Australian Skeptics

While Twitter Crashes With #onmouseover – Read Reviews Of SkepTrack At D*C!

by podblack on September 21, 2010

I really have have half-a-dozen things requiring completion (particularly new podcast episodes out on Token Skeptic) – but the lure of retweeting jokes about the #onmouseover on Twitter… BBC News: A flaw in the website of micro-blogging service Twitter is being used to pump out pop-up messages and links to porn sites. So, if you’re [...]

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Meryl Dorey’s Disaster – AVN Returns To Perth (Minus An Audience)!

by podblack on July 22, 2010

Head to the Australian Skeptics website for a news item on the event! I would like to think that there’s several factors that contributed to the sparse attendance of Meryl Dorey and Judy Wilyman’s second lecture at the State Library of Western Australia (called the Alexander Library) in central Perth on Tuesday, 20th July. There [...]

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Women And Skepticism – The Aftermath

by podblack on July 3, 2010

The following probably isn’t news at all for many of you – essentially, Pharyngula (PZ Myers) in his post The Woman Problem reflected upon another post Where are all the female skeptics at? by SkeptiFem. This led to PZ urging comments with links to sites – there were even a few very pertinent comments that [...]

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Podblack Updates! Virtual Drinks, Very Cool TAM8 Links And Downtime!

by podblack on June 18, 2010

Last night I decided to have no. more. promoting. of. other. people’s. projects. and. things – until I get the rest of my work done! I have too many of my own projects to finish! So – *ahem* – here’s some… promoting of things. Sorry. But they are all great causes and ideas, by some [...]

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Meryl Dorey Of AVN Returning To Perth And The Alexander Library – Take Action!

by podblack on May 23, 2010

Very, very busy at the moment with an even busier week on the cards! However, there’s something that locals can do and even interstate or overseas can help out with. The Australian Vaccination Network (AVN) is the group that the Skeptic Zone podcast report upon on a regular basis. The AVN spreads false claims including [...]

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Vale Jef Clark Of Hunting Humbug Podcast

by podblack on April 28, 2010

This is a very belated response – because although I have ‘Hunting Humbug‘ in my podcast directory, it hasn’t been updated in my feed since last year. I wasn’t sure why, and it was only today that I learned of the circumstances as to why. I first met Jef Clark at the 2006 Australian Skeptics [...]

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TAM Australia Announcement – Leslie Cannold Raises The Ratio Question (Yes, That Again)

by podblack on March 29, 2010

Thanks to ‘bastardsheep’ for this one: TAM (The Amazing Meeting) is coming to Australia this year, the last weekend in November. The first official lineup lineup of speakers has just been officially announced: James Randi, DJ Grothe, SGU, Brian Dunning, George Hrab, Dr Eugenie Scott, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki and MC Dr Paul Willis. #TAMOz appears [...]

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On Podcasting – Happy Anniversary And Donate Your Voice To 365 Days!

by podblack on March 26, 2010

Just one of those things that I like doing – helping out other’s podcasts! The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast – the official podcast of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 – is continuing into 2010. The format remains the same with each episode contributed by different people from around the world. Although many people [...]

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