Well sure if you’ve been taught how to do that. Many people do not have the skill set to evaluate sources. RealPatriotNews dot net looks exactly as credible as Reuters to them.

Also, consider that many people live in states that have defunded education systems, or were educated before we needed to know how to critically evaluate things online including genAI images and videos. It’s not as easy as it was even just a few years ago.

Unfortunately between the enshittification of search engines, corporate capture of major news companies, and politicization of our scientific bodies, what you find just a few taps away may not be the facts.

If I want to feel patriotic I’ll go watch John Adam’s on HBO again

I canceled mine. I was willing to give him a second chance after the endorsement debacle, but now it seems he’s getting more and more involved with making decisions for the paper and I don’t trust that. I’m looking for a paper that’s going to tell me the unvarnished truth.

A flock of dark-eyed juncos at my feeder today.

What does this mean? There are tons of drag queens on instagram

I wonder if this ‘need’ for AI is a result of the downfall of Google search. It used to be that you would google “piano songs for children” and a useful website would come up. Now you have to wade through endless pages of ad-ridden SEO-optimized garbage before you can find anything useful.

In my experience, I see this type of attitude even in middle class folks too. Many people no longer value community relations and taking care of their neighbors.