Golly, but I’ve been busy writing everywhere but this blog lately.
I’ve been doing a lot more assorted fact-checking and explaining work for cash money so it’s time for another roundup of stuff what I wrote:
Just in time for the hopefully good new movie opening this week, I did a recap for Radio New Zealand on Superman’s best (and not so best) moments on screen to date and some comics recommendations!
Everything you need to know about Superman before his latest movie
Over at AAP FactCheck, I did a deep dive into the disturbing and increasingly surreal world of bizarre AI slop infesting your social media feeds. The “conjoined twins celebrity scam” posts are the ones that finally broke my brain for good, I reckon:
Junk accounts serve up fantasy tennis tales
For RNZ, I’ve also done a few long explainer pieces lately:
Did you know US Customs can legally search your phone? Here’s what you need to know about it
And finally pivoting back again to the murky world of AI and how it’s slowly eroding all that is fair and decent on social media, here’s another explainer:
How to tell if an image or video has been created by AI – and if we still can
Featuring my very own test AI-generated slop image that I was particularly proud of:
Don’t always believe your eyes, is the moral of the story.
Unless it’s something on this website, which in that case is totally 100 percent legit and doesn’t need factchecking.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go and assist in the emergency conjoined twin surgery for my good friend, celebrity Taylor Swift.
Nik Dirga 