<div dir="ltr">Yes, despite Musk's questionable record since taking over the platform (there have been recent unwarranted bannings that are reminiscent of pre-Musk twitter that I am hoping are the last dying vestiges of the old Guard), I am also optimistic. There are other green shoots of an alternative to mainstream media as well. Rumble is maturing as a platform, and Locals and Substack are giving platforms to voices that should be heard. Seymore Hersh breaking the Nordstream story recently on Substack is a good example.<div><br></div><div>Slowly but surely, an alternative is being created and maturing. Payment processors and the traditional banking system are still being wielded as ideological tools in this war though, and need to be addressed. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 2:11 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-1604556346246884441"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-1604556346246884441WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>…</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] lancet publishes information<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">>…Spike, they didn't actually think that…<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">>…Throughout, the 4th estate was missing in action, and just another mouthpiece for the powers that be. A healthy press could have and should have played an important role in pushing back against the insanity of the last few years… Dylan<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ja Dylan, this is one of the biggest reasons I rejoiced when Elon Musk bought Twitter. We now use Twitter as a kind of news outlet, an unfiltered blast of information which we do not rely upon as an arbiter of truth. At one time we relied upon the press to be an arbiter of truth, but they have collectively failed at that task. So… now we no longer want the press to involve itself in that process. We want to go to some public square and see what the unwashed masses are talking about, and go to some of their links if their reasoning makes sense. This is a gift.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">spike<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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