A happy post-Totality Hump Day to all of you beautiful people in neo-radioland. A smattering of awesome with a dollop of even better at the end for your afternoon. Eclipse shots in range of the Bass Pro Shop are going to drive conspiracy theories for centuries to come!
Anonymous accounts use right-wing channels to spread misinformation (AP) Misinfo spreads in similar ways no matter your politics, but right-wing channels are unique in their ability to spread filth by getting it in front of Musk or Rogan. These two then usually amplify it to millions more, before the truth has a chance to put its pants on.
New Jersey earthquake calls attention to potentially unmapped fault lines & Why was Taiwan so well prepared for the earthquake? (Reuters) Fault lines in the NYC metro area?! Oh great, now if Marjorie Taylor Greene gets control of HAARP, she can cause earthquakes in the tri-state area! Time to get help from Taiwan, whose citizens have been trained and drilling hard in response to dire earthquakes they suffered in 2016 and 1999.
International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito (AP) There are only a handful of international conventions that are still being followed by most countries. One being that you don’t fuck with embassies. Ecuador has surpassed Saudi Arabia in what they did to Mexico’s embassy, which bodes poorly for the unraveling Ecuadorian government.
Facebook has blocked Kansas Reflector. Here's what we're doing, and how you can help. (Kansas Reflector) The Kansas Reflector wrote about FB censoring climate change posts. In response, the site and others who reported on it, including new sites like The Handbasket and old ones like Little Green Footballs found themselves blocked on the Meta network. This went on for a few days this weekend, and the “bug” Meta reps pretend caused the situation, still hasn’t been disclosed or faux-resolved.
Anti-vax pet owners opposing rabies shot. That's concerning to vets. (USA Today) The story is included not because rabies shots are in any way dangerous, but because of this pair of sentences about a 2023 study on canine vaccines:
Motta and his sister, Dr. Gabriella Motta, a Pennsylvania veterinarian, published a 2023 study that found that nearly 40% of U.S. dog owners believe canine vaccines are unsafe. About 37% of owners thought their dogs could develop autism from vaccination.
Autism spectrum disorders don’t come from vaccines, and even if they did, Dogs aren’t on the spectrum! What the hell people!?
Trash from the International Space Station may have hit a house in Florida (Ars Technica) I’m so glad it was Florida. But can you imagine how jacked up the house was after it blew through the roof and floors of his home?
Courts, legislatures limit regulation of hazardous forever chemicals (Keep Track) PFAS are awful, and the worst people are making sure we won’t get rid of them for a while yet.
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