Your Fault: The Glorious Smell Of Rain Is Changing Due To Global Boiling

By William Teach October 1, 2026 – 3:00 pm

This is a new one

How climate change is altering petrichor, the glorious smell after it rains

The distinct, earthy smell that fills the air after rain following a long dry spell can trigger some serious nostalgia. This scent, petrichor, goes right to our brain’s memory and emotional centers for reasons that may be to do with our very evolution. But as climate change alters Earth’s weather and environment, petrichor is going to transform, too.

(A couple of paragraphs on where the smell comes from and why it is so easy to smell)

Exactly how petrichor changes will depend on where you are as the effects of rising global temperatures on weather and climate patterns will vary from place to place and year to year. Overall, parts of the world that get more rainfall will experience less petrichor, whereas areas that have droughts will experience more, says Jeppe Lund Nielsen, a professor of microbial physiology at Aalborg University in Denmark.

You mean normal weather? Oh, but, this doom is coming in the future.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 1, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a road built for Evil fossil fueled vehicles causing Bad Weather, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is LMAO, with a post on “You Can’t Spell “Racist” Without “Cis””

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America.gov Launches Chatbot, UK Guardian Launches TDS

By William Teach October 1, 2026 – 10:30 am

It’s wild how the default thought of liberals in the Credentialed Media is to go to Orange Man Bad

Trump’s AI chatbot turns on its master

Donald Trump, in a development that could almost be from a Greek tragedy, appears to have invented something that is willing to do what no one in his orbit will: tell him the truth.

The president launched America.gov on Tuesday, an AI platform which the White House says will make it easier for Americans to interact with the federal government and eventually complete services like renewing passports and enrolling in Medicare.

At the heart of the website is a chatbot. You plug in questions. It gives you answers.

No conspiracy, no mystery, just a gift from a Russian oligarch

Unfortunately for Trump, America.gov – which, according to the executive order he signed, is a place where Americans can “receive accurate answers” to all sorts of questions – is providing the kind of answers that he will not want to hear. It stands ready to debunk his false claims on all sorts of things, including election fraud, inflation and the impact of wind turbines on whales.

I would really recommend testing it out, as I did on Tuesday. I started off by asking Trump’s flagship product: Who won the 2020 election? Trump, famously and wrongly, argues that he did.

These people are so tedious. And insane. Make asylums great again. Bring in trained psychologists and psychiatrists.

Late Night Is Skeptical of A.I. Leaders Self-Regulating

President Trump met with tech leaders on Tuesday, with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos among the attendees who signed a voluntary agreement to adopt A.I. safety policies. “They’re really going to be policing each other,” Mr. Trump said on Tuesday afternoon outside the White House.

Jordan Klepper likened the White House luncheon to “the last supper if everyone there believed they were the son of God” on Wednesday’s “Daily Show.”

“You want them to police themselves? Zuckerberg can’t even police my aunt from commenting on all of my pictures: ‘This is not a text message, Aunt Diane, you’re on my Instagram page. Everyone can see this,’.” — JORDAN KLEPPER

“I’m not saying that this self-policing document they signed is [expletive] that they barely bothered to read, but I will say they did misspell ‘United States.’” — JORDAN KLEPPER

Of course the NY Times goes to the Late Show for their Authority on AI stuff.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom bans AI ‘robo bosses’ in landmark state law, reversing his earlier veto

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a landmark AI law banning Golden State employers from relying solely on artificial intelligence to fire or discipline workers.

SB 947, dubbed the No Robo Bosses Act, prevents businesses around the state from exclusively using “automated decision-making systems” in matters of employee discipline and termination. It also restricts their capacity to use AI as a principal tool in such decisions.

Under the bill, employers that rely “primarily” on AI output to make termination or disciplinary decisions must now have a human reviewer corroborate those decisions using additional information, such as managerial evaluations, peer reviews, and personnel files. Additionally, affected employees must be provided with written notice that AI was “primarily used” in their termination or disciplinary decision, a description of the employee data used by the system, and a human point of contact who can further explain the decision.

Has that ever happened? Apparently there is software which manages employees in this way, but, has this actually happened?

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Corporate Climate (scam) Pledges Are Evolving Or Something

By William Teach October 1, 2026 – 7:15 am

By evolving, US News and World Report mostly means “dumping them”

Corporate Climate Change Pledges Are Shifting and Evolving

Reporting this week that Starbucks has quietly but aggressively rolled back many of its sustainability targets has turned a spotlight on corporate climate pledges and how they have evolved in recent years.

The Financial Times reported Tuesday that Starbucks has revised or abandoned pledges to cut waste and water use in half, even as it reconsiders a goal to reduce carbon emissions by a similar amount.

The newspaper also reported that Starbucks executives focused on sustainability have been particularly hard hit by job cuts at the company over the last two years.

The news was particularly striking because the Seattle-based coffee giant has cultivated an eco-friendly image for years, making green commitments a central element of its corporate identity.

