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Lorry

Every time I try to read an article in the @HalifaxExaminer I am reminded how paywalls may be to blame for a decent amount of the working-class media-fueled biases we are seeing these days.

I am not picking on the Examiner specifically, honest! It's just that they are in my feed and seeing an interesting article I can't read always reminds me just why I hate paywalls for their self-righteous and sanctimonious classism. "You ain't wearing a tie, you ain't gettin' in". This could equally apply to the New York Times, the Washington Post and thousands of other local news outlets. They love their paywalls! Even the word oozes exclusivity and exclusion. Roll it around your mouth and say it a few times. Paywall, paywall, paywall... Build a big, beautiful paywall to keep the moochers out.

Like many in a poor province or state (and just about all professional misinformation experts), I can't afford a subscription to these news services - And I can't go to the library to read them either, because that's not a thing any more.

Apparently decent, written, political journalism is just for the middle classes with disposable income now.

Is it any wonder that so many of the people who most need to see good political writing can't, because they have to pay for it? There's a reason why you hardly ever see paywalls on the right wing sites. They understand the living situations of the demographic they are targeting.

I don't really have an answer for how non-sensationalist newspapers can exist without paywalls, that's not my area of business. I suspect a "pay what you can afford" model would theoretically work but at this point it's probably a bit late. The providers are set in their middle class business models and the consumers have picked their preferred snake oil vendor.

Right! Happy belated Labour Day. I am off to Rebel News and Twitter to see what I should think about the Western Provinces and CPP.

#news#journalism#etaoinshrdlu
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Play Ball and Fight Fascists

I have been on this planet for 53 years, and I have never been this sad, angry, and embarrassed to be an American.

And I've been through Reagan, two Bush admins, and the first go round of this fucker.

And JFC, the Dems. I know they're limited in what they can do legislatively, and the courts move too fucking slow, but FFS, get out there and make a scene and get yourself arrested or *something*.

#USPolitics#Rants
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ferricoxide

Oh, you dirty fuckers…

One of my doctors' offices called me to try to reschedule an appointment because the doctor won't be available that day. I was busy working on something in another room when the call came in.

Per the voicemail they leve, I called them back to reschedule the appoint ment. I placed my call at 11:40. Navigated the call tree and got in queue for the appointment-scheduler. Before placing me in queue, the IVR noted that the operators become unavailable between 1200 and 1300 for lunch. I figure, "fine. Whatever. That's 20 minutes from now".

Nearly twenty minutes pass. At 11:59:xx, the IVR informs me, "you're next in queue". Then, not a full second after it says the last word of that "next" notice, the clock goes to 12:00:00 and the line is hung up.

What
The
Actual
Fuck


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