This long form article is why I pay for a Defector subscription. It's a good, well researched article that gives the appropriate background and tells a story that nobody else has told, and that maybe never would have been told, by any other outlet.
this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2025
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Probably because they are caving to demands from Trump. Fucking cowards.
I was going to point out that Fox owns 73% of National Geographic. Turns out thar Disney bought that 73% stake several years ago.
The people who care about the climate are probably the same who find something else to read because of this.
Isn't National Geographic owned by Murdoch? I think that's your answer (and all why Nat Geo magazine has been almost unreadable for 20 years).
From the article:
There are multiple organizations broadly known as “National Geographic,” so before we go any further, let’s run through some definitions and distinctions. In 2018, Disney bought a majority stake in an entity called National Geographic Partners, LLC—or NGP, for short. This is the for-profit company that encompasses the magazine, the television channel, and other properties that live under the Nat Geo brand. It was formed in 2015 by then–majority partner 21st Century Fox and the 137-year-old National Geographic Society. The Society is a registered non-profit organization, and it remains a 27 percent-owner of NGP, even after Fox’s sale of its 73-percent share to Disney. When I refer to “National Geographic” in this story, I mean the National Geographic Society unless otherwise specified.
In other words, this article is about the nonprofit that has existed for 137 years. The for-profit subsidiaries were 73% acquired by Fox/Murdoch, and then sold to Disney when Disney bought Fox. But this film was published directly by the nonprofit and not the for-profit subsidiary that is partially owned by Disney.
Nope. Disney.
Because Disney doesn’t want to prejudice M&A.
Explanation?
So the line is from a surrealist section of an americana surrealist horror series about the fight between anarchism, liberalism, and fascism. I've always interpreted that particular answer to the question "why did the chicken cross the road" to mean people had to take action because progress turned to backlash. Why did this work disappear? Because progress turned to backlash
The fact that those are the only three ideologies tells me it was probably written by an anarchist lol
It was written in the 10s and none of those ideologies are named specifically. Anarchy could easily be read as leftism as a whole. The whole story is deeply symbolic with fascism being represented by people who physically turn into monsters through a lifetime of hatred.
But yeah it's by the nightvale people and it's an excellent podcast/radio show