{"id":238499,"date":"2023-01-08T12:51:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T11:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=238499"},"modified":"2023-01-08T12:51:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T11:51:47","slug":"good-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=238499","title":{"rendered":"Good Cheer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" data-attachment-id=\"238500\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=238500\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/0festiveanxiety3bg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1&amp;wsr\" data-orig-size=\"1200,675\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"0festiveanxiety3bg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/0festiveanxiety3bg.webp?fit=840%2C473&amp;ssl=1&amp;wsr\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/0festiveanxiety3bg.webp?resize=840%2C473&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-238500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/0festiveanxiety3bg.webp?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/0festiveanxiety3bg.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/0festiveanxiety3bg.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/0festiveanxiety3bg.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/cliscep.com\/2023\/01\/07\/good-cheer\/\">Climate Scepticism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cliscep.com\/author\/rdrake98\/\">RICHARD DRAKE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday was the 12th day of Christmas so it seems time to ask some hard questions, like have you taken down your decorations, what\u2019s the point in such festivities anyway and are there any reasons to be cheerful in 2023?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s someone who was feeling optimistic back in the sweltering heat (I\u2019m imagining) of US Independence Day in 2020:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShellenbergerMD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShellenbergerMD<\/a>\u2019s new book, Apocalypse Never, has opened the flood gates for a reversal of the climate madness we\u2019ve been subjected to these past decades. <br>Things are looking up.<\/p>&mdash; Hotcat \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 \ud83d\udc9b\ud83c\udf97\ufe0f (@VeronicaTalbot9) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VeronicaTalbot9\/status\/1279319284708028416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if you click on the date (or time) you\u2019ll see something strange. Conversation interruptus one might call it. This may give a clue to the alert Cliscep reader that this post can be seen as a sequel to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cliscep.com\/2022\/02\/07\/bit-rot\/\">Bit Rot<\/a>. It is. But when I penned those initial thoughts in February last year I had no idea that Elon Musk was going to take over Twitter. And for me that makes the question about plausible cheerfulness this year a highly interesting one. Listen for example to these four opinions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WallStreetSilv\/status\/1607875895682899977?s=20&#038;t=NSuRT3RAX7wXvqDy_Bnv4w\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/WallStreetSilv\/status\/1607875895682899977?s=20&#038;t=NSuRT3RAX7wXvqDy_Bnv4w<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yeah, legacy media just tell you what you already learned on Twitter several days earlier. Much of the time, they are literally writing stories based on tweets!<\/p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1607885666138091521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How about the Covid vaccine debate in the legacy media today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: <br><br>\u2018Critics claim covid jabs are causing heart problems &#8211; do they have proof?\u2019<br><br>YES- MORE THAN ENOUGH!<br><br>Feature article in todays Telegraph \ud83d\udd25<br><br>We\u2019ve finally broken British mainstream news \ud83d\udc4a\ud83d\udc4a\ud83d\udc4a<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qn6fvb0IFS\">https:\/\/t.co\/qn6fvb0IFS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YfaFTKkzSu\">pic.twitter.com\/YfaFTKkzSu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dr Aseem Malhotra (@DrAseemMalhotra) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrAseemMalhotra\/status\/1611640128690352134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Double page spread \ud83d\udc4a\ud83d\udc4a\ud83d\udc4a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T1Q5K015HZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/T1Q5K015HZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ixqx50i0qP\">pic.twitter.com\/ixqx50i0qP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dr Aseem Malhotra (@DrAseemMalhotra) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrAseemMalhotra\/status\/1611737543212515330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would this breakthrough in the Daily Telegraph have happened without Dr Malhotra\u2019s sterling work on Twitter recently under the liberal, free speech-loving regime of the Tesla owner? I wouldn\u2019t be doing this post if I didn\u2019t think there was a connection. (And if I didn\u2019t think this issue, and others like it, were extremely important.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I\u2019m interested in anyone\u2019s view. Musk-haters. Pessimists. Covid vaccine trusters. I\u2019m sure you get the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s it for now. I will add to this post in the coming days. When I make an addition to the main body I\u2019ll add a comment to that effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enigmatic New\u00a0Year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":238500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-102L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":291577,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=291577","url_meta":{"origin":238499,"position":0},"title":"\u201cMany Will Die\u201d: Climate Scientists Respond to COP28 Fiasco","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"12\/16\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Of course as COP28 demonstrated,\u00a0you can just wait until the most intransigent delegates are out of the room\u00a0before calling a vote.","rel":"","context":"In \"climate scientists\"","block_context":{"text":"climate scientists","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-scientists"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/OIG-2023-07-13T175226.859.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&wsr&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/OIG-2023-07-13T175226.859.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&wsr&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/OIG-2023-07-13T175226.859.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&wsr&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/OIG-2023-07-13T175226.859.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&wsr&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":250620,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=250620","url_meta":{"origin":238499,"position":1},"title":"Bill Gates unveils \u201cClimate Clippy\u201d virtual assistant","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"04\/01\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Climate campaigners across the globe are cheering the return of Clippy, Microsoft\u2019s beloved pop-up animated paper clip. 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