sleepless dystopian - Blog - Sleepless Dystopian - dystopian cyberpunk writer2024-03-29T02:37:26Zhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/feed/tag/sleepless+dystopianThe 2020 election was marked by severe political divisions, a public health crisis, unease about the voting process, concerns about…https://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/the-2020-election-was-marked-by-severe-political-divisions-a2020-12-14T08:21:13.000Z2020-12-14T08:21:13.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>The 2020 election was marked by severe political divisions, a public health crisis, unease about the voting process, concerns about…
Some interesting data here; whilst most Americans surveyed seem to believe they had enough information to make a decision during the recent US election 4 in 5 felt they had been exposed to misinformation.
This is no surprise to us it is a sign of a change in awareness to some, if not all, of the problem we are tackling today.
All free countries should be looking to tackle the rise of misinformation and foreign interference both technically and through education to the people and through our school systems.
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/232023038278640/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/232023038278640/</a></div>Court blocks baseless effort by Republicans to undo Joe Biden’s victory in four stateshttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/court-blocks-baseless-effort-by-republicans-to-undo-joe-biden-s2020-12-12T21:21:44.000Z2020-12-12T21:21:44.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Court blocks baseless effort by Republicans to undo Joe Biden’s victory in four states
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/231087871705490/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/231087871705490/</a></div>Exclusive: UK regulators give go-ahead for drug to be trialled ahead of possible treatment alongside psychotherapyhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/exclusive-uk-regulators-give-go-ahead-for-drug-to-be-trialled2020-12-12T21:21:37.000Z2020-12-12T21:21:37.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Exclusive: UK regulators give go-ahead for drug to be trialled ahead of possible treatment alongside psychotherapy
Finally some positive progressive news
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/231089335038677/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/231089335038677/</a></div>Two years ago, complaints against real time bidding (RTB) were lodged by Jim Killock of Open Rights Group, Michael Veale of UCL, and Johnny Ryan.https://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/two-years-ago-complaints-against-real-time-bidding-rtb-were2020-12-11T16:57:16.000Z2020-12-11T16:57:16.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Two years ago, complaints against real time bidding (RTB) were lodged by Jim Killock of Open Rights Group, Michael Veale of UCL, and Johnny Ryan.
“WHAT’S THE ISSUE WITH RTB?
Every time you visit a website, hundreds if not thousands of hidden trackers are taking note of what we do, read and watch. Your browising history and profile data is then shared all across the globe, and sold in auctions where countless advertisers and middlemen can access our data and bid for their adverts to be shown in the websites we visit.
It is worth noticing that this information is collected and traded away without any security in place. Dodgy intermediaries could participate to an auction with no intention to bid or to show you adverts, but only to grab your data and use it for any reason they like — such as to manipulate your political views, check your compliance with coronavirus restrictions, or track protesters of the Black Lives Matter movement.
It is little surprising then that RTB must rely on coercion (cookie walls) and deception (dark patterns) to gain your consent. Who would ever say yes to advertising under these terms?”
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/230296751784602/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/230296751784602/</a></div>How better to be? In times of sorrow and despair Where the weak are belittled instead of held up and honoured What do we look for in our leaders, these men, and women whose sacred power is to protect https://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/how-better-to-be-in-times-of-sorrow-and-despair-where-the-weak2020-12-07T18:21:07.000Z2020-12-07T18:21:07.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>How better to be? In times of sorrow and despair Where the weak are belittled instead of held up and honoured What do we look for in our leaders, these men, and women whose sacred power is to protect Where do we turn when they fail us Why do we listen to their narratives when they are only out for r...
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/227721505375460/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/227721505375460/</a></div>Two prolific British trophy hunters are unmasked today as a network of trolls targets Boris Johnson’s government for threatening to clamp down on big-game hunting.Abigail Day, a Cambridge-educatedhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/two-prolific-british-trophy-hunters-are-unmasked-today-as-a2020-12-07T09:18:05.000Z2020-12-07T09:18:05.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Two prolific British trophy hunters are unmasked today as a network of trolls targets Boris Johnson’s government for threatening to clamp down on big-game hunting.Abigail Day, a Cambridge-educated
Two Big Game hunters are unmasked as a network of fake trolls has also been revealed to be part of a targeted online campaign to sway public opinion and the Defra decision on whether or not to ban big game trophy imports into the UK.
These ‘dark arts’ campaigns are used to manipulate and sway public opinion by setting up thousands of fake Facebook and Twitter accounts to join fake groups and promote their propaganda.
