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“We’re definitely not alone,” he said. “The data points quite empirically that we’re not alone.”

Photo of David Grusch from NewsNation Interview, posted by New York Post David Grusch(1) is a Career Intelligence Officer trusted with the N

Remember that whistleblower from last summer?

That came forward to say "We are not alone."

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“I'm with the government ... You cooperate with us, and I'm going to tell you what the government really knows about UFOs.”

The concept of disinformation regarding UFOs involves deliberate efforts(2) by government agencies to spread false or misleading information

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The Majestic-12 and the Beginnings of Intentional Disinformation

While Project Sign was established to scientifically investigate UFO phenomena, and Project Grudge took over with a more skeptical and debun

It's Monday friends! You know what that means, right...? #conspiracymondays

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This week's adventure - The Majestic-12

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Project Sign → Project Grudge → Project Blue Book = Weather Balloon?

If Roswell was simply a weather balloon, why was Project Sign established just months after the Roswell Incident - in December 1947, by the

...something just isn't quite lining up... come back next week to find out why.

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Roswell - What we think we know.

One evening in mid-June 1947 on his ranch near Roswell, New Mexico, William “Mack” Brazel heard a massive BOOM outside his ranch house. The

What we think we know when it comes to the Roswell, New Mexico Incident in 1947 - and what we definitely still do not understand.

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…I smell a conspiracy.

Unidentifiable objects in our skies and oceans have had an omniscient presence throughout all of history, dating back to our earliest record

The introduction to it all.

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Learning this week more about intersectionality was a nice refresher on several (sadly) still incredibly relevant topics. It does not matter how much we know, or how much we have already read - these topics are still so important to keep fresh in our minds. Though topics like #metoo and trolls on the internet were definitely things I was previously well versed on, it was exciting to see things I was more unfamiliar with. (Such as Social media and internet not cause of political polarisation and The power of Black Twitter.) I also found the article on Facebook's 'Town Hall' really interesting - however, when trying it out myself I unfortunately could find no such feature.

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“with prodigious potential comes prodigious risk.”

Zeynep Tufekci in her TED Talk - We're building a dystopia just to make people click on adsLinks to an external site.

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This kid is a millionaire before he even leaves high school...making six figures a week - using what he calls The Power of Social Media.

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As this week included content on the #metoo movement, I find this photo for (and link to) the Global Fund for Women website to be incredibly appropriate.

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Social media's role in America's polarized political climate

The co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology tells Bill Whitaker social media companies are profiting off Americans' online anger.

This article was written immediately before the 2022 midterm election and looks deeply into the way social media affects political elections. Specifically how it "polarized the political climate" during that political year. Though it is more than a year old, I think it is just as relevant today as it was then as we have a round of major elections coming up. It is a reminder that in an online environment, the extremes, (both left and right,) will always be the most prevalent. Though they only represent 7-8% of the actual population, they are the ones who are most vocal online.

"Bill Whitaker: So the extremes have been handed the power to dominate even though they are fewer in number?

Jonathan Haidt: That's right. Exactly."

Haidt goes on to explain that the majority of the moderates stay silent, "afraid to question the dominant view.