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gentlegardener<p>@cherieherrjones <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> </p><p>The scale is the same-a pity<br>Click on candidate bar to see actual $ and donors<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Spanberger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spanberger</span></a> far outpaces <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sears</span></a></p>
gentlegardener<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@cherieherrjones" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cherieherrjones</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> </p><p>The scale is the same-a pity<br>Click on candidate bar to see actual $ and donors<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Spanberger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spanberger</span></a> far outpaces <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sears</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>An exhibit in Germany of monochrome photos featuring children purportedly killed in the Russia-Ukraine war has a network of people with links to the Russian state helping to organize, promote and support it. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/19/world/politics/moscow-influence-germany-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/</span><span class="invisible">19/world/politics/moscow-influence-germany-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/olafscholz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>olafscholz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russiaukrainewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russiaukrainewar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vladimirputin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vladimirputin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/volodymyrzelenskyy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volodymyrzelenskyy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nato</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a></p>
:bun: Stellar 🇫🇷 (:blahaj: era)<p><a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/@puniko" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@puniko</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/misinformation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misinformation</a> no you don't ​:ablobcatpnd_pettori_tonton:​</p>
John :au: :hb:<p><a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/PennyWong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PennyWong</span></a> say, “First I want to say that we call on <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> to release <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/OscarJenkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OscarJenkins</span></a>. </p><p>First I want to say that we call on Russia to release Mr Jenkins. We hold serious concerns for his warfare, and I have, and we will continue to engage with both &amp;. the <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/RedCross" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedCross</span></a>, in relation to Mr Jenkins.</p><p>The govt was aware of this video in recent days. I will say, we do know that Russia is very prone to <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> &amp; disinformation” <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/feb/18/australia-news-live-rba-reserve-bank-interest-rates-decision-oscar-jenkins-ukraine-russia-video-nsw-racial-hatred-election-campaign-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-cost-of-living-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-67b3f5388f08b8338f0d6e89#block-67b3f5388f08b8338f0d6e89" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/feb/18/australia-news-live-rba-reserve-bank-interest-rates-decision-oscar-jenkins-ukraine-russia-video-nsw-racial-hatred-election-campaign-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-cost-of-living-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-67b3f5388f08b8338f0d6e89#block-67b3f5388f08b8338f0d6e89</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Just a regular reminder, Google can not be trusted as a source of news or information, across the world, from the US to China they collaborate to distort what you see and hear.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/15/google-helped-facilitate-russia-china-censorship-requests" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/15/google-helped-facilitate-russia-china-censorship-requests</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Collaboration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Untrusted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Untrusted</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DoEvilWell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoEvilWell</span></a></p>
J.Sʜᴀʀᴘ🌍🇺🇦Fʀᴇᴇᴅᴏᴍ&Dᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏ<p>↪ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a>, and the rights of free speech</p><p>It was a very weird 20 minutes - one met largely with silence from delegates in the hall</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a>'s speech went down very badly - unequivocally badly. It was extraordinarily poorly judged.</p><p>But who was it aimed at?</p><p>A <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> commentator said to me afterwards: "That was all for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> domestic consumption."</p>
ManVsXerox: Resistful Dingus<p>So as much as I am a (somewhat) left-leaning person I cannot agree with parkrosepermsculture's statement more. Chronically Online Leftists are Energy Vampires, and God it's annoying. </p><p>The best Example I saw of this recently was <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Vaush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaush</span></a> I was looking at a video of his on YouTube, and I saw a headline that caused my head to almost melt into a nutrient Paste that <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/RFKJR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJR</span></a> could feed to his GD <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/brainworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brainworm</span></a>.</p><p>"Hillary Clinton was worse than we thought"</p><p>I assumed it was a 2016 or 2018 video or something, and then I looked at the publish date...</p><p>It was like 5-6 days ago.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MyBrotherInChrist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyBrotherInChrist</span></a>, why, in the name of God, Buddha, Brahmin, Confucius, Mohammed, Satan, the entire ancient Greek and Roman Pantheon, and all other Pantheons that ever existed are you still talking about how bad Hillary Clinton was, IN THE YEAR 2025 C.E.?!?!?? AFTER THE <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Dogebag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dogebag</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> ? