Barking Points Memo

Labor action is currently where we are seeing the most… action. Also Disney feels the dumb ire of Republicans because they turned the money-faucet off over how bad it now looks to be giving that party money.

BARKING POINT: Now that Barbie is getting a movie, pitch your own, any genre, go fukken nuts!

This Week's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/realizationnews/status/1511717821364981762?s=21&t=zyKxIOU4SPLRP8QbGFRLuA SPONSORS: Aode (Lion), Aylor, blimpeh, Chris, Deltanova, Dissonant Dragon, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Garglestone, Graith Ilesanmi, Kakiteno, Lance Leoghauni, LF, Midori Switch Hound, newdarkcloud, phillypu, Rei Moonwuff, saul mondriaan, scuttlefuzz, sensual kazoo, Tail Strike, Takel, Tillen Shark, Varulf, WrenYena, & Xurnami

IT'S A POPLUCK EPISODE! Also we talk about the successful formation of an Amazon union. BARKING POINT: So what is E3 going to even put on now that it is going to have neither an online or live show? LINKS https://www.thenation.com/article/society/uber-theranos-wework-tv/ https://youtu.be/78Y-1plYJuQ trickystoop.bandcamp.com This Week's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/whatiscosplay/status/1505738778627153925?s=21 https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1507209038769139719?s=21&t=vBIGcWLEha_32xFXznxGSA SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Varulf, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensual kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, phillypu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, LF, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, Graith Ilesanmi, Garglestone, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, Aode (Lion)

Disney is up to some shit in Florida, and we're just asking FWA and other conventions to maybe consider paying their performers or at least comp their registration I mean come on seriously what is up with that. BARKING POINT: Let's filter important and possibly inappropriate human events through cutesy meme accounts! LINKS: https://twitter.com/oahuwp https://twitter.com/MAJICREC/status/1504910547636084748 This Week's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/megawavecannyan/status/1500966786312949760?s=21 https://twitter.com/whatiscosplay/status/1501828791249010688?s=21 SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Varulf, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensual kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, phillypu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Linearscrew, LF, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, knightly, Graith Ilesanmi, Garglestone, Drífa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, Aode (Lion), Ahundred

"Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGoodLayabout" "Hep Cats" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Animation workers unite for better conditions and pay, the Supreme Court is about to hear a case that affects the rights of native people, and middleschool kids get traumatized at a sleepover. BARKING POINT: Three. Concept. Platform. LINKS: Animation Worker's Petition https://lakotalaw.org/news/2021-09-17/icwa-sovereignty https://itch.io/b/1308/ttrpgs-for-trans-rights-in-texas https://twitter.com/NativeOrganizer SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Varulf, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensual kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, phillypu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Linearscrew, LF, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, knightly, Graith Ilesanmi, Garglestone, Drífa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, Aode (Lion), Ahundred

"Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGoodLayabout" "Hep Cats" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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GOD DAMMIT YOU'RE MAKING US TALK ABOUT NFTS AGAIN

BARKING POINT: Create Your Own Doomed Sentai Series

LINKS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g https://antsstyle.medium.com/why-nfts-are-bad-the-long-version-2c16dae145e2#1c9f https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hitpiece-nft-song-controversy-1294027/ https://twitter.com/thehumanfly_/status/1488899958044516353

THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1490486619908055042?s=21 https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1490554513228369922?s=21

SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Wolfinator, Varulf, Torsten 'Two Sheds & Two Wolfies' Pihl, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensual kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, PhillyPu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Linearscrew, LF, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, knightly, Graith, Ilesanmi, Garglestone, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, Aode (Lion), & Ahundred "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGoodLayabout" "Hep Cats" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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We wildly meander and eventually get around to talking about stories such as furries funding libraries, and the further failures of tesla, then we even bring back the good ol' Popluck.

BARKING POINT: Let's REALLY make Build-A-Bear go After Dark.

THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS! https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1485382206205960202?s=21 https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1485509372574765057?s=21 https://twitter.com/megawavecannyan/status/1485842843755241474?s=21

SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Wolfinator, Varulf, Torsten 'Two Sheds & Two Wolfies' Pihl, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensual kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, PhillyPu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Linearscrew, LF, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, knightly, Graith, Ilesanmi, Garglestone, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, Aode (Lion), & Ahundred "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGoodLayabout" "Hep Cats" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Why can't they let the green M&M be sexy when she demands children buy her bambi on ps2 and spray dangerous pesticides on the cacao trees on her plantations because she has their passports? BARKING POINT: What event would you like to interrupt with broadcast pornography? LINKS! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL Original letter: https://www.csuchico.edu/iege/_assets/documents/susi-letter-from-birmingham-jail.pdf As read by Dr. King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di05SvJ8utI THE OTHER AMERICA Transcript: https://www.inman.com/2022/01/17/read-mlks-the-other-america-housing-speech-as-it-turns-55/ Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOWDtDUKz-U THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/whatiscosplay/status/1481098175041929220?s=21https://twitter.com/roguecnidarian/status/1481501037085085699?s=21https://twitter.com/flodoesnyah/status/1482173172862660621?s=21 SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Wolfinator, Varulf, Torsten 'Two Sheds & Two Wolfies' Pihl, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensual kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, PhillyPu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Linearscrew, LF, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, knightly, Graith, Ilesanmi, Garglestone, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, Aode (Lion), & Ahundred "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGoodLayabout" "Hep Cats" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Good news! We survived the holiday gauntlet and are back! Also good news! Labor has done some organizing and succeeded! Also Chile! Unfortunately we also have to report on cryptobullshit and its effect on Final Fantasy XIV: a key driver of the indecipherable tweet economy. BARKING POINT: Design your own oddly-specific scented candle! SPONSORS: Ahundred, Aode (Lion), Aylor, bimpeh, Chris, Deltanova, Dissonant Dragon, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Garglestone, Graith Ilesanmi, knightly, Kokiteno, Lance Leoghauni, LF, Linearscrew, Midori Switch Hound, newdarkcloud, PhillyPu, Rei Moonwuff, saul mondriaan, scuttlefuzz, sensual kazoo, TailStrike, Takel, Tillen Shark, Torsten 'Two Sheds & Two Wolfies' Pihl, Varulf, Wolfinator, WrenYena, & Xurnami

THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/flodoesnyah/status/1469927400381288450?s=21 https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1470244768601067526?s=21 https://twitter.com/midori_hound/status/1470449804698288128?s=21

"Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGoodLayabout" "Hep Cats" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Steve has returned! Kellogg's is still on strike and they're trying to hire scabs! Supervillain steals ancient relics and has to return them but he's real and this actually happened, again! THE GAME AWARDS HAPPENED! BARKING POINT: What is the mysterious cube on the moon? Thanksgivingafuck: https://mobile.twitter.com/wordglass/status/1058599583884959744 This Week's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/crownedrat/status/1458428127630217221?s=21 https://twitter.com/20reverbsatonce/status/1458551263591813125?s=21 https://twitter.com/flodoesnyah/status/1459682297561628673?s=21 SPONSORS: Ahundred, Aode (Lion), Aylor, blimpeh, Chris, Deltanova, Dissonant Dragon, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Garglestone, Graith Ilesanmi, knightly, Kokiteno, Lance Leoghauni, & LF

"Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGoodLayabout" "Hep Cats" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

We check in with the labor report where Image Comics workers decide to form a union! Yay! CVS wants to make it legal to harm people with disabilities by institutionalizing benign neglect! Boo! But then there's a Popluck so it's not all newsy.

BARKING POINT: Inspired by ABBA's return, what band, long inactive, would you like to see a new surprise album from?

SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Wolfinator, Varulf, Torsten Pihl and a goat asks Wouldst thou like to live deliciously, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, SixArmedSweater, sensual kazoo, & scuttlefuzz

"Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGoodLayabout" "Hep Cats" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog