18.34: Seventeen Years of Foreshadowing https://writingexcuses.com/18-34-seventeen-years-of-foreshadowing/ #SchlockMercenary #Foreshadowing #HowardTayler #RedHerring #Season18

@gam3 This article is a red herring fallacy.

#redherring

Es gibt allgemein mehr Befürworter für die #Helmpflicht auf dem Fahrrad, als für das #Tempolimit auf der Autobahn.

Beides ist ein #RedHerring und kannibalisiert die Aufmerksamkeit gegenüber wichtigeren Themen.

Fordern kann man vieles, aber erstmal den Montesquieu anzuwenden ist auch heute noch wichtig. 😉
(Danke für nichts, liebe #Medien!)

https://www.tuev-verband.de/pressemitteilungen/grosse-mehrheit-befuerwortet-helmpflicht-fuer-radfahrerinnen

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/23/ceo-of-worlds-biggest-carbon-credit-provider-says-he-is-resigning

#keepitintheground: Verra #rainforest #credits used by Disney, Shell, Gucci and other big #corporations were largely worthless, often based on stopping the destruction of rainforests that were not threatened, according to independent studies. It also found evidence of forced #evictions at a flagship scheme co-operated by #Conservation International in Peru.

#GreenConservation #BigLie #humanrights #violations #redherring #ObliviousConsumption #corporatefraud #conservativevalues

Vom Wert von 1990 sind noch knapp 60% übrig.
Damals waren es zu 77% Energie, Industrie und Gebäude.
2022 hat sich das auf 71% reduziert.

Setzen wir die 1,9Mt für #Tempolimit 130 an (UBA, 2020), waren das 1990 ca. 0,15% und 2022 ca. 0,25%.
Damals wie heute ein #RedHerring.

In dieser Größenordnung müssten wir parallel diskutieren Hunde (ca. 9,5Mt, aktuell also 1,27%), Katzen (5,1 Mt / 0,7%) und Pferde (2,4 Mt / 0,3%) abzuschaffen. 😛

Essen wird übrigens für ~6Mt weggeworfen (aktuell 0,8%).

Vom Wert von 1990 sind noch knapp 60% übrig.
Damals waren es zu 77% Energie, Industrie und Gebäude.
2022 hat sich das auf 71% reduziert.

Setzen wir die 1,9Mt für #Tempolimit 130 an (UBA, 2020), waren das 1990 ca. 0,15% und 2022 ca. 0,25%.
Damals wie heute ein #RedHerring.

In dieser Größenordnung müssten wir parallel diskutieren Hunde (ca. 9,5Mt, aktuell also 1,27%), Katzen (5,1 Mt / 0,7%) und Pferde (2,4 Mt / 0,3%) abzuschaffen. 😛

Essen wird übrigens für ~6Mt weggeworfen (aktuell 0,8%).

Most problems that chiropractors treat wouldn't show up on scans or x-rays, and occasionally they can show red herrings that muddy the water.

If there is anything we aren't sure about or are worried about, we can arrange for you to have an x-ray privately or refer you back to your GP for further investigations.

#xray #scan #investigations #faq #faqsday #faqs #chiropractors #Chiropractic #Edinburgh #Corstorphine #drumbrae #redherring #examination #safe #safetyfirst

18.15: Building a Mystery, Now With More Tools https://writingexcuses.com/2023/04/09/18-15-building-a-mystery-now-with-more-tools/ #TheoryandTechnique #Foreshadowing #RedHerring #Season18 #Mystery #Tension

Skeptoid #74: A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 2 by Brian Dunning #redherring #poisoningthewell #loadedquestion #statistics #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot The second part of our exploration of logical fallacies.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4074

@Ductos
A very good theory, but not necessarily "has to be." We also saw Jack making some deals with some people early on. Even those walk-on roles could lead to something.

Plus, you have the various computers and A.I. being referenced. Previous seasons also addressed artificial life. This season could be a "ghost in the machine" storyline.

So far, this season has been very well written. I would assume they did a good job of hiding and camouflaging any suspects.

