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I think it's legit to discuss whether the image crossed a line that shouldn't be crossed. I am warm to the 'how would you like it if it was a picture of you?' argument, and cooler to anything resembling grandstanding to 'show' the Propriety Police (such as D4M10N) that the Pit doesn't condone viola...

I love stalking Mayhews twitter btw. Shes got some fun stuff! This flat-out made me LOL: https://twitter.com/saramayhew/status/393558519623852032 I remember the first time I saw her making fun of Surlys 'art'. Some snarky comment about glitter, and I was like 'Aw thats just being meanoOooH MY GOD!'...

I am sure there was a blah hag strike at Eberhard (quickly revoked) beyond the black speaker issue ... wasn't there? I recall as part f it she spilled some private beans on him and mental health or sex life or something. I can't find it or the make up post on her blog now, but there are some commen...

For those of you without the ability to google, make up your own mind http://www.freezepage.com/1382612490TSMUPUBSHF Ta. I had naively assumed a public mea culpa would be umm public, not relegated to freezepage, didn't even know he had a WP site. Sounds like he was using a blogging version of snapc...

Great summary, thanks. If I can push the generosity; :D Did you happen to know how or where Brian outed himself? Morbid curiosity and all .... ... The night in question where wilcox ended up in his bed, he said was one occasion where he vehemently protested to her that this wasn't acceptable. Presu...

Could anybody really be this obtuse? Well apparently, "yes" At least they appear to be on the right 'side' http://i.imgur.com/TT9XmTM.jpg This part is galling, though: In general I found the author spends too long simply belittling religion (and extolling science) and not enough time explaining how...

Probably been asked before but what exactly does McCreight mean by: Todayâ€™s theme is how elated I am to not be officially involved with the atheist movement anymore Plus can anyone tell me how or where the name of Christie Wilcox's dinosaur love puff came out? I feel like I've missed something. T...

No it was the JT Eberhard storm in a d cup. AFAIR the JT thing had started just before that tweet (Aug 19) and most of the drama was on twitter and very ad-hoc, no prepared or lenghty post after the first one. If there was any, I certainly have missed it. On the other hand: https://twitter.com/jenn...

Could anybody really be this obtuse?

Well apparently, "yes"

At least they appear to be on the right 'side'

http://i.imgur.com/TT9XmTM.jpg

Probably been asked before but what exactly does McCreight mean by:

Todayâ€™s theme is how elated I am to not be officially involved with the atheist movement anymore

Plus can anyone tell me how or where the name of Christie Wilcox's dinosaur love puff came out? I feel like I've missed something.

I'm still waiting, with deeply excited anticipation, for Blag Hag's "most difficult post I've ever written". Pretty sure that was the phone anxiety thing. It's the only one that fits the timeline, and it was all 'being open' about 'mental illness' and crap. (Also blaming the parents because someone...

I assumed the toilet meme was simply that men were looking to dump their load and it didn't really matter where or how, which is why men's views on women can be taken with a pinch of salt. 'Cause women ain't people.

http://thehumanist.org/may-june-2011/wh ... h-isnâ€™t/

I'm guessing the world looked like a more cheerful place back then, eh PZ?

ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
I had a meeting with IT people today. Y'all are fucked up caffeine and stress junkies, right? Fuck me, those were some jerky, stressed out fuckers.

Well thats nothing, I had one with end users and ...... Wait what colour tie did you have on?

Question, when/how did the identity of Christie Wilcox's pillow become public?

I'm the village idiot- I just has a tiny bug crawl over my iPad, and I assumed it was that annoying gif! Till it flew off.

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I love this shit dude... stream of conscious workflow, yet linear. I read that like a sentence, not like a picture.

Love the "Damion"

Some of you have serious discussions about the baboons' antics, and get deeply into probing them for philosophical slights. You're the Pit's intellectual artillery. Myself, I just laugh at stuff, sometimes get it wrong, sometimes am crude, sometimes get it spot on. I'm the Pit's paintball gun. I li...

PZ Yikes, this is an awkward story. A teaching assistant mailed her students personal, nude photos of herself instead of homework answers. If it was a genuine mistake, and I assume it was, I feel for her â€” sheâ€™s going to get some unfortunate student feedback. But to everyone giggling over it, I ...

I'm still waiting, with deeply excited anticipation, for Blag Hag's "most difficult post I've ever written". The fact that she hasn't posted it [2 months ago?] proves just how difficult it is to write. It's already written but due to the enormity of the content she's having it engraved on a bronze ...

PZ complains about RW being mischaracterised Theyâ€™re still repeating this nonsense, despite the ready availability of the video that shows theyâ€™re all wrong? She didnâ€™t even imply that the guy was frightening, she didnâ€™t present herself as a victim, and she was already a popular speaker on ...

