Dr Alice
@aliceemmalouise.bsky.social
Open Research ✦ Research Culture ✦ EDI ✦ Sci Comms ✦ Accessible Science
Skepticism ✦ Misinformation ✦ Podcasting and writing
University of Liverpool ✦ UKRN ✦ Merseyside Skeptics ✦ QED ✦ Skeptics with a K ✦ The Skeptic Mag
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Skepticism ✦ Misinformation ✦ Podcasting and writing
University of Liverpool ✦ UKRN ✦ Merseyside Skeptics ✦ QED ✦ Skeptics with a K ✦ The Skeptic Mag
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Well. QED. What a weekend. I am definitely too exhausted to write something comprehensive or coherent but I do have a few things to reflect on. 1) Our community is amazing. I feel so privileged to get to share this space with the most welcoming, compassionate, thoughtful and kind people.
October 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Well. QED. What a weekend. I am definitely too exhausted to write something comprehensive or coherent but I do have a few things to reflect on. 1) Our community is amazing. I feel so privileged to get to share this space with the most welcoming, compassionate, thoughtful and kind people.
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Yesterday Reform UK were given the Rusty Razor award for the worst pseudoscience of the year. From denying climate change to platforming quacks, Reform propagate dangerous nonsense.
www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/10/refo...
www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/10/refo...
Reform UK win 2025 Rusty Razor award for worst psuedoscience of the year - The Skeptic
Nigel Farage's political party, Reform UK, has been named The Skeptic's 'Rusty Razor' award winner for worst pseudoscience of 2025
www.skeptic.org.uk
October 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Yesterday Reform UK were given the Rusty Razor award for the worst pseudoscience of the year. From denying climate change to platforming quacks, Reform propagate dangerous nonsense.
www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/10/refo...
www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/10/refo...
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At final #QEDCon a pleasure to speak on panel on Christian Nationalism with excellent @sianushka.bsky.social @noahlugeons.bsky.social & @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social Times are grim but if we work hard to analyse the problem & embrace the big picture cause of human freedom & equality, we can prevail!
October 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
At final #QEDCon a pleasure to speak on panel on Christian Nationalism with excellent @sianushka.bsky.social @noahlugeons.bsky.social & @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social Times are grim but if we work hard to analyse the problem & embrace the big picture cause of human freedom & equality, we can prevail!
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On my way to QED for the last time 🥲
I adore QED because it is so thoughtfully planned, incredibly welcoming & the talks are top tier.
I’m sharing how to influence & shape policy. Looking forward to geeking out on Parliamentary process with @lizzicollinge.bsky.social & @louisevthompson.bsky.social
I adore QED because it is so thoughtfully planned, incredibly welcoming & the talks are top tier.
I’m sharing how to influence & shape policy. Looking forward to geeking out on Parliamentary process with @lizzicollinge.bsky.social & @louisevthompson.bsky.social
📣Tickets to last ever QED are now on sale! 📣
Join @annieknk.bsky.social, @mrmmarsh.bsky.social, @annaploszajski.bsky.social, Naomi Ryan, @jamiebgall.co.uk and @robinince.bsky.social and more for a weekend of talks, panels, workshops and podcasts this October.
Details: qedcon.org/news/2025/ti...
Join @annieknk.bsky.social, @mrmmarsh.bsky.social, @annaploszajski.bsky.social, Naomi Ryan, @jamiebgall.co.uk and @robinince.bsky.social and more for a weekend of talks, panels, workshops and podcasts this October.
Details: qedcon.org/news/2025/ti...
October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
On my way to QED for the last time 🥲
I adore QED because it is so thoughtfully planned, incredibly welcoming & the talks are top tier.
I’m sharing how to influence & shape policy. Looking forward to geeking out on Parliamentary process with @lizzicollinge.bsky.social & @louisevthompson.bsky.social
I adore QED because it is so thoughtfully planned, incredibly welcoming & the talks are top tier.
I’m sharing how to influence & shape policy. Looking forward to geeking out on Parliamentary process with @lizzicollinge.bsky.social & @louisevthompson.bsky.social
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QED is right around the corner! One of the best things about attending QED is the social side – from chatting and hanging out in the bar and social spaces, to sharing thoughts digitally with during sessions. With that in mind, we have a few ways to help make socialising a little easier!
October 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
QED is right around the corner! One of the best things about attending QED is the social side – from chatting and hanging out in the bar and social spaces, to sharing thoughts digitally with during sessions. With that in mind, we have a few ways to help make socialising a little easier!
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Headed to London.
Speaking and doing some filming at New Scientist Live at the Excel tomorrow. If you are around come and say hello!
Also kicking around town Sunday evening before the sleeper train.
Speaking and doing some filming at New Scientist Live at the Excel tomorrow. If you are around come and say hello!
Also kicking around town Sunday evening before the sleeper train.
October 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Headed to London.
Speaking and doing some filming at New Scientist Live at the Excel tomorrow. If you are around come and say hello!
Also kicking around town Sunday evening before the sleeper train.
Speaking and doing some filming at New Scientist Live at the Excel tomorrow. If you are around come and say hello!
