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The main sources of the information I consume, in no particular order, are:
- The Conversation; particularly on environment, science and technology;
- Government agencies, especially including the CSIRO (Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation) and BoM (Bureau of Meteorology), are reliable sources of information;
- Google news alerts; I get Mr Google to keep me up with the subjects that interest me;
- RenewEconomy helps to keep me up to date with developments in renewable energy;
- The Guardian;
- Sydney Morning Herald;
- Wikipedia; I've found it to be remarkably reliable considering that it can be edited by anyone;
- Facebook; Facebook itself is not to be trusted, it operates under its own agenda, it will use us, it uses me. But if you, like me, use Facebook it's important to have Facebook Friends who will post interesting, informative and reliable subjects;
- ABC TV's Media Watch provides critical commentary on the media and its many failings;
- The Internet generally; I often search for writing on subjects that interest me. A question that arrises is, which search engine to use?
- Emails;
- Aeon; A "digital magazine, publishing some of the most profound and provocative thinking on the web".
Many of the articles published are very good;
- I have many specific sources that I look to for information on specific subjects.
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Beware delusions
Many, perhaps most, people are suffering from delusions. Perhaps the greatest and most widespread delusion is religion.
We must all (myself included) continually examine our beliefs a weed out any that may be delusional.
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- I have written on the things and people that have influenced me
elsewhere on these pages;
- The Drum on ABC TV, well informed discussion on the current hot topics (no longer available);
- Radio and TV news and programs, mostly the ABC, almost never the Murdoch Empire;
- Books; libraries and from shops;
- Newspapers, with great care: The Australian (controlled by Rupert Murdoch) occasionally at a coffee shop where I don't have to contribute financially to Rupert, which would be entirely against my principles. Since moving to WA (in 2022) I occasionally glance at the West Australian.
It is important to at least seriously consider providing some financial support for those of your information sources that may need it.
Two that I have used are Source Watch and Snopes. Others are Politifact and FactCheck.org.
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