Archived 3 years ago from Scientific AmericanVaccine Scientist Warns Antiscience Conspiracies Have Become a Deadly, Organized Movement
Peter Hotez speaks during a House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in March 2020. Credit: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAdvertisement
Archived 3 years ago from Pajiba Entertainment NewsEmergency Broadcast System Had Everything: 5G, Nukes, and Zombies
Back in 2018, in those halcyon days when COVID was but a glimmer in fate’s eye, the first national wireless test of the Emergency Alert System was performed. This being the middle of the Trump administration, there was some suspicion and hostility at the idea of a national alert that could only be …
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Why are UK’s Conservatives embracing European conspiracy theories?
At its last party conference before an election it’s expected to lose, Britain’s ruling party is bringing fringe ideas into the mainstream. ADVERTISEMENTWith an election due to be held within the next year, the British government is struggling desperately to win over public support – and with …
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Marburg virus and other false rumours about today’s emergency alert test
This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.By Mike WendlingBBC NewsA test of the US emergency alert system on Wednesday didn’t cause millions of phones to buzz for half an hour straight. It was not a secret signal that triggered World War Three. And …
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Why didn’t that emergency alert turn everyone into zombies? REALLY disappointing.
Just got my cellphone alert from the National Wireless Emergency Alert System, and I have to say, that was the WORST END-TIMES EVER.I was pumped up for widespread zombie-fication. I was told the noisy but routine Federal Emergency Management Agency test was going to click a switch in every American …
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Archived 3 years ago from Snopes Fact ChecksWEF’s Klaus Schwab Called Musk a ‘Dangerous Extremist Fuse on the Internet’?
Claim: World Economic Forum Chairman Klaus Schwab called Elon Musk a “dangerous extremist fuse on the internet.” Context Schwab was not referring to Musk while he was speaking to young people about the launch of the “Davos Lab: Youth Recovery Plan” after the pandemic. His words were also …
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Archived 3 years ago from The Bureau of Investigative JournalismWhat is the 15-minute cities conspiracy theory?
At the Conservative Party Conference 2023, the transport secretary Mark Harper began his list of announcements with a focus on a concept called “15-minute cities”. “First of all I am calling time on the misuse of so-called 15 minute cities,” he said. “There’s nothing wrong with making sure people …
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Conspiracy theorists think emergency alert that’s happening today will turn everyone into zombies
Are you ready to join the army of the undead? Prepared to feast of human flesh? Well great news, you’re about to get turned into a zombie!I know, I know, it’s a lot to take in on a Wednesday, but if people are saying it on the internet, it must be true, right?We probably don’t need to wait until …
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Archived 3 years ago from The GuardianEscape from the rabbit hole: the conspiracy theorist who abandoned his dangerous beliefs
Brent Lee struggles to explain why he used to believe that a cabal of evil satanic paedophiles was working to establish a new world order. He pauses, looks sheepish, and says: “I cringe at all this now.”For 15 years, Lee collected signs that so-called Illuminati overlords were controlling global …
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Zombie apocalypse no-show: QAnon strikes out again
It is with a heavy heart that I bear ill tidings. Having been conned by Big Pharma into microchipping stamping ourselves with the sign of the devil injecting ourselves with a dormant mutant virus, the government will now turn us into zombies tomorrow for reasons. Amazing the beautiful things that …
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