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Posted in: Taliban administration officials to attend U.N. climate conference in Azerbaijan See in context

I imagine the Taliban is going to talk to the oil and gas companies that go to the COP to show how "interested" they are in climate change.

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Posted in: 2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say See in context

Can you read a chart? If so, you will easily see land and sea temperatures are increasing over time for around 100 years. So, the direction of the predicted climate change is obviously correct. The question is the magnitude of the future change. Unfortunately, even the changes we see today are...not good. You don't need to be a climate modeler to see that. If the trend continues, it will get worse, especially in already hot and dry places. What's so difficult about this?

Do you mean the climate modellers when you use the word "authorities"? How have the ice-free arctic predictions by 2015 work out? How can they be wrong one every prediction going back decades, and still be credible?

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Posted in: 2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say See in context

So you don't think it's important to stop anthropogenic climate change, or you just don't like the messengers?

I think it's most important that we do what we're told and embrace the wisdom of ESG and net-zero, brought to us by people who do the exact opposite. The end could come any day now, don't you know?

It's also important to use extreme terms like "1.5 degrees hotter" and stead of "1.5 degrees warmer" so we fear the consequences of disobedience more.

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Posted in: Kremlin says 'let's see' if Trump victory will help end Ukraine war See in context

Uh oh. Now Trump needs needs to figure out how to wiggle out of this promise.

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Posted in: Trump has sweeping plans for a second administration. Here's what he's proposed See in context

Elect a conman (again); don't be surprised that he doesn't do what he promised.

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Posted in: Republicans win control of U.S. Senate; House still up in the air See in context

Agree, but one good thing is Trump does not really believe in anything he campaigned on; he just calculated it would help him win. Now that he's won, what he'll actually do is anyone's guess. Sadly, it depends a lot on who strokes his ego the most...

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Posted in: Trump pushes ahead of Harris with second swing state win See in context

It's a pretty embarrassing day to be an American. _

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Posted in: Trump has 230 electoral votes to Harris' 210 so far in U.S. presidential race See in context

I think Harris is going to eventually win Pennsylvania. Mostly of the uncounted votes are in the urban areas.

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Posted in: Trump has 230 electoral votes to Harris' 210 so far in U.S. presidential race See in context

No surprises yet. Harris is ahead in Pennsylvania.

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Posted in: People should be thorough in taking basic precautions to stop the spread of the disease, such as mask wearing and washing hands. See in context

Are you opposed to washing hands? This disease is going through many schools, including my kids'. People are out for weeks with it, so it seems like something you don't want to get.

Oh, please

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Posted in: Both the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong are no longer safe. Chinese people desperate for free speech are flocking to Tokyo. See in context

Which country out of those three would you feel safest criticizing the government in?

China is bad? Russia arrested 400 people for social media posts in 2023. Which is a terrible abuse of power.

Until you know that freedom loving UK arrested more than 7,000 in 2023.

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Posted in: Ukraine's Zelenskyy urges allies to act before North Korean troops reach the front See in context

I think if Ukraine captures one of them it can be used as leverage to get something they want (permission for deep strikes on Russia, etc). Not sure I'd fire first on them though.

This could all be a sick prank by Russia and NK, with the sole intention of having Ukraine blow them up in Russia to trigger some response from NK. If everyone just ignores them instead, NK may send them home.

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Posted in: Ultra-processed foods: We have the technology to turn them from foe into friend See in context

I agree that not all ultraprocessed foods are equal, so I don't understand why scientific studies often lump them all together, except for the sake of convenience. The results are misleading lots of people.

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Posted in: About 8,000 N Korean troops now at Ukraine's border are expected in combat soon, U.S. says See in context

It's now ok to send foreign troops to "defend" Russia? Great. Now western allies should send 80,000 troops to defend Ukraine, as it's obviously also in compliance with international law.

The best part is that since it’s Kursk, which is internationally

recognized Russian territory.

NK troops are there in full compliance of international law.

It’s the NATO backed forces that are there illegally

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Posted in: World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns See in context

Doubting an abundance of clear evidence because of your political views is what's childish. At least spell the organization's name correctly; it's not ICCP. _

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Posted in: Freeman, Buehler lead Dodgers past slumping Yankees 4-2 for 3-0 advantage in World Series See in context

Baseball is a streaky sport since they're only batting around 3-5 times per game. There's a lot of randomness involved, so you can't tell much from only 3 games.

Shohei a complete non-factor this series, but Aaron Judge was even worse. Both the respective MVP's of their league, shrunk when the light shined brightest on them.

Looks like Aaron Judge's name won't go into the storied Yankees lore this year. Great MVP regular season but flamed out when needed the most. No shame in getting to the Series.

