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littlemissmartypants

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27. Happy New Year to you!

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 01:27 PM

6 hrs ago

If it's not too hard to create, it might be useful to have a "Fake News" or "Pure Bunk"
smilie as a warning sign similar to this:

It would be a start toward at least labeling spurious links and mis/disinformation sharing.

It's something that could be used with economy of effort by all posters and would keep the discussion open for evidence to support or refute such a claim.

Just a thought.

Congratulations on twenty-five years and thank you.

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