Edinburgh Skeptics Society
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President Trump, "Vaccines can be great, but when you put the wrong stuff in them, they're not"
"Children get vaccines like you give to a horse"
"Like you give to a horse"
"For a little baby to be injected with that much fluid"
"Sometimes they have 80 different vaccines, its crazy"
"Children get vaccines like you give to a horse"
"Like you give to a horse"
"For a little baby to be injected with that much fluid"
"Sometimes they have 80 different vaccines, its crazy"
September 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
President Trump, "Vaccines can be great, but when you put the wrong stuff in them, they're not"
"Children get vaccines like you give to a horse"
"Like you give to a horse"
"For a little baby to be injected with that much fluid"
"Sometimes they have 80 different vaccines, its crazy"
"Children get vaccines like you give to a horse"
"Like you give to a horse"
"For a little baby to be injected with that much fluid"
"Sometimes they have 80 different vaccines, its crazy"
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Just horrible. Sickening. Evil.
This decision will kill children.
We all knew RFK Jr was the worst person for this job. He's lived up to the hype. The f*cking worst.
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
This decision will kill children.
We all knew RFK Jr was the worst person for this job. He's lived up to the hype. The f*cking worst.
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Just horrible. Sickening. Evil.
This decision will kill children.
We all knew RFK Jr was the worst person for this job. He's lived up to the hype. The f*cking worst.
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
This decision will kill children.
We all knew RFK Jr was the worst person for this job. He's lived up to the hype. The f*cking worst.
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
We have our July event coming up soon.
Wed 2nd July, 7:30 in the Banshee.
Join us at Prof. Peter Lamont - Radical Thinking: how to see the bigger picture meetu.ps/e/P8qYZ/mqBz...
Wed 2nd July, 7:30 in the Banshee.
Join us at Prof. Peter Lamont - Radical Thinking: how to see the bigger picture meetu.ps/e/P8qYZ/mqBz...
Prof. Peter Lamont - Radical Thinking: how to see the bigger picture, Wed, Jul 2, 2025, 7:30 PM | Meetup
Professor Peter Lamont (author, historian, psychologist, former magician) reveals the things that shape your thoughts. He shows how, by thinking in a radical way, you can l
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June 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We have our July event coming up soon.
Wed 2nd July, 7:30 in the Banshee.
Join us at Prof. Peter Lamont - Radical Thinking: how to see the bigger picture meetu.ps/e/P8qYZ/mqBz...
Wed 2nd July, 7:30 in the Banshee.
Join us at Prof. Peter Lamont - Radical Thinking: how to see the bigger picture meetu.ps/e/P8qYZ/mqBz...
RFK should not be in charge if the health system in any country. Especially one as important for science as the US.
youtu.be/i0q_Oj425cU?...
youtu.be/i0q_Oj425cU?...
Doctor Reacts To RFK Jr.’s Health Claims
YouTube video by Doctor Mike
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June 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
RFK should not be in charge if the health system in any country. Especially one as important for science as the US.
youtu.be/i0q_Oj425cU?...
youtu.be/i0q_Oj425cU?...
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American influencer Candace Owens, "I'm not a flat earther, not a round earther.. I have left the cult of science.. Science is a pagan faith"
How do you even respond to this
How do you even respond to this
May 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
American influencer Candace Owens, "I'm not a flat earther, not a round earther.. I have left the cult of science.. Science is a pagan faith"
How do you even respond to this
How do you even respond to this
Sigh...
Inactive medical license ✅
Dropped out of medical residency ✅
New Age talking points ✅
Pro raw dairy ✅
Co-founded a health startup ✅
Meet the new surgeon general, Casey Means.
Dropped out of medical residency ✅
New Age talking points ✅
Pro raw dairy ✅
Co-founded a health startup ✅
Meet the new surgeon general, Casey Means.
Trump’s new surgeon general pick wants to “raise the vibration of humanity”
“The future of medicine will be about light," said Casey Means. "I don’t exactly know how.”
www.motherjones.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Sigh...
Do you have free will?
If you do, chose to come along to our event on Wednesday, 7th at 7:30, Banshee on Niddry St.
If you don't then you're coming along anyway.
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If you do, chose to come along to our event on Wednesday, 7th at 7:30, Banshee on Niddry St.
If you don't then you're coming along anyway.
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Redirecting...
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May 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Do you have free will?
If you do, chose to come along to our event on Wednesday, 7th at 7:30, Banshee on Niddry St.
If you don't then you're coming along anyway.
www.facebook.com/share/1AjWTa...
If you do, chose to come along to our event on Wednesday, 7th at 7:30, Banshee on Niddry St.
If you don't then you're coming along anyway.
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Another article written by @thetruescotsman.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Another article written by @thetruescotsman.bsky.social
If you are not familiar with Carl Sagan's concept of condensing the entire span of history from the Big-bang to now, into a single year, it is a great way to understand the insignificance of human history.
March 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
If you are not familiar with Carl Sagan's concept of condensing the entire span of history from the Big-bang to now, into a single year, it is a great way to understand the insignificance of human history.
Some pics from our event with Glasgow Skeptics and @edinburghnapier.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Some pics from our event with Glasgow Skeptics and @edinburghnapier.bsky.social
We're in the 3 Sisters tonight!
March 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
We're in the 3 Sisters tonight!
