Noah Lugeons

@noahlugeons.bsky.social

Podcast producer and cohost of The Scathing Atheist, God Awful Movies, The Skepticrat, D&D Minus, and Citation Needed.

In 2026, we've added a tag to all our shows that inform people they're made without the use of generative AI. I'm calling on other creators to do the same. People should know if they're reading the thoughts of the person they're attributed to or artificial thoughts generated by a plagiarism-bot.

I reject the whole "forward slash, back slash" distinction. Half of both of them are forward and half of both of them are back. By its very nature, a slash is half forward and half back. Who the fuck decided that was gonna be the nomenclature?

The Progressive ads with "backups in real life" seem to misunderstand what a backup QB does. It's pretty rare for a backup QB to come into a game because the other QB isn't doing a good job. I demand ads where the best friend gets a concussion or the husband backing up the trailer gets turf toe.

In response to not getting the Nobel Peace Prize, the WH released a statement that said of Trump that "there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will." How long it will be before he shoots an 18 in golf, invents the helicopter, and no longer has an anus?

Consider this: Trump is the only person who has ever managed to look like a failure for not winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Most people have never won the Nobel Peace Prize (and almost all of them are more deserving of it than Trump), and yet he's the only one who FAILED to win it. What a loser.

Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede. Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.” (Published May 2025)

Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations

Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining...

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Republicans are awfully proud of the way they moved Cracker Barrel's stock price from $62 to $55 by throwing a hissy fit. But, like, the younger, more progressive generation that they're so scared of managed to move it from $175 to $62 just by not wanting to eat there.

1. Indiscriminately deport non-white people as publicly as possible. 2. Take over cities with large Democratic majorities. 3. Place military/ICE presence at or near polling stations. 4. End mail-in voting. 5. Profit.

Social media teaches us a lot about ourselves. Like, for example, without social media, I'd never even have suspected that my favorite thing in the world to watch is people mowing lawns in fast motion.

Trump is doing everything he can to spark a huge protest to galvanize (read: terrify) his base. That's not to say people shouldn't protest -- or even riot at this point -- but we also need to recognize his motives.