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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

6th November 2022

The U.S. is officially in a flu epidemic, federal health officials say. They’re preparing to deploy troops and ventilators if necessary (Fortune) And especially the PANIC!

Wells are running dry in drought-weary Southwest as foreign-owned farms guzzle water to feed cattle overseas (CNN)

Are the unvaccinated still a danger to the rest of us? (L.A. Times) More to the point, where they ever ‘a danger to the rest of us’? The answer is No.

COVID variants BQ.1/BQ.1.1 make up 35% of U.S. cases (Reuters)

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

6th November 2022

Climate ‘loss and damage’: why it’s such a big deal at Cop27 (The Guardian) By their ‘climate justice reporter’. (Bias? What bias?)

Climate emergency: Will polluting rich nations pay reparations? (Al Jazeera) Hint: No.

Explainer: What the latest IPCC science says about climate change (Reuters)

Cop27 is here and the climate crisis is daunting but here’s the key to tackling it – cheer up (The Guardian)

The New Way to Fight Climate Change (Foreign Affairs Magazine)

Deadly E-Bikes: Four Explosions in New York Every Week

NPR Offers Softball Interviews to Radical Climate Gallery Vandals

World in Crisis a Grim Backdrop for UN Climate Talks

Democrat Energy Policy Civil War: Manchin Blasts Biden’s Coal Shutdown Comments

Australia Backs Climate “Loss and Damage” Compensation at COP27  Australia seems to have gone Full Woke. Disappointing.

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

5th November 2022

Pfizer/BioNTech say updated Covid-19 booster generates ‘substantially higher’ protection against Omicron subvariants than original vaccine (CNN)

Newsom sued over COVID ‘misinformation’ law that doctors say tramples First Amendment rights (Fox)

US hospital flu cases hit 10-year high as vaccinations fall (BBC) So it’s time for you to PANIC!

Flu’s ferocious comeback: Hospital rates hit decade-high and SEVENTEEN states have ‘very high’ infection levels (Daily Mail)

Why you may soon have to pay for that COVID-19 test (The Hill)

4 of the most dangerous fungi that can make you sick, according to the WHO — from toxic mold to yeast infections (Insider)

Invasive fungi recognized as a global threat (Axios)

Great leaps forward in vaccine history (The Guardian)

Fauci says U.S. is at a ‘crossroads’ as COVID kills 2,600 a week and new Omicron variants bloom with winter coming soon (Fortune) So I guess it’s time to PANIC!

Evictions are piling up across the U.S. as Covid-era protections end and rents climb (NBC) I guess the Wokerati figured that the Free Government Money would never run out.

TSA To Continue Requiring COVID-19 Vaccine Proof For Non-US Citizens To Enter Country

 

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Twitter Layoffs Gutted Election Information Teams Days Before Midterms

5th November 2022

Washington Post.

The mass layoffs Friday gutted teams devoted to combating election misinformation, adding context to misleading tweets and communicating with journalists, public officials and campaign staff.

In other words, proglodytes can no long put their feet on the scales in favor of Democrats while throwing Republicans down the Memory Hole. No wonder they’re panicked.

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

4th November 2022

‘Climate carnage’: UN demands funding surge to save millions of lives (The Guardian)

Countries hit hardest by climate change need much more money to prepare, U.N. says (NPR)

‘It’s greenwash’: most home compostable plastics don’t work, says study (The Guardian)

‘Compostable plastic’ doesn’t live up to its environmental claims. Here’s what you can focus on instead (CNN)

A showdown over climate reparations is brewing — and it will determine the success of the COP27 summit (CNBC)

Rich countries pressed to pay for driving climate change (Axios)

The EPA awards grants to monitor air quality in communities hurt by pollution (NPR) Buying the votes of the underclass with YOUR money.

EPA spends $50 million on ‘air monitoring’ for ‘marginalized’ communities with Biden spending bill funds (Fox)

Conservatives insist policies to cut emissions drive up power bills. There’s net zero evidence for that (The Guardian)

Explainer: Why methane emissions are threatening climate stability (Reuters)

Methane Emissions Must Fall for World to Hit Temperature Targets (International Monetary Fund)

Fossil fuel burning once caused a mass extinction – now we’re risking another (The Guardian)

The ocean’s ‘blue carbon’ can be our secret weapon in fighting climate change (CNN)

The Climate ‘Crisis’ Isn’t What it Used to Be

The New Pause Lengthens to 8 years 1 Month

New York Times prediction BUST: 1995 article cited climate ‘experts’ warning ‘most of the beaches on the East Coast of the U.S. could be gone in 25 years’

The UN Climate Talks Are About to Face Maddening Uncertainties (Wired ‘Science’) Maddening to the clerisy.

Open-source maps are saving the rainforest—and the world  Great. Perhaps the climate change piss-ants will shut up now.

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

4th November 2022

A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat (Nature)

How the world can end Covid-19 as a public health threat (STAT)

I spent 10 days in a secret Chinese Covid detention centre (Financial Times)

Why Pfizer’s RSV vaccine success is a big deal, decades in the making (Ars Technica)

Moderna shares fall after Covid vaccine maker lowers 2022 sales outlook (CNBC) Guess it’s time for another PANIC!

HILARIOUS: CBS Discovers DeSantis’s COVID Policies Were Popular AND Right

New Covid Variants Are Circulating. Here’s What to Know. (N.Y. Times)

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

3rd November 2022

These glaciers are on track to disappear within the next 30 years, new report shows (CNN) And yet they never do.

