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Bill Cooper: the conspiracy theorist who links afrofuturist “Hoteps” with Alex Jones
The afrofuturist Hotep movement echoes conspiracy theorist Alex Jones because they're all pulling from the same source material: Bill Cooper
When shows like Pod Save America run pseudoscience ads, they undermine their credibility
Podcast hosts have a real intimacy with their listeners - that trust is eroded when they advertise snake oil supplements and pseudoscience
Nesta Helen Webster: the far-right author who popularised the antisemitic Illuminati conspiracy
The Qanon movement regurgiates old antisemitic tropes that echo back to the Illuminati conspiracy theories pushed by Nesta Helen Webster
By invoking ‘Spirit of the Blitz’ nostalgia, we do a disservice to what was achieved on the home front
Rose-tinted references to the 'Spirit of the Blitz' miss the real story of deep inequality, and of progress built through campaigning and protesting
Institute of Biomedical Science falls for the Traditional Chinese Medicine hype
The September issue of Biomedical Scientist magazine ignores the real story in their rose-tinted history of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Conspiracy theorists, anti-vaxxers and alt-med quackery put our pets in harm’s way
Vet Danny Chambers highlights how the aggressive promotion of alternative therapies to prevent and treat animal diseases has become widespread.
From the archive: Out with the old, in with the new? Blasphemy and religious law in the UK
From the archive in 2012, Ryan Shaffer looks at the history and abolition of the Blasphemy Law in the UK.
Monster or mirage?
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Written by Alexander T. Lovcanski. Published for The Skeptic online on 30th August 2010.