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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Started conversation Apr 13, 2018
Entry: More Fake News: Geoffrey Tandy and the Algae That Saved Civilisation - A87908124
Author: Dmitri Gheorgheni - U1590784
Some people read the latest viral gossip and say, 'Why?' I read it and say, 'Why not get snarky about it?'
Behold the actual story behind the 'algae won the war' business...TS Eliot and those cats are involved...
A87908124 - More Fake News: Geoffrey Tandy and the Algae That Saved Civilisation
SashaQ - happysad Posted Apr 18, 2018
Some of my favourite topics in this Entry, so I very much enjoyed reading it (I like lichen)
One thing I wondered was whether there was a particular reason for the story going viral in April 2018 (given that it was 2012 when William Hague mentioned it...)
A87908124 - More Fake News: Geoffrey Tandy and the Algae That Saved Civilisation
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Apr 18, 2018
I couldn't find a particular reason - maybe it was just a slow news day, and they decided to spread this one around?
A87908124 - More Fake News: Geoffrey Tandy and the Algae That Saved Civilisation
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Apr 18, 2018
Aha! I found the answer. And it was pretty much what I thought.
There's a writer named Florence Schechter who does stories on Twitter - in a series of tweets and .gifs. With witty dialogue like, 'Woah, dude!'
Here's an article about it:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/why-the-story-of-an-accidental-wwii-codebreaker-is-going-viral-1.3878963
I'm weary of all this sloppy research going viral. But I'll get over it - I've still got the 'flu, so I'm crabby.
A87908124 - More Fake News: Geoffrey Tandy and the Algae That Saved Civilisation
SashaQ - happysad Posted Apr 18, 2018
Ah
"With witty dialogue like, 'Woah, dude!'"
Like yeah!!!
"Alan Turing's butt which I assume was da bomb." - no, it was Alan Turing's proto computer which was the Bombe
This sort of thing is strangely new to me, so I find it quite amusing, but I can imagine it gets wearying rather quickly...
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Apr 18, 2018
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