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Daft Claim: semen-eating anal worms cause gay people

May 10, 2019 by Dave
gay conversion

A truly daft claim by a crank asserts that anal worms that eat semen causes gay men and lesbians, and that she has a suppository cure.

Categories Bullshit, Critical Thinking, religion, Skepticism Tags anal worms, Conversion, gay Leave a comment

El Nino has rapidly become stronger and stranger

December 5, 2023May 9, 2019 by Dave
el nino

New study, that has traced the history of El Nino climate patterns across four centuries reveals it has become stronger and stranger.

Categories Climate Change, science, study Tags @ClimateFreund, climate, coral, El Niño, study Leave a comment

The Unprecedented decline of Nature

July 31, 2023May 8, 2019 by Dave
nature

The UN’s IPBES have issues a rather stark warning – 1,000,000 species threatened with extinction. Most comprehensive assessment of its kind.

Categories Climate Change, environment, news, science Tags Extinction, IPBES, nature, one million, species, unprecedented Leave a comment

Arctic Update on Sea Ice – April 2019

September 2, 2024May 7, 2019 by Dave
arctic

April 2019 update issued for the Arctic by the National Snow and Ice Data Centre deploys the phrase “Record Breaking”. That’s not good news.

Categories Arctic, Climate Change, environment, news, science Tags April 2019, Arctic, climate, NSIDC Leave a comment

Weird Right-Wing Fundamentalist News

May 20, 2024May 5, 2019 by Dave
weird

Here is this week’s selection of that weird blend of religious fundamentalism and righ-wing politics. Did I struggle fto find examples? Nope.

Categories politics, religion, weird Tags politics, religion, right-wing, weird Leave a comment

The UK plan for Net zero carbon by 2050

May 4, 2019 by Dave
net zero

What are the precise details of the newly published UK proposal to reach net zero carbon by 2050 for the entire UK?

Categories Climate Change, environment, news, science Tags 2050, CCC, net zero, UK Leave a comment
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