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  • Cian Verati :verified:Verati404@socel.net
    Oct 14, 2026, 3:12 PM

    @thejessiekirk It was really awful & strange watching my dad go from a usually kind, helpful human being to being brainwashed with politically-charged language by FOX news. Before he died, he became such a bitter human being, & it sucks that that's happening in a lot of places to a lot of people in the US.

    Take away the loaded political terms & folks are *usually* more reasonable, but language divides as easily as it connects. Tribalism is poisonous.

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  • Cian Verati :verified:Verati404@socel.net
    Oct 14, 2026, 3:23 PM

    @donhawkins @thejessiekirk Oh yeah, I know. And they've had to settle lawsuits in the past by pleading that they aren't "real" news, yet they're allowed to broadcast as if they are. And too many of my fellow USians believe they are! It's infuriating.

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  • Don Hawkins - W7DAHdonhawkins@mastodon.social
    Oct 14, 2026, 3:28 PM

    @Verati404 @thejessiekirk Well if it’s any encouragement at all, THIS 74 y/o recycled his 3 TVs 2-years ago, and no longer watch ANY TV. I’ve also deleted ALL ‘commercial’ social network accounts with the lone exception of YouTube thus far. It’s all Fediverse, all the time these days, for me.

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  • Cian Verati :verified:Verati404@socel.net
    Oct 14, 2026, 3:32 PM

    @donhawkins @thejessiekirk I am very glad that you didn't let yourself get taken in by propaganda. I'm just sad for all the folks that have, who've let themselves get changed by hateful shifting goalposts and misinformation.

    The world as it is today has been engineered by many horrible people in charge to be the shithole it is now, but it could've been good. And with effort, I hope it swings the other direction before it's too late (esp climate-wise).

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