Serdar Basegmez
@serdar.uk
Scientific Skeptic, Procrastinating Writer, Podcast Fanatic, Tolerable Speaker, Conspiracy Whisperer, Minister of Silly Jokes, Shilling at
@yalansavar.bsky.social, @greenwichskeptics.org & @londonskeptics.bsky.social, Ex-Istanbulite New-Londoner
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Serdar Basegmez
@serdar.uk
· Oct 10
Virüslere inanmadığını iddia eden bir virolog, onun mikrop kuramı inkârcılığı ve aşı karşıtları tarafından halen çarpıtılarak aktarılan kızamık virüsü davasını @skeptic.org.uk için yazdım.
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Thanks @drkatedevlin.bsky.social for the wonderful talk and thanks everyone for the record attendance!
January 12, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Thanks @drkatedevlin.bsky.social for the wonderful talk and thanks everyone for the record attendance!
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Starting now - and standing room only 😃
Join us on Monday, 12 Jan at 19:30 for "Your AI Is Not in Love with You (No Matter How Much You Love It)" with Prof. Kate Devlin - @drkatedevlin.bsky.social at The Plume of Feathers, Greenwich.
Why are people falling for machines, and should we be worried?
greenwichskeptics.org#next-talk
Why are people falling for machines, and should we be worried?
greenwichskeptics.org#next-talk
January 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Starting now - and standing room only 😃
My standard feed. I'm trying to sanitise for a while but it's already pretty crowded, so I didn't even add any more feeds.
January 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
My standard feed. I'm trying to sanitise for a while but it's already pretty crowded, so I didn't even add any more feeds.
I thought I started different this time. But my timeline end up like a perpetual anxiety machine again.
Many seem to like Bluesky simply because racism is not glorified or bigotry is not incentivised. But everything else that turned Twitter into a giant web of shit is apparently acceptable.
Many seem to like Bluesky simply because racism is not glorified or bigotry is not incentivised. But everything else that turned Twitter into a giant web of shit is apparently acceptable.
January 11, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I thought I started different this time. But my timeline end up like a perpetual anxiety machine again.
Many seem to like Bluesky simply because racism is not glorified or bigotry is not incentivised. But everything else that turned Twitter into a giant web of shit is apparently acceptable.
Many seem to like Bluesky simply because racism is not glorified or bigotry is not incentivised. But everything else that turned Twitter into a giant web of shit is apparently acceptable.
I don't need one-liner snarky-ness or different shots of the incident, but what's going on, really? Are there legal actions? What Americans/Democrats/Judges do? There is no follow-up. We're meant to watch those clips thousand times, get pissed off each time, and move on to the next appalling clip.
January 11, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I don't need one-liner snarky-ness or different shots of the incident, but what's going on, really? Are there legal actions? What Americans/Democrats/Judges do? There is no follow-up. We're meant to watch those clips thousand times, get pissed off each time, and move on to the next appalling clip.
One thing that pushes me away from Bluesky is that it is becoming the “good twin of Twitter”. I see the same 20-second video of ICE assaulting a woman shared again and again, yet I learn nothing new.
Is that really enough for everyone?
Is that really enough for everyone?
January 11, 2026 at 12:01 AM
One thing that pushes me away from Bluesky is that it is becoming the “good twin of Twitter”. I see the same 20-second video of ICE assaulting a woman shared again and again, yet I learn nothing new.
Is that really enough for everyone?
Is that really enough for everyone?
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Shermer is an embarrassment to the term skeptic. He has been for a long time. He isn’t welcome at any skeptical event I’m aware of, and rightly so. Jesus fucking christ.
The publisher of "Skeptic Magazine" thinks if you get murdered by agents of the government in the act of protest, it's your fault for just not staying home.
January 10, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Shermer is an embarrassment to the term skeptic. He has been for a long time. He isn’t welcome at any skeptical event I’m aware of, and rightly so. Jesus fucking christ.
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This evening I will be at @SITP London watching @chriscfrench alk about 'The Science of Weird Shit'. sitp.online/sitp/london/...
London Skeptics in the Pub - Skeptics in the Pub Online
Welcome to the first home of drinking and critical thinking! Next Talk on 7 Jan: “The Science of Weird Shit” by Prof Chris French London Skeptics in the Pub is an award winning lecture series. We cove...
sitp.online
January 7, 2026 at 1:39 PM
This evening I will be at @SITP London watching @chriscfrench alk about 'The Science of Weird Shit'. sitp.online/sitp/london/...
