Michael Marshall
@mrmmarsh.bsky.social
Project Director of Good Thinking Society
Editor of The Skeptic @skeptic.org.uk
President @merseyskeptics.bsky.social
Podcasts: The Know Rogan Experience, Skeptics with a K, Be Reasonable, a few of others.
Quasi journalist, sometime lecturer. He/Him.
Editor of The Skeptic @skeptic.org.uk
President @merseyskeptics.bsky.social
Podcasts: The Know Rogan Experience, Skeptics with a K, Be Reasonable, a few of others.
Quasi journalist, sometime lecturer. He/Him.
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Michael Marshall
@mrmmarsh.bsky.social
· Nov 16
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hat tip to @mrmmarsh.bsky.social on Skeptics With A K for linking to this set of predictions from a psychic for 2025-2026 that had to be updated several months later due to "unexpected global events" www.trusted-psychics.co.uk/blog/psychic...
Shocking Psychic Predictions for 2025–2026 UK | Trusted Psychics
Discover Shocking Psychic Predictions for 2025-2026. The predictions from Trusted Psychics for 2025 and 2026 have been updated due to unexpected global events.
www.trusted-psychics.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 3:41 PM
hat tip to @mrmmarsh.bsky.social on Skeptics With A K for linking to this set of predictions from a psychic for 2025-2026 that had to be updated several months later due to "unexpected global events" www.trusted-psychics.co.uk/blog/psychic...
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“We will invade your city without permission, we will taunt you, we will kidnap and harass citizens, we will smash our way into schools and shoot tear gas at students, and if you stop to film us and we don’t like it, we will shoot you three times in the face.”
Tyranny
Tyranny
Rep. Randy Fine: "It's time for Americans to say 'enough,' and if you get in the way of the government repelling a foreign invasion, you're gonna end up just like that lady did yesterday."
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
“We will invade your city without permission, we will taunt you, we will kidnap and harass citizens, we will smash our way into schools and shoot tear gas at students, and if you stop to film us and we don’t like it, we will shoot you three times in the face.”
Tyranny
Tyranny
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Skeptics with a K: Episode #446
Happy New Year! For the first episode of 2026, Marsh takes a look back at the predictions psychics made for 2025 and how many came true.
www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/ske...
Happy New Year! For the first episode of 2026, Marsh takes a look back at the predictions psychics made for 2025 and how many came true.
www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/ske...
Episode #446 | Skeptics with a K | Merseyside Skeptics Society
<p>Happy New Year! For the first episode of 2026, Marsh takes a look back at the predictions psychics made for 2025 and how many came true.</p><p>Sign up for the Skeptics with a K Patreon at <a href="...
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January 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Skeptics with a K: Episode #446
Happy New Year! For the first episode of 2026, Marsh takes a look back at the predictions psychics made for 2025 and how many came true.
www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/ske...
Happy New Year! For the first episode of 2026, Marsh takes a look back at the predictions psychics made for 2025 and how many came true.
www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/ske...
Camp Quest UK returns, offering a secular space for families to explore | Alastair Lichten
Camp Quest UK provides a freethinking niche for those who may not fit in traditional summer camps, to ask big, small and weird questions.
Camp Quest UK provides a freethinking niche for those who may not fit in traditional summer camps, to ask big, small and weird questions.
January 8, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Camp Quest UK returns, offering a secular space for families to explore | Alastair Lichten
Camp Quest UK provides a freethinking niche for those who may not fit in traditional summer camps, to ask big, small and weird questions.
Camp Quest UK provides a freethinking niche for those who may not fit in traditional summer camps, to ask big, small and weird questions.
Putting things into perspective: the fallibility of expert drone spotters | Andrew Hyams
Amid media panics around mysterious drones in the sky, researchers tested whether pilots could tell a nearby drone from a distant plane.
Amid media panics around mysterious drones in the sky, researchers tested whether pilots could tell a nearby drone from a distant plane.
January 7, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Putting things into perspective: the fallibility of expert drone spotters | Andrew Hyams
Amid media panics around mysterious drones in the sky, researchers tested whether pilots could tell a nearby drone from a distant plane.
Amid media panics around mysterious drones in the sky, researchers tested whether pilots could tell a nearby drone from a distant plane.
From the archives: Reason, Science and the New Demonology | Andrew Belsey
From the archives in 1992, Andrew Belsey examines whether the revivial in belief in angels, demons and spirits is fundamentally unreasonable.
From the archives in 1992, Andrew Belsey examines whether the revivial in belief in angels, demons and spirits is fundamentally unreasonable.
January 6, 2026 at 10:54 AM
From the archives: Reason, Science and the New Demonology | Andrew Belsey
From the archives in 1992, Andrew Belsey examines whether the revivial in belief in angels, demons and spirits is fundamentally unreasonable.
From the archives in 1992, Andrew Belsey examines whether the revivial in belief in angels, demons and spirits is fundamentally unreasonable.
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15 hour flight + 12 hour detention + 15 hour flight = one of the harder experiences of my life
I had it easy, one woman had been in that detention room 4 days when I arrived, she’s still there
I had it easy, one woman had been in that detention room 4 days when I arrived, she’s still there
June 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
15 hour flight + 12 hour detention + 15 hour flight = one of the harder experiences of my life
I had it easy, one woman had been in that detention room 4 days when I arrived, she’s still there
I had it easy, one woman had been in that detention room 4 days when I arrived, she’s still there
How did psychics fare with their predictions for 2025? My latest, for The Skeptic
Every new year, the media features predictions for psychics for the year ahead - and every year, those predictions underwhelm of fail.
www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/01/how-...
Every new year, the media features predictions for psychics for the year ahead - and every year, those predictions underwhelm of fail.
www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/01/how-...
