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In a last-minute decision, White House decides not to terminate NASA employees in c/astronomy@mander.xyz

[–] ohYouKnow 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I can’t believe you’ve done this.

And not nearly as entertaining in c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] ohYouKnow 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My ADHD:

a nice panty with just what we need in c/pornhunter

[–] ohYouKnow 15 points 1 month ago

This is @rinnkuun@lemmynsfw.com.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff told to work remotely as headquarters is shuttered in c/economy@lemmy.world

[–] ohYouKnow 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The legal term for this is constructive termination, i.e. fabricating a situation in which the natural result would be an employee leaving.

Totally stable person here in c/enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world

[–] ohYouKnow 41 points 2 months ago

The point is normalization.

In places they don’t already own the news, their whole playbook has been to embrace, exaggerate, and extinguish. Making a mockery of it is the exaggerate part, and then a couple news cycles say more dumb shit to steal the limelight for the next news cycle.

By keeping the news flowing from one outrage to the next, communities can’t develop sufficient steam to hold them accountable, and each new outrage is only a little worse than the last.