Rick Spence

RT @LisPower1: Fox News anchor: "The art of the deal is all over the Twittersphere right now as people say, maybe this is the way he planne…

Do you think the new Superman movie, out in July, is going to bomb? It seems no one in authority cares any longer about truth. Or justice. Or the American Way. https://t.co/w38qgPZp6C

Trump: “I call it beautiful, clean coal — I tell my people to never use the word ‘coal’ unless you put ‘beautiful, clean’ before it.” I thought Trump was the Free Speech president? Coal is NOT clean. If you don't believe me, take it from Elon Musk's AI service, Grok. https://t.co/swkW0Nlo0W

Sometimes the simplest comments are the best.

DCinvestor @iamDCinvestor

just fired my maid who’s been cleaning my house for 20 years because i realized that for all i paid her, she never bought anything from me no more getting ripped off!

Jennifer Irish, director of Information Integrity Lab at University of Ottawa, says over 80% of Gen Z Canadians get their news from a handful of big social media platforms. Yet those platforms don't actually publish news or fact-check. But the current crisis is raising awareness. https://t.co/ANoZTNBPXm

You are your own disinformation control board, says Siim Kumpas at Balsillie School disinfo event in Waterloo, Ont. "Disinformation only works if we allow ourselves to be manipulated." https://t.co/O5FH1v3onO

There are lots of sites that help you identify/track/debunk misinformation and disinformation. Check out https://t.co/WLDlexmSXc for a Canadian point of view.

Fighting back against disinformation: EU's Digital Services Act requires big social media platforms to disclose how they work. "It's not about censorship," says disinfo expert Siim Kumpass. "It's about transparency." https://t.co/ae74MAgQDh

How Estonia protects itself from disinformation: * Shared awareness. * Top-level policies. * Media literacy training. * Ongoing research and practical analysis -- geared to resilience. https://t.co/xC0DtdSqrs

Where do crazy conspiracy theories come from? European disinfo specialist Siim Kumpas tracks a 1980s theory spun by Russia, calling AIDS a "bioweapon" created in a lab. It still echoes today. And the communication tools just keep getting more sophisticated. https://t.co/9cwS940k2N

EU model for responding to malign misinformation. - Identify bad actors/actions; - Create awareness; - Build public capacity for defence/resilience; - Regulate and fight back. https://t.co/EUmW7AaSqR

Listening to a lecture on political disinformation at the Balsillie School in Waterloo. Very high-level (and frightening) analysis. Did you know Russia alone spends over $3 BILLION a year to mislead the world? Where do you get your information? https://t.co/0lzK0RmcnY

What is the worth of a human life? "More than 130,000 deaths have already occurred as a result of Trump's cuts to USAID, according to a tracker by the Boston University School of Public Health." https://t.co/suCT4HaNFJ

REPORTER: You’re saying the golden age of America was when we taxed imported buttons and let 10-year-olds work in coal mines? TRUMP: Exactly. Kids back then? Tough. They didn’t need iPads. They had pickaxes.

Last Day With You @Last_DayWithYou

@Acyn Rest of conversation - TRUMP: Our country was the strongest, believe it or not, from 1870 to 1913. You know why? It was all tariff-based. No income tax. Beautiful time. Incredible time. We were winning with railroads and mustaches. REPORTER: Sir, that was also the era of child

Howard Lindzon on our risky new era of fragmentation. "Trade isn’t just a political issue—it’s an economic engine. When nations specialize and trade efficiently, everyone benefits: • Lower prices • Greater productivity • Broader access to goods. Undoing that comes at a cost." https://t.co/5qX8U7byak