MediaActivist

I just laughed out loud at this for about five straight minutes...oh god, just brilliant.

Hmm not cool. I agree, Dansup is a badass.

No harm intended, sorry.

I guess I like that they at least express some commitment to the open source ethos. Self-hosting is of varying importance to many of us, but I've found it useful. Different strokes for different folks!

I've welcomed Singlelink, and have used them. Not all of us can rustle up "just a few lines of HTML+CSS"! I've found Singlelink to be a small project and probably way less corporate than Linktree and AllMyLinks et al. My only issue has been being unable to reset my password, unfortunately! 😆

I'd never even heard of Vaush. But debates like these are important. Go Zoe!

Love it!

Some of the sites listed as "distant" to power in that first link are quite interesting to say the least, though I suppose any such categories will always be flawed; it's very complex and hard to put organisations into lists.

That's good. Though as I explained in my link above, journalism can be professionalised, and of a very, very high standard - completely reliable in its sourcing - and still at the same time cherry-pick, omit, slant, and perpetuate narratives through an editorial agenda, as we've seen for decades.

I don't usually post my own stuff on here, but I've been developing lists of relatively reliable media for several years - though it's definitely difficult to define.

I wrote this critique of the media, where I also argue that the more appropriate term is "establishment media" rather than "mainstream media": https://www.mediaactivist.com/media-activism/

You can also find the aforementioned list on my website (albeit embedded via the bird site!)

Sometimes antisocial...always antifascist.

ProtonVPN has free options and an easy interface, though there are only a few servers available to connect to with the free plan.

Good point. It's also really easy to bulletin similar information to, say, Mastodon, as it is their Twitter account! Plenty of other less tech-savvy organisations do this.