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Charnita Fance<p>Autonomica (formerly Farm Folks) is raising eyebrows with its ever-expanding features. Is more always better? 🤔 Updates are promising, but the scope is huge. Thoughts?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieGameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndieGameDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarmingSim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarmingSim</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SimulationGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SimulationGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Skeptical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skeptical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GamingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GamingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndieGames</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.chachafance.com/2025/03/why-im-skeptical-of-upcoming-game-farm.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chachafance.com/2025/03/why-im</span><span class="invisible">-skeptical-of-upcoming-game-farm.html</span></a></p>
The Krononaut Moon Project 🌑<p>[2/3] It's not showing how remote viewing can explain <a href="https://me.dm/tags/UFOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UFOs</span></a>. It's not showing remote viewing at all, so far.</p><p>Post <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Newton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newton</span></a>, <a href="https://me.dm/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://me.dm/tags/philosophical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophical</span></a> thought require <a href="https://me.dm/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> &amp; other <a href="https://me.dm/tags/technologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technologies</span></a> that extend our <a href="https://me.dm/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> senses &amp; capabilities — <a href="https://me.dm/tags/radioastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioastronomy</span></a> for example. These methods reach beyond our <a href="https://me.dm/tags/biases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biases</span></a>, <a href="https://me.dm/tags/intuitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intuitions</span></a> &amp; other limitations. </p><p>The show asks us to be <a href="https://me.dm/tags/skeptical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skeptical</span></a> of official agendas, but then clouds its own <a href="https://me.dm/tags/agenda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agenda</span></a>. It knows a few things, but does it reveal hard <a href="https://me.dm/tags/truths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truths</span></a> about <a href="https://me.dm/tags/UFOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UFOs</span></a>?</p>
BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot<p>🔊 <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BBC6Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC6Music</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ThePeoplesParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePeoplesParty</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/AFRODEUTSCHE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AFRODEUTSCHE</span></a></p><p>Fixate &amp; Skeptical:<br> 🎵 The Rig Monkey</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Fixate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fixate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Skeptical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skeptical</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fixateuk.bandcamp.com/track/fixate-skeptical-the-rig-monkey" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fixateuk.bandcamp.com/track/fi</span><span class="invisible">xate-skeptical-the-rig-monkey</span></a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0DDDlBczdNbOx9jkHpMdib" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/track/0DDDlBc</span><span class="invisible">zdNbOx9jkHpMdib</span></a></p>
RockerDoc (Ricardo Ismach)<p>Why we need to be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MediaLiterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaLiterate</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Skeptical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skeptical</span></a> in consuming <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a>. And maybe a return of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EthicsInJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EthicsInJournalism</span></a>? <br>Rush to Judgment and Bias on Gaza Hospital Story <a href="https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/rush-to-judgment-and-bias-on-gaza-hospital-story" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plus.thebulwark.com/p/rush-to-</span><span class="invisible">judgment-and-bias-on-gaza-hospital-story</span></a></p>
Chris C<p>Contacted Twitterrific, and they are skeptical about Twitter and 3rd party apps coming back. So at this time, Twitterrific will not work because it needs an update before it will work again. <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Twitterrific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitterrific</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Skeptical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skeptical</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a></p>
Michael Marshall<p>Well, hello. Giving this a go. </p><p>I am the editor of The Skeptic magazine (the UK one!), the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/skeptical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skeptical</span></a> campaigner who brought an end to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nhs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/homeopathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeopathy</span></a>, the guy who spent 2021 in online <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/antivax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antivax</span></a> groups tracking how they slid into extremism, or the podcaster who talks positively to people with all manner of unusual beliefs. </p><p>Or you might know me as that person <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@elibosnick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>elibosnick</span></a></span> keeps spreading lies about. </p><p>Check out my various projects in the links on my profile, and say hi!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a></p>
Sharon of the Strange Times<p>I'm Sharon. My background is in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> &amp; the public. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a></p><p>Author of Scientifical Americans: The Culture of Paranormal Researchers (2017). </p><p>Have written for Fortean Times, and on various <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/paranormal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paranormal</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/skeptical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skeptical</span></a> topics. Love <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/weirdnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weirdnews</span></a> </p><p>Websites - SharonAHill.com, SpookyGeology.com and ModernCryptozoology.wordpress.com</p><p>Love: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/monsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monsters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cryptozoology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptozoology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/anomalies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anomalies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fortean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fortean</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/popculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popculture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tea</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a></p>