Also kicking around town Sunday evening before the sleeper train.
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Time to make those tough decisions on which sessions you'll be choosing to attend at this year's QED. The schedule is now live: qedcon.org/schedule
Event Schedule | QED 2025
Timetable of events for the QED science and skepticism conference, 25th-26th October 2025.
qedcon.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Time to make those tough decisions on which sessions you'll be choosing to attend at this year's QED. The schedule is now live: qedcon.org/schedule
Final QED 2025 additions: Making policy work panel, the European Skeptics Podcast, and Noah Lugeons.
Evidence in Action: Making Policy Work with Jamie Gallagher, Lizzi Collinge and Louise Thompson
European Skeptics Podcast with András Pintér and Pontus Böckman
And...
Evidence in Action: Making Policy Work with Jamie Gallagher, Lizzi Collinge and Louise Thompson
European Skeptics Podcast with András Pintér and Pontus Böckman
And...
October 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Final QED 2025 additions: Making policy work panel, the European Skeptics Podcast, and Noah Lugeons.
Evidence in Action: Making Policy Work with Jamie Gallagher, Lizzi Collinge and Louise Thompson
European Skeptics Podcast with András Pintér and Pontus Böckman
And...
Evidence in Action: Making Policy Work with Jamie Gallagher, Lizzi Collinge and Louise Thompson
European Skeptics Podcast with András Pintér and Pontus Böckman
And...
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MYTHBUSTING - article by @mcintold.bsky.social about common reactions to science manipulation. A great accompaniment to her keynote talk at last week's Beyond Certainty symposium #AIBeyond2025 - recording to be released soon www.alpsp.org/news-publica...
Science Manipulations: Myths and Truths
When people hear about the messier side of science — citation games, vanity journals, unusual networks — they often push back (still). No...
www.alpsp.org
October 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
MYTHBUSTING - article by @mcintold.bsky.social about common reactions to science manipulation. A great accompaniment to her keynote talk at last week's Beyond Certainty symposium #AIBeyond2025 - recording to be released soon www.alpsp.org/news-publica...
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Two more QED 2025 panels announced:
The Fat of the Matter: Health Claims, Human Costs with Alice Howarth, Asher Larmie, Maeve Hanan and Angela Meadows.
And From Autocomplete to Apex Intelligence with Rick Owen, Ciaran Talbot and Mark Johnson.
qedcon.org/news/2025/tw...
The Fat of the Matter: Health Claims, Human Costs with Alice Howarth, Asher Larmie, Maeve Hanan and Angela Meadows.
And From Autocomplete to Apex Intelligence with Rick Owen, Ciaran Talbot and Mark Johnson.
qedcon.org/news/2025/tw...
October 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Two more QED 2025 panels announced:
The Fat of the Matter: Health Claims, Human Costs with Alice Howarth, Asher Larmie, Maeve Hanan and Angela Meadows.
And From Autocomplete to Apex Intelligence with Rick Owen, Ciaran Talbot and Mark Johnson.
qedcon.org/news/2025/tw...
The Fat of the Matter: Health Claims, Human Costs with Alice Howarth, Asher Larmie, Maeve Hanan and Angela Meadows.
And From Autocomplete to Apex Intelligence with Rick Owen, Ciaran Talbot and Mark Johnson.
qedcon.org/news/2025/tw...
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QED 2025 - featuring Matt Winning, and the real and fake threats to free speech
Delighted to announce the next two additions to the line-up for the final QED: our panel on free speech, and climate policy expert and standup comedian Dr Matt Winning on the main stage.
qedcon.org/news/2025/ma...
Delighted to announce the next two additions to the line-up for the final QED: our panel on free speech, and climate policy expert and standup comedian Dr Matt Winning on the main stage.
qedcon.org/news/2025/ma...
October 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
QED 2025 - featuring Matt Winning, and the real and fake threats to free speech
Delighted to announce the next two additions to the line-up for the final QED: our panel on free speech, and climate policy expert and standup comedian Dr Matt Winning on the main stage.
qedcon.org/news/2025/ma...
Delighted to announce the next two additions to the line-up for the final QED: our panel on free speech, and climate policy expert and standup comedian Dr Matt Winning on the main stage.
qedcon.org/news/2025/ma...
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
news.sky.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
My article for The Skeptic this week turned into a bit of a rant about how the constant search for relatable seasonal content can contribute to health anxiety and over-medicalisation of certain experiences.
September 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My article for The Skeptic this week turned into a bit of a rant about how the constant search for relatable seasonal content can contribute to health anxiety and over-medicalisation of certain experiences.
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As a disabled pregnant woman currently taking paracetamol (tylenol) for back & pelvic pain...
I don't yet have a response for the ableist, eugenicist, evidently pro-life movatived "announcement" from the US President.
But I will say this. If you don't want a disabled child, don't have children.
I don't yet have a response for the ableist, eugenicist, evidently pro-life movatived "announcement" from the US President.
But I will say this. If you don't want a disabled child, don't have children.
September 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
As a disabled pregnant woman currently taking paracetamol (tylenol) for back & pelvic pain...