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? </p><p>So yeah, if you want proof of whether online leftists are truly worth our very limited energy that needs to be reserved for saving our fucking country, theres your proof that they are not. </p><p>So yeah, just be careful who you listen to. </p><p>Highly Recommend Parkrose permaculture on TikTok and YouTube tho. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/avff3U2aQPY?si=SM6QMp8xwTLuHyQx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/avff3U2aQPY?si=SM6QMp</span><span class="invisible">8xwTLuHyQx</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/tankies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tankies</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/brainrot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brainrot</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ParkrosePermaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParkrosePermaculture</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/dems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dems</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/becareful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>becareful</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Those failures, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> said, included efforts to restrict <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> &amp; other content on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> &amp; laws against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> protests that he said unfairly silenced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christians</span></a>.<br>Perhaps most strikingly, the VP called on Europe to drop their opposition to working w/anti-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> parties, calling them a legitimate expression of the will of voters angered by high levels of migration over the last decade.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evangelism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evangelism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteChristianNationalism</span></a></p>
baskin :kafeneio: 🐊<p>Misinformation Is A Political Tool Of Radical Right-Wing Populists</p><p>New research argues that misinformation is less a product of the social media environment and more a tool for specific political groups. <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/rightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rightWing</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.iflscience.com/misinformation-is-a-political-tool-of-radical-right-wing-populists-78029" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iflscience.com/misinformation-</span><span class="invisible">is-a-political-tool-of-radical-right-wing-populists-78029</span></a></p>
Randahl Fink<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a></p><p>On January 28, Elon Musk was the source of the false information that the USAID had transferred 50 million dollars to fund condoms for Gaza, something which Musk suspected was funding HAMAS.</p><p>This claim was used by the Trump administration to justify their freeze on foreign aid.</p><p>But it was not true. The USAID had spent 50 million dollars on delivering condoms for Mozambique to combat the spread of AIDS.</p><p>Mozambique is a southern African country, some 6,000 kilometers from Gaza.</p>
Stan Carey<p>"Critical ignoring" as a strategy to control and immunize one's information environment (Kozyreva et al., 2023) <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/09637214221121570" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/</span><span class="invisible">10.1177/09637214221121570</span></a></p><p>Such a useful frame for something I've long practised but didn't have a good term for before</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DigitalLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalLiteracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CogSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CogSci</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Some pointers from "The Eye of Every Storm - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchist</span></a> Response to Hurricane Helene"</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrimethInc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimethInc</span></a>, 2024-11-13</p><p>"At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire region. At a time when <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a>, rising <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a>, and disasters exacerbated by industrially-produced climate change are creating a feedback loop of escalating crisis, it’s crucial to understand <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisasterResponse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterResponse</span></a> as an integral part of community defense and strategize about how this can play a part in movements for liberation. In the following reflection, a local anarchist involved in longstanding disaster response efforts in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Appalachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appalachia</span></a> recounts the lessons that they have learned over the past six weeks and offers advice about how to prepare for the disasters to come.</p><p>"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimated that Hurricane Helene poured 40 trillion gallons of water on the region. This caused an estimated 1800 landslides; it damaged over 160 municipal water and sewer systems, at least 6000 miles of roads, more than 1000 bridges and culverts, and an estimated 126,000 homes. There have been over 230 confirmed deaths across six states with many still missing.</p><p>"The entire region was completely cut off from the outside world for a day or more, with all major roads shut down by landslides, collapsed bridges, and downed trees. Water, power, internet and cell service all went down within hours of the hurricane arriving, and remained down for days or, in some areas, weeks. There are still communities that will likely not have electricity for another three months because the roads that the power company would use no longer exist. Six weeks into this disaster, there are still tens of thousands of people who lack access to drinkable water. Not only have thousands of homes been wiped off the map—in many cases, the land they rested on no longer exists. Massive landslides have scoured canyons 30 feet deep, exposing bedrock that has not seen the light of day for tens of thousands of years. The torrential floods moved so much earth and caused so many rivers to change course that scientists have designated the hurricane a 'geological event.'