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/227454345402176/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/227454345402176/</a></div>You could be forgiven for thinking the government has treated the pandemic as an opportunity to reward its friends, says researcher Sophie Hillhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/you-could-be-forgiven-for-thinking-the-government-has-treated-the2020-11-22T09:17:51.000Z2020-11-22T09:17:51.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>You could be forgiven for thinking the government has treated the pandemic as an opportunity to reward its friends, says researcher Sophie Hill
The Tories have undoubtedly seen this pandemic as an opportunity.
An opportunity to exploit the system and the good will of the people in order to line the pockets of their friends and dismantle parts of the NHS
"It’s remarkable that the government has managed to squander so much goodwill so quickly – all while paying huge sums to PR firms to work on their messaging strategy."
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/217156946431916/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/217156946431916/</a></div>Tories bought tools to work out voters’ race and religion before 2019 election.https://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/tories-bought-tools-to-work-out-voters-race-and-religion-before2020-11-21T18:55:54.000Z2020-11-21T18:55:54.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Tories bought tools to work out voters’ race and religion before 2019 election.
“This really should be headline national news. 10,000,000 people racially profiled without consent by the UK Conservative Party. Buried on page 11 of 21 of an ICO audit of the parties use of data.”
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/216779179803026/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/216779179803026/</a></div>When we first took on the ad industry we knew it would not be simple.https://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/when-we-first-took-on-the-ad-industry-we-knew-it-would-not-be2020-11-18T19:44:50.000Z2020-11-18T19:44:50.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>When we first took on the ad industry we knew it would not be simple.
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/214719406675670/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/214719406675670/</a></div>Trade agreements matter; and Parliament has been cut out of the substance.https://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/trade-agreements-matter-and-parliament-has-been-cut-out-of-the2020-11-17T08:18:09.000Z2020-11-17T08:18:09.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Trade agreements matter; and Parliament has been cut out of the substance.
The UK-Japan trade deal is quietly introducing big changes to our data privacy laws with little scrutiny or democratic oversight. Parliament must demand answers.
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/213955513418726/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/213955513418726/</a></div>Subscribe. Directed by Amanda Zackem <a href="http://www.americancanary.org">http://www.americancanary.org</a> Short film by American Canary. UNM is currently in production of the documentary, Ecosophhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/subscribe-directed-by-amanda-zackem-a-href-http-www2020-11-15T09:38:49.000Z2020-11-15T09:38:49.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Subscribe. Directed by Amanda Zackem <a href="http://www.americancanary.org">http://www.americancanary.org</a> Short film by American Canary. UNM is currently in production of the documentary, Ecosophi...
We need to see reality for what it is, no matter how bleak, for us to have hope and work at a meaningful life to change that reality for something better.
<a href="https://youtu.be/Vpkz6GMsJ1g">https://youtu.be/Vpkz6GMsJ1g</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/213486070132337/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/213486070132337/</a></div>Presidential poll was the most secure ever, says statement from cybersecurity experts, in clearest repudiation yet of Donald Trump’s claimshttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/presidential-poll-was-the-most-secure-ever-says-statement-from2020-11-13T16:30:48.000Z2020-11-13T16:30:48.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Presidential poll was the most secure ever, says statement from cybersecurity experts, in clearest repudiation yet of Donald Trump’s claims
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/213073036840307/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/213073036840307/</a></div>Millions of farm animals worldwide could suffer if the UK sacrifices its standards to secure new trade deals. I’ve signed the open letter to the UK Government demanding that all food imports meet UK shttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/millions-of-farm-animals-worldwide-could-suffer-if-the-uk2020-11-13T10:03:16.000Z2020-11-13T10:03:16.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Millions of farm animals worldwide could suffer if the UK sacrifices its standards to secure new trade deals. I’ve signed the open letter to the UK Government demanding that all food imports meet UK standards, to protect animal welfare, human health and the environment. Please will you join me?
Please sign to protect UK animal rights in post Brexit deals
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/213010810179863/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/213010810179863/</a></div>Fears that appointment of extreme Republican partisans could endanger or politicise operation of defense departmenthttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/fears-that-appointment-of-extreme-republican-partisans-could2020-11-11T22:30:01.000Z2020-11-11T22:30:01.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Fears that appointment of extreme Republican partisans could endanger or politicise operation of defense department
What’s his real agenda whilst he distracts the media and public with lies about voter fraud?..... oh maybe this..
“Fears that appointment of extreme Republican partisans could endanger or politicise operation of defense department” and why would that be a good thing for a man in Putin’s pocket???
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/212681170212827/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/212681170212827/</a></div>The outgoing president has two ‘election defense funds’ – but the small print shows donations will go towards paying off debthttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/the-outgoing-president-has-two-election-defense-funds-but-the2020-11-10T21:35:14.000Z2020-11-10T21:35:14.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>The outgoing president has two ‘election defense funds’ – but the small print shows donations will go towards paying off debt
“ Donald Trump’s latest endeavor? Asking his supporters to pay his debts
The outgoing president has two ‘election defense funds’ – but the small print shows donations will go towards paying off debt”
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/212431146904496/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/212431146904496/</a></div>Donald Trump uses Twitter as a diversion tactic when faced with bad press, a new study has found.https://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/donald-trump-uses-twitter-as-a-diversion-tactic-when-faced-with2020-11-10T18:34:55.000Z2020-11-10T18:34:55.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Donald Trump uses Twitter as a diversion tactic when faced with bad press, a new study has found.
I am not sure they actually needed a study to figure this out ?!
<a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/us-politics/donald-trump-tweets-twitter-distraction-b63242.html">https://www.standard.co.uk/news/us-politics/donald-trump-tweets-twitter-distraction-b63242.html</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/212400616907549/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/212400616907549/</a></div>Rudy Giuliani details strategy in the car park of a landscaping business next door to a porn shop and a cremation centrehttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/rudy-giuliani-details-strategy-in-the-car-park-of-a-landscaping2020-11-08T09:14:41.000Z2020-11-08T09:14:41.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Rudy Giuliani details strategy in the car park of a landscaping business next door to a porn shop and a cremation centre
A fitting end outside the wrong four seasons and an adult store
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/211807780300166/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/211807780300166/</a></div>Democrat voted 46th president after election marked by vast turnout amid pandemic and social upheavalhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/democrat-voted-46th-president-after-election-marked-by-vast2020-11-07T19:38:31.000Z2020-11-07T19:38:31.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Democrat voted 46th president after election marked by vast turnout amid pandemic and social upheaval
Finally the US can move forward instead of back and has something to look forward to in 2021
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/211682296979381/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/211682296979381/</a></div>Saturday contemplation:
Life feels too much sometimes. Covid, US elections, Brexit, Lockdown 2.0, climate change, racial injustice, hatred and bigotry pushed on the LGBTQ+ 🏳️🌈 community.
It needshttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/saturday-contemplation-life-feels-too-much-sometimes-covid-us2020-11-07T12:52:32.000Z2020-11-07T12:52:32.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Saturday contemplation:
Life feels too much sometimes. Covid, US elections, Brexit, Lockdown 2.0, climate change, racial injustice, hatred and bigotry pushed on the LGBTQ+ 🏳️🌈 community.
It needs to stop. We need to take a breath and ask “what is really going on here?” When did fake news, conspiracy theory and misinformation get taken as gospel by so many? The divisions which are propagated and propelled forward by the attention economies of global tech platforms need to be acknowledged and addressed. We need to first acknowledge their existence, their impact in and on our lives and then build strategies to overcome them. To educate others and start building a movement for change.
@tristanharris and @centerforhumanetechnology state it like this “As long as social media companies profit from outrage, confusion, addiction, and depression, our well-being and democracy will continue to be at risk.”
Don’t just be the change in the world influence it.
@ajlunited the Algorithmic Justice League shows how coded bias is affecting the lives of marginalized groups. How big data and AI is not “unbiased” as it claims as its coded by straight white men for straight white men who may not even realise their deep in built biases.
In the UK @openrightsgroup monitors and fights for your rights for digital freedom, free from surveillance and data harvesting and manipulation.
Check out the work of some of these groups.
These are just some of the organizations and people fighting for your digital freedom.
All of the issues above are being affected by the polarization caused by social media and big tech companies.
We need to somehow get a grip on that to move forward as a society.
We need to acknowledge our addiction and dependence on this technologies. Acknowledging we have a problem is the first part.
We then need to start learning to use them to our advantage and holding them accountable for what they are doing in society.
Yes Twitter and Facebook are suppressing the false tweets and accusations of the current occupant of the White House, and that’s a start. But that is too little too late for many.
Start the journey, take back control.
Saturday contemplation:
Life feels too much sometimes. Covid, US elections, Brexit, Lockdown 2.0, climate change, racial injustice, hatred and bigotry pushed on the LGBTQ+ 🏳️🌈 community.
