Zedstrian

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[–] Zedstrian 8 points 6 months ago

While media sources have always had agendas, I think the key difference now is the fact that people are relying more than ever on a oligopoly of social media platforms as their primary news source, rather than media outlets across the country.

Not only does an information oligopoly make it far easier for propaganda to be disseminated to national and international audiences, but it makes trading political favors for propaganda-backed political support far easier than ever before as well.

[–] Zedstrian 33 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Republican sheep will toss their support behind Trump on any issue, so the numbers don't reflect a well-informed public.

[–] Zedstrian 8 points 6 months ago

There's been several non-sensationalized headlines for the French/British peace plan for Ukraine already, clickbait YouTube videos add nothing of value to the discussion.

[–] Zedstrian 1 points 6 months ago

Good to know; thanks again!

[–] Zedstrian 1 points 6 months ago

I've also noticed that the Block instance long left swipe action recently added to Lemmy Explorer doesn't seem to function, despite the regular one functioning.

Thanks for your continued commitment to Arctic's development!

[–] Zedstrian 1 points 6 months ago

Hopefully filters similar to those available for the "Browse federated communities" tab would be possible; thanks for all the improvements to Lemmy Explorer!

[–] Zedstrian 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If that's implemented, perhaps it could be done so with a toggle to enable or disable it? While I'd find online video rendering more useful than a link on mobile, others may want to see the comments or go to the original page for another reason.

[–] Zedstrian 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

No worries; glad to post bug reports as I find them! 👍

Not sure if there's a way to federate PeerTube videos directly for viewing in Arctic, other than making a new post, but at the time of this reply, this video seems to be live.

[–] Zedstrian 1 points 6 months ago

Good to know; thanks!

[–] Zedstrian 35 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

and wreck an ugly MAGA lie

The problem is that MAGA people either don't know about the problem, don't care about the problem, or would actively harm foreigners (or American minorities, for that matter) if it put even a penny in their pocket or made them feel superior.

Only the people that already know the republicans are lying their pants off know it's a lie, a fact worsened by corporate news media and social media firms censoring the virality of anything that could hurt the far-right.

[–] Zedstrian 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Although the wood-grain Atari 2600 was also my first thought upon reading the title, I think the Wii's minimal footprint is impressive considering that—in the case of the original model—it's also a GameCube.

Wii Mini, Wii, and Wii U

In contrast to the Wii's 2006 release, the Wii Mini is arguably not yet 'retro' with its 2012 release, but definitely looks a lot sleeker, albeit not worth the loss of GameCube functionality for its minimal size savings.

Compared to both, the Wii U is super bulky, and lacks much use beyond improved emulation capabilities now that nearly all of its exclusives have been re-released for the Switch.

[–] Zedstrian 28 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I'm guessing that they mean extending access to Japanese citizenship to descendants of Japanese expats abroad. Brazil in particular had a substantial wave of Japanese settlers in the early 1900s.

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