</p><p>"In response, a beautiful web of mutual aid networks has emerged, saving countless lives by bringing in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EssentialSupplies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EssentialSupplies</span></a>, providing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MedicalCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalCare</span></a>, setting up neighborhood <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterDistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterDistribution</span></a> centers, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarChargingStations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarChargingStations</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatelliteInternetHubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatelliteInternetHubs</span></a>, free <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/kitchens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kitchens</span></a>, free <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/childcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>childcare</span></a>, and more. Name a need and there are folks out here who have self-organized to meet it. We share these lessons we have learned in hopes of helping others to prepare for similar situations, aiming to increase our capacity to build autonomous infrastructure for the long haul. </p><p>Start Preparing Now</p><p>"There is no time like the present to get organized.</p><p>"Our mutual aid group has been around for almost eight years. Within 72 hours of the floodwaters receding, we had a functioning mutual aid hub and were mobilizing folks to check on missing people and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChainsawCrews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChainsawCrews</span></a> to cut people out of their homes and open up roads. We were only able to do these things because we had already put in the work in our community to build the trust and relationships that are so vital in times of crisis.</p><p>"While we are a small group, we have an extensive network of friends and allies that has grown throughout years of smaller-scale mutual aid and organizing efforts. The best way to prepare for a disaster is not to stockpile supplies, but to build trust in your community and nurture a healthy web of relationships. The best way to accomplish this is to start doing mutual aid projects in your community before an acute crisis arises. This will give you practice operating as a group and organizing logistics, and it will also connect you with others you wouldn’t otherwise meet and show them that they can count on you. Because of the work we had already put in, when the crisis hit, people turned to us and spread the word that we are a good group to funnel supplies and money through. You can only build that kind of reputation by putting in the work now.</p><p>Communications</p><p>"One of the biggest initial challenges we faced was that most means of communication went offline for between 24 hours and several weeks, depending on where you lived. That includes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlines</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CellPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellPhones</span></a>, and internet. We can’t stress enough the importance of having multiple back-up options in place to be ready for a situation like this. First of all, make sure you have a place and time established in advance where folks know they can find each other in the event of a disaster. This is probably a good idea even if communications don’t go offline—nothing beats face-to-face communication.</p><p>"Satellite internet was invaluable during the first couple of weeks. For some particularly hard-hit communities, it remains the only means of communication six weeks into this disaster. Unfortunately, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a>, which is owned by the white supremacist Elon Musk, has proven to be the most useful and the easiest to set up in a disaster scenario. We know from past experience that he is eager to suppress social movements that use his companies’ services. There are other companies that provide satellite internet, but it tends to be slower, with significant data limits. These are generally not mobile systems and would be challenging to set up in the middle of a disaster.</p><p>"Don’t forget that you will need a source of electricity such as a generator or solar power to make satellite internet work.</p><p>"Radios, especially ham radios, are another important means of communication that should be arranged in advance with people who already know how to use them. Our mountainous terrain limits the distance that radios can broadcast, but it would still have been helpful if we had possessed ham radios.</p><p>Getting Organized</p><p>"Grassroots disaster relief is no longer the exclusive province of church groups and small bands of autonomous mutual aid groups. The notion has gone mainstream since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when so many people discovered that their neighbors were all they had to count on. At this point, well-organized and well-resourced groups of every stripe are prepared to mobilize quickly—from reactionary right-leaning groups like the Cajun Navy and to networks of volunteer helicopter pilots, not to mention radical groups like Mutual Aid Disaster Relief. Beyond these specific groups, more people understand how to self-organize now. Within three to five days of the flood waters receding, you couldn’t drive more than ten minutes without running into a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReliefHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReliefHub</span></a> or water station in someone’s front yard, church, or gas station parking lot. It would not be an overstatement to say that within a week, western North Carolina had the highest concentration of four-wheelers, all-terrain vehicles, and dirt bikes in the world, as people poured in from all over the South and beyond to help with search and rescue and to get supplies out to cut-off communities.</p><p>"Most of these hubs were truly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grassroots</span></a>, with no formal organization behind them. This is an overwhelmingly positive development, but it does not come without challenges. The chief problems were redundancy of effort and lack of coordination between relief hubs, road clearing crews, and people doing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupplyRuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupplyRuns</span></a>, search and rescue, and wellness checks. The sooner you can develop relationships and good communication systems with other hubs, the better, so you won’t have to be constantly reinventing the wheel.</p><p>"Creating an intake system for incoming volunteers and arranging for people to coordinate them is a huge piece of the puzzle. We had to turn away many offers of help in the first few weeks because we didn’t have a good system in place for fielding newcomers, especially those from out of town, nor could we guarantee that we could plug them into a project on any given day if they just showed up, despite the fact that there was always a mountain of work to do. Connecting volunteers to communities and individual homes that need medical care, mucking, gutting, and repairs requires an enormous amount of legwork on your part, not to mention building trust between you and the residents. You would do well to have someone in your group that has a deep love of spreadsheets."