After I read that it's an independent production I RAN to grab my card.
An independent production means that the majority of this money will go DIRECTLY to Shirahama sensei.
Did you know that mangaka only get 10% on domestic sales & 3% on international sales? #WitchHatAtelier
The Pope is a great example of the idea that cruelty is actually dumb and that kindness and openness come from intelligence. A great juxtaposition to the (techno)fascists of our time. It takes a mind to create a better world, it takes zero to destroy it.
Everyone please note the downfall of Twitter’s functionality began when the peppy cheery “project managers” were ALL laid off, and ONLY the autist engineers were left.
Understand you need those ““project managers”” to perform the Herculean cat-herding task of getting autists to actually DO anything. Left to their own devices, autists will sit around, do nothing but count train and squabble. You all laughed, but who’s laughing now?
“In practice, however, technology is never neutral, because it takes on the characteristics of those who devise it, finance it, regulate it and use it.”
THANK YOU POPE LEO FOR SAYING THIS.
Time for the “technology is a tool with no inherent moral position” idea to die!
“Public opinion is gradually being shaped and conditioned by polarizing media narratives, which are often amplified by algorithms that prioritize conflict and confrontation.” -Pope Leo
The pope just exposed the entire grifting social media influencer class
Chinese Supreme Court publishes document officially including sexual orientation, gender identity & expression as protected by the law from discrimination. 🇨🇳⚖️