Glaciers in Yosemite and Africa will disappear by 2050, U.N. warns (Washington Post) I’ll bet you didn’t know that there were glaciers in Africa.

Big agriculture warns farming must change or risk ‘destroying the planet’ (The Guardian)

Call to Earth Day 2022: A global mission to protect our oceans (CNN)

Himalayan Plateau Is About to Fall Apart Due to Thawing Permafrost (Newsweek)

Warehouse plan in Long Beach’s North Park area worries officials on environmental justice (Newsday)

Only a complete and rapid system shift can avoid climate disaster (The Hill)

Waterlogged wheat, rotting oranges: five crops devastated by a year of extreme weather (The Guardian)

Human Adaptability to Climate Change Might Not Be All It’s Cracked Up to Be (Science Alert)

WSJ Editorial Board Mocks the COP27 Global Warming Flagellants

The Next OPEC-Like Cartel Could Be In Battery Metals

UK PM Sunak U-Turns On Decision To Skip COP27

Why International Climate Summits Are Doomed to Fail, Part 2: Upward Mobility for Poor Depends on Energy

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

3rd November 2022

New Covid variants are circulating. What do we know and will the Omicron-specific booster be effective? (The Guardian)

New RSV vaccines are coming. This is very, very good news. (Vox)

Why we still don’t have a vaccine for the common cold (Popular ‘Science’)

No, There Will Not Be Any “Pandemic Amnesty”

China’s ‘iPhone City’ Locks Down As Workers Flee Factory Amid Zero Covid Chaos

Medical Board Moves To Strip Dr. Peter McCullough Of Certifications  Cross the Narrative, and you will be punished.

There’s no case for mask mandates

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

2nd November 2022

Scientists have their eyes on several ‘Deltacrons’—new COVID variants with the potential to attack the lungs like Delta and spread as easily as Omicron (Fortune)

Mouse Study Suggests a Surprising Link Between Nose-Picking And Alzheimer’s (Science Alert)

Can Picking Your Nose Really Cause Dementia? What to Know About the Trending Study (Prevention)

COVID symptoms recur more often in those who took Paxlovid, study finds (Seattle Times)

Lockdowns: The Great Gaslighting

Monkeypox Public Health Emergency Renewed

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

2nd November 2022

Wondermark Comic Strip for November 02, 2022

Despite years of exposure to the climate science, I don’t believe we are headed for total societal collapse (The Guardian)

Positive developments on climate change might make the future just a little less horrible (San Diego Tribune)

The world’s melting glaciers are yielding up their secrets too quickly (Washington Post)

This UFO-like structure could help Europe transform its energy (Washington Post)

Data centers aren’t prepared for the climate crisis (Protocol)

Huge ‘planet killer’ asteroid discovered – and it’s heading our way (The Guardian)

Climate change is rapidly accelerating in California, state report says (L.A. Times)

California set a record for greenhouse gas reductions in 2020, but it means nothing (L.A. Times)

LA Is Facing a Major Natural Disaster—and It’s Not Related to Earthquakes (Newsweek)

This coral reef resurrected itself — and showed scientists how to replicate it (NPR)

Europe is seeing its warmest weather on record so late in the year (Washington Post)

Germans Are Shocked — Shocked! — to Learn That the Greens Lied

A Transition to Fossil Fuels Is Under Way  Turd World leaders are realizing that they were lied to by the Woke transglobalists, that no Huge Stacks o’ Money are in the offing, and that if they want to get ahead they gotta hump & git it, as Merle Haggard would say.

A Surprising Threat To The US Power Grid Could Plunge The Country Into Darkness

A Caustic Shift Is Coming for the Arctic Ocean (Wired ‘Science’)

Who’s Funding the Climate Lawsuits? Do the Plaintiffs Even Know?

Greta Expectations

Climate Activists Who Glued Themselves to Famous Dutch Painting Sentenced to Prison And about time, too.

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

1st November 2022

Rishi Sunak badly misread the national mood, and now a Cop27 U-turn is looming (The Guardian)

The Green Revolution – Were We Lied To? (SciTech Daily) Well, duh.

On Guam there is no birdsong, you cannot imagine the trauma of a silent island (The Guardian) It’s actually very peaceful, just the sound of the wind and the waves.

Even Greenpeace now admits the obvious: recycling doesn’t work. (City Journal)

Greta Thunberg to skip ‘greenwashing’ Cop27 climate summit in Egypt (The Guardian)

Report details strategies for receding beaches and the threat of sea level rise (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

Drag queen Pattie Gonia wanted a scary Halloween costume. She went as climate change (NPR)

“Another Stab In The Back”: Climate Movement Miffed After UK’s Sunak Snubs Cop27 Climate Talks

UK Trapped in The Green Energy Cul-de-Sac

First-ever inflatable wing sail technology is being mounted on a merchant ship

UN Seeks $4 To 6 Trillion Per Year To Address Climate

Greta Thunberg Calls For “Overthrow Of Whole Capitalist System”  She’s Just Another Commie after all.

Climate Protestors Attempt to Disrupt the Melbourne Cup Horse Race  Perhaps if several of them get executed….

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

1st November 2022

New research suggests booster dose of Novovax NVX-CoV2373 vaccine is effective against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants (News-Medical)

SARS-CoV-2 drives NLRP3 inflammasome activation in human microglia through spike protein (Nature) The spike protein alone, without the rest of the virus, can cause brain inflammation.

Yes, people are lying about their COVID symptoms. Here’s how to deal with it (S.F. Chronicle)

By the next RSV season, the US may have its first vaccine (CNN) And a new PANIC!

