idoubtit

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3623277

‘I wasn’t at all expecting my brother, who I had lived with for my entire life, to be my biological brother,’ said Vicky Laffin, 19, about her brother Frank, 20.

‘I wasn’t at all expecting my brother, who I had lived with for my entire life, to be my biological brother,’ said Vicky Laffin, 19, about her brother Frank, 20.

IDFG fisheries biologist Joe DuPont shared photos of what appear to be a dead salmon shark—a saltwater species with a home range well over 1,000 miles from the Gem State.

Earth fissures like this are common where the groundwater has been heavily withdrawn. This is not a "geological" fault as the article translation says. The crack is some 500 m long and 3 m deep. Source: https://lagazzettadf.com/noticia/2023/08/15/enorme-grieta-se-forma-en-cocotitlan-en-el-edomex/

I always wondering if this was really so bad. Apparently so.

'Why would they scare us like that?'

I don't like that the original headline was "are so dumb". Conspiracy believers aren't dumb, they are failing at trying to make sense of a frightening event based on the bad information they've been given by their preferred social circle that feeds a messed-up worldview.