Media: “The American Dream is Dead”
“The American Dream is Dead” trope has been around for 50+ years, is not true, but the media loves running these nonsense stories to ruin your life.
Everything on YouTube is Fake
Many if not most of the “free yard cleanup” videos (with some exceptions) are fake content mill click bait. The Algorithm drives these fakes to millions of views. They are created by editing together unrelated police, HOA, neighbors and lawn cutting scenes.
Social: More brilliant intelligence on X
“James” suggests we should pave over the Salinas Valley of CA as a more productive use of land. The valley produces a majority of the US supply of numerous vegetables, berries, etc.
Politics: Some call this the most expensive Tweet in history
Gotta love scumbags mothing off. The main purpose of social media is too look foolish.
Follow up Social media: The “Coldplay” Kisscam video was not what people thought it was
Things are not always what they seem – but the social media mob can still destroy people.
How to make your chart really scary
Use a “cumulative” count rather than an incidence rate.
Media: I’m so old, I remember when this type of news reporting was sexist
Remember when this type of ‘reporting’ would be condemned?
Media: BBC admits to misleading Great Barrier Reef story
Oops.
Doomerism: And the definition of “poverty”
Doomers love the idea that if you earn less than about $140k/year, you live in poverty.
Social: The serious problem and challenge of misinformation on social media
Misinformation (things that are not true) is widespread on social media. Often heavily promoted, untrue claims become viewed as “truth”. There is no easy solution to this problem.