With misinformation nearly everywhere, one professor tested a simple fix of 150 minutes of fact-checking homework – and it worked, boosting the students’ ability to spot misinformation by nearly 20%.
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Please listen and share. Think about this courageous journalist who broke the Cambridge Analytica hack of Facebook and is summoning us to understand the coup taking place!
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
The power of trade at a glance ↓
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Elon Musk claims "the leftists" are bad-mouthing his company. This isn't true. It's ordinary car buyers who are fed the fuck up.
A map of Europe highlighting the locations of six new AI factories established by the European Union. The factories are marked with icons and are distributed as follows: Selected in December 2024 (blue markers): MIMER AI Factory at the University of Linköping, Sweden, ITALIA AI Factory at CINECA, Italy; BSC AI Factory at the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, Spain; HammerHAI at the University of Stuttgart, Germany; Meluxina-AI at the LuxPriovide, Luxembourg; Pharos at GRNET, Greece. Selected in March 2025 (purple markers): AI2F in Bruyères-le-Châtel, France; JAIF in Jülich, Germany, PIAST AIF in Poznań, Poland; AIAAT in Vienna, Austria, SLAIF in Maribor, Slovenia; BRAIN++ in Sofia, Bulgaria. The map uses shades of purple to indicate the countries where the factories are located and includes EU branding at the top.
Say hello to Europe's six new new AI Factories:
🇦🇹 AI:AT
🇧🇬 BRAIN++
🇫🇷 AI2F
🇩🇪 JAIF
🇵🇱 PIAST
🇸🇮 SLAIF
These factories will help startup, small and medium companies develop AI models using top supercomputing power, data, and talent ↓
europa.eu/!F6KGPG
Several dozens of thousands of records are being smashed allover Oceania,Australia,Asia, all Africa from North to South,in several European countries,North and South America, locally by as much as 8C margin.
in 2+ centuries of climatic history, there has never been anything remotely similar of this
FT Exclusive: The US has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces. www.ft.com/content/c58f...
That’s right. 🇺🇦
“Trump and Vance have revealed to Americans and to America’s allies their alignment with Russia, and their animosity toward Ukraine in general and its president in particular,” writes @davidfrum.bsky.social. “The truth is ugly, but it’s necessary to face it.” theatln.tc/OBWzC38t
Bezos anunţă că limitează editorialele ziarului The Washington Post la anumite opinii / ”Vom scrie zilnic în susţinerea şi în apărarea a doi piloni: libertăţile personale şi pieţele libere”
Studiu: Vietățile urâte nu primesc bani / Aproape 94% din speciile pe cale de dispariție nu au primit niciun sprijin în ultimul sfert de secol / 86% din fonduri le-au luat mamiferele
🌾 Introducing PRO-WILD! 🌿 A Horizon Europe project protecting and promoting Crop Wild Relatives of wheat, sugar beet & oilseed rape to boost climate resilience & food security. 🌍💡
🔗 www.pro-wild.eu
#Biodiversity #CropWildRelatives #Agrobiodiversity #HorizonEU
A ribbon in the colours of the Ukrainian flag (blue and yellow) is pinned with a badge featuring the European Union flag. The background also displays blue and yellow colours. Below the image, a message reads: "The European Union stands united in its unwavering support to Ukraine," with "European Union" and "support to Ukraine" highlighted in bold blue text on a yellow background. The European Union flag appears in the bottom right corner.
Ukraine remains under an unprovoked, unjustified attack.
We must keep up efforts to protect our shared future and resolutely oppose Russia’s crimes and destruction.
Three years after Putin's failed full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we continue to #StandWithUkraine ↓
Ucrainenii din Cluj-Napoca strâng bani pentru restaurarea locurilor de joacă din oraș / ”A venit momentul să vă arătăm recunoștința noastră”
Let's check in and see which full year, since 1940, was the warmest and which one was the coolest. It's as if something has changed.
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
Front page of today’s NY Post
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
I believe we need to prepare and stay believing that we will survive no matter what happens.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“Trump’s policies, both at home and abroad, are rapidly destroying the foundation of American power,” writes Michael Schuman. “The main beneficiary will be the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who has been planning for the moment when Washington stumbles”:
🟢 The @greenclimate.fund approved $130M+ for two
@fao.org -led projects in Kenya and Serbia to boost climate resilience and sustainability.
The initiatives will benefit over 6 million people by tackling climate, agriculture, forestry and energy challenges.
www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
Fear thrives where uncertainty lives—but it doesn’t have to control you.
The key to breaking free is replacing fear with knowledge. When you understand how these tactics work, you can see through the manipulation and take back control of your mind and life.
A visual showing three young plants grow in dark soil, with a hand gently watering the middle plant. The image includes the European Commission's logo and the text "Securing our farmers' future. Securing our future."
Supporting farmers
Feeding all Europe
Building a future for generations to come
Today, we present an ambitious roadmap for agriculture and food in Europe until 2040.
Our vision values producers and food, paving the way for a future where sustainable growth benefits everyone ↓
europa.eu/!Yhnhwv
A pair of jeans and a text above saying “For clothes that last longer”
We can’t afford to waste food and fibre.
Last night the European Parliament and the Council agreed to:
🍎Cut food waste by 10% in processing & manufacturing and 30% per person in retail & consumption
👖Charge producers for textile waste and short durability to fund recycling
More→ europa.eu/!34Tt76
The Ukrainian president made his comments as Vladimir Putin praised the US-Russian rapprochement and argued that European leaders had excluded themselves from the talks. www.ft.com/content/dc98...
“I thought: America is a free country with respect for human rights,” he said. “I had no idea it was like a dictatorship.”