#factfriday — Public Fediverse posts

5/6
I have seen a #Gaslighter try to claim this textbook said that we ALWAYS do division first - i.e. even before multiplication - and that we thus ALWAYS put brackets around it, which in fact we NEVER do. Of course, he didn't post a screenshot like I have, he simply quoted "30÷10x3=(30÷10)x3" and gave the reference, and expected people to just believe him, having just given a reference for his false claim.

Of course, I have written previously at https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/111106983604289078 for #FactFriday...

5/6
I have seen a #Gaslighter try to claim this textbook said that we ALWAYS do division first - i.e. even before multiplication - and that we thus ALWAYS put brackets around it, which in fact we NEVER do. Of course, he didn't post a screenshot like I have, he simply quoted "30÷10x3=(30÷10)x3" and gave the reference, and expected people to just believe him, having just given a reference for his false claim.

Of course, I have written previously at https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/111106983604289078 for #FactFriday...

5/6
I have seen a #Gaslighter try to claim this textbook said that we ALWAYS do division first - i.e. even before multiplication - and that we thus ALWAYS put brackets around it, which in fact we NEVER do. Of course, he didn't post a screenshot like I have, he simply quoted "30÷10x3=(30÷10)x3" and gave the reference, and expected people to just believe him, having just given a reference for his false claim.

Of course, I have written previously at https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/111106983604289078 for #FactFriday...

5/6
I have seen a #Gaslighter try to claim this textbook said that we ALWAYS do division first - i.e. even before multiplication - and that we thus ALWAYS put brackets around it, which in fact we NEVER do. Of course, he didn't post a screenshot like I have, he simply quoted "30÷10x3=(30÷10)x3" and gave the reference, and expected people to just believe him, having just given a reference for his false claim.

Of course, I have written previously at https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/111106983604289078 for #FactFriday...

5/6
I have seen a #Gaslighter try to claim this textbook said that we ALWAYS do division first - i.e. even before multiplication - and that we thus ALWAYS put brackets around it, which in fact we NEVER do. Of course, he didn't post a screenshot like I have, he simply quoted "30÷10x3=(30÷10)x3" and gave the reference, and expected people to just believe him, having just given a reference for his false claim.

Of course, I have written previously at https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/111106983604289078 for #FactFriday...

Burgerpattys aus dem #Labor werden wirtschaftlicher. Ein Knackpunkt bleibt: Als Basis wird oft so genanntes Kälberserum benötigt, für dessen Gewinnung Kälber sterben müssen. Inzwischen gibt es aber auch völlig tierfreies #Laborfleisch. #factfriday

Burgerpattys aus dem #Labor werden wirtschaftlicher. Ein Knackpunkt bleibt: Als Basis wird oft so genanntes Kälberserum benötigt, für dessen Gewinnung Kälber sterben müssen. Inzwischen gibt es aber auch völlig tierfreies #Laborfleisch. #factfriday

Burgerpattys aus dem #Labor werden wirtschaftlicher. Ein Knackpunkt bleibt: Als Basis wird oft so genanntes Kälberserum benötigt, für dessen Gewinnung Kälber sterben müssen. Inzwischen gibt es aber auch völlig tierfreies #Laborfleisch. #factfriday

Burgerpattys aus dem #Labor werden wirtschaftlicher. Ein Knackpunkt bleibt: Als Basis wird oft so genanntes Kälberserum benötigt, für dessen Gewinnung Kälber sterben müssen. Inzwischen gibt es aber auch völlig tierfreies #Laborfleisch. #factfriday

#FactFriday
An unwalled version of a walled article that originally appeared in Rolling Stone (not happy that Rolling Stone has such an important health article behind their wall - I've seen other places unwall important articles - shoutout to @WIRED). I personally had a student who experienced #BrainFog after getting #covid - couldn't tell me what half of 18 is anymore - he was in Year 6
https://www.europesays.com/us/308463/

#CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #Health #school #kids #children #WearAMask #pandemic

#FactFriday
An unwalled version of a walled article that originally appeared in Rolling Stone (not happy that Rolling Stone has such an important health article behind their wall - I've seen other places unwall important articles - shoutout to @WIRED). I personally had a student who experienced #BrainFog after getting #covid - couldn't tell me what half of 18 is anymore - he was in Year 6
https://www.europesays.com/us/308463/

#CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #Health #school #kids #children #WearAMask #pandemic

#FactFriday
An unwalled version of a walled article that originally appeared in Rolling Stone (not happy that Rolling Stone has such an important health article behind their wall - I've seen other places unwall important articles - shoutout to @WIRED). I personally had a student who experienced #BrainFog after getting #covid - couldn't tell me what half of 18 is anymore - he was in Year 6
https://www.europesays.com/us/308463/

#CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #Health #school #kids #children #WearAMask #pandemic

#FactFriday
An unwalled version of a walled article that originally appeared in Rolling Stone (not happy that Rolling Stone has such an important health article behind their wall - I've seen other places unwall important articles - shoutout to @WIRED). I personally had a student who experienced #BrainFog after getting #covid - couldn't tell me what half of 18 is anymore - he was in Year 6
https://www.europesays.com/us/308463/

#CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #Health #school #kids #children #WearAMask #pandemic

#FactFriday
An unwalled version of a walled article that originally appeared in Rolling Stone (not happy that Rolling Stone has such an important health article behind their wall - I've seen other places unwall important articles - shoutout to @WIRED). I personally had a student who experienced #BrainFog after getting #covid - couldn't tell me what half of 18 is anymore - he was in Year 6
https://www.europesays.com/us/308463/

#CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #Health #school #kids #children #WearAMask #pandemic

@ricmac
I'm pro-facts, and anti-AI because I'm also a #Mathematics #teacher and #AI is horribly bad at doing Maths (can't reason). Students (or anyone at all) should NOT be using AI to learn Maths (or do their homework)! I just posted today about how AI is bad at tutoring. I run 2 (intermittent) series here, #MathsMonday and #FactFriday

Related: Programmers are also horribly bad at Maths, as evident by almost every e #calculator in existence gives wrong answers. See https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/111164851485070719

@ricmac
I'm pro-facts, and anti-AI because I'm also a #Mathematics #teacher and #AI is horribly bad at doing Maths (can't reason). Students (or anyone at all) should NOT be using AI to learn Maths (or do their homework)! I just posted today about how AI is bad at tutoring. I run 2 (intermittent) series here, #MathsMonday and #FactFriday

Related: Programmers are also horribly bad at Maths, as evident by almost every e #calculator in existence gives wrong answers. See https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/111164851485070719

@ricmac
I'm pro-facts, and anti-AI because I'm also a #Mathematics #teacher and #AI is horribly bad at doing Maths (can't reason). Students (or anyone at all) should NOT be using AI to learn Maths (or do their homework)! I just posted today about how AI is bad at tutoring. I run 2 (intermittent) series here, #MathsMonday and #FactFriday

Related: Programmers are also horribly bad at Maths, as evident by almost every e #calculator in existence gives wrong answers. See https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/111164851485070719

@ricmac
I'm pro-facts, and anti-AI because I'm also a #Mathematics #teacher and #AI is horribly bad at doing Maths (can't reason). Students (or anyone at all) should NOT be using AI to learn Maths (or do their homework)! I just posted today about how AI is bad at tutoring. I run 2 (intermittent) series here, #MathsMonday and #FactFriday

Related: Programmers are also horribly bad at Maths, as evident by almost every e #calculator in existence gives wrong answers. See https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/111164851485070719

@ricmac
I'm pro-facts, and anti-AI because I'm also a #Mathematics #teacher and #AI is horribly bad at doing Maths (can't reason). Students (or anyone at all) should NOT be using AI to learn Maths (or do their homework)! I just posted today about how AI is bad at tutoring. I run 2 (intermittent) series here, #MathsMonday and #FactFriday

Related: Programmers are also horribly bad at Maths, as evident by almost every e #calculator in existence gives wrong answers. See https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/111164851485070719

fyi #FactFriday ➡️ The global military burden—the share of GDP devoted to military expenditure—increased to 2.5 per cent in 2024. Explore the data: https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex

