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More Than Half of Brits Think Pandemic Is Still Ongoing
In a recent poll, only 36% of British Conservatives said the pandemic is over. By contrast, 75% of U.S. Republicans say the same. What explains this gap? Republicans get their news from less "alarmist" outlets.
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Free Speech in Peril as Trans Row Engulfs Oxford University
More than 40 academics have intervened in support of a planned appearance at Oxford by Prof. Kathleen Stock, after students have tried to cancel her talk because she disputes that 'transwomen are women'.
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Surge in Loneliness One of the Most Tragic Legacies of Lockdown
Businessman and entrepreneur Luke Johnson says one of the biggest costs of the lockdowns was a surge in loneliness as communities fragmented, workplaces emptied and clubs and associations collapsed.
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Scientists Pushing Net Zero Complain of Hurty Feelings on Twitter
The Guardian reports a "huge" rise in hurty feelings of climate scientists on Twitter since Elon Musk took over. The "vicious abuse" includes: "Any luck finding the climate crisis yet?"
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News Round-Up
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the virus and the vaccines, the ‘climate emergency’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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Why Are Academic Publishers Asking Authors About Their Race?
Major academic publishers are asking the race of those who submit papers. This undermines confidence in the fairness of the editorial process, says Amber Muhinyi.
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After Covid: 12 Challenges for a Shattered World
Brownstone Institute President Jeffrey A. Tucker sets out 12 challenges the world faces after Covid to rebuild a society based on freedom, integrity and the minimal use of force.
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The Immigration Ponzi Scheme Cannot Solve the Demographic Crisis
Pope Francis has told millennials to stop being "selfish and egotistical" and to start families instead of having pets. Philip Pilkington agrees, adding that immigration is a Ponzi scheme that cannot solve the crisis.
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The Boys in Blue (and Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Indigo and Violet) – How the Cops Got Woke
Police officers now regularly adorn their uniforms with Pride colours and sit by as green protesters shut down cities. A think tank claims sectarian lobbying by a group of networks is behind the cops going woke.
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The Implausible Temperature Assumptions That Corrupt Climate Science and Journalism
According to Chris Morrison, the models used in climate research are not just unreliable, but their reliance on dodgy data makes them one of the most significant failures of scientific integrity in the 21st Century.
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