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Stu Linden Mar 27, 2023

I’m incredibly bummed out about @TexasObserver shutting down.

They were incredible innovators with the Fediverse, and blazed a path forward for journalism here. They were among the first publications to host their own Mastodon server.

Sadly, their arrival here wasn’t enough to sustain them.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/26/texas-observer-shutting-down/

Texas Observer, the legendary liberal magazine, is shutting down

The 68-year-old progressive publication, which published Ronnie Dugger, Molly Ivins and Kaye Northcott, hit financial troubles and wasn’t able to broaden its audience, board members said.

The Texas Tribune

Doreen32128 ready to rumble!Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews What a shame to lose their voice!

Aswath Rao Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet
Just a few days back reading their post about a departing colleague and how that can port their acct to the new place (Times?) that doesn't have their own instance.
@TexasObserver @fediversenews

Berkubernetus Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews

Well, shit.

Darwin Woodka Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews awwww sad

Stu Linden Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews oh wow

kristophr Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews ah damn

devoir Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews damn that sucks

Matilda Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews Oh no! Please tell me this is an early April Fool’s joke! 😱😭

Kat O’Brien Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews oh no, the quality of reporting by the Texas Observer has been tremendous. That will leave a void.

f*cking b*tch club Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews How will we actually know what’s going on in TX without them?

Nicole Parsons Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews

Right wing media outlets survive and thrive because #KochNetwork funding and foreign malign governments.

OAN, RT, Fox News, and NewsMax are part of a patronage system by right wing billionaires.

Why isn't there an equivalent pro-democracy system of patronage for liberal media outlets?

Ahri Boy (archived)Mar 27, 2023

@Npars01 @atomicpoet @TexasObserver @[email protected] don't forget to include TV networks from my country, SMNI, NET25, and UNTV. An owner of the former is a fugitive wanted by the FBI.

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Mar 27, 2023

@Npars01 @atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews liberal Billionaires don't seem to want to fight. Maybe there are no true liberal Billionaires because of the Billionaires very nature.
It's not a fair fight, I know that. The Money is with the Far Right.

Nicole Parsons Mar 27, 2023

@Lazarou @atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews

I disagree. There are liberal billionaires funding the survival of democracy.

Eychaner, Steyer, Hoffman, Price, Bloomberg, Soros, Shirley,

They fund people like Guy Cecil.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/us/politics/priorities-usa-guy-cecil-biden.html

They do exist because folks like #MadMarjorie are funded by GOP donors to drum up stochastic terrorism & assassination attempts.

The low profile of liberal donors is necessary in an era where the GOP fund violence.

https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-49584157

Chief of a Democratic Super PAC Is Stepping Down

Guy Cecil has led Priorities USA since 2015 and will leave at the end of March, as outside political groups begin to make plans for the 2024 races.

The New York Times

Ted_Cville Mar 27, 2023

@Npars01 @Lazarou @atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews True... there are just a whole lot more of them on the other side! Unfortunately greed and self-absorption tend to become dominant features among too many billionaires.

Cat West Mar 27, 2023

@Npars01 @Lazarou @atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews The fact remains that no one becomes a billionaire without the necessity of slave labor. that some (too few) do some good with it, is beside the point.

Lorrie W Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver

Oh no! This is such sad news. Totally heartbroken.

caseyjonesed Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews Crap

Swagpuss McG Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet
Let's revive it? Isn't that the whole USP of the fediverse? Nothing has to die here :>
@TexasObserver @fediversenews @MJmusicinears

Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews one of the first newspapers I followed. I loved their spirit 😥

Tim Chambers Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews

Same. For the state of independent and local journalism. And for the sake of losing a great innovator here on the Fedi.

franny gaede Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews This is so sad! I lived in Austin for four years for school and the Texas Observer was /always/ on a screen of some flavor, mine and everyone else's.

ML2 Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet
This is depressing news indeed.
@TexasObserver @fediversenews @jeff

Chance The Lawyer ⚡︎Mar 27, 2023

@atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews nonono, there's hope!

**Help Save the Texas Observer & Fight Staff Layoffs**

https://gofund.me/0e53f240

user8e8f87e Mar 27, 2023

@chancerydaily @atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews Link not clickable; add https://.

Chance The Lawyer ⚡︎Mar 27, 2023

@user8e8f87c @atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews thank you!!