climate change denial
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Facebook Thinks Buzzfeed-Style Quizzes Will Solve Its Climate Misinformation Problem
On Thursday, Facebook announced it was taking new steps to help combat climate change misinformation on its platform, including creating a grant program to invest in fact-checking initiatives worth a whole $US1 ($1.5) million dollars. (So generous to throw the spare change you found in between your couch cushions at this problem, Mark Zuckerberg!)
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Ida Leaves Project Veritas’s New York Office in Shambles
Hurricane Ida has left a trail of death and destruction across wide swathes of the country — wreaking havoc from New Orleans to New York, leaving dozens dead in four states, and doing untold billions in damage. Of course, climate change deniers aren’t somehow magically immune courtesy of their own magical thinking.
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The Banality of Apocalypse
We are living through a time unprecedented in human history. The world is at once more connected than ever and also falling apart in ways almost beyond comprehension.
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Wishing Harm to Anti-Vaxxers and Climate Deniers Won’t Solve Anything
I’ve been noticing a disturbing trend in how people are talking about covid-19. As vaccines have become widely available in the U.S., people are treating the unvaccinated with scorn and anger. Alabama’s Republican Gov. Kay Ivey even went so far as to say “It’s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks” for the new surge…