New Hybrid Virus Discovered as Flu And RSV Fuse Into Single Pathogen (Science Alert) Don’t forget to PANIC!

“You Murderous Hypocrites”: Outrage Ensues After The Atlantic Suggests ‘Amnesty’ For Pandemic Authoritarians

Gender Scrub: CDC Changes Flu Guidance Terms From ‘Pregnant Women’ To ‘Pregnant People’

School’s new policy bans parents from walking children to school  Two words: Home. School.

Vax Mandate Lifted in Italy

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

31st October 2022

Global anger at Sunak’s Cop27 snub that raises fears over UK’s climate crisis stance (The Guardian) Global anger! At least among the transnational bureaucrats….

Rishi Sunak could still attend COP27 climate summit (BBC)

Major Massachusetts offshore wind project no longer viable (New Bedford Light)

Busking Brit crosses Iraq on his way to COP27 without flying (Reuters)

Amnesty International Condemns Prosecution of Ambulance Blocking Climate Protestors

English sparkling wines challenge champagne, thanks to climate change

COP27 At Sharm El Sheikh: Africa’s Chance to Break from Climate Colonialism

Nature Geoscience: “Eastern Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet HAS GROWN Over Last 20 Years”

Mandela Barnes: ‘Oil Is Destroying the World’

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

31st October 2022

An innovative nasal vaccine strategy to combat COVID (News-Medical)

New Compound Discovered That Destroys the MRSA Superbug (SciTech Daily)

Researchers discover how hydroquinine inhibits major drug-resistant bacteria (News-Medical)

Flu season off to early start, CDC says (CBS)

What you need to know about covid boosters and the latest research (Washington Post)

Flu and RSV can fuse into a new kind of virus  Thus guaranteeing that we’ll have another PANIC!

All Stop on the mRNA Vaccines

‘Holy Crap’: Soros-Funded ProPublica Admits Validity of COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

30th October 2022

Some healthcare workers vaccinated against COVID-19 show unexpectedly low responses to immunizations (News-Medical)

The CDC is now tracking a new immune-evasive Omicron variant spiking in Ukraine that’s evading treatment (Fortune)

Poliovirus that paralyzed unvaccinated NY man in July is still spreading (Ars Technica)

Italy to end ban on health workers not vaccinated against Covid (Reuters)

Put your masks back on, please (Washington P0st) I miss the PANIC!

 

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New York to Pay $26 Million to Men Wrongly Convicted of Killing Malcolm X

30th October 2022

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The elephant in the room, of course, is the question: If they didn’t do it, who did?  A question that nobody at the New York Times appears interested in asking, much less answering.

Maybe the Slimes ought to hire an investigative reporter … if they can find one.

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

29th October 2022

Omicron subvariants resistant to key antibody treatments are increasing every week in the U.S. (CNBC) So I guess it’s time to PANIC!

So far, this flu season is more severe than it has been in 13 years (Washington Post) So I guess it’s time to PANIC!

Flu season in the US hasn’t been this bad this early in more than a decade. Now is the time to get a flu shot (CNN) But first you need to PANIC!

‘Scrabble variants’ now cause the majority of new Covid-19 infections in the US (CNN) So I guess it’s time to PANIC!

‘Nightmare’ and ‘Scrabble’: How Worried Should You Be About New COVID Variants? (NBC)

Why our third COVID winter could be a ‘variant soup’ — but also less severe (Seattle Times)

FDA says two studies showing omicron boosters weren’t much better than old Covid shots were too small to come to any conclusions (CNBC)

New Covid Booster Shots Don’t Work As Well As ‘Experts’ Claimed (Outkick)

Greenland’s Melting Ice Could Reveal Riches Beyond Imagination (Newsweek)

CDC: Early Flu Bug Leads to Record-High Hospitalizations for October

A Closer Look At The COVID Mortality Rate

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

29th October 2022

UN COP27 Blueprint: More Government, More Debt, More Taxes

Emperor Penguins Join Polar Bears on ESA List of Threatened Species Based on Flawed Climate Models

Somalia Says Drought Is Due to Climate Change, As They Demand Billions

‘Zero Emissions’ From Electric Vehicles? Here’s Why That Claim Has Zero Basis

This Amazon road led to vast deforestation. Brazil’s president wants it paved (NPR)

The Guardian view on the climate crisis: no end in sight (The Guardian) Certainly no end in sight to The Guardian’s climate change alarmism.

Mexico moves closer to a devastating policy for US agricultural exports (The Hill)

Mexico to proceed with GMO corn ban, seeks international grain deals (Reuters)

Climate crisis study finds heatwaves have cost global economy $16tn (The Guardian)

Climate change-fueled heat waves have cost the world’s economy trillions: study (The Hill)

America’s only new nuclear plant inches closer to a long-delayed start (Fox)

Goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C ‘more fragile’ than ever, says Cop27 chair (The Guardian)

As Nations Prepare for COP27, Climate Science Is Stronger Than Ever (Time)

Eat mushrooms, cut down on meat and use the microwave: the best diet for you and the planet (The Guardian)

18 foods to boost your health – and the planet’s (The Guardian)

At UN climate summit, India to flex its negotiating muscles (Associated Press)

Why does the US allow a controversial weedkiller banned across the world? (The Guardian)

There was a record-breaking increase in methane in Earth’s atmosphere last year (The Verge)

Broad Implications – Harvard Scientists Have Discovered the First Ever Sea Level Fingerprint (SciTech Daily)

Oil and gas firms are still making a killing – and No 10 is letting them (The Guardian)

EU on track to break pledge to cut methane emissions by 30%, warns report (The Guardian)

Warming oceans could drive lobsters out of Gulf of Maine (WMUR)

EU approves effective ban on new fossil fuel cars from 2035 (Reuters) Get a horse!

