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🦜☠️ It be #TalkLikeAPirateDay, mateys!
But beware: not all treasure maps online lead to gold—some lead straight to misinformation.
At Factland, we chart the seas of truth so ye don’t get scammed by digital buccaneers. 🏴☠️⚔️ #FactCheck
But beware: not all treasure maps online lead to gold—some lead straight to misinformation.
At Factland, we chart the seas of truth so ye don’t get scammed by digital buccaneers. 🏴☠️⚔️ #FactCheck
September 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
🦜☠️ It be #TalkLikeAPirateDay, mateys!
But beware: not all treasure maps online lead to gold—some lead straight to misinformation.
At Factland, we chart the seas of truth so ye don’t get scammed by digital buccaneers. 🏴☠️⚔️ #FactCheck
But beware: not all treasure maps online lead to gold—some lead straight to misinformation.
At Factland, we chart the seas of truth so ye don’t get scammed by digital buccaneers. 🏴☠️⚔️ #FactCheck
🧈 Fat was evil. Then fat was fine.
🍳 Eggs were deadly. Then they weren’t.
🧪 Margarine was the healthy choice—until it started killing people.
This is how decades of dietary U-turns eroded public trust.
Full read → vist.ly/43dzp
🍳 Eggs were deadly. Then they weren’t.
🧪 Margarine was the healthy choice—until it started killing people.
This is how decades of dietary U-turns eroded public trust.
Full read → vist.ly/43dzp
August 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🧈 Fat was evil. Then fat was fine.
🍳 Eggs were deadly. Then they weren’t.
🧪 Margarine was the healthy choice—until it started killing people.
This is how decades of dietary U-turns eroded public trust.
Full read → vist.ly/43dzp
🍳 Eggs were deadly. Then they weren’t.
🧪 Margarine was the healthy choice—until it started killing people.
This is how decades of dietary U-turns eroded public trust.
Full read → vist.ly/43dzp
Things That Shouldn’t Be True But Are:
People now label real events — floods, shootings, protests — as “false flags”
Usage of that term is up 1,100% in 5 years.
It surged 350% just this spring.
This isn’t healthy skepticism. It’s a virus.
#Factland #FalseFlagWatch
People now label real events — floods, shootings, protests — as “false flags”
Usage of that term is up 1,100% in 5 years.
It surged 350% just this spring.
This isn’t healthy skepticism. It’s a virus.
#Factland #FalseFlagWatch
August 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Things That Shouldn’t Be True But Are:
People now label real events — floods, shootings, protests — as “false flags”
Usage of that term is up 1,100% in 5 years.
It surged 350% just this spring.
This isn’t healthy skepticism. It’s a virus.
#Factland #FalseFlagWatch
People now label real events — floods, shootings, protests — as “false flags”
Usage of that term is up 1,100% in 5 years.
It surged 350% just this spring.
This isn’t healthy skepticism. It’s a virus.
#Factland #FalseFlagWatch
One fake paper was weird. Thousands? That’s a hydra.
Bad News #8 at Factland dives into the shady world of “paper mills”—industries churning out fraudulent academic research for profit.
And the sleuths fighting back.
🧪🐍
vist.ly/32ne5
Bad News #8 at Factland dives into the shady world of “paper mills”—industries churning out fraudulent academic research for profit.
And the sleuths fighting back.
🧪🐍
vist.ly/32ne5
August 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
One fake paper was weird. Thousands? That’s a hydra.
Bad News #8 at Factland dives into the shady world of “paper mills”—industries churning out fraudulent academic research for profit.
And the sleuths fighting back.
🧪🐍
vist.ly/32ne5
Bad News #8 at Factland dives into the shady world of “paper mills”—industries churning out fraudulent academic research for profit.
And the sleuths fighting back.
🧪🐍
vist.ly/32ne5
Have you seen a video of a reporter falling into a pothole?
