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squirrel, 1 month ago

The way I read the article, it does not give a precise answer, but it provides a strong hint in two different paragraph:

NewsGuard, which rates the quality and trustworthiness of news sites, has identified 1,197 pink slime sites operating in the US as of April 1…
[…]
Of the pink slime outlets identified by researchers, the largest is the conservative-leaning Metric Media, which consists of about 1,000 local titles, according to the website for its parent company.

So yeah, if the researchers identified some ~1200 sites and one right-wing news network claims to operate 1000 all on its own, then there has to be a very obvious dominance of right-wing “pink slime” news outlets.

squirrel, 1 month ago

Honestly, if you had not asked the question, I would not have gone back and checked. The writers could definitely had made this more obvious, but I assume the Financial Times did not want to make the direct connection there themselves.

squirrel, 1 month ago

“”“”, blahaj, hug

squirrel, 1 month ago

My personal opinion: It falls in a similar category as Warhammer. Yes, it is satire, but not particularly effective, because it allows fascists to hide in plain sight and have a good ol’ time with everybody else. No need for them to hide their opinions, everybody thinks what they are spouting is satire anyway.

If Helldivers were effective as a satire, fascists and other authoritarians would spit fire and brimstone whenever the game got mentioned. At the moment though, they love to claim the game is apolitical and one of theirs.

squirrel, 1 month ago

One of the keys to strategic success is picking your battles. When you have the chance to choose the enemy you’ll face, don’t let fate decide for you. At the end of the day, you are going to fight, so pick the fight with the enemy you think you have a better chance of defeating. Take this whichever way you want.

squirrel, 1 month ago

The NYT is not just a newspaper, it styles itself as “the paper of record”. So yes, it is perfectly valid to set high standards for it.

In that regard it is not too high a standard to require that a paper that writes about a certain community talks to members of that community. You cannot write a credible article about (let’s say) Los Angeles and only quote people from New York. For any newspaper that would be considered absurd and lazy.

squirrel, 1 month ago

That’s only if you assume that trans people can’t have legal or other specific knowledge to contribute. Trans people come from all walks of life and it’s not hard to find people who could tell a newspaper about historical precedence, provide medical background information or do political analysis. It’s not just about people’s feelings after all.

squirrel, 1 month ago

blobhaj, ani, hearts, animated

squirrel, 1 month ago

You probably know some of these already, but some of my favorites are:

Tilly Walden, “Spinning”
David Small, “Stitches”
David B, “Epileptic”
Shigeru Mizuki, “Non Non Ba”
Kate Beaton, “Ducks”

squirrel, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

Of course, everybody responds differently to such things. For me… (spoilered for those who still want to play it)

description of gameplaythe moment when you step though one of doors at the end and the game uses the related pronouns was a very powerful one. I did not even dare to step through the “right one” the first time I played the game and was very emotional when I did during a later playthrough.

But ultimately everyone has to find their own way to figures themselves out. So I will keep my fingers crossed that you will find yours.