skyler Chan who is raising money from the tech bros in Silicon Valley to build…
From: Pharyngula
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He’s gone now, but he launched an industry that continues on
I remember this old battered paperback that was passed around my father's family -- I think it was my uncle…
From: Pharyngula
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I’ve always known Robin Ince was a good guy
I used to think the BBC was a pretty good network, too. I'm still right about Robin, but I'm proven…
From: Pharyngula
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The obvious comparison
Too on-the-nose? I don't think so. Lysenko was put in charge of Soviet agriculture after declaring that Mendelian genetics was…
From: Pharyngula
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On The Big Stage:
In various discussions about "what do we do with Venezuela?" we should not ignore that the people asking the question…
From: Stderr
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Why 99% of scientists believe in evolution
The answer is a lot simpler than Nathaniel Jeanson thinks. It's because creationism is bullshit. The gentleman to the left…
From: Pharyngula
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It’s a pit of disease as well as ignorance
Nobody should be surprised by this: Today (1/1/26) the Kentucky Department for Public Health announced that an unvaccinated, out-of-state individual…
From: Pharyngula
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Blood sacrifice as forgiveness: Who made that rule?
"Under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of…
From: Daylight Atheism
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‘Deciphering The Gospels Proves Jesus Never Existed’, Chapter 12, Part 1
‘Deciphering the Gospels’, by R. G. Price, argues the case for Jesus mythicism, which is the view that Jesus never…
From: Geeky Humanist
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An atheist creed
I rediscovered an old poster with a few of my words on it, so I figured I'd throw together a…
From: Pharyngula
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What the internet and now AI reveal about us
What the internet and the latest forms of AI have revealed is that many people harbor the ugliest of impulses.…
From: Mano Singham
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Typeset Your Transphobia
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
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The menace of influencers and the ‘Free Birth’ movement
I am becoming increasingly concerned whenever I see the word 'influencer' associated with someone on the internet. It is a…
From: Mano Singham
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New on OnlySky: Abortion bans don’t stop abortion
I have a new column this week on OnlySky about the effect of abortion bans. They don't decrease abortion -…
From: Daylight Atheism
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Heated Rivalry
Heated Rivalry is an M/M hockey romance TV series based on the book of the same name. It's some sort…
From: A Trivial Knot
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New on OnlySky: The end of marriage?
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about the prospect of marriage going extinct, whether it can…
From: Daylight Atheism
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Who Do You Learn From
I'm not in favor of assassinations; I'm especially not fond of sloppy wet work. Fortunately I'm not in that business,…
From: Stderr
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I didn’t think my opinion of Riley Gaines could get any lower
Wait, what? There's a Riley Gaines Center? Meanwhile, the Leadership Institute, a nearly 50-year-old nonprofit that trains conservative activists, launched…
From: Pharyngula
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Fascinatingly bad genetics
Incels and misogynists seem to have missed out on a lot of genetics, so they freely make it up as…
From: Pharyngula
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Guess who else is in the Epstein files?
Rebecca Watson. The context: it's because Lawrence Krauss was getting clobbered by Watson over his abuses, and he wrote to…
From: Pharyngula
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Self-Sustainability Tangent – Part 1 – Thoughts
I wrote about this in some previous posts and in comments. Bébé Mélange mentioned it in one of my previous…
From: Affinity
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Doubly fortunate
[caption id="attachment_78414" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Tom Gauld[/caption] Is he lucky because he gets to meet real live aliens, or because he's…
From: Pharyngula
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Margaret, the hoarder
This is a true personal story, although not quite true, and not quite a story. I have mixed in some…
From: A Trivial Knot
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Scott Adams is dead
Good ridda…wait. He was 68 years old? The same age I am? It's sorta sad when people die so young.…
From: Pharyngula
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It’s good to be back
One of our colleagues came back from their break in Jordan with treats for us all. And some people don't…
From: Pharyngula
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Use it or lose it
I've been away from the habit of delivering long orations, so today in my first class returning from a long…
From: Pharyngula
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Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work I go
Sabbatical is over. Fall break is over. I haven't retired yet. Time to get back in the classroom.
From: Pharyngula
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Blog comment policy
I said that at the beginning of every month, I would repost my comments policy for those who started visiting…
From: Mano Singham
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Grim but accurate
God and I apparently have similar outlooks on the future. [caption id="attachment_78347" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The people of the future are…
From: Pharyngula
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Link Roundup: January 2026
This month, the ace journal club discussed a quoiromantic manifesto, translated from Japanese! Probably not the easiest read if you…
From: A Trivial Knot
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Jesus has been arrested
It's about time. Jesus was running a camp for the homeless in Alabama -- which sounds exactly like what the…
From: Pharyngula
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Oklahoma’s disgrace continues
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
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Film review: Bad Shabbos (2025)
In these days of relentlessly depressing news, a good comedy comes as a welcome relief and this is such a…
From: Mano Singham
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English, do you speak it, Kelbie Murphy?
[caption id="attachment_77735" align="alignright" width="130"] Dumbass[/caption] I don't think she should graduate from college until she passes a basic English literacy…
From: Pharyngula
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Needs more spiders
A reader sent me a comment about how Catholics tell stories that they claim are in the Bible that aren't,…
From: Pharyngula
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The future looks bleak
[caption id="attachment_77649" align="alignright" width="150"] Chopping it all down[/caption] I had a nightmarish realization last night -- that American education was…
From: Pharyngula
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Some good news!
