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09.02.2026 11:26 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1@gordon227.bsky.social
Novelist; linguist; musician; astronomy, geology, & weather enthusiast; blogger; potter/sculptor; Doctor Who fanboy; dog lover. He/him, bi/queer and proud!
English spelling is already bad -- here are some ways to make it worse www.skeptophilia.com/2026/02/spel...
09.02.2026 11:26 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1We have a bottle of expensive red wine saved for the occasion.
08.02.2026 23:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He needs to stop threatening it and DO IT.
08.02.2026 23:02 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0How some varieties of woo are just the same old desire to put humanity at the center of the universe www.skeptophilia.com/2026/02/off-...
07.02.2026 11:29 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The sooner we realize that only 10% of this country supports this shit show of an administration the better.
1 in 10 or 33 mil
Which CEO will be the 1st to step up to the plate to denounce? Imagine the prosperity that company could receive monetarily by doing so
How long do we have to wait?
"Midday of the sixth day from setting out. Another clear, cloudless day, the sun beaming its hard blessings down on our heads. One of our partyβI never afterward could remember whoβshouted, 'The walls of Jerusalem!'β -- from "Nightingale"
06.02.2026 21:42 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0About a weird incident on the Isle of Man www.skeptophilia.com/2026/02/the-...
06.02.2026 11:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A historical warning about how presidents escape, aides go to prison, and βjust following ordersβ has never saved anyone...
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On masks -- and what happens when they slip www.skeptophilia.com/2026/02/unre...
05.02.2026 11:25 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0About a very modern take on magical thinking www.skeptophilia.com/2026/02/symb...
04.02.2026 11:26 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Glad you enjoyed it! I post on Skepto six times a week -- so there's a lot of content there! π
03.02.2026 17:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0New from the "Who Thought This Was A Good Idea?" department www.skeptophilia.com/2026/02/no-h...
03.02.2026 11:26 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Followed all!
03.02.2026 10:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I see what you did, there
02.02.2026 16:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The problem with converting everything to numbers www.skeptophilia.com/2026/02/quet...
02.02.2026 11:27 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I wish it was literally
31.01.2026 21:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0See you in Nuremberg, Pam.
31.01.2026 16:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The problem with stability www.skeptophilia.com/2026/01/stra...
31.01.2026 11:23 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Chump And ICE Are Losing
Support. They Are Underwater......
On science, progress, and the strange story of a werewolf on trial www.skeptophilia.com/2026/01/the-...
30.01.2026 11:24 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You'll never guess what the conspiracy theorists are saying caused the recent winter storm www.skeptophilia.com/2026/01/shut...
29.01.2026 11:29 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0How bias can make you see something that isn't there www.skeptophilia.com/2026/01/thro...
28.01.2026 11:22 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0If I had to choose between watching Melania and having my prostate examined by Edward Scissorhands, I'd have to think about it.
27.01.2026 22:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I wrote this nine years ago, but it is even more pertinent today than it was then. May they never be forgotten. Please read, and if you feel so moved, share. www.skeptophilia.com/2017/01/spea...
27.01.2026 21:01 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0An exoplanet with a different kind of tide www.skeptophilia.com/2026/01/the-...
27.01.2026 11:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0On the bizarre idea of the "Boltzmann brain" www.skeptophilia.com/2026/01/drea...
26.01.2026 11:27 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"If the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail." -- Abraham Maslow
24.01.2026 14:56 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0People call him a narcissist, but he's not. He's worse than that. He's a solipsist. Nothing and no one exists outside of him. If it doesn't affect him, it isn't just irrelevant, it's not even there.
24.01.2026 14:53 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Ssssshh! If they want to send him off into Antarctica wearing a trench coat, let 'em.
24.01.2026 11:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If I had to choose between watching "Melania" and having my prostate examined by Edward Scissorhands, I'd have to think about it.
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