It all started with a series of tweets from Homeopathyinfo (http://twitter.com/homeopathyinfo/).
Which struck me as very, very funny.
So I said
And nominated a bunch of people to be part of the #sciencemob. Eventually http://twitter.com/kashfarooq/ asked for a list, so I made one: http://twitter.com/lizditz/sciencemob.
Generally the criteria for being on the list is pretty simple:
- science / reality based
- Forthright about challenging pseudoscience (homeopathy, chiropractic for anything other than low back pain, reiki, etc.)
Then the fooling with images began:
and then I looked for images of, well, polite protest, and found this:
Finally, the admirable http://twitter.com/Anonymoosh/ created the best image:
So there you have it: #sciencemob on twitter.
WE are now a fully fledged 'mob' with our own logo and everything ( still waiting for my official pitchfork though, Amazon is slow)
oh and 'down with this sort of thing!!!'
Posted by: Anonymoosh | Friday, August 27, 2010 at 04:16 PM
I just want to know when and where we'll be holding SciMob 2010 and if there's early registration.
Posted by: Emily Willingham | Friday, August 27, 2010 at 04:30 PM
I have always wanted to be part of a mob. :-)
Posted by: KWombles | Friday, August 27, 2010 at 04:50 PM
Dang, I thought I was the only one with that sign :-)
Posted by: Mike Bennett | Friday, August 27, 2010 at 05:34 PM
Love it, and am honored to be a member.
I'm also a proud member of the Sinister Skeptics(tm) and PharmaShills (I play the tenor kazoo.)
Now, where did I put my pitchfork?
Posted by: Squillo | Friday, August 27, 2010 at 07:22 PM
Squillo,
I paid my twenty bucks to join,and never got my kazoo.
Where do I complain? ;)
I want an official ASM T-shirt too!
Posted by: www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkELsZEIwFb1kOL7KF1OPFkxuzZ78P5S1w | Wednesday, September 01, 2010 at 09:02 PM
LOL, I just saw this. Wonderful.
Posted by: Ladyjedi | Thursday, September 02, 2010 at 05:53 AM