Alongside a daily ration of gruesome videos of drone strikes and false claims about Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, they share ads for anything from cryptocurrency to fashion....
You’re only allowed to comment on Russian wartime media practices in exclusion. You can’t view it through a holistic lense of state sponsored manufacturing of consent.
Kuikanmäki told Yle that it is still unclear to him why this connection to China has prevented him from taking up the role as Minister Purra’s advisor.
Joe’s fundamental problem isn’t that he’s biased or somehow hostile to leftist critique. Its that he’s a shameless sellout far more focused on promoting his sponsors than providing useful information to his audience. Fundamentally, you have to see the Joe Rogan Show as a two hour long advertisement.
Just like any of those dippy morning shows that feature two drunk New York socialites giggling about the day’s news, the primary purpose of the programming is to sell self-help books, nutrition supplements, entertainment, and sleazy investment products. These “open” interactions are ultimately just sponsored content. His guests are overwhelmingly just sales guys making a pitch for their snake oil. And his blank gormless reception of every bow tie nerd and hack fitness guru is the canvas against which these hucksters pitch their product.
That’s kind of what free speech is about right there.
Its not “free speech” because these people are paying to be here. Rogan isn’t talking to these dipshits pro bono. He’s taking his cut of all their merch. That’s the whole reason he’s worth nine-figures.
Dude’s running the toxically masculine version of the Home Shopping Channel.
I had a game in Middle School that involved describing how I was supposed to arrange a ladder to climb up the side of a wall. We went back and forth for over an hour, because my DM kept insisting I couldn’t turn the ladder sideways.
Now, if my players want to deliver a particularly clever bit of prose or describe a novel engineering technique, I just give them a +2 on the roll and that’s that.
Fu Linghui, a spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said the release of data would be suspended while authorities look to “optimise” collection methods.
“In recent years, the number of university students has continued to expand,” Fu said. “The main responsibility of current students is studying. Society has different views on whether students looking for jobs before graduation should be included in labour force surveys and statistics.”
This issue, as well as the definition of the age range currently set at 16-24, “needs further research,” Fu said.
Isn’t this basically consistent with the… I want to say U6 unemployment metric within the US? Basically, if you’re in school then you aren’t an active member of the labor force and don’t count as “unemployed” for the purpose of government statistics?
I remember back during the '07/'08 US downturn, lots of young people re-entered academia in pursuit of MBAs / Law Degrees / etc, because the job market sucked and pay in professional fields was worth the time/cost of a higher caliber of degree. When they fell out of the labor market as a result, the US unemployment rate adjusted in response.
Valiantly defending the Titan of Industry from in between its toes, while the behemoth clutches at its heart and collapses due to a congenital heart defect.
A game that has barely changed in over 30 years, except to expand the color palette occasionally? What can they possibly be quality controlling? Its not even like you have to spell check stuff when half your proper nouns are gobbley-removed.
I guess it would have been nice if PokemonGO had released in anything resembling a playable state. But people still threw endless amounts of cash at it. So how important can quality control even be?
Natalie should know better. But also… the really nasty shit under Obama was heavily under-reported and only ever seemed to penetrate media in a select few circuits. Casually tossing off a “What even did Obama do that was so bad?” is almost forgivable if you’re not a terminally online 30-year-old who makes hour long YouTube videos about politics, history, and culture.
Since she basically stopped making content, I’m a little surprised she still has an audience. Like so many otherwise curiously influential and interesting people, she’s doomed herself to drowning in the social media space when everyone would be better off (her most of all) if she just logged the fuck off.
I think she’s joking about how people over-report his trivial shit. But it can be read as blithely ignoring the monstrous crimes Obama did commit while in office, because it echoes a lot of the liberal apologia of the administration that amounted to “The worst thing Obama ever did was wear a tan suit”.
This is a crime. (feddit.uk)
Riker has no complaints (startrek.website)
OC. (as always, steal any meme I post!)...
Trump takes huge primary lead as 78% of Republicans back Capitol riot in new poll (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Ukraine war: Putin influencers profiting from war propaganda (www.bbc.com)
Alongside a daily ration of gruesome videos of drone strikes and false claims about Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, they share ads for anything from cryptocurrency to fashion....
Being “gifted”, only makes you wish you weren’t sometimes (i.imgur.com)
First Contact (startrek.website)
The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service blocks [far-right minister] Purra's choice for media advisor role due to China links (yle.fi)
IL: Supo blocks Purra’s choice for media advisor role due to China links...
You guys are getting paid? (startrek.website)
The elites are lying about the danger! (startrek.website)
Taking basement design to a whole 'nother level (lemm.ee)
A six million dollar bunker to survive the apocalypse in…Las Vegas. www.zillow.com/homedetails/…/7092102_zpid/
The awokening (lemmy.sdf.org)
How though? (lemmy.ml)
Explanation:...
Anon talks about Joe Rogan (lemmy.ml)
Basic descriptions are necessary for collaborative storytelling (i.imgur.com)
Just a vibe check of the Lemmy community with a deliberately exaggerated meme....
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Feeling relevant right now rule (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Pokemon Company "having conversations" about how to ensure game quality with regular releases (nintendoeverything.com)
I love Twitter rule (midwest.social)
West African leaders prepare for military intervention (www.thetimes.co.uk)
mountain drule (crystals.rest)
Battle of the Helmsmen will now commence. 8 pilots enter. 1 pilot leaves. (startrek.website)
Highest upvoted helmsman in this thread will be declared best helmsman in the fleet.
China tops offshore wind power worldwide (www.chinadaily.com.cn)
suspicious rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Transcript: Venn diagram showing suspiciously large overlap between Trans girls, Programmers, and Autism....
I mean, alcohol is bad at its taste (lemm.ee)
String title = "Choosing a variable type for storing gender"; (lemmy.ml)
I saw a post from someone wanting more trans memes and took that as a sign to post one of mine.