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Posted in: World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns See in context

These thousands of climatologists that doubt anthropogenic climate change simply don't exist. The IPCC reports are actually very conservative because they need every government involved in the process to approve them. It means their message gets toned down to make China and Middle Eastern Countries (and sometimes, the US) happy.

Don't worry about the economics of it until you first understand the problem.

The thousands of climatologists who disagree with the ICCP agenda are not "nameless people on the internet". Bjorn Lomborg, who is agnostic about the ICCP claims but explains the insane economics of the "green" agenda is not a "nameless person on the internet". What is nameless are these obscure "experts", "consensus", and "worldwide respected institutions" that you constantly appeal to.

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Posted in: N Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to likely fight against Ukraine, Pentagon says See in context

No shortage of cannon fodder in Russia or NK, unfortunately. The poor guys probably would rather be anywhere else.

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Posted in: World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns See in context

Lol, you can see the author's affiliations are "Retired" and "Independent researcher", meaning they are not employed as scientists anywhere. And this is a predatory journal that will publish anything for money: https://predatoryjournals.org/news/f/is-scientific-research-publishing-scirp-a-predatory-publisher.

It's "inconvenient" in that people get fooled into reading it, but it's certainly not "science".

Inconvenient science :

https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=131993

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Posted in: World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns See in context

Well, at least you are honest and don't pretend that global warming doesn't exist. The climate change deniers are typically selfish and delusional.

I am waiting to have warmer climate.

It would mean reduced energy bill (no A/C needed for me ever). And less GHG emissions at the same time.

Affected areas because of climate change are known. People have time to move, something like decades.

Urban development and many human more local events have way more impact on your life than climate change.

Just a major way to make you pay taxes to pay the always ballooning budgets of rich countries

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Posted in: World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns See in context

Well, a look at a trend of global temperatures (land and sea surface) and atmospheric CO2 levels looks pretty darn simple. Average annual temperature and CO2 go up up up since the industrial revolution. I think I can guess the direction of the future temperature even without a model.

As all climate forecasts are based on models, they have been consistently wrong. As is to be expected, since there is no way to accurately model a hugely complex system with a number of unpredictable factors. What is constant is the politicians drive for more power.

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Posted in: Overseas people see Japanese women as sexual beings and think they don’t speak up for themselves, but I’ve always thought that is not true. See in context

It's true. And you can also add "Japanese men" to the title.

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Posted in: International Criminal Court reports Mongolia to its oversight body for failing to arrest Putin See in context

You can't really blame Mongolia for not arresting war criminal Putin. They would have faced some bad consequences.

But yeah, they probably shouldn't sign agreements they're not willing to honor.

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Posted in: Asian American boba brand finds opportunity after Simu Liu sparks cultural appropriation debate See in context

Only Italians can make pizza? Only Japanese for sushi?

I like some Japanese pizzas better than traditional Italian ones. These are just businesses, so why don't we judge the owners by the quality of the food?

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Posted in: Stopping colds, flu and infectious diseases is her job – as a scientist and a new mom See in context

Well, I interpreted it as you believing that's all it takes to prevent these illnesses. Do you recommend the high-risk populations (old people, etc) get vaccinated, or just stick to sunshine and vitamin D supplements?

How is that related to what I wrote. Are you referring to the healthcare professionals who for some reason refuse to tell old people to supplement their vitD or go in the sun?

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Posted in: Stopping colds, flu and infectious diseases is her job – as a scientist and a new mom See in context

Yes, we will wipe out Covid and the flu if everyone goes to the beach and eats vitamins. Don't mind the old people dying, they don't count.

Problem is that sunshine is free and vitD supplements are very very cheap.

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Posted in: Putin faces calls for peace at flagship BRICS summit See in context

Yes, because China and India are included, and they make up a large share of the global population.

The next five years, the global economy will rely on the BRICS countries more than on the G7 states. These are the conclusions reached by Bloomberg. Nothing of personal:)))

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Posted in: Putin faces calls for peace at flagship BRICS summit See in context

Even with Russia hosting this event, none of its "partners" gave words of support for Russia's invasion. It shows Putin has no friends, only people who hold their nose and talk to him so they can get cheap gas.

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Posted in: Taipei says Chinese aircraft carrier group sailed through Taiwan Strait See in context

This is a pure clickbait story. Not even Taiwan is protesting the passage of this ship. They just want us to click and bicker in the comments.

So, somebody wants us to be alarmed that a Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through Chinese waters, after taking part in a Chinese exercise which practiced for exercising Chinese sovereignty over what is internationally recognized Chinese territory

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