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Pedro J. Hdez

"Honesty and truthfulness underpin accountability, transparency and informed decision-making in democratic societies. A collective commitment to truth cultivates discourse grounded in empirical evidence and fosters social cohesion through a shared understanding of reality. In many democracies, there is currently much concern about ‘truth decay’, not only fuelling polarization but also undermining public trust in institutions"

nature.com/articles/s41562-025

NatureComputational analysis of US congressional speeches reveals a shift from evidence to intuition - Nature Human BehaviourThis research explores the linguistic traces of evidence-based reasoning and intuitive decision-making in congressional speeches from 1879 to 2022. The analysis suggests that evidence-based language has continued to decline since the mid-1970s, together with a decline in legislative productivity.
#Democracy#Politics#Evidence
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PrivacyDigest

Appeals Court Sidesteps The Big Questions on #Geofence #Warrants

Another federal appeals court has ruled on controversial geofence warrants—sort of. Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the #FourthCircuit sitting en banc issued a single sentence opinion affirming the lower court opinion in USA v. #Chatrie. The practical outcome of this sentence is clear: the #evidence collected from a geofence warrant issued to #Google can be used against the defendant in this case

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/appe

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Appeals Court Sidesteps The Big Questions on Geofence WarrantsAnother federal appeals court has ruled on controversial geofence warrants—sort of. Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit sitting en banc issued a single sentence opinion affirming the lower court opinion in United States v. Chatrie. The practical outcome of this sentence is...
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CBC Top Stories

Did Roman gladiators really fight animals? This one has the bite marks to prove it
Ancient texts and modern movies alike depict the Roman Empire as a society that pitted men against animals for bloodsport. But remains unearthed in England are the first physical evidence of human-animal combat in ancient Rome.
#history #animals #sports #evidence #England #Rome
cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/roman

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Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS

This! This is the truth about what is going on now in the United States of America: a #contempt that undermines "common rules of #truth and #evidence—and the #legal and #academic #institutions that employ those rules." We *must not* ignore the distortions and lies of the current administration, or else we will lose truth and #knowledge and #health and #humanity. linkedin.com/pulse/authoritari

www.linkedin.comThe authoritarian attack on truth By Michael Patrick Lynch“At no time in history have words meant so little as they do today,” declared the philosopher John Dewey in 1941. Dewey, who at the time was one of America’s preeminent public intellectuals, was worried about what he called “complete inversions of truth” by authoritarians and their sympathizers at h
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RDN

Analysis of language used in U.S. congressional speeches from 1879 to 2022, focusing on use of words taken to represent use of either evidence or intuition, found that intuition-signifying words became increasingly prominent since the 1970s, and this change was reflected in increasing political polarization.

Summary: sciencefocus.com/news/scientis

Original paper: nature.com/articles/s41562-025

Four graphs from the paper (Figure 1), showing temporal changes in a) the Evidence-Minus-Intuition (EMI) score, b) political polarization of both major parties, c) number of public laws passed, and d) uncertainty in the relationship between EMI and the number of public laws passed. In the first graph, EMI shows a gradual increase from 1940 to 1970, followed by a steep decline. Political polarization shows the same trends.
#Science#Language#Politics
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Sune Auken

I just saw an apparent left-winger post a suave confident quote, then adamantly refuse an obvious and very well documented fact check of said quote. The contortions were a sight to behold.

So, here's the thing. If you hold that one of the defining differences between us and the fascists is that we honor the truth - then accept compelling evidence when you see it.

I blocked. We don't need to lie about awful people to show that they are awful.

#Truth#Evidence#FactChecking
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Geriatric Gardener

“The nature of the new Israeli Uranium bombs: Evidence from Beirut”

by Christopher Busby in Al Mayadeen English

“Dr. Chris Busby presents evidence that Israel used a Uranium-based bomb in the 2024 Beirut attack that assassinated Hezbollah Sec Gen Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, revealing airborne radioactive particles that pose long-term public health risks”

english.almayadeen.net/article

Al Mayadeen English · The nature of the new Israeli Uranium bombs: Evidence from BeirutBy Christopher Busby
#Press#Lebanon#Beirut
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#STOPTHEGENOCIDE

#gaza #genocide #palestine #israel #warcrimes #evidence #material #socialmedia #x #meta #instagram

@palestine

Why is evidence of  Israel's war crimes in Gaza disappearing?

"Many of the images that have been seen from Israel’s war in Gaza have already been seen for the last time."

Interviewed in this #Aljazeera episode of The Take: Lila Hassan, Investigative Journalist

youtube.com/watch?v=8JUMIX3_6yE

YouTubeWhy is evidence of  Israel's war crimes in Gaza disappearing? | The TakeBy Al Jazeera English
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