I’m really looking forward to this. The London branch was the very first Skeptics in the Pub group, and it started a tradition more than 25 years ago. Now we’re bringing it back. Exciting!

Skeptics in the Pub is finally back in London with @deborahhyde.bsky.social! We’re kicking off our return on 3 Dec with Deborah Hyde, who’ll talk about Krampus and the folklore that shadows St Nicholas. A great way to restart a long-running tradition. More info: sitp.online/sitp/london/...

What does ‘safe’ mean for people persecuted for their identites like the non-religious & LGBTQ+? Their risk doesn’t disappear because a country looks stable on paper. Reassessing thousands of cases every 30 months won’t capture that nuance, and the Home Office is already overwhelmed.

Adana'da pencereye çıkıp cloud'a ateş ettiler!

Cloudflare'in çökmesi AWS'den daha yıkıcı... Internet gitti...

Tonight, I'm in conversation with @lizzicollinge.bsky.social MP. As a humanist and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group, she offers a rare, clear view from Parliament on @humanists.uk's campaigns in action. She also happens to be very fun! humanists.uk/events/in-co...

But... his... e-mails...

India’s traditional healing cornucopia comes with a side of heavy metal poisoning. Arsenic, lead, mercury... but also elephant dung? Ayurveda can harm your liver. My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social. www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

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We had a packed room yesterday for an excellent talk on the history of quacks and charlatans in medicine by @drjlange.bsky.social at @greenwichskeptics.org

That’s a really good piece explaining what set QED apart and highlighting the nature of skepticism in this generation. Thanks, Hayley!

Good point! These kinds of misconceptions are supported by politicians as well.

Conspiracy: Grok is secretly engineered as a secret AI Ethics project. They want to make a point on how ugly a bad actor in AI business can get.

Remember, remember 5th of November..... O sırada Luna...

Kılıçdaroğlu taktikleriyle çakma sağcılığa öykünmek yerine etkili muhalefetle çözüm öneren solculuk bir kez daha zafer kazandırdı. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Join us on Monday, 10 Nov at 19:30 for "The Quacks and Charlatans of Medicine" with Dr Jenny Lange (@drjlange.bsky.social) at The Plume of Feathers, Greenwich. From goat glands to bleach cures, how medical fraud has fooled the desperate, then and now. More info: greenwichskeptics.org

#QEDcon was really special this year. Here are a few shots I took during the event, including the awarding of a special book of memories to the organizers.

Ordered a new one to replace my lost rainbow TARDIS pin! Thanks @jamiebgall.co.uk

We had almost exactly the same list for Tayyip Erdogan, nearly 15 years ago. Either Trump's moving a lot faster than his fellow autocrats, or the U.S. doesn't have quite as many "checks and balances" as they like to think.

"Sosyal açıdan desteklenmesi gereken" derken tam olarak ne demek istiyorlar acaba. "Zorla yapıyoruz, bize kalsa umurumuzda değil" mi yani?

🔴 Reform UK Just Won Britain’s Least-Prestigious Award – For ‘Promoting Pseudoscience’ Nigel Farage’s party was recognised for “widespread embrace of climate change denialism and antivaccine misinformation.” bylinetimes.com/2025/10/29/r...

That was the last sign of #qedcon I have seen, and I officially left Manchester now. Massive thanks to the fantastic organiser team of QED and all of their brilliant full-time volunteers. I have attended fascinating sessions and panels, and seen lots of lovely people again. Safe travels everyone!

Listening to a heartbreaking talk by Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips on Ayurvedic, an alternative medicine system used in India which has grown to have a veneer of legitimacy with research institutes, PhDs & colleges. All why using deeply dangerous and exploitative treatments. #QEDCon

#QEDcon ends with a standing ovation, hugs, and tears. And yes: you were all “good enough.”

Ockham ödülünü kazanan Abby Phillips, Hindistan’da alternatif tıbba karşı çalışmalarını ve sonrasında yaşadığı yoğun saldırıları anlatıyor. #qedcon

Final day of the final #qedcon!

Ockham ödülleri birazdan sahiplerini bulacak… #qedcon

@mrmmarsh.bsky.social NHS’in aromaterapi konusunda kanıt olarak kullandığı makaleleri inceliyor. İran ve Türkiye kaynaklı makalelerde belirgin bir kalite sorunu var. #qedcon

This talk from Naomi Ryan at #qedcon about the legal system and the supernatural was one of the best talks I’ve ever enjoyed at the event over the years.

Starting with the first speaker Naomi Ryan #qedcon

The final @qedcon.org started with brilliant Robin Ince! #qedcon

Skepticamp! #QEDcon

I’ve made a public feed for #qedcon - if anyone wants to follow it you can find it here: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Train got cancelled. Alternative train terminated at an unrelated station. Jumped on yet another train. Hopefully this won’t be cancelled, as it’s not Avanti.

Train tickets, check! Covid vaccine, check! Contingency plans against the storm tomorrow, check. I am ready for QED! :)

SlideShare became a major example of "Enshittification". They already paywalled downloading. Now they made slides so small that you can't even read details. Fortunately, I moved to the Speakerdeck years ago.

That was such a great talk last night! Funny enough, it was all about statistics without numbers in sight (well, a few charts sneaked in 😄). @drlabos.bsky.social is really a great science communicator. Thanks!

Pretty much every post on US politics is about how illegal Trump’s stuff is. I’ve only seen one or two about the courts actually blocking/overturning him. So either the legal system’s broken, or US Bluesky is trapped in a doomscrolling loop that only cares about bad news. Neither’s good news.

Yazının konuşulduğu podcast bölümü de şurada: bodyofevidence.ca/153-saunas-a... v/ @nbtiller.bsky.social @drlabos.bsky.social

It all suddenly feels so real. I'll be opening the QED Fringe this year. The beginning of the end, the very last QED. It will be quite bittersweet. I believe you can still spectate online for 49 quid (though not for my talk). Full schedule available here: qedcon.org/schedule Cc @qedcon.org

This will be a fantastic warm-up just days before @qedcon.org! @drlabos.bsky.social also hosts the brilliant Body of Evidence podcast—one of my favourites!

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand. "We forgot certifier password"

Sevgili @serdar.uk 'dan güzel bir yazı daha. Science is not decided by legal technicalities, but court cases often are. Litigation is slow and costly. Court proceedings attract uncontrolled publicity, lend a false sense of equivalence, and invite punchy, misleading headlines with binary outcomes.

Virüslere inanmadığını iddia eden bir virolog, onun mikrop kuramı inkârcılığı ve aşı karşıtları tarafından halen çarpıtılarak aktarılan kızamık virüsü davasını @skeptic.org.uk için yazdım.

Stefan Lanka, virus denialism, and proving science in the courtroom | Serdar Basegmez Controversial German virologist Stefan Lanka challenged scientists to prove that viruses are real, which made it all the way to the German courtroom.

High skills match derken hakaret ediyor herhalde.

Here is the new board for the @openntf.org! A warm welcome to Christoph Adler (@cadler80.bsky.social) and Heather Hottenstein, who’ve joined the new board! www.openntf.org/main.nsf/blo...

Versiyon 12.0.40649.5! Bunu release edene kadar kaç kişiyi fıtık ettiler kim bilir.

İngiltere'de 70'lerde yükselen Nazi yanlısı ırkçı ve faşist hareket üzerine... www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeHv...