This is a GREAT video! John Oliver focuses his weekly show on "AI Slop." He talks about all the AI-created images, videos, music, etc., that is flooding the Internet.

Everyone should watch this video! It's funny, engaging, and very informative. It's not political. It's just about Generative AI and the effect it is having on our social media and on the lives of actual artists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg1RmzAbc

#technology #news #AI #generative #comedy #funny #JohnOliver #education #InformationLiteracy

NEW Journal Article: "What Language Are We Speaking?: Marketing Information Literacy on University Library Websites" https://www.infodocket.com/2025/06/15/journal-article-what-language-are-we-speaking-marketing-information-literacy-on-university-library-websites/ #libraries #informationliteracy #infolit

New on my YouTube channel: "Lies That Kill: an Under 5 Review."
https://youtu.be/3cHikHRBk0A

#Under5Reviews where I tell you about a book and help you decide if you want to read it or not in under 5 minutes.

#books #reading #BookReview #InfoLit #InformationLiteracy #MediaLiteracy #bookstodon #ItinerantLibrarian #vlog #reviews 💙📚

@bookstodon

A First Pass at a Screencast Demo of SIFT Toolbox https://mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/a-first-pass-at-a-screencast-demo #AI #InformationLiteracy

A First Pass at a Screencast D...

A First Pass at a Screencast Demo of SIFT Toolbox https://mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/a-first-pass-at-a-screencast-demo #AI #InformationLiteracy

@_elena

Indeed...

"Information has become a form of garbage, not only incapable of answering the most fundamental human questions but barely useful in providing coherent direction to the solution of even mundane problems." - Neil Postman

https://mdpaths.com/rrr/books/amusing_ourselves_to_death/index.html

#NeilPostman #InformationLiteracy #Media #MediaLiteracy

#Leadership #Processing #Exhibits #Cataloging #Supervision #Reference #Research #Outreach #Governance #DonorManagement #InformationLiteracy #Budgeting #CollectionDevelopment #Planning #Teaching #DAMS #Student

#Leadership #Processing #Exhibits #Cataloging #Supervision #Reference #Research #Outreach #Governance #DonorManagement #InformationLiteracy #Budgeting #CollectionDevelopment #Planning #Teaching #DAMS #FirstResponder

#Leadership #Processing #Exhibits #Cataloging #Supervision #Reference #Research #Outreach #Governance #DonorManagement #InformationLiteracy #Budgeting #CollectionDevelopment #Planning #Teaching #DAMS

Ich habe frisch geblogt zum Movetia-Workshop zu #Datentracking in der Wissenschaft im Vorfeld der #ISI2025 #isi25 #datenethik #datatracking #surveillance #informationswissenschaft #Informationskompetenz #informationliteracy #cil

https://ulrikewuttke.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/movetia-workshop-zum-datentracking-im-vorfeld-der-isi-2025/

#NationalLibraryWeek (month, why not?) Day 18/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? They are #teachers who work with students, researchers, reporters, & board members, evangelizing the use of #primarysources across curricula and needs.

#Leadership #Processing #Exhibits #Cataloging #Supervision #Reference #Research #Outreach #Governance #DonorManagement #InformationLiteracy #Budgeting #CollectionDevelopment #Planning #Teaching

#NationalLibraryWeek (month, why not?) Day 16/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? They engage in #planning, short term and long term, working to ensure sustainable access to collections.

#Leadership #Processing #Exhibits #Cataloging #Supervision #Reference #Research #Outreach #Governance #DonorManagement #InformationLiteracy #Budgeting #CollectionDevelopment #Planning

#NationalLibraryWeek (month, why not?) Day 15/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? They develop collections, through purchases, donations, and sleuthing through book fairs & auction.

#Leadership #Processing #Exhibits #Cataloging #Supervision #Reference #Research #Outreach #Governance #DonorManagement #InformationLiteracy #Budgeting #CollectionDevelopment

#Leadership #Processing #Exhibits #Cataloging #Supervision #Reference #Research #Outreach #Governance #DonorManagement #InformationLiteracy #Budgeting

#NationalLibraryWeek (month, why not?) Day 13/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? #InformationLiteracy, or the thrill that is sharing with students how to work with #primarysources.

#Leadership #Processing #Exhibits #Cataloging #Supervision #Reference #Research #Outreach #Governance #DonorManagement #InformationLiteracy

MEMETICS 101: cont’

5. How to Fight Back:
• Create counter-memes with truth, not fear
• Use humor to expose hypocrisy
• Tell human stories—they outlive propaganda
• Educate others on how memetics works
• Amplify calm, credible voices over chaos

Memetics isn’t a theory. It’s the method.
And right now, it’s how democracy is being hacked in real time.

#Memetics #NarrativeWarfare #DigitalDefense #InfoWar #PropagandaExposed #VeilNet #TruthMatters #InformationLiteracy

MEMETICS 101: continued

4. How to Defend Against It:
• Slow down. Breathe before you share.
• Ask: “Who benefits from me believing this?”
• Fact-check and diversify your sources
• Use empathy as a shield—memes feed on anger
• Laugh, but don’t let mockery become manipulation

#Memetics #NarrativeWarfare #DigitalDefense #InfoWar #PropagandaExposed #VeilNet #TruthMatters #InformationLiteracy

MEMETICS 101: cont’

3. How It’s Being Used Today:
Authoritarians, influencers, and bad-faith actors are flooding the internet with memes that:
• Normalize corruption
• Mock truth-tellers
• Demonize dissent
• Rebrand control as “freedom”
• Turn violence into “patriotism”

#Memetics #NarrativeWarfare #DigitalDefense #InfoWar #PropagandaExposed #VeilNet #TruthMatters #InformationLiteracy

2. How It Works:

Repetition embeds the message

Simplicity overrides critical thought

Emotion hijacks logic

Visuals create instant recall

“Us vs. Them” framing makes it tribal
#Memetics #NarrativeWarfare #DigitalDefense #InfoWar #PropagandaExposed #VeilNet #TruthMatters #InformationLiteracy

MEMETICS 101 – What You Need to Know

This isn’t just internet culture- it’s narrative warfare.

1. What is Memetics?

Memetics is the study of how ideas, behaviors, and symbols spread like viruses. A meme isn’t just a joke image- it’s any idea that replicates by being shared, copied, and believed. Like a virus, the most contagious memes survive.

#Memetics #NarrativeWarfare #DigitalDefense #InfoWar #PropagandaExposed #VeilNet #TruthMatters #InformationLiteracy