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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

EVENT REMINDER: this is happening today. Let that ink in.

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Join us for some friendly fun and lively discussions, get to know us and fellow members!

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Given our openness to blog submissions, we are hosting a writing workshop! Written word is still important in today's world. Among official, and sometimes dubious reports, blogs, newsletters and posts, writing is an important skill for all who fight pseudoscience!

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

CUSAP committee, as always standing proud against pseudoscience

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Thank you @simonoxfphys.com for attending the CUSAP event as a speaker, and thank you to everyone who attended. It was a very nice evening with plenty of interesting questions asked. Thank you to the Cambridge Union team for hosting. (check their YT for recording). Photo credit: Timothy Lambden

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

We are getting closer to our guest talk by Simon Clark on the Science Communication in this very strange age of AI slop! I can barely contain my excitement for it.

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

You may know Simon for: - Simon Clark YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/@SimonClark/... especially his PhD vlog series - His book 'Firmament' (amazing read, I recommend it) - Him getting surprise by the current Prime Minister

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Simon Clark

My name is Simon and I make videos to improve your climate literacy. In particular I focus on the physical Earth system, and how the atmosphere, climate, and climate change intersects with our lives...

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

We are happy to welcome soon Simon Clark at the Cambridge Union for his talk about 'Online Science Communication In The Age of AI Slop'

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

REMINDER: Remember about today's social event at 7pm at Queens college. This is the best place to meet the committee and fellow members and a good place for freshers to meet like minded students!

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hello everyone! With a new term ahead, we'd like to welcome all new members of our society. We have plenty of events awaiting for you!

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Good day everyone, it is the 1st day of Spooktober, and I bring you the good news that we are recruiting for the new committee! Sign up here: cusap.org/recruitment-... We welcome alumni and students to help us fight against pseudoscience!

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Join Our Team

Visit the post for more.

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

We call upon @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social to re-examine this decision, and to uphold the scientific integrity on which its reputation rests.

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

To be clear: we respect that individuals, including Biomedical Campus staff, are free to pursue these activities privately if they wish. However, it is very different when a leading scientific institution hosts or promotes them, as this lends credibility where none is warranted.

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

By endorsing pseudoscience, the Campus risks legitimising practices with no foundation — particularly concerning at a time when antiscientific movements are rising worldwide.

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Reflexology is based on the idea that specific points on the feet (or hands) correspond to organs and systems in the body. Practitioners massage these points to “restore health.” The supposed “foot map” has been thoroughly debunked, with no evidence it affects disease.

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Reiki, or “energy healing,” claims practitioners can channel life force through their hands when placed lightly on or above the body, promoting healing and balance. Despite its popularity, there is no scientific mechanism or evidence that Reiki has effects beyond placebo.

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

We are deeply concerned about the decision of the Campus to host such an event, and the risk it poses both to public health and to the scientific credibility of one of the UK’s leading biomedical institutions.

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Official Statement: On the 9th Sept, Cambridge Biomedical Campus will be hosting the Cambridge Wellness Festival 2025. The programme includes workshops in Reiki & Reflexology, which are pseudoscientific practice with no evidence base.

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

And brought to you by a flippant joke, new pattern for our non-existent merch regarding Reflexology:

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Health pseudoscience can be dangerous, even when directly harmless. What is wrong with a simple foot or body massage is the mystical framing which may snowball people into believing more harmful things or may lead them to ineffective treatment in a time of need.

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

On another hand we have Reiki. It is a full body massage, which in itself is relaxing and we have no quarrel with that. But, the framing as why it works and claims about health benefits are overexaggerated. Apparently it work by adjusting energy fields around your body.

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

For anyone interested. Reflexology (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexo...) assumes for there to be a way to relax specific parts of a body by pressing on specific areas of your feet.

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Reflexology - Wikipedia

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Here at CUSAP we believe that mental wellbeing is a serious matter. We are therefore concerned about @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social including pseudoscientific treatments in their "Cambridge Wellness Festival such as Reflexology and Reiki. We have decided to send them a complaint.

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

I feel like I'm in an episode of Phineas and Ferb: Me: MOM, RFK JR IS BUILDING ANOTHER CONSPIRACY IN THE BACKYARD AGAIN The mom (MAGA supporter): *doesn't see it or ignores it because her phone rings or something* But there is nothing there

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

To those who think pseudoscience is not dangerous....

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 22/08/2025

Today we gathered to honor Officer David Rose. He was a man of quiet integrity. He loved food, motorcycles, and most of all, his family. He answered the call. Our call. And gave his life to protect the community he served We will be forever grateful. Rest in peace. www.11alive.com/article/news...