Or an “eyewitness” at a train crash calmly sipping coffee?
That might be AI slop—and it’s flooding your feed.
Let’s talk about why this fake content is a real problem.👇
#FactCheck #AIMisinformation 🧵1/6
August 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Have you seen a video of a reporter falling into a pothole?
Or an “eyewitness” at a train crash calmly sipping coffee?
That might be AI slop—and it’s flooding your feed.
Let’s talk about why this fake content is a real problem.👇
#FactCheck #AIMisinformation 🧵1/6
🌧️ People online are blaming cloud seeding for the Texas floods.
But experts say it can only increase rain by maybe 10%—not enough to flood a city.
Let’s stop pretending a tiny plane caused a biblical storm 🙃
#Factland #WeatherMyths #factchecking
But experts say it can only increase rain by maybe 10%—not enough to flood a city.
Let’s stop pretending a tiny plane caused a biblical storm 🙃
#Factland #WeatherMyths #factchecking
August 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
🌧️ People online are blaming cloud seeding for the Texas floods.
But experts say it can only increase rain by maybe 10%—not enough to flood a city.
Let’s stop pretending a tiny plane caused a biblical storm 🙃
#Factland #WeatherMyths #factchecking
But experts say it can only increase rain by maybe 10%—not enough to flood a city.
Let’s stop pretending a tiny plane caused a biblical storm 🙃
#Factland #WeatherMyths #factchecking
📜 20 years of U.S. media U-turns—from Iraq WMDs to #FreeBritney.
🔄 Why do narratives change? Who gets held accountable?
And what if we had a marketplace for truth?
🧱 Enter Factland: vist.ly/3zuai
🔄 Why do narratives change? Who gets held accountable?
And what if we had a marketplace for truth?
🧱 Enter Factland: vist.ly/3zuai
July 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📜 20 years of U.S. media U-turns—from Iraq WMDs to #FreeBritney.
🔄 Why do narratives change? Who gets held accountable?
And what if we had a marketplace for truth?
🧱 Enter Factland: vist.ly/3zuai
🔄 Why do narratives change? Who gets held accountable?
And what if we had a marketplace for truth?
🧱 Enter Factland: vist.ly/3zuai
🕷️ You do not swallow 8 spiders a year in your sleep.
That “fact” was made up just to prove how gullible people are online.
Wait… That’s not true?
Oh, we’re just getting started 👇
🧵 #Factland #StayWeird #MythBusting
That “fact” was made up just to prove how gullible people are online.
Wait… That’s not true?
Oh, we’re just getting started 👇
🧵 #Factland #StayWeird #MythBusting
July 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🕷️ You do not swallow 8 spiders a year in your sleep.
That “fact” was made up just to prove how gullible people are online.
Wait… That’s not true?
Oh, we’re just getting started 👇
🧵 #Factland #StayWeird #MythBusting
That “fact” was made up just to prove how gullible people are online.
Wait… That’s not true?
Oh, we’re just getting started 👇
🧵 #Factland #StayWeird #MythBusting
What happens when 6 words collapse an entire generation’s ability to talk, protest, or disagree?
In BAD NEWS #5, we break down the chant that broke campus politics.
Gen Z chants it.
Boomers ban it.
And nobody’s listening.
📚 Read now:
vist.ly/3z3je
In BAD NEWS #5, we break down the chant that broke campus politics.
Gen Z chants it.
Boomers ban it.
And nobody’s listening.
📚 Read now:
vist.ly/3z3je
July 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
What happens when 6 words collapse an entire generation’s ability to talk, protest, or disagree?
In BAD NEWS #5, we break down the chant that broke campus politics.
Gen Z chants it.
Boomers ban it.
And nobody’s listening.
📚 Read now:
vist.ly/3z3je
In BAD NEWS #5, we break down the chant that broke campus politics.
Gen Z chants it.
Boomers ban it.
And nobody’s listening.
