ESC Liverpool @escliverpool.bsky.social From the Merseyside Skeptics Society and the creators of the award-winning QED conference.
16-18 October 2026 | Liner Hotel, Liverpool
https://escliverpool.org/
Michael Marshall @mrmmarsh.bsky.social Project Director of Good Thinking Society
Editor of The Skeptic @skeptic.org.uk
Podcasts: The Know Rogan Experience @knowrogan.bsky.social, Skeptics with a K.
President @merseyskeptics.bsky.social
Quasi journalist, sometime lecturer. He/Him.
Hayley Stevens 🏳️🌈 @theghostgeek.com 🎓 MSc Forensic Psychology student
👩💻 I write an award-winning science blog about spooky things www.theghostgeek.com
Merseyside Skeptics @handle.invalid The Merseyside Skeptics Society is a non-profit organisation promoting science and critical thinking on Merseyside. We welcome all to our regular events.
🌐 https://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/
📆 https://www.meetup.com/merseyside-skeptics-society
Mike Hall @mikehall314.bsky.social Web developer and Doctor Who fan (not in that order). Science, reason, and critical thinking. Skeptical of the Placebo Effect.
Director of Merseyside Skeptics. Co-host of Skeptics with a K. Director of The Skeptic. Director of QED. Autistic. /H(?:e|im)/ui
QED @qedcon.org QED is a non-profit science and skepticism event held annually in Manchester.
🌐 https://qedcon.org/
Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social Associate Professor of public health at Muhlenberg College. History, ethics, epidemiology, sports, injury prevention.
MedTek @medtek.bsky.social Yes, THAT MedTek. Formerly of BIX and Portal and the old, old internet.
Professional cranky old woman. KK7SHX on Ham radio.
Medical data wrangler, former space worker, woo fighter, sometimes musician. Lives in the desert. Evidence-based animal activism.
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Işıl Arıcan @isilarican.com Healthcare IT Exec • Former MD • Critical Thinking • Founder of
@yalansavar • Podcaster • Hiker • Experimental Cook • RPG/DND/FRP Player • Mini Painter • Cat Slave • TR & ENG
Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social Chaotic good (usually). Curious skeptic. Unfucker of clusters. I say what everyone else is thinking. Design is political. I swear because I care. she/her. designinginward.com
Daniel Loxton 🇨🇦 @danielloxton.bsky.social Author, illustrator, and researcher of misinformation and fringe claims. Former Editor (2002–2021) of Junior Skeptic, and author of Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be and other science books for kids and adults. https://www.danielloxton.com
Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social Economist, tax policy/inequality. Professional skeptic. Anti-illiberal.
http://www.columbia.edu/~wk2110/index.html
@wwwojtekk at various other websites
daniel a. smith @electionsmith.bsky.social political science professor; state politics scholar (direct democracy, voting, elections); cynic, skeptic, & part-time africanist; personal musings
Ian Ramjohn @iramjohn.bsky.social Wikipedia expert at @wikieducation.bsky.social.
Plant ecology Ph.D. 🇹🇹Trinbagonian in exile
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2910-0526 (if you want to verify my account's authenticity)
Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org is this the one that wins
Liz Ditz Still masking @lizditz.bsky.social Trans rights are human rights. None of us are safe until all of us are safe. Dyslexia, autism, vaccines work. She/her. 
Adam Savage @asavage.bsky.social Maker. Science Communicator. Connector. 
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social Pediatric/newborn hospitalist. Skeptic, but fun at parties. Part-time satirist. Nobel Prize nominated, I assume. Born on the bayou, just not yesterday.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/author/clayjones/
https://www.knudsensnews.com
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
📷 Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm
Edyong.me
Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social Bad Astronomer (formerly @BadAstronomer), SciCommer, Dork. Crash Course Astronomy guy. He/him. Newsletter: badastronomy.beehiiv.com
I'm self-employed so my opinions do in fact represent my company's.
Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social Reporter lady @ms.now
Signal username: brandyzadrozny.53
Email from a non-work account: brandy.zadrozny@ms.now
Bob Blaskiewicz @rjblaskiewicz.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Critical Thinking and First-Year Studies at Stockton University. I hunt quacks and quackery across time and space. He/him. Huzzah: science, pseudoscience, conspiracy theory studies. Harrumph: fakes, frauds, fascists. #U2, #MST3K, #WWII
Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social Professor of health law and science policy, author, speaker, and commentator. #ScienceUpFirst
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/caulfieldtim
Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social Science/health journalist • teacher • author • photographer 📷• kidlit • dog lover 🦮• rat mom 🐀• Texan • ADHD • neurodivergent • she/her
Pro: 👩⚖️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏽💉😷📚⚖️
tarahaelle.net
David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social Professor of Surgery at Wayne State University dedicated to promoting science-based medicine and deconstructing quackery. Managing Editor, Science-Based Medicine blog (sciencebasedmedicine.org). X/Twitter & Threads: @gorskon. (He/him)
Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Clinical Psychologist. Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Calgary. Author.
New book: https://a.co/d/06FboJTN
Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathanstea
University of Calgary: https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/jonathan-n-stea
Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social Scientist/Author/Speaker; Presidential Distinguished Prof/Director Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media, U. Penn; National Academy of Sciences; American Academy of Arts & Sciences; Royal Society; Tyler Prize
Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social Epidemiologist. Research Fellow. Doctor of Spreadsheets. Writer (Slate, TIME, Guardian, etc). PhD, MPH. Host of senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him. Find my writing on Substack and Medium.
Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social Posting the worst medical takes. Have a submission? DM or @ me. #MedSky https://ko-fi.com/badmedicaltakes
Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social Doctor, writer, Canadian Spice, lasso of truth, I speak for no one but me. 2X NYT bestsellers. More thoughts at TheVajenda.com
Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social 🌐Studies influence, propaganda, platform design@Georgetown
✍🏼Lawfare,The Atlantic, Substack/Ghost Newsletter (signup on my site if you want Ghost)
📕Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality (invisiblerulers.com)
🦹🏻♀️Twitter Files supervillain
Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social Journalist at Mother Jones and elsewhere, author, writer of social media posts on micro-blogging sites. Tips to Amerlan@motherjones.com or on Signal, username annamerlan.30
MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social Trauma Surgeon. Basic Scientist. UVA/UMD/UPenn. Now WashU/STL. Blocking is curating. 
Seth Andrews @sethandrews.com Podcaster. Author. Activist. Husband to Natalie. Father to dogs Linus and Gracie. Slave to Kat
Admin of TheThinkingAtheist.com SethAndrews.com and TrueStoriesPodcast.com
Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social I love vaccines, animals, and my wife, who set up this profile.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/we-want-them-infected/
gwup | die skeptiker @gwup.org The #GWUP is the largest & oldest skeptics' society in Germany. We have been promoting science, enlightenment & reason since 1987. 🧠 Let's join forces: https://www.gwup.org/join
Skeptical Science @skepticalscience.bsky.social Non-profit science education organization building public resilience against climate misinformation. More at http://sks.to/welcome
Adam Kumiszcza @skeptic.bsky.social Wildlife and travel photographer, science geek, skeptic, atheist, humanist, rationalist etc.
Younger version of the AI generated guy you see above.
Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social Dancer. Proud Boys SME. 👩💼 Applying Research to the Culture War since 2017 #nafo #fella 🇺🇦💪
💃Website: samanthaqkutner.com