What Is this Twitter #Sciencemob?

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.

Comments

[Anonymoosh]

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!!!'

[Emily Willingham]

I just want to know when and where we'll be holding SciMob 2010 and if there's early registration.

[KWombles]

I have always wanted to be part of a mob. :-)

[Mike Bennett]

Dang, I thought I was the only one with that sign :-)

[Squillo]

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?

[www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkELsZEIwFb1kOL7KF1OPFkxuzZ78P5S1w]

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!

[Ladyjedi]

LOL, I just saw this. Wonderful.