#media literacy 101

[toraoistired]

Thank you so much for your post on project 2025. It is something to keep an eye out for, but it is not federal law and would likely take MULTIPLE bills to even come close to total fruition. I feel like people don't realize that and your post does such a good job of putting it into perspective. Thank you. And we should write more smut to spite the people who wrote it lmao /j

Lmao this is from like a month ago but I forget to check my asks I’m sorry 😳

I hope that at the very least my post gets ppl asking questions and looking where info comes from. Seeing the ease with which misinformation and disinformation is spread on any platform is disturbing, (like that bs study on how black plastic in spatulas is gonna kill us all that went viral a few weeks back and is total garbage).

N I’m not gonna b the asshole who’s like “omg media literacy is dead” because I don’t think it is, I just think it’s a lot harder to be literate in todays media environment. It’s actively discouraged on certain sites (cough cough twitter cough)!!

I could go on many rants on this subject, but I would encourage yall who are able to check out the book calling bullshit: the art of skepticism in a data-driven world and its associated website because while not perfect, it helps debunk some common “black boxes” of data science and shit in an understandable way (I have dyscalculia so this is high praise coming from me lol)

And while I’m monologuing; donate to Wikipedia!! It’s such a resource and is so good for getting a decent footing in a subject. The references linked at the bottom of articles are a treasure trove of info. Having it as a (semi) accessible resource is a huge deal!!

Ok spiel over, thanks for listening, I’m so glad you found my post valuable, and WRITE ALL THE SMUT IN THE WORLD BB LET EVERYBODY FUCK *

*while respectfully allowing my asexual homies to chill n watch bill n ted’s excellent adventure