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Lately, it seems, Bill likes to warn me about things.
These pronouncements of caution often occur in the early morning hours.
A few days ago, he warned me about the ice outside.
This morning, it was that he had an article possibly showing up in today's Daily Bee.
Seems our family has an abundance of writers, many very good, including Bill.
Any writing instructor will tell you to "write what you know about."
Let me tell you that Bill knows about flies, not so much those black, annoying kind that tickle your face in late September while you're trying to type at the computer.
No, Bill knows about the flies that fish will die for.
In Bill's case, very few fish have ever succumbed to his home-tied flies, but by golly, they bite and often get caught and then released.
Anyway, I would be remiss this morning in not pointing out his fly-tying piece in today's local newspaper.
I happen to know that some of the folks who stick with me on this blog do their fair share of fly fishing.
So, let's modify that writing guideline for reading purposes: read what you know about by someone who knows about what you know about.
Have fun.
Also, this morning, I'm providing another link which I found both fascinating and disturbing.
Generally, it discusses a full-scale study of untrue or fake news and how this information, promoted through Twitter and other social media, has more followers and believers than information with accurate, proven facts.
The study focused on Twitter.
One take that I inferred: people like this sensational stuff because the real facts are boring. And, isn't that true?
Here's a sample from the story:
I kid you not or "believe me," the story is worth the read, and hopefully, if they follow it from start to finish, readers may exercise a bit more caution and do a smidgeon of research before passing along sensational facts.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-grim-conclusions-of-the-largest-ever-study-of-fake-news?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Finally, this fourth from the last day of January, I hope you enjoy the video below, featuring Tanya Tucker and Brandi Carlisle.
The two country superstars performed the song at the Grammys on Sunday night.
Every once in a while comes a song that--even on the first hearing---tugs with tenderness at every single heart string with its simple but beautiful lyrics and its poignant message.
This one is one of those.
Enjoy.
Lately, it seems, Bill likes to warn me about things.
These pronouncements of caution often occur in the early morning hours.
A few days ago, he warned me about the ice outside.
This morning, it was that he had an article possibly showing up in today's Daily Bee.
Seems our family has an abundance of writers, many very good, including Bill.
Any writing instructor will tell you to "write what you know about."
Let me tell you that Bill knows about flies, not so much those black, annoying kind that tickle your face in late September while you're trying to type at the computer.
No, Bill knows about the flies that fish will die for.
In Bill's case, very few fish have ever succumbed to his home-tied flies, but by golly, they bite and often get caught and then released.
Anyway, I would be remiss this morning in not pointing out his fly-tying piece in today's local newspaper.
I happen to know that some of the folks who stick with me on this blog do their fair share of fly fishing.
So, let's modify that writing guideline for reading purposes: read what you know about by someone who knows about what you know about.
Have fun.
Also, this morning, I'm providing another link which I found both fascinating and disturbing.
Generally, it discusses a full-scale study of untrue or fake news and how this information, promoted through Twitter and other social media, has more followers and believers than information with accurate, proven facts.
The study focused on Twitter.
One take that I inferred: people like this sensational stuff because the real facts are boring. And, isn't that true?
Here's a sample from the story:
Though the story is written in the clinical language of
statistics, it offers a methodical indictment of the accuracy of information
that spreads on these platforms.
A false story is much more likely to go viral than a real
story, the authors find. A false story
reaches 1,500 people six times quicker on average than a true story does.
And while false stories outperform the truth on every subject—including
business, terrorism and war, science and technology, and entertainment---fake
news about politics regularly does best.
Twitter users seem almost to prefer sharing falsehoods.
Even when the researchers controlled for
every difference between the accounts originating the rumors---like whether
that person had more followers or was verified---falsehoods were still 70
percent more likely to get retweeted than accurate news.
I kid you not or "believe me," the story is worth the read, and hopefully, if they follow it from start to finish, readers may exercise a bit more caution and do a smidgeon of research before passing along sensational facts.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-grim-conclusions-of-the-largest-ever-study-of-fake-news?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Finally, this fourth from the last day of January, I hope you enjoy the video below, featuring Tanya Tucker and Brandi Carlisle.
The two country superstars performed the song at the Grammys on Sunday night.
Every once in a while comes a song that--even on the first hearing---tugs with tenderness at every single heart string with its simple but beautiful lyrics and its poignant message.
This one is one of those.
Enjoy.
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