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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 1h

The European Union wants to clamp down on "conversion therapy" targeting LGBTQ people, the bloc's equality chief told AFP on Tuesday, but Brussels will stop short of introducing a ban on such practices. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

EU wants to crack down on 'conversion therapy'

The European Union wants to clamp down on "conversion therapy" targeting LGBTQ people, the bloc's equality chief told AFP on Tuesday, but Brussels will stop short of introducing a ban on such…

www.france24.com

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 4h

In this story, which is the last in our five-part series on Project 2025, we look at how Trump implemented the document's recommendations on divisive cultural issues, including reproductive rights, transgender protections, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. www.factcheck.org/2025/10/trum...

Trump, Project 2025 and 'Culture Wars' - FactCheck.org

In this story, which is the last in our five-part series on Project 2025, we look at how Trump implemented the document's recommendations on divisive cultural issues, including reproductive rights,…

www.factcheck.org

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 7h

Russians are being taught to hate Britain, with the country portrayed as a "completely satanic state". www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...

Russia launches insane attack on 'Satanic' UK branding Queen Elizabeth 'a b****'

Russians are being taught to hate Britain, with the country portrayed as a "completely satanic state".

www.express.co.uk

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 10h

States that allowed pre-Election Day processing saw a reduction of over a third in expected misinformation compared to states with restrictive rules. blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

The 2020 US election shows how state election policies can fuel conspiracy theories about voting | USAPP

States that allowed pre-Election Day processing saw a reduction of over a third in expected misinformation compared to states with restrictive rules.

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 13h

In conversion therapy case, conservative justices imply queer kids are born hating themselves www.salon.com/2025/10/08/s...

How SCOTUS covers for the abuse of LGBTQ kids

In conversion therapy case, conservative justices imply queer kids are born hating themselves

www.salon.com

Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 16h

The practice surged in the 1980s and 1990s, before medical groups began warning it was harmful. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

What Is Conversion Therapy? A History of the Practice.

The practice surged in the 1980s and 1990s, before medical groups began warning it was harmful.

www.nytimes.com

Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 17h

The justices appeared likely to side with a Christian counselor who is challenging the ban under the First Amendment. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Supreme Court seems skeptical of Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy

The justices appeared likely to side with a Christian counselor who is challenging the ban under the First Amendment.

www.politico.com

Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 17h

As more young people identify as transgender, a fight has re-emerged over therapy that questions their gender identities. archive.ph/omdxU www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

A Debate Over ‘Conversion Therapy,’ Once Widely Condemned, Is Back

As more young people identify as transgender, a fight has re-emerged over therapy that questions their gender identities.

www.nytimes.com

Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 19h

A hotel manager's glimpse of something strange in 1933 helped to create a modern monster myth. In 1987, the BBC reported on the scientists who used sonar to hunt for Nessie. www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

'You cannot kill a legend with science': The century-long search for the Loch Ness Monster

A hotel manager's glimpse of something strange in 1933 helped to create a modern monster myth. In 1987, the BBC reported on the scientists who used sonar to hunt for Nessie.

www.bbc.co.uk

Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 22h

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for at least 95% of the 660,000 cervical cancer diagnoses globally. But US research shows the tremendous impact of ongoing vaccine programs. www.dw.com/en/can-the-u...

Can the US achieve cervical cancer herd immunity? – DW – 10/05/2025

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for at least 95% of the 660,000 cervical cancer diagnoses globally. But US research shows the tremendous impact of ongoing vaccine programs.

www.dw.com

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 1d

In our latest installment of the Project 2025 series, we look at some of the social safety net policy changes sought by Project 2025 and proposed or accomplished by Trump. www.factcheck.org/2025/10/trum...

Trump, Project 2025 and the Social Safety Net - FactCheck.org

In our latest installment of the Project 2025 series, we look at some of the social safety net policy changes sought by Project 2025 and proposed or accomplished by Trump.

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 1d

An author and scientist says that upcoming moon missions will uncover a shocking forgotten city that was covered up during the Cold War. archive.ph/xdCRl www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

Scientist says ancient human civilizations lived on the moon

An author and scientist says that upcoming moon missions will uncover a shocking forgotten city that was covered up during the Cold War.

