No. Daily deaths data for the US is the same as that of UK and Sweden (you know... I posted two countries with quite different policies to show that the death curve is seasonally similar no matter what you do): https://www.worldometers.info/...
Look it up: the death spike of April was not surpassed again till December in the U.S.A. Of course if you use a totally unreliable metrics like daily case, the picture is different, but who is so dumb and useless to use a metrics which changed definition from month to month depending on the testing policies, the testing capabilities and the definition of "case"?

It is. Clown.

A city that hosted the 2019 Military World Games with thousands of people from all over the world just a month or two before the detection of the outbreak.

A virus with high seasonality, which goes unnoticed in most of its hosts, because it is often asymptomatic.

Sure, not the fact that anyone wants to hear or accept, but it's true.

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The fact the there are so many politics stories among the top 10 most commented stories does not mean, by any stretch, that stories about politics were commonplace back then. Probably the contrary is true: the few stories about politics were the big chance to talk about politics.

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Those are more general/international news than politics. Sure you can spin the politics behind those events, but those are just news and the titles reflect that.

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Having stories like "Kerry Concedes Election To Bush" or "Barack Obama Wins US Presidency" when some relevant event happens is not like having stories like "Trump is a moron lalalala I can't hear you" every other day.

Probably someone looked at those most popular stories and naively (I hope naively) thought that politics was the norm for /. It wasn't and it shows. Instead of having occasional stories about politics commented from a technical angle, now we have occasional technical stories commented from a political angle. That makes /. like any other message board out there, just less fancy.

What is the origin of said fresh water?

Science vs. scientism mistake. When the next Ice Age kick in and his land at high elevation is covered under a thick sheet of ice, he will know how smart he is.

Going circles, I see.

Since it is extremely probable that the gulf stream collapsed multiple times in the past (e.g. during glacial periods), what do you believers think it caused that collapse in the past? Fairy dust?

And Spain just registered their lowest temperature ever. And remember the '70s and '80s (that is, the starting dated of reliable, not adjusted global temperatures) were an exceptionally cold period in the XX century.

Not in this case, since the hours of darkness must be consecutive. Just a few minutes of light in the middle of the night and the clock of a long-night plant is disrupted. A few minutes of darkness during daytime do nothing. That is why a very cloudy day or a sun eclipse have no real consequences on plants.

Or perhaps I just happen to have enough neurons to remember what I read: North America Has Lost 3 Billion Birds in 50 Years (september 2019). Yes, I feel special now, thank you.

The germination of seeds is based mainly on temperature and it has, obviously, nothing to do with daylight hours. As for the blooming of plants, your assertion:

is false. It is the length of darkness that matters: some plants require long nights to bloom (those blooming in early spring or autumn), others require short nights (summer flowers, many vegetables). An early spring just means that spring flowers bloom early. Nothing more, nothing less.

What is too early? It is either warm enough or it is not. If it is warm enough for insects, it is warm for plants too, and both come back to life. Otherwise both stay hibernated. The system is quite robust and proven, it was well-oiled during the last few hundreds million years.
Weather can be destructive to both insects and plants (and then animals) if it is unstable, that is, if it gets back cold after becoming warmer in spring or vice versa in autumn, but that's another problem.

Which is exactly the problem with the title of this article: "probably linked to climate crisis".

Everything nowadays is either climate change or racism. Until it isn't. If there is a reduction in insect populations (a thing I might believe), then I would look into the overuse of pesticides, herbicides and the likes, before looking into climate change.

If that is racism, then racism is an integral part of civilized societies. The presumption of being innocent until proven guilty, that is the accusers must prove their accusations beyond any reasonable doubt, is a cornerstone of democracy. The accusations of racism (and sexism, genderism etc.) nowadays are looking like just an excuse for mob rule, hence a menace for our civilization. Think about it before using the word, because your behaviour could turn words like racism and sexism into positive values (which is not what you want, I think).