📚 Read now:
vist.ly/3z3je
What began as a routine interview edit turned into a $16M settlement, FCC threats, and newsroom revolt.
CBS caved. Trump won. Press freedom bent.
🧵A surreal media-political standoff:
vist.ly/3y524
CBS caved. Trump won. Press freedom bent.
🧵A surreal media-political standoff:
vist.ly/3y524
July 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What began as a routine interview edit turned into a $16M settlement, FCC threats, and newsroom revolt.
CBS caved. Trump won. Press freedom bent.
🧵A surreal media-political standoff:
vist.ly/3y524
CBS caved. Trump won. Press freedom bent.
🧵A surreal media-political standoff:
vist.ly/3y524
🗓️ Today is #TellTheTruthDay — a perfect moment to remember:
Facts aren’t partisan.
Lies don’t age well.
And the truth? It deserves a voice.
Follow @Factland for crowdsourced fact checks and signal boosts for reality. 🧠📢
vist.ly/3n8s8d4 #FactCheck #DisinfoWatch
Facts aren’t partisan.
Lies don’t age well.
And the truth? It deserves a voice.
Follow @Factland for crowdsourced fact checks and signal boosts for reality. 🧠📢
vist.ly/3n8s8d4 #FactCheck #DisinfoWatch
July 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🗓️ Today is #TellTheTruthDay — a perfect moment to remember:
Facts aren’t partisan.
Lies don’t age well.
And the truth? It deserves a voice.
Follow @Factland for crowdsourced fact checks and signal boosts for reality. 🧠📢
vist.ly/3n8s8d4 #FactCheck #DisinfoWatch
Facts aren’t partisan.
Lies don’t age well.
And the truth? It deserves a voice.
Follow @Factland for crowdsourced fact checks and signal boosts for reality. 🧠📢
vist.ly/3n8s8d4 #FactCheck #DisinfoWatch
“WHITE-COLLAR BLOODBATH.” “AI DOOMSDAY.”
The panic is loud. The data? Quiet.
Our latest post dives into how AI job-loss hysteria mirrors past media freakouts — and what’s really happening on the ground.
📖 vist.ly/3n8cuv3
#AI #MediaPanic #FutureOfWork #Factland
The panic is loud. The data? Quiet.
Our latest post dives into how AI job-loss hysteria mirrors past media freakouts — and what’s really happening on the ground.
📖 vist.ly/3n8cuv3
#AI #MediaPanic #FutureOfWork #Factland
July 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“WHITE-COLLAR BLOODBATH.” “AI DOOMSDAY.”
The panic is loud. The data? Quiet.
Our latest post dives into how AI job-loss hysteria mirrors past media freakouts — and what’s really happening on the ground.
📖 vist.ly/3n8cuv3
#AI #MediaPanic #FutureOfWork #Factland
The panic is loud. The data? Quiet.
Our latest post dives into how AI job-loss hysteria mirrors past media freakouts — and what’s really happening on the ground.
📖 vist.ly/3n8cuv3
#AI #MediaPanic #FutureOfWork #Factland
🧵THREAD: Did the Supreme Court just end birthright citizenship?
No.
Let’s break down today’s ruling—and what it does and does not mean for the 14th Amendment.
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No.
Let’s break down today’s ruling—and what it does and does not mean for the 14th Amendment.
👇
June 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🧵THREAD: Did the Supreme Court just end birthright citizenship?
No.
Let’s break down today’s ruling—and what it does and does not mean for the 14th Amendment.
👇
No.
Let’s break down today’s ruling—and what it does and does not mean for the 14th Amendment.
👇
1/ 🚨 Fact-Check: Did Zohran Mamdani use AI to fake his Spanish-language ad?
Some critics claimed the NYC mayoral candidate's Spanish sounded “too perfect” — suggesting he used AI to simulate fluency. But is it true? 🧵
Some critics claimed the NYC mayoral candidate's Spanish sounded “too perfect” — suggesting he used AI to simulate fluency. But is it true? 🧵
June 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
1/ 🚨 Fact-Check: Did Zohran Mamdani use AI to fake his Spanish-language ad?
