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Saturday, May 23, 2026

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Saturday, May 23, 2026

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Saturday, May 23, 2026

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A quotation from Carlyle

For if a good speaker — an eloquent speaker — is not speaking the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Speech (1866-04-02), “On the Choice of Books,” Inaugural Address as Lord Rector, University

More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/732/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #deceit #eloquence #error #ignorance #incorrectness #lying #oration #presentation #speaker #speech #truth #untruth #misleading

A quotation from Carlyle

For if a good speaker — an eloquent speaker — is not speaking the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Speech (1866-04-02), “On the Choice of Books,” Inaugural Address as Lord Rector, University

More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/732/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #deceit #eloquence #error #ignorance #incorrectness #lying #oration #presentation #speaker #speech #truth #untruth #misleading

Hey @bitwarden you are being misleading and it's making us sad.

Your website currently has a misleading link (and its affecting us being able to recommend ur tools).

Your dedicated Authentor app on the "Bitwarden Authenticator' page, has a Download it today button at the top of the page > That SHOULD take folks to the Authenticator download links (like at the bottom of the page), but instead it takes people to download the FULL Bitwarden Password Manager software.

Currently we're having to recommend folks use an alternative service as this is coming across as sneaky and dirty tactics. Really hoping it was unintentional. Regardless, pls fix so that this link takes ppl to download the tool they are expecting.

We were hoping to recommend ur service at our upcoming Digital Lounges, but we only endorse the most ethical open providers and stuff like this is the stuff the community notices.

#BItwarden #AuthenticatorApp #MFA #2FA #Authentication #Misleading #MisleadingCopy #Marketing #BigTech #FOSS

#FactCheck Posts -

Chicago is not the #murdercapital of the world, there are many cities with higher #murder counts and rates globally

Adding Context to Trump’s #Misleading #Claims About #Crime in #Chicago

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/09/adding-context-to-trumps-misleading-claims-about-crime-in-chicago/

#FactCheck Posts -

Chicago is not the #murdercapital of the world, there are many cities with higher #murder counts and rates globally

Adding Context to Trump’s #Misleading #Claims About #Crime in #Chicago

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/09/adding-context-to-trumps-misleading-claims-about-crime-in-chicago/

Trump Photo Shows The Perils of AI Upscaling Tools https://petapixel.com/2025/09/05/trump-photo-shows-the-perils-of-ai-upscaling-tools/ #misinformation #aiupscaling #donaldtrump #Technology #misleading #president #upscaling #upscaler #health #News

#Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is #investigating #Meta #AI Studio and #CharacterAI for potentially #misleading children with #mentalhealth claims. The investigation focuses on #AIpersonas presenting as #therapeutictools without proper credentials. https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/18/texas-attorney-general-accuses-meta-character-ai-of-misleading-kids-with-mental-health-claims/ ?eicker.news #tech #media #news

#Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is #investigating #Meta #AI Studio and #CharacterAI for potentially #misleading children with #mentalhealth claims. The investigation focuses on #AIpersonas presenting as #therapeutictools without proper credentials. https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/18/texas-attorney-general-accuses-meta-character-ai-of-misleading-kids-with-mental-health-claims/ ?eicker.news #tech #media #news

»#ElonMusk’s #misleading #electionclaims have been viewed more than 2 billion times on #XTwitter, analysis finds.« https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/04/media/elon-musk-election-x-misinformation-trump-harris/index.html?eicker.news #tech #media

»#ElonMusk’s #misleading #electionclaims have been viewed more than 2 billion times on #XTwitter, analysis finds.« https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/04/media/elon-musk-election-x-misinformation-trump-harris/index.html?eicker.news #tech #media

»#ElonMusk’s #misleading #electionclaims have been viewed more than 2 billion times on #XTwitter, analysis finds.« https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/04/media/elon-musk-election-x-misinformation-trump-harris/index.html?eicker.news #tech #media

»#ElonMusk’s #misleading #electionclaims have been viewed more than 2 billion times on #XTwitter, analysis finds.« https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/04/media/elon-musk-election-x-misinformation-trump-harris/index.html?eicker.news #tech #media

»#ElonMusk’s #misleading #electionclaims have been viewed more than 2 billion times on #XTwitter, analysis finds.« https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/04/media/elon-musk-election-x-misinformation-trump-harris/index.html?eicker.news #tech #media

#Qantas Airways duped nearly 1 million passengers in #fakeflights #scandal
🇦🇺"QF misled almost 1mil #customers booked on tens of thousands of #nonexistent #services, according to court docs tt reveal the scale of the #misconduct & the #airline’s #awareness of the problem.. QF also #admitted #misleading ticket holders by not telling them promptly they were actually booked on phantom services.. bombshell allegations led to the premature departure of CEO #AlanJoyce last year"
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3280044/australias-qantas-airways-duped-nearly-1-million-passengers-fake-flights-scandal

