I was already born, and I wasn't born enough at some babies, so I'm kind of fresh out

of ideas.

Hi, I'm Madison Malone Kircher, and I'm Nicole Perkins, filling in for Rachel Hampton

and you're listening to ICYMI.

In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.

Welcome back Nicole, so happy you're joining us once again.

Thank you for bringing me back.

In case you missed last week's episode, Nicole is the host of the podcast.

This is good for you, the author of Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be, and if you're

a Slate Longtime fan, she was formerly the host of Slate's Own, their state kid.

So if you know our show at all, you know we like to keep things light, we like to keep

it topical, but to be honest, it really feels like there is only one prevailing topic in

the world right now, and that is the war in Ukraine.

So rather than wait into war commentary, which our show isn't really equipped to do, we

thought it would be useful to talk about what we are equipped to do, to talk about how

to be online when something like what's happening in Ukraine is going on.

Absolutely.

It's at times like days that one of the most important things you can do is think, please

think before you repost anything.

Misinformation spreads so quickly online, and it's so easy to get taken in by unchecked

falsehoods, and it seems like the misinformation travels farther than the actual corrections

or the proper information.

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