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Promoting science, positive skepticism and critical thinking skills via public engagement. We also host monthly Skeptics in the Pub and social events.

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 1h
A vaccine researcher’s guilty plea for stealing grant money is being recycled as evidence that MMR causes autism. Poul Thorsen had no access to the study data or role in its analysis, and the evidence against a link extends well beyond the paper he co-authored. www.reuters.com/fact-check/s...
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https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/scientists-fraud-guilty-plea-revives-misleading-vaccine-autism-narrative-2026-09-29/
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 4h
A Tseltal Maya man and woman were reportedly burned alive by a mob in Chiapas, Mexico, after being accused of witchcraft. Their relatives are demanding prosecution, supported by local Zapatista authorities. Prosecutors have opened a homicide investigation. www.parriva.com/news-digest/...
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In Ocosingo, Chiapas, a Tseltal Maya man and woman were lynched and burned alive by local residents for practicing witchcraft.
A Tseltal Maya man and woman who followed ancestral traditions were lynched and burned alive on Tuesday night in the community of Las Tacitas, in the municipality of Ocosingo, Chiapas, ...
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 7h
A streak of light on a SpaceX livestream has become an “alien battle cruiser” supposedly bigger than a city. Quite a lot to establish from footage that doesn’t establish its size or distance, but a few excited social media comments will do for a UFO story. www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-n...
dailystar.co.uk
SpaceX live feed 'captures UFO mothership over Earth' as Starship reaches orbit
While the only official comment from NASA and SpaceX focused on the 'success' of the uncrewed mission, UFO spotters were very excited about an unexplained glowing object behind the giant spacecraft
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 10h
Indiana Jones got people interested in archaeology, while teaching them to expect treasure hunts and conveniently lost civilisations. Archaeologists’ own breathless announcements of “lost cities” suggest Hollywood isn’t only responsible for keeping the myth alive. theconversation.com/why-indiana-...
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Why Indiana Jones is the best and worst thing to happen to archaeology
The idea of archaeology as adventure predates the discipline itself.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 13h
Witchcraft has made it to the beauty counter, complete with a $60 starter kit. Selling spiritual rebellion apparently requires much the same approach as selling skincare: convince people they are missing something, then offer it in a nicely packaged box. www.vogue.com.au/culture/feat...
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https://www.vogue.com.au/culture/features/business-of-witchcraft-trend/image-gallery/ddc3ef3d1f2b2e9898dfbe9f498a4e8e?page=1
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 16h
Apparently, Aboriginal people creating their rock art is less plausible than visiting aliens. These stories have a long history of denying Indigenous people credit for their own heritage. Researchers warn AI could give the old prejudices a new veneer of authority. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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False claims about Aboriginal rock art and aliens were once fringe. Researchers fear AI could push them mainstream
Archeologists warn AI summaries can repeat false claims about 12,000-year-old rock art from Western Australia’s Kimberley region being painted by aliens
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 19h
Farage used the RAF Fairford arrests to claim that Iran sends agents to Britain in small boats, then demanded the suspects’ identities. Police later identified all five as Britons. Any Iranian involvement remains one of several possibilities under investigation. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Farage blasted for false claims about RAF Fairford terror arrests
The UK Counter Terrorism Policing chief acknowledged speculation over whether Iran was behind the plot and said the force was considering ‘every possible angle’
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 22h
Britain will join an EU-led scheme pooling ocean data to refine forecasts of extreme weather. It comes as US cuts expose how much global monitoring depends on one government’s priorities. The climate is global; the system tracking it remains precariously national. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK to join EU ocean science scheme to better predict extreme weather events
Cooperation on OceanEye, which aims to better anticipate climate events, comes amid efforts to boost ties with bloc
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A faith healer allegedly punched a girl and struck her with a stick during an attempt to exorcise a djinn. She suffered serious injuries and lost consciousness. The healer fled before police arrived, but a case has been registered against him. www.dawn.com/news/2033332
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https://www.dawn.com/news/2033332
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Covid confronted us with death while organised religion continued to recede. One novelist argues that ghosts have filled the resulting space in books and films, tracing the revival through unexplained noises at a writers’ retreat and the novel they inspired. lithub.com/why-ghosts-a...
