A celebrity staying quiet about politics during a time when we face growing authoritarianism just means that celebrity doesn't have courage. That's all. They don't want to lose fans.
I lost a lot of viewers when I spoke out against Trump. I don't care. It's better to use my influence to speak out against American authoritarianism, especially when so many historians have been warning Americans about its rise.
in the last two years alone republicans have removed protections from roughly 86 million acres of land to be sold for things like strip mining, fracking, etc. but these idiots still think "transgender leftists" are ruining their world
dua lipa really does shatter the imaginary belief that once someone attains a certain level of superstardom, they can’t talk about current events anymore because it’s “too complicated”
Growing up hearing “Wikipedia isn't a valid source” and then entering a workplace where people say “just ask ChatGPT” is a surprisingly strange timeline
I completely understand where you’re coming from, but for a lot of gamers physical discs are the only way they could afford to play games because they could get them secondhand. You can also give games to your younger siblings Which is a great way to introduce them to the games you were playing.
Most importantly though, as we saw from PlayStation this past week, if the media we buy is only digital, it can be taken away from us at a moment’s notice with no recourse. Imagine that, one day your entire library of games could be deleted overnight because technically you don’t own it.
What could go wrong? /s 🕳️
Read Vanishing Culture for more stories of cultural loss & what you can do to preserve digital history: https://t.co/M91NQlX7m2
what sucks is that you can still buy physical media for movies and music. you can still buy a CD for new albums! the options are still there. it's wild to just be like "no options from now on"
'THE GHOST IN THE SHELL' Director Mokochan says the new series being hand-drawn on paper is the best way to represent the original manga
"The manga is obviously hand-drawn on paper; it’s analog... And so even though what is depicted here is this cyber world, the fact that it’s been hand drawn by people is what gives it, it gives it its warmth, and its appeal, and that was something I wanted to replicate in the anime."