By Lindsay Street | Two Clemson University professors want to fight online misinformation by giving everyone a pop quiz. But don’t worry, it’s only eight questions. Darren Linvill and Patrick Warren have debuted this week “Spot the Troll,” an educational tool to guide users toward being better informed on social media while asking participants to divine the legitimate profiles from those linked to foreign governments.
The Mystery Photo above might be one of the hardest we’ve ever published. You might know where it is, but what are these folks doing? Send your guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Oct. 15 mystery, a pastoral scene, proved to be a little harder than recent photos. It showed the Fran Hanson Visitor Center at the S.C. Botanical Gardens on the l Clemson University campus
Staff reports | Clemson University will host the world energy conference for the first time in the United States in November in North Charleston.
The IEEE Electronic Power Grid (eGRID) Conference , which will take place Nov. 12-14, will unite several of the globe’s leading energy experts from government, industry and academia so they can share ideas, problems and solutions to the planet’s energy challenges.
If you’ve been around South Carolina politics for a little while, you probably know the identity of the man painted in this portrait. That’s not the information we’re seeking with this mystery. Rather, we want to know where the portrait is located. For bonus points, where was it, say, three years ago and why did it move? Send your best guess to: feedback@statehousereport.com – and please make sure to include your name and hometown. In the subject line, write: “Mystery Photo guess.”
We Can Do Better, South Carolina! (2019) by editor and publisher Andy Brack offers incisive commentaries on the American South, politics, the common good and interesting South Carolina leaders. Available exclusively for Kindle for $7.99. A paperback version will be ready soon. Learn more.
Charleston Currents is brought to you free of charge thanks to the generosity of our underwriters:
Charleston City Paper, an alt-weekly seen by more than 100,000 people, offers the latest on news, views, arts, dining and music. Sign up for newsletters that will keep you up-to-date all week.
Statehouse Report is a renowned statewide policy and politics forecast published every Friday that informs South Carolina’s opinion leaders with key insights and news.
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
Use our feed
Send us your comments
Recent Comments