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weird religious news — Each week I throw a spotlight upon news items that qualify as weird religious news. Did people who are religious act with decency, integrity, and honour during the past seven days? Seriously yes, many did, but there were also those who were inspired by what they believe, and so they […]

Weekly Weird Religious News – The Cult of Trump

This entry was posted in People religion weird and tagged weekly weird religious news on April 22, 2018 by Dave

echo chamber — The basic idea should be familiar. Some people consume a very narrow band of information, for example Trump leaning individuals only tuning into Fox news or reading nothing but right-wing sites such as Breitbart. Another scenario is that in a social media context we filter out and remove people who […]

Is the Echo Chamber Idea a myth?

This entry was posted in People society and tagged echo chamber myth on April 21, 2018 by Dave

great barrier reef bleaching — I’ve previously written about the 2016 bleaching event at the great barrier reef back in 2016. The update is that a new paper has just been published in Nature that contains a scientific analysis of what happened. Entitled “Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages“, it explains … Our study bridges […]

Study: #GreatBarrierReef at ‘unprecedented’ risk of collapse after major bleaching event

This entry was posted in Climate Change environment news science study and tagged #bleaching #GreatBarrierReef great barrier reef on April 20, 2018 by Dave

alex jones — This is quite frankly wonderful news, it could not have happened to a nicer person than Alex Jones of Infowars fame. Let’s first give you a bit of context. If you have no idea who Alex Jones actually is, then the background context is that he is most probably the […]

Alex Jones Has Been Named In Two More Defamation Suits

This entry was posted in law media nutters People society and tagged Alex Jones law on April 19, 2018 by Dave

fake news — Before we dip into the context of Fake News, let’s first cover the basics. The vaccine concept is generally known but let’s repeat it anyway for completeness. A vaccine involves being exposed to a variation of a pathogen that will not actually harm you. That then stimulates your immune system into […]

Is it possible to vaccinate against Fake News?

This entry was posted in Fake News psychology society and tagged fake news inoculation theory john cook vaccines on April 18, 2018 by Dave

Mississippi — In addition to the news about the slowing down of the Ocean Circulation system we also have news that rising seas are causing problems in the Mississippi River Delta. There is a new study that reveals the scope of the problem. Entitled “Anatomy of Mississippi Delta growth and its implications for […]

Seas are rising too fast to save much of the Mississippi River Delta

This entry was posted in Climate Change news science study and tagged costal erosion delta land loss Mississippi sea level sediment on April 17, 2018 by Dave