posted a very verbose thread regarding my views on AI art over on twitter, tl;dr is “i’m not going to pretend this isn’t some of the coolest shit i’ve seen in a long time BUT this also sucks in so many ways ethics-wise and i’m not touching it until we figure some things out”
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'why are actors striking aren't they all millionaires' here's a paywall free link to an article that mentions how most of the cast of one of netflix's biggest shows had day jobs bc they couldn't afford rent
remember that actors are usually not well off at all. forget the big screen famous guys, they're the very few ones. this strike is for all the other ones, that deserve to have a livable paycheck for their job.
And a note to say that, had Orange is the New Black been on a not-streaming network which paid them residuals each time they screened the show the actors would have done fine or better than fine.
At the start of streaming rules were agreed to let these beginning ways of putting out stories over the web succeed and get established, and letting them not pay actors and writers traditional style residuals was part of what was agreed. They got established. They succeeded. The actors and the writers took the hit.
Streaming actors get screwed ten ways to Sunday. I'm still a part of the Union of BC Performers because I did work when I was young, and for a movie I was in when I was FIVE YEARS OLD, for around 30 SECONDS, in a movie that did poorly, I make more money in residuals than any of the leading actors in OITNB do for all of their hard work as adult professionals. It's sick, quite frankly, and I for one can't wait for the WGA and SAG to land lucrative contracts. There's no way in hell I should get more on my quarterly checks than the talent who worked on a show like that. By the way, once my movie hit Netflix in about 2012, my checks got slashed in half.
Knight Terrors: Superman #1 - "Man of Screams!" (2023)
written by Joshua Williamson
art by Tom Reilly & Nathan Fairbairn
Ruby Bridges is 68. This is not ancient history. Not even close.
I know Ruby. She's a really nice person. The idea that they would try and write what she did as a girl out of history is shocking to me on so many levels, the simplest of which is just, but don't they know how lovely she is?
68 is not that old. She’s only been getting social security for three years.
Here she is.
I wonder how loudly Conservatives would scream if she were interviewed today.
Hellsite citizens! Tumblr is in the lurch, so to celebrate that, we're going to do what we do best – make a holiday out of it! Blast off in ten days! 🦀🦀🦀
When: June 29th. Or after – Crab Day is a state of mind.
How: Buy your buddies or drive-by besties a crab invasion from the Tumblr shop!
Why: to let @staff know we're still kicking it!
Follow @crab-day-counter to mark your days!
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Tales of the Titans #1 - "Starfire: Alien Princess" (2023)
written by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale
art by Javier Rodriguez
when your art program’s closing message hits you straight in the heart and makes you stop and contemplate the state of it all
This is sickkkkk