Fediverse vs Disinformation

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Pointing out, debunking, and spreading awareness about state- and company-sponsored astroturfing on Lemmy and elsewhere. This includes social media manipulation, propaganda, and disinformation campaigns, among others.

Propaganda and disinformation are a big problem on the internet, and the Fediverse is no exception.

What's the difference between misinformation and disinformation? The inadvertent spread of false information is misinformation. Disinformation is the intentional spread of falsehoods.

By equipping yourself with knowledge of current disinformation campaigns by state actors, corporations and their cheerleaders, you will be better able to identify, report and (hopefully) remove content matching known disinformation campaigns.

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The Wind and Solar Surprise: Renewables Keep Winning (cepa.org)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/fediverse_vs_disinfo@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Environmentalists long assumed the energy transition would rise or fall with political support. Today, the opposite appears closer to the truth. Political support is weakening across much of the West. The transition is accelerating anyway. Renewables are no longer advancing primarily because governments want them to. They are advancing because economics and energy security support them.

The fallout from the recent conflict in the Gulf sent oil prices soaring and reignited concerns over the vulnerability of global energy supply chains. Fears of disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz once again highlighted how dependent modern economies remain on fuel imports and maritime chokepoints.

Energy security returned to the center of political debate — and many policymakers now view renewable generation less as a climate tool than as insurance against geopolitical instability. The latest Middle East tensions reinforced a lesson Europe first learned in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine: energy dependence remains a strategic vulnerability regardless of whether the source of disruption lies in Moscow or Tehran.

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[–] trublu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Environmentalists long assumed the energy transition would rise or fall with political support.

Okay...

The fallout from the recent conflict in the Gulf sent oil prices soaring and reignited concerns over the vulnerability of global energy supply chains.

Okay.

This is political support. Saying "energy supply is an issue of national security and politician react to that by building renewable energy sources" undermines the thesis of this piece.

The truth is renewable energy sources are winning because they're better across a whole variety of metrics and anyone who says otherwise is in denial. The "political support" the article says we don't have is just stupid people obstructing for political profit. There's financial profit in renewables, so the capital goes there.

[–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But how do we address concerns that solar power may not cure heterosexuality?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We choose to love and support the afflicted as our friends and neighbors anyways

[–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

We do not. Breeder disregard for the value of human life and individuality is kind of gross. Media that includes that perversion needs to be marked.