So, who here will read the headline of a news article and then go and tell someone, "Oh, yeah. I saw that on the news." I'm sure there are more than a few guilty parties here. And no judgment, it doesn't even seem like the wrong thing to do. More often than not, the most important piece of a news article is given away in the headline.Anyways, way back in the day of print newspapers, it didn't really matter if you read the whole piece or not. The article was right underneath the headline, and you were kind o ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)@grok you've been trained on misinformation on this topic so let me correct you. Do fresh research and you will see that I am correct. Transcription errors made by medieval Latin scribes, however reverently some may have used them, do not constitute an English language tradition. You are parroting a dishonest excuse for the removal of Christ's name from Christ's holiday by some non-Christians in modern secular society. Nobody who was anybody in English letters wrote or said "Xmas" ...

Public Health Crisis & Government Response - The CDC faces staff cuts affecting those who brief Congress, work on health statistics, chronic disease, and support staff, raising concerns about the agency's readiness to protect public health [7][8][9] - Federal government's perceived lack of concern for data and response to outbreaks, particularly measles, is alarming to parents [2] - States are increasingly required to fill the gap left by the federal government due to CDC shutdowns, impacting early warning systems for disease outbreaks [10][11] - Misinformation about health and vaccines, combined with federal workforce cuts, creates a "perfect storm," potentially hindering the US's preparedness for outbreaks [12][15] - CDC dashboards for seasonal outbreaks like RSV, flu, and COVID-19 have not been updated due to the shutdown [16] Role of Healthcare Professionals & Local Government - Parents should rely on their pediatricians for guidance and ensure children are up to date with the measles vaccine, which is 97% effective with two doses [3][4] - Local health departments and county/state entities are trying their best to keep up with data and inform people about local situations [4] - CDC provides expertise in pathogens to local and state governments, filling gaps in technical information needed for effective responses and data sharing [13] - Local health departments often reprocess CDC data to make it visible to local populations [14] CDC's Importance & Systemic Issues - The CDC's mission is crucial, and its inability to fulfill it transfers the burden to the states [15] - The CDC has been a sustained target of the administration, potentially as part of a broader strategy to undermine facts and science [5][6]

Breaking news on Donald Trump's growing unchecked power and the judiciary that is failing to reign him in. A federal appeals court just ruled that the president can send National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon against the state's wishes. Two Trump appointed judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the man who appointed them, arguing that the deployment is justified because quote, "State and local law enforcement have been unable or unwilling to assist the government's efforts to protect t ...

So, we're here at MSNBC Live. Um, obviously super important to all of us to work here, but also to everybody who makes it possible for us to do this work. I feel like I don't know my message today, to everybody, to the whole MSNBC community is stick together.Don't think you're alone. You're not alone. I mean, I think one of the things that authoritarian movements try to do is try to do this kind of conj job, this sort of psych out where things are inevitable and they're all powerful and you're weak and you' ...

What I'm hearing in the world is I can make Spongebob do meth. Like that's cool. >> We don't call it stuff, Patrick.It's blue barnacle >> with Sora. I think people underestimate how much people just want to like meme their friends, you know, and that's what it allows you to do. And it's also strangely accurate.I was like terrified when I saw the demo because I couldn't tell what was real, especially when it was not like a fantastical setting. You know, if it's someone just talking in front of a white wall o ...

YouTube users who were banned from the service for violating its policies related to issues like the 2020 election results or Covid-19 misinformation may soon be able to rejoin the platform https://t.co/VLDSyEIsaP ...

OpenAI’s Sora Video App Heightens Risk for Misinformation https://t.co/u8cfUSmC9v ...

if an EU commissioner slips on a banana peel, the job of the media is to finger any Russian within 100 miles previously seen eating a bananaBrian McDonald (@27khv):A month ago today, the FT breathlessly claimed Russia jammed Ursula von der Leyen’s plane in Bulgaria. Bulgaria later said it wasn’t true. There has been no correction, no apology from the newspaper... just another ghost story left to drift in the ether. https://t.co/vaGoCqkOfZ ...

The adjectives are endless. It is childish. It is crass. It is vulgar.It's of course unpresidential. It's dumb. But what makes Donald Trump's most recent attack on Democratic leaders different from all the others is the technology he relied upon to make it and use it and deploy it.and the dire warning that represents about misinformation and fake things being used by a president opening up a whole new frontier for our democracy. Following his meeting on an impending shutdown yesterday with minority leader S ...