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@folklore

I saw a lot of this at the bird site. I see too much of it on the butterfly site. We can do better. We are honest folk; we *ought* to do better.

@SimonRoyHughes @folklore it's also wildly prevalent when people write about crystals. "In ancient [culture] people believed that this crystal [random lore with no citation]". This drove me up the wall when I was doing my Gemstone Folklore blog posts.

@TarkabarkaHolgy @folklore Loose claims are at best tedious, but they can very quickly become harmful, or even dangerous, depending on what's being shared.

@SimonRoyHughes @folklore no suggestions to make but I'd follow and read that.

@SimonRoyHughes @folklore I followed because this truly fascinate me.

It’s been apparent to me for decades we need new stories to tell. But maybe not new stories, just new ways of telling them?