An influential energy group sees reason for climate optimis (NPR)

The Myth About Global Warming Killing Off Ocean Life

‘Avatar’ Sequel Ramps Up Pro-Environmental Messaging (Already!)  There’s never a bad time to push the Narrative.

What Is Going on With the Glaciers at Glacier National Park?

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

28th October 2022

WHO: Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in years (Associated Press)

Tuberculosis deaths and disease increase during the COVID-19 pandemic (WHO)

Omicron subvariants are resistant to key antibody treatments, putting people with weak immune systems at risk of Covid (CNBC) Fine ‘vaccines’ ya got there, bubba.

As Protection From Current Covid-19 Monoclonal Antibody Treatments Fades, The Discovery Of A New Class Of Antibodies Brings Hope (Fortune0 Gotta keep up the PANIC!

For those still trying to duck covid, the isolation is worse than ever (Washington Post) ODF.

Senate GOP probe points to Chinese lab leak for COVID origin

CDC Analysis: More Than 8 in 10 Monkeypox Patients in Study Also Had HIV  Oh, the stigma!

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

28th October 2022

Carbon emissions from energy to peak in 2025 in ‘historic turning point’, says IEA (The Guardian)

U.N. warns ‘time running out’ as greenhouse gases surge (Reuters)

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pulls out of COP27 climate summit (CNN)

U.S. climate envoy Kerry: King Charles at COP27 would be ‘very powerful’ (Reuters)

Oil giants sell thousands of California wells, raising worries about future liability (L.A. Times)

Big Oil Companies Are Selling Their Wells. Some Worry Taxpayers Will Pay to Clean Them Up. (ProPublica)

It’s time to admit self-driving cars aren’t going to happen (TechCrunch)

World close to ‘irreversible’ climate breakdown, warn major studies (The Guardian)

Extreme escalation of heat failure rates in ectotherms with global warming (Nature)

The point of no return for species facing heatwaves (Nature)

Can Malmö’s green solutions provide answers to energy and climate crises? (EuroNews) Does that include the crime and riots by Muslim immigrants?

Svalbard: The race to save the fastest-warming place on Earth (BBC)

Fossil fuel use likely to peak in 2025, says International Energy Agency (DW News)

How sea level rise contributes to billions in extra damage during hurricanes (Yale Climate Connections)

The wasted potential of garbage dumps (Vox)

No, signing the global methane pledge won’t end the backyard barbecue – it’ll strengthen Aussie industries (The Conversation)

Journalism Turns a Corner on Climate Change (The Nation)

CNN Defends Vandalism: What’s More Important? Art or The Planet?

Climate Fear Mongering Bad Analyses Cause Bad Remedies

Big Climate Brother Coming Your Way (voluntary now, mandatory later)

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

26th October 2022

Omicron boosters not much better against variants than the originals, say two small studies (Boston Globe)

Omicron-specific boosters fail to show benefit over original shots, study finds (Washington Examiner)

WHO fungal priority pathogens list to guide research, development and public health action (WHO)

Fatal fungi: World Health Organization releases first ever list of fungal pathogens that are ‘becoming a threat to humanity’ (Daily Mail) So you’d better PANIC!

Pennsylvania Test Scores Fell Sharply as Dem Leaders Pushed School Closures, Mask Mandates

Texas Rep. Harrison: Parents Fear CDC Decision Will Force Vax on Kids

Military Whistleblowers Sound Alarm On ‘Devastating’ Consequences Of Pentagon’s Vaccine Mandate

WH Official: Congressional Funding Needed to Combat COVID Omicron Strain

Decades Of Student Progress Wiped Out; National Math And Reading Scores At Historic Lows: Report

Dissecting Gretchen Whitmer’s False Claim That Michigan Students Were Only Out of Classrooms ‘For Three Months’

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

25th October 2022

Covid-19 vaccine study links side effects with greater antibody respon (CNN)

‘I feel less alone’: The pandemic’s varied effects on wellbeing (BBC)

NYT Warns: GOP Could ‘Seize’ on Record Drop in Student Test Scores During COVID-19 Pandemic

Less Than 1 In 100 Million Chance That COVID-19 Has Natural Origin: New Study

The Costs of Covid Shutdowns

New York Supreme Court Reinstates Unvaccinated Employees With Backpay: ‘It Was About Compliance’

CDC Adds Declining Math, English Scores To List Of COVID Symptoms

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

25th October 2022

World is in its ‘first truly global energy crisis’ – IEA’s Birol (Reuters)

Here’s exactly how your diet affects the planet, a landmark study finds (Washington Post) Landmark!

The end of a battery’s life matters as much as its beginning (Vox)

29,000-acres in the UP purchased for forest carbon project (WLUC)

Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse (NPR) As if a Greenpeace report would find anything else.

With Fossil Fuel Companies Facing Pressure to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Private Equity Is Buying Up Their Aging Oil, Gas and Coal Assets (Inside Climate News)

How Dare They?

Much US “recycling” goes straight to the landfill

La Nina Transforms Australian Desert Into Wetlands

Goldman Sachs’ Jeff Currie: ‘$3.8 Trillion of Investment in Renewables Moved Fossil Fuels from 82% to 81% of Overall Energy Consumption’ in 10 Years

NYT Guest Essay Predicts ‘History May Absolve’ Van Gogh Climate ‘Soup Throwers’  Certainly history taken from the New York Times.

