JustAnotherPodunk

So, the same as email, facebook, your search history, and text messages?

Jesus fucking Christ. For all I've kept up with this, and I really do try to pay attention to it all, that's the first testimony I've actually watched. And I hated all twenty minutes of it.

That is absolutely chilling.

I assure you, the pilot forgot about the issue as soon as the plane landed, other than being mildly annoyed and bitching to his buddies. It's really not a big deal. A random geriatric cirrus pilot in any class c airspace in any part of america has caused more of of an issue than this did.

Yeah it's by the book. and not a real concern. But the media is picking up on SOP and having issues because it sounds scary to those that don't know.

Were it not for recent stories and the general vibe, no one would have even noticed other than the weird feeling you get in your tummy when a plane moves in a way you didn't expect. And that happens a lot. Bigger moves are made regularly to correct wind shear or avoid turbulence.

Oh it absolutely is. I won't deny it. But it's also funny and relevant.

I've been slowly finding out that, the more about a subject I know, the more ridiculous the people on Lemmy are...

Yeah it was a go around. Not newsworthy at all. It's actually a correct and a fairly routine response. The fact that it was a military plane is the only reason it was given any traction. And that's not a unique occurrence either!

Funny how the most down voted person is the only correct one here.

Hell I've made military jets perform a go around because of me being too slow on approach. God forbid that hits the national news! "Local 172 pilot wastes taxpayer funds by flying anemic plane"

Hey fair enough and good on you. Keep up the good fight.

Local government will do very little. Local businesses and individuals of a philanthropic mindset or personal will, that's what we've got. "Civic duty" keeps it afloat, and those sort of businesses and people become more rare by the day. In the places that need it the most, the political mindset is so corrupted, I fear we will never get it back.

If it existed, it's dead now. Our current situation is my only proof. But I would love for you to prove me wrong.

Pessimism or realism, I don't know what the difference is anymore tbh. I'm not stopping, but damn it it feels like a losing battle.

The people that work in public radio are like career gov workers or direct care workers. I say that because I've been two of those three, and count some career beurocrats as good friends.

. The people that work in these industries will sell their souls to keep fighting the good fight. Underpaid and understaffed. But in this case, the economics will start to eat away at local stations and the people who truly believe will be forced to abandon it eventually.

Economics are economics.

At the end of the day, it's a public service. The federal government is a necessary part of how it continues to exist. Public services are not very viable through charity as a sole funding source. They aren't money makers. They provide a free service for the bare minimum.

The most insidious bit is that none of these stations will disappear tomorrow. They are filled with dedicated individuals that will fight tooth and nail to keep them running. And donors that will try their best to keep them afloat.

The true toll, like everything this administration is doing, will take years to unfold. One by one stations will drop out and close. And it will be with a whimper. A death by a thousand cuts. Exsanguinated to death drop by drop.

Many will drop out before this administration ends. And I have little faith in the compitence of their replacements to restore this funding. Even if "my side" wins.

There really isn't that much federal influence to the public broadcasting sector, other than providing funds and some regulations on what they can or can't say. And it's not a 'can or can't say' propaganda thing. It's a "don't put a dollar value to products in your underwriting", or " don't endorse and sell trump gold coins to the elderly" sort of restrictions. Public radio doesn't have advertisers. They have underwriters. They get their name out as a sponsor to the programming, not to sell a product. Those are the rules.

They are just stealing funds from nonprofits at this point.

I don't care about the write off. I care because public radio is something I worked in for a half decade and well afterwards it gave me a connection to my community and the world at large. I'll give more money to spite them. Fuck their right off. I donate because it is good and true. And fuck anyone that says otherwise.