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This has kind of already happened to Donald Faison.
The massively popular game Fortnite copied the choreography he improvised for the Poison dance from his show Scrubs without his consent and never gave him a dime!
He’s not wrong to be concerned about AI.
Donald Faison says “I don’t wanna die & then all of a sudden still be in movies & my family not seeing that money.”
“I don’t want my likeness to be people saying things for me that I probably wouldn’t want to say.”
(Source: )
SO IT TURNS OUT SHE WAS NEVER EVEN FROM SPAIN- SHE WAS FROM BOSTON THE WHOLE TIME. LIKE MAYBE SHE SPENT SOME TIME IN SPAIN GROWING UP BUT THAT DOESNT MAKE YOU SPANISH, YOU KNOW? SHE PRETENDED SHE DIDNT KNOW THE WORD FOR CUCUMBER, BUT SHE KNOWS WHAT A CUCUMBER IS!
marjorie taylor green wearing a fake fur and screaming "liar" at the state of the union is classic second season Housewife doing a rehearsed read to try to stay on the show!
Re: Gabrielle Union
We REALLY need to address the cottage industry of blogs and IG pages that employee an engagement strategy of taking a quote about a Black woman, stripping it of nuance / context, and cashing in on clicks. They're profiting from misogynoir and transphobia.
It’s tempting to reply to people like Megyn, but remember! They’re grifters trying to get relevant by insulting successful Black women public figures like
@naomiosaka
&
@nhannahjones
. Fomenting outrage for their racist audience is all they have. Dont help them by playing into it
@CharlieisLETHAL
I watch everything with captions on and I think if everyone tried it and gave it time to get used to it, they would too.
You can barely hear what they’re saying half the time! I want to understand the movie as it’s happening.
Bernie Mac died of sarcadosis, a disease that most severely impacts Black folks. My own father battles it every day.
There's a wing of
@UIHealth
called the Bernie Mac STAR Center in his honor to fight this terrible disease.
You can donate here:
Nah Bernie Mac used to build his jokes up like Tetris. What a genius. A legend. Now we ran short of real comedians like Katt Williams, we get short jokes from the likes of Kevin Hart.
#MoviesWithDME
the last few days wrt to keke palmer and jonah hill have made clear a lot of folk are out here vibing with some really unhealthy relationship dynamics! I promise you, the person for you loves the way you shine and doesnt want you to see dim it for anything, least of all for them
Since we're pointing out the hypocrisy of Ashton Kutcher running an org to "save kids from trafficking" while also writing a letter in support of his convicted rapist friend Danny Masterson, can we also add that his anti-trafficking org is also harmful?
I hope Desus and Mero are both doing ok! Many years of cranking out a show or a podcast as a creative partnership is a lot of pressure and work (work work and emotional work!) No show is worth your peace of mind. Don’t forget there are humans behind the content we love to consume
@GAFollowers
This is legitimately beautifully filmed. When the camera leaves the building and shows the line of others filming on the phones - its like the final shot of Aftersun.
I love how if you make even the most vague lowkey criticism about Elon Musk, Dave Chapelle or Joe Rogan on Twitter, it will summon a A Certain Kind of Man to your mentions to defend them like a siren's song.
I am feeling some type of way that Facebook used Octavia Butler in their announcement today. I
imagine they would have needed to get permission from her estate to use her likeness, but it's still so gross to me.
Did you know that you can buy a mechanical arm to hold your Kindle, pair it with a bluetooth remote page turner, and read while you're tucked into your bed without having to ever move your arms ?!
@KimKardashian
What about that fan who was paralyzed at his show? If Travis cares about his fans so much, why isn’t Travis taking care of him, instead of allowing his lawyers to argue that his fans voluntarily accept risk when they go to see Travis in concert?
I hate that it's a winning strategy but they do it bc it works. There are folks who will always hate Gabrielle Union bc she's an outspoken Black women who is vocally supportive of a trans child. They'll gleefully support any Internet Hate Machine trying to take her down a peg
I can't really explain how much this bums me out.
Therapy apps like BetterHelp have been call out for their sketchy, not-really regulated policies around privacy and data. This "partnership" is just offering up these young people to be further mined and exploited for money.
