Freedom from Fossil Fuels - a climate science framework for non-scientists
A note from the Skeptical Science team:
Stephen Mettler recently contacted us about a slide deck he made which aims to help non-experts quickly build a foundation of climate science and clean technology knowledge. The deck can be downloaded here as a PDF (3 MB), PPTX presentation (10 MB), or viewed in a Youtube playlist with Stephen s narration.
This blog post is an account of his journey to creating the slide deck. Stephen graduated from Yale in 2018 with a degree in Global Affairs, and currently works at an aerospace-focused consulting firm. He is on Twitter at @StephenMettler.
Teaming up with Facebook to fight misinformation
Posted on 26 February 2021 by John Cook
Some of you may remember our blog post A conundrum: our continued presence on Facebook in which we detailed our misgivings about and decision to stick with Facebook for the time being. So these latest developments - reposted from the Cranky Uncle homepage - might come as a bit of a surprise!
Over the past few months, I’ve been working with Facebook, in collaboration with Sander van der Linden (Cambridge University) and Tony Leiserowitz (Yale University), to debunk climate misinformation. This new project, titled “Facts About Climate Change“, launched on Facebook’s Climate Science Information Center last week.
Posted on Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 by Christopher Stipp
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?
This week, we walk the grocery aisles in search of something visually delicious, tell a story as if our life depended on it, heat up the earth a bit, get snowed in, and have
Will Smith talk about issues plaguing America.
At the Movies: Mickey Rourke, Lou Diamond Phillips star in ‘Adverse’
FAIRFIELD Mickey Rourke and Lou Diamond Phillips team up for one of the new movies hitting screens Friday.
“Adverse” is a thriller about one man’s quest for revenge. Struggling to make ends meet, a rideshare driver learns his sister is deep in debt to a sleazy drug dealer. When she goes missing, he takes a job for a crime boss he believes has his sister. It’s rated R.
“Assassin in Red” is adapted from the novel of the same name. The plot centers on the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane. Through a strange twist of fate, the fantasy world of the novel begins to alter life in the real world. It’s not rated.