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Why Ghosts Are Haunting Us in 2026 (For Real)
Several years ago, when COVID was still a bruising force in our lives, scaring us spitless, I took a COVID test, got the requisite negative result, and trekked to upstate New York for a writer’s re…
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump has admitted nearly 13,000 refugees, all but three South African, under a programme for supposedly persecuted Afrikaners. South Africa’s new ambassador, himself an Afrikaner, says the genocide does not exist. General crime has been recast as racial persecution. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
South African white genocide does not exist, new ambassador to US tells BBC
Roelf Meyer tells the BBC that being a white Afrikaner gives him legitimacy to challenge Trump's claim of a genocide.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Five men arrested near RAF Fairford on suspicion of preparing an attack were bailed after police found no viable explosives. Investigators have yet to establish what they intended or whether anyone directed them, despite Trump and Rubio already pointing towards Iran. apnews.com/article/air-...
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https://apnews.com/article/air-base-raf-fairford-iran-arrest-investigation-420d44fb1f091908238baeae2cb41fcc
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump’s FDA nominee said the MMR vaccine is safe and paracetamol doesn’t cause autism, but wouldn’t say Trump was wrong for claiming otherwise. She’s evasive on contraception, abortion and vapes. Regulatory independence apparently stops at contradicting the president. arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
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Can Trump ever be wrong? His pick to lead FDA refused to say.
Heidi Overton faced questions focused on vaccines, birth control, and vapes.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A declassified CIA file contains part of a 1960s book claiming Jesus predicted a catastrophic pole shift. The agency neither wrote nor endorsed it. An archived prophecy is not a classified forecast. www.ibtimes.co.uk/declassified...
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Declassified CIA Files Claim End of the World Predicted by Jesus in an Unusual 1960s Publication
Released CIA records contain excerpts from Chan Thomas's apocalyptic book, but provide no evidence that the agency endorsed its claims about Jesus, pole shifts or civilisation-ending catastrophes.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dylan Borland says the US has recovered non-human craft “for a fact”. He then speculates about aliens seeking our genes and replacing us, while conceding this is “literally a hypothetical”. An unsupported claim has become the premise for another. www.ibtimes.co.uk/dylan-borlan...
ibtimes.co.uk
'Replace Us': Whistleblower Dylan Borland Shares Terrifying Alien Theory That Riles Up Online UFO Critics
UFO whistleblower Dylan Borland speculated that extraterrestrials might seek human genes if their planet were dead, stressing the idea was hypothetical. The claims remain unverified
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lights have returned over a Wyoming mountain. One video may show a distant aircraft; another is too limited to identify. Failure to explain poor footage tells us about the evidence, not what was in the sky. cowboystatedaily.com/2026/09/25/m...
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Mystery Orbs Are Back Over Cody, And UFO Expert Can't Explain Them
A Cody man watched nearly two dozen glowing orbs rise over Cedar Mountain west of town every night last winter. Then they vanished for months. Now they're…
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Doctors make health information accessible online, but their credentials lend authority to oversimplified claims about contraception, fertility and menopause. A fragment of truth stripped of context is not sound medical advice. www.guardian.co.tt/opinion/doct...
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Doctors as influencers
Scroll through so­cial me­dia to­day and you will find doc­tors danc­ing, jok­ing, fol­low­ing vi­ral trends and post­ing snip­pets of their every­day lives. Even ma­jor health or­gan­i­sa­tions have…
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Far-right protesters called RNLI volunteers traitors and circulated their addresses. Their offence was rescuing the wrong people. Intimidation need only make volunteers hesitate for an essential service to fail. theconversation.com/why-far-righ...
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Why far-right protesters target non-political groups like lifeboat volunteers
It goes further than just briefly disrupting services.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Over 500 candidates for US state legislatures belong to far-right Facebook groups. Others running for powerful offices openly espouse racist, antisemitic and pro-militia views. Many are expected to win, some with Trump’s endorsement. www.wired.com/story/these-...
