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Big Journalism is still largely unwilling to call things what they are. Today's example is the Washington Post's use of "vaccine hesitancy" to describe a movement that is based on rejecting science and evidence in favor of dangerous and, increasingly, politically motivated lies.

The people who reject vaccines are attacking their communities. They spread disease and death. We should recognize this, and say it out loud.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/12/26/vaccine-hesitancy-measles-chickenpox-polio-flu/

Growing vaccine hesitancy fuels measles, chickenpox resurgence in U.S.

An Ohio measles outbreak among unvaccinated children comes at a time of heightened concern about the public health consequences of anti-vaccine sentiment.

The Washington Post
@jessica_gallegos I love my Fishpond net and I’m sure you will love yours.
Some white dudes would rather torch half of their wealth rather than engage their adult children in a conversation
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~ 4,731 gallons (21,481 liters).
~ 32,052 lbs (14,424 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $28,389 cost of fuel.
~ 51 tons of CO2 emissions.

I don't think journalists (in general) -- and certainly not the organizations they work for -- fully understand the threat Musk represents to the future of free expression and journalism itself.

Begging him to reinstate the banned accounts is pure folly. It is bended-knee supplication to a sociopath who now controls a powerful media company. But the power of his company depends in no small degree on keeping journalists there.

Leave. Now.

Elon Musk Kills Twitter Audio Feature After Bizarre Talk With Journalists

Twitter Spaces, the audio feature that allows people to participate in group chats using the social media platform, has been...

Gizmodo Australia
Wow hypocrite
Well ACTUALLY Twitter accounts that use public records to track airplane movements are a historically recognized EXCEPTION to the First Amendment, if you actually cared about free speech you'd know that.
@jerry how can we donate to the cause?
@jerry how can I donate treatos to your staff members as well as the service overall?