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The Department of Culture’s secretive meetings to define ‘small blogs’
Earlier today (Wednesday), a meeting took place between the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, and a number of bloggers. The meeting/consultation was invitation only, nothing about it was advertised on the department’s website as far as I could tell, … Continue reading
Is the Geek Movement bad for science?
This was originally written as a comment on the blog post “Why the Geek Movement is bad for science.” It got too long though, so I posted it here for clarity.I wouldn’t have bothered with this piece, except that much … Continue reading
Why the Daily Mail is evil…
(Talk recorded at The Pod Delusion’s 3rd birthday in September.)
Psychic Sally probably doesn’t earn £5million a year
In the Guardian today, in an article to promote a Psychic Challenge set up by the generally brilliant Merseyside Skeptics, Chris French sticks his neck out with the following assessment of Psychic Sally’s finances: “The bottom line is that if … Continue reading
Welcome!
On either side are various things. You can find out about me, my writing, and the talks and events I do. In this middle bit I’ll be reposting interesting links and snippets from elsewhere (as soon as I figure out … Continue reading



