Experts suggest AI is a convenient excuse for tech companies needing to make layoffs.

New: Byron Allen is acquiring a majority stake in BuzzFeed, and he will soon become chairman and CEO:

Airline fares have gone up 20.7% from this time last year, according to the latest government data.

Texas sues Netflix for advertising ‘bait and switch’ and spying

HEY did you read this yet?

@aemccarthy.bsky.social writes about the decline of the American sports bar, and how two very disparate forces — women's sports, and gambling — are shaping its future. Also shared by our friends at @defector.com

Arcade Adventures is a celebration of the hallowed halls, hardware and software that established the titanic gaming culture we know and love today! Journey through the cabinets that pushed boundaries and introduced immersive new trends. harpercollins.co.uk/products/arc...

Criterion Closet, except it's me in an actual closet full of white T-shirts I've worn from various brands across my entire lifespan

I know we get inured to stuff, but it is hard to fathom the cruelty here. At a time of tax cuts for the most powerful, they are trying to remove basic supports for the most vulnerable. The Trump administration's war on people with disabilities continues.

The Houston rapper is being used as a punching bag online — in another moment where she’s already vulnerable.

Lil B

good morning www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0PA...

Life is too short, so consider using your precious time on earth wisely: logging on and replying "no one cares" to every major media company's post until it's bedtime.

We’re recording an episode about 👗💅fashion games💅👗 soon so perfect time to ask for fashion advice right?? Right?? (Pls we just really love giving fashion advice) tinyurl.com/279vuzrn

bless the @mothership.blog Discord for distracting me with this today grids.fun/t/about-me-v...

which Nine Inch Nails song is this

It's Tax Day, and many Americans are refusing to pay their taxes under Trump's administration. “I can take a sternly worded [IRS] letter. That does not scare me,” one tax protester told me. “What scares me is my neighbors being taken out of their homes.” www.huffpost.com/entry/federa...

Waittt, you mean a brand headquartered in San Francisco and considered Silicon Valley-chic WASN'T sustainable? *shocked*

Breaking: Layoffs Hit Disney — 1,000 Jobs Cut as Josh D’Amaro Unveils Streamlining Push

Listen, I love rap music, but we really need to stop over intellectualizing everything on the internet oh my godddd

Updating my website (jessmorrissette.net) with recent publications and syllabi for some of my favorite courses. - Media, Culture, and Politics - Politics of the Undead - War and Popular Culture - Politics and Video Games I'm teaching that last one again this Fall. 👾

I don't know about you, but this is not what I voted for when I voted for Pope

The CEO privilege of expanding potential leisure time while still getting a fat paycheck is despicable.

so many people enjoy @mothership.blog's newsletter! which is free!!! it's FREE!!!!

This is absolutely frying me lmaoooo

i miss the venture bros

Philadelphia is a wonderland for unregulated mushrooms, @maxmmarin.bsky.social and @ryanbriggs.bsky.social report.

prehistoric lunch

I can't stop laughing at this

🚨ERIC ADAMS IS ALBANIAN🚨 albaniandailynews.com/news/former-...

When did arcades turn into mini versions of Las Vegas? They're the closest young children can engage in our society’s ever-expanding gambling complex. Games your children are certain to lose. They are scams. My latest at @crossplayblog.bsky.social www.crossplay.news/p/most-arcad...

Are there no customer-facing workspaces that DJs spare?

BREAKING: March inflation soars, confirming Iran war price shock

rise and sigh let's get this dread

The Flytrap is having a 20% off sale, so what? Well, if you subscribe, you can get immediate access to hopeful, critical, feminist writing and reporting. You don't get that anywhere else but here. Here's some of out greatest hits so far:

I know I’m too late on this but wow i have fantastic show ideas for Quibi

Please support our union’s work toward a fair contract by NOT crossing our digital picket line! That means not visiting @ProPublica.org today, April 8. (And please resume your support of @ProPublica.org all other days, we love the journalism we do!)

People are saying this is the best, most evenhanded AI video anyone has ever made. I'm hearing this more and more

Read to the end for nice little surprise - it got me to subscribe today!

Solidarity with @propublicaguild.org members on strike today. Don’t cross the digital picket line! 🚫

In @crapstacular.bsky.social's first byline on the site, environmentalist dev Kara Stone talks about creating games outside of the confines of profit, virality, and the guise of universal availability. www.mothership.blog/kara-stone-i...

If I were EIC of the world, I'd ban the use of "having a moment" from every headline.

Truly cannot believe this, I'm so proud of our whole team. If you haven't yet, subscribe, donate, tell your friends who are interested in great food writing!!! weareravenous.com

I keep getting product pitches that are like "meet the new analog trend that's taken over TikTok," and I open them up and it's like a pen and a piece of paper. Stop doing this to me.

Today, my fellow founding worker-owners and I are launching a subscription drive to @feedravenous.bsky.social. We are a group of experienced and award-winning food journalists here to publish thoughtful writing and incisive reporting from around the food world. www.weareravenous.com

Trump on Iran: We sent to some guns. They were supposed to go to the people so they could fight back against these thugs. The people we sent them to kept them. I am upset with a certain group of people and they will pay a big price.

Cannot believe we're getting a new Faces of Death movie that's apparently awesome. So much of the world is a nightmare, I will take my moments of strange hope.

Oh I am HYPE to watch this

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