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Category Archives: Science
False Advertising
I know crap when I see it. There are days when I completely agree with Prime: the internet is both the greatest thing and the worst thing that has happened to humanity. Thanks to the internet, I can learn about … Continue reading
Posted in And Now For Something Completely Different, Bullshit, Science, Snake Oil Woo Woo
Tagged "Truth" About Pet Food, abandon the internet, anti-science, anti-vaxxers, Bullshit, Cats, Factchecking VS Research, snake oil peddlers, Snake Oil Woo Woo, stupidity, Susan Thixton, webshites
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Father, Son, and Holy Shit
Yesterday, Prime and I were out and about, trying to figure out what we might have for dinner. I had just gotten off work and Prime had just put in several hours of overtime, so we were both pretty tired. … Continue reading
Posted in Bullshit, Science, Skepticism, Snake Oil Woo Woo
Tagged all of my contempt, Are you effing kidding me?, Are you effing serious?, Are you that effing stupid?!, Bullshit, Fundies say the darnedest things, GMOs are not evil, out of the mouths of jackasses, Religion, Snake Oil Woo Woo, the irony detector has exploded, woo, woo peddlers, Words have meanings
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Sneak Preview
Because things have been crappy lately, I’m going to make a nice, positive post. So here’s the trailer to Cosmos: Possible Worlds, coming next year. Because everyone needs some science in their life right now. Enjoy!
And Today in “To Hell with this Shit, I’m Effing Done”…
Found this via Joe.My.God.: Goldman Sachs Warns Pharma Investors: Cures Don’t Provide Sustained Revenue, Chronic Illness Is Better. Because profits (emphasis mine)! Goldman Sachs analysts attempted to address a touchy subject for biotech companies, especially those involved in the pioneering “gene … Continue reading
Posted in Bullshit, Science, Snake Oil Woo Woo
Tagged "big pharma", Are you effing kidding me?, Are you that effing stupid?!, Bullshit, Can it get any stupider?, Cancer, conspiracy theories, Fuck Humanity, Fuck this I'm done, I can't deal with this shit, I literally can not, I Literally Can't Even, medical follies, medicine, Science, Snake Oil Woo Woo, what is this I can't even, woo, Your Daily Dose of Bullshit
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Dangerous Words
Okay, so the CDC has clarified things; these words are not banned per se, but the agency does have to be careful about which words can and cannot be used in their reports. Because the wrong words mean the Grand … Continue reading
Posted in Bullshit, Politics, Science, Sex And Gender Acceptance
Tagged Bullshit, CDC, Current Events, Grand Nagus, Grand Nagus Trump, I Literally Can't Even, News, pseudoscience, SAGA, Science, this fucking guy, This Is A Thing That Happened, This is why we can't have nice things, what is this I don't even
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Evidently, You Don’t Know What “Evidence” Really Is.
I made the mistake of hopping over to a different side of Patheos not terribly long ago and stumbled across this: titled Facts and Reason in Paganism – Avoiding Materialist Assumptions, it’s from the same author that claimed hurricanes were people, … Continue reading
Nature Is Not A Mother
I found this little gem while on Patheos a while ago and it was in the pagan section of their religious blogs: Are Hurricanes and Wildfires Persons? Respect the Power of Nature. Clunky title, I’ll be the first to admit … Continue reading
Posted in And Now For Something Completely Different, Hurricanes, Science, Snake Oil Woo Woo
Tagged hurricane season, Hurricanes, News, polemic takedowns, pseudoscience, Religion, Science, the lies we tell ourselves, This Is A Thing That Exists, Weather, You Can't Make This Shit Up, You have got to be kidding me
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Minding the Gap
Last night, I called my mother, so I could work on getting a copy of my birth certificate. Now, I did have one of my own but due to circumstances beyond my control, I lost it. Yes, it irritated the … Continue reading
When Helping Doesn’t Actually Help
As you know, I’m dealing with some pretty severe breast issues. If you don’t know, or are a newer reader to this particular blog, I’ll sum it up: I have BRCA. To put it gently, my risk of developing breast … Continue reading
Y’all Need Some Science!
Celebrate the Hubble telescope by viewing some of its best pics. Because they are beautiful and will make you feel rather small and insignificant. And they are far more interesting than politics and the like. Enjoy!
Posted in And Now For Something Completely Different, Science
Tagged astronomy, Hubble telescope, photographs, Science
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