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Loved ones, fellow officers pay tribute to fallen DeKalb Police Officer David Rose

Family, friends, and fellow officers gathered at First Baptist Church in Atlanta on Friday morning, honoring Rose, who was killed by the gunman who shot at the CDC.

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I am also wondering why would a government have to commit to writing such an assessment when they have LITERALLY THOSANDS OF PEOPLE STUDYING THIS STUFF FOR A LIVING. Genuinely mind boggling. P.s. Those people are saying to curb the fossil fuel use

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Comment from the Social media officer/ gremlin: It is absolutely wild the time we live in. The narcissistic ego of one person made pseudoscience travel so far up the chain of command. It is simply unthinkable. That being said, visit our blog to read more about pseudoscience

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

In my life as a STEM person, I aspire to the level of scientific literacy represented by the @CarbonBrief in their article fact checking Trump's 'critical' assessment. For the full story, read here: interactive.carbonbrief.org/doe-factchec...

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Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

New blog post. If you want to get a bird's eye view of how pseudoscience has interplayed with politics visit here: cusap.org/2025/07/31/s... How do old regimes compare to modern ones? How does prosecution of scientists differ between then and now?

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Science and extreme agendas

Author: Raf Kliber (Social Media Officer) Original feature image art specially drawn by: TallCreepyGuy While I work myself to boredom at a local retail store, I listen to some podcasts in the backg…

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

CUSAP content showcase: While part of CUSAP ethos is to argue with respect, Prof Dave has released another video about members of the Discovery Institute. DI is one of the backers behind project 2025 and is responsible for rise of Christian fundamentalism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOnb...

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Exposing Discovery Institute Part 10: Casey Luskin Again (Because He's Such a Loser Fraud)

YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Message from the BCE: "Interested in tackling misinformation? Thinking of science communication to combat pseudoscience? If you would like to discuss possible blog contribution, feel free to contact us; and we're happy to help from drafting process to editing ;)”

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Message from the Social Media Officer/ Online Gremlin: Whenever I hear someone calling themselves an 'Alpha Male' this is what I imagine them as

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

OMG, our blog receiving more regular content?! YES!! Our Blog Chief Editor is at it again with a nice debunk of the 'Alpha Male' myth. Its impact on today's manosphere is unquestionable, but does it hold any water? Read more here: cusap.org/2025/07/03/a...

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Alpha (??) Male (???)

Author: Maya Lopez (Blog Chief Editor) When I was video calling my parents recently, I noticed that a wildlife documentary was playing in the background. The documentary was on some pack of wolves …

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

See this Instagram post by @gabrielshemirani: www.instagram.com/p/DLF4lJbIBEO/ Sharing this here because at CUSAP we think that this is very important message. All conspiracy theories, even those that seem silly at a glance like flat earth, are dangerous and can have the most dire of consequences.

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Question to all of economists out there: Do you think Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is a pseudo-economics theory?

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

...shaken my conception about it. So in the interest of combatting big oil disinformation on this climate solution, what is recycling all about? See here: youtu.be/iOtrvBdRx8I?...

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Does recycling even do anything?

YouTube video by Simon Clark

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Content of the week: A humble opinion of mine is that recycling, in its initial conception by the plastic industry, is a bit of a pseudo-solution rather than actual one (see @climatetown.bsky.social ). But @simonoxfphys.com made a video recently that has fundamentally...

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

And remember: "Interested in tackling misinformation? Thinking of science communication to combat pseudoscience? If you would like to discuss possible blog contribution, feel free to contact us; and we're happy to help from drafting process to editing ;)” - Blog Chief Editor

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

So how bad is popping paracetamol really? (Probably way better than Vicodin). Our Co-President dives into the topic, exploring effects of frequent use. Please share and like if you've found this article to be a nice read. cusap.org/2025/06/08/w...

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War on Paracetomol

Author11: Isha Harris(Co-President) Paracetamol doesn’t get nearly enough credit as a wonder drug. While not as acutely lifesaving as penicillin, the quality of life improvement multiplied by…

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Lastly I would like to remind you that you can contribute too! Visit our website and fill out the form, draft up an article and send us a copy. Get in touch: cusap.org/action/. Let us keep going against the pseudoscience together!

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Students Against Pseudoscience Cambridge @againstpseudocu.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Getting paid a lot for a job you are not expected to live through though sounds to be quite timeless. But without further spoilers, I highly recommend giving it a read. At least I know what my next Halloween costume will be.

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