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 1d

A Labrador sized 'big cat' has been spotted prowling the Lincolnshire countryside on a trail camera as a local resident has consulted experts to confirm the sighting. archive.ph/tOTat www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...

Big cat sighted in UK as bloke who spotted it claims 'it's a big cat'

A Labrador sized 'big cat' has been spotted prowling the Lincolnshire countryside on a trail camera as a local resident has consulted experts to confirm the sighting

www.dailystar.co.uk

Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 1d

Misinformation spreads quickly and widely, leaving damage in its wake. Dealing with it effectively must involve both inoculating individuals and holding institutional perpetrators accountable. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insi...

Blaming the Perpetrators: A New Take on Misinformation

Misinformation spreads quickly and widely, leaving damage in its wake. Dealing with it effectively must involve both inoculating individuals and holding institutional perpetrators accountable.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 1d

Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is America contagious?

Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 1d

A crusade is growing against Wikipedia, which says it is intent on keeping a neutral point of view. archive.ph/aizsF www.wsj.com/tech/wikiped...

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 1d

The NHS and social care would cease to function under the government’s new rules to be imposed on foreign staff, nursing leaders have said, as hundreds of medics condemned the policy as “divisive and xenophobic”. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses

Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 1d

Pamela Jones reveals her life in a fundamentalist Mormon sect in Mexico, where her father had 57 children and her ex-husband had five other wives. inews.co.uk/news/escaped...

I escaped a deadly polygamous cult with my nine kids – others are still trapped

Pamela Jones reveals her life in a fundamentalist Mormon sect in Mexico, where her father had 57 children and her ex-husband had five other wives

inews.co.uk

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 2d

As part of our series on Project 2025, we look at some instances where President Donald Trump and Project 2025 agree on climate change and fossil fuels -- beginning with the rollback of climate change policies. www.factcheck.org/2025/10/trum...

Trump, Project 2025 and Climate Change/Fossil Fuels - FactCheck.org

As part of our series on Project 2025, we look at some instances where President Donald Trump and Project 2025 agree on climate change and fossil fuels -- beginning with the rollback of climate…

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 2d

A newly published study has argued the Cass Review into trans youth care, published in April 2024, is full of 'stigma' and 'misinformation'. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/06/c...

Cass Review full of 'stigma' and should not guide trans youth care, say experts

A newly published study has argued the Cass Review into trans youth care, published in April 2024, is full of 'stigma' and 'misinformation'.

www.thepinknews.com

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 2d

The World Federation of Legendary Monsters has been set up to crack some of the world's longest running monster riddles and will team together by sharing information and theories. archive.ph/Lx0k8 www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...

Bigfoot, Yeti and Nessie hunters form 'Avengers' supergroup to solve mysteries

The World Federation of Legendary Monsters has been set up to crack some of the world's longest running monster riddles and will team together by sharing information and theories

www.dailystar.co.uk

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 2d

One researcher says it would have been extraordinarily difficult for life to develop on early Earth. www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...

We Could Have Evolved From Extraterrestrials—New Research Suggests It’s Unlikely Life Began on Earth

One researcher says it would have been extraordinarily difficult for life to develop on early Earth.

www.popularmechanics.com

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 2d

Jacob Chansley, better known as the shirtless, bison-horned "QAnon Shaman," is, unfortunately, back in the news. www.vice.com/en/article/q...

QAnon Shaman Says He’s the ‘True’ President, Sues Trump for $40 Trillion

Jacob Chansley, better known as the shirtless, bison-horned "QAnon Shaman," is, unfortunately, back in the news.

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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 2d

To see a way out of our destructive spiral we should look to the innovation of the 1920s. archive.ph/xRWie www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

Opinion | Political Violence. Threats to Free Speech. A Disinformation Crisis. We’ve Been Here Before.

To see a way out of our destructive spiral we should look to the innovation of the 1920s.

www.nytimes.com

Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 2d

Democrats refute Republicans’ accusations: undocumented immigrants do not have the right to public health care, nor do they request it. archive.ph/jEqv4 english.elpais.com/usa/2025-10-...

Trump insists on a hoax about migrants to explain the government shutdown

Democrats refute Republicans’ accusations: undocumented immigrants do not have the right to public health care, nor do they request it

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