Gee, look what I was doing (as a student) a mere 45 years ago.

It's true: "You can find anything online"

We looked at Rupert Murdoch's Post (Full page screaming headlines) vs. the NY Times' treatment (bold headline with facts),
and how the 'fake news' &/or emotive slant impacted viewers' perceptions (or not). This was - #ContextAndPerspective - in New York City in an era when people read newspapers, and they were on every corner in #newstands, just a notch forward in timeline from the days of "Extra! Extra! Read all about i!". Papers at newsstands and grocery check-out cash registers, were ubiquitous, and impactful.

And, in our opinion - myself and future social psychologist Pete Dan - there was a clear, empirically demonstrable difference between tabloid headlines (in this case the Post's screaming headline "Nuke Cloud Spreading" vs the NY Times headline about a hairline fracture at the 3-Mile-Island Nuclear plant, near NYC.

O-Bla-Di, O-bla da. Happy Weekend!

#media #headlines #FakeNews #Propaganda #Truth #disinformation #psychology

Happy Weekend!

Between holidays, weather, and world events, it's been a wild week, for some.
I've been in or through a few storms, an earthquake, TSA, and ATC delays and cancelled flights, and finally made it back to a nice calm land of gators & Burmese pythons. (Worst part of this adventure was a table invasion in Newark by some very drunk spring breakers.) Ah well. Fun.

"I used to love travelling. Now I like experiences in diverse places, 'travel' not so much."

It stopped raining today though windy, low 70s going up to low 80s.
Gee that's better. This song springs to mind

#Enjoy #weekend #AfterTheStorm #AllanSherman #comedy #humor #ContextAndPerspective #music

Meanwhile, something from the #ContextAndPerspective Department....

Do You Remember the Ecstasy of Electing Joe Biden? How the coalition that defeated Donald Trump crumbled.

Food for Thought

#TrumpVirus #election #democracy #electorate

Do You Remember the Ecstasy of Electing Joe Biden?

How the coalition that defeated Donald Trump crumbled.

A holiday gift...
Wisdom, context & perspective, about human nature and chimpanzees too (including some behavioral overlaps!- @29;56)

Hot Earth Truth: Jane Goodall on chimps, conservation and runaway capitalism I Summit Series

Primatologist and renowned environmental activist Jane Goodall joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber in this wide-ranging interview about her pioneering work with chimpanzees, conservation, her new book, and even her new environmentally friendly Barbie doll. This is a new installment of The Summit Series with Ari Melber, featuring discussions with leaders at the summit of their fields.

#JaneGoodall #chimpanzees #intellect #behavior #aggression #ContextAndPerspective #anthropomorphism #TrumpVirus

Hot Earth Truth: Jane Goodall on chimps, conservation and runaway capitalism I Summit Series

Primatologist and renowned environmental activist Jane Goodall joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber in this wide-ranging interview about her pioneering work with chimpanzees, conservation, her new book, and even her new environmentally friendly Barbie doll....

Meanwhile....

Thirty Years Later

Reflections on historically challenging times, then and now... from #RobertReich

#history #ContextAndPerspective

Thirty years later

By Robert Reich Friends, As Israel readies a ground invasion of Gaza — which in my view is likely to be a dreadful mistake, substituting revenge for strategy and killing many more thousands of innocent men, women, and children — my mind goes back...

And meanwhile.... in #Broadcast #Media ...

Why the Hell are WaPo and NBC Both Shilling for Trump?

“CHUCK TODD, LONGTIME HOST OF THE NBC SUNDAY SHOW MEET THE PRESS HAS RETIRED FROM THE SHOW AND WAS REPLACED BY REPORTER KRISTEN WELKER. WHAT DOES SHE CHOOSE FOR HER FIRST SHOW AS THE NEW HOST: AN INTERVIEW WITH DONALD TRUMP.

(Their screaming, not me!) ;)

#MeetThePress #ChuckTodd #KristenWelker #TrumpVirus #bias #news #truth #ContextAndPerspective

Why the Hell are WaPo and NBC Both Shilling for Trump?