Accurate, dependable information matters more than ever. Invest in the facts. Support #SIPRI: [bit.ly/4gI9QkX](http://bit.ly/4gI9QkX)

fyi #FactFriday ➡️ The global military burden—the share of GDP devoted to military expenditure—increased to 2.5 per cent in 2024. Explore the data: https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex

Accurate, dependable information matters more than ever. Invest in the facts. Support #SIPRI: [bit.ly/4gI9QkX](http://bit.ly/4gI9QkX)

fyi #FactFriday ➡️ The global military burden—the share of GDP devoted to military expenditure—increased to 2.5 per cent in 2024. Explore the data: https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex

Accurate, dependable information matters more than ever. Invest in the facts. Support #SIPRI: [bit.ly/4gI9QkX](http://bit.ly/4gI9QkX)

fyi #FactFriday ➡️ The global military burden—the share of GDP devoted to military expenditure—increased to 2.5 per cent in 2024. Explore the data: https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex

Accurate, dependable information matters more than ever. Invest in the facts. Support #SIPRI: [bit.ly/4gI9QkX](http://bit.ly/4gI9QkX)

@josh
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#FactFriday
A variation on a theme this week - #HowTo #safely #report #facts - i.e. #leak / #whistleblow - to #journalists

First up, an #article which crossed my path today, which prompted the idea https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/how-to-leak-to-a-journalist/

And to add to that some #links for some other available methods (with thanks to @phocks for assistance with finding the links)

#Hushline blog post - https://hushline.app/library/blog/newsrooms-and-journalists/

Contact ( #Australian ) #ABC #ABCTV #Investigations - https://www.abc.net.au/news/confidential-tips/

#FactFriday
A variation on a theme this week - #HowTo #safely #report #facts - i.e. #leak / #whistleblow - to #journalists

First up, an #article which crossed my path today, which prompted the idea https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/how-to-leak-to-a-journalist/

And to add to that some #links for some other available methods (with thanks to @phocks for assistance with finding the links)

#Hushline blog post - https://hushline.app/library/blog/newsrooms-and-journalists/

Contact ( #Australian ) #ABC #ABCTV #Investigations - https://www.abc.net.au/news/confidential-tips/

#FactFriday
A variation on a theme this week - #HowTo #safely #report #facts - i.e. #leak / #whistleblow - to #journalists

First up, an #article which crossed my path today, which prompted the idea https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/how-to-leak-to-a-journalist/

And to add to that some #links for some other available methods (with thanks to @phocks for assistance with finding the links)

#Hushline blog post - https://hushline.app/library/blog/newsrooms-and-journalists/

Contact ( #Australian ) #ABC #ABCTV #Investigations - https://www.abc.net.au/news/confidential-tips/

#FactFriday
A variation on a theme this week - #HowTo #safely #report #facts - i.e. #leak / #whistleblow - to #journalists

First up, an #article which crossed my path today, which prompted the idea https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/how-to-leak-to-a-journalist/

And to add to that some #links for some other available methods (with thanks to @phocks for assistance with finding the links)

#Hushline blog post - https://hushline.app/library/blog/newsrooms-and-journalists/

Contact ( #Australian ) #ABC #ABCTV #Investigations - https://www.abc.net.au/news/confidential-tips/

#FactFriday
A variation on a theme this week - #HowTo #safely #report #facts - i.e. #leak / #whistleblow - to #journalists

First up, an #article which crossed my path today, which prompted the idea https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/how-to-leak-to-a-journalist/

And to add to that some #links for some other available methods (with thanks to @phocks for assistance with finding the links)

#Hushline blog post - https://hushline.app/library/blog/newsrooms-and-journalists/

Contact ( #Australian ) #ABC #ABCTV #Investigations - https://www.abc.net.au/news/confidential-tips/

@randulo
"There are people out there would could make a difference, and the rest of us need to finds ways to help them" - hence my sporadic #FactFriday series when something comes to mind that I can write about with expertise (or studies, or whatever). We don't need "Community Notes" here - we already have people who can do #FactChecks in their area of expertise!

@randulo
"There are people out there would could make a difference, and the rest of us need to finds ways to help them" - hence my sporadic #FactFriday series when something comes to mind that I can write about with expertise (or studies, or whatever). We don't need "Community Notes" here - we already have people who can do #FactChecks in their area of expertise!

