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Ernestine Rose (1810-1892) was a woman of extrordinary courage and character - a freethinker, a courageous campaigner against slavery and a fearless advocate of female emancipation. Now @FreethinkerMag has organised a webinar on her work. freethinker.co.uk/2026/04/freeth…

REMINDER - the next Freethought History Webinar, ft. Bonnie Anderson on Ernestine Rose, is happening next week. Sign up now! freethinker.co.uk/2026/04/freeth…

Donald Christ and the AI threat to American democracy, by Matilda Gladwell. freethinker.co.uk/2026/05/the-wh…

'The author of ‘The Great Silence —What Remains After Belief’ is no mere armchair theorist. He built himself his own electric “God Helmet” to test a point—and put his head into it. And turned on the juice.' Review by Nicholas E. Meyer. freethinker.co.uk/2026/05/silenc…

Our new featured image is a photo captured by the crew of the Artemis II lunar mission of April 2026 from NASA. Read more 👇 @MolecularSamm freethinker.co.uk/2026/05/image-…

Today in the Freethinker, Samuel McKee provides a dose of optimism with his call to futurism. 'Artemis II feels like a gift at this moment. It is an opportunity to champion a bolder vision of the future.' @MolecularSamm freethinker.co.uk/2026/05/a-call…

Vaccine mind control, climate change denial, 9/11 Trutherism, Pizzagate...and the rest. Paul Fitzgerald aka Polyp takes a look at the sordid world of conspiracy theories, with cartoons from his new graphic book. freethinker.co.uk/2026/05/the-co…

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Some Sunday reflections on the practicalities of the resurrection of the flesh, by Nicholas E. Meyer. "‘Er, this is indelicate, O Lord, but hundreds of thousands of millions of people will produce a real mass of poo in just one day…’" freethinker.co.uk/2026/05/helen-…

Islam is an idea. Islamism far-right political project. Muslims are diverse individuals. Collapse all three & criticism of power gets repackaged as racism. My extended speech from Steven Greer's book launch on Islamophobia published in @FreethinkerMag tinyurl.com/2jxvan8h

A Scripted Farce: The 2025–26 Myanmar Election Exposed, by Hein Htet Kyaw. freethinker.co.uk/2026/05/a-scri…

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How 'Islamophobia' props up authority and stifles dissent, why free speech is essential, and why collective blame is never the answer, by @MaryamNamazie. freethinker.co.uk/2026/04/islamo…

'[We must] confront the reality that free and open exchanges of ideas...have led to the...dissemination of ideologies which are varying hues of destructive and insane' says @AdamMWakeling. Can the Enlightenment ethos of free speech survive the internet? freethinker.co.uk/2026/04/online…

'Being an immortalist liberates us from ghosting ourselves and one another in this life in order to prepare for the next, calling us...to the revolutionary, and, for some, terrifying reality that we are our bodies', says @joebardin. freethinker.co.uk/2026/04/what-w…

Today in the Freethinker, Samuel McKee interviews science communicator, apologist debunker, and co-author of 'Battle of the Big Bang' Phil Halper. @MolecularSamm @skydivephil @nafshordi freethinker.co.uk/2026/04/the-bi…

Announcing the next Freethought History Webinar! On 19 May, Bonnie S. Anderson will discuss the life and career of Ernestine Rose, an oft-overlooked freethinker and feminist who was more famous than Susan B. Anthony. Sign up today to secure your place. freethinker.co.uk/2026/04/freeth…