Some critics claimed the NYC mayoral candidate's Spanish sounded “too perfect” — suggesting he used AI to simulate fluency. But is it true? 🧵
Some critics claimed the NYC mayoral candidate's Spanish sounded “too perfect” — suggesting he used AI to simulate fluency. But is it true? 🧵
🖋️ Happy Typewriter Day!
Did you know the QWERTY layout was designed to slow typists down and prevent jams?
❌ MYTH: QWERTY is the “best” layout.
✅ FACT: It was a workaround for mechanical limits in 1870s typewriters.
Turns out, our keyboards are relics of jammed keys.
#TypewriterDay #Factland
Did you know the QWERTY layout was designed to slow typists down and prevent jams?
❌ MYTH: QWERTY is the “best” layout.
✅ FACT: It was a workaround for mechanical limits in 1870s typewriters.
Turns out, our keyboards are relics of jammed keys.
#TypewriterDay #Factland
June 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🖋️ Happy Typewriter Day!
Did you know the QWERTY layout was designed to slow typists down and prevent jams?
❌ MYTH: QWERTY is the “best” layout.
✅ FACT: It was a workaround for mechanical limits in 1870s typewriters.
Turns out, our keyboards are relics of jammed keys.
#TypewriterDay #Factland
Did you know the QWERTY layout was designed to slow typists down and prevent jams?
❌ MYTH: QWERTY is the “best” layout.
✅ FACT: It was a workaround for mechanical limits in 1870s typewriters.
Turns out, our keyboards are relics of jammed keys.
#TypewriterDay #Factland
Some say “slavery ended in 1863.”
But Texas didn’t get the memo until 1865—and some border states kept enslaving people until even later.
Juneteenth is a reminder that freedom delayed is still part of the story.
#BadNews #Juneteenth #HistoricalAccuracy #FactsMatter
But Texas didn’t get the memo until 1865—and some border states kept enslaving people until even later.
Juneteenth is a reminder that freedom delayed is still part of the story.
#BadNews #Juneteenth #HistoricalAccuracy #FactsMatter
June 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Some say “slavery ended in 1863.”
But Texas didn’t get the memo until 1865—and some border states kept enslaving people until even later.
Juneteenth is a reminder that freedom delayed is still part of the story.
#BadNews #Juneteenth #HistoricalAccuracy #FactsMatter
But Texas didn’t get the memo until 1865—and some border states kept enslaving people until even later.
Juneteenth is a reminder that freedom delayed is still part of the story.
#BadNews #Juneteenth #HistoricalAccuracy #FactsMatter
A top Alzheimer's study shaped 16 years of research.
It was fake — and no one caught it.
This week’s Bad News unpacks how peer review failed, and why science needs more than trust.
📩 Peer Review Panic
👉 vist.ly/3n784nc
#FactCheck #Factland #Science #PeerReview
It was fake — and no one caught it.
This week’s Bad News unpacks how peer review failed, and why science needs more than trust.
📩 Peer Review Panic
👉 vist.ly/3n784nc
#FactCheck #Factland #Science #PeerReview
June 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A top Alzheimer's study shaped 16 years of research.
It was fake — and no one caught it.
This week’s Bad News unpacks how peer review failed, and why science needs more than trust.
📩 Peer Review Panic
👉 vist.ly/3n784nc
#FactCheck #Factland #Science #PeerReview
It was fake — and no one caught it.
This week’s Bad News unpacks how peer review failed, and why science needs more than trust.
📩 Peer Review Panic
👉 vist.ly/3n784nc
#FactCheck #Factland #Science #PeerReview
ICYMI: We’re breaking down one fishy story a week—the kind everyone reports, but something’s off.
It’s called Bad News.
