Tag: youtube
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YouTube Celebrities Don’t Understand Journalism
Jim Sterling writing about the reactions YouTube celebrities have had to their racism being reported on: The Internet has warped the idea of “free speech” to mean “speech without consequence” and that’s simply not what it is. Absolutely, JonTron can share a Trumpian view on immigration and claim discrimination isn’t a problem, but other people…
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Daylight Saving Time
This isn’t a problem here in Hawaii, where we neglect to observe DST. Video via the esteemed Pat Baer. He shares a lot more fun videos on 404ing it
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Quake Champions Closed Beta
Bethesda and id announced a Quake Champions closed beta test with this trailer. I’m real curious how this turns out, but I’m already kind of skeptical about the character-specific powers. We’ll see how it turns out when the beta starts. Bethesda notably stopped sending out their games for review prior to the games being released,…
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New Roger Waters Album Soon
Roger Waters’ politics are his music, and that looks like it won’t change a bit in his next album, Is This The Life We Really Want, which was announced today as coming soon with the teaser video above. He’s also touring in the US again. There’s a good interview with him on a recent episode…
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PewDiePie And YouTube Are Still Getting Paid
Jacob Clifton writing about the recently publicized (on the WSJ) anti-semetic videos from Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg: With a celebrity like Kjellberg, it also invokes the idea that, if being a “fan” is part of your identity, any questioning of him is an indictment of you on at least two levels: both as a heroic independent thinker,…