Oh Guardian, thou unerring oracle of elite anguish and latte-laced righteousness, what have you conjured this time? A new revelation from the high temple of emotional climatology: climate change is no longer about physics, but “a crisis of justice”. Yes, really. The headline of Friederike Otto’s latest opus in the Guardian shrieks like an undergraduate activist with a bullhorn: “Climate change is not just a problem of physics but a crisis of justice.” Because when your models don’t model reality, and your predictions flop harder than a tofu burger at a Texas BBQ, simply pivot the narrative – from science to sociology.
When in Doubt, Moralise
The opening line is a tour de force in climate sanctimony:
“My research as a climate scientist is in attribution science. Together with my team, I analyse extreme weather events and answer the questions of whether, and to what extent, human-induced climate change has altered their frequency, intensity and duration.
In other words, Otto is in the business of telling us that every flood, drought or oddly warm Tuesday is your SUV’s fault. Attribution science, for the uninitiated, is the art of retroactively blaming the atmosphere’s every sneeze on Western industry, by way of probabilistic hand-waving wrapped in opaque jargon. What used to be called weather is now “anthropogenic signal detection”.
From Equations to Emotions
The article quickly departs from any pretence of physics, diving into the deep end of social justice with a straight face. Otto writes that early scientists didn’t address these questions not because the models were junk (which they were), but because of a sinister silence born from… wait for it… “colonialism”. I kid you not.
Why grapple with the pesky uncertainties of nonlinear dynamics when you can just call the jet stream racist?
Magical Thinking in the Church of Climate
As always, the Guardian isn’t content to merely spread alarmism – it needs to moralise. The piece does not present testable hypotheses or falsifiable predictions. No, it sermonises. It’s less a scientific article and more a secular encyclical. Climate policy, per Otto, must now revolve around “inequality”, “justice”, and probably crystal chakras and composting feelings too.
Why stop there? Let’s redefine thermodynamics as a tool of oppression. After all, who’s to say entropy isn’t just a white cis-male construct?
And Speaking of the Guardian…
Ah yes, the Guardian, the newspaper that treats every bout of drizzle as a sign of impending planetary doom and every economic policy as a chance to redistribute guilt. This is the same outlet that warns of “climate collapse” while offering 30% off annual subscriptions in the same breath.
It’s the news equivalent of a street preacher shouting about the apocalypse, then handing you a coupon for organic lentils.
Their entire climate section reads like a steampunk Bible study group – high on drama, low on data. They’re obsessed with “justice” not in the classical sense (you know, crime, evidence, courts), but in the modern performative sense, where “justice” means whatever the loudest graduate student in the room says it does.
Virtue First, Questions Never
So here we are, folks. In 2025, climate science – at least as defined by the Guardian and Dr Otto – is no longer about testable claims or rigorous scepticism. It’s a morality play. A political campaign. A never-ending guilt-trip wrapped in a rainbow flag and printed on recycled hemp paper.
And the next time a cyclone hits Bangladesh, don’t ask about air pressure or ENSO oscillations. Just nod solemnly and chant the new gospel: It’s a crisis of justice.
Because in the Church of Climate Wokeness, science has left the building – and feelings now run the thermostat.
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Worried that their gaslighting is no longer effective?
This is quite funny; a blog piece about Neptune’s lengthy 14 year transit of Pisces, from 2011/12 to 2025/6, called “The Big Lie”, ( because astrological Neptune and Pisces are associated with illusion, delusion, fantasy, believing in untruths, etc ), in which it’s clear that the writer believes in the establishment narratives about covid, vaccines, “manmade climate change”, etc, and seems to be suggesting that it’s anti-vaxxers, mmcl-“deniers” Trump, etc etc etc who are guilty of lying and/or deluded/believing in untruths.
https://starcrazypie.com/2021/06/01/neptune-transits-pisces/
Its quite funny, because it is actually rather interesting that Neptune the planet of believing in things that are not true, of nebulous/uncertain reality etc, among other things, has been in its sign of Rulership, Pisces, since 2011/12, and that is a sign associated with shifting truths, illusion, fantasy.
( And, as the blog points out, this transit is now being amplified by the “presence” of Jupiter, inflated, you might say ).
But, if there’s anything in this coincidence/correlation ( of Neptune in Pisces at this time ), the good news, for those of us who for whatever reasons have seen through the “big lie (s)”, ( and for the billions suffering from it ) is that it should be over by 2025/6.
NB. The last time Neptune was in transit through Pisces was from 1847-1862, a period notable for the Crimean War, the Taiping Rebellion, ( the bloodiest civil war ever apparently ), the fall of the Mughal Empire ( India, more or less ), the first steps towards the US civil war, ( conflict between slave owning farmers and “free state” traders ), and ( near the end of the period ) the publication of Darwin’s “Origin of Species”.
