Astronomically, today is not the first day of northern hemisphere summer. It's actually the middle. The duration of daylight will only decrease, not increase, until the September equinox. It started increasing at the March equinox. #BasicAstronomy #Seasons #Solstice #Misconceptions

13 Common Linux Myths Debunked (With Real Facts) #linux #myths #misconceptions #facts #os #operatingsystem #opensource
https://ostechnix.com/linux-myths/

750 #ClimateSolutions #Misconceptions #Energy

As always: consume less, for now
but, if 'we' play our cards right: energy could be nearly free !

"The Big Misconception About Clean Energy" [8:51 min]
by Cleo Abram

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6k7yBBhuZo

Quote by CA:
"Mar 23, 2022
… I’ve been thinking about energy use all wrong.
As long as most of our energy still comes from fossil fuels, we’re in kind of a trap. Using less energy is our only real option to slow climate change. So most of us have heard only one message throughout our lives: “Conserve energy. Because terrible things will happen if we don’t.”
That’s true. But I now think of it as “the stick” of climate communication - the way to get people to care about climate change based on fear and desperation.
I think it’s time to talk about “the carrot” - the way to get people to work toward clean energy based on hope and audacious ambition.
This video explains why, with help from my former colleague at Vox, Matt Yglesias. As renewable energy continues to get cheaper, as more and more clean energy technologies become more viable, we have an opportunity to look ahead toward a better future. What would you do with abundant clean energy?

Time stamps:
00:00 We’re thinking about energy wrong
01:17 The stick: climate change
02:25 Why you’re taught to conserve energy
03:23 Why we should use more clean energy
04:36 The carrot: energy abundance
05:38 Why poor countries need more energy
06:39 Why everyone needs more energy

#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside #StopThePlunder
#ClimateBreakDown #StopRapingNature

Good morning! On this first Tuesday in February, you are all invited to read through Wikipedia’s List of common misconceptions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions) per ancient xkcd custom.

The backfire effect....

#misconceptions #science #wrong #right #sociology #psychology

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q8NydsXl32s?fbclid=IwY2xjawFTW25leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXnSYmg7QQ0Ig-Ci9Qi6o4A_J_NHUiJ5vhHE_lNt7Fdy3MrIFU7jUcl3DA_aem_gKGDg7NCqPY7M3FYmdgw7g

Dodos were fast and powerful, not slow and inept, definitive preserved specimen suggests
https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/dodos-were-fast-and-powerful-not-slow-and-inept-definitive-preserved-specimen-suggests #evolution #extinction #dodo #biology #misconceptions

Majority of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession – and most blame Biden

Nearly three in five Americans wrongly believe the US is in an economic recession, and the majority blame the Biden administration,
according to a Harris poll conducted exclusively for the Guardian.

The survey found persistent pessimism about the economy as election day draws closer.
The poll highlighted many #misconceptions people have about the economy, including:

55% believe the economy is shrinking, and 56% think the US is experiencing a recession, -- though the broadest measure of the economy, gross domestic product (GDP), has been growing.

49% believe the S&P 500 stock market index is down for the year, -- though the index went up about 24% in 2023 and is up more than 12% this year.

49% believe that unemployment is at a 50-year high, -- though the unemployment rate has been under 4%, a near 50-year low.

Many Americans put the blame on Biden for the state of the economy, with ️58% of those polled saying the economy is worsening due to mismanagement from the presidential administration.

The poll underscored people’s complicated emotions around inflation.
The vast majority of respondents, 72%, indicated they think inflation is increasing.
In reality, the rate of inflation has fallen sharply from its post-Covid peak of 9.1% and has been fluctuating between 3% and 4% a year.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/22/poll-economy-recession-biden?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The Coddling of the American Parent https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-coddling-of-the-american-parent #SocialMedia #teens #misconceptions

People really want Herodotus's crocodile bird thing to be real, so they keep photoshopping it, blogging about it, and even making videos. One of these is a watermarked stock photo! It's to the point where Google thinks it's real. Weird.

7 Myths and Misconceptions About Coffee
https://www.wired.com/story/coffee-myths-and-misconceptions/ #coffee #myths #misconceptions

This #pride I will once again kindly #ask you guys to at least skip-read the #intersex #wikipedia page and learn what that #word. You know. #Means.

#Common #misconceptions:

"Intersex" does not mean "non-binary." Non-binary is a gender. "Intersex" means "my sexual characteristics are not as easily slotted into male and female as you'd think."

Some intersex people are non-binary. Some use "intersex" as their gender label. Some are cis. Some are binary trans. Intersex people can have any gender you can think of frankly they're people just like you.

Intersex people are not "assigned non-binary at birth." They're assigned a binary sex like everyone else. Hence why there can be cis or trans intersex people.

While I'm certain the #human experience is vast enough that there must be someone out there with a working dick and pussy at once, the large majority of intersex people do not have that sort of body.

Do you still believe "The user is the weakest link"? If so, you haven't taken the time to read
"Cybersecurity Myths and Misconceptions."

It's been out a month -- what are you waiting for?

https://informit.com/cybermyths