Again, I ask what it would take to revoke their domain name on logical grounds. Because “reason dot com” is blatantly false advertising

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Trump is openly running on election fraud, weaponizing DOJ, deporting 6-8 percent of the population, crippling tariffs, and imprisoning dissenters. It’s the most authoritarian, anti-freedom platform in modern presidential history. This is the November cover of the leading libertarian magazine.

I know this is a written version of a speech Hutchinson gave but I still go back and read it to be reminded that it’s effective to be conversational and expressive with my writing www.jstor.org/stable/2458768

There are still organizations out there using WebEx?! Next you’ll tell me people still use Bluejeans.

Misinformation is a social pathogen that can lead to real harms, and why it differs from disinformation—where there is intent to deceive—is essential to understand Great follow up piece here www.chronicle.com/article/misi...

Misinformation Is Real, and Scholars Need to Study It

Calls to abandon the term miss the bigger picture.

This column arguing we should stop studying misinformation—the spread of probably false notions without specific intent to deceive—is itself profoundly unscientific, and seems to boil down to “because it is hard to do well”. www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

Why Scholars Should Stop Studying ‘Misinformation’

The term caught on in the COVID era, but it makes good research impossible.

Lots of excitement right now in the house about an apparent drop of new Bluey episodes in an hour…

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Tell me you don’t understand Batman without telling me

“Sustainable Aviation Fuel” is the new clean coal #climate

Just making sure I understand: - Athletes shouldn't get political - Actors shouldn't get political - Educators shouldn't get political - Scientists shouldn't get political Its starting to feel like this isnt about the ethics of engaging in politic discourse but limiting who gets to contribute to it

“There is no science without scientists, and the questions of good and evil, even if they lie outside of the province of science, cannot be considered to lie outside the province of the scientist.” - E.F. Schumacher www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Scientific American Didn’t Need to Endorse Anybody

The magazine’s endorsement of a candidate undermines trust in expertise.