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(Hot) Air Let Out of California’s Global Warming Lawsuit

The California court climate class ordered by a judge has ended---with everybody agreeing the climate has changed. This is good news. It means anybody who calls an oil company representative…

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Uncertainty: The Soul of Models, Probability & Statistics. Chapter Abstracts

This post originally appeared right before the Uncertainty did. Now that we're 1.5 years out, it's time for a re-post. Buy it now, but it today, and buy it again…

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Courting Climate Comedy

The descent of climate science into the surreal is about to take another comedic slide. A judge has ordered the State of California and a handful of oil companies to…

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Infinity — Part 1 of N

We've discussed infinity before, but since the subject in inexhaustible, we're discussing it again. Infinity comes in sizes, as many readers know. What's less appreciated is how these sizes relate…

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Some Doctors Want More People Taking Antidepressants

There are calls for "at least a million more Britons" to be put on antidepressants. This is odd because Britain's National Health Service already "prescribed a record number of antidepressants"…

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Science Is Not The Most Important Subject

Stream: Science Is Not The Most Important Subject What's with all the kowtowing to science among religious folks? As soon as a scientist, or science cheerleader, starts talking about the…

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Did A Man Really Breastfeed A Baby?

Stream: Did A Man Really Breastfeed A Baby? Something's not right. A paper in the journal Transgender Health reports that a man injected with a myriad of chemicals was able…

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Science Says It’s Better To Be Single

The headline reads "It's better to be single, study finds." The study is the peer-reviewed paper "Does singlehood isolate or integrate? Examining the link between marital status and ties to…

Uncle Mike on I Don’t Want Immigrants Is All The Reason I NeedJanuary 22, 2025
Some illegals (not all) are fentanyl mule cartel mafia footsoldier murder rapist satanic blood sucking criminal meth head gangsters. That…
JH on I Don’t Want Immigrants Is All The Reason I NeedJanuary 21, 2025
People, “I don’t want immigrants” != “I don’t want illegal immigrants.” Briggs, though I think your responses are a bit…
BDavi52 on I Don’t Want Immigrants Is All The Reason I NeedJanuary 21, 2025
The 'Xenophobic Argument' is the most interesting, because it is both the easiest to make and the most inherently flawed.…
Cary Cotterman on I Don’t Want Immigrants Is All The Reason I NeedJanuary 21, 2025
The argument I usually get is "compassion". The thing is, I just don't care. Too bad, so sad. I have…
Johnno on I Don’t Want Immigrants Is All The Reason I NeedJanuary 21, 2025
BRIGGS YOU XENOFOOL! You don't want immigrants, do you???!!! Well, I don't want NEIGHBORS!!! Not in my apartment condominium, not…