 John Hawkins: Strange New World, Same Old Blues Greta Thunberg comes away from COP-26 unimpressed and declares the proceedings a failure. Time for new Yippies to rise up and shake their tambourines 4  |
 John Hawkins: The Chilly Vanilla Milley Report: We Fight Back (But Not Really) The Chilly Vanilla Milley Report: We Fight Back (But Not Really). An in-depth glimpse of the Army War College Report that tells of the likely impact of Climate Change on the military in the next 20 years and how we are basically f*cked. 2 |
 Doctors Bring the Fight to Anti-Vaxxers Online Doctors and nurses trying to build confidence in Covid-19 vaccines on social media are mounting coordinated campaigns to combat anti-vaccination forces prevalent on those platforms. At the same time, public health groups are mobilizing a global network of vaccine advocates to come to their aid when they are attacked online by activists, who closely monitor certain hashtags and keywords. Coronav... 3 |
 Instagram Removes Robert F Kennedy Jr for False Covid-19 Claims The prominent anti-vaxxer Robert F Kennedy Jr has been booted from Instagram for repeatedly sharing false claims about Covid-19 and the safety of vaccines. Facebook confirmed on Wednesday that it had removed the profile of Kennedy Jr, a vaccine skeptic who chairs the Children’s Health Defense – a group that baselessly ties chronic childhood conditions to a number of factors including vaccines &nd... 55 |
 John Hawkins: Con Fusion Reigns MEDIA REVIEW: Recent articles in science raise an alarm of the falsification of the virtues presumed by scientists. The extolling of the wonders of Cold Fusion come back to save us from the brink are not helpful to readers nor a favor to scientists. We;re beyond alchemy and high priests and should keep it that way. 1 |
 Psychology Today: Understanding the Psychology of Conspiracy Theories There’s little question that the internet can help spread false beliefs including conspiracy theories. And research has shown that misinformation tends to spread faster and more widely than factual information. So the internet is clearly a fertile breeding ground for conspiracy theories. That said, there is no good evidence that conspiracy theories are necessarily more common now than they have been at ... 1 |
 Facebook Post Falsely Claims Bill Gates Developing Covid-19 Vaccine Which Will Alter DNA We’ve seen many social media posts lately that falsely claim Bill Gates is responsible for, or will somehow profit from, COVID-19. Most claims are focused on the coronavirus vaccine. The Gates Foundation has been financially supporting the development of a vaccine and posting articles explaining the projected vaccine timeline. A recent Facebook post links to an article titled, "Bill Gates Explains That The CO... 3 |
 Stephen Fox: Flu Misinformation and Coronavirus Fears: Robert Kennedy Jr's Letter to CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta "Presidents come and go~a more enduring tragedy is that we can't trust media to tell us the truth about health issues with advertising dollars at stake. You wonder how all those Trump supporters don't share your indignation at Trump's mendacity? They are disheartened by media who have set the precedent of routinely lying and violating the public trust, faith in critical institutions and our children's health." ~~RFK II 103 |
 Bill Gates: Responding to Covid-19 - A Once-in-a-Century Pandemic? "Vaccines Can't Be Sold to Highest Bidder" Global health experts have been saying for years that another pandemic whose speed and severity rivaled those of the 1918 influenza epidemic was a matter not of if but of when. We need to invest in disease surveillance, including a case database that is instantly accessible to relevant organizations, and rules requiring countries to share information. Governments should have access to lists of traine... 1 |
 The End of Cable TV? For decades, cable has roped in millions of customers like me with the promise of hundreds of channels and thousands of shows. But in my 15-plus years as a subscriber, there’s one thing I’ve watched most: my bill.Every month I pay it, and every month I think of cutting the cord. The reason is that there’s never anything good on—unless you’re a fan of The Shawshank Redemption (which is p... |
 Jonathan Emmen: Recovering From The Pandemic of Reliance on Social Media For Information and Relationships As long as you are using it in healthy ways, spending time on social media should not be a problem for you. Unfortunately, many of us use social media in unhealthy ways. 1 | |
 Manfred Weidhorn: The Return of the Invisible World The invisible world of God, angels, devils has been replaced by the invisible world of atoms,carbon monoxide, climate change. 6 |
 Some reports indicate the Giant Asian Hornet is already nesting down in the U.S.A. by Samuel Vargo Sightings of the Giant Asian Hornet (Vespa mandarinia) have been reported in the United States. Although some say these sightings are that of a large wasp that feeds on cicadas, whether or not this invasive species has moved to America is uncertain. This horrible killer has been responsible for deaths in Japan, where it originated, as well as in China and France, where it has already spread. Vespa mandarinia workers gro... 2 |
The Right Warms Up to Climate Change Four years ago UC-Berkeley physics professor Richard Muller began releasing the results of a sweeping two-year climate study. It confirmed what the overwhelming majority of other climate studies had also found: that the Earth was warming and humans were almost entirely responsible. But what set Muller's study apart was that prior to the release of his report, he had been known as a leading climate-change skeptic. For years he ... 1 |
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Jonathan Maxwell: Meet Conservapedia, a Right Wing Encyclopedia at War with the Truth
Conservapedia is an online encyclopedia that presents information from a decidedly conservative point of view. Can an encyclopedia be both reliable and overtly political? Most experts believe that it can't be. That doesn't stop Conservapedia, though. It's often ridiculed, but it's still growing. 4 |
New Poll - More Americans Believe World Trade Center 7 Was Demolished On 9/11 than Believe the Government's Explanation
Do Americans think that the government lied about 9/11? A new poll shows that they do. At least about World Trade Center Building 7.
