- thank you so much, facebook, for hosting this, first of all. - facebook initially, i don t think people saw it as a news source. you know, it was a way to post your wedding photos, and happy anniversary, and happy birthday. it comes with a certain familiarity, and it comes with a certain element of trust. there was a feel-good story about facebook in terms of obama. spreading that momentum, and he was telegenic, and this is the new media, and this is the digital age. - yes.we.can. - i think social media and facebook was able to spread that excitement. and we re gonna ride this wave together. and that was the good news. - birtherism is the first just political conspiracy theory to really hit facebook in a way where it was supported by our friends and family. - i assumed that he was born in the united states, meaning in hawaii. i assumed that.
director of the adrienne artist rockefeller foundation brazilian center at the atlantic council. kathy, welcome back to the show. thank you for coming here. you have advocated for naming heat waves, similar to how we name hurricanes or wildfires. how do you think that will help cities and nations manage and keep people safe during extreme heat events? one of the biggest things that challenges us is the heat is silent and invisible. unlike hurricanes that have flooded with cars in the streets, they re very dynamic, and they are telegenic. tweet is a invisible in silent. it needs a branding and pr. what we are also advocating is that it is based on a health based categorization. or ranking we would know that this is the expected health effect on people. and it gets a name so it has a brand and in our early
the sun has so far declined the bbc s request for an interview. thailand s constitutional court has accepted a case that accuses a progressive politician of trying to overthrow thai democracy by pledging to amend the country s harsh magistrate laws. from the reformist party, they upset the conservative establishment and one the most seats in may. from bangkok to south asia correspondent has a story. it is more than correspondent has a story. it is more than two correspondent has a story. it 3 more than two months of the election in thailand back in may and by now many thais have hoped they would be seeing a young reformist administration taking office under the telegenic entrepreneur who party won the most seats in parliament and was able to form a coalition with a
it is. essentially that ron desantis has been putting out, turning america into florida. we re going to resist mask mandates, woke culture, and all that stuff. it remains to be seen how good of a messenger he is. but i think it remains how good of a messenger is ron desantis. in order to outshine him, she should lean into the fact that she is is telegenic, in a way that suburban moomts communication on instagram, it s not echoing and doing the same dark, scary music and dark scary themes her husband is. that s what s going to bring in people on the fence who are not primary voters, but the suburbs
- thank you so much, facebook, for hosting this, first of all. - facebook initially, i don t think people saw it as a news source. you know, it was a way to post your wedding photos, and happy anniversary, and happy birthday. it comes with a certain familiarity, and it comes with a certain element of trust. there was a feel-good story about facebook in terms of obama. spreading that momentum, and he was telegenic, and this is the new media, and this is the digital age. - yes.we.can. - i think social media and facebook was able to spread that excitement. and we re gonna ride this wave together. and that was the good news. - birtherism is the first just political conspiracy theory to really hit facebook in a way where it was supported by our friends and family. - i assumed that he was born in the united states, meaning in hawaii. i assumed that.