RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/April 2021

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April 2021

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Shame, Safety and Moving Beyond Cancel Culture: A debate between Contrapoints and journalist Ezra Klein and libertarian Will Wilkinson

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How pseudoscience swept India amidst the COVID-19 pandemic (The Atlantic, soft paywall). Short version: Hindu nationalists with backing from the Narendra Modi government, eager to prove the superiority of "Hindu" culture and learning, have heavily pushed Ayurvedic medicine as a miracle cure for just about everything, including COVID-19, as well as issuing hydroxychloroquine and homeopathic remedies to frontline workers.

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Here’s how unequal policing really is in Minneapolis, by the numbers. here's a no-need-to-register version.

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Despite widespread fears of political violence stemming from Trump's claim the election was stolen, most of the plots since January 6 have fizzled, and there seems to be a cooling of attitudes among Trump supporters

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A Survivor's Guide to the Chicxulub Impact tl;dr Distant troglodytes ftw!

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The History of the World According to Ancient Aliens: AlternateHistoryHub reviews/eviscerates one of the worst shows in TV history.