Meditation on the Flaw, 12th Day of Hagwinter, 525 M.E. (Electra): It's Halloween and still 12°F colder than usual for the day. Last year, the high temperature was 80° on Halloween and the average is 70. Today, the high was only 57. Forget global warming, it's a new ice age we need to worry about now.

JUST KIDDING! Climate change and anthropogenic global warming is real, even if it's a few degrees cooler here today than it was on this date a year ago.

But not everyone is convinced. The Stable Genius confirmed that he will not send any high-level representatives to COP30, the upcoming UN climate talks in Brazil next month. The Stable Genius has called the climate crisis a “hoax” and a “con job,” and has said that the US will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, which calls for countries to limit carbon emissions to slow the dangerous rise in global temperatures.

Friendly reminder that last month the Stable Genius told other countries to shift away from renewable energy at a speech before the UN. “If you don’t get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail,” he said. “You need strong borders and traditional energy sources if you are going to be great again.” 

World leaders did not fall into immediate compliance.