A shill is a person who publicly attempts to constitute, increase or sustain credibility and/or approval of/to an entity without disclosing that they have a relationship with the entity, understating the type, importance or closeness

So... As of 25 July 2023... You can no longer "tweet your ex" (says Sandbox Mayor of #Muskville)
For the moment you can X your ex (before Miicrosoft &/or Xfinity demolish that sandbox play by Elon...

Meanwhile...

Good luck finding the icon now on dense/small row of icons on a browser.

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Are you watching, #Xfinity? #Microsoft?

Ah, but life is but a dream. Chillax. It's summer time, living is easy.... Take another spin.... It's only 'virtual'....

#ContextAndPerspective

#Twitter #SocialMedia #Logo

Russian Deputy Minister Dies Mysteriously on Plane

Spoiler/Newsflash - &/Or thin-slice of #truth, "context and perspective";

Large numbers of the Russian elite have ended up dead from “accidents” and other causes especially since the beginning of the war.

#PoliticsAsUsual #Accidents #ContextAndPerspective

Russian Deputy Minister Dies Mysteriously on Plane

Pytor Kucherenko, 46, a deputy Science Minister in the Russian Federation died on a flight from Cuba to Russia on government business. Kucherenko is said to have privately criticized the War in Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin’s rule of...

Highlights of Last Night's Correspondents' Dinner - courtesy Meidas Touch

The 'Winners': Dark Brandon & #truth... including a 'free press'

*Losers? Hm, MTG, Fox and Don Lemon... * it seems (from jokes & reactions)

All of us are winners w/ appropriate #civility #humor #respect ... #ContextAndPerspective
A better week ahead .... here here

Not a lot of narrations, just brief intros and the essence of the Biden and Roy Wood Jr.

The comment at the end, however, is very true and important. As educators say, "contrast and compare" - against TFG.

#DarkBrandon #media #WHCorrespondents #WHCA

I have a new interpretation of how "Rosebud" may become one's last words.... _in a good way (?)_

Pastry

OMG... Mm. One of each please, and... ack! Rosebud...
This may have killed me (softly) if I ate too much of this... but it sure is pretty! 📷

Oh, and zero calories as delivered online.

Finally I have made a little space in my computer after un-corrupting 20 yrs of data. 😱 So now I am finally seeing some photos from Europe, UK, and Florida on a big screen, having weeded out 20 years of digital videos, corrupt (MS!) databases, And -

I've been enjoying many wonderful photos from peoples' walks in cities and nature, and creativity at home with the option to leave ... 👍

Some sweets? So, I looked further, a few months earlier, at my pastries above, from basic pumpkin pie (holiday time) and a cannoli and key lime pie (with the proof) at 6:00. Holidays are over and it's New Year, one of my resolutions being to maintain some healthy aspects of my time in Vienna and UK - walking (not optional! but I do that in the city and swamp anyway), but more grain and fruit, and not so much fatty, (hydrogenated?!) cake and bread which many Americans enjoy. So... "Context and Perspective".

Pt. 2
#ContextAndPerspective

#ViennesePastry - @ Gerstner's, Vienna

I will say, American cakes of the chocolate &/or frosted sort can looks nice and make you gasp - it uses a lot of butter and cream, and natural flavors (like Key Lime in Florida, where it's illegal to be 'woke'.) Mm, but as rich and creamy and delicious and soft as American cake may be, especially our "layer cake" - It is not as impressive or artful as pastries of Europe that I have seen &/or tasted - in Austria, France, NL, Italy mostly. But the cakes in the middle (top photo which was Florida) are delicious (I'm told), very rich in chocolate, or maybe orange . At 5:00 is a cannoli and verifiable key lime pie. And at 7:00, with the name "Rosebud" (covered, and a reference to "Citizen Cane" - its essence and end) is American standards, like basic pumpkin pie at holiday time. I had one of them and was full for... a while. Reformed now.

Since I took these photos, my New Year's effort has been: keeping some of my favorite healthy habits of Europe (e.g., muesli, oats, fruit, walking) while avoiding... #pastries

Happy Sunday Funday.
Happy #Sunday #Funday

#MyPhoto #fenfotos #pastry #Wien #Viennese #Gerstners #Vienna #Rosebud #NoCalories to look. You're welcome. :))

Meanwhile...

