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New post: a roundup of yesterday's chaos.
⚾ Cubs 7, Rangers 1
🌵 Padres got shut out on ONE hit
📉 Trump posted a wildly misleading oil price chart (Putin caused 2022, Trump's Iran war caused 2026 — receipts inside)
⚖️ SCOTUS just made gerrymandering even easier
Plus my coping watchlist: The West Wing + the new Mario Galaxy movie.
https://twp.ai/4hrBjI
#Politics #MLB #VotingRights #SCOTUS #Gerrymandering #FactCheck
Friday Roundup: Cubs Crush, Padres Get Pantsed, and a Chart That Tells a Whopper

On May 8, 2026, a sports and political commentary highlights the Chicago Cubs' victory over the Texas Rangers, contrasting with the San Diego Padres' shutout by the St. Louis Cardinals. The piece critiques President Trump's misleading oil price chart and discusses the Supreme Court's ruling facilitating gerrymandering, impacting electoral fairness.

Big Waste of Time

“Factcheck: The ABC’s claim that "8 million rely on income support" conflated paid sick leave with income support”

When I read the ABC article, my mind did a backflip. We have a population of what? Some 25M ? 8M are on inscome support? That’s a little less than a Third of the population on income support? Wow, ‘No Way’ my mind said. Thats’ like, 1 in 3 ? Freaking hell!

Read more:
https://thepoint.com.au/factchecks/260508-factcheck-the-abcs-claim-that-8-million-rely-on-income-support-conflated-paid-sick-leave-with-income-support

#GiveMeBackMyABC #FactCheck #SloppyJournalism
#AusPol

Factcheck: The ABC’s claim that "8 million rely on income support" conflated paid sick leave with income support

The problem is, that the ABC article was not based on data from the Department of Social Services. Rather, it was based on research compiled for a life insurers lobby group, whose board are all CEOs of insurance companies.

The Point

🎬 Video Fact-Check

Training BEYOND Failure - This NEW Study is Epic
by House of Hypertrophy

The video examines the concept of continuing sets past failure using techniques like rest-pause or drop sets, and references a recent study on muscle adaptation. A review was conducted to assess the claims made about its implications.

#ExerciseScience #Hypertrophy #FactCheck

https://s.fitbodyscience.com/fmD4fC

Voor zover bekend zijn er geen authentieke beelden van het moment van de #kernramp in #Tsjernobyl. De Sovjetleiding hield het ongeval destijds dagenlang #geheim. Waar komen dan de video’s vandaan die nu – 40 jaar later – opduiken en die de #explosie zouden tonen? Ze zijn gemaakt met behulp van #AI, zoals uit deze #factcheck blijkt:

https://dpa-factchecking.com/netherlands/260505-99-332542/

#socialmedia #geschiedenis #atomenergie #journalistiek

Niet authentiek - Beelden van kernramp Tsjernobyl met AI gemaakt

Mannen in werkoveralls bedienen een groot controlepaneel. Er klinken stemmen in het Russisch. Dan volgt een explosie. Een gang rechts in beeld vult zich met rook. Nieuw cameraperspectief: een verlaten gang, dan een felle lichtflits. Volgende fragmenten, schijnbaar buiten gefilmd, tonen eveneens explosies uit het dak van een gebouw. Volgens een Facebookgebruiker toont de video het moment in april 1986 waarop de kerncentrale bij Tsjernobyl ontplofte. Maar is dat wel zo?

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A bit of reality. This administration, and “pundits” of the right-wing media spew a continuous barrage of tripe blaming former President Biden for everything and distorting his record without references. Fact Check provides a nice, well based analysis of his term with receipts and analysis. An interesting read.

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/10/bidens-final-numbers/

#FactCheck #BidensFinalNumbers #RealityCheck

Biden's Final Numbers - FactCheck.org

Statistical indicators of President Biden's four years in office.

FactCheck.org

Ceux qui le souhaitent peuvent applaudir le président Emmanuel #Macron lors du défilé du #14juillet, et même « chaleureusement ». Mais l'Élysée ne paiera pas pour ces applaudissements. Selon France Travail, une prétendue offre d'emploi serait un canular qui entretient la confusion. Pour en savoir plus, consultez ce #factcheck :

https://dpa-factchecking.com/belgium/260506-99-346025/

#travail #emploi #France #socialmedia #journalisme #factchecking

Aucun « applaudisseur » recruté - Une offre d'emploi fictive pour le défilé du 14 juillet

Le président de la République française aurait-il besoin de figurants pour combler la foule de son défilé militaire du 14 juillet prochain ? A en croire certains internautes, la réponse serait oui. Ces derniers diffusent une offre d'emploi qui aurait été officiellement publiée sur le site de l'agence publique France Travail ce 3 mai. Dans la description de l'offre, on peut lire que l'Elysée recruterait un « applaudisseur professionnel » afin d'acclamer « chaleureusement » Emmanuel Macron pour la somme de 500 euros net. Ne postulez toutefois pas trop vite : cette offre n'existe pas.

dpa-factchecking
You Should Still Fact-Check the 'Expert Advice' in Google's AI Summaries

Google's AI responses will now show expert advice pulled from online forums like Reddit with specific quotes and links to discussions related to search queries.

Lifehacker

Um... 14,000 feet... Yeah. Right. (Later amended to 1,400 feet. Still wrong. That's the length of the bridge. Later still, they gave up because "Basic research, fact-checking and common sense are hard." and changed it to "from the top.")

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #WashingtonPost #FactCheck

Misinformation has become pervasive in Taiwan's information environment. A survey by NTU found that there was a high level of awareness of misinformation and its impacts on society

Over 90% of respondents supported government legislation to regulate misinformation. 76% believed that technology companies should take a more active role in limiting its spread

https://en.tfc-taiwan.org.tw/taiwans-2025-misinformation-survey-from-political-narratives-to-scam-driven-content/

#Taiwan #FactCheck #disinformation #SocialMedia #tech #台灣 #事實查核

Taiwan’s 2025 misinformation survey: From political narratives to scam-driven content • Taiwan FactCheck Center

People clean mud from a street following flooding brought by Super Typhoon Ragasa in Hualien. (TOP Image/ Reuters/ Ann Wang)

Taiwan FactCheck Center