It needs to stop. We need to take a breath and ask “what is really going on here?” When did fake news, conspiracy theory and misinformation get taken as gospel by so many? The divisions which are propagated and propelled forward by the attention economies of global tech platforms need to be acknowledged and addressed. We need to first acknowledge their existence, their impact in and on our lives and then build strategies to overcome them. To educate others and start building a movement for change.
@tristanharris and @centerforhumanetechnology state it like this “As long as social media companies profit from outrage, confusion, addiction, and depression, our well-being and democracy will continue to be at risk.”
Don’t just be the change in the world influence it.
@ajlunited the Algorithmic Justice League shows how coded bias is affecting the lives of marginalized groups. How big data and AI is not “unbiased” as it claims as its coded by straight white men for straight white men who may not even realise their deep in built biases.
In the UK @openrightsgroup monitors and fights for your rights for digital freedom, free from surveillance and data harvesting and manipulation.
Check out the work of some of these groups.
These are just some of the organizations and people fighting for your digital freedom.
All of the issues above are being affected by the polarization caused by social media and big tech companies.
We need to somehow get a grip on that to move forward as a society.
We need to acknowledge our addiction and dependence on this technologies. Acknowledging we have a problem is the first part.
We then need to start learning to use them to our advantage and holding them accountable for what they are doing in society.
Yes Twitter and Facebook are suppressing the false tweets and accusations of the current occupant of the White House, and that’s a start. But that is too little too late for many.
Start the journey, take back control.
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/211607133653564/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/211607133653564/</a></div>Speeches from past US candidates conceding have been resurfacing after Trump, once again, falsely claims vote fraudhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/speeches-from-past-us-candidates-conceding-have-been-resurfacing2020-11-07T09:08:36.000Z2020-11-07T09:08:36.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Speeches from past US candidates conceding have been resurfacing after Trump, once again, falsely claims vote fraud
Republican or Democrat past presidents have focused on uniting the nation even in defeat. This is the sign of a true leader and diplomat....... need I say more
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/211578630323081/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/211578630323081/</a></div>If you are heading to the polls today, it might be worth saving your state’s hotline number on your phone now. #voterintimidationisillegal #voterintimidationhotlineshttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/if-you-are-heading-to-the-polls-today-it-might-be-worth-saving2020-11-03T14:28:25.000Z2020-11-03T14:28:25.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>If you are heading to the polls today, it might be worth saving your state’s hotline number on your phone now. #voterintimidationisillegal #voterintimidationhotlines
If you are heading to the polls today, it might be worth saving your state’s hotline number on your phone now. #voterintimidationisillegal #voterintimidationhotlines
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/210689693745308/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/210689693745308/</a></div>Party chairman Richard Tice says country must ‘learn to live with’ Covid not ‘hide in fear’https://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/party-chairman-richard-tice-says-country-must-learn-to-live-with2020-11-02T21:14:10.000Z2020-11-02T21:14:10.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Party chairman Richard Tice says country must ‘learn to live with’ Covid not ‘hide in fear’
Farage and his cronies yet again jumping on a bandwagon and trying to stoke up fear to get a reaction.
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/210513643762913/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/210513643762913/</a></div>Top expert says Biden taking pandemic ‘seriously’, leading spokesman for president to accuse doctor of political biashttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/top-expert-says-biden-taking-pandemic-seriously-leading-spokesman2020-11-01T21:37:42.000Z2020-11-01T21:37:42.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Top expert says Biden taking pandemic ‘seriously’, leading spokesman for president to accuse doctor of political bias
You need to vote him out, he whose name is not even worth speaking as to do so just adds to his “Branding”
The US needs a president that takes this pandemic seriously. That doesn’t name call and blame others but steps up, take firm action and takes responsibility.
I am far from a conservative but in the UK, as much as I despise the man and what he represents, Boris is at least doing something. Albeit late. But he is doing something and all through his government has provided support to those whose jobs are at risk and more.
Has it been perfect? Far from it. Has it been free from corruption, deceit or ineptitude? No quite the opposite.
But I appreciate this is a very challenging situation to try to manage and try to do the right thing. But one of the simplest things to do is to acknowledge it, warn people about how serious it is and take some kind of action.
He who shall not be named can’t even do that. And now he has the blood of hundreds of thousands of lives on his hands.
If you haven’t already vote. And vote him out.
