As 2025 wraps up we take a big-picture view, also known as trying to sort out and archive a ton of material we didn’t get to in the year, including on the vexed question of whether the “green energy transition” is a massive success in the making or a costly bust.

Dr. Annette Bosworth argues that the common medical advice to eat more fiber for gut health is misleading and potentially harmful for people with chronic inflammation, insulin resistance, or gut disorders.

Dr. John Robson comments on apparently real climate tipping point, away from hysterical alarmism, including the collapse of the “Dairy Methane Action Alliance”

Two-trailer carrying 15 tonnes of lithium ion batteries caught alight on Hume Highway in NSW on Saturday morning, closing traffic in both directions.

Instead of reading about record heat, we read on December 9 that a Polar vortex is sending a ‘wrecking ball’ of cold air to the US.

Russia has, for the first time, deployed its entire fleet of eight nuclear-powered icebreakers simultaneously to maintain winter shipping lanes in the Gulf of Ob and the Yenisei Gulf, underscoring the strategic importance of Arctic energy exports.

Is it possible to see Apollo landing sites from earth? Most of you will probably already know the answer, but I thought it would be fun to try anyway. Sometimes it’s fun to attempt the impossible.

The “Beachy Head Woman” was long thought to be the earliest known Black Briton from Roman-era Britain, based on skeletal remains found in East Sussex.

For years, sensible voices outside the climate establishment warned that a future free of fossil fuels was physically impossible. As energy sources and as feedstocks, oil, natural gas and coal are the foundation of modern civilization.

The “Healthcare System” is a trillion-dollar industry that primarily serves itself along with the associated political and corporate beneficiaries. As we witnessed during the COVID-19 Fraud, the juggernaut is now so pervasive that it can be used to shut down the world.

In what looks set to be a significant blow to the green agenda, the European Union will scrap its planned ban on the combustion engine, Manfred Weber, a leading lawmaker in Brussels, has claimed. [emphasis, links added]

Some of Britain’s biggest banks are under fire for relying on a flawed net zero study that could have influenced which companies they lend to.

Black box warnings, also called “boxed” warnings, are the FDA’s most serious warning label, used to indicate that a drug is associated with a serious hazard, often including death or life-threatening reactions.

Readers will know that I have had my concerns about the pervasive influence of AI on all aspects of our lives. My main concern relates to these 2 attributes of AI in combination:

Come Solstice, people are asked to Shine a Light by organising Candle/Lantern Lit Vigils to reclaim our Skies from the tens of thousands of LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellites being launched to enable “Broadband for all.”

In June of 2025, news outlets buzzed with the announcement that Open AI would partner with Mattel to create a new generation of toys.