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YouTube’s algorithm is pushing climate misinformation videos, and their creators are profiting from it: One-fifth of the ads on climate misinformation videos were from Greenpeace, World Wildlife Fund, or other green/environmental groups. "Avaaz cites YouTube’s much-debated algorithms as the main...
Source: niemanlab.org
Vox’s video about Chechen leader accused of torturing gay people is being spammed with dislikes: As of noon on Friday,
Vox’s video about Chechen leader accused of torturing gay people is being spammed with dislikes: As of noon on Friday, the video had 8,453 likes and 4,703 dislikes. The typical ratio of likes to dislikes on a Vox video is 10:1.
Source: niemanlab.org
South Africa may be the epicenter of a geomagnetic pole reversal in progress
Evidence suggests that the planet may be in the opening strains of a geomagnetic chicken dance, the likes of which we haven't seen for almost a million years. Don’t start running around like your hair’s on fire, but this might actually matter. The Earth’s magnetic field is so discombobulated over...
Source: extremetech.com
Biologists start sharing unpublished work—oh, the horror!: Bemused physicists watch biologists start biorXiv, party likes
Biologists start sharing unpublished work—oh, the horror!: Bemused physicists watch biologists start biorXiv, party likes it's 1991.
Source: arstechnica.com
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