DAME Magazine

It’s #Newstodon Friday! That means it’s time to surface the great journalism from outlets here in the #Fediverse.

After the shambolic “town hall” on CNN, we’re kicking things off with a piece from our archives.

https://www.damemagazine.com/2022/07/11/mainstream-medias-rightward-lurch/

And don’t forget to support your favorite outlets here with your boosts, follows, and your membership/donations.

Now we kick it to our friends to share their work!

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Mainstream Media’s Rightward Lurch - Dame Magazine

I’ve seen a number of stories in recent weeks about CNN’s supposed shift to a “less partisan” strategy under new CEO Chris Licht. “CNN to dull its liberal edge,” reads a February 26 headline at Axios, and earlier this month, the New York Times reported that Licht “said he wanted to book more Republicans and

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Show threadThe XylomMay 12, 2023

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We celebrated our 5th anniversary yesterday! 🥳

You can send us a birthday gift by becoming a monthly member for a price of a small coffee. All donations are tax-deductible and we need 92 new commitments to hire our first editor!

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Show threadTexas ObserverMay 12, 2023

Thank you @damemagazine for getting us going!

This week let's highlight @gusbova's moving report on the death of a worker from exteeme heat conditions at the #Tesla gigafactory, and how the company tried to hide his death: https://www.texasobserver.org/tesla-texas-worker-death-heat/

#news #ElonMusk #workers #Texas #politics #ClimateChange #health #Newstodon
@ProPublica @TheConversationUS @mongabay @gbhnews @thexylom @heiseonline

He Died Helping Build Tesla’s Gigafactory. Tesla Didn’t Tell Local Officials.

Antelmo Ramirez was a dad, grandpa, and husband. His death by hyperthermia is absent from a Tesla report required in a county tax deal.

The Texas Observer
Show threadTexas ObserverMay 12, 2023

We will also share this investigation by Kit @oconnell and @stevanzetti into the big money donor who both funded anti-#trans lawmakers and used his wealth to threaten a children's hospital, with help from a hate group: https://www.texasobserver.org/monty-bennett-acpeds-genecis-transphobia-sb14/

#LGBTQIA #transphobia #Newstodon #transgender @damemagazine @ProPublica @TheConversationUS @mongabay @gbhnews @thexylom @heiseonline

Documents Reveal ‘How to Defund Trans Pediatrics’ in Texas

The American College of Pediatricians (ACPEDS)—designated a hate group by the SPLC—found common cause with GOP megadonor Monty Bennett.

The Texas Observer
Show threadZinnia JonesMay 12, 2023
@TexasObserver @oconnell @stevanzetti @damemagazine @ProPublica @TheConversationUS @mongabay @gbhnews @thexylom @heiseonline I've covered another one of the disclosed documents showing that Florida Medicaid's hired anti-trans expert reused much of his prior internal work from ACPeds; he billed the state several thousand dollars for this. https://genderanalysis.net/2023/05/andres-opinion-florida-medicaid-agency-paid-thousands-to-a-hate-group-leader-to-help-ghostwrite-their-anti-trans-policy-he-copied-nearly-all-of-his-sources-from-the-hate-g/
“Andre’s opinion”: Florida Medicaid agency paid thousands to a hate group leader to help ghostwrite their anti-trans policy; he copied nearly all of his sources from the hate group

Read the strategy manual behind Florida Medicaid's 2022 trans care exclusion.

Gender Analysis
Show threadTexas ObserverMay 12, 2023
@zinnia @oconnell @stevanzetti @damemagazine @ProPublica @TheConversationUS @mongabay @gbhnews @thexylom @heiseonline very nice find. Those files are full of fascinating info
Show threadProPublicaMay 12, 2023

@TexasObserver @oconnell @stevanzetti @damemagazine @TheConversationUS @mongabay @gbhnews @thexylom @heiseonline

Our contribution to this
#Newstodon thread is a just-published piece on #Colorado #wildfires, and how the combination of state, local & federal rules has made it nearly impossible for #firefighters to perform controlled burns:

https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-wildfires-controlled-burns-marshall-fire?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Controlled Burns Help Prevent Wildfires, Experts Say. But Regulations Have Made It Nearly Impossible to Do These Burns.

