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blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 12h

it's funny how it's almost always someone in the MSM complaining about probably one of bluesky's best features

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 13h

mando number 5

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 14h

corporate journalism won't save us

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 14h

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 17h

rip

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 17h

i wish the ship building was in any other game world. the cities were just so, so, so underwhelming and boring.

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 17h

Dem donors would rather give Sinclair/FOX/CBS/etc hundreds of millions of dollars for TV and newspaper one time ad buys that barely anyone will remember or see, for that money to them be turned around and used against them immediately.

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 17h

You can't teach an 80 year old senator new tricks

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 17h

Dem donors don't want to fund left media out of a fear of being criticized by progressives, but are totally OK with spending hundreds of millions on ad buys with Sinclair/FOX/WAPO/CBS etc. Those guys certainly won't attack them.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 17h

liberal donors are more focused on the two year election cycle and donate tons of money to dumb election stuff instead of long term investment like media

PrincessCoco @princesscocosez.bsky.social · 18h

In your view, is there a prevailing theory as to why liberals have no interest? It does not make sense and has not for a very long time.

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 18h

And Sinclair/FOX/Wapo/CBS/NYT/etc. don't attack Dems?

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 18h

The Kamala campaign itself, raised over 1 billion dollars. If your argument is that the Republicans dark money machine raised more money than the Democrats, which is certainly true, then that only makes it more critical that Dems should be spending their money wisely

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 18h

your point is that this would require billionaire level funding. my point is that they already HAVE billionaire level funding, and use that money to fuel our opponents

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 18h

the amount of money required to fund the type of activities I'm talking about are miniscule in comparison to the wasted TV ad buys. Ad buys that only serve to fund entities like Sinclair, who will only use that money to further attack us

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 18h

you are literally funding conservatism for an expensive one time ad buy that most people probably will not even see

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 18h

So why give those same crazy people more money to hit us over the head with?

Why give loads and loads of money to conservatives like Sinclair broadcasting, for expensive one time ad buys, rather than funding more inexpensive year long podcasters, influencers, and smaller media?

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 18h

the dems already have billionaire-level funding, in fact they out spent republicans in 2024.

the problem is WHERE they spend their money. expensive one-time ad buys on TV vs. low cost investments of podcasters, influencers, independent media who are able to get the message out year long.

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 18h

the point is that for their investments, republicans are getting their propaganda out to the public, while dems are not because they continue to commit too much money to outlets that have been bought out by billionaires like bezos & the ellisons, outlets that will never treat democrats fairly

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 19h

happy sandwich day

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blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 20h

objectivejournalism.org/2025/03/medi...

Key lessons from Media Matters' new report on conservative media

Conservative dominance of digital platforms is driven by billionaire backing that the left hasn't matched.

objectivejournalism.org

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 20h

The point is that Dems don't fund independent media on the same scale as Republicans, despite raising record amounts of money. You can see it here, where many left leaning writers are begging for subs and having to use a subscription/paywall model whereas the right gives out content for free

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 21h

Dems could start by investing in their own advocacy media platforms rather than throwing money at right wing media in the hopes they will be nice to them.

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 7d

Republican policy positions are less popular than Democratic ones. Most people don't want religious oligarchy and this makes Republicans have fewer small- and large-dollar donors.

So they stretch the money through advocacy media. Every piece of the Republican ecosystem reinforces each other.

Graphic titled ‘Republican Ecosystem’ showing a circular flow among four groups: Donors, Campaigns, Advocacy Media, and Activists. Large arrows connect them in a continuous loop: Donors feed into Campaigns, Campaigns feed into Advocacy Media, Advocacy Media feed into Activists, and Activists feed back into Donors. An additional small arrow from Campaigns points outward to a box labeled ‘Mainstream Media.’ The diagram is credited to Matthew Sheffield / flux.community.

Graphic titled ‘Democratic Ecosystem’ showing a circular flow among four groups: Donors, Campaigns, Activists, and Advocacy Media. Large blue arrows form a loop connecting Donors to Campaigns, Campaigns to Activists, and Activists toward Advocacy Media, but the link from Advocacy Media back to Donors is small and incomplete. A large blue arrow extends from Campaigns to a gray box labeled ‘Mainstream Media.’ Below this cycle, a smaller red circle labeled ‘Republican Ecosystem’ interacts with the Mainstream Media box through two black arrows, with text noting media outlets such as Sinclair, Nexstar, TikTok?, CBS, Fox, and X. The diagram is credited to Matthew Sheffield / flux.community.

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 1d

Chainsaw Man movie was a lot more than I was expecting, I thought it was just going to be a few episodes strung together but it had excellent cinematography, storytelling, and a great soundtrack. 🕷️🕸️🦋

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blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 2d

the only reason she's apologizing is because her grifting did not turn out to be profitable enough

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 3d

I can’t wait for the blue sky devs to roll it back in a huff when they find themselves the most disliked