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Advertising may be the only solution. Maybe the Corporation for Public Broadcasting can be resurrected as the Foundation or Cooperative for Public Broadcasting as a fundraising arm that acts as an omnibus advertising agency that doles out distributions to the local stations.

Think of the NFL how has the large media contracts but instead for profit, for cooperative good. #pbs #npr #publicradio #cpb
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I want NPR AND PBS to survive, especially in rural ‘Merica where I grew up. PBS for me as a child was a window into worlds foreign to me. Sesame Street, while targeted often at urban kids, showed me, a rural kid, what stoop life was; what a city transit train was. I had no idea. Trains carried grain and coal not people!

The rural stations that served me are really in danger. I donate to a smaller Kansas NPR station that I stream even though I live in KC metro.
#pbs #npr #publicradio #cpb
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Proxmox fully automated! From ClickOps to Code: Automated. Audited. Revisioned. Repeatable.

Starting from the base by automating:
- Cluster initialization
- Cluster join
- Storage Integration
- Proxmox Backup Server Integration
- SDN Networks (different ones for pros/dev)
- Guest Resources utilizing the cluster infrastructure

#Proxmox #PVE #Pbs #ProxmoxBackupServer #opensource #Automation #Ansible #python #devops #terraform #cicd #pipeline #cluster #nfs #iscsi

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If you want to understand what is happening with Trump and Republicans, there's historical precedent for what they are doing.

Watch the PBS series, "The Dictator's Playbook".

We saw the episode about Mussolini again last night and it was chilling.

#USpol #USpolitics #Trump #PBS #History #Television

pbs.org/tpt/dictators-playbook

Dictator's PlaybookEpisodes | The Dictator's PlaybookThe Dictator's Playbook. Learn how six dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, shaped the 20th century.

On the surface, this is a video about Puffins and Pufflings. But it's also really about puffins, ecology, humanity, and community. If you have about 12 minutes, it's well worth a watch and if you have a PBS station or access to streaming PBS, then the entire NATURE catalog is worth a watch.

Brought to you by PBS (and viewers like you).

😉

#PBS #Nature

youtube.com/watch?v=PZquEkt7b9U

OK, I totally got #PBSPassport account for the video service. But Now I'm thinking about giving #PBS more 🤑, & I'll be proud to do so! But they don't even show me when my Passport account expires. I'm working on a budget here, I need this info.

Somebody have a PBS contact? Can we get an official PBS instance on the #Fediverse?

Let's talk about public radio and public television.

With regard to NPR based on their own numbers from 2023, member stations typically received 1 to 6 percent of their funding from the Federal Government.

This kind of loss in revenue is certainly "fixable" and the fact the government now has to stay out of their day to day business operations and journalism is a positive thing.

PBS (TV) on the other hand is more concerning and I can't even speculate on how this will play out.

1/2 Life on #Earth has become quite absurd. I’m with folks who are furious about #PBS funding. We are one. But the entirety of our #PublicHealth, research , #Science and #Technology, #Cybersecurity and #NatSec infrastructure have been attacked and damaged from within. If a foreign adversary had done this the missiles would have already flown…and not a word about those ? For many PBS is the redline. None of this is funny but the comedy is just sitting there. Fasten your seatbelts…