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Artemis and the American Spirit Source link
April 2 is International Fact-Checking Day, purposefully set the day after April Fools’ Day (when mistruths are encouraged). The day was launched in 2016 by the International Fact-Checking Network, which calls it “a global celebration of truth and accuracy.” This year’s International Fact-Checking Day theme is: “We Stand for Facts.” We’ve been doing that for more than 20 years. FactCheck.org has been holding politicians accountable for the claims they make — and providing the facts to our readers — since our launch in 2003. To commemorate this day, we gathered various mentions of our work over the years by politicians…
Springfield Helps Against Mayor Johnson's Worst Ideas Source link
In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Joshua Scheer Whatever this is, it has to be reported as historic. That’s what they’ll call it—high-level talks, breakthroughs, diplomacy in motion. A U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance sitting face-to-face with Iranian officials for the first time in decades. Headlines will frame it as progress. A turning point. A moment of calm after chaos. But history…
(Continued from Part 1) Seckel was enjoying a lot of success posturing as an “expert,” or at least as a “collector,” of illusions, primarily visual. He spoke before many audiences, wrote (or plagiarized) articles and books, and traveled across the globe to share his presentations. Many of the illusions Seckel presented were invented by the magician Jerry Andrus (1918 – 2007). Andrus was a well-known and well-loved figure in the skeptic community, as well as with magicians, and often spoke at skeptic conferences. I learned that, following Andrus’ death, Seckel’s Eye Wonder wanted to buy the rights to all of…
Author at the allegedly haunted Smurl House in West Pittston, Pennsylvania On September 5, 2025, the (hopefully) final chapter of The Conjuring film franchise, subtitled Last Rites, was released in theaters. It was advertised as “Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.” According to Amazon’s description, the film was “Inspired by the harrowing true story of the Smurl family haunting.” But was it really? (Spoiler: No.) In October 1973, Jack and Janet Smurl, along with their two daughters (Dawn and Heather), moved into a house on Chase Street in…
A roundup of mysterious, paranormal and strange news stories from the past week. Source link
Welcome to the end of the show. The curtains are fraying, the actors are drunk, and the stage lights are literally exploding, but they’re still trying to keep you glued to the screen. The latest ‘Moon Landing’ reboot is the ultimate April Fool’s prank on lobotomized plantation slaves. They’re lighting up millions of gallons of oil to launch a tin can while the rest of the world stares at empty gas pumps. It’s an illusion, and it’s vanishing faster than NOT A SPACE AGENCY (NASA’s) ‘lost’ the technology and recorded over the telemetry tapes. The most significant achievement in human…
We have just recently witnessed one of the funniest episodes of UFOlogical stupidity in recent memory: Some of UFO’s top Disclosure Warriors dramatically announce they have uncovered a “secret cabal” manipulating Wikipedia articles about UFOs. Matt Ford of the Good Trouble Show posted this dramatic announcement on TwitX on January 21: TODAY 530pm Pacific. @RobHeatherly1joins us as he exposes the Secret Cabal of debunker Wikipedia Editors run by a non-profit 501(c)3 targeting Wikipedia pages on UFOs with a written statement by @LueElizondo. So there we have it – these Disclosure Warriors, including the esteemed Lue Elizondo himself, dramatically announce to official Washington,…
Article Metrics0CrossRef Citations The development of artificial intelligence (AI) allows rapid creation of AI-synthesized images. In a pre-registered experiment, we examine how properties of AI-synthesized images influence belief in misinformation and memory for corrections. Realistic and probative (i.e., providing strong evidence) images predicted greater belief in false headlines. Additionally, we found preliminary evidence that paying attention to properties of images could selectively lower belief in false headlines. Our findings suggest that advances in photorealistic image generation will likely lead to greater susceptibility to misinformation, and that future interventions should consider shifting attention to images. By Sean GuoDepartment of Psychology, The…