#vote
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/210325700448374/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/210325700448374/</a></div>Called the “closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience,” by The Atlantic magazine, Tristan Harris spent three years as a Google Design Ethicist develop...https://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/called-the-closest-thing-silicon-valley-has-to-a-conscience-by2020-10-31T23:39:31.000Z2020-10-31T23:39:31.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Called the “closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience,” by The Atlantic magazine, Tristan Harris spent three years as a Google Design Ethicist develop...
This is important
<a href="https://youtu.be/OaTKaHKCAFg">https://youtu.be/OaTKaHKCAFg</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/210018390479105/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/210018390479105/</a></div>About 100,00o people take to the streets of Warsaw to oppose tightened abortion lawhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/about-100-00o-people-take-to-the-streets-of-warsaw-to-oppose2020-10-31T18:49:14.000Z2020-10-31T18:49:14.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>About 100,00o people take to the streets of Warsaw to oppose tightened abortion law
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/209969987150612/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/209969987150612/</a></div>"Take Back Your Attention" is a short compilation with clips from several Rebel Wisdom films, and featuring visuals from the recent Netflix film with Trastan...https://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/take-back-your-attention-is-a-short-compilation-with-clips-from2020-10-24T08:24:34.000Z2020-10-24T08:24:34.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>"Take Back Your Attention" is a short compilation with clips from several Rebel Wisdom films, and featuring visuals from the recent Netflix film with Trastan...
Time to take back control of your attention ?
<a href="https://youtu.be/GyHxau5CaIc">https://youtu.be/GyHxau5CaIc</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/208059110675033/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/208059110675033/</a></div>Shropshire County Council has given money that was intended to help businesses struggling because of COVID...to fox hunting groups. While shops on our high streets close their doors, aid that's meant https://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/shropshire-county-council-has-given-money-that-was-intended-to2020-10-21T15:56:50.000Z2020-10-21T15:56:50.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Shropshire County Council has given money that was intended to help businesses struggling because of COVID...to fox hunting groups. While shops on our high streets close their doors, aid that's meant to help them weather the Covid-19 crisis has gone to fund cruel bloodsports instead. Animal welf...
This is beyond disgusting from a local county council in Shropshire giving money meant for struggling business has been given to fox hunting groups #shropshire
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/207413587406252/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/207413587406252/</a></div>Balancing and Disturbing News, a Dharma talk by Rev. Astor Douglas, Shasta Abbey.https://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/balancing-and-disturbing-news-a-dharma-talk-by-rev-astor-douglas2020-10-19T23:10:37.000Z2020-10-19T23:10:37.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>Balancing and Disturbing News, a Dharma talk by Rev. Astor Douglas, Shasta Abbey.
You might find this helpful in this troubling times <a href="https://youtu.be/_IuhAP-j_Cs">https://youtu.be/_IuhAP-j_Cs</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/207019090779035/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/207019090779035/</a></div>A Russian disinformation campaign designed to undermine and spread fear about the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine has been exposed by a Times investigation.Pictures, memes and video clipshttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/a-russian-disinformation-campaign-designed-to-undermine-and2020-10-16T06:36:57.000Z2020-10-16T06:36:57.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>A Russian disinformation campaign designed to undermine and spread fear about the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine has been exposed by a Times investigation.Pictures, memes and video clips
This will never stop. Fake news and propaganda are a way of the world now and we need to learn to utilize our sense making and critical thinking skills to analyze what comes before us. Especially on social media and even from our friends and family who may repost (albeit innocently) something that comes from a rogue source.
#FakeNews
<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russians-spread-fake-news-over-oxford-coronavirus-vaccine-2nzpk8vrq">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russians-spread-fake-news-over-oxford-coronavirus-vaccine-2nzpk8vrq</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/206131390867805/">https://www.facebook.com/103626624451616/posts/206131390867805/</a></div>At first glance, fake news and false memories appear to be separate phenomena. But they have much in common as dangerous sources of misinformation. This article argues that fake news generates false mhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/blog/at-first-glance-fake-news-and-false-memories-appear-to-be2020-10-13T11:48:22.000Z2020-10-13T11:48:22.000ZEditorial Teamhttps://sleeplessdystopian.com/members/EditorialTeam<div>At first glance, fake news and false memories appear to be separate phenomena. But they have much in common as dangerous sources of misinformation. This article argues that fake news generates false memories, which in turn leads to flawed decision-making. Ignoring this interplay amplifies risk for i...
Really interesting article here with an actual usable and tangible solution to weeding out fake news and it’s impact in our personal lives #behavioraleconomics
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