If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

[meta] The infinitely dull John Morales is phlouncing Pharyngula? http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/10/17/thunderdome-37/comment-page-2/#comment-715612 Caine seems to have a hate-on for him for some reason, calling him a poisonous bigot in that thread. Whatever happened seems to have star...

What @Lazy_Savant tweeted was pretty dumb. Not because it was a death threat - obviously it wasn't, only the intentional drama whores at FtB etc. pretend it is - but because it plays right into the infinitely dishonest victim narrative these dingbats flaunt. Zvan just took the lead in the persecuti...

I recall an incident from my first research job that might illustrate the point. I got a job in a lab in the early 1990s, looking for genes involved in certain types of leukemia. In my opinion things have changed quite a bit since the early 90s regarding office behavior. I work in the auto industry...

Apropos the discussion about security theatre and the TSA, 'Please Remove Your Shoes' is a good documentary.

Indeed. That was my first thought; if I were recruiting I would not touch any of these people with a bargepole. Nothing turns an employer off like drama.

I do wonder if, over and above a legitimate grievance and annoyance at horndog con attendees that someone's memory can be improved by those with an agenda.

Best put your umbrellas up. http://www.starstryder.com/2013/11/06/truth-against-humanity/ I think someone talked about my boobs at work so I have PTSD. Is this the story? Am I missing something? (So my daughter, who is well endowed, is walking through her college dorm when a guy yells, "Hey girl......

For context, James, it is all aboot TAM.

Best put your umbrellas up.

http://www.starstryder.com/2013/11/06/t ... -humanity/

To be fair, Mayhew spends a lot of time @-messaging people who pretty clearly don't like her. they've been pretty clear on that and that they don't want to talk to her. regardless of how much of a bag of douches they are, making a case for her harassing people via Twitter is not exactly difficult. ...

To be fair, Mayhew spends a lot of time @-messaging people who pretty clearly don't like her. they've been pretty clear on that and that they don't want to talk to her. regardless of how much of a bag of douches they are, making a case for her harassing people via Twitter is not exactly difficult. ...

Speculation about Mayhew's suspension has - naturally - led to Oolon creeping out of the woodwork, suggesting that it was because of her fake followers. Now, far be it for me to fuel the flames, but wasn't the Blockbot suspended using this same trick? It couldn't be the case - gasp - could it that s...

Will someone please just think of the gangsters.

Recent studies lead to the paradoxical conclusion that the act of affirming one's egalitarian or pro-social values and virtues might subsequently facilitate prejudiced or self-serving behavior , an effect previously referred to as "moral credentialing." The present study extends this paradox to the...

Carrie Poppy is a self-righteous bore who has as much genuine interest in scepticism and science as the Pope.

Anybody that believes "people of color" cannot be racist need only visit certain neighborhoods and they will be disabused of that notion very quickly. If they survive. Dumbfucks. There's also a huge Korean community where I live, and a large black community. Their prevailing views of one another ar...

Fuck me Welch, I was trying to avoid insulting the slymepit too much, so I refrained from calling you a bunch of aspies who should read a phone book. Maybe I shouldn't have bothered. This has GOT to be colon... Give me a break, as pathetic as you think I am, I don't deserve to be equated with the l...

Fuck me Welch, I was trying to avoid insulting the slymepit too much, so I refrained from calling you a bunch of aspies who should read a phone book. Maybe I shouldn't have bothered. This has GOT to be colon... Give me a break, as pathetic as you think I am, I don't deserve to be equated with the l...

I've been enjoying Thunderfoot's hangout with Ana. Is it just me or is he a bit...spellbound?

I have posted this before but I'll do it again: The fiction of memory It's a must watch for everyone. Everytime we try to remember an incident and describe to others, we change it a little bit. We cut corners and ultimately, we tell a story . Ultimately, these are all stories and people who are tel...

Tony Parsehole wrote:
Service Dog, your pictures are utterly mental (but in a good way). They're like stream-of-consciousness-writing in image form.

It also makes me think of Spinal Tap, which is also good.

"It wasn't a glove they wanted her to smell, I can tell you!"

[quote="welch" Science and religion can't even BEGIN to gin up hits like this fauxtroversy shit. It's why I cringe that TFoot spent real time on his AWESOME VIDEO TAKEDOWN of FTB. Because fuck, really? is he trying to jack their traffic?[/quote] Yes. I've felt a bit "let it go, mate" about this for ...