Even though the 2021 Marshall Fire made it clear that the fire threat posed by Colorado’s grasslands endangers large urban areas, federal, state and local rules continue to make it difficult to address the risk.

ProPublica
Show threadCbtryonMay 12, 2023
@ProPublica @TexasObserver @oconnell @stevanzetti @damemagazine @TheConversationUS @mongabay @gbhnews @thexylom @heiseonline - Superb article.
Show threadElizabeth Wrigley-FieldMay 12, 2023

@ProPublica

This is really interesting!

It strikes me that, to the extent that the problem is that controlled burns are necessary but can't be done (under environmental regulations that also seem p impt!) when air pollution is already high, there's a solution: Wildfire prevention needs to be coupled with other efforts to limit pollution

That could mean longer-term infrastructural changes (eg limiting traffic) but could also mean, say, polluting industries need to pause during scheduled burns

Show threadElizabeth Wrigley-FieldMay 12, 2023
@ProPublica
It reminds me of the endless debates about how to balance limiting Covid spread in schools with limiting kids' losses (of education and other things) from school closures, which never considered the obvious solution of mitigating the dilemma by reducing spread outside the system (closing bars and gyms, mandating ventilation/filtration in essential industries, and so on). So often that's the real solution to tradeoffs where both sides really matter
Show threadGordon WMay 13, 2023
@wrigleyfield @ProPublica
Love this story. Appreciate learning how communities subject to natural disasters are facing the many steps needed to stay safe. Across the nation it seems like a land use management problem. Living too close to forests and prairies invites exposure to these and other related natural disasters. Kinda like living next to that favorite river or ocean beach and dealing with floods, storms, and sea level rise. Location, location, location.
Show threadMongabayMay 12, 2023

@ProPublica @TexasObserver @oconnell @stevanzetti @damemagazine @TheConversationUS @gbhnews @thexylom @heiseonline

For #Newstodon this week we have a story about the Dumagat-Remontado tribe in the Philippines who are fighting the construction of the Kaliwa Dam project, which has faced resistance from civil society groups as well as many of the Dumagat-Remontado, who say they fear it will cause both environmental and cultural damage.

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/it-gives-life-philippine-tribe-fights-to-save-a-sacred-river-from-a-dam/

#Philippines #Dam #IndigenousLand

‘It gives life’: Philippine tribe fights to save a sacred river from a dam

DARAITAN, Philippines — Members of the Indigenous Dumagat-Remontado, young and old alike, stood out against the greenery in their traditional red loincloth and tapis. On a scorching Good Friday morning, their brows were knit, their footsteps quiet yet firmly grounded, as they wound through the Tinipak River in the Philippines’ Sierra Madre Mountain Range. After […]

Mongabay Environmental News
Show threadChickgonebadMay 12, 2023
@Redshift42 This is all part of the same Dominionist attack.
Show threadThe Conversation U.S.May 12, 2023

@TexasObserver @damemagazine @gusbova @ProPublica @mongabay @gbhnews @thexylom @heiseonline For #Newstodon and #AAPIHeritageMonth, we have this fascinating piece of history:

How Hawaii's white plantation owners encouraged Russian immigration at the start of the 20th century to do exploitative farm work -- because native Hawaiians were starting to organize against exploitation, and racist laws barred Chinese #immigration

https://theconversation.com/white-landowners-in-hawaii-imported-russian-workers-in-the-early-1900s-to-dilute-the-labor-power-of-asians-in-the-islands-192387

@histodons

White landowners in Hawaii imported Russian workers in the early 1900s, to dilute the labor power of Asians in the islands

In a territory landowners wanted to become a state, white immigrants were less threatening to American nativists on the mainland.

The Conversation
Show threadCat C-BMay 12, 2023

@TheConversationUS @TexasObserver @damemagazine @gusbova @ProPublica @mongabay @gbhnews @thexylom @heiseonline @histodons The whole point of racism! Divide and conquer and ensure the privilege of a designated few! From Bacon’s Rebellion on…

Why colonizers invented it to begin with, no?