SCRAPINGS OF THE DAY

SCAM ALERT – FALSE VOTING INFORMATION BEING SPREAD BY TEXT MESSAGES. If this is happening in Kansas, it is likely to happen in other places. Make sure you, your loved ones, friends, and neighbors are getting the right info from the real sources.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kansas-election-misinformation-texts_n_63600ec5e4b08fd5e954d59a

Speaking of disinformation, DHS has been trying to fight it. Details are here.

https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/

It seems that even if you can get people of opposing parties to be nicer to each other, it doesn’t change their ideology.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/10/lowering-partisan-heat-doesnt-seem-to-help-commitment-to-democracy/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=spotlight-nl&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_mailing=thematic_spotlight_110222_1&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bd6730124c17c1048004ec8&cndid=31950619&hasha=f928381c17165d018c0bf4c042428f4f&hashb=2a43bdc929dc1ce4a25d4bf8543452933c28257e&hashc=ebe61e290ff5f6dab2702263b67c4c485180ab2deb59e026490fcd63c88404f5&esrc=FYL_SEG_APR18&sourcecode=thematic_spotlight&utm_term=Thematic_Spotlight

Lacking a sense of personal control over their lives, people tend to seek social control. This, obviously, has political implications.

Low Sense of Personal Control Increases People’s Affinity for Tighter, Rules-Based Culture

Actual creativity and feeling creative are not the same thing.

Cannabis use does not increase actual creativity but does increase how creative you think you are, study finds

Another kind of bad news for the health of the oceans.

Is Ocean Acidification Causing the Arctic To Melt?