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[–] 7 points 1 year ago

Appeasing the fascists. All these companies are showing the cowardice and moral bankruptcy of the people running and directing them.

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    [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Queer climate deserves better than a coverup like this.

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  • [–] 57 points 1 year ago (21 children)

    Probably because they are caving to demands from Trump. Fucking cowards.

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    A queer person did some excellent climate science, that’s how the two subjects relate. If you ignore either aspect of the story, well, it isn’t the full story.

    Did you know that queer people have a right to exist and that questioning the relevance of their queerness to their work is essentially denying their humanity?

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    I mean, you'll never really get the full story of anything if it requiers every adjacent detail, there's just too much detail in any event to document it all. So, I think it's more that being queer is an important part of this story because queer people have been marginalised. Which means it's important that they have good representation and their achievements are celebrated.

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    Yes.

    Would one question the relevance of a biography that mentioned that an accomplished straight male scientist was a ‘family man’ or that a scientist was also a married woman with children?

    Questioning the validity of mentioning that a scientist is queer is identical to the attitude that queer people are fine as long as they are invisible.

    It was a biography, biographies mention biographical details. Yet when that detail is ‘queer’, people feel empowered to complain it was even mentioned.

    I’m not on the defensive here. I intend to come across as offensive. You tell US exactly why mentioning that a person is queer is not relevant in a biographical sketch.

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    Ok, you are a sealion, cool, good to know.

    Did you know you can mention multiple facts about a person in a biography and they are all valid and mentionable?

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    Especially when that particular part of their identity is under attack.

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    I know that my engagement in this exercise will not change their opinion. I am engaged because this shit is exhausting and it is exactly the thing to challenge at this moment.

    I think it’s time to start wearing these, before they become mandatory again.

    pink triangles

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    I was going to point out that Fox owns 73% of National Geographic. Turns out thar Disney bought that 73% stake several years ago.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Isn't National Geographic owned by Murdoch? I think that's your answer (and all why Nat Geo magazine has been almost unreadable for 20 years).

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    From the article:

    There are multiple organizations broadly known as “National Geographic,” so before we go any further, let’s run through some definitions and distinctions. In 2018, Disney bought a majority stake in an entity called National Geographic Partners, LLC—or NGP, for short. This is the for-profit company that encompasses the magazine, the television channel, and other properties that live under the Nat Geo brand. It was formed in 2015 by then–majority partner 21st Century Fox and the 137-year-old National Geographic Society. The Society is a registered non-profit organization, and it remains a 27 percent-owner of NGP, even after Fox’s sale of its 73-percent share to Disney. When I refer to “National Geographic” in this story, I mean the National Geographic Society unless otherwise specified.

    In other words, this article is about the nonprofit that has existed for 137 years. The for-profit subsidiaries were 73% acquired by Fox/Murdoch, and then sold to Disney when Disney bought Fox. But this film was published directly by the nonprofit and not the for-profit subsidiary that is partially owned by Disney.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    This long form article is why I pay for a Defector subscription. It's a good, well researched article that gives the appropriate background and tells a story that nobody else has told, and that maybe never would have been told, by any other outlet.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Because Disney doesn’t want to prejudice M&A.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    The people who care about the climate are probably the same who find something else to read because of this.

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    So the line is from a surrealist section of an americana surrealist horror series about the fight between anarchism, liberalism, and fascism. I've always interpreted that particular answer to the question "why did the chicken cross the road" to mean people had to take action because progress turned to backlash. Why did this work disappear? Because progress turned to backlash

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    It was written in the 10s and none of those ideologies are named specifically. Anarchy could easily be read as leftism as a whole. The whole story is deeply symbolic with fascism being represented by people who physically turn into monsters through a lifetime of hatred.

    But yeah it's by the nightvale people and it's an excellent podcast/radio show

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  • [+] -8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I think the official 'wokeness' was a US campaign to ensure western rage for a war against a conservative/orthodox Russia, but it didn't work as intended, so now all 'woke' projects have been cut off again. I suspect lgbt+, and climate causes/news/events are getting axed while the US Plutocracy prepare for war against China while shielding themselves from a crumbling Dollar. A bit sad that good causes are used like that. Btw, it would have happened with or without Trump.

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