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Last week, we had the news of the detention at the US/Canadian border of Welsh comic maker Becky Burke. But what about the wider implications for comic makers travelling to the US or Canada? Well, it’s not good.

What started off as a rage bait meme is now a real thing. People loud and proud claiming they voted for trump & are punk. Today we will explore this concept, looking at how historically the right wing have co-opted subcultures and why they are typically never welcomed by traditional members of these subcultures.

Satirical San Francisco billboard asks: “Has a Harrison fired you lately?”…

Joe Rogan and Theo Von, big-league hosts who elevated Trump, now playing footsie with antisemites.

Ashly Burch, the award-winning voice and performance actor behind Horizon Zero Dawn’s Aloy — one of the most prominent characters on PlayStation today — has some news and some very strong thoughts about the leaked Sony experiment that saw her character voiced and performed by AI technology instead of her or any other human being.

"It seems insane to travel to a country that has all but declared you its enemy"

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The game asks a lot of questions about work, but leaves you to find your own answers

Internal Spotify communications viewed by 404 Media show Spotify’s own employees complaining about Andrew Tate’s course being available on the platform.

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“The story of AO3 was very much trying to be a home for things that had gotten kicked out of other places”

The future of America isn’t being written in Washington—it’s being coded, traded, and hoarded by tech billionaires who see democracy as a bug, not a feature.

While some women do their best to play by the rules, others find loopholes in social customs through which they can enact a semblance of autonomy. However, doing so is extremely risky, especially for those lower on the social ladder.

Web game illicitly “wrapped in a mobile shell” climbed the paid App Store charts.

The video uses the fictional character Philomena Cunk as a starting point to discuss anti-intellectualism; where it comes from and how it is increasingly harming societies.

Sony's PlayStation Visual Arts team faces fresh cuts as the company continues reorganizing

This is the leftist talk show streamer's fifth ban

Another day, another ill-informed and irresponsible comment from an actor opposing the role of intimacy coordinators on film sets.

Warner Bros. awful mismanagement of Monolith, Rocksteady and more is a reminder that ultimately, this industry's woes come from people, not market conditions.

From his playable debut in Super Mario Bros. 2, through his surprise cameo in the original Super Smash Bros. all the the way out to…

Every day Donald Trump seems to implement yet another of the key schemes of Project 2025, despite claiming last summer that “I know nothing about Project 2025.” According to the Project 2025 Web si…

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"In the eyes of some of these men, this is a necessary act of defense against a kind of hostile feminism that they believe is out to ruin their lives," says Carl Miller, cofounder of the Center for the Analysis of Social Media and host of the podcast Kill List.