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These Extremists Are Running for Election in November
With the threat of political violence at unprecedented levels, state and federal GOP candidates are openly sharing racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Palau’s Helen Island is two-thirds gone beneath rising seas. Island states did little to cause warming, yet lose land and culture while major powers treat their warnings as advice. www.independent.co.uk/news/united-...
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'We're not giving up': Beset by climate change, island nations act as conscience of a warming world
In the global power game of the U.N. General Assembly, small island states are often on the sidelines, offering moral advice to mightier nations which isn’t always heard
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Climate change destabilised the glacier behind a flood that killed 1,400 people. Recovery may cost 10% of GDP, though Nepal produced under 0.1% of emissions. The bill went to a minor polluter. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Nepal’s PM says flash flood was ‘warning to world’ as he scolds leaders at UN over climate change
Shah ⁠said ​Nepal’s recovery and reconstruction needs were estimated at about 10% of GDP, as he appealed for more international support
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Abdullah Hashem claims to be the Mahdi, Jesus’s successor and the true pope. His brother says he hijacked another movement and doubts he believes it. His group denies wrongdoing as police investigate sexual offences, forced marriage and modern slavery. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Religious leader 'hijacked' Crewe-based movement, claims brother
The Crewe religious group are at the centre of a major police investigation.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A UFO investigator says 700 alien abductions ended when witnesses invoked Jesus, which he takes as proof the abductors were demons. The accounts are unverified; replacing aliens with demons does not make them evidence. www.ibtimes.co.uk/joe-jordan-u...
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UFO Researcher Becomes Christian, Claiming 700 Abductions Were 'Demonic' Entities Stopped by Jesus Christ
Florida UFO investigator Joe Jordan says hundreds of testimonies, including reports of experiences ending after prayers to Jesus, led him to interpret alleged abductions as 'spiritual'.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A dark sphere over a Los Angeles freeway has been judged basketball-sized, despite nobody knowing its distance from the camera. Its straight path supposedly rules out a balloon, as though wind were obliged to make balloons wobble. www.thesun.co.uk/news/4048174...
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/40481745/mysterious-orb-caught-flying-over-los-angeles-ufo/
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Climate change rarely causes conflict directly. It erodes livelihoods, fuels competition and displacement, and lets armed groups exploit hardship. Africa has a shared plan; delivering it will be harder. theconversation.com/climate-chan...
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Climate change is fuelling African conflict – governments are developing a shared response
African countries are now crafting the first continent-wide framework to tackle how climate disasters can worsen hunger, displacement and conflict.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Looksmaxxing turns teenage insecurity into an entry point for extreme body modification and misogyny. Clavicular helped take it mainstream; he now faces rape and drugging charges. eu.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
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Clavicular's rise shows the manosphere is changing. His criminal charges raise new questions
Streamer Clavicular, a prominent looksmaxxing creator, is facing rape and drugging charges in Massachusetts. His case highlights the growing reach of the online manosphere.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Russia, far-right influencers and online profiteers exploit existing grievances, spread false stories and now poison chatbots. Debunking posts leaves the machinery producing them intact. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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How the ‘poisonous tide’ of disinformation spreads division and despair
Whether produced by Russia, China or far-right influencers, deepfakes and disinfo are being used to spread deceitful narratives
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Burnham is right that Russia runs disinformation campaigns targeting Britain. What remains unclear is how many people they reach or persuade, and Russia is hardly alone: China, Iran and even Western governments have run covert influence operations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Is Burnham right to blame Russia for spreading online disinformation?
BBC Verify examines Russian-linked operations spreading false information about the UK, Ukraine and other nations.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Six Indonesian volcanoes erupted within days, prompting claims blaming HAARP. Experts found no common geological trigger, and HAARP cannot generate volcanic activity. Inventing an external culprit risks undermining the agencies people must trust during an eruption. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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Indonesian volcanic eruptions resurrect baseless HAARP conspiracies
Multiple volcanic eruptions in Indonesia within a few days of each other in August and September 2026 sparked baseless claims on social media that an Alaskan research facility was to blame. The HAARP…
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Kremlin reportedly spends £1.3bn a year on bots, fake sites and forged British branding. Britain plans a new information defence centre and global AI standards. Countering foreign operations matters; so do the definition of disinformation and the safeguards. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK to fight Russian disinformation and push new global AI standards, Burnham says
The UK could act as "an honest broker" on AI and other global challenges, the prime minister tells world leaders at the UN.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
AI health videos dress old pseudoscience about cancer, vaccines and fluoride in anatomical animations, ominous narration and studies that may not exist. Automating production has done nothing to improve the evidence. www.wired.com/video/watch/...
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Biomedical Scientist Fact Checks Pseudoscience Slop
AI slop is littering your feed and spreading misinformation, so WIRED’s here to set the record straight. Join Biomedical Scientist Andrea Love as we fact check the internet, pseudoscience edition.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A filmmaker says China and Russia contacted aliens and plan disclosure. His evidence is an unnamed source claiming Russia received an undeciphered reply through faster-than-light quantum communication, which physics does not permit. www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-n...
dailystar.co.uk
China and Russia 'set to disclose details of alien contact', expert claims
EXCLUSIVE: There is an 'ET arms race' going on behind the scenes, with three countries racing to be first to disclose contact with an extraterrestrial civilisation, claims Professor Simon Holland
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People genuinely feel unease, sense presences and notice apparent astrological patterns. Environmental cues, expectation and confirmation bias can help explain why. An experience need not be imaginary for its supernatural interpretation to be wrong. www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/...
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I See Dead People
Seeing ghosts, sensing loved ones at the time of their death, perceiving paranormal activity, and blaming Mercury in retrograde when life falls apart are more common than we think. When we’re…
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump promised UFO disclosure, released familiar files and formed a council still waiting for data and alleged recovered materials. So far, disclosure has produced another body waiting for the government to disclose something. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Trump Promised the Truth About UFOs. These Scientists Are Waiting.
The president named a science council to review the government’s data. What's taking so long?
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Braden Peters faces charges of raping and drugging a 17-year-old. He denies them; MAGA allies call him the victim. Online contempt for women looks less harmless when its alleged consequences require excusing. www.salon.com/2026/09/25/c...
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Clavicular's charges shows the real danger of MAGA manhood
Long before his arrest for rape, the looksmaxxing star built a brand based on contempt for women
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AI firms cut up books and scan them as training data. Bulk buyers are now seeking rare titles that may be hard to replace. Their contents become private data; the originals become waste. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A bookseller confronts a mysterious company hunting his rarest books
Was a Kentucky retailer targeted by a destructive AI "predator"?
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, a museum rented space to a conference promoting remote-controlled planes, planted explosives and a cover-up. It says it did not know the programme. Institutions need not endorse conspiracy theories to lend credibility. archive.ph/7nFJi www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/a...
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https://archive.ph/7nFJi
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Supplements, home tests and wearables resemble medicine without sharing its evidential burden. They may offer no benefit, generate false alarms or produce contradictory advice. The wellness industry sells medical authority without accountability. archive.ph/4rXhQ www.newscientist.com/article/2586...
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Xand van Tulleken on the 3 wellness trends to be most wary of | New Scientist
The wellness boom has brought a wide array of consumer products that promise to boost your health and happiness. Xand van Tulleken has delved into it all and explains how to think about the evidence…
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An AI-generated “private video” put conspiracy theories into the mouth of Robin Williams, 12 years after his death. His daughter called it obvious and unconvincing. Deepfakes need neither consent nor credibility when their subject cannot answer back. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
cbc.ca
Robin Williams's daughter Zelda slams deepfake video of her dad | CBC News
Zelda Williams has taken to social media to defend her father, the late actor and comedian Robin Williams, and debunk AI-generated deepfake videos that appear to show him discussing conspiracy…
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Claims that Covid vaccines tripled cancer and miscarriage rates have resurfaced four years after being traced to a Pentagon data error. Earlier records had been undercounted, inflating the apparent rise. Even the faulty figures showed correlation, not causation. fullfact.org/health/covid...