That Starbucks is doing this shows that even the most extreme companies are realizing that it’s a scam, it costs too much money, and the purpose of the business it to make money. Oh, and that people really care about this stuff less and less in the real world, and consumers do not want to pay for the cult activism of companies

The environmental consultancy firm Trellis recently reported that while Walmart cut its overall carbon emissions in 2025, it has also revised overall green commitments, in some cases postponing the target dates for specific goals.

In July, a New York Times analysis cited Pepsi, Coca-Cola and Kraft Heinz along with steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal among corporate giants that “moved the goal posts” when initial climate pledges proved difficult or impossible to honor.

Companies are moving away from placating the climate nuts, because, let’s be honest, while a lot of people care in theory about ‘climate change’, they don’t care that much and companies having pledges means jack squat to them.

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Excellent: Judge Rules Islamist Mosque President Can Be Deported

By William Teach October 1, 2026 – 7:00 am

The US has all these people in the nation who are not citizens, just hanging around as “permanent residents”, who seem to hate the US and support terrorism. Would liberals support deporting someone who is a full on supporter of Putin?

US immigration judge allows cold war-era law to deport Wisconsin mosque’s president

An immigration judge has ruled that the president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque can be deported under a controversial, cold-war era law the Trump administration has sought to wield against foreign nationals who have been outspoken about Palestinian rights.

Salah Sarsour, a US permanent resident for nearly three decades, was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in March. He was released after a federal judge found he had probably been detained in retaliation of his advocacy for Palestinian rights, which the federal judge said would render his detention unlawful.

Despite that ruling, the administration pressed forward and fast-tracked Sarsour’s immigration case – a separate legal track – and on Tuesday night an immigration judge ruled he is “removable”.

Judge Jayme Salinardi, who was brought in from out of state to oversee the case, announced he would be retiring shortly after issuing the decision.

Obviously, his lawyers and the other Islamic terrorism supporters will appeal

The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but claimed before that Sarsour was “suspected of funding terror organizations and lying on immigration forms”. He has denied both claims.

In a statement issued shortly after his arrest, the DHS cited Sarsour’s decades-old military court convictions in Israel for, it said, “throwing a Molotov cocktail at the homes of Israeli armed forces and illegally attempting to possess weapons and ammunition”.

Double obviously, the UK Guardian takes his side against Israel, claiming the conviction was coerced and such. He never should have been allowed in the US, and, really, post 9/11, people like Sarsour should have been booted.

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Awesome: Florida Designates Antifa, CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood As Terrorist Orgs

By William Teach September 30, 2026 – 3:07 pm

They get it: when will others?

Florida OKs terror designations for CAIR, antifa, Muslim Brotherhood

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), antifa and the Muslim Brotherhood will be labeled domestic terrorist organizations under a new state law, after Florida leaders OK’d the designations at their Sept. 29 meeting.

These designations were in a 427-page packet submitted by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for approval by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Cabinet members: Attorney General James Uthmeier, Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson and state Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia.

The packet also named numerous other groups labeled by the federal government as foreign terrorist organizations. (snip)

The law not only allows the state to issue these designations, but also mandates universities to expel students who “promote” these groups. It also restricts schools affiliated with domestic terror groups from participating in the state’s school voucher program, which grants taxpayer-funded scholarships for parents to enroll their child in a school of their choice.

Now, the organizations have seven days after receiving the notice to object to the designation. The group can also petition FDLE to remove the designation, or it can appeal the designation in the 2nd Judicial Circuit.

Is Amtifa a terrorist group? They use violence for political means, which does make them terrorists, rather than simply a criminal gang. CAIR is backed by the Muslim Brotherhood, which is certainly a terrorist group, one which is against everything America stands for. Hell, there’s a reason they are banned in Egypt.

Of course, the Usual Useful Idiots are proclaiming this is Fascism!!!!!, never seeming to understand that the Islamists are using them to push the Islamist agenda.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 30, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is an Evil fossil fueled vehicle causing sudden Bad Weather, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Irons In The Fire, with a post on “I repeat, British cops stopped being peace officers a long time ago, now”

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Clear Nail Polish Is Apparently Now Raaaaacist

By William Teach September 30, 2026 – 10:30 am

And you have an uber-white woman as primary writer for the article, with the secondary writer looking like she’s from SE Asia, maybe India

BBC removes article claiming bare nails trend perpetuates ‘White supremacist’ beauty standards

The BBC removed an article that suggested the trend of leaving fingernails unpainted could perpetuate “White supremacist” beauty standards after it drew backlash Saturday.

The original article, “How the bare nails trend became a class issue,” explored the beauty trend of women preferring clear and polished “naked” nails over the more stylish nail designs over the past few years.

The BBC reported that while some consider this trend part of the ever-shifting standards in fashion, critics suggested the image said “something about class” and could potentially stigmatize Black, Latino and Asian communities that popularized heavily designed nails.