 

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How A Progressive Bid To Shape Ukraine Policy Imploded

25th October 2022

Huffington Post.

The kerfuffle over a now-withdrawn letter from 30 House Democrats shows how the left is still struggling to communicate effectively on foreign policy.

It’s hard at times to keep the Party Line straight.

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MSNBC Pushes for Foreign Countries to Run Our Elections

25th October 2022

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In an apparent attempt to outdo her outrageous segment from last week, MSNBC Deadline: White House host Nicolle Wallace used part of her show not to condemn foreign interference in our elections but to call for other countries to administer them for us. She said this to Democratic Congressman Jim Himes (CT) who seemed to suggest that, while he was opposed to the idea now, he could be open to it at some point.

“I don’t want to get off topic but if you read through the papers this weekend, the threats to our elections in – what, two and a half weeks – are so pervasive and they’re dire and they include violence,” she proclaimed, without evidence.

She then suggested that the U.S. needed other countries to come in and run our elections for us and treat us like a destabilized, war-torn country. “I mean, do you think it’s time to ask for friends and allies to come over and help us monitor our elections? We used to do that in other burgeoning and threatened democracies,” she pressed.

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

24th October 2022

Cop 27: Uganda-Tanzania oil pipeline sparks climate row (BBC)

Global deforestation pledge will be missed without urgent action, say researchers (The Guardian)

The Contingency Plan review – climate-crisis dramas on a human scale (The Guardian)

The Contingency Plan review — making two dramas out of a climate crisis (The Times)

‘Massive gaps’ seen in countries’ plans to tackle climate change -study (Reuters)

Global deforestation pledge will be missed without urgent action, say researchers (The Guardian)

Climate crisis poses ‘growing threat’ to health in UK, says expert (The Guardian)

Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Us (The Nation)

‘Ecocide’: The US-Mexico border wall is blocking the movement of wild animals (Euronews)

US Atlantic coast now a breeding ground for supercharged hurricanes – study (The Guardian)

The Young People Working for the Most Evil Companies (Vice)

Natural gas is a fuel of the future

Wait, why are there so few dead bugs on my windshield these days? (Washington Post) All together now: CLIMATE CHANGE!

Plastic recycling remains a ‘myth’: Greenpeace study

‘Just Stop Oil’ Activists Have ‘Blood On Their Hands’ After Two Women Die Amid Bridge Stunt

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

23rd October 2022

Why getting your flu shot this year is crucial (KSL)

Medical Experts Suggest Getting Your Flu Shot Before the Holiday Season (WHNT)

Controversial new research suggests SARS-CoV-2 bears signs of genetic engineering (The Economist)

Judge rules Fauci be deposed in lawsuit alleging White House worked with Big Tech to censor speech (Fox)

How Vaccine Skeptics Took Over the Republican Party (New York Magazine) Jonathan Chait, Voice of the Crust, pushes the Narrative.

Fauci, Biden Officials Ordered To Be Deposed In Social Media Collusion Case

The Costs of Covid Shutdowns

Stockman: The Macroeconomic Consequences Of Lockdowns & The Aftermath

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

23rd October 2022

Half-Earth Day is not a celebration, but a warning (CNN)

Climate Regulations Are About to Disrupt Global Shipping (Harvard Business Review)

Can a slew of nuclear fusion start-ups deliver unlimited clean energy? (New Scientist)

Electric Discharge From Plants May Be Changing Air Quality in Ways We Didn’t Expect (ScienceAlert)

Climate protesters glue themselves to Porsche museum but needed to go potty (AutoBlog)

NYU’s ‘Dr. Doom’ says New Yorkers who moved to Florida, Texas, says states won’t ‘survive’ climate change (Fox)

USDA-Wyoming agreement: A new chapter in conservation history (The Hill)

The Deadly Consequences of Urban Oil Drilling (The Nation)

I fund climate activism – and I applaud the Van Gogh protest (The Guardian) Another rich Woke heir pushes the Narrative.

Ottawa and Alberta clash over who must pay to lift Canada’s carbon capture credits (Reuters)

Insurrection: New York Times Promotes Sabotage, ‘Guerrilla Warfare’ to End Fossil Fuels

“Farming Needs to Stop, That’s the Single Biggest Driver of Climate Change”

Climate Activist Aussie Netball Players Wipe Out their Own Sponsorship

Guardian Readers Are The Most Gullible On The Planet, New Data Shows

Climate activists throw mashed potatoes at Monet work in Germany (The Guardian)

Stacey Abrams Reveals Eight More Problems Besides Inflation You Can Fix By Killing Your Kids  (Babylon Bee)

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

22nd October 2022

A common respiratory virus is spreading at unusually high levels, overwhelming children’s hospitals. Here’s what parents need to know (CNN)

Child respiratory virus cases overwhelms hospitals (CBS)

Special report: health sector at breaking point (Sky News)

CDC is discussing using oral polio vaccine for first time in 20 years to stop New York outbreak (CNBC)

CDC discussing using oral polio vaccine to combat New York outbreak: report (The Hill)

It’s time to stop saying ‘fully vaccinated’ for Covid, experts say—here’s why (CNBC)

Vaccines Today, Vaccines Tomorrow, Vaccines Forever!

Long covid: Hair loss and sexual dysfunction are among wider symptoms, study finds

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

21st October 2022

Climeworks closes a chapter in early carbon removal tech (The Verge)

New Study Indicates North Atlantic Is Close to a “Tipping Point” (SciTechDaily)

“Dirty” cows are destroying the Amazon rainforest (VOX)

NOAA releases winter weather outlook: How La Niña will impact your state And how the Narrative will blame it on ‘climate change’.

