Well, what do you know.. Tallbloke and his group of cyclists are back in the fold at WUWT

Earlier today I remarked that Anthony Watts had an article promoting some of Tallbloke's silly notions. Tallbloke (Roger Tattersall) fell out of favour with Anthony Watts somewhere along the way. In part, I think, because of his ideas about patterns.

Well, in a sign that WUWT has moved to the wackier end of denialism (and maybe a sign that Anthony Watts reads HW), Anthony has today re-elevated Tallbloke's blog.

As of yesterday - still listed (under the buxom women) as Transcendent Rant and way out there theory.

Today it's been shifted back to "Skeptical views", (under "celebrity" gossip)

A strong sign that WUWT has accepted it's target audience is the utter nutter end of denialism. That WUWT is nothing more than "transcendent rant and way out there theory". And probably that Anthony Watts has kissed and made up with "Tallbloke and his group of cyclists".

Poor old Anthony Watts needs whatever allies he can muster these days.

More weird conspiracy theories at WUWT

I don't intend to delve into the ins and outs and whys and wherefores of the termination of Murry Salby's contract with Macquarie.  Worth noting that Anthony Watts has posted a note from Macquarie University and it appears that he erred in more ways than not carrying out his allotted duties.  He wasn't sacked because of his crazy notions about CO2.

Enough on that.

What this is about is the conspiracy theorising.  This from tallbloke:

July 10, 2013 at 8:27 am  Basically, the university has acted in bad faith from the start. Maybe it’s purpose in offering Salby his position was to thwart his research and make sure his findings were delayed, suppressed and blocked from publication for as long as possible.

Is this a continuation of the Lewandowsky, UWA, Australian Government conspiracy or a different one?

 :)


Update for the record (13 July 13 - if one is superstitious about 13; even July could be considered the 13th month of the financial year) - another statement from Macquarie.