Barking Points Memo

The one good use of the internet is about to get strangled by publishing companies against the will of many of the authors they claim to represent, Chipotle has to pay for its union-busting, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, and a look into one of the many reasons silicon valley is deranged.

Barking Point: Let's gameify reality!

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Scott Adams' idiot mouth finally gets his dumb scribbles cleaned out from the nation's newspapers, The NYT can't stop obsessing over trans people existing, and AI art just sucks okay it's just terrible.

BARKING POINTS are temporarily on hold until we establish a reliable place for people to post them. However, BARKING BITS are still available for any and all to submit via our Patreon, even without needing to subscribe.

SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Varulf, Torsten 'non compos mentis wolfies' Pihl, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensuall kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, phillypu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Mewyabby, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, Graith Ilesanmi, Drífa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, & Aode (Lion)

Titmouse Animation gets unionized! Union Busters are afraid of the consequences of their actions: rising class consciousness. A Sprigatito acquires and publishes the TSA's no-fly list. Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro make a possibly fatal mistake in their mishandling of the D&D license.

BARKING POINTS are temporarily on hold until we establish a reliable place for people to post them. However, BARKING BITS are still available for any and all to submit via our Patreon, even without needing to subscribe.

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Labor Report continues with Nickelodeon workers getting support from IATSE in their unionization effort, & Paramount gives up the ghost in trying to buy up Penguin. We end up talking about the amazing youtube series coming out, such as Jenny Nicholson's report on Evermore. That park is an endless chasm of impossible possibilities and misplaced efforts. BARKING POINT: Gamer Poppers THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTER(S): https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1598761350792376326 SPONSORS: Aode (Lion), Aylor, blimpeh, Chris, Deltanova, Dissonant Dragon, Drífa Jónsdóttir, Graith Ilesanmi, Kokiteno, Lance Leoghauni, LF, Mewyabby, Midori Switch Hound, newdarkcloud, phillypu, Rei Moonwuff, saul mondriaan, scuttlefuzz, sensual kazoo, tailstrike, Takel, Tillen Shark, Torsten 'non compos mentis wolfies' Pihl, Varulf, WrenYena, & Xurnami

Kanye can't even get a meeting with Sketchers, The With From Mercury is worth watching, and the University of California educators are going on strike.

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GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! There's actual good news this time! I know it's really weird but sometimes this happens. Support your favorite voice over artists as they are currently locked in a battle against Sony! Alex Jones has to pay almost a billion dollars, y'all!

BARKING POINT: Create the Next Lovably-Evil Horror Villain THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1569367200682889216?s=46&t=ppXL_OhEbf0vjNDOajHs_Q https://twitter.com/newdarkcloud/status/1570462162702995456?s=46&t=ppXL_OhEbf0vjNDOajHs_Q https://twitter.com/whatiscosplay/status/1572030676974833664?s=46&t=ppXL_OhEbf0vjNDOajHs_Q https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1572660575586627584?s=46&t=ppXL_OhEbf0vjNDOajHs_Q https://twitter.com/crownedrat/status/1573297125361844227?s=46&t=ppXL_OhEbf0vjNDOajHs_Q https://twitter.com/crownedrat/status/1573475848140853248?s=46&t=ppXL_OhEbf0vjNDOajHs_Q

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Publishing is weird right now, y'all. On the plus side, Condé-Nast has a union now! On the other hand, Random House is arguing in favor of its own managerial and strategic incompetence so they can be given more responsibility over publishing. This is a statement that makes sense.

BARKING POINT: Extremely Unfortunately-Designed Memorabilia, The Kind that Makes Minnie Mouse Drip With 'Excitement'.

This Week's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1564516884778663936?s=46&t=Akrez4h94i7me1nCLw98MA https://twitter.com/flodoesnyah/status/1564694158283096064?s=46&t=Akrez4h94i7me1nCLw98MA

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Topless Dancers file for union representation, California advances legislation for restaurant workers to unionize, John Deere gets jailbroken, & Vic Mignogna loses again! Yay!

BARKING POINT: Poorly-conceived mascots for psa campaigns!

This Week's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/thorgolucky/status/1558306205277122560 https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1559025700035629056

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WE'RE BACK! Car crashes, furcons, diseases, and moves across the country temporarily took our attention away from the news but the good times couldn't last forever, could they?

LABOR REPORT is back in action as it is still this show's thesis that organizing unions and guilds are the only way towards a general strike.

Also things are not going well for Alex Jones and his lawyer.

Luno brings us some music corner with Metric! Remember Metric? They're back. But not in pog form.

We also learn about data fraud in the form of pepperoni stars!

BARKING POINT: Alternative theories of the cosmos! Maybe the night sky is actually a giant hemispherical lite-brite!

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WE GOT A SPECIAL GUEST! APOLLO! You might have seen them online as the adorable mascott of a Starbucks unionization effort, and they're here to talk about their experiences and generally just hang as we talk labor and Activizion-Blizzard's asinine diversity tokenization tool. BARKING POINT: Let's improve that diversity tool by finding better, funnier ways to implement it. SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Varulf, Tillen Shark, The exultant return of oh so fluffy Torsten Pihl, Takel, TailStrike, sensual kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, phillypu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, LF, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, Graith Ilesanmi, Garglestone, Drífa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, & Aode (Lion)