What connects a dad in Pakistan, an amateur hockey player from Nova Scotia - and “Kevin” from Texas? I tracked down people linked to Channel3Now, spoke to friends and questioned “management” to reveal real story behind the site accused of fuelling riots. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Currently, people fall for basic AI or video game footage, but soon the type of disinformation campaigns that will be possible once AI imagery is perfected will be detrimental to societies. These advancements are why it is imperative to equip people with media literacy skills.

Slight change to tomorrow's running order, Dr Phil Hammond 💙 sadly can't make it, but we have former RCGP president and Humanists UK patron Clare Gerada instead which is very exciting. 20:35, Banshee Labyrinth Chamber Room, 12th August! PBH's Free Fringe

And we're back! Come along to the Banshee for 8:25 You can still make it if you hurry. #Fringe2024

🛡️ Why did the military protect against dangers they never saw? 🔍 Can you trust evidence that seems to solve the murder trial? 🥪 And how risky is a bacon sandwich?? Find out in my free #stats-comm show tomorrow at PBH's Free Fringe via Edinburgh Skeptics Society or Tues via Glasgow Skeptics!

Cor, this is nice.

One thing about social media is that people think if they google something that matches what they think should be true it doesn’t matter if it’s absolute garbage or was publicly retracted over 2.5 years ago. The same people hating on actual experts can’t even use search engines…

Back in the Banshee tonight at 8:25. Come along and find out about war, pestilence, death, and...statistics. A happy fun-filled evening at the Fringe...

Tonight, Dr Liam Brierley talking War, Pestilence, Death, and...Statistics.

ARTISTS Are you getting rid of furniture after your Edinburgh Festival Fringe run? We're looking for tables + chairs of all kinds - drop us a DM!

Recently, people have been wondering why sites like Gobekli Tepe were partially reburied after excavations. They think it's done because of nefarious reasons, like archaeologists are hiding things. But is that really the case? Let’s find this out together youtube.com/watch?v=e-_G6l…

Hear, hear. Elle Macpherson’s junk ‘cures’ for cancer are only likely to cause women more agony theguardian.com/commentisfree/… by gabyhinsliff This kind of celeb "wellness" noise does real harm, including creating more space for quacks to exploit cancer patients.

Join me next weekend on the geology of the north west highlands tour scottishgeologist.co.uk/store/p/north-…

fucking good

Utterly obsessed with this UCL researcher who won an Ig Nobel for showing that “Blue Zones” where people supposedly live well past 100 at unusual rates are actually just full of clerical errors and people committing pension fraud ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2024/…