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How fundies and conspiranoids are reverting to an ancient, superstitious mindset and taking you with them Check out the no-head guy in front. You suck, AI "art." ----------------------------------------------------------- In her 1979 essay "Total Eclipse," Annie Dillard (the Werner Herzog of nature writing) described her viewing of a solar eclipse in Washington's Yakima Valley as a... Continue Reading →
This book has bothered me for a long, long time. I picked it up at a secondhand bookstore on a whim and have read it several times over the past 12 years or so. As you can see, I paid tree fiddy for it. Even that might have been too much. Because it's a 30-year-old... Continue Reading →
Last week, I attended one of the “No New Normal” rallies that is held outdoors every weekend in a community in Alberta, Canada. I am not going to disclose the location or the names of the participants because I have no desire to give the organizers free publicity. To date, more than 180,000 Albertans have... Continue Reading →
In a recent TikTok video, a young woman aims her phone camera at her bathroom mirror. It is a wholesome, suburban-looking bathroom. Oyster walls. Tasteful plastic flower arrangement. The woman, with her blonde hair casually pulled back and sleeveless shirt shoved into her jeans, could be any American woman you see on a Friday-night patio,... Continue Reading →
The Theory: A major retailer "covertly" offers children and teenagers for sale on its website by overpricing and naming certain items in such a way that pedophiles will instantly recognize what's really being offered. Origin: This theory started on Reddit's r/conspiracy subreddit. A July 9th post by user PrincessPeach1987 noted that online retail furniture/housewares company... Continue Reading →
I've been seeing a lot of memes like the one above ever since Quaker Oats announced its decision to retire the Aunt Jemima character from its line of pancake mixes and syrups. It didn't take me long to realize that most of the people sharing these memes are not fully aware of the history of... Continue Reading →
It has been two weeks since the death of George Floyd. Floyd was a 46-year-old man apprehended by police outside a Minneapolis store because he had offered a cashier in the store a counterfeit $20 bill. Officer Derek Chauvin, against all common sense and standard police procedure, decided to kneel on Floyd's neck as Floyd... Continue Reading →
If you've listened to talk radio at all in the last 10 years, you've heard ads and plugs for MyPillow®. This is a pillow that is said to be so supportive and so sleep-friendly that it might be the most comfortable pillow on the market. Radio hosts hype this thing like it's going to end... Continue Reading →
Remember that time Joe Scarborough killed an intern and we all forgot about it? Yeah, neither did I. When Donald Trump started tweeting some very strange things about the co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe earlier this month, my response was the usual What the hell is he even talking about? It's not the first time... Continue Reading →
The Tyranny of Bringing Your Own Balls to the Tennis Court Things were a little weird the last time we peeped in on the infowars scene. I hope somebody has checked on Alex Jones's neighbours since then. Karen and Steve, if you're reading this, just let us know you're okay. Today, the mood was more... Continue Reading →
Swallowing The Camel 