Episode of 'Sesame Street' allegedly removed for being too frightening is posted to social media

Reference: Wizard of Oz / Mister Rogers -Too scary for sesame street (?)

#MargaretHamilton #WizardOfOz #witch #SesameStreet #ContextAndPerspective #MisterRogers

Episode of 'Sesame Street' allegedly removed for being too frightening is posted to social media

“I wish you wouldn’t put that witch on ‘Sesame Street’ anymore because ... I have been dreaming [of] that witch," a viewer named Rebecca wrote to "Sesame Street" in 1976.

Meanwhile....

From The Daily Show....

A little reflection from Trevor Noah, including his early life joys - like a brick! Memories...

#ContextAndPerspective #childhood #memories #TrevorNoah #comedian #toys

This is worth a read, for a bit of #mindfulness &/or #ContextAndPerspective - a few of my mantras since my research in #cyberpsychology and online communication/addictions back around the millennium. Now is a time of PTSD and anxiety all around.

How to Stop Doomscrolling—With Psychology

Thin-sliced: #TMI / #TMD (too much disinfo) + stress/anxiety = overload. #psychology #PSTD #doomscrolling
Advice is to not let it all hypnotize you, like watching an accident too long, or Fox...

How to Stop Doomscrolling—With Psychology

Awareness and a bit of habit hacking can keep you out of a technology tailspin.

#SethMeyers should get a Nobel and/or journalism &/or comedy prize for this, taking on so many gross horrors happening at once, from the Fox/Russia disinformation echoes distorting reality bigly, in Russia, to our own home-grown (Carlson/Fox promoted) cult leadership of Lord StableGenius’ and the “alternate universe” cult, including Lindell et al. “Fringe, paranoid thinking” and the parallels between Trump/Fox SOP and that of Tsar Putin the Terrible. Something for everyone, a few pokes at Biden’s style & stage whisper, but contrasted with Fox’s Bartiromo shrieking about what she heard over the weekend, which Seth captures incredibly well.

Trump Says He'd Threaten to Use Nuclear Weapons Against Russia: A Closer Look

Trump and Putin’s relationship and character are summarized and captured amazingly well, with humor too. Along with the bizarreness of “thinking” by Carlson and the Pillow Guy. (Is that a movie?)

Best Closer Look ever. At an historically low and dangerous moment. 100% accurate in terms of the “logic” and cult mentality. Complete with a throwback Trumpday impression. And a perspective on real suffering, and real poll questions.

I’m going to share this as widely as I can… (just watched it on TV and was so happy to see you posted it!)

My “vacation” is ending. Just in time for World War III. He, and Joe, are right.

#ContextAndPerspective #Truth #StopPutin #TrumpVirus #StopTheWar #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #Fox #Disinformation

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For Jimi Hendrix Fans -
Beatles fans got an amazing 8 hour slice of real life - near the end of Beatles (Get Back!)

For Hendrix fans, there's this. Only 31:35 long, and a week before he died! Here's a clean recording of Hendrix on his reputation, playing, song-writing, etc., with some excellent questions and context from the interviewer. Just re-watched. 🏆

Just for you... I cued up a section of it where Hendrix had just finished talking about psychadelia, his image, and his plans to incorporate classical music seamlessly into his music... and here is his vision, pre-DVD's, LCD TVs, Internet, etc., of the future home entertainment center, as Beta/VHS was the state of the art at the time. Sounds a lot like where we are today! Then he talks about the ideals and economics of large rock festivals... and local concerts. (Free is best) And "luxury". That's the tail - cued up here, but you can wind it back to the beginning for the full thing. I just finished Get Back. This was like the icing on the (1969) cake. You're welcome! :))

#JimiHendrix #1970 #rockhistory #guitarlegends #rocklegends #music #musica #musique #festivals #contextandperspective.

Wow... talk about an I-Ching pull from my tape collection..... Perfect timing I'd say. For consideration, something Nice:

America

Echoes of the West Side Story, and what one person called "the first instrumental protest song".

The story of this song

#music #America #TheNice #musica #musique #contextandperspective #staysafe Good week....

Hmm..... Happy he's well, and offering a bit of food for thought here on the chip conspiracies, "context & perspective".

Edward Snowden says...

#snowden #contextandperspective #microchip #conspiracy