#Qantas Airways duped nearly 1 million passengers in #fakeflights #scandal
🇦🇺"QF misled almost 1mil #customers booked on tens of thousands of #nonexistent #services, according to court docs tt reveal the scale of the #misconduct & the #airline’s #awareness of the problem.. QF also #admitted #misleading ticket holders by not telling them promptly they were actually booked on phantom services.. bombshell allegations led to the premature departure of CEO #AlanJoyce last year"
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3280044/australias-qantas-airways-duped-nearly-1-million-passengers-fake-flights-scandal

When it comes to #reporting on #NorthAmerica’s #OverdoseCrisis — the worst in our history — #misleading articles can increase #stigma against people who use #drugs, skew the public’s understanding of the issue, inspire #BadFaith policy and make it more difficult for other #journalists to gain the trust and respect of #MarginalizedCommunities.

Which brings me to a splashy, new piece of drug #journalism from U.K.-based newspaper the Telegraph, falsely claiming that #decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs “made #Vancouver the #fentanyl capital of the world.”

The Telegraph’s story, like others before it, makes a number of other #misleading claims, including stating that #SafeSupply programs, which provide pharmaceutical alternatives to street drugs, are making the situation worse because that supply is being sold to street users, including young people. Some safe supply is being diverted, but there is no evidence that it’s led to more deaths or teens forming new addictions.

Reporting like this misses important context about the #DrugCrisis, allowing #politicians to drum up fear about #HarmReduction rather than confront how decades of #prohibition have impacted the current #FentanylCrisis. After the 2010s crackdown on prescription pain pills, many people dependent on #opioids turned to heroin instead. Eventually, #DrugTraffickers began cutting heroin with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger, that is also cheaper and simpler to make and smuggle.

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/fearmongering-about-drug-dens-is-making-canadas-crisis-worse/article_3cb43484-444e-11ef-90b0-a7fbb265a168.html

#CDNpoli #BCpoli #BreakTheStigma #AddictionEducation #Fearmongering #StopStigmatizingAddiction #Health #Medical #HealthPolicies #MediaManipulation #BreakStatusQuo #FundTreatmentServices #FundHealthCare #FundMedicalServices #CommunityHealth

When it comes to #reporting on #NorthAmerica’s #OverdoseCrisis — the worst in our history — #misleading articles can increase #stigma against people who use #drugs, skew the public’s understanding of the issue, inspire #BadFaith policy and make it more difficult for other #journalists to gain the trust and respect of #MarginalizedCommunities.

Which brings me to a splashy, new piece of drug #journalism from U.K.-based newspaper the Telegraph, falsely claiming that #decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs “made #Vancouver the #fentanyl capital of the world.”

The Telegraph’s story, like others before it, makes a number of other #misleading claims, including stating that #SafeSupply programs, which provide pharmaceutical alternatives to street drugs, are making the situation worse because that supply is being sold to street users, including young people. Some safe supply is being diverted, but there is no evidence that it’s led to more deaths or teens forming new addictions.

Reporting like this misses important context about the #DrugCrisis, allowing #politicians to drum up fear about #HarmReduction rather than confront how decades of #prohibition have impacted the current #FentanylCrisis. After the 2010s crackdown on prescription pain pills, many people dependent on #opioids turned to heroin instead. Eventually, #DrugTraffickers began cutting heroin with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger, that is also cheaper and simpler to make and smuggle.

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/fearmongering-about-drug-dens-is-making-canadas-crisis-worse/article_3cb43484-444e-11ef-90b0-a7fbb265a168.html

#CDNpoli #BCpoli #BreakTheStigma #AddictionEducation #Fearmongering #StopStigmatizingAddiction #Health #Medical #HealthPolicies #MediaManipulation #BreakStatusQuo #FundTreatmentServices #FundHealthCare #FundMedicalServices #CommunityHealth

The #Media did a poor job in the run-up to the #midterm #elections. #DanaMilbank at #Wapo looks at bad #polling, #misleading articles and faulty #data.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/09/media-blew-red-wave-predictions-wrong/

The #Media did a poor job in the run-up to the #midterm #elections. #DanaMilbank at #Wapo looks at bad #polling, #misleading articles and faulty #data.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/09/media-blew-red-wave-predictions-wrong/

WARNING: #Elections in #SouthAustralia rigged against #minorParties.

They've had 4 yrs to fix this. Noone at the #ElectoralCommision (#ECSA) has fixed #misleading instructions that caused 70,000 #votes for minorParties to be binned.

If you vote for a #minorParty you *must* number as many above-the-line as possible. Following their top instruction and numbering one party, means your vote is #wasted if that party doesn't get in.

Govts in #Australia quietly abolished #PartyPreferences #post2016.