What is Critical Thinking
With social media companies such as Meta, removing fact checking and a lot of misinformation being sent out. We need to understand Critical Thinking so we can sort through the information we are exposed to, and pick out factual, evidence based facts.
We need to look at the Who, What, When, Where,, Why, and How, so in essence we are asking open questions, as in those which we can't generally just answer with yes or no.
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#Information,#Facts,#Lies,#Misinformation#CriticalThinking
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LA Fire facts.
There is a lot of misinformation being spread on X and also by President-elect trump. This link, shared on Mastodon (Fediverse) aims to address some of the lies and present facts.
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#LosAngles,#Fires,#Facts,#CriticalThinking
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UK universities join retreat from Elon Musk's X,
UK universities join retreat from Elon Musk's X, citing misinformation on platform | Reuters
This is great news, as more and more people leave X and more established and respected institutions leave, the platform is becoming ever more irrelevant.
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What is HMPV
Just quickly sharing this, please check out the references below for more information.
"Human metapneumovirus is a respiratory virus that causes flu or cold-like symptoms."[1]
What are the symptoms of HMPV infection?
These symptoms typically appear within three to six days after being infected, and often include:
Cough
Fever
Nasal congestion
Wheezing
Breathlessness
Sore throat
Graphic
Treatment
According to [1] there is no direct vaccine at present, and treatment is about management, nevertheless I have put a link to biorxiv [2] as study on HMPV is moving forward there may be research that points to better treatment as we learn more.
We NEED to follow the science.
References
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/8/what-is-hmpv-the-respiratory-virus-surging-in-china
- biorxiv HMPV info
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#Virus,#HPMV
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Meta to replace 'biased' fact-checkers with moderation by users
This is not good, we have seen a rise in far right content on X, since Musk took over, free speech has some limitations surely.
I never really got in to Facebook, it was full of people talking garbage, posting pics of their food, saying how drunk they were etc I deleted my account well over a decade ago. I deleted my Twitter account soon after Musk took over, I was already on Mastodon by that point and witnessed the huge Exodus from X to the Fediverse.
We are going to see a huge amount of misinformation posted to these platforms, we are also going to see attacks on EU/UK regulators, which is not good.
Given the harrowing stories from Moderators about the sort of content they need to look at, putting that content in the hands of users could be very interesting indeed. The whole point of moderation is to protect users.
It is going to get very messy and nasty.
More reasons to leave
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CPD Update 6/1/2025
I am back at work tomorrow, so today was inset day at work. This morning, I completed Passive Intervention and Prevention Strategies (PIPS) module 1
Which should be really useful going forward.
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#School,#Training,#CPD
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Bird Migration Explorer
Interesting project providing a map and you can select a species of bird and use the migration explorer to learn how different species move around and what challenges they face.
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#Science,#Ornithology,#Bird,#Avian,#Migration
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Bookwyrm
Welcome to BookWyrm
Social Reading and Reviewing, Decentralized
BookWyrm is a social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. Federation allows BookWyrm users to join small, trusted communities that can connect with one another, and with other ActivityPub services like Mastodon and Pleroma.
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#BookWyrm,#Books,#Social,#Fediverse
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AI Footprint
With all the hype around AI, not many people are talking about how this is impacting on the environment, power consumption and water usage (for cooling)
We need to start having these conversations
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#Environment,#Ai,#Power,#Consumption
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