PZ complains about RW being mischaracterised Theyâ€™re still repeating this nonsense, despite the ready availability of the video that shows theyâ€™re all wrong? She didnâ€™t even imply that the guy was frightening, she didnâ€™t present herself as a victim, and she was already a popular speaker on ...

It really ripped the scab off the whole P/P issue and the shockwaves radicalised the landscape like nothing else. Pre EG was there even really a gender agenda at all in 'mainstream' atheism/skepticism? In my memory it was a golden period of DJ doing POI, Swoopy on Skepticality, Dunning and Quackcas...

PZ complains about RW being mischaracterised Theyâ€™re still repeating this nonsense, despite the ready availability of the video that shows theyâ€™re all wrong? She didnâ€™t even imply that the guy was frightening, she didnâ€™t present herself as a victim, and she was already a popular speaker on ...

PZ complains about RW being mischaracterised Theyâ€™re still repeating this nonsense, despite the ready availability of the video that shows theyâ€™re all wrong? She didnâ€™t even imply that the guy was frightening, she didnâ€™t present herself as a victim, and she was already a popular speaker on t...

Communism is the idea that all people are equal, should be treated equally, and receive an equal share of the product of the collective. If you think this is bad, and don't see yourself as a communist. You are by definition a fascist. Anyone who i have asked to provide an alternative definition to ...

PZ: (Note: if you want to pile on Aron Ra for that last short section of his talk, and you want to do it without watching everything that precedes it, donâ€™t. Iâ€™ve highlighted one bit that I disagree with; the rest is good stuff. Watch it all and read his blog post before you chime in on the conv...

Talking of men being half women. Aren't we all like 50% banana or something and 60% water and ... Somehow I think there is more to it than a simple deconstructionalist approach suggests. Every woman is half goddess. Every man is half patriarchy. But hey, does this mean a male squirrel is just a bro...

Talking of men being half women. Aren't we all like 50% banana or something and 60% water and ...

Somehow I think there is more to it than a simple deconstructionalist approach suggests.

Lord Peezus declares war in one sentence (http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/10/22/evolution-of-a-feminist/): Iâ€™d rather affiliate with progressive theists (although Iâ€™d be carping at them constantly about their goofball faith) than with atheists who want to rationalize women into subs...

Just doing some holocaust research. Big interest of mine, with a history/archaeology degree with a minor in Semitic studies (don't ask) I am very interested in the practical evidence supporting the Holocaust. Especially the Operation Reinhard Camps. There is some good stuff here: http://holocaustco...

Just doing some holocaust research. Big interest of mine, with a history/archaeology degree with a minor in Semitic studies (don't ask) I am very interested in the practical evidence supporting the Holocaust. Especially the Operation Reinhard Camps. There is some good stuff here: http://holocaustco...

Just doing some holocaust research. Big interest of mine, with a history/archaeology degree with a minor in Semitic studies (don't ask) I am very interested in the practical evidence supporting the Holocaust. Especially the Operation Reinhard Camps. There is some good stuff here: http://holocaustco...

Out of interest here is the English translation of the protocol http://prorev.com/wannsee.htm

Here are the Eichman transcripts. Check out session 100. http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/e/eic ... ex-04.html

Just doing some holocaust research. Big interest of mine, with a history/archaeology degree with a minor in Semitic studies (don't ask) I am very interested in the practical evidence supporting the Holocaust. Especially the Operation Reinhard Camps. There is some good stuff here: http://holocaustco...

Just doing some holocaust research. Big interest of mine, with a history/archaeology degree with a minor in Semitic studies (don't ask) I am very interested in the practical evidence supporting the Holocaust. Especially the Operation Reinhard Camps. There is some good stuff here: http://holocaustcon...

:violin: Meanwhile; back in Pharyguland; Oggie's rage against Bobcat's ruthless triggering comments has moderated somewhat, thank Logic and Andrea Dworkin that art in heaven. PZ was able to intervene in time, although the extra trauma inflicted will certainly insure that Oggie will never heal. :vio...

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These 'shops have cracked me up. Thanks. :clap:

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One More Thing Harassment by Stephanie Zvan While weâ€™re talking about sexual harassment in science communication, thereâ€™s one more thing I have to say. Itâ€™s prompted by Christie Wilcoxâ€™s favorite on this tweet of mine: Screen capture of tweet. Text provided in the post. @sci2mrow I am sorry...

RW has broken the $100 per video mark on Patreon. ($125 to be exact) Expect a torrent bullshit to erupt so she can rake it in before the punters realise *there is no* new and novel content. Just snark, bad jokes and templated SGU skeptical truths. Has she flagged any of this commercial nonsense on s...

