Category Archives: Science

The Very Definition of Non-Essential Worker Has Suggestion

Posted on February 23, 2021 by tengrain

SoyBlo It started off innocently enough: When I see that #MeghanMcCain #SoylentBlonde is trending, I know she’s said something stupid, usually self-centered and dripping with entitlement. So what was it? — Tengrain ✂️ 6-feet-away-or-6-feet-under (@Tengrain) February 23, 2021 Scissorhead Moeman … Continue reading →

Posted in Meghan 'Soylent Blonde' McCain, Pandemics, People Dumber than Dolphins, Science, Vaccine | 12 Comments

Yesterday’s Quote of the Day, Today!

Posted on February 17, 2021 by tengrain

Beto O’Rourke in The Hill: “The energy capital of North America cannot provide enough energy to warm and power people’s homes,” O’Rourke said. “We are nearing a failed state in Texas. And it has nothing to do with God or natural … Continue reading →

Posted in AOC, global climate change, Science, snark, Texas, America's Lab for Bad Policy | 6 Comments

Supreme Court News

Posted on February 6, 2021 by tengrain

  Politico tells us that Jeebus wins over science in the age of the Trump-Virus Pandemic: Supreme Court lifts California worship bans prompted by coronavirus The ruling issued just before 11 p.m. ET Friday produced four separate statements by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Pandemics, Science, SCOTUS, Theocrats, War on Science | 9 Comments

Some After Dinner Ick?

Posted on December 2, 2020 by tengrain

Couldn’t Eat A Byte SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!1! Singapore becomes first country to approve lab-grown meat “…The product, created from cultured chicken cells, has been approved as an ingredient in chicken bites following Singapore Food Agency (SFA) approval, Eat Just … Continue reading →

Posted in food, Science | 18 Comments

Stable Jenius Makes Wicked Burn!

Posted on October 19, 2020 by tengrain

Trump Thinks This Is an Insult: Biden ‘Will Listen to the Scientists’ President Donald Trump attempted to make fun of former Vice President Joe Biden during a campaign rally in Carson City, Nevada, on Sunday by saying “he’ll listen to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper, Pandemics, Science | 11 Comments

Magical Thinking From Prznint Stupid

Posted on September 16, 2020 by tengrain

Lord Damp Nut’s public comments (not the crimes he confesses to Bob Woodward) on climate change and the Trump-Virus should are weirdly similar. Let’s compare and contrast! “It’ll start getting cooler. You just watch…I don’t think science knows, actually.” — … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper, Pandemics, Science | 5 Comments

‘Oops,’ Said Faceberg (Part Infinity)

Posted on July 21, 2020 by tengrain

A quick lightning round of Facebook in the news before Comcast continues their daily mischief! (I’ll keep adding to this until I cannot – the truck is outside!) Fact-check of viral climate misinformation quietly removed from Facebook “…The article, authored … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, Facebook or Faceberg, global climate change, Homophobia, Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper, Science, Social Media, Transphobia, Your Kind Cannot Pee Here | 5 Comments

What’s Wrong With Facebook now?

Posted on June 25, 2020 by tengrain

And here we go again: How CO2 boosters’ op-ed slipped by Facebook fact-checkers A team of climate scientists working as approved fact checkers for Facebook evaluated a post last year by a White House-connected group that claims the world needs … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, Facebook or Faceberg, Our Failed Social Media, Science, Social Media, War on Science | 3 Comments

Failure to Launch

Posted on May 28, 2020 by tengrain

The SpaceX failure to send Americans into space yesterday really isn’t a politics story… until it was. NYTimes (emphasis mine): At Cape Canaveral, Trump’s Search for a Heroic Narrative Is Thwarted “For President Trump, it was a chance to rewrite … Continue reading →

Posted in Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper, Science, Space!, Technology | 14 Comments

Meet Our New Hero!

Posted on April 1, 2020 by tengrain

Several Scissorheads have pointed me to this story, which I must admit, has MPS all over it (eww, gross): Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device He’s one of us! An Australian astrophysicist has been admitted to … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, Scissorheads Rule | 20 Comments