Renewables Are Holding Back the Emissions Tide (Gizmodo)

Kauai becomes one of the nation’s first counties to enact rules based on sea level rise

America’s Schools Warm to Climate Change, Without Question

‘Very Difficult’: Electric Vehicle Owner Took 15 Hours To Drive 175 Miles

The Green Energy Profiteering Scam

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

21st October 2022

Quick and stealthy ‘Scrabble variants’ are poised to drive a winter Covid-19 surge (CNN)

Scientists explain what to expect with COVID variants XBB, BQ.1 (ABC)

Pfizer expects to hike U.S. COVID vaccine price to $110-$130 per dose (Reuters)

Omicron subvariants reflect a ‘viral evolution on steroids’ (NBC) Better get ready to PANIC!

Are we headed for another COVID surge? Here’s what the signs say, and what to do (Providence Journal)

Myocarditis after BNT162b2 Vaccination in Israeli Adolescents

3 More COVID Vaccine Injuries Approved For Compensation By US Authorities “One is the result of severe allergic shock. The five others are the result of myocarditis, a form of heart inflammation.”

Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of SARS-CoV-2

US Health Officials Dumped Stocks In Jan 2020 (Before Declaring COVID An Emergency)

Why Fauci Can’t Whitewash His Disastrous Legacy

50-Year U.S. Summer Temperature Trends: ALL 36 Climate Models Are Too Warm

CDC Announces New Initiative To Promote Homeschooling  (Babylon Bee)

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

20th October 2022

Updated Moderna Covid booster gives even better protection than earlier jab (The Guardian) A low bar.

Divide between Republicans and Democrats over flu shots deepens in covid’s wake: Poll

CDC Set To Add COVID-19 Vaccines To Childhood Immunization Schedule  Unless the ‘vaccine’ is officially recommended for children, ‘vaccine’ manufacturers don’t qualify for legal immunity against ‘vaccine’ side effects.

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

20th October 2022

Oceans are warming faster than ever. Here’s what could come next. (Washington Post)

One year of wildfires undid decades of California’s emissions policy

 

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The Worst & the Stupidest?

20th October 2022

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So, the credentialed lost their marginal reputations for competency. Were we really to believe 50 former intelligence heads and experts who claimed Hunter Biden’s laptop was “Russian disinformation”? Even if they were not simply biased, did any of them have the competence to determine what the laptop was?

Or were we to take seriously the expertise of “17 Nobel Prize winners” who swore Biden’s “Build Back Better” debacle would not be inflationary as the country went into 9 percent plus inflation? Did we really believe our retired four-stars that Trump was a Nazi, a Mussolini, and someone to be removed from office “the sooner the better”?

Or were we to trust the 1,200 “health care professionals” who assured us that, medically speaking, while the rest of society was locked down it was injurious for the health of people of color to follow curfews and mask mandates instead of thronging en masse in street protests?

Or were we to believe Kevin Clinesmith’s FISA writ, or Andrew McCabe’s four-time assertion that he did not leak to the media, or that James Comey under oath really did not know the answers to 245 inquiries? Did Robert Mueller really not know what either the Steele dossier or Fusion GPS was?

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

19th October 2022

Coal projects outside China becoming ‘uninsurable’, says climate group (The Guardian)

These are the most energy-efficient states (The Hill)

Microphones dropped into ocean off Greenland to record melting icebergs (The Guardian)

Carbon removal has a funding gap. This climate nonprofit is attempting to fill it. (Protocol)

‘Kowbucha’ could reduce methane produced from cow burps: study (N.Y. Post)

Why Ambitious Tree Planting and Carbon Offset Projects Are Failing (Mother Jones)

Throwing Soup at Paintings Won’t Save the Climate (New York Magazine) No, but it sure makes certain people feel good about themselves, and that’s the main point.

Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet (Associated Press)

Exxon Mobil says French refineries could take 2-3 weeks to fully restart (Reuters)

The Mediterranean Sea Is So Hot, It’s Fizzing Carbon Dioxide (Mother Jones)

Is Wind Energy Becoming Too Expensive?

Attenborough Laments Demise of 800 Penguins “Because Climate Change” – But Fails To Report Discovery of New Colony 1.5 Million Strong

British Town Council Axes Major Annual Airshow Over Climate Change

Population Crash Cancels Alaska Snow Crab Season – Media Falsely Blames Climate Change

Cost Of Public Charging an EV Is Now More Expensive Than Filling Up with Diesel–Parkers

Bjorn Lomborg: Electric Car Subsidies Are a Bad Investment

Researchers have found a way to pull more than 95% of uranium from seawater

 

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Thought for the Day

19th October 2022

Boss's Weight Gain - Dilbert by Scott Adams

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

18th October 2022

What to Eat and Drink Before and After Getting the Flu Shot, According to Doctors, Nurses and Dietitians

We Need to Build a Better Flu Shot (Washington Post) One that won’t stop you getting the flu, or passing it on,  but will bring in big bucks for Pfizer and its running mates.

US warned to get ready as Europe deals with new COVID-19 rise (The Hill)

Next covid wave could be on a collision course with holiday travel (Washington Post)

Harvard Doctors Reverse Long-Held Ideas About Fat, Diabetes, and Heart Disease (SciTech Daily) Follow the science! Until it changes….

Ebola Is Back—and Vaccines Don’t Work Against It  Certainly not ‘vaccines’ as redefined by the CDC.

