March 14, 2021 Dr. Seuss “Cancelled” Let’s talk about Dr. Seuss with critical, not emotional, thinking. First, the books are not being “banned” and this is not censorship. Anything that…
January 13, 2021 QAnon, “The Storm,” and its Historical Origin The world watched in horror as the US Capitol was besieged by people screaming for the hanging of Mike Pence, carrying flex cuffs to…
September 26, 2018 Clues For Propaganda Identification When scrolling through your news feed, it can be difficult to identify different manifestations of propaganda. Fortunately, there are often clues available that can…
September 16, 2018 Weaponized Information Types of False Information False information generally falls into two categories: misinformation and disinformation. Misinformation is simply incorrect info and manifests as mistakes or…
August 15, 2018 Media Silence Rumors I’ll bet you didn’t hear about this in the mainstream media. There was recently an event that occurred of a rather important nature. This…
August 6, 2018 Mimic Site A few months ago, I stumbled upon a Facebook page that I discovered was an impostor page mimicking the official page for the Jefferson…
August 6, 2018 Tackling Flat Earth Ideology The last 50-60 years or so has seen a resurgence of flat earth ideology, which has increased since the digital revolution-shocking people around the…
July 30, 2018 Let’s Talk About Bots Let’s talk about bots. I just spent two days tracking a massive troll/bot network on Facebook. This network contained thousands of profiles from all…
July 29, 2018 Convergence of Evidence and Scientific Consensus I’m sure everyone has, at one point or another, heard the term “scientific consensus” and I’m sure everyone at one point or another has…
July 29, 2018 Russia They absolutely meddled with our election. Here’s how and why. In 2013, Russia organized what is known as a “troll farm” called the Internet…