I'm a prog rock gal to the core. Lots of Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Yes, Rush, King Crimson, Genesis/Peter Gabriel, etc. I also like early Hawkwind.... Oh, and Floyd turned into nothing but completely pretentious wank after Dark Side. The best album was Piper at the Gates, no risk. It takes a big man...

Fuck the Beatles. Bunch of complete arse, frankly. Oh, fuck no. Now all we need is to find out that one of them was once stopped at the Israel/Palestine border with a screwdriver in his pocket, and there goes the Pit for the next three days. The Beatles were only good to transition music into a new...

"Please don't be such a person". Once again you cannot simply put your view forward and perhaps question alternative standpoints to probe and maybe learn something. No, you feel compelled to lecture and instruct, albeit politely, which immediately skews the discussion. I assume this is an unconscio...

I will give kuddos to Watson for the quality of her latest video. It looks very professional (there is no actual snark in that observation. The image quality is very good indeed). Oh, and Abbie: yeah, cool, get a job! (that was a snarknado. Many congratulations and many good things to come!) The im...

Congrats Abbie! That's awesome. :) Other topic. I can't find an issue with asking fans or followers of a public person to support them financially. In earlier times, people would print or press their stuff onto some artifact and sell that, but things have changed. It is completely okay to do stuff,...

Umm. I hit the edit button and nothing happened. What gives? :lol:

Typo stands.

ERV wrote:Oh god... my committee was four men and one woman... #ripplesofdoubt

LOL

It seems presumptions to even address someone who I see as a legend from the elder days.

But FWIW - congrats! I have friends who have gone thru the PhD ringer, fearsome stuff.

Photoshoppers taking the piss out of "cultural appropriation" of Halloween costumes. Scroll a bit before the jokes kick in: http://imgur.com/a/tNM52 http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7354/8892581127_9937096c84_o.png Fuck me up the Parsehole, that's frigging amazing. Good work, young man. I should love ...

once more with feeling... [youtube]WU0TeJugp5Y[/youtube] There's an old, visually interesting, and otherwise problematic vampire film from the 1980's called "The Hunger". It's arguably most notable for a sequence in which David Bowie's character appears to age many decades in the course of an after...

Thanks if you clicked "yes" and if you haven't ...... Send PZ a message! Loved and liked it! Your review is littered with little "nods" that had me chuckling. However... http://youngngettinit.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Challenge-accepted-random-31021142-500-333.jpg Your review has subtlety, nua...

Thanks if you clicked "yes" and if you haven't ...... Send PZ a message! Loved and liked it! Your review is littered with little "nods" that had me chuckling. However... http://youngngettinit.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Challenge-accepted-random-31021142-500-333.jpg Your review has subtlety, nua...

How likely is it that she was paid in something actually fungible for items of value? Or would it be exposure only?

No SkepticRobot links and comments turned off.

At least PZ can't accuse her of wasting time debunking psychics - she didn't even get to first base with this one.

Wow. RW tells us the Salem fortune tellers are frauds because: There were witch trials there in the 17C or 1800's or maybe both AND People have complained. Oh and the council charges the fortune tellers $50 bucks, so at least some good comes of it. Umm no, actually that's apparently bad as well ... ...

http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/unpopular-science/regulating-fantasy-psychics-salem?dom=PSC&loc=recent&lnk=1&con=regulating-fantasy-the-psychics-of-salem Rebecca Watson's first real article for Popular Science has appeared, dealing with the town of Salem and the regulation of psychics through li...

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I did like the review, but I don't have an account at Amazon. So consider this comment my "like".

8-)

Hey my review of the Happy Atheist is now number three on the list of "most helpful customer reviews" Thanks if you clicked "yes" and if you haven't ...... Send PZ a message! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307379345/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pharyngula-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&cr...

http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/unpopular-science/regulating-fantasy-psychics-salem?dom=PSC&loc=recent&lnk=1&con=regulating-fantasy-the-psychics-of-salem Rebecca Watson's first real article for Popular Science has appeared, dealing with the town of Salem and the regulation of psychics through li...

<snip> If you disagree then maybe you can tell me exactly what is the crucial and deciding similarity between, say, laughing at jokes about McCreightâ€™s or Bensonâ€™s physiology, and laughing at that post about some of Brownianâ€™s behaviours. Seems to me that the difference is more important, and...

Steersman wrote: I donâ€™t find it particularly helpful or credible for anyone to be taking a dogmatic position on either of those poles.

If you hear scratching, its just AnthonyK.

Existential free-will debate smack-down! Is their appearance really completely beyond their control? Their behavior somewhat hard-wired? Is PeeZee's anger influenced by his medicine? Is Brownian a man trapped in a space furry body? Inquiring minds want to know! RW could moderate her appearance with...

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