‘In The [One] Year Since the [1/6/2021] Insurrection, [the GOP] Has Introduced 550+ Bills To Restrict The Vote …’
A January 6 2022 tweet addressed part of the aftermath of the January 6 2021 Capitol insurrection.
Fact Checks
Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘If You Look at the Ice Ages, None of the People Back in the Ices Ages Paid a Bunch of Taxes to Melt the Ice’
After Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared on podcaster Tim Pool’s show in January 2022, a quote about climate change and Ice Age taxation circulated on social media.
Is This ‘Our Planet From the Side of the Pacific Ocean’?
A January 2022 Imgur repost purportedly showed a rarely-seen perspective of Earth.
‘Illinois Introduces A Bill To Force Unvaccinated Residents To Pay Out Of Pocket …’
An Imgur meme suggested that a lawmaker in Illinois had proposed a bill to assign financial responsibility for inpatient hospital visits to unvaccinated individuals.
‘Apparently in Luxembourg Your Commute Is Part of Your Workday …’
A viral thread created the impression workers in Luxembourg might have a paid commute, but the wording was vague and the claim unsubstantiated.
The Betty White Challenge
Not long after news broke of Betty White’s death at the very end of 2021, fans proposed a “Betty White Challenge” to flood animal shelters with $5 donations on her birthday in January 2022.
‘Macaulay Culkin is Now 4 Years Older than Catherine O’Hara Was When She Played His Mom in Home Alone’
A screenshot of a tweet claimed that Macauley Culkin was “now four years older than Catherine O’Hara when she played his mom in Home Alone” as of December 2021.
Sculpture by Manuel Oliver, Father of Parkland Victim Joaquin Oliver
In December 2021, photographs of a striking 3D printed sculpture — attributed to Joaquin Oliver’s father Manuel — circulated on social media platforms.
’48 Pictures of the Sun’
A long-circulating photograph purportedly showing the transit of the sun throughout the year was shared to Facebook in December 2021.
Did Jimmy Carter Help Stop a Nuclear Reactor from Melting Down?
Social media users revived interest into a harrowing story from earlier in Carter’s career.