@letsgoayo
@ItsTheBrandi
I hate how the ending of his show is framed as him taking some big principled moral stance Rather than seeing him as someone with a bad habit for aligning himself with all the wrong shit and not realizing it until after the fact? Like, it’s a clear pattern with him
@black_dynimite
@PinkYetiCup
That is so sad to me. Why have kids if being around for them isn’t a priority? Why not stay single and child free if that’s how he feels?
Black creativity has always made social media what it is and Twitter is no exception.
It's now owned by Elon Musk, someone whose staffers say was so repulsed by the sight of their Black faces, they had to physically hide when he visited the workplace
@Preacher_Lesha
Maybe she’s sad and lonely because her daughter puts her personal business on a website for strangers to judge and gawk at. Hope she doesn’t have Twitter to read about how pathetic and desperate you think she is
This is horrifying.
I am glad
@CriSSyMcLovin
is pursing legal action against Depp supporters who are harassing her and her family for no reason other than the fact that she's a Black woman with natural hair.
@iamlexstylz
Robyn is describing a mental health situation that sounds near debilitating and the only thing Juan can say is he doesn't find it attractive? I hate this for her.
Kehlani is such an icon and is 100% correct.
Grifters like Christian Walker pull stunts like this to get big reactions on the internet because they personally profit from it. Good on Kehlani for calling it for what it is out and not taking his bait!
@lifewlizzy
@gracetrevi24
@Ashmelym
@JanthonyOlivera
@trvisXX
Travis and production have the power. I worked at a music festival and I just cant imagine a scenario where this camera guy isn't walkied and can't get in contact with the crew members to tell him to stop after someone says "people are dying."
I consider my time teaching at Howard to be my life's greatest work
But keeping it 💯, it also meant teaching in cold classrooms w/ broken windows, not enough chairs and buying my own chalk. And Bisons really do deserve better.
Showing so much solidarity with
#BlackburnTakeover
I was recently on a Zoom w/ 400+ folks. During the call, several agitators started insulting the speakers using racial slurs, obviously a coordinated agitation
It occurred to me that robust digital security isnt just a "nice to have," it's key for racial justice and solidarity
Nevermind that Osaka explained how doing post game press right after an intense game is VERY DIFFERENT than a magazine cover story. Megyn obviously already knows this! It's never about some legit quibble or position. It's always been about demonizing a Black woman for clout.
@depre33edkid
@KimberlyNFoster
of course nobody will ever stan me. Why would they? Why would that be something a normal person would want in their life? Like, think about the origin of the term "Stan." It's from the Eminem song where Stan the fan's love of Eminem is not healthy or happy (he dies by suicide!)
investing in traditionally marginalized talent is always good, but inviting marginalized creators to your platform because you fucked up makes it seem like spotlighting our voices is a punishment, rather than an honor.
Marginalized creators don't exist to clean up your PR mess.
@melico24
@DBrodyReports
I'm in DC and it really is not that bad (even by DC standards.)
He's just being a child who wants something to complain about or he is can't drive proficiently in the mildest of inclement weather or both.
while we're talking about that one comedian's lil Netflix special, let's also recall that he currently has a podcast produced by a man who was kicked off twitter after we all watched him wage a months long harassment campaign against a Black woman not too long ago!
Tweeting for visibility! On Tuesday, I’m having two lime sized fibroids taken out of my uterus. I’ll be out of commission for at least a week, maybe longer. Yes, I’m very freaked out about it!!!! But I have a good support system.
@WrittenByHanna
I'll never forget when she wore a jumpsuit hiking and a bunch of magazines called it "the new hiking uniform" as if hiking doesnt involve having the pee outside/in porta potty/ in a hole in which case wearing a jumpsuit would be Very Not Ideal! They just say anything !
@ellieq
people who drink black coffee don't actually like it like that, they're just trying to look grown up.
Like, oh yeah, drink a cup of black coffee while eating a grapefruit and reading the Economist - sounds like a very fun time!!!! 🙄
re: Justin Roiland
CAN WE PLEASE STOP ELEVATING HORRIBLE ABUSIVE MEN, CALLING THEM "A GENIUS," AND THEN JUST LETTING THEM BEHAVE LIKE THIS FROM POSITIONS OF POWER AND ACTING SURPRISED WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK OUT THAT WELL?
I implore media folks to not write this up as a "feud" or anything that suggests this is a "both sides."
Osaka doing what's best for her health. There aren't "two sides" to it. Megyn Kelly's opinion about what someone else is doing does not need to enter the equation.
.
