I have about a dozen things I’ve been wanting to post this week, but instead of writing, I’ve been screwing around with the site. You may have noticed this as you tried and failed to log in, post a comment, or sometimes even open the site. As an apology, please accept this short compilation of snippets from a show about a terrifying stuffed bear that came to life and found Jesus: My fa... »
The other day, I Tweeted a link to this Vulture article in which the age of an actor is compared to the age of his female costar at the time of filming, showing that as men age, their female costars seem to stay the same age like a perky, perpetually stacked Dorian Gray. This, for instance, is Harrison Ford: A few of my Twitter friends wondered what the chart would look like for leading ladies who... »
I’m still in the Czech Republic at the AFO science film fest, but I wanted to quickly post this funny article that Hemant Mehta just sent me: Ken Ham sez Skeptics Not Telling the Truth, referring to a Skeptical Inquirer article that quotes me talking about the Paranormal Road Trip at CSICon: The visit by Richard Wiseman, Jon Ronson, and Rebecca Watson to the Creation Museum in Kentucky didn’... »
Did you know that your weird Uncle Jerry has a YouTube channel, and he’s been using it to tell tens of people his opinions about women and their nutty ideas? Particularly, their absurd idea that they should hold some conference called “Women in Secularism Squared“? And he’s doing it in his favorite Blue Oyster Cult tee while playing Simon and Garfunkle softly in the backgro... »
From the Skepchick back channel: On Apr 14, 2013, at 9:01 PM, Mary Brock wrote: We just found a huge, red house centipede (in the sink!) and so we sucked it up into the vacuum. Now we are terrified to empty the canister because we are both paranoid the bug will come out with the dust. So my question is how long do these fuckers survive without food/water? We don’t know if it was sucked into ... »
Maryam Namazie has organized a day of protests on April 25 to call upon the Bangladeshi government to protect the lives of bloggers and activists who are atheist, secularist, or in any way critical of religion. Here’s the letter I’ve signed on behalf of Skepchick: In January, 29 year old blogger Asif Mohiuddin was stabbed. In February, 35 year old atheist blogger involved in the Shahba... »
Via Jezebel, I learned that Women’s Media Center tweeted a pic of this great tank top with no link to where a person could buy it: Actual LOL. WHERE TO BUY? RT @sparksummit: would wear. #sheparty #streetharassment twitter.com/SPARKsummit/st… — Women’s Media Center (@womensmediacntr) April 10, 2013 I dug around a bit and also couldn’t find a shop, so I was considering just m... »
Since directly quoting Joe Rogan’s Twitter feed yesterday and adding little to no commentary on what he said, I of course have been on the receiving end of a constant stream of hatred from Rogan’s fans (scroll down past Phil Plait’s terrible puns), who are sending me some combination of gendered slurs, rape “jokes”/threats, and sometimes just head-smacking stupidity. ... »
