The Mirror, Darkly: Understanding Christianity-Created Pseudo-Satanism

To many Christians, especially evangelical Christians, anyone who is not a Christian – even an atheist – is understood to be "trapped" in some or other form of "devil worship." This absolutist, exclusionary worldview even extends to other Christians who do not share their particular radicalized religious perspective.

The "Other People" Problem: How Logic and Archaeology Demolish Genesis 4

Good morning. This time, I'd like to address the topic of Adam and Eve - and the "other people" in Genesis - because well, without "other people" being around at the same time, none of that story could make any kind of sense. 

Seemingly pointing out the flaws and plot holes in the entirety of Genesis, starting with the purported creation of the first people - aka Adam and Eve, this argument has always been a contentious one, and unpopular with the apologists, critics of evolution, science (and also common sense).

Stardust Literacy... Worth It?

I was put onto Stardust Literacy via a video promotion on Tiktok sent to me by a friend, who suggested I create an account and put up a book or two to increase my reach in the local market etc. 

I had a look at the site and it seemed legit, a quick check revealed the site had a good reputation - at least security wise, and wasn't a scam.  At least, supposedly. (I still reserve judgement on that count.)

The premise is that authors post or share their books on the site and instead of people buying the books, the authors get paid according to how many views their books get. At least, that's what the lady in the Tiktok video said. I didn't see any explanations of that on the website itself when I went there to register as an author - and not in the author dashboard either - perhaps that was a red flag?

So Long, Facebook. It's Been A Slice.

 Some of you may be wondering what happened to me on Facebook, so I'll get right down to it and tell you. Seemingly my profile, which I've maintained, grown and cultivated on that platform since at least 2009, was flagged, and I opened Facebook one morning about a month ago to be greeted with a message of extortion. What was that message, and what did they want from me in order to give me back access to my contacts, friends and social media content?

The Floccinaucinihilipilification Of Modern Society

Imagine, if you will, typing the minutes for a work meeting and then, days later, finding it returned with a red pen circle around the word "brevity" on page 4, with a comment "Use simple English". 

Is "brevity" not simple enough? 

Doubling Down On Being Wrong Only Makes You Twice As Wrong.

Here we are on 26 January 2026. It's three weeks into the new year and Trump's ICE gestapo have already murdered 9 people. Make no mistake, since ICE is not empowered to kill people at random in public streets, no matter what Trump, Vance, Miller or Noem claim. These weren't "domestic terrorists" or "highly paid protestors" - they were ordinary people, some of whom were US citizens.

I've been paying attention to the levels of public outcry to these literal state-sanctioned murders. This is what I've found.

I Know Why Trump Wants Greenland (A Reasonable Hypothesis)

Why does Trump want Greenland? Minerals? More territory to govern? More subjects to lord it over? Just because he wants it? To give NATO the finger like he did that Ford worker yesterday, who got fired for calling a spade a spade?

I think I have the gist of his idea.

THIS Is America's Problem - Or "Y'all Have Red Hands Now"

This is pretty much why we are at this point in history right now.

It's Only 3 January, And We're Already Staring At Another War

It's a lot to take in, isn't it?

As I pointed out yesterday, it's only the 3rd of January and I'm already laden with fresh anxiety.

On one hand, we have a bunch of racist neo-Nazi Afrikarens publicly expressing their hopes that Trump will do to South Africa what he's done to Venezuela, to "sort the country out" - and claiming to be "patriots" in the same breath, while totally not seeing the irony.

But then, irony is lost on the irredeemably stupid, as these people are.

Plane Sailing - Hopium & Fading Dreams of Empire

Trump wants to build a fleet of 3... 10... 20... 25 (why not 50 or 100?) new battleships for the US Navy, and although it strikes me as some sort of parody or sick joke, apparently Mango Mussolini is actually being serious.