Sometimes you just think, what's the fucking point.
Parents of unvaccinated 6-year-old killed by measles in Texas speak out.
They still are anti-vax.
They still are anti-vax.
Parents of child killed by measles appear in anti-vaccine video
Children’s Health Defense official says parents affected by measles outbreak ‘would rather have’ untested treatments ‘than the MMR vaccination’
www.independent.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sometimes you just think, what's the fucking point.
Good.
‘Miracle spring water’ lands Christian TV channel with £150,000 Ofcom fine
‘Miracle spring water’ lands Christian TV channel with £150,000 Ofcom fine
Regulator says claims of product’s healing powers aired on The Word Network had potential to cause harm
A religious TV channel has been fined £150,000 for giving UK airtime to an evangelist selling “miracle spring water” that was claimed to cure…
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Good.
Article written by our own @thetruescotsman.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Article written by our own @thetruescotsman.bsky.social
Watching Apple Cider Vinegar on Netflix.
So far, surprisingly good drama about the wellness industry and the dangers of Influencers.
Right up skeptics' street.
So far, surprisingly good drama about the wellness industry and the dangers of Influencers.
Right up skeptics' street.
February 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Watching Apple Cider Vinegar on Netflix.
So far, surprisingly good drama about the wellness industry and the dangers of Influencers.
Right up skeptics' street.
So far, surprisingly good drama about the wellness industry and the dangers of Influencers.
Right up skeptics' street.
We are back on Wednesday 5th Feb, with a new talk from @the-batnurse.bsky.social on Canine Microbiology.
Come along, 7:30, Banshee Labyrinth, Niddry St.
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Come along, 7:30, Banshee Labyrinth, Niddry St.
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Tracey Jolliffe - Canine Microbiology: Man’s best friend, or in the doghouse?, Wed, Feb 5, 2025, 7:30 PM | Meetup
Dogs... Are they man's best friend or should we put them in the dog house? As a former veterinary nurse and now human microbiologist, Tracey Jolliffe will take a look at so
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January 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We are back on Wednesday 5th Feb, with a new talk from @the-batnurse.bsky.social on Canine Microbiology.
Come along, 7:30, Banshee Labyrinth, Niddry St.
www.meetup.com/edinburghske...
Come along, 7:30, Banshee Labyrinth, Niddry St.
www.meetup.com/edinburghske...
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This is immensely dangerous anti-science nonsense that lionizes someone's personal experience with a drug to determine if it "works" or not.
It's regressive, small-minded and incredibly stupid.
(P.S.: right-to-try laws already exist for terminal illnesses. That's not an argument!)
It's regressive, small-minded and incredibly stupid.
(P.S.: right-to-try laws already exist for terminal illnesses. That's not an argument!)
RFK Jr.’s deputy Jim O’Neill wants to skip clinical trials for medication efficacy and just start selling them to Americans to test if they work post-marketing. No placebo group. Just desperate people trying out snake oil so his company can make money from you being a guinea pig.
January 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is immensely dangerous anti-science nonsense that lionizes someone's personal experience with a drug to determine if it "works" or not.
It's regressive, small-minded and incredibly stupid.
(P.S.: right-to-try laws already exist for terminal illnesses. That's not an argument!)
It's regressive, small-minded and incredibly stupid.
(P.S.: right-to-try laws already exist for terminal illnesses. That's not an argument!)
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Earlier this week, a coalition of atheist/Humanist groups reaffirmed their support of LGBTQ rights.
The Center For Inquiry has now released its own (pathetic) statement doubling down on anti-trans bigotry.
I go through the problems here:
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-center...
The Center For Inquiry has now released its own (pathetic) statement doubling down on anti-trans bigotry.
I go through the problems here:
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-center...
The Center For Inquiry's latest statement continues to push anti-trans bigotry
After several secular groups affirmed their support for LGBTQ rights, CFI has chosen to criticize them with more misinformation
www.friendlyatheist.com
January 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Earlier this week, a coalition of atheist/Humanist groups reaffirmed their support of LGBTQ rights.
The Center For Inquiry has now released its own (pathetic) statement doubling down on anti-trans bigotry.
I go through the problems here:
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-center...
The Center For Inquiry has now released its own (pathetic) statement doubling down on anti-trans bigotry.
I go through the problems here:
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-center...
By all means, you go drink raw cow shit/milk.
We'll even get the NHS to give you loads of antibiotics to fix you up afterwards.
We'll even get the NHS to give you loads of antibiotics to fix you up afterwards.
January 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
By all means, you go drink raw cow shit/milk.
We'll even get the NHS to give you loads of antibiotics to fix you up afterwards.
We'll even get the NHS to give you loads of antibiotics to fix you up afterwards.
Good to see our guest for our 500th event, back in 2019 - @robinince.bsky.social - get on Richard Osman's House of Games.
January 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Good to see our guest for our 500th event, back in 2019 - @robinince.bsky.social - get on Richard Osman's House of Games.
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After almost five years, the estimated global death toll for Covid is somewhere around 20 million, making it one of the deadliest outbreaks of communicable disease in human history.
www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don't know about COVID
Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries.
www.pbs.org
January 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
After almost five years, the estimated global death toll for Covid is somewhere around 20 million, making it one of the deadliest outbreaks of communicable disease in human history.
www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...