No planes hit Building 7, no one was killed when Building 7 fell, no wars were launched on the basis of Building 7, and no civil rights were lost because of the destruction of Building 7.
In other words, Building 7 is a "safe topic" - we can discuss without heated emotion... 16 |
 Alfredo Lopez: The Firings at AOL Patch: A Study in Corporate Myopia How could a major technology company like AOL so deeply misread the culture and the irreversible changes that have taken place in news coverage and how reflective is that of the corporate Internet? 2 |
 Alfredo Lopez: Lessons of the Snowden Revelations: You are the Target! Everybody's talking about Snowden, his revelations and their significance. But government officials and their subservients in the mainstream media aren't participating in a debate; they are attempting to avoid one. It's to hide the most important truth: we, the people of the United States, are the real target of this surveillance. 8 |
 Alfredo Lopez: The Day Adria Richards Said 'Not This Time!' Combatting Sexism in the Technology Community -- Aria Richards' rare act of principle! 24 |
 Joe Giambrone: Nuclear Industry Lies Spread by Techno-Geeks New World Health Organization report on Fukushima disaster tells fraction of the story. Good enough for many to downplay the contamination of the entire region and ocean. 3 |
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Demand Choice Rogers has struck a backroom deal with Shaw to take over assets crucial to delivering our mobile Internet and phone services -- assets that were promised to create new independent choices for Canadians, not more control for Big Telecom. We do not deserve this. The deal will allow our biggest mobile phone and Internet provider, Rogers Inc., to go around the spirit of Canada's key digital policy rules so they can grow even... |
 Ulysses Nico DAgris: Drone Clones A speculative short fiction story of what may be occurring behind the scenes in response to the new armed drone menace presented from Iran. 2 |
Fakeer Ishavardas: And, then, God said, "Let there be Twitter!"
How Social Media platforms, especially, Twitter add luster unto our lives, no matter where we live across the world. At the least, we have, in the past few years, all truly become a citizen of the world; this is the gift of social media on internet. What more do we need? 2 |
 Smoking Smothers Your Genes Cigarettes leave you with more than a smoky scent on your clothes and fingernails. A new study has found strong evidence that tobacco use can chemically modify and affect the activity of genes known to increase the risk of developing cancer. The finding may give researchers a new tool to assess cancer risk among people who smoke. |
Kurt Olson: The Verdict Is In: Social Media Can Have Legal Consequences
Social media can be a great way to connect with friends and even strangers. But used imprudently, social media can have serious consiequences in a legal proceeding. 1 |
 Guardian CEO outlines digital future of news and media industry The chief executive of the Guardian Media Group, Andrew Miller, has outlined how his company must change to be sustainable - Print still accounts for 70% of the Guardian's revenues, according to its chief executive. Speaking at the Guardian Media Network's Future of Digital Media event, held in conjunction with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), Andrew Miller said that the yield on digital was still "wa... |
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Lon Jones: What we are not looking at with Autism.
Autism is more than just a genetic anomaly. It has been described as the result of some disturbance in development. Facial recognition is a problem in all autistic children and there are many elements on our lives that can interfere. We need to look at them. 2 |
 Rob Kall: Report from Personal Democracy Forum I've been attending the Personal Democracy Forum, in NYC. This is my fourth year covering it and I have to say it's become one of my favorite conferences. Why? It always brings incredible voices, faces and information. Go to the link above for the schedule and archived videos. There is awesome content there. 3 |
Dr. Cheryl Pappas: Facebook for Dummies: What Were You Thinking?
Facebook hacking, the meaning and impact of social media as a replacement for true knowing of self and real relationship with others. 5 |
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