Handling Social media Trolls – BBC Guidance
Why do people hurl abuse on social media and what can be done about it? BBC disinformation reporter has some insights and thoughts on it.
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Political Polarization: Often Not as Bad as We Think
Everybody and everything feels deeply ensnared by Polarization. New Study confirms that it is not actually really like this at all.
Encouraging vaccine uptake … without mandating it
I found a small example of some social engineering that greatly increased the vaccine uptake amongst LA firefighters.
Skeptic History: Can I sell you a bridge?
Did anybody every successfully sell the Brooklyn Bridge to a gullible mark? Yes indeed, it was once a popular con run many many times.
The Saturday Anti-COVID March in London
What should we do when faced with a large proportion of the population rejecting vaccines and denying the very existence of COVID?
Is the Pharaoh’s Curse real?
Is the pharaoh’s curse a real thing and there is something biological going on, or is it complete and total nonsense, what is the truth here?