Some people still ignore the climate crises while there have been 200,000 preventable deaths due to heat only in Europe in the last four years. In TWISH we hear about the pope tried to strike back against Martin Luther with a papal bull (isn’t it all bull?) this week in 1520. Then, we turn to the news:
- NETHERLANDS: Freek Rikkerink of Suzan & Freek-fame is turning to paleo diet to combat terminal cancer
- NORTHERN IRELAND: Follow up on riots
- UK: UK to ban social media for under 16-year-olds
- EU: Humanists across Europe pushing for human-centred AI regulation in Europe
To finish off, the EU Commission gets this week’s Really Wrong Award for being too weak on conversion therapy.
Enjoy!
Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote; Outro; Outtakes
0:00:27 INTRO
0:00:50 GREETINGS
- 200 thousand preventable deaths in Europe due to heat over 4 years
0:07:10 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY
- 15 June 1520: Exsurge Domine was published
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exsurge_Domine
0:16:49 NEWS
- NETHERLANDS: Freek Rikkerink of Suzan & Freek-fame is turning to paleo diet to combat terminal cancer
- NORTHERN IRELAND: Follow up on riots
- UK: UK to ban social media for under 16-year-olds
- EU: Humanists across Europe pushing for human-centred AI regulation in Europe
0:38:22 REALLY WRONG
- Really Wrong: European Commission has not managed to propose a ban against conversion therapy
- Citizens Initiative EU: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/ban-conversion-practices-european-union_en
- Citizens Initiative EU: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000001_en
- European Parliament: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2022/733521/EPRS_BRI(2022)733521_EN.pdf
0:43:41 QUOTE AND FAREWELL
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It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it true.”
/ Bertrand Russell (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), English philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual. /
0:44:50 OUTRO
0:46:13 OUT-TAKES