A good mystery has misdirection. The author leads you to focus on the wrong suspect before revealing the true killer/villain. Jack could just be the misdirection, the #RedHerring.

How do we tell the difference between a politically motivated investigation of criminal activity and an investigation of criminal activity that is not politically motivated. What signs should we look for? #RedHerring #CognitiveBias #AdHominem

I title my journals based on changing themes. They provide the cornerstone for the mise en scène of my writing. A month into a new book and I’ve got nothing. So, I’m trying to define the device. Is it a #fetish, a #muse, a #MacGuffin, a #redHerring, a #philosophersStone, a #huntingBlind, an #f(x)? What device do you use to better observe the ineffable? As a quasi “throw away,” what duty have we to identify with it, serve it, thank it, or let it go? #writersBlock #themeBlock #commodification

#Spectacle #RedHerring #FalseFlag #Diversion
#PsyOps

Please pass this around... seems many people in these haunts are not familiar with the concepts.

Also please add to them.

(this is in response to all the people passing around examples of politicians being idiots... a lot of it is merely for show and should not be taken too seriously, and should not have so much energy spent on it)

Rule #1 of counterdisinfo: DON'T PICK UP THE IDIOT BALL.

That means, when the #GQP is rolling out one of their endless disgusting psyop nothingburgers, don't amplify it in the process of critiquing it.

Don't fall for the false equivalency. If you hear yourself saying: "Well, yeah we really should find out why Biden had those classified documents." Or "You know we really should, at long last, get control of our borders, this can't continue."

What you're doing is validating shit that has nothing to do with reality. It's ALL red herrings.

Not even the most batshit republicans are remotely concerned about the contents of their #idiotballs.

(Because they're all pure power plays.)

They're designed to confuse and deflect.

Learn about how this #bothsidesing, #whataboutism, #redherring #idiotball shit works, or remain a useful idiot for #fascism

17 Minutes into an almost two hour #whodunnit and I have a very strong suspicion who the #murderer is... I HOPE this cheezy character is a #redherring. 🧐

Meine persönliche Einordnung ist, dass die ganze „Debatte“ sowieso ein #RedHerring ist, wir also in ALLEN anderen Bereichen mehr für Sicherheit, Klima usw. usf. tun könnten, falls wir (und vor allem die Medien) ENDLICH mal die Aufmerksamkeit dorthin richten würden.

Es ist quasi nochmal der #BP #CO2Footprint #Scam - zugeschnitten auf Deutschland.

Alter Thread dazu:
https://social.tchncs.de/@burningbecks/104709229927197726

Columnist Friesch Dagblad @syb: "Jawel. #Kernenergie is een #RedHerring die om de zoveel jaar weer tevoorschijn getoverd wordt. Niet als oplossing - daar hadden coalitiepartijen al onder Balkenende mee moeten beginnen. Maar inderdaad als permanente afleiding." https://bit.ly/3jODrRH

@kunst_landschap

@Strandjunker that's is a broken metafor as it simplifies objectivity. If you mean journalists need to do fact-checking, you can't be wrong, of course, it's trivial, that is in the job description.

Then again, if the building is big enough and the office is on only one side so you can only see through the windows on the south side, you might miss the rainbow that was clearly visible, for a whopping 10 minutes, on the north side. No rain there. A new half truth created. Good work. #RedHerring

@cjbooker
This is a word that might need to be established via hockey references depending on your target demographic. Since the alternate meaning could lead to cute/racy situations, I'd say write it. You might get away with explaining after the fact, but take care as with all #jargon; don't let hockey-nerd accidentally become a #redherring in you story.

Example::

She got a big mischievous grin on her face, already red from too many beers. She bumped her hips into his, and considering their size and him being already unstable on his feet, he crashed into the bushes.

"Hip-check!" she cried as he watched, bewildered, then realized she was playing hockey with a broken branch in her drunkenness.

Problem: Will liking hockey change the story's direction?

#writingadvice #writerslife #writingcommnunity

@hkrn I wanna know who paid that bail he had less than a million dollars apparently so who dug him out of shit creek? There are so many crypto bros that could do exactly the same shit why bail him out instead of just finding another #redherring