“That trend really promotes blankness and this kind of sameness and erasure of culture and identity that is so important to [B]lack and [B]rown communities,” beauty journalist Kristina Rodulfo told the BBC.

“They are often called elegant or tasteful, and these are often usually euphemisms that perpetuate [W]hite supremacist standards of beauty.”

It’s been a while, well, a few years, since this kind of insane garbage was gracing the pages of large media outlets. They mostly go with TDS. But, it does go to show that the Wacko left never gives up on certain ideas.

They don’t need any sort of drugs to be batguano insane moonbats. Anyhow, the BBC originally took it down saying it needed “editorial review”, and now it’s just a 401. The link in the 2nd paragraph goes to an Internet Archive version. From that piece

“I think getting [your] nails done is tacky now, because who’s got an hour to waste?” one 25-year-old tells the BBC, adding, “also, I lift weights in the gym, so I don’t want to snap a nail and waste money.”

But there are those who think the trend – or the way it’s being discussed by some – belies something more sinister.

Sinister? Oh, LOLOLOLOLOL

“The same way that logo bags are considered gauche or quiet luxury is more aspirational, bare nails are considered the trend now.

“The examples are almost always white women or celebrities… [and] they’ll often conflate class and taste with that bareness.”

Get bent. Also, the long nails, especially when they have a point, are nasty.

But, hey, let’s also not forget this recent bit of raaaaacism

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Apparently The Movie Digger Is About ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach September 30, 2026 – 7:15 am

I really had no desire to see the movie, because I really had zero idea what it was about from the promos, and nothing in them enticed me to go see it. The AP has some interesting things to say

Movie Review: In ‘Digger,’ a ‘Dr. Strangelove’ for the climate change era

Just as the fate of the world hangs in the balance in “Digger,” Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s over-the-top, climate-disaster satire teeters on the brink.

It’s an audacious plate-spinning act, juggling exaggerated farce, sober anxieties and an oil-mad Tom Cruise. Iñárritu, an art-house showman, has always delighted in a grandiosity of vision: the long-take backstage circus of “Birdman,” the rugged vistas of “The Revenant,” the metaphysical musings of “Bardo.” You come to an Iñárritu movie for swagger, not subtlety.

And “Digger,” — a “Dr. Strangelove” for the climate change era — isn’t trying to mince words. Its desire to make a statement and shake up its audience may be unlikely to find broad critical favor. But there are times to go big. Can you dig it?

But “Digger” is sharper on the other side of tragicomedy. An impassioned provocation aimed at both politicians and audience members, “Digger” is by any measure an uncommon major studio release — as urgent as “An Inconvenient Truth” but a whole lot more operatic. For better or worse, this is an of-the-moment big swing that’s unlikely to come along again anytime soon. (snip)

Meanwhile, Digger begins fielding calls from a massive oil drilling platform in Greenland. A glacier crack and methane leak from the seabed are worrying scientists, but Digger charismatically cajoles them with baseball metaphors. He asks instead for some “hustle” in increasing the daily barrels pumped.

The article seems to be giving the impression that Digger is a climate cult siding movie in the same way that Dr. Strangelove was an anti-nukes/nuclear war movie, highlighting the dangers of global boiling. But, it’s apparently not funny or sarcastic in the way Peter Sellers was. Maybe that’s why the ads didn’t really show what the movie was about. Even climate cultists mostly do not want to see climate scam movies.

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Supreme Court Once Again Allows Deporting Illegals To 3rd Party Countries

By William Teach September 30, 2026 – 7:00 am

This is deja vu all over again, after the Court ruled in 2025 that it was OK to send them to 3rd party countries

Supreme Court lets Trump resume deporting migrants to countries not their own

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump’s administration resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them the chance to show the harms they may face, bolstering a tool his administration has used for rapid expulsions as part of his immigration crackdown.

The court granted ?the Justice Department’s emergency request to put on hold Boston-based US District Judge Brian Murphy’s ruling that the Department of Homeland Security’s policy to remove migrants to so-called third ?countries is unlawful. The court also agreed to hear arguments in the dispute in December, with a formal ruling on the policy to follow.

The court has a 6-3 conservative majority. Its three liberal justices dissented from the decision to let ?the deportations immediately resume pending the final outcome of the litigation.

Murphy’s ruling came in a class-action lawsuit filed by immigrant rights groups on behalf of migrants seeking to prevent the US government from sending them to third countries without notice and a chance to assert the harms they could face.

I’m surprised the Majority didn’t write “don’t try to block this again, moron liberal judges”, because you know some dipshit will put a ruling out, right?

The case has been hotly contested since it began, and included findings by Murphy that the administration “repeatedly ?violated, or attempted to violate” his orders. Murphy in 2025 found that the administration had violated another order he issued requiring additional steps before attempting to send ?a group of migrants to South Sudan.

Maybe Murphy should have listened to the Supreme Court to start with.

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