brachiosaurus

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[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz -1 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

but not as expensive as Russia invading.

Given ukraine managed to wipe 34% of their strategic missile bombers with a drone operation it sounds like there's room for cuts

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 38 points 1 day ago (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Gaza_Freedom_Flotilla_incident

How the fuck is this not in the news? Their boat got bombed off the coasts of sicily! Sigonella is just there, there's no way they don't know who did it.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 8 points 3 days ago

In Germany around the same time, climate protests started to take stances on immigration and cultural approbation and also fell apart as a result.

Fell apart according to who? The media? This is really what the post is trying to discuss. Why did Greta Thunberg media coverage drop once she started get involved in other protests too?

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 37 points 3 days ago

Our newstainment system wants new and fresh and cute. Not serious and persistent.

Don't derail the attention somewhere else. News are mostly about the same popular people who have been under the spotlight for decades, there actually no much space for neither fresh or cute. It is implied in the picture why the media coverage drop.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 85 points 3 days ago

Because governments were only using her for greenwashing and control public opinion.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 4 points 6 days ago

For years people have given me the blinking stare of unbelief when I tell them I’ve never had a Facebook.

The same people who two decades ago would have look at you sideways for using internet to talk with strangers. These idiots always conform to what is popular.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There are no more excuses, people who say that these services are easier to use are stupid

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz -2 points 2 weeks ago

Remember the "putin is going mad because he has cancer" headlines?

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