Boston. It hurts. A lot. I’m still trying to wrap my head around yesterday’s bombing. I am a runner. I run for lots of reasons, but the one thing that keeps me honest about my running is racing. If I don’t train, I can’t race. I’m not fast. I don’t actually race anyone else besides me. But there’s something about a running event. Running with people. Enter... »
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. ... »
Today I am tired. Not like not-enough-sleep tired. Like tired of the world tired. Exhausted from the world. I’m tired of the world being full of stupid assholes who refuse to get it. I’m tired. And I’m angry. And I’m tired of being told that I’m too angry. And I’m angry because I’m tired and I’m angry that I can’t be anything but angry. Yesterd... »
Just a brief bit of meme-busting – I’ve been seeing this image making the rounds on social networks: I’ve been a fan of stand-up for a long time, and so I knew immediately that Joe Rogan didn’t say that. Greg Giraldo said it: Comedy Central To help people who still like the joke, I’ve put the actual quote on a photo of Giraldo. You’re welcome. This one homeless guy ca... »
It’s not a Facebook phone, exactly, but the new Facebook Home is a home screen experience and app launcher that makes your phone all about people instead of all about about apps. Is this going to make using Facebook closer to a religious experience, or closer to religion itself? While people drive most of our interactions, information can too. And if the ability to start interactions from the basi... »
Get up every morning and rub a little skepticism on you head! And then take a look and listen at a very lively and interesting talk by Matt Dillahunty from the American Atheist Convention. This talk is a discussion on why he is a skeptic and humanist first and an atheist second and why skepticism when applied correctly will lead to atheism. He also talks about why skepticism is not a toolset but a... »
Lo, once again it is bad chart Thursday, and this week the chart “creation” (too easy!) has been done for us. Behold: It’s the best bad chart of all time! Not only do all of the variables change mid-chart for no apparent reason. Not only are some variables not actually dependent (ALL THOSE NAMED ADAM NOW HAVE 950 YEARS LONGEVITY). Not only is a label missing from one axis (new ge... »
The Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism (NECSS) starts tomorrow, with great speakers and mini-events, including a live SGU, a science/improve mashup with George Hrab, Steve Novella, and others. Meet Rebecca, Eugenie Scott, Jon Ronson, Julia Galef, and many more special guests. UpDATED: Or if you’re in the Midwest, join me and Teen Skepchicks Kate Donovan and Olivia James at Skeptech, a ... »
