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Sohan Dsouza<p>«Countries with strong traditions of free expression and freedom of the press tend to have a lot of fact-checkers, while countries with press restrictions tend to have few.»<br>(from 2024/APR)<br><a href="https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/fact-checking-is-not-censorship/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">poynter.org/commentary/2024/fa</span><span class="invisible">ct-checking-is-not-censorship/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/factChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factChecking</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veracity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
v_i_o_l_a<p>"A journal veracity–diligence index" <a href="https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2024.e120611" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.3897/ese.2024.e1206</span><span class="invisible">11</span></a><br><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/AcademicPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veracity</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/integrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>integrity</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/retractions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retractions</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/trust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trust</span></a></p>
Hans-Cees 🍋🌲🦔🦦🐝🦋🐛🚅🇸🇳🇵🇾🇹🇬🇹🇲<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.edu.nl/@bjacobs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bjacobs</span></a></span> had to look that up <a href="https://mas.to/tags/veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veracity</span></a></p>
lobster<p>Dear <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Unlimiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unlimiting</span></a> Friends,</p><p>As we know, not everyone is the same, nor should they or can they be. Those who want everyone to accept the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veracity</span></a> of their <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/limitations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>limitations</span></a>, we often do best to avoid. For example:</p><ul> <li>I find it helpful to hold simultaneously opposing and contradictory <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/understanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>understanding</span></a> with no need to <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/reconcile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reconcile</span></a> or be convinced.</li> <li>If it is <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/impossible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impossible</span></a> that motivates its possibility</li> <li>Not everyone wants to widen their narrows or broaden and encompass <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/alternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alternatives</span></a>.</li></ul><p>To put it another way: Every<br>thing is fine …</p>
tultican<p><a href="https://awscommunity.social/tags/veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veracity</span></a></p>
Grrsly Adams Family Vacation<p>Watched a really good short called <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/PaleFace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleFace</span></a>. Still on the festival circuit. Wild West horror. Then we watched <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/Veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Veracity</span></a>, a guerilla short available on YouTube.</p><p>Good first effort. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/F8rq6pNYdkE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/F8rq6pNYdkE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://masto.ai/@AdmiralFrosty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AdmiralFrosty</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.coop/@foolishowl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>foolishowl</span></a></span> Transparency is critical - If an AI is "writing" articles there should be a statement clearly indicating this is the case. Also state whether the article(s) was simply posted via the AI w/out human engagement. This can fall into the realm of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> or <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> depending upon the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veracity</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/accuracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accuracy</span></a> of the content. Is the bias to let <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> have a pass but only challenge human authored articles...is <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> somehow given a pass? - this may be a false drop?</p>
Roman ALAN<p>A limerick that uses "veracity"</p><p>There was a rough gang from Vera City<br>With tongues of jaw-dropping plasticity<br>When asked for the truth<br>They created a ruse<br>Of alternative facts and reality.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Veracity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Mastoprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastoprompt</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Limericks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Limericks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Limerick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Limerick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/TinyPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TinyPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Poets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Prompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prompts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a></p>
Gina G<p>No one could predict the <a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veracity</span></a> of her anger that tumbled from her inner core. She was done with being hurt, and her walls caved into a pile of bricks that she hurled at her opponent. Her words like daggers pierced her mother's heart chambers until she was weakened and unable to cause hurt anymore. Let me be myself, she said. Let me be free. </p><p><a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microfiction</span></a> <a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/mastoprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastoprompt</span></a> <a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/creativewriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creativewriting</span></a> <a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veracity</span></a></p>