@randulo
"There are people out there would could make a difference, and the rest of us need to finds ways to help them" - hence my sporadic #FactFriday series when something comes to mind that I can write about with expertise (or studies, or whatever). We don't need "Community Notes" here - we already have people who can do #FactChecks in their area of expertise!

@randulo
"There are people out there would could make a difference, and the rest of us need to finds ways to help them" - hence my sporadic #FactFriday series when something comes to mind that I can write about with expertise (or studies, or whatever). We don't need "Community Notes" here - we already have people who can do #FactChecks in their area of expertise!

@randulo
"There are people out there would could make a difference, and the rest of us need to finds ways to help them" - hence my sporadic #FactFriday series when something comes to mind that I can write about with expertise (or studies, or whatever). We don't need "Community Notes" here - we already have people who can do #FactChecks in their area of expertise!

@jorijn @mijndert @DevWouter "Algorithms don't favor negativity, they favor what drives (your) attention" - Yeah it's like on TV where people wanna watch reality shows full of bitchin' rather than documentaries, sadly. Makes it hard for people who are more interested in learning facts.

P.S. for those who are interested - I do a semi-regular #FactFriday series (just when something occurs to me to write about)

@jorijn @mijndert @DevWouter "Algorithms don't favor negativity, they favor what drives (your) attention" - Yeah it's like on TV where people wanna watch reality shows full of bitchin' rather than documentaries, sadly. Makes it hard for people who are more interested in learning facts.

P.S. for those who are interested - I do a semi-regular #FactFriday series (just when something occurs to me to write about)

@jorijn @mijndert @DevWouter "Algorithms don't favor negativity, they favor what drives (your) attention" - Yeah it's like on TV where people wanna watch reality shows full of bitchin' rather than documentaries, sadly. Makes it hard for people who are more interested in learning facts.

P.S. for those who are interested - I do a semi-regular #FactFriday series (just when something occurs to me to write about)

@jorijn @mijndert @DevWouter "Algorithms don't favor negativity, they favor what drives (your) attention" - Yeah it's like on TV where people wanna watch reality shows full of bitchin' rather than documentaries, sadly. Makes it hard for people who are more interested in learning facts.

P.S. for those who are interested - I do a semi-regular #FactFriday series (just when something occurs to me to write about)

@jorijn @mijndert @DevWouter "Algorithms don't favor negativity, they favor what drives (your) attention" - Yeah it's like on TV where people wanna watch reality shows full of bitchin' rather than documentaries, sadly. Makes it hard for people who are more interested in learning facts.

P.S. for those who are interested - I do a semi-regular #FactFriday series (just when something occurs to me to write about)

@davey_cakes
""But Fedi doesn't have fact checkers either?""

Speak for yourself! 😂 Welcome to #FactFriday 🙂

@davey_cakes
""But Fedi doesn't have fact checkers either?""

Speak for yourself! 😂 Welcome to #FactFriday 🙂

@davey_cakes
""But Fedi doesn't have fact checkers either?""

Speak for yourself! 😂 Welcome to #FactFriday 🙂

@davey_cakes
""But Fedi doesn't have fact checkers either?""

Speak for yourself! 😂 Welcome to #FactFriday 🙂

@davey_cakes
""But Fedi doesn't have fact checkers either?""

Speak for yourself! 😂 Welcome to #FactFriday 🙂

1/6
This week for #FactFriday I want to point out some of the more subtle ways that #misinformation and #disinformation is spread on #blogs and #SocialMedia by people I am dubbing the #Disinformati (the #Illuminati of disinformation 😉 ) as a cautionary tale of what to be aware of when on these sites. I have encountered all of this in the realm of #Mathematics #Maths #Math but the take-aways apply equally to all subjects....

1/6
This week for #FactFriday I want to point out some of the more subtle ways that #misinformation and #disinformation is spread on #blogs and #SocialMedia by people I am dubbing the #Disinformati (the #Illuminati of disinformation 😉 ) as a cautionary tale of what to be aware of when on these sites. I have encountered all of this in the realm of #Mathematics #Maths #Math but the take-aways apply equally to all subjects....