A paper out of New York University on social media finds "0.1% of users shared 80% of fake news," and "74% of all online conflicts are started in just 1% of communities" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
![Online discussions are dominated by a surprisingly small, extremely vocal, and non-representative minority. Research on social media has found that, while only 3 % of active accounts are toxic, they produce 33 % of all content [4]. Furthermore, 74 % of all online conflicts are started in just 1 % of communities [5], and 0.1 % of users shared 80 % of fake news [6,7]. Not only does this extreme minority stir discontent, spread misinformation, and spark outrage online, they also bias the meta-perceptions of most users who passively ālurkā online. This can lead to false polarization and pluralistic ignorance, which are linked to a number of problems including drug and alcohol use [8], intergroup hostility [9,10], and support for authoritarian regimes [11]. Furthermore, exposure to extreme content can normalize unhealthy and dangerous behavior. For example, teens exposed to extreme content related to alcohol consumption thought dangerous alcohol consumption was normative [12].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:jmte4w4x7ukciit6lci6ziau/bafkreiddm2btaao7h3fzhkrjkn3iel7ppeihtycfzca7wbqj7l2v3pcuda@jpeg)
This literally took my breath away. Do you KNOW how big a deal this is? Aging-in-place, at home, is the BEST way to care for a senior with dementia. But can I tell you how much it cost to hire care for my mother at home, even shitty care in a low-cost market (Eastern Iowa)? $14,000 A MONTH.
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris announced a plan to expand healthcare benefits to cover at-home senior care in an interview on ABC's "The View" program on Tuesday, the latest policy proposal in her effort to boost the "care economy" and lower healthcare costs.
If you live in one of these 10 states (AZ, TX AR, MS, FL, GA, TN, KY, IN, OH), today is THE LAST DAY you can register to vote. Even if you think you're registered already, double check to see if your registration is still active. Please do this, it only takes a few minutes. Pass it on.
MSNBC recently acquired Errol Morrisās documentary āSeparated,ā a likely Oscar contender examining the Trump administrationās family separation policy, but it wonāt air until a month after ā in part because NBC bosses donāt want to offend Trump, Oliver Darcy reported Monday.
New report from Oliver Darcy comes 2 days after the film's director suggested politics played a role in scheduling his film
The headline is one of the least damning revelations in this article. Say it louder for the people in the back. #politicswapo.st/4gVDLqy
āWar,ā by Bob Woodward, traces how Trump and Biden responded to international crisis and concludes that Trump is worse than Nixon, the president exiled by the Watergate scandal.
PSA for all the students out there working on NSF GSRF proposals: the NSF explicitly says "DO NOT USE GoogleDocs to prepare your statement to avoid PDF problems".
Two massive solar flares sending auroras our way for the next few days? Hell yeah! I saw glimpses of the one in May from the middle of town in Illinois, but now Iām living at a higher latitude, away from streetlights, with access to a car! www.wtol.com/article/weat...
A strong geomagnetic storm has been detected from an unusually strong solar flare. Chief meteorologist Chris Vickers breaks down when you may see the lights.
The reason AI grifters push their product so hard in creative fields is that untrained eyes canāt tell how badly the output sucks. For anything with an objective standard of success, their climate-destroying plagiarism machine just straight up doesnāt fucking work. www.cio.com/article/3540...
Code analysis firm sees no major benefits from AI dev tool when measuring key programming metrics, though others report incremental gains from coding copilots with emphasis on code review.
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"ICE has run a secretive program for years where ICE agents have trained hundreds of civilian volunteers on how to operate multiple types of firearms, conduct investigations and surveillance of immigrants, and use lethal force on human beings." documentedny.com/2024/10/01/i...
ICE recruits civilians to role play as agents for a secretive public relations initiative that trains them to shoot firearms, conduct surveillance, and use lethal force.