January 5, 2026 at 10:06 AM
How did psychics fare with their predictions for 2025? My latest, for The Skeptic
Every new year, the media features predictions for psychics for the year ahead - and every year, those predictions underwhelm of fail.
www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/01/how-...
Every new year, the media features predictions for psychics for the year ahead - and every year, those predictions underwhelm of fail.
www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/01/how-...
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CBS News picked a great day to proclaim its love for America based on "the rule of law"
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
CBS News picked a great day to proclaim its love for America based on "the rule of law"
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Well this is no way for a FIFA peace prize recipient to behave.
January 3, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Well this is no way for a FIFA peace prize recipient to behave.
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‘… not including bombing Venezuela’
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
‘… not including bombing Venezuela’
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there are many horrible brainworms you can catch online but none of them are as all-encompassing in their destruction of you as a human being as transphobia
start down that road and you become incapable of normal human interaction
start down that road and you become incapable of normal human interaction
classic story of some lady hitting the transphobia pipe harder and harder and becoming an intolerable shithead who alienates all her friends www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
How Sandie Peggie 'Benidorm Posse' friend group was torn apart by NHS Fife trans tribunal
The personal cost of the changing room row was exposed in expletive-ridden private messages as tensions boiled over in group chats.
www.thecourier.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
there are many horrible brainworms you can catch online but none of them are as all-encompassing in their destruction of you as a human being as transphobia
start down that road and you become incapable of normal human interaction
start down that road and you become incapable of normal human interaction
Yeah that can get fucked.
December 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Yeah that can get fucked.
Here’s what the company were saying, and how they were attempting to skirt advertising regulations (and, in my opinion, the Cancer Act): www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/09/prev...
Preventing British Supplements' health claims isn't an infringement of free speech - The Skeptic
Wellness company British Supplements uses customer reviews to try to avoid regulations covering misleading claims that products treat "C****R"
www.skeptic.org.uk
December 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Here’s what the company were saying, and how they were attempting to skirt advertising regulations (and, in my opinion, the Cancer Act): www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/09/prev...
Here’s the ASA’s ruling on Real Health Supplements, aka British Supplements, who I reported for the misleading health claims they were making about so many of their products.
www.asa.org.uk/rulings/real...
The also claimed to be able to treat cancer - but nobody can/will do anything to stop them.
www.asa.org.uk/rulings/real...
The also claimed to be able to treat cancer - but nobody can/will do anything to stop them.
Real Health Supplements Ltd
www.asa.org.uk
December 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Here’s the ASA’s ruling on Real Health Supplements, aka British Supplements, who I reported for the misleading health claims they were making about so many of their products.
www.asa.org.uk/rulings/real...
The also claimed to be able to treat cancer - but nobody can/will do anything to stop them.
www.asa.org.uk/rulings/real...
The also claimed to be able to treat cancer - but nobody can/will do anything to stop them.
I like “make prisoners take out student loan debts to pay for their time in prison”:
conservativehome.com/2024/08/01/c...
conservativehome.com/2024/08/01/c...
Charles Amos: The bold and just solution to the prisons crisis? Make ex-prisoners pay for it. | Conservative Home
It could operate on a similar system to student loans, with ex-cons receiving upon release a debt that reflects the cost of their incarceration and any restitution to their victim or victims.
conservativehome.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I like “make prisoners take out student loan debts to pay for their time in prison”:
conservativehome.com/2024/08/01/c...
conservativehome.com/2024/08/01/c...
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Even if you know nothing about this British company, a quick glance at their socials gets you Ayaan Hirsi Ali doing the whole whataboutist schtick where some extremist Muslims being anti gay is Gaza genocide defense. Another post right up top is fretting about "transsexuals."
Just ran into a TikTok with some NYC supposedly left types doing a whole event with "Unherd." People really need to be thoughtful about the platforms they work with and what they're willing to legitimize.
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Even if you know nothing about this British company, a quick glance at their socials gets you Ayaan Hirsi Ali doing the whole whataboutist schtick where some extremist Muslims being anti gay is Gaza genocide defense. Another post right up top is fretting about "transsexuals."
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Just ran into a TikTok with some NYC supposedly left types doing a whole event with "Unherd." People really need to be thoughtful about the platforms they work with and what they're willing to legitimize.
December 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Just ran into a TikTok with some NYC supposedly left types doing a whole event with "Unherd." People really need to be thoughtful about the platforms they work with and what they're willing to legitimize.
The Skeptic Podcast – Episode 043
Featuring articles from Michael Marshall (March 2022), Steve Donnelly (April 2002), Michael Marshall (March 2022), and Toby Howard (December 1989).
Featuring articles from Michael Marshall (March 2022), Steve Donnelly (April 2002), Michael Marshall (March 2022), and Toby Howard (December 1989).
December 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The Skeptic Podcast – Episode 043
Featuring articles from Michael Marshall (March 2022), Steve Donnelly (April 2002), Michael Marshall (March 2022), and Toby Howard (December 1989).
Featuring articles from Michael Marshall (March 2022), Steve Donnelly (April 2002), Michael Marshall (March 2022), and Toby Howard (December 1989).
Why I don’t believe in… Bigfoot | Blake Smith
Bigfoot may be the most enduring pop culture cryptid, but its appeal owes more to folklore, hoaxes and the will to believe than any reliable evidence.
Bigfoot may be the most enduring pop culture cryptid, but its appeal owes more to folklore, hoaxes and the will to believe than any reliable evidence.
December 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Why I don’t believe in… Bigfoot | Blake Smith
Bigfoot may be the most enduring pop culture cryptid, but its appeal owes more to folklore, hoaxes and the will to believe than any reliable evidence.
Bigfoot may be the most enduring pop culture cryptid, but its appeal owes more to folklore, hoaxes and the will to believe than any reliable evidence.