I don't yet have a response for the ableist, eugenicist, evidently pro-life movatived "announcement" from the US President.
But I will say this. If you don't want a disabled child, don't have children.
I don't yet have a response for the ableist, eugenicist, evidently pro-life movatived "announcement" from the US President.
But I will say this. If you don't want a disabled child, don't have children.
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Saturday night at QED 2025 – with Ian Smith, Rosie Holt, Alex Kealy, Eli Bosnick and the Ockhams
Our Saturday night entertainment is free to all in person QED ticketholders, and will take place immediately after our Gala Dinner. We look forward to seeing you all there!
qedcon.org/news/2025/sa...
Our Saturday night entertainment is free to all in person QED ticketholders, and will take place immediately after our Gala Dinner. We look forward to seeing you all there!
qedcon.org/news/2025/sa...
September 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Saturday night at QED 2025 – with Ian Smith, Rosie Holt, Alex Kealy, Eli Bosnick and the Ockhams
Our Saturday night entertainment is free to all in person QED ticketholders, and will take place immediately after our Gala Dinner. We look forward to seeing you all there!
qedcon.org/news/2025/sa...
Our Saturday night entertainment is free to all in person QED ticketholders, and will take place immediately after our Gala Dinner. We look forward to seeing you all there!
qedcon.org/news/2025/sa...
Join me, @andrewcopson.bsky.social, @noahlugeons.bsky.social and @sianushka.bsky.social at QED 2025 this October as we discuss exactly this topic. You can get streaming tickets to see this panel, plus so much more at our website qedcon.org.
September 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Join me, @andrewcopson.bsky.social, @noahlugeons.bsky.social and @sianushka.bsky.social at QED 2025 this October as we discuss exactly this topic. You can get streaming tickets to see this panel, plus so much more at our website qedcon.org.
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Today is not Ted Danson's birthday
September 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Today is not Ted Danson's birthday
I picked up a copy of The Salt Path mere days before the Observer investigation broke. I'm about halfway through, now, and I wonder how I would have felt about it if I hadn't seen the new information unfold before beginning to read. This is an interesting piece about the tale.
I keep getting asked for my salty thoughts about the Salt Path as my position on nature cure narratives is v clear! A mere fraction of those thoughts published here @literaryhub.bsky.social, with thanks to @bookwormvaught.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social for their earlier pieces linked below.
Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir
Like many writers, I have been following the unfolding revelations about Raynor Winn and The Salt Path with great interest, and a degree of self-interest. I am a memoirist and nature writer, and I …
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September 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I picked up a copy of The Salt Path mere days before the Observer investigation broke. I'm about halfway through, now, and I wonder how I would have felt about it if I hadn't seen the new information unfold before beginning to read. This is an interesting piece about the tale.
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The last of the online sessions for #OpenFest25 - on Changing and critiquing (open) research culture - is about to get underway, with talks on dependency theory, research environments under pressure and research culture.
September 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The last of the online sessions for #OpenFest25 - on Changing and critiquing (open) research culture - is about to get underway, with talks on dependency theory, research environments under pressure and research culture.
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Really excited about this announcement. A fabulous speaker and two really interesting panels!
Announcing... Suze Kundu, and panels on True Crime and Christian Nationalism
qedcon.org/news/2025/an...
qedcon.org/news/2025/an...
September 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Really excited about this announcement. A fabulous speaker and two really interesting panels!
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Announcing the first of our panels and workshops!
Skepticism: Looking back, moving forward with @richardwiseman.bsky.social, @profchrisfrench.bsky.social, @mrmmarsh.bsky.social and @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social.
How to draw anything with @kempchi.bsky.social.
qedcon.org/news/2025/tw...
Skepticism: Looking back, moving forward with @richardwiseman.bsky.social, @profchrisfrench.bsky.social, @mrmmarsh.bsky.social and @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social.
How to draw anything with @kempchi.bsky.social.
qedcon.org/news/2025/tw...
August 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Announcing the first of our panels and workshops!
Skepticism: Looking back, moving forward with @richardwiseman.bsky.social, @profchrisfrench.bsky.social, @mrmmarsh.bsky.social and @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social.
How to draw anything with @kempchi.bsky.social.
qedcon.org/news/2025/tw...
Skepticism: Looking back, moving forward with @richardwiseman.bsky.social, @profchrisfrench.bsky.social, @mrmmarsh.bsky.social and @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social.
How to draw anything with @kempchi.bsky.social.
qedcon.org/news/2025/tw...
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The University of Chicago recently announced pauses on admissions to some of its humanities doctoral programs. Tyler Austin Harper argues that it's “a particular gut-punch to the humanities, not just at the university itself, but nationally and even globally.”
What’s Really at Stake if Fewer People Study the Humanities
Why the University of Chicago’s decision to pause admissions to some doctoral programs hurts so much
bit.ly
August 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The University of Chicago recently announced pauses on admissions to some of its humanities doctoral programs. Tyler Austin Harper argues that it's “a particular gut-punch to the humanities, not just at the university itself, but nationally and even globally.”