A man called Cook. Author of Cranky Uncle vs. Climate Change, founder of https://xitter.cf/t.co/DrONUqxWuY.
Melbourne, Australia
Joined February 2017
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I’m delighted to announce the @crankyuncles game - teaching resilience against misinformation - is now available free on iPhone & iPad! More details about the game at crankyuncle.com/game and you can get the game directly from the App Store via sks.to/crankyiphone
Want to test how good you are at recognising authors? Fill out this (anonymous) survey, checking authors you recognise but also avoiding checking fake authors (purpose is to measure which authors are too well known or not known at all) q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe…
Have moved to BlueSky and am posting there about critical thinking and my research into misinformation - but popping back to X briefly to post my BlueSky account so find me there! bsky.app/profile/johnfocook.… (hoping posting this link doesn't get filtered)
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Looking for something to do this evening?
Am giving a free webinar this week with @350_Chicago on fine-tuning yoru BS detector to spot climate misinformation. Register at bit.ly/yourbsdetector
Am giving a free webinar this week with @350_Chicago on fine-tuning yoru BS detector to spot climate misinformation. Register at bit.ly/yourbsdetector
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Words cannot really do justice to express our sadness at losing our team member John Mason.
skepticalscience.com/remembe…
ALT Screenshot from our tribute to John Mason who passed away on September 20, 2024
Deeply sad to say that our much loved and valued @skepticscience team member John Mason passed away last week. Amazing & tireless story teller and climate communicator. He will be deeply missed skepticalscience.com/remembe…
Deeply sad to say that our much loved and valued @skepticscience team member John Mason passed away last week. Amazing & tireless story teller and climate communicator. He will be deeply missed skepticalscience.com/remembe…
Spoke to @StellaLevantesi about AI & climate misinformation: certainly AI is a threat in amplifying misinformation but I also discuss how we're using AI to develop solutions to misinformation desmog.com/2024/09/18/the-ab…
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Just published in @GEC_Journal: We investigate how climate contrarians and the fossil fuel industry obstructed US cap-and-trade policy. Disproportionate access to key hearings and FFI lobbying played a major role. Full study: doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.… @TravisCoan1
Just published a paper in @CommsEarth where we use the CARDS machine learning model to detect climate misinformation in 5 million climate tweets, finding over half of misinformation tweets involve personal attacks @MarkAndrejevic @liyuanfang @TravisCoan1 nature.com/articles/s43247-0…
We also found misinformation spikes instigated by influencers, both contrarian influencers promoting misinformation & convinced influencers who provoked misinformation backlash. Never thought I'd coauthor a climate misinformation paper mentioning @RobSchneider & @RealJamesWoods!
Had a great in-depth conversation with @StefanTSiegel from @HSGStGallen for his Sustainability Education Podcast on the psychology of climate misinformation & its similarities with myths about sustainability education sustainabilityeducation.capt…
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Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1m2…
Jessica talks with @johnfocook who studies the cognitive #Psychology of #ClimateScience denial. John founded Cranky Uncle & @skepticscience. You can also read some climate facts here: skepticalscience.com/argumen…
#ClimateAction #Podcasts
ALT Climate Misinformation Mechanics, Cranky Uncle, and Skeptical Science with John Cook. The Environment in Canada Podcast, Ep. 26. Picture of two people having an argument and one reaching out.
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There are so many misconceptions about consensus in science, starting with: What exactly is a consensus? And what’s up with all the confusion?
I ask these questions & more in this conversation with @johnfocook.
youtu.be/O_7wZ5mLDmk?si=0ZKR…
While you’re there, please subscribe!
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🎉 The Conspiracy Theory Handbook is now available in 20 languages! 🌍✨ Thanks to our amazing volunteer translators, this essential guide is making helpful pointers to identify conspiracy theories readily available across the globe.
skepticalscience.com/transla…
ALT Composite image of 21 thumbnails showing the titles of the 20 translations and the English original of The Conspiracy Theory Handbook
