I stopped subscribing last year sometime and just look through Freah Air to find stories that seem interesting. I still enjoy/listen to other shows occasionally, but the ads have become more intrusive.

Probably by buying subscribers like Shapiro did. Pump the numbers up, get a boost for the algo, get more clicks.

I like your thought process and just want to wish you the best of luck!

I can identify with all of that. I’m seeing plenty of people and orgs so ready to “fight back” already, and I’m nowhere near ready for all that yet… this clusterfuck of nominations doesn’t help anything.

There’s likely no 1 magic solution… it’ll take multiple fronts: education, community-building, better(less misinformation) social media…

Is there, though? I was trying to come up with some examples yesterday and all I can find from my admittedly lefty algo are fears propagated because of Trump’s words or incoming cabinet appointments. They are at least based on actual recorded words as opposed to cherry-picked data or “feels”. I guess the left could be cherry-picking data to support their arguments also, but the logic seems more sound, at least to me.

If they don’t already exist, it sounds like a niche need for a third-party company that has some preset templates of different options? Add a lawyer and some legal aid and could be very helpful for the system.

That threw me for a loop as well. Finally figured out that they meant “exert”.