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Resources for fighting conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, & pseudohistory

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Resources for learning the history, tropes, and behaviors of conspiracy theories

How to persuade people more effectively

How to help someone get out of a harmful group (like a cult or conspiracist community)

More advice for getting people out of conspiratorial, pseudoscientific, and generally bogus belief systems

You must help people build resistance to fear-based thinking

Other posts & resources

On changing people's minds

On getting people out of conspiratorial worldviews

On the importance of positive reinforcement

The key to fighting pseudoscience isn’t mockery—it’s empathy

How to talk to someone about conspiracy theories in five simple steps

People Who Feel Excluded Are Susceptible to Conspiracy Theories

Conspiracy Theories Can Be Undermined with These Strategies, New Analysis Shows

A New Study Has Found a Way to Stop People From Believing in Conspiracy Theories

The Debunking Handbook

How to Stop a Conspiracy Theory Before It Starts

Six Ways to Debunk Any Conspiracy Theory

Snopes

FactCheck.org

PolitiFact

Evaluating Sources

Misinformation, Disinformation & Malinformation: A Guide

A quick guide to spotting misinformation

Fake News & Misinformation: How to Spot and Verify

Sure ways to spot a scammer

A Beginner’s Guide to Information Literacy

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anarchocuntboogaloo

HE 👏 WENT 👏 LOOKING 👏 FOR 👏 TROUBLE 👏

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The euros fail to consider the form: it’s not Johnny’s hubris that is the subject of the song. It’s the devil’s, who thinks his power is worth more than simple love for a craft

aethersea

neither americans nor the modern era have any sort of monopoly on one-upping the devil. one of the oldest european folk tales is The Smith and the Devil, in which a smith makes a deal with the devil for his soul and when the devil comes to collect, the smith tricks him into leaving him alone forever. tricking that bastard is an old and storied tradition.

aethersea

"average person who makes a deal with the devil is dragged to hell after 10 years" factoid actually just statistical error. average person who makes a deal with the devil uses their new hellish gifts to outwit the old bastard so they can keep both gifts and soul for the rest of their long and prosperous lives. faust, who bargained for knowledge of all things and then wasted his 10 years chasing a girl who wasn't all that into him, is an idiot and should not have become the cornerstone of modern understanding of the trope.

feyosha

rowark

The song isn't even about the Devil's hubris... he went to Georgia looking for a soul to steal, he was in a bind 'cause he was way behind and he was willing to make a deal...

The Devil's just trying to make his quota. He's got a job to do and he's doing it badly

The Devil wasn't even mad about it... he just bowed his head because he knew that he'd been beat, and then he laid the golden fiddle down on the ground by Johnny's feet... he straight up concedes as soon as Johnny's done playing... he's not even a sore loser about it lol

Johnny just taunts him about it for no reason

thogi

And that part is what is very American

rowark

Damn you're right it is

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xeansicemane

Ya'll ever think that except for stuff like ren fairs are the only time adults get to play when the human animal never stops needing play behavior?

death-limes

the cultural perception that play is an inherently childish thing is one of the worst ideas to come out of modern civilization (in my very not-humble and objectively correct opinion)

papayajuan2019

cruelty is so easy. youre not special for choosing it

ourplague

chilewithcarnage

"The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain."

-Ursula K. LeGuin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

wizardnuke

"Evil is boring. Right? I kinda believe in the banality and mundaneness of evil. Evil is just selfish impulses, which at the end of the day are really easy to understand. It’s easy to understand why people do bad things. It’s like “yeah, ok, you’re selfish and scared and cruel, I get it”. Being good is complex and beautiful and hard." - Brennan Lee Mulligan

oldshrewsburyian

"How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different are the saints." --C.S. Lewis

scutesketch

YOUR ART ON TUMBLR IS BEING USED TO TRAIN AI!

The setting that prevents your work being used to train AI models is turned off by default! I had no idea about this until now! Artists, go to your settings, click “visibility”, and turn on this setting! Protect your work!

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occasionalvirgin

Right wing manipulation tactics explained

taraljc

this is an epic exposure of how propaganda functions.

detailedart

Twin stars, Pole Star, Moonlit Beauties, by Luis Ricado Falero

conan-doyles-carnations

Love being brutally called out by the British Library

endearingsalt

Oh my gosh I went here a few days ago do you guys want to see the whole sign

tikkunolamorgtfo

I’m covered with “Librarians from Everywhere” but as a former museums professional “Tourists who think we’re the British Museum” really speaks to me on a personal level.

fandomsandfeminism

I’m “all ten people who think they’ve got the most niche interest in the whole building”

yuumei-art

The children will never know How the ocean used to flow They'll never miss the whales They'll never believe the tales But I will remember, I will tell Of all that lived and their great farewell

thetursithan

Built 100 years ago, it is still functioning....

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From “Witches at Their Incantations”

by Salvator Rosa

1646

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-22/food-plant-solutions-malnutrition-farming-edible-plants/12580732

https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World

This guy is my new hero. I LOVE learning about native food plants that just grow everywhere without human help.

The database is a little clunky to use (especially on a phone), but still loads of excellent information.

plantyhamchuk

Here’s their website - Food Plant Solutions - and they can use volunteers! And $ of course. What they really need help with is connecting with NGOs/groups on the ground already working in countries, to get them access to the database. They also need help from formally trained agronomists, people good with website stuff, and people good at marketing / getting the word out about their project.

nosimpincurly

You’re not depressed. You just need $250,000 in your bank account.

catherinebunnington

Reblog to materialize $250,000 in prev's bank account

mudwerks

Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

AI industry groups are urging an appeals court to block what they say is the largest copyright class action ever certified. They’ve warned that a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic’s AI training now threatens to “financially ruin” the entire AI industry if up to 7 million claimants end up joining the litigation and forcing a settlement.

well…darn

flippyspoon

like to charge reblog to cast financial ruin of the AI industry 🔮

thewatcher727

Writing Description Notes:

Updated 9th September 2024 More writing tips, review tips & writing description notes

Facial Expressions

Masking Emotions

Smiles/Smirks/Grins

Eye Contact/Eye Movements

Blushing

Voice/Tone

Body Language/Idle Movement

Thoughts/Thinking/Focusing/Distracted

Silence

Memories

Happy/Content/Comforted

Love/Romance

Sadness/Crying/Hurt

Confidence/Determination/Hopeful

Surprised/Shocked

Guilt/Regret

Disgusted/Jealous

Uncertain/Doubtful/Worried

Anger/Rage

Laughter

Confused

Speechless/Tongue Tied

Fear/Terrified

Mental Pain

Physical Pain

Tired/Drowsy/Exhausted

Eating

Drinking

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