Yes, the CIA ran a brothel in San Francisco and tested LSD on unsuspecting patrons
The intelligence agency named the project "Operation Midnight Climax."
7 rumors about Canada's Carney we've unpacked
Mark Carney won the 2025 Canadian election against Conservative leader Paul Poilièvre. This made him a target of several rumors, many false.
Unraveling claim Melania was an escort before meeting Trump at Ghislaine Maxwell party
The U.K. tabloid Daily Mail settled a defamation case after spreading the rumor in 2016.
Trump didn't score 73 on IQ test in 1st year at New York Military Academy
U.S. President Donald Trump did, however, once claim to have "a very high IQ" and "strong common sense."
Chemotherapy drugs to treat cancer came from mustard gas?
Yale pharmacologists in the 1940s realized mustard gas attacked white blood cells, which could have therapeutic properties in lymphatic cancers.
Liz Cheney falsely linked to letter urging Democrats to fight Trump's 'authoritarian machine'
"I don't want to hear another polite flor speech," the letter says. "I want strategy."
North Carolina man once robbed bank for $1 in attempt to get healthcare in prison
James Richard Verone, who was unemployed, was arrested in June 2011 after a desperate plan to receive medical attention.
Education as Polis – Reclaiming the Public Dimension of Learning
What if we treated education as a public practice that builds a shared world, rather than reducing it to skills, metrics, or efficiency?
In my latest blog post I explore the idea of education as polis. This perspective sees learning as a collective act of world making, where classrooms, courses, and digital spaces can nurture the common good. Yet when platforms are structured around surveillance, competition, and control, the public dimension of education is put at risk.
I develop these ideas further here:
e-learning-rules.com/blog/0046…
How can we reclaim digital learning spaces so they truly serve the public good? What practices or examples have you seen that embody this vision?
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Retro-futurist agora: glowing child surrounded by people in dialogue, marble steps merging with circuits under a cosmic sky of connected stars, symbolising education as shared civic space.
12 images we've fact-checked about climate change
Maps or images allegedly showing rising sea levels or increasing temps often circulate online. Some are real, others are not.
Did ancient Persians debate important matters drunk and sober before making decisions?
The claim came from ancient Greek historian Herodotus, who was not always a reliable source and who never actually traveled to Persia.
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Unpacking claim Ghislaine Maxwell confirmed Epstein had 'secret tapes' of Trump, Clinton
Contrary to social media posts, the rumor wasn’t new in 2025 — it stemmed from a book published in 2021.
20 rumors we've investigated about US-Mexico border wall
Rumors about the border wall often relate to U.S. President Donald Trump, who has made it a central part of his immigration policy.
Stephen Miler called Democratic Party a 'domestic, extremist organization'
Miller made the comment on Sean Hannity's show on Fox while discussing crime in Chicago, Illinois.
One of our storage units for the trom.tf server is failing. We will have to replace it or move to a new server. Mind you in case trom.tf goes offline these days. Before we migrate we will let you know, but if the drive fails suddenly...
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Claim Trump executive order aims to 'institutionalize anyone disabled' lacks key context
The order encourages forcible commitment of "homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment."
What we know about California school district's locker-room privacy policy
Anti-trans commentators criticized proposed mental-health accommodations for students seeking private facilities.
Video of Trump saying 'trans people don't exist' is an AI fake
The fake video received millions of views the day after two children were killed in a school shooting perpetrated by an allegedly transgender suspect.
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