PS. Also during that period;
John Snow “invented” epidemiology …. when he traced an outbreak of cholera to a contaminated water pump ….; petroleum was first fractionated by distillation, and steel manufacturing was revolutionised by Bessemer.
Neptune will be in Aries, the sign of birth/new beginnings, from 2025/6.
PPS. Beginning of American Civil War 1861/2, just as Neptune entered Aries.
NB. Pisces is known as “the Old Man” of the zodiac, the end of things. And Neptune the planet of “realities”/belief systems.
Is this hopeful or not? Will things be better/stable/whatever after 25/26? Will the new beginnings be a world better or worse than we have at the moment?
Hopeful in that there may be less obfustication, hypocrisy, lying, illusion and delusion. Things may be more straight forward, out in the open, direct. But I don’t get the impression that things will be more stable at all. I get the impression that there is going to be much more upheaval, conflict; Pluto will be leaving Capricorn, ( sign of established order and tradition, where it has had typical Plutonian effects of destruction ), for Aquarius, ( society and technology ), in 2025. And Uranus will be entering Gemini at about the same time; the last time it did that the world divided into two, the West and Soviet blocs.
1848 was when Marx published the Communist Manifesto.
1848, the year of revolution.
Mid 1840s & on, the European potato famine that impacted far further afield than just Ireland & led to waves of immigration from Europe to the USA.
I am one of those crazy nutjobs who has never wholly discounted astrology. I have always found items of truth in the subject.
When I was a student I became extremely good at picking people’s birth signs simply through talking / spending time in their company. Upwards of 75% accuracy.
Thanks for posting.
OK now I feel compelled to ask you to have a stab at mine!
If you get it right I’ll officially be freaked out.
I will have a go Mogs, but let’s not forget I have not met you in person and not had the pleasure of your company, so my hands are tied somewhat. And, I am definitely out of practice.
My first thoughts are that you are not a Winter star sign. If I am wrong I will end it there.
Yes I know, so no pressure.
I wasn’t born in the winter as defined by Michael Fish or his colleagues.
I am leaning to Virgo or Sagittarius.
Lol, ok safe to say Derren Brown can rest easy tonight.
Here’s a clue; if zodiac signs were in any way accurate I’d either be a successful artist or accomplished swimmer by now. Alas I am neither.
A French psychologist who set out to debunk astrology in the 60s, Michel Gauquelin, ( I think ), discovered to his surprise that although traditional sunsigns had nothing at all to do with career outcomes the planet and sign just to the left of the midheaven on a person’s horoscope, ie the highest point in the sky at time of birth ,*did* correlate with career sector and success.
He was lucky doing his research in France where they register time of birth on birth certificates aswell as the date.
If there is *no* planet present in the sign to the left of the Midheaven it seemed to indicate no particular/notable success in anything.
But in support of huxleypiggles I’d say that it’s probably almost impossible to intuit a sunsign from online interaction on a forum.
Yeah I know. Just having a laugh. My Chinese horoscope sign is the dragon, if that helps. I’m not sure how you stand on the Chinese horoscopes…:-)
Interestingly, I got married in a Hindu ceremony in India ( not that I’m Hindu myself obv ) and they do something with regards to the birth times and dates of the bride and groom to determine if its a good match. I didn’t really follow as I thought it all mumbo jumbo but cute nonetheless, so I don’t know if that’s similar to our regular astrology in the Western world? Maybe all religions have something similar…
You’ll like this then…
“Dragons have an infamous reputation for being a hothead and possessing a sharp tongue.”
No.
Really?
“In ancient times, people thought that Dragons were best suited to be leaders of the world with their character traits of dominance and ambition.”
They weren’t wrong those ancients were they Mogs?
Birthday 1976?
Enough, enough I say!!!
I think I was pipped to the post of being Leader of the World tbh..
You still need to guess at the star sign……..
I have answered this, but Pisces.
Thank you Amtrup.
“think about Pisces is in terms of primordial creative energy.”
That’s one description.
Amtrup called me an old man!
I identify as neither old nor a man! What the actual chuff???
Wasn’t exactly the picture I had in mind…no, don’t hux.
Whah ???
OK thanks a bunch. :-/
2min funny with Tyler Fischer. He does make me chortle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezMKm-GwBN8
Very good!
Now watch JP, funny, but sad because it’s true…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F74iqEJnb14
UNKNOWN Cause of Death? Our Latest Propaganda!
OMG he’s funny and oh so accurate! LOL And bonus points for showing our Mark Steyn in fine form too. If we don’t laugh we’ll cry. But doesn’t this just illustrate perfectly what we were discussing yesterday on the excess deaths article? So a 500% increase in footballers dying in the last year compared to previous years? Yeah well I’ll go with Le Tissier’s more expert than mine observation on this, looking at all sports people, are we really meant to just explain this away as a new pandemic of ‘SADS’, and that’s it, case closed?
