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Jun 21, 2023Liked by epimetheus

I think it was last year, we had some hysteria in the British press about how some houses were spontaneously combusting because of the extreme heat. That's odd, I thought, because I spent part of my childhood in the (extremely hot) desert of Southern Iran. Temperatures on one memorable occasion went up to 145 degrees Fahrenheit (63 Celsius) and yet I don't recall any buildings suddenly going up in flames as a result. So I checked my childhood town on Google. Sure enough, it was 39 Celsius that day (still pretty hot) but no mention of the town spontaneously combusting then, or at any other time in the past 100 years. What nonsense they spout; but they can't fool everybody.

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That's quite an astounding level of gaslighting.

I also recall some warm days, but perhaps the news was better in black and white?

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Which color do they intend to use when temperatures get higher than normal?

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All of them--the rainbow scheme, I suppose '_'

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Jun 21, 2023Liked by epimetheus

In Puerto Rico, the media have been screaming that we've reached temperatures of 46 C (116 F). A news outlet in the U.S. screamed we were at 51 C (125 F). All a lie, of course. This isn't Qatar. The summer is a bit hotter than some, but nowhere near that bad. So frustrating to hear those lies and know people are falling for them.

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Ha, nothing beats 'reporting' that's false. Even if corrections would be issued, the headline was there, and most people don't care to follow-up.

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It started out like this: the news would warn of oncoming hysterically high temperatures a few months back. When their prognostications proved wrong, instead of retracting, they simply warned of even higher temperatures. Those prognostications never came true, and they never retracted. Now they have upped their game to saying that it IS right now a ridiculously high temperature when it absolutely isn't. Still no retractions.

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Jun 21, 2023·edited Jun 21, 2023Liked by epimetheus

They probably could benefit from some sort of government run messaging program to remind people to drink water.

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Hihi, that's true. Ever checked out German politicians and legacy media as of late? That's exactly what they are doing…

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Yeah I saw this from eugyppius and was stunned

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