not to be a doomer but what do you do as an aspiring professional artist when literally every studio that has inspired you is committing ritualistic suicide on the altar of capital
Being anti-AI in a world where AI is literally everywhere is getting quite exhausting. No I don’t want to read your AI book, no I don’t want to see your AI poster, no I don’t want to see an AI photo of you with your dead grandad, GET AWAY FROM ME I AM LOSING MY MINDDDDD
> be Sony
> cancel Factions
> cancel live service Spider-Man
> force Bluepoint to make live service game
> shut them down
> aquire Bungie
> shut down Destiny 2
> Concord
"We want to revitalize the market with live service games".
What is this business strategy called?
Thierry Henry on the VAR decision that denied Iran a last-minute winner against Egypt:
🗣️ “I genuinely feel sick for the Iranian players. They believed they had written one of the greatest moments in their country's football history, only for it to be ripped away in seconds. That's a pain no footballer should experience.”
“You cannot ask players to give everything for ninety minutes and then allow a decision like this to define their World Cup. If VAR is overturning goals of this magnitude, it has to be absolutely flawless. There is no room for doubt.”
“Look at the faces of the players, look at the supporters in the stands. Those weren't just tears over a goal—they were tears over a dream that disappeared in an instant. That's what makes this so heartbreaking.”
“This isn't just about Iran anymore. Every nation at this World Cup should be worried because if a moment like this can happen on football's biggest stage, it can happen to anyone. That's a frightening thought.”
“The officials will move on to the next game, but the Iranian players and their supporters will carry this moment for the rest of their lives. Some scars in football never truly heal.”
“If that decision was wrong, then football has failed Iran. A World Cup should be remembered for unforgettable goals and heroic performances not for a controversy that leaves millions wondering what might have been.”
Wow! Iran’s game-winning goal in extra time to go through to the knockout round for the first time in the country’s history is disallowed. For the third straight game in a draw, Iran has a goal disallowed after review.
Jaxon Cover is the first player EVER from the Cayman Islands to be drafted to the NHL after being selected at #32 by the Ottawa Senators 🇰🇾
He was raised in the Cayman Islands exclusively playing roller hockey until he was 13 years old before moving to Canada.
What a story!
Christopher Nolan watched 'Star Wars' 12 times in theaters when it came out 🍿
"That, for me, was just the essence of this medium — create an entire world that you can understand and live in, that’s absolutely different from everyday life. That’s the great joy of movies"
(via @nytimes)
We need to bring back intellectual elitism. Sorry, but a virologist will always know more about vaccines than a yoga mommy blogger with a ChatGPT Plus subscription.
The swastika carved into a car on the Upper East Side is a despicable act of antisemitism. It is a hateful attack of intimidation on our Jewish neighbors and on the values that make our city what it is.
I have full confidence the NYPD, which is investigating this as a hate crime, will do everything to ensure those responsible are held accountable.
To every Jewish New Yorker: your city stands with you. We will confront acts of antisemitism wherever they appear with urgency and without exception.