The latest nonsense from the BBC‘s utterly absurd Justin Rowlatt

The Greek geographer and historian Strabo told the famous story of Cleopatra committing suicide by holding an “asp”—i.e., Egyptian cobra—to her breast

When Gov. Leland Stanford was inaugurated on Jan. 10, 1862, he didn’t walk to the state Capitol, nor did he take a carriage. Instead, he got into a small boat and rowed from the governor’s mansion to the Capitol steps. The Great Flood of 1862 is something that anyone interested in California history should know

The push for solar energy is carving a path of destruction through the Thar Desert in India’s Rajasthan, where native species maintain a delicate balance of life now being sacrificed to an absurd and futile climate agenda

New Yorkers and experts warn lithium-ion batteries can catch fire, contaminate water, and defy green-energy claims. The Trump administration on Monday released the first federal safety guidance for battery energy storage systems (BESS), citing safety concerns as several of the green energy facilities have caught fire in recent years. [emphasis, links added]

Hardly surprising!! From the Telegraph:

A 2022 survey by market research firm Ipsos for the World Economic Forum found that 60% of adults globally believe AI-driven products and services will drastically reshape their daily lives.

Common over-the-counter and prescription medications that millions take daily are silently rewiring our brains, with acetaminophen (Tylenol) measurably blunting empathy¹, antihistamines increasing dementia risk by 54 percent², and proton pump inhibitors doubling depression rates³ – yet most users and even many doctors remain unaware of these profound neurological effects

An essay published on his blog by Julian Togelius (NYU Associate Professor of Computing Science) about the hype around “AI” resonated with me

The Telegraph has finally woken up to the damage to the economy being wrought by the pernicious ‘carbon’ tax

Dr. Paul Marik, chief scientific officer and co-founder of the Independent Medical Alliance, isn’t one to shy away from hard truths

In 1687, Isaac Newton published his monumental book, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, often shortened to Principia, in which he presented the foundation for classical mechanics and universal gravitation

We worry so much about decreased attention skills and how to bolster them. While extracurricular activities and educational apps often take center stage, a growing body of scientific evidence points to a simpler, easy to implement profound solution: exposure to nature

The climate industry has turned guilt into its own renewable energy source. Endless, cheap and utterly useless. In the process, it keeps blasting penalties into Row Z while the open goal of abundance sits right there, waving its arms and begging to be scored.