Tony Zee<p>Another night of being together, but feeling world's apart. The veracity of their relationship of late was being tested at every turn. They'd been together for what seemed like forever; grown together, laughed together and had a family together.</p><p>Now things have irrevocably changed. </p><p>Both tethered to their moorings, but neither unwilling to untie the ropes. They would try and weather the storm and the howling tempest bearing down.</p><p>The ropes, however enduring, begin to fray. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microfiction</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veracity</span></a></p>
desh<p>Skulls don&#39;t have the capacity<br />For that of many minds-<br />So either we trust veracity,<br />Or dwell in frozen time.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>veracity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>poetry</span></a></p>
Peter Ravlich<p>The truth cuts<br>through ambiguity-<br>Vivisecting the self<br>Cleaving before from now<br>Trimming ephemera off decision<br>Slicing chains of oppression<br>And bonds of love</p><p>An indiscriminate<br>Discriminator</p><p>And it hurts<br>And we bleed<br>But pack the salt in well-</p><p>Only in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veracity</span></a> <br>We grow true</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a></p>
Elsha Hawk | SFF Writer<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Mastoprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastoprompt</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Veracity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/575prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>575prompt</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Sorry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sorry</span></a> <br />@aethelshane</p><p>Not sorry I spoke<br />Veracity surely helps<br />Rip the bandaid off</p>
Joe :tinoflag:<p>Q &amp; A</p><p>Q: 'You're both thriving in your relationship and have been for such a long time.<br>How are you managing this?'</p><p>A: 'We tell each other the truth<br>at the earliest possible time.'</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Veracity</span></a></p>
Madeleine Begun Kane<p>Many folks have a shocking capacity<br>For deception and lies -- sheer mendacity.<br>They will lie to the max,<br>Spurring violent attacks<br>On those guilty of naught but veracity.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Veracity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Mastoprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastoprompt</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Limericks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Limericks</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Limerick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Limerick</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TinyPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TinyPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Poets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poets</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Prompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prompts</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prompt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a></p>
Madeleine Begun Kane<p>When mendacity<br>replaces veracity,<br>sorry state indeed.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Mastoprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastoprompt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Veracity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/575prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>575prompt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Sorry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sorry</span></a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.community/@aethelshane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aethelshane</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haiku</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senryu</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TinyPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TinyPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Poets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poets</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Prompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prompts</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prompt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a></p>
Thoughts Of A Writer<p>And the airwaves are full<br>Trenches and firing lines<br>Salvo’s aimed at the other side<br>With each strike, another a retort<br>Caged in outrage, <br>Insane from insults<br>Remains in pain, complaints, and strain<br>Trapped in a maze, blinded by the haze</p><p>And in the cacophony the mistake;<br>Opinion becomes fact<br>Subjectivity, now <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veracity</span></a><br>Reality, alternate<br>Objectivity; denied! </p><p>The End, not in sight</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@tanweerdar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tanweerdar</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastoprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastoprompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/smallpoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallpoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a></p>
fhaedra<p>At the edge of town<br>where tall grass sways with<br>rhythms of prevailing winds<br>the one we call Ol’ Stumbler<br>resides in his scrap tree house<br>On clear summer nights<br>his lantern a pale beacon<br>reminds us of something<br>soft familiar or yearned for yet<br>fantasy or out of bounds<br>Uneasy laughter dismisses his<br>crazy man disease<br>You could catch a symptom or<br>worse giving light to old geezers<br>bent on polishing the obsolete<br>glory glory daze dead and past like a<br>Statue to Veracity</p><p><a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> (<a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veracity</span></a>) <a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a></p>
Jenni<p><a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/limerick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>limerick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veracity</span></a></p><p>Some podcasters have no capacity<br>For service, honor, or veracity<br>They just trade in hate<br>And those they can bait<br>To sell ads to rubes with pugnacity</p>
jhead<p>Volumes upon volumes of timeworn books,<br>elegantly stacked on the glossy cherry floor by the leather ottoman,<br>rations from lockdown,<br>articulated truths,<br>coherent musings of the deceased,<br>implacable words and phrases,<br>translated past into present<br>yesterday’s veracity in black ink on yellow-tinted-woven pages.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veracity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veracity</span></a></p>