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- Gil Duran faked a quote for the New Republic. Now Balajis is punching back twice as hard.

- Morgan Housel on Debt.

- Tucker Carlson Episode 100 on Censorship

- Chris Packham's BBC series Earth warning of mass extinction because of CO2 is propaganda, not science.

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- Yesterday was a significant anniversary in Boston. 19 years ago.

- VDH on How to Create Conspiracy Theories.

- Covid-19 video. Highly entertaining.

- Matt Ridley on the BBC and corporate media trying to weaponize temperatures to support climate change. It's always been a hoax.

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- Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen reports for military service in Finland. Good for him! 

- The four Buddhist mantras for turning fear into love.

- Elon Musk's BBC interview show journalists don't speak truth to power - they coddle it.

- Interesting interview with botanist Stefano Mancuso

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- Jack Nicholson with the best Oscars acceptance speech of all-time.

- Anheuser Busch loses $6 billion in market cap. Go woke - go broke was never more plainly spelled out. 

- Elon Musk destroys BBC interviewer.

- Head of US Government News Agency rejects Twitter's "Government-funded" label even though agency is 100% government funded. Maybe they self-identify as the New York Times?

The Wonderful Weirdness of Water

Love science shorts like this (especially if they're narrated by Neil Gaiman).

Jordan Peterson

I first became aware of Jordan Peterson through Joe Rogan's podcast. I found him to be fascinating. A well spoken man with lots of intelligent things to say and advice and wisdom worth listening to. (In fact I may listen to that episode of the Joe Rogan Experience again this weekend.)

Recently of course Peterson had his now famous interview with the BBC. In that interview Peterson's poise and consistent message was contrasted by media that was blatantly trying to twist Peterson's words into both something he had not said and in most cases the exact opposite of what he had been saying. Poor Cathy Newman's career may never recover from being the butt end of endless Internet memes (like this one).

The Atlantic ran an article Why Can't People Hear What Jordan Peterson is Saying. The article serves as sort of an autopsy of the BBC interview but not quite a condemnation of media putting words into the mouths of interview subjects.

The Guardian had an interesting profile of Peterson and his new book 12 Rules for Life. The profile is worth reading. As for me I'm going to listen to that Rogan interview once again and I've already put 12 Rules for Life on my Amazon Wish List.

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Because how can you not comment on a fad as stupid as this?

- This person has a sense of humor. I hope they were sent into school for a kid's birthday.

- Very funny if you're familiar with the recent Jordan Peterson BBC interview.

- Is this a fun fact or a scary fact?

- Heh heh

- Well you have to wash those Tide Pods down with something.

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- And some people wonder why people can't take global warming seriously

- Good news for Luther fans

- Agreed - this is what coaching is all about

- Which is why they changed his name from Frederick the Awake

- Heh heh - awesome!

- Possible Northern Exposure revival. Always wondered why that show is not available on streaming services.

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- Netflix keeping Doctor Who, Luther and other BBC series. Good news. However Fawlty Towers, Blackadder and others will no longer be available after February 1st. Plan your viewing accordingly.

- How can you not like Dirk Nowitzki?

- Took me a second

- Pets with diplomas. Funny and depressing (because some of these animals have better degrees than I do)

- Actual climate change pronouncements over the years

- Heh heh

- Interesting look at Ed O'Neill and Jiu-Jitsu