Assignment weekend!

I’ve got a busy weekend ahead of me, with two assignments that need to get done and written up — as such, I’ll not have much time to blog, and by the end of the weekend I’ll likely have a sore head. That’s why, in the spirit of teaching empathy, I’m making all of you [...]

The Pseudo Scientists Minisode 4 will rock your freakin’ socks.

Head over to the Young Australian Skeptics site (or hit up iTunes) and check it out — Elliot and I chat about the HCCC report and Lateline segment chastising the Australian Vaccination Network, while Jason Ball hits up the streets of Melbourne to find out what people think of Julia Gillard being a dirty, dirty heathen.

And with this comparison, Gary Null has officially hit rock bottom…

I really didn’t know that much about the guy before this — seems rather that he’s getting a bit of poetic justice out of all this palaver.

The return of THAT thread on the Young Australian Skeptics site…

In case you don’t know which thread I’m talking about, check here. That post, Stop the Australian Vaccination Network, is the most commented on article on the YAS site to the point where for a while comments were disabled. Now that there’s been a bit of an upgrade the comments are open again, and the fun [...]

The arrogance of ignorance.

I found this clip over at Respectful Insolence — I’d recommend you put any fragile items and valuables out of reach before you watch it lest you start crushing things in frustration. The video shows a public health official conducting a meeting with three anti-vaccination mothers (one of whom is a midwife) who are all [...]