Why are they so incompetent on this? :(
a crowd of people with their hands on their heads
ALT: a crowd of people with their hands on their heads
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Why are they so incompetent on this? :(
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Join us on Monday, 12 Jan at 19:30 for "Your AI Is Not in Love with You (No Matter How Much You Love It)" with Prof. Kate Devlin - @drkatedevlin.bsky.social at The Plume of Feathers, Greenwich.
Why are people falling for machines, and should we be worried?
greenwichskeptics.org#next-talk
Why are people falling for machines, and should we be worried?
greenwichskeptics.org#next-talk
January 6, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Join us on Monday, 12 Jan at 19:30 for "Your AI Is Not in Love with You (No Matter How Much You Love It)" with Prof. Kate Devlin - @drkatedevlin.bsky.social at The Plume of Feathers, Greenwich.
Why are people falling for machines, and should we be worried?
greenwichskeptics.org#next-talk
Why are people falling for machines, and should we be worried?
greenwichskeptics.org#next-talk
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It's back! @londonskeptics.bsky.social returned with 'Krampus: Santa's Little Helper' yesterday evening. Thank you to @carmenego.bsky.social and Serdar for arranging a brilliant evening. More to come in 2026
December 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It's back! @londonskeptics.bsky.social returned with 'Krampus: Santa's Little Helper' yesterday evening. Thank you to @carmenego.bsky.social and Serdar for arranging a brilliant evening. More to come in 2026
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A friendly reminder for tomorrow!
London Skeptics in the Pub continues on 7 Jan with Professor Chris French (@profchrisfrench.bsky.social) talking about The Science of Weird Shit — why paranormal experiences feel so real, and how psychology explains them.
More info: sitp.online/sitp/london/...
More info: sitp.online/sitp/london/...
January 6, 2026 at 8:16 AM
A friendly reminder for tomorrow!
December 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Reposted by Serdar Basegmez
London Skeptics in the Pub continues on 7 Jan with Professor Chris French (@profchrisfrench.bsky.social) talking about The Science of Weird Shit — why paranormal experiences feel so real, and how psychology explains them.
More info: sitp.online/sitp/london/...
More info: sitp.online/sitp/london/...
December 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
London Skeptics in the Pub continues on 7 Jan with Professor Chris French (@profchrisfrench.bsky.social) talking about The Science of Weird Shit — why paranormal experiences feel so real, and how psychology explains them.
More info: sitp.online/sitp/london/...
More info: sitp.online/sitp/london/...
Reposted by Serdar Basegmez
Come along! (It's friendly and very inclusive)
London Skeptics in the Pub continues on 7 Jan with Professor Chris French (@profchrisfrench.bsky.social) talking about The Science of Weird Shit — why paranormal experiences feel so real, and how psychology explains them.
More info: sitp.online/sitp/london/...
More info: sitp.online/sitp/london/...
December 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Come along! (It's friendly and very inclusive)
I have a couple of no-neutrals and always checking the excessive heating. Read a few capacitor failures like this. Which vendor it is?
December 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I have a couple of no-neutrals and always checking the excessive heating. Read a few capacitor failures like this. Which vendor it is?
Bak şurada rusların yazdığı nu-metal bir şarkı var diyorsun, alet direkt "İç karartıcı dualitenin dışavurumu, isyanını sembolik iniş çıkışlarla vermiş" falan diyor, %80 tamam :)
Arada "ya bu şarkı Nirvana'nın, kız arkadaşından ayrıldığında yazmış" falan diye sallasa da sorun yok.
Arada "ya bu şarkı Nirvana'nın, kız arkadaşından ayrıldığında yazmış" falan diye sallasa da sorun yok.
December 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Bak şurada rusların yazdığı nu-metal bir şarkı var diyorsun, alet direkt "İç karartıcı dualitenin dışavurumu, isyanını sembolik iniş çıkışlarla vermiş" falan diyor, %80 tamam :)
Arada "ya bu şarkı Nirvana'nın, kız arkadaşından ayrıldığında yazmış" falan diye sallasa da sorun yok.
Arada "ya bu şarkı Nirvana'nın, kız arkadaşından ayrıldığında yazmış" falan diye sallasa da sorun yok.
Hiç girmedi radarıma ya. @dozdemir.bsky.social bilir kesin :)
December 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Hiç girmedi radarıma ya. @dozdemir.bsky.social bilir kesin :)
LLM'lerin uydurmasına örnek lazımsa ChatGPT'ye az bilinen alternatif metal şarkılarının ne hakkında olduğunu sorup sözlerini yorumlatın. Şarkı özellikle yabancı ise (Nordik/Rus/vs) bullshit makinesine dönüşüyor.
