These articles are astonishing to me considering my lived reality; that people in my municipality were readily willing to move past COVID (and yes, accept it’s Rick’s), in hopes of gaining back their mental health and livelihoods. Much, much sooner than media and government institutions let them.

thegauntlet.news does not seem to be an especially credible source, and OP's account is just over 1 year old with only 68 karma. most of the posts appear to be a handful of sites like the jacobin or thegauntlet, and all happen to have socio-political axes to grind.

and a couple of basic posts about jellyfin to look legit. color me skeptical.

The blog includes original sources. Readers can draw their own conclusions, which was always the only sane option anyway in a media landscape captured by capital.

Why does consistent criticism of capitalism read as "fake" to you? Is it surprising that socialist/communist media outlets are few in number and struggle to thrive in an environment programmed with capitalist default assumptions?

Also, I lurked HN for almost a decade before creating an account. Sue me.