"[Then there is X] where politically charged rumors flow freely. Emergency management researchers lament that the platform owned by Elon Musk, which was once considered a useful source of information in a disaster, is instead contributing to the chaos in Helene's wake." www.npr.org/2024/10/03/n...
False claims about the hurricane and the government’s response got millions of views on X. Emergency management researchers say it makes it harder for useful information to surface.
it’s actually crazy that the press just doesn’t care about this? like, one of the biggest influences on a man who might be a heartbeat away from the presidency is a psychotic racist!
“bat encounter” including waking up in a room with a bat, no evidence of a bite is an indication for rabies vaccine rabies is 100% fatal and nearly 100% preventable with timely post-(maybe)exposure prophylaxis
***PLEASE*** seek medical advice if you find a bat (🦇) in your home “‘They woke up with a bat in their room,’ Lock said, as quoted by Canadian media. ‘The parents looked, didn't see any signs of a bite or scratches or saliva, and didn't seek getting a rabies vaccine…’” This is tragic.
"The parents looked, didn't see any signs of a bite or scratches or saliva, and didn't seek getting a rabies vaccine," a health official said.
Just because a bunch of professors at Stanford say COVID’s no big deal doesn’t make it true. You know this. You know someone who’s died from covid. You know someone with long covid. You’ve probably had covid several times yourself. They are spreading misinformation because it fits their ideology.
Google's wonderful AI believes that the Canada Goose, which was described by Linnaeus, was named after a random dude named John Canada.
It is indeed a shock when you discover that someone you thought you could trust tampered with data www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...
It’s almost like these culture war hate laws have unintended consequences
Around the country, anti-camping policies are complicating disaster recovery.
Absolute genius as blue plaque is installed at supermarket commemorating the lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss’ tenure as PM 🤣
Star of Daily Star’s web stunt given fake heritage mark after proving itself less perishable than Truss’s premiership