Çoğu hakkında bilgisi yok, ama bir şey söylemek zorunda. İşkembeden sallamaya başlıyor.
Çoğu hakkında bilgisi yok, ama bir şey söylemek zorunda. İşkembeden sallamaya başlıyor.
December 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
LLM'lerin uydurmasına örnek lazımsa ChatGPT'ye az bilinen alternatif metal şarkılarının ne hakkında olduğunu sorup sözlerini yorumlatın. Şarkı özellikle yabancı ise (Nordik/Rus/vs) bullshit makinesine dönüşüyor.
Çoğu hakkında bilgisi yok, ama bir şey söylemek zorunda. İşkembeden sallamaya başlıyor.
Çoğu hakkında bilgisi yok, ama bir şey söylemek zorunda. İşkembeden sallamaya başlıyor.
Ayda 2-3 kez Feysbuka ve Twitter'a girip Skeptics in the Pub etkinliklerini ayarlıyorum. Her seferinde aman bir şeye bakmayayım, sinirim bozulmasın, takılmayayım falan diye stres oluyorum.
Exo Sehun Sehun Walking GIF
ALT: Exo Sehun Sehun Walking GIF
media.tenor.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Ayda 2-3 kez Feysbuka ve Twitter'a girip Skeptics in the Pub etkinliklerini ayarlıyorum. Her seferinde aman bir şeye bakmayayım, sinirim bozulmasın, takılmayayım falan diye stres oluyorum.
Also, please, can we stop with the tourism income angle?
The US has been openly hostile to non-Europeans for years. So maybe stop whining about tourism incomes and recognise the double standard.
The US has been openly hostile to non-Europeans for years. So maybe stop whining about tourism incomes and recognise the double standard.
December 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Also, please, can we stop with the tourism income angle?
The US has been openly hostile to non-Europeans for years. So maybe stop whining about tourism incomes and recognise the double standard.
The US has been openly hostile to non-Europeans for years. So maybe stop whining about tourism incomes and recognise the double standard.
Social media checks have been around since Trump’s first term, just for visas, so only for the "lesser people".
Funny how when a western dictator applies the same stuff to western Europeans, it suddenly becomes a huge deal. It was always a huge deal. Some were simply exempt from this idiocracy.
Funny how when a western dictator applies the same stuff to western Europeans, it suddenly becomes a huge deal. It was always a huge deal. Some were simply exempt from this idiocracy.
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US
All tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), would also require any email addresses and telephone numbers visitors have used in the same period, and the names, addresses, birthdates and birthplaces of family members, including children. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Social media checks have been around since Trump’s first term, just for visas, so only for the "lesser people".
Funny how when a western dictator applies the same stuff to western Europeans, it suddenly becomes a huge deal. It was always a huge deal. Some were simply exempt from this idiocracy.
Funny how when a western dictator applies the same stuff to western Europeans, it suddenly becomes a huge deal. It was always a huge deal. Some were simply exempt from this idiocracy.
He accidentally swallows things that should not be swallowed, and he doesn't know what to avoid. There you have a preventative MRI :)
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
He accidentally swallows things that should not be swallowed, and he doesn't know what to avoid. There you have a preventative MRI :)
One of the rare taxation efforts of Labour, affecting upper-middle classes. It might have been more extensive by targeting those with several properties.
It also seems like right-wing media is pretty negative about this move, which sadly means that there will be a U-turn pretty soon :)
It also seems like right-wing media is pretty negative about this move, which sadly means that there will be a U-turn pretty soon :)
How much is the mansion tax and who will have to pay it?
How much is the mansion tax and who will have to pay it?
Rachel Reeves has announced a mansion tax on homes worth more than £2 million.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
One of the rare taxation efforts of Labour, affecting upper-middle classes. It might have been more extensive by targeting those with several properties.
It also seems like right-wing media is pretty negative about this move, which sadly means that there will be a U-turn pretty soon :)
It also seems like right-wing media is pretty negative about this move, which sadly means that there will be a U-turn pretty soon :)
Unspoken Rule: If you’re asking data from a legacy system, keep your transformation requests simple. The other developers probably don’t give a sh*t, and they’ll do a half-baked job if you complicate things.
(Not that I know of anything!)
(Not that I know of anything!)
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Unspoken Rule: If you’re asking data from a legacy system, keep your transformation requests simple. The other developers probably don’t give a sh*t, and they’ll do a half-baked job if you complicate things.
(Not that I know of anything!)
(Not that I know of anything!)