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Mike Hall
@mikehall314.bsky.social
Web developer and Doctor Who fan (not in that order). Science, reason, and critical thinking. Skeptical of the Placebo Effect.

Director of Merseyside Skeptics. Co-host of Skeptics with a K. Director of The Skeptic. Director of QED. Autistic. /H(?:e|im)/ui
RTD must go, if true.
October 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
September 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Fucking authoritarian bullshit.
September 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
What are you up to today? #qedcon
September 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Not the first, but this one still gets to me now.
August 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Pop pop pop, Clarice.
August 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
August 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
August 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I don’t know how my cat manages to look like he’s badly generated AI.
August 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
There is a takeaway near me called Superwok. My brain, every time:
August 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
July 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Maybe this is just me but the similarities are striking. The segmented body. The shapes of the tails. The “ears” on the fighting machine matching the ports on TB2.

Given that Mike Trim designed the tripod and did vehicle design for Thunderbirds, is it just coincidence? (Though he didn’t design TB2)
July 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Consent or pay seems to be getting more popular. These disclaimers infuriate me. Privacy is not a commodity to be traded away. Privacy should not be a privilege of the wealthy while those on low incomes have to give up theirs just to read the fucking news.

“It’s your choice”. Not for many it’s not.
July 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Unlike Season 21, what he has said lacks any malice/malus.
June 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I think someone needs to tweak the transform-origin on the Palma de Mallorca Airport website.
June 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Strong start.
June 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
June 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is the personification of guilt.

For context: our *other* cat is all black.
June 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Over 20 years ago now. This was taken Oct 2004 at the Liner Hotel, as we were breaking down after the last Doctor Who convention I did.
June 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The big question is, are the Gel Guards back? Is the Ergon? And why is Omega so dreadful at creature design?
May 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Twice in one day.
May 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Me, talking with my friends living in Runcorn today.
May 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
April 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
So Lux is a gritty reboot of Nice Chap, right? #DoctorWho
April 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Right. Let’s sit down and watch some #DoctorWho feat Alan Cumming. #OhDearyMe
April 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM