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‘Unprecedented Gains’ Achieved In Tentative Deal Between Hollywood Directors And Studios
Avnet said the negotiations made advances on wages, streaming residuals, and creative rights while ensuring artificial intelligence would not replace the duties performed by the DGA’s 19,000 union members.
Although some “highlights” are included in the press release, DGA officials said they would release further details of the tentative agreement after submission to the Guild’s National Board for approval at a meeting scheduled for June 6.
The announcement comes about a month after Hollywood writers represented by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike when union officials failed to reach an agreement with Walt Disney Co., Netflix Inc., and other media companies while seeking higher wages and limits on the use of artificial intelligence.
Amid a shift to streaming services and dropping profits in cinema as well as television, WGA officials have cited the advent of artificial intelligence as a possible mechanism to increase work capacity for screenwriters, a phenomenon which could enable studios to decrease their headcounts and lead to calls from the union to regulate material produced with the technology.
7 sci-fi books that seem to predict the future
Science fiction authors and, by extension, their work are often ahead of their time. Intentional or not, when satirizing or commenting on their society, sci-fi books often make eerily accurate predictions about technological advancements and societal changes that have since become a reality. These are some prescient sci-fi books that accurately predict the future.
"The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick (1956)
This 1956 novella was turned into a film, 2002's "Minority Report," and TV series. The story takes place in a future where technology helps the police arrest criminals before they ever commit a crime. The book anticipates increased police surveillance and profiling nearly half a century later. Now that we have "algorithms trying to predict people's habits, increased surveillance technology, and even iris and retinal scans," Book Riot said Dick's novella "seems more prescient than ever." Order here."Neuromancer" by William Gibson (1984)
Gibson is credited with coining the word cyberspace in his short story "Burning Chrome." He defines it as "widespread, interconnected digital technology," similar to today's internet. He popularized the concept with his first novel, "Neuromancer," which Insider calls a "futuristic crime caper" that follows a hacker and cyber thief who regains the ability to "jack in" to cyberspace with a miracle cure. The cyberpunk novel is regarded as a predecessor for stories like "The Matrix." Gibson's interpretation of an interactive virtual world is reminiscent of augmented reality, like the technology behind AR headsets today. Order here."1984" by George Orwell (1949)
This classic dystopian novel is not the first sci-fi book to be called prophetic, but it has arguably been one of the most impactful in the real world. Concepts like Big Brother, doublethink and the thought police were born from Orwell's imagined futuristic society ruled by an oppressive government. The book touches on increasingly relevant themes, such as mass surveillance, censorship and propaganda. Set in a dystopian society nearly four decades after World War II, it serves as a warning of the dangers of totalitarianism. Facial recognition technology, like the kind behind the telescreens Orwell imagines, has been central to contemporary debates about pervasive surveillance. Order here.
Book banning breaks the stupidity barrier in Utah
Last week, Utah’s Davis School District, located north of Salt Lake City, banned the Holy Bible from middle and elementary school libraries. They are currently considering a motion to similarly ban the Book of Mormon. Yesterday, the district was flooded with outraged parents and Republican lawmakers carrying Bibles and demanding that the district reverse course. The district’s decision had supposedly been made under a law passed in Utah two years ago allowing for the review and removal of reading material containing “sensitive” or pornographic content. Critics argue that the move was made out of spite and that the Bible does not qualify for such a review under the state statute. (AP)
Blue Jays Cut Pitcher Who Apologized For Sharing Video On Bud Light, Target Boycotts
“There’s a myriad of variables,” Atkins said. “Performance is usually the driving one and performance was a large aspect of this decision. Distraction was a small part of it and something we had to factor in.”
“We’re trying to build the best possible team we can build,” Atkins said. “This was a baseball decision to make our team better.”
Bass did not comment on the video he shared, but later released an apology where he said he was sorry for the “hurtful video.”
“I recognize yesterday I made a post that was hurtful to the Pride community, which includes friends of mine and close family members of mine. And I am truly sorry for that,” he said in a video put out by the team.
Conservatives Are Winning the Culture War Over Transgender Ideology, and the Numbers Will Surprise You
With all the chaos that has permeated the cultural arena over the last decade or so, it’s easy for conservatives to get discouraged. Things have truly gone off the rails, with a level of depravity that was once thought to be unthinkable becoming mainstream.
At the forefront of that has been the battle over transgender ideology. Children are being pumped full of puberty blockers, and in some cases, being physically mutilated by surgeries, all under the ridiculous guise of “transitioning.” Nothing is sacred for the far-left, not even the health and well-being of children.
Yet, amidst all the darkness, there is hope peaking through. According to a new poll from Gallup, attitudes about transgenderism as a concept and a practical matter are shifting back toward sanity.
It’s a common complaint that Gen Z doesn’t know how to do certain things that older adults might consider basic life tasks. But after one comedian complained about Gen Z’s lack of adulting skills, a real-life Gen Zer responded in the most Gen Z way possible: through TikTok.
