866
I'm tired (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 days ago by not_IO to c/memes@lemmy.world
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

I know, but us zoning out is exactly what they want by overwhelming us with as much bullshit as possible atm.

[-] rowanthorpe@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 days ago

I think a good tool against this could be to have an international nonprofit organization of investigative journalists, OSINT experts, and detectives (and experts in seeing through AI abuse and other fraudulent media behaviour, and as soon as they build reputation they would need damn good lawyers too). They would act as a fast-response crack-team to look under the covers every time any powers-that-be launch a news cycle chaos-offensive (which sadly these days is "all the time"). Not just as a side-hustle or section of a general publication, but as its own non-profit-beholden organisation dedicated to that task.

They would follow the timings and run contextual pattern recognition on all the big/fishy "look over here" announcements (or character hit-pieces attacking the credibility of people sharing uncomfortable or explosive information). Their explicit goal though would be surfacing the most promising other stories that are being buried, combine and tug on those threads to discover what kind of meta-stories and deeper narratives are being lost in the "manufactured mainstream" noise, and provide announcements/advice/guidance to other journalists and reporters on what to do next with those. They would need to all be highly experienced and disciplined expert investigators of impeccable integrity to provide adequate mental-vaccination against risks of sliding into conspiracy-hypothesising tin-hat territory due to the nature of the work.

In addition to the obligatory website for people to discover and learn about them, they could provide a non-paywalled RSS stream of their findings, tongue-in-cheek naming it "While you were out", maybe with a sister podcast discussing their findings called "Excuse me, I think you dropped this".

This is a great idea! I would totally donate to such a thing.

Related to this: That's why Wikipedia is now in the crossfire, as they document everything and anything that is going on, which is a pain in the ass for those robber barons.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days ago

Check out propublica. They partner with a lot of local journalists to tease out deeper stories, often in topics that aren't getting much press. They would absolutely appreciate a donation.

[-] rowanthorpe@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Thanks. Had heard the name but didn't really know "what they do" in that sense. Will check them out.

[-] Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I love this idea and would donate to something like this.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

I'm down 100%. Also give them rifles. Now we're talking.

[-] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 6 points 3 days ago

Seconded. Limit your screentime and filter out any communities and social media that seem like a broken record. Energy is a must if the 50501 movement is going to continue.

[-] rowanthorpe@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

For others who, like me, haven't yet heard what the 50501 Movement is, here you go

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I can't recommend going to a protest enough. It's incredibly reaffirming to have a crowd around you that believes the same thing you do.

[-] jimmy90@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

people with their one liners like "i'm tired boss" need to do one

this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2025
866 points (100.0% liked)

memes

11980 readers
1998 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment

Sister communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS