Truly, I need this.
Truly, I need this.
https://twitter.com/StevenBeschloss/status/1127583834579451904?s=20
You can find this quote a million places on the web, 850,000 of them being beautiful images which cannot be text-searched. I choose to pin this one, repeated by a well-known presidential biographer. (At least, that’s how I think of him.)
Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) Tweeted: The truth of this from Elie Wiesel is especially clear now:
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.”
So… we need curated debunking sites that we pay for? Are there such things already? Where are they? How do I find them?
«The early notion that users could be both producers and consumers of information has turned platforms into information landfills, where people are forced to sift through increasingly dangerous garbage in the search for real information.»
«”More people intentionally — because they want to mislead or due to their own confirmation biases — are picking and choosing information that is misleading and spreading information that may be leading us away from the best collective understanding of what’s going on.”
….
Conspiracy theories are powerful because, unlike science, they are uncomplicated and explain a chaotic world in a way that gives the believer a feeling of control.»
Ok, this is cool, after googling “curated debunking”: https://www.dw.com/en/fact-checking-a-curated-guide-to-resources-and-ideas/a-54509776
And, yes, I already knew about snopes, but it always seemed aimed at some particular piece of crazy chain email your Republican aunt forwarded you.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1334741531912261632.html
Of interest. Civility at work pays.
https://twitter.com/RepsForBiden/status/1299363781408153602?s=20
ASSUMING HE WINS…
Republicans for Joe Biden (@RepsForBiden) Tweeted: What’s the first thing you want President Biden to do on the first say in office?
Good question, actually. Let’s see…
I might be modifying this list as time goes by.
… And, sure enough (based on other replies to that tweet):
I guess I’m going to have to dig this up in a few weeks.
https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1284276042916491265?s=20
“Rabbit = good friend” Smith 🐇 (@Noahpinion) Tweeted: Remember, because we let CBP operate with near impunity within 100 miles of “the border”, and water counts as “the border”, CBP can operate with near impunity in most of the nation’s big cities. https://t.co/kJGTRWOnNV
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/trump-cdc-coronavirus.html
When you can’t control the disease, control the data.
I need to make this a banner image somewhere.
https://www.wired.com/story/russia-secondary-infektion-disinformation/
I feel like I should save this article for use in a future discussion.
«”…it’s honestly a bit disconcerting to realize how slow we are to piece back together the broader picture of Russian information operations. There are still things that we don’t really know.”»