▲ 437 ▼ Breaking: NBC lays off teams of journalists focused on marginalized communities, ending NBC Out & NBC BLK (www.advocate.com) submitted 10 months ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/news@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] USSMojave@startrek.website 54 points 10 months ago (3 children) The Fourth Estate is dead permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Eldritch@piefed.world 38 points 10 months ago* (2 children) It's certainly captured, but I wouldn't count it out just yet.The old media is absolutely 100% a write-off. But, unless the authoritarians work together to fully censor the internet. It's easier for them to reach readers now on their own than it's ever been before. Breaking many from the generational tradition that is turning on the local evening news. It's definitely going to be hard. But now more than ever, people have a chance to really bank on their name and reputation as the establishment throws theirs away. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tinidril@midwest.social 27 points 10 months ago unless the authoritarians work together to fully censor the internet I'm sure Barron Trump will fight to keep expression free in his new role at TikTok. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) We need to start laying our own cables. The underlying technology is sound but they can in worst case just cut the wires, unless we make that impossible. As long as bits can flow from person to person all the rest is software permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) We'll just have to start sending packets via carrier pigeon. Kind of a joke obviously, but I'm pretty sure it has actually been done before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago IP over Avian Carriers, good ol' RFC1149! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eldritch@piefed.world 3 points 10 months ago I'm looking at eventually trying to set up a local mesh Halow network. With some remote nodes being solar powered if possible. For a nice few kilometer wide basic anarchist network. That may or may not have access to the internet. But would at least provide some basic communication services to those local. permalink fedilink source parent [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 months ago* (2 children) The fifth column has been activated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_column And we've nearly arrived at the ultimate goals of the 7 mountains mandate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Mountain_Mandate permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 10 points 10 months ago Never heard of the fifth column before. Fuck that's exactly what's happening. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 7 points 10 months ago Religion needs to be abolished, it is one of the greatest dangers on this planet and has been for thousands of years. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago It's alive and thriving, like a colony of magots in the heart of a corpse permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 38 points 10 months ago* (2 children) It's certainly captured, but I wouldn't count it out just yet.The old media is absolutely 100% a write-off. But, unless the authoritarians work together to fully censor the internet. It's easier for them to reach readers now on their own than it's ever been before. Breaking many from the generational tradition that is turning on the local evening news. It's definitely going to be hard. But now more than ever, people have a chance to really bank on their name and reputation as the establishment throws theirs away. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tinidril@midwest.social 27 points 10 months ago unless the authoritarians work together to fully censor the internet I'm sure Barron Trump will fight to keep expression free in his new role at TikTok. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) We need to start laying our own cables. The underlying technology is sound but they can in worst case just cut the wires, unless we make that impossible. As long as bits can flow from person to person all the rest is software permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) We'll just have to start sending packets via carrier pigeon. Kind of a joke obviously, but I'm pretty sure it has actually been done before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago IP over Avian Carriers, good ol' RFC1149! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eldritch@piefed.world 3 points 10 months ago I'm looking at eventually trying to set up a local mesh Halow network. With some remote nodes being solar powered if possible. For a nice few kilometer wide basic anarchist network. That may or may not have access to the internet. But would at least provide some basic communication services to those local. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 27 points 10 months ago unless the authoritarians work together to fully censor the internet I'm sure Barron Trump will fight to keep expression free in his new role at TikTok. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) We need to start laying our own cables. The underlying technology is sound but they can in worst case just cut the wires, unless we make that impossible. As long as bits can flow from person to person all the rest is software permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) We'll just have to start sending packets via carrier pigeon. Kind of a joke obviously, but I'm pretty sure it has actually been done before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago IP over Avian Carriers, good ol' RFC1149! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eldritch@piefed.world 3 points 10 months ago I'm looking at eventually trying to set up a local mesh Halow network. With some remote nodes being solar powered if possible. For a nice few kilometer wide basic anarchist network. That may or may not have access to the internet. But would at least provide some basic communication services to those local. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) We'll just have to start sending packets via carrier pigeon. Kind of a joke obviously, but I'm pretty sure it has actually been done before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago IP over Avian Carriers, good ol' RFC1149! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago IP over Avian Carriers, good ol' RFC1149! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 3 points 10 months ago I'm looking at eventually trying to set up a local mesh Halow network. With some remote nodes being solar powered if possible. For a nice few kilometer wide basic anarchist network. That may or may not have access to the internet. But would at least provide some basic communication services to those local. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 months ago* (2 children) The fifth column has been activated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_column And we've nearly arrived at the ultimate goals of the 7 mountains mandate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Mountain_Mandate permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 10 points 10 months ago Never heard of the fifth column before. Fuck that's exactly what's happening. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 7 points 10 months ago Religion needs to be abolished, it is one of the greatest dangers on this planet and has been for thousands of years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 10 points 10 months ago Never heard of the fifth column before. Fuck that's exactly what's happening. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 7 points 10 months ago Religion needs to be abolished, it is one of the greatest dangers on this planet and has been for thousands of years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago It's alive and thriving, like a colony of magots in the heart of a corpse permalink fedilink source parent