@indiaarie
makes such a great point that
@abbieasr
and I get into on the most recent episode of the pod
It's great folks are pushing back on Rogan's COVID misinfo, but we should sit with the fact that Rogan's history of racism and transphobia didnt generate the same response.
Look at this BS framing!
"VP has long ""felt"" Bluetooth headphones are a security risk. The KNOWN risk w/ Bluetooth and security are easily revealed in simple Google search!
The framing that VP is a paranoid diva flies in the face of we already know about Bluetooth
NEW: Kamala Harris has long felt that Bluetooth headphones are a security risk.
So, she insists on using wired ones, 3 fmr campaign aides told
@rubycramer
and me.
That Bluetooth phobia remains (if you look closely, you'll see the clump of wires in hand)
@SergeiX
@hoile_isiah
@GeorgeGammon
Yes! Bring back the good old days of a frightened and traumatized teenaged girl feeling pressured into being photographed topless pressed up against a violent adult man for George’s amusement! That is definitely a MUCH healthier image than just two normal bodies existing.
Appreciate the this reporting, but Black women have been saying this forever and it feels like it’s only treated as “news” when white people say the same thing, only later. It’s really frustrating.
EXCLUSIVE: FB knew its hate speech algorithms disproportionately harmed Blacks and other minorities - but kept that info from its own civil rights auditor, new docs show. At one point 90% of autodeletions were comments attacking whites and men.
Therapists have also spoken out about how exploitative BetterHelp. So after AstroWorld attendees were exploited for profit,they're being turned to a platform that exploits both their privacy and data for profit AND exploits the therapists using the platform (
@HelloTherapyDen
)
@Dwade2008
do a little more digging. I have an entire 10 episode podcast about what a problem it is. I dont know how I wouldve had enough content to fill 10 episodes if it wasnt an actual issue
I don't think we truly have any idea how bad this is. The digital surveillance network that is about to be weaponized against people who need abortions and those who help them is so vast. We are not prepared.
@ztsamudzi
it also furthers race-based disinfo campaigns. A good example is this argument where Black women flipped a table at a kid's party. They were described as "BLM" but the altercation had nothing to do with BLM, it was just a dispute between neighbors
See! Megyn pretty much admits it here.
Her whole energy is very much first season Housewife creating weird fights for no reason in a sad attempt to get recast next season. It's very desperate and transparent and even Aviva on RHONY did it better.
We have an entire media and internet ecosystem built around attacking and demonizing Black women. It's a currency.
Until we really contend with the misogynoir at the core of these spaces, we'll never get anywhere.
@BlacksForYang
@Carnage4Life
Like even if he sucked and did no work (which obviously it sounds like that isn’t the case) he would still be an employee until he’s terminated. Elon asking “what did you do at Twitter?” Could just be answered with “I signed an offer of employment.”
We have the money to solve basically any social problem that exists but we won’t because we don’t want to.
The rules are all made up and nothing matters.
@mehdirhasan
Also an Italian friend once told me that the literal translation of the way they use this idiom in Italian is “you want your full bottle of wine, but also your wife drunk.” which is much more logical
Some of y'all championing Simone on Twitter should really be using this moment to think deeply about the way you see and treat the Black women in your life.
Do you make space for us to show up with vulnerability? Do you see us as not needing protection because we're "strong?"
@DJ1916_
@introvertedwife
Thank you. Just no race analysis here. She may as well come out and say she is talking about white ladies and white ladies only because that’s as far as her analysis has taken her on this critique of patriarchy
@mehdirhasan
This is how they caught the unabomber!
He refused to use the phrase as is and always modified it to make more sense. Then he used it in the letter the police published and his brother was like “I know someone who hates the government and also phrases the idiom like that!”
@CreepyCoolPics
@bsmitty72
@JamesGunn
Actually, they’re making it illegal to own or stream the original version of the film. They’re doing sweeps of peoples homes and if you’re caught with a copy they seize it and you’re put on a watch list :(
We really need to address misinformation in podcasting. It’s not just Joe Rogan telling people young men not to get vaccinated, it’s women telling other women to “trust their mom intuition” that bathing children is dangerous because water has chemicals in it. Absolute garbage.
@jonahzsa
@YCP4EVRRR
I totally agree. We carry so many pathologies around our hair. I just don’t think it’s healthy. I wish we could just shrug all of it off and do whatever we want without it needing to be so serious all the time. It’s just hair!