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It's important to practice critical thinking & reading skills on things you agree with as much as things you disagree with.

If you only look for attribution and evidence when you disagree with the premise, you've left room for a big Trojan Horse to deliver harmful things to you in.

Furthermore, you could more often base your opinions on error-ridden things because you're only sometimes thinking critically.

Critical thinking skills are a work in progress for me - it requires work. #attribution

On the history of denim and the invention of jeans re the Sweeney jeans discourse

"Many African captives who became enslaved in the New World brought with them knowledge of how to extract the blue from the plant and how to fix the blue to fabrics. Indigo is one of the ways in which slaveholding became tied to the economic fortunes of the colonial experiment in the Americas"

#slaveEconomics #denim #textiles #appropriation #african #attribution

phillytrib.com/commentary/mich

The Philadelphia TribuneEnslaved Blacks invented blue jeansA few weeks ago, on Feb. 14 to be exact, I tweeted the following:

Are Scattered Spider and ShinyHunters one group or two? And who did France arrest?

It's been a wild weekend here trying to sort out the relationship between #ShinyHunters and #ScatteredSpider. And then, to really blow my mind, I heard from the leader of ShinyHunters (or someone claiming to be him) and no, he's not in prison in France.

If I was trolled, it's absolutely an amazingly good troll. But see what you think.

databreaches.net/2025/08/03/ar

#attribution #arrest

@lawrenceabrams @campuscodi
@zackwhittaker

databreaches.netAre Scattered Spider and ShinyHunters one group or two? And who did France arrest? – DataBreaches.Net

‘Scientific injustice’: Deadly rainfall in Colombia and Venezuela highlights need for more research

Scientists say inconclusive results in a #ClimateAtribution study on deadly #floods and #landslides in #Colombia and #Venezuela expose inequality in #climate research.

Unclear results from a study into the heavy rain which triggered a deadly landslide in Colombia and floods in Venezuela reflect a ‘scientific #injustice’ between rich and poor countries, scientists have warned.

The rapid analysis by #WorldWeatherAttribution could not find clear evidence that #ClimateChange influenced these downpours. But the researchers highlight that high uncertainties in the results mean the possibility of heavier rain should not be ruled out.

Dr Kimutai emphasises that rich countries, which have contributed the most to #GlobalWarming, are able to invest in research to understand how they will be affected by changing weather extremes. Poor countries, which have contributed the least but are the most vulnerable, have limited funds for climate research.

euronews.com/green/2025/07/17/

#ExtremeWeather
#Attribution

euronews · Scientists slam ‘scientific injustice’ in Global South climate studiesScientists say inconclusive results in a climate attribution study on deadly floods and landslides in Colombia and Venezuela expose inequality in climate research.

If the photo is not one you took, please look for accurate credit and link to the original if possible. AI has done a lot to rob creators of credit, but the culture of just ganking people's stuff and not looking for #Attribution paved the way for that,

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@AnneTheWriter1

#cartoons #attribution

I haven't seen him around these parts, but he's not a sharer. No CC licence etc.

"Please note that all of Mr. Larson’s works are protected by applicable copyright and trademark laws, and may not be used for any purpose without the express written permission of Mr. Larson and/or FarWorks, Inc., the company that owns and administers the intellectual property rights to The Far Side® cartoons and all related works by Mr. Larson."

"If you are looking to use a The Far Side® cartoon in a book, presentation, website, blog, article, newsletter, etc., this is considered a reprint permissions request"

thefarside.com/contact

TheFarSide.comTheFarSide.com
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@echanda @susankayequinn

Goes at least back to 2013 and has been reposted without #Attribution so many times that it's difficult to trace when it was taken, by whom, and the context. Which is why, in my opinion, we all should make a habit to not boost photos that don't have attribution. It's hard enough to tell what's real and not with genAI and active disinfo campaigns around.

Amusing or inspiring as the photo is...