Lucas Ropek
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After a Year in Exile, Parler Is Back on the Web. But Why?
Parler is back, baby. After a year-long hiatus from the web, the conservative social media site has returned to the internet, and this time its new owners are promising it won’t become the radical rightwing hellscape it was when it left. Parler has been offline since last April when it was bought by a media…
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SXSW Audience Boos Sizzle Reel About the Virtues of AI
One audience proved the annual conference is not a safe space for AI.
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One of the World’s Most Extreme Horror Movie Directors Made a 19-Minute Film for Apple
Anybody who has seen the 1999 film Audition knows that Takashi Miike is one sick puppy. Known for his extremely graphic horror films, Miike has made some of the most visually inventive and frightening movies I’ve ever seen. That’s what makes it so weird that Miike’s latest work is a 19-minute short for Apple. Yes,…
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Unionized YouTube Workers Laid Off During Live City Council Stream
For the past year, contractors associated with Google’s YouTube Music Content Operations Team have been attempting to collectively bargain with the tech giant. Those workers won the right to unionize last April in a historic victory and, since that time, have been trying to get Google to come to the bargaining table. On Friday, amidst…