Comedy TikTok account JD Roninstone (@jd.roninstone) posted a TikTok featuring a comedian listing off a litany of things Gen Z can’t do — like write a check, address an envelope, read cursive or interpret a paper map.
“All I’m saying is that if Gen Z takes over the world, it’s going to be pretty easy to get it back,” the comedian says into the mic as the crowd in front of her laughs.
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Comedy TikTok account JD Roninstone (@jd.roninstone) posted a TikTok featuring a comedian listing off a litany of things Gen Z can’t do — like write a check, address an envelope, read cursive or interpret a paper map.
“All I’m saying is that if Gen Z takes over the world, it’s going to be pretty easy to get it back,” the comedian says into the mic as the crowd in front of her laughs.
TikToker has the perfect response to comedian’s scathing Gen Z routine: ‘Whose fault is it they don’t know?’
"Gen Z doesn't know how to write a check. They don't know how to address an envelope. They don't know how to read cursive."
Home Depot worker splits the internet after posting selfie where she claims she's 'too pretty' to work at the store
- Ariana Josephine tweeted out of a photo of her in her Home Depot uniform claiming she is frequently reminded she is 'too pretty' to work there
- The tweet soon went viral, with 'Home Depot' trending on Twitter for days
- Many of the responses were positive, but several Twitter users blasted Josephine for her views about working
Shortly after Josephine posted the photo of her donning her work uniform, several other women started posting photos of themselves in their Home Depot aprons, claiming to be fellow employees.
One even said she was a corporate employee.
Others commented on Josephine's post asking about the salary and benefits at the Home Depot, while others still agreed with Josephine — including Vashaun Blanks, who wrote: 'I wouldn't go to Lowe's no more.'
Another user, Adam Beezee, posted a meme of someone looking at the results of a lie detector test saying 'No lies detected.'
Sonny Blaze, however, said that 'any girl with this mindset is a serious [red flag].'
yeah this is India, but this woke crap is world wide
A McDonald's ad in India showing a man flirting with a female cashier has sparked outrage online: 'This is outrageous and disgusting beyond words'
Star Wars Outlaws’ Backlash Proves We Need More Women Protagonists
Ubisoft’s open-world Star Wars game is one of the most hyped titles to come out of Summer Game Fest 2023, with its GTA-eqsue gameplay intriguing players, its sexy droid turning them on, and its woman protagonist making chuds very, very angry.
After Star Wars Outlaws was revealed during the Ubisoft Showcase, some Gamergate-adjacent gamers took issue with its protagonist: a woman of color named Kay Vess, portrayed by Venezuelan-born actor Humberly González. Some begged Ubisoft to let them switch to a male character, as they’ve waited years for an open-world Star Wars game and couldn’t bear the thought of navigating through it as a woman. Others lamented the lack of lightsabers and men, and said “no thanks” to the concept of anything else.
Meanwhile, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is right there, brand-new and playable and featuring a male protagonist. But Kay Vess represents a much larger issue within gaming and the Star Wars universe, and her role is a crucial one.
The New York Post’s Page 6 ran a flip-floppy story this week headlined, “Demi Lovato ‘Got Tired’ Of Using ‘They/Them’ Pronouns: ‘It Was Absolutely Exhausting’.”
It’s a silly article and it’s not really news, because who cares, but let’s look at it anyway. Back in May 2021, singer/celebrity Lovato, 30, bravely “came out” as “gender non-binary,” whatever that is. The article is packed with mushy nonsense, like Lovato’s 2021 explanation of her own unique gender situation: “I face this every day. For example, in public toilets. Having to access the women’s bathroom, even though I don’t completely identify with it.”
She doesn’t identify with the women’s bathroom? Whatever. I’m not even TRYING to understand that.
Anyway, now, in 2023, Lovato is telling us all about how she’s bravely switching BACK to gender BINARY, dropping the ‘-non.’ She’s a proper woman again now. She explained that her sudden and unexpected exit from the alphabet army was everyone else’s fault: “I constantly had to educate people and explain why I identified with those pronouns. It was absolutely exhausting,” she whined.
It could be that. Or, it could have something to do with this story from a couple months ago in March:
Love always finds a way! Maybe Mr. Lutes prefers dating a woman over dating a genderless thing.
There’s much we could discuss about this cretinous story, like how they expect the rest of us to take this shilly-shallying identity theory nonsense seriously, when it is evident to the meanest intelligence that all these new identities are just a way of normalizing atypical sexual behaviors by slapping fancy-sounding, multi-syllabic, mind-numbing labels on them.
(As an aside, I have a sneaking suspicion that people whose Myers-Briggs personality indexes end in ‘-FS’ are particularly susceptible to gender politics, but I haven’t developed the theory yet. Any help welcome.)
Anyway, let’s move on to even more atypical sexual behaviors, combined with ANOTHER story about higher education’s nexus with social taboos.
☕️ STEAM ☙ Friday, June 16, 2023 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠
Tucker's 4th Twitter episode; gender bender bends back; even more atrocious higher education shenanigans; another conspiracy theory proved; Hersh Proxy War analysis, Joe's water train; and more.
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I can proudly say I've never taken a Myers-Briggs test.