Alexei Navalny's widow invited as Biden's guest to State of the Union
Source: Uk Independent
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden invited Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, to be their guest at Thursday’s State of the Union address, the White House has said.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday told reporters the invitation had been extended to Ms Navalnaya, but said the Russian opposition figure will not be in First Lady Jill Biden’s box above the House floor when Mr Biden addresses Congress on Thursday.
“I can confirm that she was indeed invited to the State of the Union. She is no longer able to attend,” said Ms Jean-Pierre, who referred further questions to Ms Navalnaya’s representatives.
Mr Navalny’s funeral took place on Friday in Moscow, with thousands of people paying their respects under a large police presence. The opposition leader died under unclear circumstances at a penal colony in the Arctic Circle more than two weeks ago. The date of his death has been reported as 16 February.
Many have blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for his death. Mr Navalny, a 47-year-old attorney, was poisoned on a flight in 2020 with a substance traditionally used by the Russian security services.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/navalny-widow-biden-sotu-guest-b2507539.html
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Good point, :
I suspect the number of those commenting is even far less than the "OP" sharers
But what if we share something we didn’t read? It’s so easy to share information on social media (much easier than in a face-to-face conversation) that we may unthinkingly share an item without even clicking on it. Indeed, a majority of the time (59%!), people posting links on Twitter do not themselves click on the link they share. That means about three out of every five articles you see on Twitter, on average, have not been read by the person who posted them! (We’ve written previously about measures Twitter has taken to encourage users to read before posting—for example, nudges.) Similarly, in the research article mentioned above, only 28% of participants responded that they read everything they shared. The researchers wrote: “The ease of sharing via social media enables—and perhaps encourages—consumers to share information that they did not generate and have not even read.”
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We are not indicting our critics as somehow being unique in sharing without reading. In all fairness, the data suggest that most people engage in this behavior, at least some of the time. This example is simply a reminder that we should always read before we share. That way, we know that what we are sharing is accurate and a reflection of how we wish to portray ourselves. It also prevents us from succumbing to the psychological phenomenon of believing we are knowledgeable about a topic when we objectively are not. Reading generally makes us more knowledgeable, but not reading does not.
I share (comment), therefore I think?
Sorry, however, that she cannot be there. Understandably.
