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Twitch is disbanding its Safety Advisory Council and will replace it with streamers (www.theverge.com)
The streaming platform will terminate the contracts of the current members and replace them with Twitch Ambassadors.
We wish you a merry notification bell (sh.itjust.works)
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Log Off: Why Posting And Politics (Almost) Never Mix [Excerpt from the new book by Katherine Cross] (aftermath.site)
‘There are positive possibilities for what the internet can look like if we get over the myth of social media’s indispensability’
How AI is changing video game development forever (www.eurogamer.net)
AI NPCs. AI scriptwriting. AI voice acting. AI artwork. AI creation tools. Yes, AI is everywhere in game development. I…
Hrad Bouzov Castle, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic (files.ohai.social)
Taken from @Archaeo:...
Meta’s new AI council is composed entirely of white men (techcrunch.com)
Meanwhile, women and people of color are disproportionately impacted by irresponsible AI.
Why People Don’t Catch The Politics In Their Favorite Games (aftermath.site)
“There’s something very intentional about consuming or framing these works as entertainment rather than as art”
The love and loss behind "Pine Hearts", a cosy camping Metroidvania (www.eurogamer.net)
“When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.”
On Elon's whim, X now treats 'cisgender' as a slur (techcrunch.com)
If you write the words “cis” or “cisgender” on X, you might be served this full-screen message: "This post contains language that may be considered a slur
The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel [Video essay by Jenny Nicholson] (www.youtube.com)
As Jenny Nicholson’s video essays usually are, it is rather light on politics (in comparison to other stuff posted on Ghazi), but this video is perhaps a near-perfect showcase of out-of-touch executives bungling what should have been a easy success.
“Queering” Heteronormativity: Biological essentialism in genderbending manga - Anime Feminist (www.animefeminist.com)
The framework of “[cis character] must pretend to be [“opposite” gender] before restoring their [femininity or masculinity]” invites biological determinism by making the plot’s stakes dependent on the successful concealment of the main character’s “true” (here, meaning “assigned-at-birth”) gender. The idea of...
X is the worst social media app for LGBTQ+ people, says new report (www.lgbtqnation.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15702267
How Kid Rock Went From America's Favorite Hard-Partying Rock Star to a MAGA Mouthpiece (www.rollingstone.com)
Kid Rock, a.k.a. Bob Ritchie, used to bring together rock, country, and hip-hop fans with his eclectic music. Now his MAGA politics are dividing fans.
The Avalanche Guide To Insurrection (aftermath.site)
Final Fantasy VII taught me that militant resistance is sometimes not only necessary, but morally correct
Long-time Staffers At RPS, GamesIndustry.biz, VG247 Surprised By Layoffs As IGN Buys Network (aftermath.site)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/12899518
I Debunked Evolutionary Psychology [Video essay by Münecat] (www.youtube.com)
Well to give you a basic rundown… men’s existence is to be guy being dude (and spin block in head), women’s existence is to manipulate guy being dude (and remember olive oil), gay and trans people’s existence is to confuse evolutionary psychologists, David Buss’s student surveys are totally accurate, hypergamy has...
"Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Switch" reaffirms Vivian is trans in its English localization (www.destructoid.com)
The updated script clarifies the original English localization.
Scarlett Johansson says she is 'shocked, angered' over new ChatGPT voice (www.npr.org)
Let’s Not Pretend We’re Mad the New Assassin's Creed Shadows Samurai Isn’t Asian (www.ign.com)
The Most Misunderstood Philosopher in the World [Video essay about Judith Butler by Philosophy Tube] (www.youtube.com)
J. K. Rowling Is Officially Too Toxic to Defend (www.assignedmedia.org)
Elon Musk, Jonathan Chait, and Debbie Hayton are among the diverse figures distancing themselves from Rowling’s increasingly open hostility to trans women.
Patriarchy According to The Barbie Movie (Video essay by Pop Culture Detective) (www.youtube.com)
Revisiting "Days Gone" After Five More Years of American Decline (www.pastemagazine.com)
Castle of Jouillat, Creuse, France (upload.wikimedia.org)
The French Wikipedia article about the castle