If they aren’t going to perform lab work and start doing postmortems on anyone who’s in the prime of their lives and at peak physical fitness ( as well as regular mortals who are also dying with no known comorbidities ) when they just drop dead out of the blue then they’ll never get to the bottom of this leading cause of death, “cause unknown”, will they? Captain bleeding Obvious or what?? Yes some will no doubt have a genetic heart defect that’s gone undetected but I doubt there’s been a massive increase in such people. Those statistics in the vid speak volumes and this issue isn’t just going to go away if the authorities keep ignoring it.
Yes..I’ve mentioned this before but I attended thousands of football matches over 30 years, never saw one! Having discussed it with others, they agree…
one of the things that has been said about the adolescent heart problems in the Thai study is why wasn’t it done eighteen months ago, by Pfizer, or the Governments of the Western World? It’s a reasonable question…
It’s inconceivable really that a mass experiment on millions of people with new technology has had basically no follow-up! Beggars belief….
The Telegraph story…ATL ‘taking a puff of a new inhaler could stop you getting Covid”…..
A new inhaler therapy that alters genetic data in the lungs to stop Coronavirus taking hold is on the horizon.
The treatment works by sending nanoparticles into the lungs containing tiny molecular scissors that snip away genetic messages instructing the body to produce an enzyme called ‘cathepsin L’…
Firstly, predominantly the comments were ‘no thanks’..which is good..
….but am I the only person who remembers that NICE forced doctors to stop prescribing Budesonide in an inhaler because it wasn’t deemed a suitable treatment for Covid?
https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/news/nice-removes-budesonide-from-recommended-covid-treatments
If you read the article, the reasons make no sense whatsoever….
Money, money, money…….
The ‘nanobot’ conspiracy theory becomes reality then! LOL Honestly, I cannot think of many things less appealing than what you’ve just described! Haha…
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/cold-comfort-for-sturgeons-covid-hypocrite/
Here’s a real story about taking one for the team. The analogy with 1930’s Stalinist Russia is bang on. Actually it is difficult not to draw a laugh a minute from this piece and in today’s dystopian world I’ll take that. Sadly, the implications overall are desperately tragic and sinister in the extreme.
Of course the Dear Leader was allowed to get away with an apology when she was caught flouting her own mask rules but that’s 1984 for you.
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/mavericks-unite-against-the-madness/
A cracking piece – worth reading in full as it goes atl.
WE ARE THE RESISTANCE.
Excellent, and true…good comments as well…
Ref the NHS chief who went private for his own care, have just been talking to broker about our private medical insurance renewal and he said he’s getting lots of new business from people who work in the NHS. Front-line, too.
They know what’s happening.
Today, I paid £120 for my 85 year old Dad to see a private GP later this week. His health is dreadful and last time he went to an NHS GP, three weeks ago, he was co-prescribed two drugs, colchicine and clarithromycin, that carry warnings they should not be co-prescribed. He was violently ill late at night and I spent two hours cleaning up the bathroom afterwards. He continued to have bouts of involuntary diarrhoea for another 24 hours.
When he had an emergency appointment the next day, the doctor – a different one because the prescribing doctor was now on holiday – kept him waiting an hour, treated him like an aged fool, shrugged off the coprescription (which across the web warns can kill older patients) and had him out of the surgery in under 10 minutes without any drugs.
My Dad isn’t getting better, his symptoms are worse and he won’t go near the NHS now, saying he’d rather die than be killed. Out of desperation, I’m paying for him to get a 30-minute appointment where he (and my Mum) can hopefully talk calmly to someone who has a financial interest in giving them a decent service.
That’s awful, on many different levels.
Shouldn’t the pharmacist have picked up on the two meds having contra-indications too?
I hope you get some resolution from a private GP. At least he will get a decentish amount of time to consult.
Shop local! Use cash & screw the supermarkets! Farmers’ markets where possible or buy direct from the farm.
Biometric payments only incoming to a Tesco, Asda or Morrisons near you in the North West….
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/aldi-asda-tesco-lidl-morrisons-23991170
Firkin hell!
I’ve just been informed that S in L has come down with the C1984.
He is fully perforated and feeling bloody poorly.
Thank you downtickers, your attendance at the scene is much appreciated.
“It’s a numbers game Saint.”
“Too right Greavsie.”
https://youtu.be/zJukKldyzC4
Look what I just found. I think Mr Tousi is guilty of slander.
Unbelievable.
https://off-guardian.org/2022/08/22/12-memes-to-get-you-through-the-day-part-20/
meme Monday at off-guardian….
although the Greta meme is too true to be funny!!