Wingnut Weekly – 9 Aug 2020
Wingnut weekly – a selection of weirdness from the past week that emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
12,000 years of Climate History published
A group of 8 paleoclimate SMEs have published the most comprehensive data set of Holocene climate history: over 12,000 years now is the warmest
Law: Prayer is no substitute for medical care
The supreme court in Alaska has confirmed that a caregiver can’t refuse proper medical care for somebody else and replace medicine with prayer
Scientific paper claims 5G causes COVID-19
Redacted “5G causes COVID-19” paper is is truly one of the best examples of bat shit crazy you will ever encounter.
How the Pandemic Defeated America
It didn’t have to be like this. 150,000+ people did not need to die. This pain and turmoil was preventable at a thousand different turns.
Racism among white Christians is higher than among the nonreligious
The light-skinned Jesus conjured up by white congregations still demands the preservation of inequality as part of the supposed divine order.