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False claims resurface that Covid vaccines tripled cancer and miscarriage rates – Full Fact
Full Fact is the UK’s independent fact checking charity
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
US Latter-day Saints remain highly religious and Republican, but the church retains 54% of those raised in it, versus 70% in 2007. Acceptance of homosexuality has nearly doubled while certainty in God fell. Tradition looks more stable in a snapshot than over time. www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
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Tradition and Change Among Latter-day Saints in the U.S.
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are still highly religious and conservative, but signs point to demographic and social change.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An anti-migrant group used Royal British Legion branding for unauthorised fundraisers, with donations apparently going into a private account. The Legion wants “no association” with it. Nothing says patriotism like misappropriating a veterans’ charity’s name. bylinetimes.com/2026/09/22/r...
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Royal British Legion Says It Wants 'No Association' With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers
The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Celebrity Christians and worship draw people into Life Surge, where a $97 investing class leads to courses costing tens of thousands. Some attendees left deeply in debt. The prosperity gospel has acquired a sales funnel. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Gospel of high yields: Inside Tim Tebow's favorite wealth seminar
Life Surge pairs Christian celebs with hard-sell pitches. Some attendees ended up deep in debt.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The white-genocide myth moved from far-right propaganda into US policy. After closing refugee resettlement to war refugees, Trump admitted 12,901 South Africans and three Afghans. The alleged threat is unsupported; the preferential refugee policy is already operating. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
newlinesmag.com
The False ‘White Genocide’ Claim Reshaping US-South Africa Relations
New visa restrictions introduced by Washington are raising the stakes in a yearlong dispute over allegations of white persecution
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump’s answer to warnings about AI is not evidence but masculinity: a powerful machine merely requires a sufficiently dominant man to control it. Technical risk has been recast as another test of whether the president looks tough. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Trump administration’s hard-on for AI, explained
“No dooming. America will be AI DOMINANT!”
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The CDC has delayed letting states order Covid vaccines through a programme serving 52% of US children, without explaining why. HHS says it must ensure the shots are “appropriate”. The evidence has not changed; access has. arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
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RFK Jr.'s CDC isn’t letting states order COVID-19 shots for kids, blocking access
US health deptartment said it wants to ensure the vaccine orders are "appropriate."
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A YouTube tarot reader claims to have been shown exactly how, although not when, Trump will die, then concedes it is “for entertainment purposes” and may be entirely wrong. Apparently, precision requires neither evidence nor any commitment to being correct. www.ibtimes.co.uk/donald-trump...
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Psychic Claims He Has 'Been Shown' Exactly How Donald Trump Will Die for 'Entertainment Purposes'
A Donald Trump death prediction by a YouTube tarot reader claims to show how the president will die, but offers no date or medical evidence.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Residents saw clouds flashing over Doncaster and joked about aliens. Others traced the effect to lights at Bankwood Industrial Estate. The mystery survived only until somebody looked towards the ground. www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/the-ali...
doncasterfreepress.co.uk
'The aliens are coming': Mystery lights have been seen in the skies over Doncaster
The lights are thought to come from a Doncaster industrial estate
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What links spirituality and conspiracy beliefs? A study points to ideas about purity and, for COVID conspiracies, right-wing politics. It’s an interesting finding, though the survey can’t tell us which beliefs lead to which. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
psychologytoday.com
The Irony of Conspirituality: Politics and Purity
From Canadian hip-hop to the wellness industry, new research reveals the link between conspiracy theories and spirituality.
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump’s ambassador helped Nathan Cofnas return to Ghent after his suspension. Cofnas remains barred from teaching and conducting race-science research, yet allies hailed the result as proof of “biological reality”. Diplomatic pressure is not scientific evidence. bylinetimes.com/2026/09/07/j...
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Jason Arday’s Death Has Unmasked Trump’s Support for Anti-Black Racism
The reinstatement by Ghent University of Nathan Cofnas – a key figure in the Jason Arday affair – followed pressure from Trump’s State Department
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