How Google’s Ad Business Funds Disinformation — ProPublica
Why am I not surprised? There’s big money in the fear of loss of power of all of the world’s dominant cultures. In the class war, siding with the established order is profitable. At least it is in the short term. They need to remember that every time an authoritarian gains power, they neutralize and…
Lessons From the Catastrophic Failure of the Metaverse | The Nation
The sheer scale of the hype inflation came to light in May. In the same article, Insider revealed that Decentraland, arguably the largest and most relevant Metaverse platform, had only 38 active daily users. The Guardian reported that one of the features designed to reward users in Meta’s flagship product Horizon Worlds produced no more…
Marsha Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and the history of Pride Month | Smithsonian Institution
Together, Rivera and Johnson started STAR House for LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness, with a focus on supporting people of color.In 1973, when the New York City Pride march organizers banned drag queens (including Johnson) from participating, she and Rivera marched ahead of the parade. Source: Marsha Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and the history of Pride Month…
Just Hanging out and maybe drawing idk – Twitch Live Stream
Transgender Pakistanis: The Open Secret | Real Stories
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvehhXaFh8U&ab_channel=RealStories[/embed] Transgender Pakistanis: The Open Secret | Real Stories Flamboyant, colourful and eccentric, many among Pakistan’s marginalised transgender community scrape a living through dancing, singing and begging on the streets of the country’s economic capital, Karachi. Many others, though, earn money catering for the sexual needs of local men in the city’s seedier districts. Investigating…
