VFX workers are among the only film and TV workers not represented by a union.
They get overworked, underpaid, and often deal with abusive conditions. Support IATSE's union drive.
(These workers are especially vital for SFF.)
https://www.indiewire.com/2022/12/iatse-vfx-workers-union-drive-1234791102/
More from the article (where I dunk on the low-hanging fruit that is Cards Against Humanity):
"Itâs safe to say that Cards Against Humanity is the Nickelback of party games. CAH has not aged well. Itâs less of a party game, or even fun social experience, than it is a starter kit for encouraging unmoderated, toxic behavior that fosters abuse, harassment, racism, and sexism."
@[email protected] Thanks, Cat. I have a novelette, "If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You", in @[email protected] that I think is one of my best stories to date.
đŚđ: https://twitter.com/john_chu/status/1602716135895490560
Content Note: Racial Slurs and Racist Violence That first video of the flying man goes viral on social media and gets featured on the news. No jet pack. No hang glider. Just him, unaided, soaring over the cable-stayed bridge that leads into the city. The video looks like it was shot on a cellphone [âŚ]
#Food If you are providing a meal for vegetarians and you really don't know what to offer you can go ahead and ask the vegetarians in question. But a good guideline is that vegetarians have the same macronutrient needs as everyone else. Our meals typically contain some combination of carbs, fat, and protein.
Fun fact: lettuce contains none of the above. All it is is fun to crunch. Basically the bubble wrap of the food world.
Anti- #LGBTQ hate has increased on Twitter since Elon Musk officially acquired the company
Media Matters has found that prominent anti-LGBTQ accounts' âgroomerâ rhetoric has exploded in reach since Musk's takeover â retweets of their use of the slur have increased over 1200%
A new report from Media Matters and GLAAD shows that since Elon Musk took over as Twitter CEO and plunged the company into chaos with erratic decisions, anti-LGBTQ rhetoric has increased on the platform, despite his claims and actions to the contrary, including disbanding Twitter's Trust and Safety Council. Media Matters has found that retweets of right-wing figuresâ tweets that included the anti-LGBTQ âgroomerâ slur increased substantially, as did mentions of right-wing figures in tweets containing the slur. Key findings include: Anti-LGBTQ accounts that saw substantial increases in both retweets of and mentions in tweets with the slur included Tim Pool, Jack Posobiec, Jake Shield, Gays Against Groomers, Blaire White, Allie Beth Stuckey, Andy Ngo, Seth Dillon, and Mike Cernovich. Collectively, these 9 accounts saw an over 1,200% increase in retweets of tweets with the slur, going from nearly 3,600 to over 48,000, and they saw an over 1,100% increase in mentions in tweets with the slur, going from over 5,300 to more than 65,000. Other right-wing accounts also saw substantial increases of mentions in tweets containing the slur. For instance, Libs of TikTok saw more than a 600% increase in its mentions, going from nearly 2,000 to nearly 14,000, while Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX) saw a nearly 6,000% increase, going from nearly 70 mentions to over 4,000. Anti-LGBTQ figure James Lindsay and right-wing satire site Babylon Bee have earned thousands of retweets on posts perpetuating the anti-LGBTQ âgroomerâ slur and have been mentioned in thousands of tweets referencing the slur since their accounts were reinstated by Musk. Mentions of prominent LGBTQ accounts in tweets with the âgroomerâ slur also increased during the time frame, with one account seeing an increase of over 225,000% after Musk officially acquired the platform.
I hope you're not all sick of these by now, but the world looks like a fairytale outside. Freezing hard again, with more potential snow overnight, then sun and frost tomorrow too.
Hope everyone is managing to keep warm today!
Itâs working. With every buzzing, burning line Rae traces on my backâthe needle feels like a red-hot knifepoint drawn across the skinâitâs working. I was terrified when we began, not of the pain but of the uncertainty: would this do anything at all, would there be any difference whatsoever in the dream Iâve been trapped [âŚ]
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