Bluesky is an open social network app that gives creators independence from platforms, developers the freedom to build, and users a choice in their experience. Bluesky isn't owned by the techbros at Meta or X, and there's no algorithm to fight, and no invasive "Sponsored Posts, "Suggested Post" that tramples over your feed so FB can make money. Jamais Cascio, in his 2025 book Navigating the Age of Chaos: A Sense-Making Guide to a BANI World that Doesn't Make Sense , notes th

" Museums provide the first draft of art history. They decide which artists get to share wall space with masters like Michelangelo,...

Human Energy has recently unveiled GenOptimist AI - "an AI assistant that fosters a scientifically optimistic view on life for younger...

There are deep connections between politics and the fossil fuel industry and campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established...

On February 13, 2024, the Washington Post reported that corporate leaders of AI companies agree to limit election ‘deepfakes’ but fall...

Synopsis: The documentary Living in The Time of Dying is "an unflinching look at what it means to be living in the midst of climate...

From June 20-22, 2023 Elders Climate Action is hosting an open screening of the documentary film To The End. Limited tickets are...

Oregon Climate Action Hub is on a mission "to empower ALL Oregonians to take effective climate action." At their website you will find "a...

Learn about how to fight lies and digital disinformation by downloading the Institute for the Future's map, “Building a Healthy Cognitive...

The September 2019 Special Issue of Scientific American is devoted to Truth, Lies & Uncertainty: Watching for Reality in Unreal Times . The former President was in the White House then, so people were still looking for answers to understand how people could be so gullible to believe his lies. How did people get caught up in misinformation and conspiracy theories leading to fear, anger, violence, and lawlessness? Michael A. Hogg emphasizes in his article The Search for Social

Amid all the discouraging reporting from mainstream media there are still "Signals of Hope" about climate change if you look for them:...

Addressing the challenge to stop and reverse global warming is not just a matter of facts and convincing verbal arguments - motivation to...

Emergence Magazine website has a beautiful, informative, poetic and touching tableau of stories using video, images, music and text...

The announcement of Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter has caused a firestorm of debate about free speech and misinformation. Will conservatives who have been banned from Twitter find a more friendly platform? Will the former President, who told Fox News that even if Musk lifts his ban follow-through, he will "not go back to Twitter" and stay with Truth Social* (the former President's new social media site)? Will Twitter continue with " pre-bunks" (hubs of credible, authoritativ

On Thursday, April 28, 2022 International artist, and filmmaker Imogene Drummond shared how her growing awareness of our integral...

What is the most effective actions that one can take to address the climate crisis? Katherine Hayhoe says "just talk about it." "Getting...

“In a time when technology has become our lifeline, it is important than ever that we examine the role it plays in our lives and realign...

image from DHS Visible, physical warfare, such as the horrendous bombings in war in Ukraine, should also draw attention to the...

The real danger to responsible journalism, free speech, and democracy comes from within the United States, rather than from foreign intruders and social media technology. And we're not talking about the Google search engine bias or Facebook’s partnership with the Atlantic Council to suppress disinformation threatening democratic elections! The 2018 book, Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics by Yochai Benkler, Robert Fari

Our friend Jan Magarigal is a local artist, concerned about what humans are doing to our environment, and is a lover of frogs. Her...

PBS Newshour reports that only “11% of Republicans and 37% of Democrats say they trust National media organizations.” In 2017, the term “fake news” was used 174 times in tweets by the President. Perhaps that’s why? Wikipedia defines fake news as “a type of yellow journalism or propaganda that consists of deliberate misinformation or hoaxes spread via traditional print and broadcast news media or online social media. Fake news is written and published with the intent to misle

Google is getting more aggressive about “helping you make searches faster and get customized experiences in Search, Maps, Now, and other...

Empathy and respect. That is what will result in better conversations between conservatives and liberals according to 2015 research...

The mission of the World Association for Christian Communication is to “promote communication for social change. It believes that...