292 pts ยท January 4, 2015
#19 such an underappreciated game
Oh hey it's Mark Sanchez!
#8 pankakke
Yes, exactly this. This is also why anyone saying protestors should only wave US flags because of "optics" is full of shit.
It won't make a difference to them what flags we're carrying, and tsk-tsking the protestors' behavior only serves to subliminally legitimize what the regime is doing.
Not gonna make a damn difference what flag is being flown - the fascists don't need any pretext for going full authoritarian. They're doing it anyway. Some people will fly the Mexican flag to show solidarity with their ethnic, largely immigrant community, and that's fine and good.
Oh hey I live right by there
The NYT is hardly the only outlet producing writing and journalism. I would argue it does very little of those actually.
But a paywall is just a site asking you to give them money - as a customer! - if you want to keep reading it. That's not an unreasonable request on its own. Especially if there are one or two sites you keep running into the paywall for after clicking their links... Maybe consider buying/trying their product! (2/2)
Paywalls and ads are different things lol. Overly intrusive ads, as I said, are exactly the problem! Especially on a site/source you're paying for - if you're getting ads that are ruining your user experience, then by all means: stop giving them your subscription money! Too many sites have made themselves virtually unreadable in the name of cramming in as many autoplay video ads or whatever as possible.(1/2)
Journalism costs money to produce, same as any other good or service. One of the reasons the internet and our entire information ecosystem is so fucked these days is because ad revenue, search/scroll algorithms, AI slop, and private equity have distorted the market such that it's nearly impossible to profit by simply producing good journalism. This mindset is part of that dysfunction. People used to pay for the newspaper - that didn't stop knowledge from disseminating to the masses.
He saw your browser history
Margin Call is one of the all-time greats, I re-watch that one all the time. Could be used to teach a screenwriting class, a directing class, business, econ, ethics... just so many layers to this film.
Here's a great, recent science blog that really makes me feel that "Pale Blue Dot" feelinghttps://defector.com/the-closer-we-look-the-smaller-we-get
Do not read the book "Children of Time"
What kind of asshole puts ketchup on a hot dog
Oliver must have seniority cuz he got the primo spot
Those kids are in middle school now
I mean... It sounds like you want to live in Colorado...
Kept waiting for the Jeffrey Epstein bit to pop up
Def inspirational, but that Sam Jackson one is way wrong
I went to high school with her! Longmont High, Class of 06, represent!
It's not a Banksy quote, it's a super old proverb-type thing
Not a Banksy quote
Something something hard wood
You look like H Jon Benjamin
#19 such an underappreciated game
Oh hey it's Mark Sanchez!
#8 pankakke
Yes, exactly this. This is also why anyone saying protestors should only wave US flags because of "optics" is full of shit.
It won't make a difference to them what flags we're carrying, and tsk-tsking the protestors' behavior only serves to subliminally legitimize what the regime is doing.
Not gonna make a damn difference what flag is being flown - the fascists don't need any pretext for going full authoritarian. They're doing it anyway. Some people will fly the Mexican flag to show solidarity with their ethnic, largely immigrant community, and that's fine and good.
Oh hey I live right by there
The NYT is hardly the only outlet producing writing and journalism. I would argue it does very little of those actually.
But a paywall is just a site asking you to give them money - as a customer! - if you want to keep reading it. That's not an unreasonable request on its own. Especially if there are one or two sites you keep running into the paywall for after clicking their links... Maybe consider buying/trying their product! (2/2)
Paywalls and ads are different things lol. Overly intrusive ads, as I said, are exactly the problem! Especially on a site/source you're paying for - if you're getting ads that are ruining your user experience, then by all means: stop giving them your subscription money! Too many sites have made themselves virtually unreadable in the name of cramming in as many autoplay video ads or whatever as possible.
(1/2)
Journalism costs money to produce, same as any other good or service. One of the reasons the internet and our entire information ecosystem is so fucked these days is because ad revenue, search/scroll algorithms, AI slop, and private equity have distorted the market such that it's nearly impossible to profit by simply producing good journalism. This mindset is part of that dysfunction. People used to pay for the newspaper - that didn't stop knowledge from disseminating to the masses.
He saw your browser history
Margin Call is one of the all-time greats, I re-watch that one all the time. Could be used to teach a screenwriting class, a directing class, business, econ, ethics... just so many layers to this film.
Here's a great, recent science blog that really makes me feel that "Pale Blue Dot" feeling
https://defector.com/the-closer-we-look-the-smaller-we-get
Do not read the book "Children of Time"
What kind of asshole puts ketchup on a hot dog
Oliver must have seniority cuz he got the primo spot
Those kids are in middle school now
I mean... It sounds like you want to live in Colorado...
Kept waiting for the Jeffrey Epstein bit to pop up
Def inspirational, but that Sam Jackson one is way wrong
I went to high school with her! Longmont High, Class of 06, represent!
It's not a Banksy quote, it's a super old proverb-type thing
Not a Banksy quote
Something something hard wood
You look like H Jon Benjamin