- Here comes the (non-carbon) heat: Zeke Hausfather posts that “I’d note that we are currently in modest La Nina conditions, and expect an El Nino that kicks in later in the year to mostly warm 2027.” Which we like for several reasons. First, it’s a prediction we can test without living to be 137. Second, it says if there are warmer conditions in the next few years the cause is veeery long-standing ocean current cycles not “carbon pollution”. But we have a prediction as well: if there is some warming in the coming two years, most alarmists will not say don’t worry, it’s just El Niño. But we do expect Hausfather to.
- After an attempt to go sane by focusing on factory farms and the alarming quantities of manure they generate and dispose of in an unclear manner, Inside Climate News suddenly hollers “As global warming accelerates, about 480 million people in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula face intensifying and in some places unsurvivable heat, as well as drought, famine and the risk of mass displacement, the World Meteorological Organization warned Thursday.” OK. At least it too is a prediction. If you know what “unsurvivable” means, and admit that if they survive anyway the claim was wrong.
- Oh heh heh that settled science. Even the New York Times now admits that despite decades of bellowing from governments, the press and activists that hair-shirt low-fat dairy was better than the real stuff, the underlying evidence was really weak and the science is, of all things, unclear. “We’ve been telling Americans to prioritize low-fat dairy products ‘based on almost no evidence’ showing they’re better for health, said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, a cardiologist and the director of the Food Is Medicine Institute at Tufts University. When you look at the more recent body of evidence on how dairy influences health, you’ll find that the study results are ‘all over the map,’ said Richard Bruno, a professor of human nutrition at the Ohio State University.” Cool. Now do climate science. (And for bonus points address the question “Who ever thought the government telling you what to eat was a good idea in any possible way?”)
- A recent email “John, you need a vacation” had us wondering just how haggard we must look to cause complete strangers to address us in this wise. (OK, it was from a travel website so maybe they say it to everyone.) But then we got a solicitation “Close your eyes and imagine: The scent of street food in Bangkok, the crisp air atop the Rocky Mountains, the feel of ancient cobblestones beneath your feet. That feeling is wanderlust, and the Star’s free weekly travel newsletter is dedicated to fueling it.” And it had us wondering whether they know that what fuels wanderlust is the availability of the selfsame dreaded fossil fuels the Star editorially hates. Or have they too joined the herd of independent minds now quietly shuffling away from the climate alarmism to which they so loudly stampeded two decades back?
- The Ottawa Citizen reports that “Dog chewing on battery-powered hand warmer blamed for Orléans house fire” in which, fortunately, neither people nor pets were harmed. But yes, of course it was a lithium-ion battery, the ones climate zealots want to deploy in vast arrays and make us all dependent on and hope nothing starts a fire in which both economies and people are devastated. “Ottawa Fire Services issued a safety reminder that lithium-ion batteries could pose a serious fire risk after being damaged, punctured, crushed or improperly handled.” Or hit in a car crash or overheated in a garage or, well you get the idea.
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21 Jan 2026 | News Roundup
Imagine the scent of street food in Bangkok?No thanks,I'll take a pass on that.But I could be persuaded by the Rockies or the cobblestones.And I thought the Star told us regular stiffs we shouldn't be jetsetting off to foreign lands?That's reserved for the Carney/WEF/Davos elite crowd.