</p><p>Full article:<br><a href="https://crimethinc.com/2024/11/13/after-the-hurricane-anarchist-disaster-response-in-appalachia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crimethinc.com/2024/11/13/afte</span><span class="invisible">r-the-hurricane-anarchist-disaster-response-in-appalachia</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Preparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Preparedness</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuildingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityDefense</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Polycrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polycrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HamRadios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadios</span></a></p>
David August<p>Seems familiar: </p><p>"Hugenberg practiced what he called Katastrophenpolitk, 'the politics of catastrophe,' by which he sought to polarize public opinion and the political parties with incendiary news stories, some of them Fabrikationen—entirely fabricated articles intended to cause confusion and outrage." </p><p>Gift article: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/hitler-oligarchs-hugenberg-nazi/681584/?gift=v9U0_p_NTkyWcE-gGTMhOowiSWDKIZwz1mo0VVCMuGc&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=davidaugust.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2025/02/hitler-oligarchs-hugenberg-nazi/681584/?gift=v9U0_p_NTkyWcE-gGTMhOowiSWDKIZwz1mo0VVCMuGc&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=davidaugust.com</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a></p>
daisE 🌈<p>When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical-Right Populism Across 26 Countries</p><p>"Using multilevel analysis with random country intercepts, we find that radical-right populism is the strongest determinant for the propensity to spread misinformation. Populism, left-wing populism, and right-wing politics are not linked to the spread of misinformation. These results suggest that political misinformation should be understood as part and parcel of the current wave of radical right populism, and its opposition to liberal democratic institution."</p><p><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19401612241311886" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11</span><span class="invisible">77/19401612241311886</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fakeNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakeNews</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mediaLiteracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fake</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radical</span></a></p>
Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦<p>The Square One Fallacy. Why need to know about it and how conspiracy theorists love it. </p><p>“The square one fallacy is arguing that we have no data to illuminate a particular question, that we’re starting from scratch, when there is an actual body of evidence that we are ignoring, either deliberately or cluelessly.”<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking/square-one-fallacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical</span><span class="invisible">-thinking/square-one-fallacy</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"A measles outbreak is growing in a Texas county with dangerously low vaccination rates.</p><p>In late January, two school-age children from Gaines County were hospitalized with measles. Since an estimated 1 in 5 people with the disease end up in the hospital, the two cases suggested a larger outbreak.</p><p>As of Feb. 6, there were 12 confirmed cases and health officials expected an additional six..."</p><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/texas-measles-outbreak-gaines-county-public-health-measles-vaccine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kffhealthnews.org/news/article</span><span class="invisible">/texas-measles-outbreak-gaines-county-public-health-measles-vaccine/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/immunizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunizations</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a></p>
*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@gemelliz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gemelliz</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PP</span></a>’s constant undermining of the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBC</span></a> while lauding right-wing ‘news’ outlets like Rebel Media and True North represents an intentional strategy to spread <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a>.</p><p>Defunding the CBC might play well with PP’s rabid, right wing base, but the majority of Canadians support the CBC; these people need to understand what’s at stake and made their wishes known at the polls.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CDNPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNPoli</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DefendTheCBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheCBC</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NeverPoilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverPoilievre</span></a></p>
The Conversation U.S.<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Nutrition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nutrition</span></a> advice is rife with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a>. A medical education specialist explains how to tell valid health information from pseudoscience: <a href="https://theconversation.com/nutrition-advice-is-rife-with-misinformation-a-medical-education-specialist-explains-how-to-tell-valid-health-information-from-pseudoscience-246478" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/nutrition-</span><span class="invisible">advice-is-rife-with-misinformation-a-medical-education-specialist-explains-how-to-tell-valid-health-information-from-pseudoscience-246478</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a></p>
Dean Burnett (that brains guy)<p>Your brain works fine when you're under 25 (no matter how 'inconvenient' this fact may be)</p><p><a href="https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/your-brain-works-fine-when-youre" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.</span><span class="invisible">substack.com/p/your-brain-works-fine-when-youre</span></a></p><p>In-lieu of the young guys working on Musk's behalf, the old "Your brain isn't fully developed until your 25 claim" has emerged yet again</p><p>Here's why it's BS</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Brains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brains</span></a> #25 <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a></p>