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Re:Central Park hits temp record last seen in 1888 by sjsdaiuasgdia on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @08:27AM (#44365432)
It's difficult to reliably sort the "it's a myth" believers from the opportunists, the selfish, and the lazy.

The US has a president that has routinely supported the "it's a myth" viewpoint [0], which increases the visibility and credibility of climate change contrarians regardless of their motivations.

[0] https://www.factcheck.org/2024/09/trump-clings-to-inaccurate...

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Re:Central Park hits temp record last seen in 1888 by burnt-resistor on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @11:02AM (#44367021)
Don't forget nonzero % of actual bots and sock puppet meatcloud boiler room operations trying to manipulate sentiment / manufacture consent by flooding the zone with trolling, contrariness, and low-effort "opposition".
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Re:Central Park hits temp record last seen in 1888 by add-sub-mul-div on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @08:52AM (#44365656)
The most fascinating thing about him is that from day to day and topic to topic he can switch between looking (convincingly) like he's either selling the grift or buying it.
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