Addiction Drug Shows Promise for Alleviating Long COVID Brain Fog, Fatigue  I sure hope it works better than the ‘vaccines’.

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

18th October 2022

Hyping the Energy Transition

Environmental nihilism

Poverty Level Workers Use Cars in Commuting More than Others

A Hidden Universe of Uncertainty

A Cold, Dark Winter In New England

New Study Claims the CO2 Increase Since 1850 Can Account for Only Half of Modern Global Warming  The rest didn’t occur until AlGore entered politics.

I tried to add EV chargers to my rental property. Here’s what happened  Far better to get a hybrid, which carries its charger with it.

UK Announces Plans To Crack Down On Climate Protests

Why The Woke Create the Disasters They Warn Of

They Can’t Make Green Energy Using Only Green Energy

John Fetterman said he’s ‘always supported’ fracking – he previously said ‘I don’t’ and ‘never have’

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

17th October 2022

Climate change exposes lack of US preparedness in defending Arctic Ocean interests, US senator says (CNN)

La Niña winter will feel like a tundra — without the snowy wonderlands (N.Y. Post)

More than 80 percent of the U.S. is facing troubling dry conditions (Washington Post)

Climate change: Can an enormous seaweed farm help curb it? (BBC)

California Passed a Landmark Law About Plastic Pollution. Why Are Some Environmentalists Still Concerned? (Inside Climate News)

Here’s How The Ocean is Being Harnessed as a Climate Solution (TIME)

Endangered species protections kick in too late, study finds (CNBC)

Japan Considers Removing 60 Year Limit On Nuclear Plant Operations

Greta Thunberg Fractures German Greens with Her Call to Continue Operation of Hated Nuclear Power Plants

The Real “Existential Threat” To People and Planet

If You Don’t Already Live in a Sponge City, You Will Soon  (Wired ‘Science’)

Monday Mirthiness: Mickey Mann Plays The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Wash Post: Climate Change Makes People Mean

Battery Tech Breakthrough: 10-Minute Charge Time Paves Way for Mass Adoption of Affordable Electric Car  Sorry, but I don’t believe it.

Sad: Climate Activists Vandalize A Jackson Pollock But No One Notices  (Babylon Bee)

Another day, another EV Battery Fire

Extreme Cold May Trigger Power Blackouts Across New England  On the other hand, they’ve got plenty of trees to burn.

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

17th October 2022

These two new COVID variants could drive the next surge. Here’s why they’re causing surprise and concern (S.F. Chronicle)

Chicago’s Top Doc Predicts ‘We’re Going to See a COVID Surge’ This Winter (NBC Chicago)

Vaccine makers face revenue slump as demand falls for Covid jabs (Financial Times)

Few Getting Updated COVID-19 Boosters Despite White House Pleas

‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’ turned out to be just another Democratic lie

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

16th October 2022

Malpass survives climate gaffe, but the World Bank’s fossil fuel policy may not (Politico)

Nature is disappearing: Here’s why it matters and what to do about it (The Hill)

‘Like a train that can’t be stopped’: how the climate crisis threatens clammers (The Guardian)

What is methane, how much does Australia emit, and will we sign the pledge? (The Guardian)

Methane reduction is vital to achieving a 1.5C future (The Guardian)

‘It was terrifying’: Stop Oil activists on the new battle against fossil fuel (The Guardian)

Ocean currents protect Galápagos Islands from global warming; but are they safe forever? (Down to Earth Magazine)

Two Words Explain California’s Wildfire Woes: Spotted Owl

In Overheated Economy, Dems Forced To Cool Climate Messaging

More Foods Will Be Gene-Edited Than You Think

Green Academics Blame “Climate Injustice” for Energy Price Hardship

Driving Buy: Pollution, Customers and Development

What to do with your old phones, gadgets and other e-waste (CNN) Gazelle.com.

This groundbreaking motionless wind turbine is 50% more efficient than regular turbines (Interesting Engineering)

Cheap wind harvester generates electricity from a gentle breeze (New Atlas)

Is Global Warming Responsible for Hurricane Ian? The Evidence Says No

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

15th October 2022

“Pretty troublesome”: New COVID variant BQ.1 now makes up 1 in 10 cases nationwide, CDC estimates (CBS) Once more, it’s time to PANIC!

Omicron BA.5 is declining in the U.S. as emerging variants gain ground, CDC data shows (CNBC)

A global epidemic of cancer among people younger than 50 could be emerging (CNN)

Fauci Edited Paper By NIH-Funded Group Tied To Wuhan Lab

CDC Director: Americans Should Brace for ‘Severe’ Flu Season  And don’t forget to PANIC!

Public Relations Company for Big Pharma Now “Embedding” Employees at CDC One hand washes the other.

Weber Shandwick provides PR for Moderna and Pfizer, while staffing the CDC

 

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Colonoscopies Save Lives. Doctors Push Back Against European Study That Casts Doubt

15th October 2022

NPR.

The headline tells you everything you need to know about the Narrative media attitude toward facts.

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

14th October 2022

First Martian life likely broke the planet with climate change, made themselves extinct (LiveScience.com)

Ancient Life Caused The Destruction Of Mars, Scientists Speculate (Futurism)

Plans to scrap nature-friendly farm subsidies put biodiversity target ‘at risk’ (The Guardian)

When Will the World As We Know It End From Climate Change? (Newsweek)

Scientists just discovered a new whale. Now they fear it may go extinct. (Washington Post)

How to get Asia to net zero (The Economist)

Green energy projects face stark environmental, local opposition nationwide (Fox)

Sweden’s Incoming Cabinet Says New Reactors Will Be Built (Bloomberg)

Irony: Greens Now Praying for a “Warmer” Winter to Help Germany Survive Energy Crisis

Who Throws Soup? Climate Activists Trash Van Gogh Painting With Tomato Bisque

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

14th October 2022

U.S. extends Covid public health emergency even though Biden says pandemic is over (CNBC) It’s all about the PANIC!

