Comment by neom
2 years ago
We really do love pudding.cool[1]- I'd never bothered to go look at what it's actually all about till today, and you should too if you've not, because it wasn't exactly as I expected: https://pudding.cool/about/ - these people seem great, we should probably support them. I noticed they have a Patreon if you're feeling generous[2].
[1]https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Their mission statement is disingenuous, to say the least, and I sensed it as soon as I started the current post. Here is the mission statement, in bold, and in this form, great, I'd be all for it:
The Pudding explains ideas debated in culture with visual essays. We’re not chasing current events or clickbait.
Then we scroll down a bit and see that, in fact, they are not taking a fresh, objective look at issues, but are strongly committed to one side of the culture war, the progressive left:
"We believe in journalism that denounces false equivalence, one that can explicitly say Black Lives Matter"
"We strive for our journalism to be one of key making, not gate keeping, and we won't shy away from stories that tackle racism, sexism, and classism head on."
"We're a small group that operates as a collective rather than hierarchical team."