582 posts tagged ‘Post’
Right-wing Pennsylvania school district superintendent gets "staggering" $630,000 severance package after abruptly quitting
Boing Boing,
Abram Lucabaugh, superintendent in Pennsylvania's Central Bucks School District, got his contract renewed weeks ago but is already quitting—and pocketing a $630,000 severance package. He's getting a full year of his salary, and a $50,000 "settlement" which may expand further to include a $10,000 "consulting" fee and $1,000 per-day fees for further "consulting." — Read the rest
Pelosi hammer attacker David DePape tearfully testifies that he was radicalized by Gamergate
David DePape, the right-wing conspiracy-theorizing anti-semite who broke into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's house and attacked her husband with a hammer, had a sad on the stand at his trial yesterday. On Tuesday, in sometimes tearful testimony, Mr DePape told the court he used to have left-wing political beliefs before a political transformation that started when he was living in a garage without a toilet or shower, playing video games for hours at a time. — Read the rest
Live vicariously (and deliciously) with this Japanese food review channel
Culinary tourism is a big deal as of late, but if you can't head over to Osaka for genuine takoyaki every night (or you're just curious about what Shake Shacks are like over there), Japan Eat has you covered. The channel posts near-daily about strange or interesting food from all across Japan, delivered in a short, digestible format packed full of of engaging narration. — Read the rest
Disney's rules for theme park influencers are hilariously ridiculous
I'm not a Disney theme park influencer who receives benefits or freebies from the Disney company, so I didn't receive their new rules outlining the "Brand Guidelines for Influencers" that all their content "must" adhere to. But I did get my hands on a copy of the rules, and they are pretty hilariously impossible to abide by. — Read the rest
The Society of Illustrators' Original Art Exhibition launches with Lifetime Achievement Awards to William Joyce and Dahlov Ipcar
Last week, the Society of Illustrators in New York City officially launched its Original Art Exhibition of the best of children's book illustration with an awards ceremony. Winning the 2023 Original Art Lifetime Achievement Awards were William Joyce and Dahlove Ipcar. — Read the rest
Rep. Joaquin Castro asks Justice Dept. to review Warner Bros.' practice of permanently shelving movies for tax breaks
In the past couple of years, Warner Bros. Discovery has withheld completed movies from release in order to get tax breaks. "Batgirl" and "Scoob! Holiday Haunt" were fully completed and intended to be released on the streamer Max, but permanently shelved so the studio could cut losses and get tax breaks. — Read the rest
Starfield gets passed up for GOTY, fans are angry
First off, go vote in the official The Game Awards poll if you haven't already. Second off, you may have noticed that Starfield, the game everybody was convinced would cure their leprosy, is conspicuously not on the Game of the Year list. — Read the rest
Pussy Riot descends on Indiana Supreme Court for a "God Save Abortion" protest art action
It's unlikely that Indiana's beloved human mannequin, Mike Pence, and "Mother" attended Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova's protest art action at the Indiana Supreme Court today. This event, dubbed "God Save Abortion," marked the launch of a larger campaign advocating for reproductive rights. — Read the rest