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New comment by great2bnaustin in "Canadians are running out of time to oppose Bill C-22"

great2bnaustin — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:04:46 +0000

NYC released files showing internal warnings about asbestos, benzene, reoccupancy, and future lawsuits while Giuliani and others publicly called the air safe, and they show that later administrations withheld those records. They do not show that Giuliani or his administration lied. A lie requires knowing a statement was false, and the documents do not establish what Giuliani knew when he spoke or whether he rejected contrary advice rather than relying on the EPA.

New comment by great2bnaustin in "Speed up responses with fast mode"

great2bnaustin — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 05:31:16 +0000

The title is doing a lot of heavy lifting. No credible scientist describes AMOC collapse as the “end of humanity.” It would be catastrophic, full stop: European winters dropping 5-15°C, massive disruptions to global food production, coastal flooding, monsoon shifts affecting billions. But humans survived the last AMOC shutdown during the Younger Dryas roughly 12,900 years ago with stone tools and no supply chains. We’d suffer enormously. We wouldn’t go extinct. Framing it that way makes it easier for skeptics to dismiss the real risk.

New comment by great2bnaustin in "Low Demand for Travis Scott Creates Liquidity Crisis in Ticket Reselling Economy"

great2bnaustin — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 06:54:35 +0000

https://archive.ph/zzm0y