This is interesting! How to make integrity/media literacy fun? Can we gamify/reward mutual acceptance of a truth? (Maybe a very broad truth and then narrow it from there.)

Filter bubbles might be vulnerable *because* social media is global. GDPR affected almost the entire internet; there could be similar legislation that brings back the Fairness Doctrine/something like Ground News' approach. If America won't/can't do it, maybe the EU can pull it off.

“There’s no point to calling because my senators already agree with me”

“There’s no point to calling because my senators won’t listen”

These are both false information and you should correct and/or block anyone circulating them. Your calls are tallied and create support and/or real pressure.

[Spoiler: Gladiator II] The theme was readily available--but beyond the wife, we rarely got to grieve characters or feel their absence.

One possible change: What if the final speech was less about the Big Idea (the dream of Rome), and more about the people who deserved to survive to fill it?

[Spoiler: Gladiator II] For example, the bait-and-switch of afterlife wifely reunification successfully subverted expectations, but failed in emotional payoff. Not that you *need* a fridged wife for that, but it left a hole. Instead, I wish the movie had focused on the loneliness of the sole victor.

Bog Standard Swamp Potatoes

A Stoat in the Weir

Vanity Avenue

The Juniper Deficiency

It's about the journey, not the destination—and make the journey silly every chance you get