Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D
@RVAwonk
Behavioral Scientist. Asst Research Scientist @ UMD. Studying disinformation, sociotechnical systems, public health, cognitive security, crises. Opinions=mine.
Just in case this place burns down, here’s where you can find me!👇 -IG: rvawonk (instagram.com/rvawonk) -Medium: medium.com/@RVAwonk -Website: rvawonk.com (under construction) -Substack: weaponizedspaces.substack.com. (content coming *very* soon)
Herein lies the problem. It’s not left wing “fear mongering” stopping people from going to the hospital when they miscarry, it’s shit like this. It’s the fact that this woman needed medical care and the hospital called CPS instead.
Please read! Orr Bueno writes an excellent primer for recognizing and combatting disinformation, perhaps the most insidious influence chipping away at democracy today.
Remember the Facebook Files from 2021 — internal research that was leaked, revealing that FB’s algorithm was designed to amplify divisive & emotionally charged content in order to maximize engagement? Well, those files also revealed the underpinnings of modern disinformation.
This should probably be its own post.
Also, I think Substack is either scraping data from ChatGPT or there’s some sort of breach that is allowing a connection to flow directly between the platforms b/c I put a tripwire out there & just found a bunch of Substack posts with output from my private ChatGPT conversations.
There is a 0% chance that Grok is actually the #1 trending topic right now, but I guess when you own the platform you can do this.
Am I the only person who gets excited when I’m eating something like, a salad from a pre-packaged kit, and I realize they made a tiny mistake & accidentally put like, a green bean or whatever in the salad that doesn’t have green beans? Why does the stray green bean taste so good?
The ancient Etruscans had a period of time called the "saeculum". That is the time between when an important event happens, and when the last person who remembers it dies. It is the period of living memory. 1/2