Author: The Informant
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Why AI ‘art’ isn’t art
If you’re using AI because you love art, because you have ideas, or because you want to learn, then you’re already on the right track. You have the spark.
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Elon Musk and the Rise of a New Nazi Ideology: Techno-Nazism
Introduction: Elon Musk, once hailed by some as a visionary entrepreneur, has increasingly displayed behaviors, ideologies, and affiliations that align disturbingly well with far-right extremism. While traditional neo-Nazis operate on the fringes of society, Musk represents a new class of modern Nazi-one that fuses billionaire libertarianism, white nationalist dog-whistling, eugenics, and authoritarianism into a corporate-controlled…
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Fact-Checking the “Transgender Mice” Claim: How Misinformation Fuels Hate
The claim that taxpayer money created “transgender mice” is a distortion of scientific research, aimed at fueling transphobia and undermining important studies. This misinformation has led to funding cuts in vital medical research and harmed public health while also perpetuating harmful stereotypes against the transgender community, stifling future advancements.
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The Slow Apocalypse: A World Unraveling One Step at a Time
The apocalypse is not something which is coming. The apocalypse has arrived in major portions of the planet and it’s only because we live within a bubble of incredible privilege and social insulation that we still have the luxury of anticipating the apocalypse –Terence McKenna The concept of apocalypse often brings to mind images of…
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The Tech-Savvy Baloney Detection Kit
As a kid I was fascinated by Carl Sagan. Not only was he a great science communicator but he was instrumental in my own journey as a critical thinker with his Baloney Detection Kit. In honor of him I have my own, modern day kit.These are the steps I myself follow: Following this won’t be…
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The Positive Reclamation of ‘Weird’ and Its Disruption of Right-wing Ideology
The political Right is in conflict over being labeled as “weird” by Liberals, seeing it as an attack on their legitimacy. The term has been historically used to dehumanize marginalized groups, but is being reclaimed as a positive self-identifier. This illustrates a broader trend of redefining negative terms and highlights flaws in current Right-wing ideology.
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Q Anon And the Storm Conspiracy
Who is Q? And what exactly, is the ‘Storm Conspiracy’? For those answers we must jump down a rabbit hole called 4 Chan. So what exactly is 4 Chan? 4 Chan is an image board launched in 2003 modeled after Japanese image boards, users post anonymously and you can find anything from meme images to…
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Silly Teenager epidemics, what IS going on with our youth?
Earlier this year we saw a rash of teenagers joining in on the “Tide Pod Challenge” and while there does seem to be some truth to this story, there is also more to it than there seems. The phenomenon goes back to 2011 when people would post videos on Facebook and YouTube showing them supposedly…
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Can we stop hurricanes with a nuke?
A fascinating and exciting idea, could we stop or re-direct a hurricane with nuclear weapons?