Cited. Sharp. Unapologetic.
Catch up here: vist.ly/3n6mnnp #factchecking #factcheck #newsanalysis #fakenews
It’s called Bad News.
Cited. Sharp. Unapologetic.
Catch up here: vist.ly/3n6mnnp #factchecking #factcheck #newsanalysis #fakenews
June 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
ICYMI: We’re breaking down one fishy story a week—the kind everyone reports, but something’s off.
It’s called Bad News.
Cited. Sharp. Unapologetic.
Catch up here: vist.ly/3n6mnnp #factchecking #factcheck #newsanalysis #fakenews
It’s called Bad News.
Cited. Sharp. Unapologetic.
Catch up here: vist.ly/3n6mnnp #factchecking #factcheck #newsanalysis #fakenews
🚓 Burning police car?
That clip is from the George Floyd protests in 2020—not current.
That clip is from the George Floyd protests in 2020—not current.
June 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🚓 Burning police car?
That clip is from the George Floyd protests in 2020—not current.
That clip is from the George Floyd protests in 2020—not current.
Seeing wild LA protest videos?
Some are real.
Some are from 2020.
Some are… soccer fans.
A quick thread on what’s legit—and what’s just viral noise. 🧵
Some are real.
Some are from 2020.
Some are… soccer fans.
A quick thread on what’s legit—and what’s just viral noise. 🧵
June 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Seeing wild LA protest videos?
Some are real.
Some are from 2020.
Some are… soccer fans.
A quick thread on what’s legit—and what’s just viral noise. 🧵
Some are real.
Some are from 2020.
Some are… soccer fans.
A quick thread on what’s legit—and what’s just viral noise. 🧵
We’re picking one story a week.
The kind that gets reported everywhere — but still feels wrong.
Then we break it down. Frame by frame.
Cited, sharp, unapologetic.
It’s called Bad News.
You’ll see why soon. vist.ly/3n6mnnp
The kind that gets reported everywhere — but still feels wrong.
Then we break it down. Frame by frame.
Cited, sharp, unapologetic.
It’s called Bad News.
You’ll see why soon. vist.ly/3n6mnnp
June 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We’re picking one story a week.
The kind that gets reported everywhere — but still feels wrong.
Then we break it down. Frame by frame.
Cited, sharp, unapologetic.
It’s called Bad News.
You’ll see why soon. vist.ly/3n6mnnp
The kind that gets reported everywhere — but still feels wrong.
Then we break it down. Frame by frame.
Cited, sharp, unapologetic.
It’s called Bad News.
You’ll see why soon. vist.ly/3n6mnnp
Some stories fall apart under pressure.
Others were never whole to begin with.
We’re starting something to deal with those.
We call it Bad News. #factchecking #factsmatter #misinformation
Others were never whole to begin with.
We’re starting something to deal with those.
We call it Bad News. #factchecking #factsmatter #misinformation
June 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Some stories fall apart under pressure.
Others were never whole to begin with.
We’re starting something to deal with those.
We call it Bad News. #factchecking #factsmatter #misinformation
Others were never whole to begin with.
We’re starting something to deal with those.
We call it Bad News. #factchecking #factsmatter #misinformation
🚫 Fact checking this Claim: “The FDA just approved lab-grown babies and meat made from human cells.”
Reality: Total fabrication. Neither is real, let alone approved. vist.ly/3n6gbpm vist.ly/3n6gbpp
Reality: Total fabrication. Neither is real, let alone approved. vist.ly/3n6gbpm vist.ly/3n6gbpp
June 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🚫 Fact checking this Claim: “The FDA just approved lab-grown babies and meat made from human cells.”
Reality: Total fabrication. Neither is real, let alone approved. vist.ly/3n6gbpm vist.ly/3n6gbpp
Reality: Total fabrication. Neither is real, let alone approved. vist.ly/3n6gbpm vist.ly/3n6gbpp