U.S. extends COVID-19 public health emergency declaration (Reuters)

Posts mislead on Pfizer COVID vaccine’s impact on transmission (Associated Press)

Flu off to an early start as CDC warns about potentially severe season (NBC) Gotta keep up the PANIC!

“Severe Adverse Effects”: Doctors Warn Pfizer’s Paxlovid Can Interact With Common Medications

No Data To Recommend ‘Preferential’ Omicron Booster Jabs: WHO Panel

Babies Born In Lockdown Less Likely To Speak Before First Birthday; New Study Finds  Are their first words “How dare you!”?

Telemedicine is Dying

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

13th October 2022

‘We are in trouble’: Study raises alarm about impacts of long covid (Washington Post) Gee, if only we had a vaccine … that worked.

The astounding impact and reach of long Covid, in numbers and charts (The Guardian)

CDC recommends Covid omicron booster shots for kids as young as 5 years old (CNBC) Unless the vaccines are officially recommended for children, pharma companies don’t qualify for immunity from liability for side effects.

Big Pharma Says Drug Prices Reflect R&D Cost. Researchers Call BS

Will the Feds Ever End the Public Health Emergency?

Lancet Commission Report: 6 Reasons COVID Response “A Massive Global Failure”  If you lie enough, eventually people stop believing you.

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

13th October 2022

Climate change: Greenland’s culture shifts as Arctic heats up (BBC)

Direct action not ruled out by conservation groups over environment policies (BBC) In other words, breaking the law to interfere with people to ‘raise consciousness’.

These spectacular deep-sea creatures live in a potential mining hot spot (Vox)

China needs $17 trillion in investments to meet climate goals, World Bank says (Reuters) Yeah, that’s gonna happen….

Equilibrium/Sustainability — Florida coastline erosion visible from space (The Hill) The implication being, of course, that this is due to ‘climate change’.

‘Stop setting things on fire’: nine great ideas to save the planet (The Guardian)

Facts take a backseat in CSIRO fracking fact sheets partly funded by the gas industry (The Guardian)

Joining Battle Over The “Science” Of Global Warming

Study finds climate change is bringing more intense rains to U.S. (Washington Post)

Climate Crisis: False News Roundup

Dear Neighbour, Please “Roster Ration” Your Electricity Use so our EVs can Charge

LITHIUM mining for electric vehicles is incredibly destructive to the environment and about as far from “green” as you can imagine

 

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Bye-Bye Bisexual Superman

13th October 2022

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Look! Up in the sky: it’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a woke bisexual guy in tights! Except he’s not going to be there much longer. According toBrittany Bernstein at National Review Online, DC Comics announced at the New York Comic Con that it’s canceling Superman: Son of Kal-El because it turned out nobody was really interested in an excruciatingly woke comic book. Go figure. Don’t ask me how comic book fans can pass up riveting story lines about Clark and Lois’s light-in-the-tights teenage son fighting climate change and other progressive bugaboos, but the series was less popular than CNN+. “The fourth issue of the series sold just 37,500 copies, earning it an abysmal 55th place in October 2021 sales,” Bernstein reported. So what the hell was DC thinking when it dreamed up this dud? According to the series author, “The idea of replacing Clark Kent with another straight white savior felt like a missed opportunity.” So this was an expensive exercise in virtue signaling. Lot of that going around.

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

12th October 2022

World Bank to launch new trust fund for emissions reduction grants (Reuters)

World Bank defends climate record in meeting with NGOs (Reuters)

There is no Planet B: Why sustainability should be the last word when it comes to new technology (The Hill)

S.F.’s plan to protect the city from sea-level rise will ‘set the stage for our future shoreline’ (S.F Chronicle)

Scientists retrofit diesel engines to use hydrogen as fuel, increasing efficiency 26% (Interesting Engineering)

US appoints special envoy to champion nature in time for Montreal summit (The Guardian)

The melting of Greenland’s ice sheet may have a wide range of impacts in Colorado (NBC)

Major European airlines mislead customers with carbon offset credits, report says (The Verge)

WMO: Embrace Renewables to Stabilise the Power Grid

Pittsburgh Airport installs an algae air purifier

Russia Building Floating Nuclear Reactor Fleet To Power Remote Projects  We could do that … but won’t.

Climate Change Risk to Castles? No, Just More BBC Fake News!

Stanford engineers warn that electric car charging could crash a grid powered by renewable energy

Flower Power: AZ Dem Wants to ‘Convert’ Military Resources to Fight Climate Change

Blood for Solar Panels: Politico Honors Vladimir Putin as Climate Influencer of the Year

 

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The Next Time Wikipedia Asks for a Donation, Ignore It

12th October 2022

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These banner ads have become very lucrative for the NGO that collects the money — the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit based in San Francisco. Every year the NGO responsible for the fundraising adds tens of millions of dollars to its war chest. After a decade of professional fund-raising, it has now amassed $400 million of cash as of March. It created an endowment, managed by the Tides Foundation, which now holds well over $100 million of that. The Foundation wanted to hit that figure in ten years, but found it had sailed past it in just five. In 2021, the appeals raised a total of $162 million, a 50% year-on-year increase. Yet the running costs of Wikipedia are a tiny fraction of the amount raised each year.

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