vidyarrrr
@vidyarajan.bsky.social
screenwriter/comedian/ performance art goblin based in aust 🌈 often at the intersection of art and tech but like non yuck version 💀 insta: @vidyarrrr
The fight against fascism is also a fight for a shared sense of reality. We see demagogues twisting the facts and blatantly lying, while legacy media are keen to present every story as a matter of conflicting interpretations. With social media drowning in #AIslop, this is only going to get worse 1/
this is what synthetic media (deep fakes etc.) was always about -- the main danger isn't that it will fool everyone, but that it gives those who are already inclined to a certain viewpoint, consciously or not, the fire they need to deny reality
One of the things that genuinely shocked me as I read through surveillance logs for the police is how much of their energy and attention is dedicated to shutting down vigils and other ceremonies of remembrance.
Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 7mo agoAnyway ICE was filmed desecrating Renee Nicole Good’s memorial & doing violence to people who found that distasteful. Might be too soon to say if this falls into some kind of pattern of behavior if you’re the stupidest motherfucker on earth.
Bravo to the writers already pulling out of Writers' Week! I think any show associated with the broader Adelaide Festival should also reconsider their participation in the line-up. Let's not split hairs, it's the AF Board who have done this. They should feel the boycott across the Festival.
Nick Feik@nickfeik.bsky.social · 7mo agoThis is just the start of the backlash
everyday i feel like i'm fumbling in the dark for the factory reset button of this global timeline
sorry tht i pulsed weird frequencies into the Mariana trench awakening a great terror of the aquatic deep... i was bored..
sorry tht i pulsed weird frequencies into the Mariana trench awakening a great terror of the aquatic deep... i was bored..
truly believe if one these hacks off ch 7 were exposed to one hour of translated internal political discourse from anywhere in south asia they would ask chat gpt swipe their minds and vore them whole.
Amazing how the NYT obituary for Robert Wilson doesn't mention his 1995 installation work H.G., which is not only credited with spurring the use of "immersive" in relation to art/theatre but also directly inspired Punchdrunk's style of theatre.
Robert Wilson, Provocative Playwright and Director, Is Dead at 83
nytimes.com
what is an Australian journalist? have u seen one in the flesh? my aunt said there used to be many when she was younger but hard to trust when u haven't seen with ur own eyes. hard to imagine such a thing ever rly walked the earth. nature is so amazing.
Wow if Zohran can do that, maybe I, a fellow Millennial, can also run for office (immediately has emotional breakdown attempting to organize a potluck)
STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.” Nailed it.
Some of the high quality content Zuckerberg’s platform is algorithmically shoveling into the brains of American consumers. This story is 100% made up, in case that wasn’t obvious.
This is simply untenable. There is no way forward with media and political classes captured by the right. Every time someone commits a crime you have to pray it's not an undesirable or it's purge time, then when it turns out to be themselves again they just shrug and wait for the next one.
every time I see a notable media person say something odd about the notable person who was killed this week, I remember how working at CJR taught me many white journalists find it easier to sympathize and empathize with right wing individuals than non-white journalists they actually work with
I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.
The reporting on Charlie Kirk’s killer in the UK & US highlights again how fundamentally ill equipped mainstream media is to report on political violence in the digital age. They do not know anything about online far right meme culture & it’s starting to do real harm. #r4today
More straight-up censorship. Children’s hospital staff can’t talk about the dangers of war to children because …“safety”.
Hospital's children in war event cancelled amid safety fears
Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital says a symposium on the effect of war on children has been cancelled due to safety fears, but some doctors say pressure from a group opposing antisemitism is to b...
abc.net.au
Entergy CEO: We're giving up on our 2030 climate goals. But we're still hopeful for 2050 because Meta will do... something. Magic maybe? www.nola.com/news/busines...
The mask offness of these last few years we are living thru a terror era
may@maysuser.name · 11mo agocharlie kirk has received infinitely more sympathy and support from liberals than every single trans person, immigrant, and palestinian combined
