Author: Tom
Homeopathy: Brought to you by Big Pharma, Merck and Seven Seas
One of the more common complaints from homeopaths and antivaxxers is that we skeptics are in the pockets of “Big Pharma”, who pay us to co-ordinate the 10:23 campaign against homeopathy. As an example, check out this email sent to 10:23 HQ, ingeniously sent from a work email address (ActewAGL Water Division take note). While … [Read more…]
QEDcon Promo Video
It’s just a few more sleeps until QEDcon hits Manchester! To get us in the mood, Milton Mermikides and various others have made a really nice promo video: Great stuff everyone! Don’t forget, I’ll be wondering around the conference doing interviews using iPadio, so come up and say “Hi” if you want your voice and … [Read more…]
ipadio: A Reading Of A Homeopathic Medical Article
Listen to my latest phonecast OK, this phlog turned out to be a strange and overly long experiment! Having seen a particularly tantalizing tweet from @TredinnickMP talking about shamanistic homeopathy, I became dazzled by this article from the bad BHA, and for some reason I thought it would be a good exercise to read it … [Read more…]
My first ‘phlog’ via iPadio
I thought I’d try out iPadio, a free service available from ipadio.com which allows you to record your phone conversations and publish them as ‘phlogs’ on the iPadio website. You can also sync them up to social media such as Facebook and Twitter, or in my case my WordPress blog. My first foray is just … [Read more…]
Just two weeks to go till QED conference!
On February 5th and 6th the QED (Question Explore Discover) conference comes to the Piccadilly Hotel Manchester, and I for one cannot wait! A plethora of great speakers will be in attendance, as well of lots of exciting events including live podcast recordings and this year’s 10:23 event, campaigning against homeopathy. I’ll be there helping … [Read more…]
The most pathetic antivax photo ever?
As an admin of the Facebook group “Stand Against Vaccinations..Find Out the TRUTH” (a group which ran out of antivax admins and was taken over by a sane person) I’m privileged to the finest in antivax tripe. However, I’ve just seen something that really tips the scales. John Best, a man with presidential aspirations, has … [Read more…]
Daily Express Antivaccine Paranoia
Following the embarrassment of their coverage of the Andrew Wakefield saga, you would have thought that gutter tabloids like the Daily Express would have learned their lessons when it comes to the issue of vaccination. Sadly not, as their “health editor” Lucy Johnston has written an unscientific scaremongering article critical of the vaccine Pandemrix, one … [Read more…]