I've also seen her linking feminism with socialism and dismissing the idea that a conservative can be a true feminist. It makes her shock at the fact that some women don't call themselves feminists seem just a little bit disingenuous... I've seen the same kind of double-think from dozens of other f...

dogen wrote:
http://www.giagia.co.uk/wp-content/uplo ... exist2.jpg

Hmmm, that avatar seems familiar...

:think:

Hahaha, indeed. It does make one think - there's always this common set of twitter handles that turn up. A very small percentage of users that absolutely dominate the shouting space.

And how's that for blowing your mind? And, for the record, I know about this because I had a long-term relationship with one. It came as big fucking surprise to find out why 'she' couldn't get pregnant. And she was a she, periods, boobs and all. I'd still be with her if we'd have gone IVF. But she ...

Gia Milinovich (who I have found a little irritating in the past, to be frank) wrote an interesting thing about gender: http://www.giagia.co.uk/2013/10/22/controversy/

The feedback is a good demonstration of how quarters will not brook the slightest discussion, because it rains on their hate parade.

Za-zen wrote: If you think this is bad, and don't see yourself as a communist. You are by definition a fascist.

It's as if communists are notoriously authoritarian, or something.

People who left ScienceBlogs because they didnt want to besmirch their integrity re: PepsiGate Bora Zivkovic Brian Switek Person who used PepsiGate as part of their excuse to ditch SciBlogs later: Christie Wilcox LOL!!!!! Hahahahahahaha. Really? Oh man. That's gold. And Zvan knew about this but did...

What is it that Bora did? So far it seems that he lost his boundaries and shared about his domestic/sexual problems that were bothering him a lot. Not the wisest thing to do in that situation, but I've been on both sides of that equation -- listening and bitching -- so I can't really cast any stone...

Service Dog, you are not right in the head, and I love you for it.

ugh, damion is so pointlessly annoying with his protected twitter account even when something interesting comes along, like the recent back and forth with @stepteaser, his evisceration cant be fully appreciated You're not missing much, it's just a repeated loop of "rebuttal....goalpost shift....reb...

Based on the accusations against him, Bora doesn't appear to behave like an old-fashioned male stereotype. His crimes are Oversharing about his personal life, talking inappropriately about his Feeelings, discussing his sexuality as if it's healthy rather than dirty, wanting sympathy, being a Touchy...

But I don't see any evidence that he ever took the sheep's clothing off! As long as he stays within the ladyrules, then it's premature to complain that he's done something wrong. Otherwise, Bora's accusers are insisting that he hide his feminine qualities in a burqa; while his accuser Monica Byrne ...

Another reading of this incident: Anyone else notice that the incident was used as leverage, and she only escalated after she didn't get what she wanted?

The hypocrisy is appalling. Bora is apparently exposed as a liar about the extent of his indiscretion, and he is immediately forgiven, because he is in the good boy's club.

Sounds like another Hugo to me.

Interesting piece, albeit very PC in tone: http://www.theawl.com/2013/10/the-biggest-secret-about-twitter-you-dont-know-that-might-be-killing-you I notice the REPENT cries for the Ruby On Rails guy are documented. People are going after him because he's responsible for people's misconduct in pubs, a...

More like Chronic Furry Syndrome, am I rite

People should try not to knock those who are unable to work but able to engage in low-stress activities. People respond differently to different levels of stress. The attitude that you're somehow faking it if you're able to go on a holiday or do hobbyist stuff but not work is very damaging. Plus 1....

He didn't break any criminal law in my opinion. She was not assaulted or raped. This kind of sex-play behavior happens all the time. The two of them were at a drunken social event. This was only a problem because he was her boss. (and as I explained before, the company handled this correctly). Acco...

I work in IT and have never seen anything like this that I would say is a cultural problem within IT. However, I've done nights out in various jobs and seen some pretty appalling behaviour, from both men and women. I've seen drunkeness, adultery, sexual harrassment (one instance), the lot.

This whole notion of non-reporting is utterly irresponsible, passive, and for some, possibly dangerous. It's very much the topic du jour, and I think is easily the most harmful thing they've preached.

She is disgusting. This video though is nastiness coming from the Dear Muslima white male privilege BS blowup. What I meant is that RW has never actually come out and said Bigfoot skepticism sux like PZ has. She has her SJW cake while hitching her wagon to SGU which is the epitome of what PZ sees a...

BTW- I LOVED PopSci magazine when I was a little kid. It was one of the few magazines my dad(an assembly line worker in a car plant)had a subscription to. The best part was their so, SO wrong futurist predictions. Every issue seemed to feature a "new advanced fighter jet" Oh, THAT'S where all those...

She's a media personality. Franc pinged this ages ago. Look at the sort of people that get on in media and technology circles. The majority aren't hard scientists at all.

Watson has profile. It doesn't matter that she doesn't know anything.

There's nothing new under the sun.

I loved that SNL sketch. The only thing that bugged me about it - at the risk of sounding like the sort of person I dislike - is the very Western outlook of casually assuming people from Eastern Europe / Balkans / Former USSR live in the 1950s.

Yes, that's what I meant, thanks. Here's hoping that inoculation comes soon. It could be a particularly cruel place sometimes (rather like school bullies) but the upside was some very sharp humour in the forums. I noticed a couple of years back an increased amount of earnest white-knighting in Gene...

Drescher just posted this: http://www.psmag.com/blogs/news-blog/fe ... www-66918/ Not a bad piece, can definitely relate to liking the band but not the fans.

Myers is looking increasingly weak. He lacks the cunning of some of his collaborators. I suspect he is rather naive. I wonder if he'll be thrown to the wolves at some point. Well, he's a co-owner of FfTB with Two Cows, AIUI, so it'll be hard for the 'tards to throw him out. He is the only big draw ...

Myers is looking increasingly weak. He lacks the cunning of some of his collaborators. I suspect he is rather naive. I wonder if he'll be thrown to the wolves at some point.

Its hilarious, though entirely unsurprising, to see this happening to both Silverman AND Carrier (the self described 'intellectual artillery' of A+). They deserve absolutely no sympathy for aligning themselves with these fanatic ideologues. These SJW types must really have no idea what the real wor...

Poor Dick Carrier is having to explain to the baboons that he isn't a rape apologist. Fuck does he like to write endless walls of text. Please Dick employ a little brevity in the future. http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/4603/ Jesus, TLDR. The fact he feels that is even necessary is hila...

Absolute gem of a topic at A+ that someone on Twitter linked to:

http://atheismplus.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3194

Pedestrians as rape victims, automatically guilty car drivers. It's a like a proxy for every bogeyman they ever had.

Tony Parsehole wrote:Phil, you do know that you being pissed off about being on the Block_Bot is exactly what they want? The Block_Bot isn't there to make a safe space for anybody. It's a way to get attention because they can't get any in real life.

QFT.

justinvacula wrote:Perhaps Silverman had a revelation? Maybe that Tumblr accusation turn on the light...

I am entirely tired of him, frankly. I wish he would put up or shut up. If he's annoyed with someone, he can bloody well say so. This bedwetting, passive aggressive display just makes him look weak.

Ok, is there an IT tech in the house? This place seems as good as any to ask. Lately my internet has been experiencing major slowdowns. Normally it downloads at 280kbyte/sec, but at multiple times during the day it will suddenly bottleneck down to 20-40kbyte/sec, and will stay there. I have elimina...

Ok, is there an IT tech in the house? This place seems as good as any to ask. Lately my internet has been experiencing major slowdowns. Normally it downloads at 280kbyte/sec, but at multiple times during the day it will suddenly bottleneck down to 20-40kbyte/sec, and will stay there. I have elimina...

That duck is a touch of pure magic.

PZs students rate him. http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=123513 Not bad overall - although the most recent review is not too complimentary: Wasn't organized. The syllabus was from the previous semester, and he made significant changes, making it hard to know what was going on. Thi...

Didn't PZ's fellow blogger Ophelia Benson write a book focused on mocking postmodernism? The Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense? I wonder how OB is going to take Myer's new-found faith in the religion that is postmodernism. I've touched on it before, but there's usually someone in the wings that un...

Didn't PZ's fellow blogger Ophelia Benson write a book focused on mocking postmodernism? The Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense? I wonder how OB is going to take Myer's new-found faith in the religion that is postmodernism. I've touched on it before, but there's usually someone in the wings that un...

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