Merseyside Skeptics
The Merseyside Skeptics Society is a non-profit organisation promoting science and critical thinking on Merseyside. We welcome all to our regular events.
π https://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/
π https://www.meetup.com/merseyside-skeptics-society
Starter Packs
Created by Merseyside Skeptics (1)
Skeptics with a K
People who have appeared on our podcast
@ncse.bsky.social
Fighting disinformation in the science classroom. ncse.ngo
@emmaboyland.bsky.social
Professor of Food Marketing and Child Health, Department of Psychology. Deputy Executive Dean, Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool. Interested in food marketing exposure, persuasive power, behavioural impact, & public health policy.
@skepticswithak.org
The podcast for science, reason, and critical thinking from the Merseyside Skeptics Society.
@noahlugeons.bsky.social
Podcast producer and cohost of The Scathing Atheist, God Awful Movies, The Skepticrat, D&D Minus, and Citation Needed.
@jonathanjarry.bsky.social
Science communicator with McGill University's Office for Science and Society. Separating sense from nonsense. Not all studies are created equal.
@etvpod.bsky.social
A #philosophy podcast for surviving the worst of all possible timelines. Hosted by ethicist Aaron Rabinowitz. Ethics director and credentialed creator at creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org. Obsessed with luck. Sibling show: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/
@piatpod.bsky.social
@jamiebgall.co.uk
Public Engagement trainer & consultant | #SciComm writer/presenter | @rspb.bsky.social & STFC advisor |π³οΈβππ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ Geek: Star Trek | Doctor Who I make nerdy rainbow pin badges that have raised Β£35k for homeless LGBTQ+ people https://linktr.ee/Jamiebgall
@jamesrball.com
Tech, policy, politics. Pol ed @ the New European, fellow @ Demos, writer in various other places. Latest book: The Other Pandemic β How QAnon Contaminated The World https://www.jamesrball.com/
@gtblackwell.atheists.org
Atheists.org Legal Director, #FirstAmendment attorney, co-host of @notsograndjury.bsky.social. "With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
@edinburghskeptics.bsky.social
Promoting science, reason, and critical thinking in Edinburgh and central Scotland.
@serdar.uk
Scientific Skeptic, Procrastinating Writer, Occasional Podcaster, Tolerable Speaker, Conspiracy Whisperer, Minister of Silly Jokes, Shilling at @yalansavar.bsky.social and @greenwichsitp.bsky.social, Ex-Istanbulite / New-Londoner Posts πΉπ·/π¬π§
@tammywebsterx.bsky.social
Grimsby based Atheist/Humanist/Skeptic, Ghost nerd, Cat Lady. Likes shoes. #QEDcon, She/Her xx
@robinince.bsky.social
Latest book - Normally Weird & Weirdly Normal out 1st May Robinince.com
@emma-mcclure.bsky.social
Parole Solicitor @SL5 Criminal Justice & Critical Thinking Association of Prison Lawyers Committee Former YLAL Co-Chair She/Her
@profchrisfrench.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Goldsmiths, Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub, Author of "The Science of Weird Shit" http://profchrisfrench.com Repβd by Mark Gottlieb at Trident Media Group
@dannychambers.bsky.social
MP for Winchester | Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Mental Health | Veterinary Surgeon π©Ί https://dannychambers.org.uk
@david.glass
Software engineer, geek, skeptic, Skeptics in the Pub Online organiser, somehow an Ockham winner, escape room enthusiast, he/him
@hayleyisaghost.bsky.social
I write a science blog about spooky things and solve mysteries for a hobby www.hayleyisaghost.co.uk
@aliceemmalouise.bsky.social
Open Research β¦ Research Culture β¦ DEI β¦ Sci Comms β¦ Accessible Science Naive optimist Skepticism β¦ Misinformation β¦ Podcasting and writing University of Liverpool β¦ UKRN β¦ Merseyside Skeptics β¦ QED β¦ Skeptics with a K β¦ The Skeptic Mag She/her
@qedcon.org
QED is a non-profit science and skepticism event held annually in Manchester. π https://qedcon.org/
@danhaygarth1.bsky.social
Regeneration Reporter at the Liverpool ECHO & Editor of the Liverpool Daily Post newsletter | Email: dan.haygarth@reachplc.com | Views my own
@arnoldke.bsky.social
lecturer in environmental history @liverpooluni.bsky.social πΏ || writing about #germans, #collecting, #plants & #empire in 19th c. southern #africa π΅ || #nathist, #envhist, #collections, π¬π§-π©πͺ || she/her || views my own β¨
@ccooijmans.bsky.social
Viking Historian | Research Fellow @uio.no | Assoc. Researcher @livunihss.bsky.social | vikings in continental Europe | medieval(ism) | histor(iograph)y The Great Viking Survey - vikingsurvey.org https://hcommons.org/members/ccooijmans
@jowilliams.bsky.social
Sea-level and tidal scientist. Liverpool, UK. Opinions own!
@prehistorian.bsky.social
Reader in European Prehistory & Archaeology Lead at UoL β’ VP The Prehistoric Society β’ Chair AGE (EAA) Digs hillforts and Celts β’ working out the structure of prehistoric society β’ unpicking patriarchal assertion from present to past. Personal a/c #NUFC
@drjeball.bsky.social
#Roman & conflict archaeologist; Freelance archaeological writer; Lecturer in Ancient History at Manchester Met University; Honorary Research Fellow & University Teacher at the University of Liverpool.
@liamthorp.bsky.social
Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. 3 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot Award nominee. Loves overpriced craft ale.
@sketchy-raptor.bsky.social
π¦ Musculoskeletal biologist & vertebrate palaeontologist ποΈ PhD'd with the University of Liverpool and the Natural History Museum, London π University of Manchester graduate ποΈ Sci-illustrator π₯ Likes movies https://www.mattdempseydinosaurs.com
@lemoustier.bsky.social
Archaeologist, word-witcher π author of KINDRED (PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize 2021). Science consultant. Current ποΈ: MATRIARCHA: PREHISTORY RE-IMAGINED. ποΈ Honorary Researcher U. Cambridge & U. Liverpool 1/4 @Trowelblazers.bsky.social Rep: PEW Literary
@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.
@skeptic.org.uk
Expert skeptical analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal, since 1987. Reason with compassion. π https://www.skeptic.org.uk/
@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