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Putting on my prophet hat again

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/09/04/putting-on-my-prophet-hat-again/

Published: September 4, 2026 19:36

I am compelled to make a prediction about Ken Paxton of Texas, who is running for the Senate. Paxton, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, reported owning seven homes… Stop right there. Seven homes? Who needs 7 homes? I have ONE, and I was quite proud…

Oh no! A schism!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/09/04/oh-no-a-schism/

Published: September 4, 2026 11:25

How dreadful that an organization of polite, well-dressed people are experiencing a disruptive division. They’re such thoughtful people! For a gathering of people devoted to denouncing the inferiority of blacks and sounding the alarm about…

The attack of the mega-farm!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/09/04/the-attack-of-the-mega-farm/

Published: September 4, 2026 10:32

A local dairy proposed building the largest herd of cows in the entire state of Minnesota right here in my county — a massive enterprise that would suck our aquifer dry and turn the water into giant stinking fecal pools that will breed more flies. Much of…

Another loss: Gloria Steinem is dead

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/09/03/another-loss-gloria-steinem-is-dead/

Published: September 3, 2026 15:35

She was 92. After decades of journalism and feminist activism, she died peacefully at her home. I have to say it: Death must be drunk. He keeps flailing around and cutting down the wrong people. Come on, Death, you’ve got one important target: he’s fat,…

I got a haircut

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/09/02/i-got-a-haircut/

Published: September 2, 2026 16:50

As I threatened: I don’t look like I like it very much. I think it’s because I’m about to go teach a class and a lab. Also, I compared it to my great-great-grandfather’s hairdo (photo from some time in the mid-1960s), and I can see my future fate. All I…

Unjected?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/09/02/unjected/

Published: September 2, 2026 15:19

When you are creatively bankrupt, and you want to make money off the internet, what do you do? Make a dating site, the most hackneyed idea of the modern age. The crackpots have created a dating site called “Unjected,” which is exclusively for people who…

The bad guys have faces

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/09/02/the-bad-guys-have-faces/

Published: September 2, 2026 12:23

Fortunately, I’ve completely tuned out of television in this election season, or I’d be even more anxious right now. Minnesota is being flooded with conservative billionaire money. You know who benefits: Republicans. The Republican nominee for governor,…

DO NOT WANT

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/09/02/do-not-want/

Published: September 2, 2026 11:16

As a sop to the monstrous ego of our president, the US Mint is issuing a Trump coin this fall. It’s ugly, even if they used artistic license to clean up his decaying face. Of course it’s a fake gold color. Daniel Phelps informs me that the only president…

Whatsit

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/09/01/whatsit/

Published: September 1, 2026 14:28

I have a hellish schedule today — a big committee meeting I have to chair, a student presentation, and then I have to scamper downtown and get a haircut (there goes all my strength) — and so naturally I needed to fortify myself with a hot cup of tea. I…

Is Primeval worth watching?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/31/is-primeval-worth-watching/

Published: August 31, 2026 23:20

I tried watching this old BBC series with an interesting premise: strange, random anomalies keep popping up around Great Britain, providing temporary two-way passages to and from the distant past. It’s a great set up for a monster-of-the-week series, as…

Rich enough to own history

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/31/rich-enough-to-own-history/

Published: August 31, 2026 15:08

If you thought Vikings were voracious plunderers, you haven’t compared them to 21st century billionaires. Apparently the thing to do when you’ve acquired a few billion dollars is to wall off historic sites for your own personal pleasure. I know nothing…

This is one of those weeks

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/31/this-is-one-of-those-weeks/

Published: August 31, 2026 13:59

I’m teaching cell biology, but the first thing I have to do is hammer them over the head with…chemistry. They typically haven’t realized yet that biology isn’t all butterflies and cat dissections, it’s also all built on math and chemistry, and we have to…

Friday Night at the Movies

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/29/friday-night-at-the-movies/

Published: August 29, 2026 14:39

Last night, I watched Coyote vs. Acme. Of course it was good! The plot was simple, the nostalgia was elevated, the cartoons were familiar, and violence was absurd and straight out of the 1950s. Take your kids, they’ll have a grand time! Although, to be…

If only we could get rid of all the anti-immigrationists so easily

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/28/if-only-we-could-get-rid-of-all-the-anti-immigrationists-so-easily/

Published: August 28, 2026 21:42

I’m torn. I think the government has gone way overboard on deportations — let the people pursue happiness! — but yeesh, it’s Milo Yiannopoulos. Far-right political commentator and deportation advocate Milo Yiannopoulos is currently in Immigration and…

It’s another Incitatus moment

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/28/its-another-incitatus-moment/

Published: August 28, 2026 15:06

The Roman emperor Caligula threatened to make his favorite horse, Incitatus, a consul. Historians agree he didn’t actually accomplish that, it was more of a demeaning joke against the aristocracy and a way to brag about his power, but still…that’s one of…

It’s over, Mike

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/28/its-over-mike/

Published: August 28, 2026 14:28

The Mike Lindell saga in Minnesota is over. He had been throwing his familiar temper tantrum over losing the primary election, which is his right, and it was also his right to demand a recount, if he was willing to pay for it. He was not willing to pay for…