We all know of and despise Ryan Walters, the Superintendent of Public Instruction in Oklahoma. He's a Christo-Fascist of the…
From: Pharyngula
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Preparing for the unexpected
As regular readers know, I play the card game bridge and recently I happened to look at some aspects of…
From: Mano Singham
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Living in an alternate reality
Joseph Ladapo is the surgeon general for the state of Florida and is a vaccine skeptic who recently announced plans…
From: Mano Singham
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When it’s Over
I've been pretty blithe in my attempts to make people feel less doomy, and PZ did call me out on…
From: Life's a Gas
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The future of big physics
When it comes to research in experimental physics in areas that already exist, the frontiers that are usually explored are…
From: Mano Singham
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The Boys are all right
Perhaps, like me, you have been concerned about the fate of the Boys, the pair of Latrodectus males I introduced…
From: Pharyngula
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Welcome, little one!
It's going to be a good day. I was in the kitchen early in the morning, fixing a cup of…
From: Pharyngula
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Pray for the gallant heroes who must meet this behemoth
I have two male Latrodectus left. Only two. Males are more fragile and die off more readily, and also, they're…
From: Pharyngula
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Why is genetics hard?
First day back in the classroom, teaching genetics, and I speculate for a bit about why so many people find…
From: Pharyngula
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New on OnlySky: Will you be immortal by 2039?
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about the human desire for immortality, as embodied in one…
From: Daylight Atheism
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In which I defend AI
Don't be too shocked, but I think AI does have some utility, despite the occasional hallucination. A Utah police department's…
From: Pharyngula
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More Bad Ideas
Maybe because life has been rather hard lately in some respects, I'm just full of escapist compulsions. Being a creative…
From: Life's a Gas
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Experience with AI coding
In the past year, myself and many other people who program for a living started using AI coding assistance. I’m…
From: A Trivial Knot
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Speaking of disease…
Another little change in national health policy has occurred. States will no longer be required to report how many children…
From: Pharyngula
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She’s right, you know
Here's the only problem with comparing the Trump regime to Nazis: we have our own homegrown analogy, our heritage of…
From: Pharyngula
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New on OnlySky: Why the rent is too damn high
I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It's about why the cost of living keeps rising, and a…
From: Daylight Atheism
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What the internet and now AI reveal about us
What the internet and the latest forms of AI have revealed is that many people harbor the ugliest of impulses.…
From: Mano Singham
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Another day, another murder by ICE
The thuggish and murderous rampage by ICE that is terrorizing the country continues, and now we have the murder of…
From: Mano Singham
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Mamdani not backing away from progressive election platform
Candidates after winning an election on a platform that appeals to the progressive base (because that is where the energy…
From: Mano Singham
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Good riddance to 2025
The end of the year seems like when many take the time to take stock of the status of life…
From: Mano Singham
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Film review: Cover-Up (2025)
This gripping documentary directed by Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus, about the work of legendary reporter Seymour M. Hersh has…
From: Mano Singham
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Encyclopedia wars
There is an enduring appeal to encyclopedias.The ability to look up information that has been prepared by credible sources on…
From: Mano Singham
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When Archie Bunker meets Meathead
Much has been written in tribute about Rob Reiner after the brutal murder of him and his wife Michele. Rob…
From: Mano Singham
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IT
Consider this: ICE agents smashed in a car window in Minneapolis, and dragged a pregnant woman through the snow and…
From: Pharyngula
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Trump and Machado compete to see who is more pathetic
One of the more nauseating sights these last few days has been the way that this year's winner of the…
From: Mano Singham
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Too soon? Too accurate?
As someone who spent many hours reading Richard Scarry books to the kids, this resonates. [caption id="attachment_78419" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Ruben…
From: Pharyngula
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Oh dearie me. Oh me oh my.
You might be amused by this letter to the editor in the Kansas City Star. Martin Dressman, retired social worker,…
From: Pharyngula
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The future of big physics
When it comes to research in experimental physics in areas that already exist, the frontiers that are usually explored are…
From: Mano Singham
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Remember when Democrats were criticizing people for calling Republicans “Nazis”?
It was a whole thing for a while, liberals getting irate with liberals for throwing around the "Nazi" label too…
From: Pharyngula
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The Battle of Wrecktangle Pizza
ICE agents tried to rush the door of a pizza place on Lake Street, and were routed by employees and…
From: Pharyngula
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“Will no one rid me of this meddlesome Fed chair?”
In the classic 1964 film Becket, in 1170 AD King Henry II of England (played by Peter O'Toole), angered by…
From: Mano Singham
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Michael Shermer is scum
In her latest video, Rebecca Watson covers a lot of the same ground I brought up in my last post,…
From: Pharyngula
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Fortunately, I’ve never used door dash
But other people do. Here's a horrific example of a door dash gone incredibly wrong, wrapped up in some wry…
From: Pharyngula
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Oh no! Another major data leak!
A whole bunch of sensitive information about some government employees has been released. Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and…
From: Pharyngula