Post by @briankrebs__dup_6@infosec.exchange

2025-12-06 23:24 UTC

The CEO of The Onion set the publication's goal for 2026 to have more subscribers than The Washington Post. At the rate the latter is going, that won't take long. "For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important." "Look, we're an independent company, we don't use AI to write headlines and make art, and we're one of roughly three publications who are up for the fight. Unlike other places, The Onion is quadrupling down on being a pain in the ass, politically. Are you? https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-collins-28263a52_its-been-a-big-year-for-us-at-the-onion-ugcPost-7400218696058810368-7nVB?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAliaMB3BQO-WOS-eUh-XU4HAd5h8pTzkI

Replies (13)

@hal_pomeranz@infosec.exchange 2025-12-06 23:41

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange When The Onion becomes one of the last bastions of journalism, we are officially in the weirdest timeline

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@seano@masto.nyc 2025-12-06 23:56

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange thanks for relaying this, just subscribed

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@ZBennoui@dragonscave.space 2025-12-07 00:02

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange I love these guys. Also The Hard Times is great. https://thehardtimes.net

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@xs4me2@mastodon.social 2025-12-07 00:59

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange Yup, feeling like reading The Onion with almost every issue coming from the US government since February 2025… And that ain’t no good…

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@emmettleeparrish@mastodon.social 2025-12-07 01:56

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange

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@bazcook@mas.to 2025-12-07 03:15

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange - The Onion, The Daily Show, The Beaverton and the Washington Post. Find the legit news source in that list.

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@WorldTravelerAll7@mastodon.world 2025-12-07 03:38

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange If you haven't seen the Onion's 1 vs 20 video spoof about why people should subscribe, it's pretty funny and worth a watch 😁💙

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@malwareminigun@infosec.exchange 2025-12-07 05:02

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange they’re the only newspaper I subscribe to https://youtu.be/NsfUjC4woGc

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@galuf@mastodon.sdf.org 2025-12-07 05:43

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange I subscribed this year. They are hilarious and right on the money. Be the change you want to see in the world, and in this specific case, the change is coming from my pocket.

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@adrianco@mastodon.social 2025-12-07 06:03

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange @dangillmor@mastodon.social This reminded me that I should subscribe to the onion so I just signed up.

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@angiebowen@indieweb.social 2025-12-07 10:46

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange I recently watched a Weekly Show interview with Maria Ressa and she kept telling John Stewart to take what she's saying and make it funny. I'm paraphrasing... Make it funny, John. Take what's important and make it funny so people will listen.

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@SearingTruth@infosec.exchange 2025-12-08 07:58

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange "If only we could turn back time, before madness gripped us." SearingTruth

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@alterelefant@mastodontech.de 2025-12-11 23:09

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange When #the_onion became more factual than #faux_news.

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