Does woke mean shoehorned or pandering? I feel like “woke” media is labeled as such because of its fundamental socially progressive ideals, and those negative connotations are added by opponents to try and tear down media that’s been designated “woke”
Compared to all the other movies, games and other media that is given the “woke” moniker, Barbie was very firmly “woke”
It spoke directly about how the US and world is a male-dominated patriarchy, and spent the last act going explicitly over in great detail the negatives for women in their gender roles, especially when dealing with men and male partners.
If any other show had even one of the major plot points or lines from this movie, it would be labeled “woke.”
A nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been threatened with a lawsuit by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
That may be true for the biggest and most far-reaching things he does, but we don’t need to know every daily controversy with changing the signage on a San Francisco building. It’s overload.
Every tweet he puts out with an ignorant opinion is probably not newsworthy enough to be disseminated widely; that’s actually exactly what he would want to happen.
Even dropping from 4 major Musk related outrage stories a day to a couple a week would be a much healthier discourse, without stamping out any important information like your concerned about.
It feels like the Streisand effect is negatively impacting me/everyone else in this instance
I despise the guy, but I’m tired of hearing about every stupid exploit. He’s so fabulously rich that no negative publicity can really cause reprecussions, I feel like it now just keeps him constantly in the public eye a la Trump circa 2016
If you look at the members listed on Overture’s site, you can be sure that none of them want FOSS alternatives to overtake proprietary mapping software
WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Police found no shooter and no one injured after reports of a possible active shooter in the U.S. Capitol complex on Wednesday after a possible “bad call,” Washington Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Hugh Carew said....
Go Woke, Go Broke? Barbie’s Opening Weekend Sales Smash Expectations (newrepublic.com)
The far right is constantly warning that if you go woke, you’ll go broke. But when it comes to the new Barbie movie, they couldn’t be more wrong....
‘Rick and Morty’ Team Gives Update on Recasting Process Following Justin Roiland’s Dismissal (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets (apnews.com)
A nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been threatened with a lawsuit by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens (www.wired.com)
Wired (archive.is/gsJ7I)
CAPTCHA presented me with an ethical dilemma (lemmy.world)
Democrats introduce bill to eliminate student loan interest for current borrowers (thehill.com)
Let's drive over a rickety bridge when the river is too high (i.gifer.com)
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"why would i change my passwords?" (pawb.social)
A group of researchers said they have found a way to hack the hardware underpinning Tesla’s infotainment system, allowing them to get what normally would be paid upgrades — such as heated rear seats (techcrunch.com)
The researchers will present their research next week at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas....
Linux Group Shares Its First Open Dataset for Creating Real Google Maps Alternatives (lemmy.world)
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The 90s (lemmy.world)
No shooter, no injuries reported at US Capitol after 'bad call,' police say (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Police found no shooter and no one injured after reports of a possible active shooter in the U.S. Capitol complex on Wednesday after a possible “bad call,” Washington Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Hugh Carew said....
Yes. (lemmy.world)
That party is less evil (lemmus.org)
Children are now illegal (lemmy.world)
Mark Zuckerberg says he is ‘ready to fight’ Elon Musk (nypost.com)
Christ have arrived! (i.imgur.com)
what if rule 😳 (lemmy.world)
radical rule (lemm.ee)
don’t rule (i.imgur.com)
Stacked Lightning (programming.dev)
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Kitten for scale. (mander.xyz)
This is from a real paper....
cozy in bed (lemmy.world)
This is Peanut. He is 16 and feeling very cozy