Flat Earthers Around the Globe: Review of Off the Edge by Kelly Weill

February 28, 2023 chemtrails, election fraud, nasa, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Skeptic Magazine
Flat Earthers Around the Globe: Review of Off the Edge by Kelly Weill

In 2022 it’s hard to decide which is the craziest conspiracy theory people believe. Among chemtrails, QAnon, rigged election, and vaccine conspiracies, flat Earth (F.E.) beliefs surely belong at or near the top. Why? The other conspiracy beliefs have at their core a tiny, tiny bit of physical …

Conspiracy

February 27, 2023 2020 election, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from The New York Times
Opinion | Conspiracy Theorizing Goes Off the Rails

On Feb. 3 a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Some of the contents immediately caught fire. Three days later authorities released and burned off additional material from five tankers. These fires caused elevated levels of harmful chemicals in the local air, …

Conspiracy

February 26, 2023 antivax, great reset, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from CNN
How ’15-minute cities’ turned into an international conspiracy theory

CNN — Duncan Enright never imagined he’d get death threats over a plan to reduce grinding city traffic. But it is exactly what happened to the local politician in the UK, who found himself deluged with abusive messages on social media and by email over his involvement in a proposed traffic …

Conspiracy

February 23, 2023 flat earth, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from The Bulwark
Heeding the Warning from the Future

In case you weren’t aware, America is in the midst of a dramatic, internet-driven resurgence of the fanatical belief that our beautiful, oblate spheroid is in reality a flat plane whose edges are rounded up by an ice barrier hundreds of feet high, topped by a dome. Those who hold this view believe …

Conspiracy

February 23, 2023 2020 election, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from The Dallas Morning News
‘Satanic panic’ exoneration shows real-life cost of conspiracy theories

Melvin Quinney’s recent exoneration wasn’t widely publicized, but we should all take notice. Convicted in 1991 of sexually abusing his 9-year-old son as the leader of a satanic cult, the San Antonio man was declared innocent last week by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Quinney is the latest …

Duelling Narratives of Vitality and Victimhood on Right-Wing TikTok …

COVID-19

February 22, 2023 antivax, big tech, cdc, fauci, genocide, maga, myocarditis, nazi, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from GNET
Duelling Narratives of Vitality and Victimhood on Right-Wing TikTok …

By Meghan Conroy and Abbie Richards 22nd February 2023 In Coronavirus, Insights This article is the first in a series of GNET Insights about fascist health-related trends. Introduction COVID-19 vaccines emerged as a flashpoint for contention on a global scale and remain controversial to this day. …

Conspiracy

February 21, 2023 deep state, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from The Energy Mix
Fringe Conspiracy Theories Target 15-Minute City Push in …

Edmonton and Toronto’s bid to become “15-minute cities” is facing pushback from fringe groups—putting them alongside Oxford, England, in a battle against climate denial, COVID-19 misinformation, and hard-right extremism. McMansion developer Christopher Saccoccia, aka Chris Sky, an anti-mask, …

Archived 4 years ago from VICEMAGA’s ‘Election Wizard’ Conspiracy Theorist Is Actually an …

Elections

February 21, 2023 2020 election, antivax, covid19, maga, mike lindell, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from VICE
MAGA’s ‘Election Wizard’ Conspiracy Theorist Is Actually an …

For over a decade, Travis Vernier had a distinguished career as a police officer in Oklahoma City. He was lauded for his bravery in rescuing a man from a burning car, and in 2021 he received his department’s highest award, the Medal of Honor. But what no one knew until now is that for the last …

Conspiracy

February 20, 2023 bill gates, great reset, nazi, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Wired.co.uk
Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for the 15-Minute City

Carla Francome campaigns for better cycling routes in Haringey, North London, where she moved a few years ago in search of a community—“an area where I could make friends that would go to the park with me on a Saturday,” she says. “And where there are cafés nearby, and everything is in walking …

University Classes on Pseudoscience, Conspiracies

Conspiracy

February 18, 2023 flat earth, nasa, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from VOA Learning English
University Classes on Pseudoscience, Conspiracies

In November 2018, about 600 people gathered for a two-day convention in Denver, Colorado. They wore clothes saying the Earth is flat. They listened to speakers who rejected findings from the American space agency NASA and much of the scientific community. They believed that the Earth is a flat, …

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