There was a great article over at WUWT on a new scientific breakthrough where University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed nanobio-hybrid organisms capable of using airborne carbon dioxide and nitrogen to produce a variety of plastics and fuels, a promising first step toward low-cost carbon sequestration and eco-friendly manufacturing
When a popular social media user tweeted, “Name a more beloved celebrity than Keanu Reeves”, few bothered to take up the challenge. Reeves has set an enviable standard for at once keeping his private life and personal political opinions exactly that, while anecdotes of his kindness and decency are legion.
Online bullying is a well-honed tactic for far-left activists: microscopic cliques like Sleeping Giants Bullies create dozens of social media “sockpuppet” accounts in order to overwhelm businesses with what appears to be a tidal-wave of public opprobrium. Lazy journalists whose idea of “research” is scrolling through their Twitter feed are
Imam Mohamad Tahwidi is the Muslim cleric mainstream Australians love, but the Australian left and many other Muslims love to hate. Tahwidi dubs himself “the Imam of peace” and preaches a message of religious reform that one would think would be received with gratitude in these fractious times. Alas, no.
Lindsay Mitchell in her blog yesterday commented on the “outrageous lie” Dame Tariana Turia told in her interview with Ryan Bridge on Magic Talk regarding the removal of Maori children by Oranga Tamariki. Turia thinks Maori are being unfairly picked on. Dame Tariana calls this “overkill”, and disputes Te Puni
Good news from a paper by a scientific expert agrobiologist and researcher Dr Albrecht Glatzle. His recent published research that shows “there is no scientific evidence, whatsoever, that domestic livestock could represent a risk for the Earth’s climate” The key points from this research as set out at NoTricksZone
The Auckland council has declared a climate emergency, but I am sure that the ratepayers of Titirangi would much prefer that they paid attention to the core services such as rubbish and sewage, given that they are currently enduring a plague of rats! To be fair though, rubbish does not
It’s all very easy for those of us in the supposedly “free” West to shake our heads at paranoid authoritarian regimes like China, which rigorously censor anything and everything. We tut as Beijing’s inquisitors wield high technology to spy on their citizens and suppress every vestige of free
By Owen Jennings You may remember Jack Phillips of the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado. He was asked by gay couple Charlie Craig and David Mullins to bake them a cake to celebrate their wedding. He refused. The couple were “outraged”. Phillips said it was because of his religious beliefs – he
So this government is trying to get as many of us onto public transport as possible. It is supposedly good for the planet, although I have driven behind some of those diesel buses, and the clouds spewing out of the back end of many of them can be pretty disgusting.
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