Social media: Reminder – the purpose of social media is to make a fool of yourself
TheTransitGuy argues the US is bad because it costs almost $500 to fly between 2 cities, ignoring that taking a bus is about $45, or renting a car is less than $100.
Media: The era of the “freelance writer” pumping output for content mills is over
Everything – especially content mill stuff – is being replaced by AI auto generated content. The era of freelance content mill writers is over.
Media: “Rare heat alert”
The UK weather service did not issue heat alerts until 2008. So, with just 18 years of history, they would be sort of rare, wouldn’t they?
Is this humor or satire?
That’s 78 degrees, not 106 degrees. Huh?
Media: When the NY Times became The Onion
NY Times, Jan 2024: The End of Snow
Feb 2026: Area buried by up to 3 feet of snow.
Science: How to draw misleading charts
Interesting use of a changing x-axis to deliver a false perspective. It’s Just Science.
Media: The Guardian does it again
The Guardian says avalanche near Donner Summit was due to the ClimateCrisis(TM).
Media: Atmospheric Scientist says the Seattle Times Makes Up Climate News
An entire team of reporters at the Seattle Times “ClimateLab” and none have a degree in a STEM subject. They are all “story tellers”.
Climate: Climate change news coverage of COP has vanished
I noticed this too
Media: Self-inflicted loss of trust in the media
Hype! Exaggeration! Scary Words! Just another day in media land!