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Leaders of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private agency that has steered federal funding to PBS, NPR and hundreds of public television and radio stations across the country, voted Monday to dissolve the organization that was created in 1967.

CPB had been winding down since Congress acted last summer to defund its operations at the encouragement of President Donald Trump. Its board of directors chose Monday to shutter CPB completely instead of keeping it in existence as a shell.

“CPB’s final act would be to protect the integrity of the public media system and the democratic values by dissolving, rather than allowing the organization to remain defunded and vulnerable to additional attacks,” said Patricia Harrison, the organization’s president and CEO.

Ruby Calvert, head of CPB’s board of directors, said the federal defunding of public media has been devastating.

CPB said it was financially supporting the American Archive of Public Broadcasting in its effort to preserve historic content, and is working with the University of Maryland to maintain its own records.

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[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 267 points 5 days ago (4 children)

We really are fucked. Welcome to being part of history everyone

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 154 points 5 days ago (6 children)

May the vengeful ghost of Fred Rogers come strangle Trump and Miller in their sleep.

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 73 points 5 days ago

Nah not in their sleep while on TV I want to see them choked out and dead. It would be a beautiful day in the neighborhood. _

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 43 points 5 days ago (1 children)

vengeful ghost of Fred Rogers

Be the vengeful ghost you want to see in the world

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago (2 children)

BRB, dying with unfinished business

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

I'd be impressed if I didn't tbh

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 31 points 5 days ago

"Hello, neighbor. Normally, I tie my shoes. Today is a special episode. Today, I'm going to tie my laces to two sticks and make the knots very tight. That's right, today we're making a garrote. To help me demonstrate how to properly use this tool, we've enlisted a very special guest, Donald Trump. To commemorate this very special occasion, I've asked my good friend, Bob Ross, to paint a happy little picture. Are you ready, Robert?"

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 27 points 5 days ago (2 children)

And while he's strangling them, the ghost of Bob Ross comes up behind and stabs them with a paintbrush.

[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

The happiest of accidents!

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago

Better still, release his attack squirrels unto the eyes of the entire Trump family and the MAGA Republican party.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Blame Roy Cohn for hatching the idea of putting those motherfuckers into power in the first place.

[–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

What a stain on history.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Don't threaten those perverts with a good time

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I didn't want to be part of history. I just wanted to live a simple NPC life...

[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that be nice. Maybe own a little hobby farm.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Farming fucking sucks, don't fall for the trap.

[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You'll notice the word hobby there. I don't want to farm for the purpose of trading my labour and produce for money

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

A hobby farm actually makes it worse. The work is more difficult since you're likely not buying the extremely expensive equipment that for profit farms use. Or you're buying it used and have to sink time and/or money into repairing and maintaining it.

I lived and worked on a hobby farm throughout high school (<2 acres), and I can guarantee you that the romanticized vision of life on a farm isn't very accurate.

Same with having farm animals. Baby animals are cute until their mom decides to not let them nurse and you have to bottle feed them every 2-4 hours.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My mom "farms" her backyard and she's perfectly happy doing it all by hand and then making a salad out of whatever grows there

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

There's no actual difference, only the area you need to work

[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Yeah my guy I'm talking about a world that isn't a corporate nightmare, leave me the fuck alone.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

We were always part of history.

This is a stupid attitude.

You don't get to choose your time, you get to choose what you do with it.

Start punching the fascists in the dick

[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fuck you dude relax. Do you think I mean this in a completely literal sense? Everyone else seems to get what I mean....

Feel the vibe man.

Read the room

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago

I'm just exhausted at defeatism.