HAARP is trending! Does it have anything to do with what’s happening in Texas? SPOILER: Most conspiracy theorists don’t understand what HAARP is (or what it stands for). It’s ionospheric research. Weather happens in the troposphere and stratosphere. We dissected this in collaboration with VICE News in January: | Matthew Cappucci

“Everything is a conspiracy theory if you don’t know how anything works,” says @garrisonh in his latest video on the conspiracy theories swirling in the aftermath of the deadly Texas floods. The Independence Day floods in Texas Hill Country have killed at least 121 people, with scores still missing. Yet even as the increasingly desperate search continues, some are pointing fingers—not at policy or failed leadership—but at a familiar punch list of conspiracy theories about weather manipulation. F