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Bryan Cranston defended Anna Gunn's 'Breaking Bad' character Skyler against vitriolic fans who think she's a 'bitch.'

Trump admin reportedly gets grand jury involved in attempt to identify Redditor.

YouTube seems to think that taking music from Silent Hill 2 and putting AI vocals over it lets you claim the rights to that music

A series of misleading claims have gone viral this month, sowing fear and confusion about ICE targeting trans people, a transgender public registry, and an imminent gender-affirming healthcare ban.

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Clive Barker’s Nightbreed was butchered on release, but through a miracle it was restored back to its daring vision.

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Despite backlash from some students.

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The family is asking for help as it navigates the unthinkable

The famous lesbian comic strip satirizes politically-conscious eating with dishes that were never meant to exist--until now

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AI's impact on audio production has, of course, become a hot topic in the game music world.

Did J.K. Rowling admit she was a trans man in her 2020 essay? Is this an "open-secret" in the trans community?

Caelan Conrad analyses statements about Rowling and how her essay confirms (or doesn't) the assumption that she is a closeted trans man. Mostly because the essay's rhetoric is a calculated move to further her TERF agenda.

PinkNews, one of the largest gay news organisations, is going to move to a 'reporter free newsroom' with redundancies across its editorial team, QueerAF understands

What’s at stake is whether “protecting children” becomes a legal pretext for embedding government control over the internet to enforce specific moral and religious judgments—judgments that deny marginalized people access to speech, community, history, and truth—into law.

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Our actions and voices do make a difference! Keep AI out of games and reward original creative work.

What Hoppers gets wrong about how social change is actually achieved.

Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

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SAG-AFTRA has ordered union members not to work on Mega Man: Dual Override

The video talks about the more subtle, yet no less nefarious effects of propaganda: Rather than convincing its audience, it overwhelms the audience with falsehoods which fosters a climate of general exhaustion and apathy.

Mental health experts say identifying when someone is in need of help is the first step — and approaching them with careful compassion is the hardest, most essential part that follows.

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“Luckily, the vast majority of our devs were disgusted by the idea, and it got shot down.”…

Under payment processor pressure, 3D asset marketplace Jinxxy, known for VRChat and VTubing assets, bans adult content. The restrictions are especially strict here, with bans not only encompassing genitalia and sexual acts. Jinxxy is one in a long line of storefronts affected.

The London Police raided a citizen's home for possession of devkit consoles, including those from Microsoft (e.g. Xbox), Nintendo, and Sony. SEGA hired multiple contractors to clear out its office prior to relocating in London, with those contractors and subcontractors being tasked, we're told, with getting rid of the devkits and consoles. In at least one instance, those were taken to a scrapyard and then sold to a reseller, who arranged to sell a lot worth $82,000 USD (61,000 GBP) to the Video Game Preservation Museum. Hiring a PI firm, SEGA coordinated with Fusion 85 and London City Police to raid the home of the reseller, seizing the devkits. In an email erroneously sent to GamersNexus by a waste removal contractor, though, we learn that it may not be theft at hand, but rather, corporate negligence by SEGA or the waste contractors.

Controversial gambling platform acknowledges tragedy, but someone must win big