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1. if there’s not a source, find a source. if you can’t find one, ask the person. if they can’t find one, don’t believe it.
2. if there is a source, click it. people sincerely reblogging those ‘shocking’ posts where the source leads to a rickroll or something, and they don’t know because they never clicked it: this one is for you
3. if you’ve clicked the source, look at what it is. is it the onion? Is it the daily mash? look at the other articles on the site and look for the ‘about’. please don’t be one of those people who takes the onion seriously.
4. if you’ve clicked the source and it’s not satire, how reputable is it? bbc news is a lot more reputable than supermystichoroscopesforonly99p.com. who is saying it matters. this can be hard if you don’t know much about the site, but a bit of research can help. wikipedia is a dodgy one because whilst anyone can edit it, lots of articles are under strict surveillance and will quickly get edited back. if you see a claim on wikipedia that looks strange, refer back to point one. wikipedia sources/ cites too.
5. anecdotes are not evidence! someone going ‘one time my dog ate a can of woofers dog food and died two days later’ doesn’t suggest woofers kills dogs. the plural of anecdotes is not data. sure, when 100 people are all going ‘hey, this thing makes XYZ awful things happen?’, listen, but don’t take one person’s experiences as gospel
6. ‘idk, some news article’ is not a source. ‘I saw it in some random interview a few weeks ago’ is not a source. ‘I can’t remember’ is definitely not a source.
7. if something seems too good, bad or weird to be true, maybe it is! a two minute google search may help!
8. basically ignore the daily mail bye
9. if it’s something that would make major international news if true but you can only find one source talking about it, it’s not true
10. Check the date. Don’t be the one to freak out over a five-year-old hurricane warning.
11. If you see anyone laughing at/disregarding/demonising people who reblog to ask for a source, don’t trust that person.
12. JUST DON’T BE THAT ASSHOLE WHO POSTS FAKE NEWS JUST TO LAUGH AT PEOPLE WHO DON’T EXPECT YOU TO BE A LYING ASSWIPE.
Because sometimes what you need most is to be reminded that dogs and cats can be best friends. Meet Raven the Tamaskan Dog and Woodhouse the cat, a pair of interspecies BFFs who first met when Raven was just a one-month-old puppy and Woodhouse was a kitten.
“I had always wanted a dog and a cat to grow up together. It’s been like a life goal,” her owner Christina tells The Dodo. “I wanted them to be able to get along well,” Christina explains. “So I wanted her to actually meet the cat and have the cat get along with the dog as well.”
They went to an animal shelter in Lubbock, TX where Raven was presented with four kittens. Three of them paid no attention to the puppy, but Woodhouse was immediately smitten. The new pair went home together and they’ve been inseparable ever since.
You can follow their adorable lives together on Instagram.
Yucca brevifolia is in the family Agavaceae. Commonly known as the Joshua Tree, it is only found in the Mojave desert of California, Nevada, and Arizona. The Joshua Tree is one of the fastest growing desert plants, able to grow up to 50 feet tall and produce roots that reach dozens of feet down into the soil. Individuals can live for hundreds of years and flower multiple times throughout their life. The production of flowers at the apical meristem causes the Joshua Tree to form branches in order to keep growing, giving this plant its iconic shape.
Trump’s six figure “donation” actually went to a group called the Greenwell Springs Baptist Church, which is a local front for ‘interim pastor” Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council – a notorious anti LGBT entity disguised as a family values group and now disguised as a church. Perkins lost his home in the flood, a story which garnered significant headlines for its irony after so many anti-gay “pastors” had previously claimed that Hurricane Katrina had hit Louisiana as part of God’s wrath against gay people.
Now it appears Donald Trump may simply have been giving the $100,000 to the Tony Perkins-fronted group so that he could rebuild his own home.
“WHAT’S TRUE: Donald Trump reportedly donated $100,000 to Greenwell Springs Baptist Church.
WHAT’S FALSE: There is no confirmationthat Donald Trump gave money directly to Tony Perkins or the Family Research Council.”
“While the FRC’s political activity is controversial, as is Perkins himself and the Greenwell Springs Baptist Church’s stance on the LGBT community, it seems the money was intended for flood relief activities. However since we do not currently have documents showing that the donation was made, much less identifying to whom it was made, it is impossible to say exactly where the funds might be going and what they will be used for.“
I’m not saying he’s not a shitheel, because he totally is. There’s plenty of evidence of his being a shitheel without this.
If you’re ever asked by a straight person who is your celebrity crush but you’re not out and your brain decides to take a vacation on lesbian island and you can’t come up with the name of a single man that was ever famous just say Chris. The other person will immediately say the Chris of their choice amongst the 50 that are famous and you just agree with them.
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San Manuel Band of Indians Hold Their Annual Pow Wow On Oct. 13, 2012 In San Bernardino, California.]
The stereotype of the Native American alcoholic dates all the way back to the beginning of invasion, but a new study may help to debunk that myth. Most Native Americans actually abstain from alcohol, and those who do drink are on average lighter drinkers than whites, finds the study, published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Drug Dependence.
Researchers from the University of Arizona used nationwide survey data to compare the drinking habits of more than 4,000 Native Americans to 170,000 white people. They found that about 60 percent of Native Americans did not drink, compared to 43 percent of whites. Native Americans were also more likely than whites to be “light/moderately-only” drinkers. Both groups showed similar binge drinking habits, with around 17 percent of each population reporting to have consumed five or more drinks one-to-four times over the previous month.
The study helps to shatter the notion that Native Americans are genetically more susceptible to alcoholism than other groups. In a 2015 article explaining how the violent colonial occupation of North America contributed to alcoholism among Native Americans, Influence columnist Maia Szalavitz dissected the popular narrative that European colonizers introduced Indigenous people to booze and widespread alcoholism followed, due to their supposed genetic susceptibility.
“The apogee of victim-blaming, the idea that genetic ‘inferiority’ causes Native peoples to be particularly susceptible to addiction was not falsifiable when it was initially spread,” Szalavitz wrote. “But even now that it has been disproven, the myth obscures the real causes of addiction and the starring roles that trauma and the multiple stresses of inequality can play in creating it.”
The latest study adds to the evidence against this tenacious fallacy and the harmful stereotype it generates.
A very worried puppy brought me her best friend, Mr. Lamby, and asked me to perform a surgery on his completely ripped apart head (including his eyes which were torn out in a biker bar fight; not pictured). I will update you on the patient’s recovery soon
The first part of Mr. Lamby’s surgery has gone well. As you can see, we were unable to save his eyes but an eye transplant is always an option. Next, we will be stitching up his neck (which has been torn in 4 different places)
Lilo, out of worry of her best friend’s survival, is waiting by the operating table. She is hopeful that her friend will do well
MR. LAMBY HAS MADE A FULL RECOVERY! He can now go play with his best friend (who is more than happy that he is okay)
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