You’re correct. I think a lot of folks are looking for something decentralized/self-hostable to avoid the lock-in disaster that Discord has created, at least, I am. And I have found a dearth of alternatives! Good article, though.

I did. It isn’t a viable selfhosted alternative atm unless you want to do actual dev work

Might I suggest vivaldi

That’s wild. I joined specifically because I thought it was pro lgbT+, leftist, etc. I rarely look at instance for comms so this surprises me. Thanks for the info

What did my instance do to beget this response?

s l a m m e d

I get it! For those like me who are lacking context, here’s a decent article:

https://fair.org/home/update-npr-doesnt-ban-torture-but-offers-euphemisms-to-use-in-its-place/

Eh? https://www.npr.org/2023/03/21/1164916991/looking-back-on-shocking-revelations-u-s-forces-tortured-iraqis-at-abu-ghraib

Im not old enough to remember any reporting at the time, but I have found NPR to be one of the best mainstream sources of news. These critiques are valid, but feel the typical leftist purity test

I mean, I agree that it’s stupid to not be an environmentalist, but it sounds like you’re criticizing NPR for correctly using the english language and adhering to journalistic practices

NPR is highly critical of [insert atrocity here]. I doubt you can find an example where they’re not.

That’s just how headlines work. “Experts say X,” “Politician says Y” – that’s inoffensive.

Environmentalist is a well-understood term with meaning. There are people who are not environmentalists. Yeah it is ridiculous that anyone isn’t

I have listened to dozens of stories on climate change, pollution, etc. over the years. I mean look up “NPR fossil fuels” and you’ll see pages upon pages of critical, factual reporting. I’m not sure they’re beholden to the fossil fuel industry - have any more info?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba

Definitely was a thing then too

exactly! total exoneration!!! now let’s please focus on real issues like the 17 trans college athletes running or swimming or hitting balls with their wicked appendages

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

I’m just thinking about the “take home” figure! 160k doesn’t stretch as far as I thought it did when I was a kid

Max out a 401k and IRA and lmk how much is left

(less than 8k/mo)

The neurodivergents catching strays but aite

voted end democracy

i get it, still sounds funny. I’d also remove the r-slur from your vocabulary 🤗

you can leave the retards out of it ^_^

Bishop finds concentration camp a bit uncouth and unseemly