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Matthew Johnson

@matthewfjohnson.bsky.social

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Director of Education for MediaSmarts, Canada's centre for digital media literacy. He/him. Open to correction.

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Matthew Johnson @matthewfjohnson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Who wore it better?

Two photos side-by-side. On the left, Mariska Hargitay holds her arms upraised at the Emmy Awards. On the right, one of the costumed members of Angine de Poitrine holds their arms in a similar pose.

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Matthew Johnson @matthewfjohnson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

My local library has dozens of books on the magic powers of crystals, and I'm willing to bet yours does too. Don't get me wrong, I love libraries, but I wouldn't count on them as curators of accurate information.

Library listing for a book titled Crystals
a Guide to Using the Crystal Compass for Energy, Healing, and Reclaiming Your Power

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Matthew Johnson @matthewfjohnson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The kind of sleep only available to a cat who has decisively defeated a rival for her people's attention

A long hair calico cat sleeping on a newspaper

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Matthew Johnson @matthewfjohnson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This is a real photo showing the impact of the unprecedented wildfires in France, published by Agence France Presse and printed in the NYT, and identified as "Likely AI Generated" by an AI-checker. I'm sure no one will use these false positives to justify climate change denial!

A screenshot showing a photo of a beach with a fire cloud on the left, and a meter indicating it is "95% likely AI generated" on the right

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Matthew Johnson @matthewfjohnson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A list of foods defined as ultra-processed, with the word "hamburgers" highlighted

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Matthew Johnson @matthewfjohnson.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

??? It happened a week ago and it's still on the NYT home page

The New York Times home page on Thursday March 5 2026

Detail from the New York Times home page, a headline that reads "Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base"

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Matthew Johnson @matthewfjohnson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Have you actually seen the story? www.cbsnews.com/news/is-ther...

Many Afrikaners believe that they are now the victims of discrimination in post-Apartheid South Africa, and point the blame at affirmative action policies meant to redress centuries of discrimination.

White supremacists in the U.S. and elsewhere have long amplified those beliefs, and have for years made false claims of a genocide in South Africa.

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Matthew Johnson @matthewfjohnson.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

There's been good recent research on the phenomenon of positive photos undercutting the impact of stories on climate change, but we should also note when a story with a positive headline is accompanied by a negative image: