Biden is biding his time with Palestine

Share: Remember when all the young liberals and progressives desperately voted for Biden because voting for a senile old puppet no one wanted to vote for in the first place was supposed to “save democracy” from the orange, steroid-powered old narcissist? If by “democracy” we mean keeping the pricey and performative two-party system and inhumane status quo intact, then yes, we saved democracy. And it continues to spread around the world like a virus that jumped from a Dulles brother’s body in a Wuhan lab. …

Does social media anonymity empower or endanger?

Share: In the world of social media, people have many different viewpoints on anything and everything. With the ability to conceal oneself by creating anonymous social media pages, you never know where or even whom a post is actually coming from. According to statistics from annapolis.gov, 58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. More than 4 out of 10 say it has happened more than once. In a national study of recent years, as described by the link …

Hasan Minhaj isn’t guiltless but it’s OK to lie in comedy

Share: What started off as an uncomfortable controversy from the New Yorker accusing comedian Hasan Minhaj of lying about his life has turned into asking, why are we fact-checking comedians to begin with? Are performers allowed to embellish their stories for emotional gain? Look, a good story isn’t always a factually accurate one. If you want to captivate an audience, sometimes you have to over-exaggerate for people to follow along. This was Minhaj’s argument back at the New Yorker when he posted a 20-minute-long rebuttal …

CinemaSin’s sinful manipulation of film Twitter

Share: While YouTube has always been a safe haven for opinionated content and critique, channels like “CinemaSins” or “Channel Awesome” have departed from their sarcastic movie critique with a dash of assholery to instead become nothing more than an echo chamber for the most baseless complaints you’ve ever seen. This has had disastrous effects on film Twitter and made any chance for genuine critique drowned out by voices spewing nonsense. “CinemaSins” has been around since late 2012 and has used its sins system to talk …

Toxic TikTok’s fast fashion trashes the environment

Share: There have been times I’ve looked at my wardrobe and felt disappointed as I’d see that my clothes aren’t “up to date.” I’d go out and buy pieces that are considered “in” according to the social media pages I follow, and then two weeks later I’d see that my newly purchased clothes are now outdated.  Over time, people have become more influenced to purchase new wardrobe as it is broadcasted all over different social media outlets. This generation has become blinded by the importance …

Hey! Hollywood! Leave those games alone!

Share: While by no means a new trend, recently there has been, it seems, a heavy focus of directors and producers trying to push the envelope, bringing games that should stay games into the movie realm. Enter “Five Nights at Freddy’s” specifically, the latest in a long line of video game adaptations and yet another video game brought into the real world. Despite the few rare examples that have grown to be way better than expected, it still shows that these games should stay as …

Netflix’s monthly prices hike up a bad trail

Share: This month Netflix raised the prices of two of their monthly plans, on top of introducing a new 2-screen streaming plan for a lower price with the addition of ads. Along with the price hikes and password-sharing crackdowns, the idea of a cheaper plan with ads goes against what the original streaming model was and has been. Although ads aren’t necessarily the worst thing to happen to streaming, what separates streaming from cable now? “Netflix as a company seem out of touch,” second-year student …

Media overload has shattered kids’ attention spans

Share: While the average attention span feels like it’s never been shorter, one overlooked factor has been the difference in technological advancements from generation to generation. The current generation is always unfairly maligned by the previous for not displaying enough of the same positive virtues they remember through their rose-tinted spectacles. The time when the library was the best place to go for research is over as access to whatever information you want fits conveniently in your pocket. The increasingly shorter attention spans of Millennials …

NO FAKES Act will protect artists from being swindled by AI

Share: The last few years have been rife with conflict and staggering developments in artificial intelligence technology. Two subjects that seem to go together hand in hand far more often than not, especially of late. From the horrific wars decimating Ukraine and Palestine, to the now months long disputes in Hollywood between the studios and their workforce, AI still manages to rear its ominous head, highlighting the chilling implications that come with such effective yet powerful technology.  Following the studios’ petulant decision to walk away …

Meta’s celebrity driven AI still threatens your privacy

Share: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, launched a new Artificial intelligence branch and it’s called Meta AI. Meta AI will have plenty of features that include language modeling and on-the-stop artistic drawing. Another main and popular feature Meta AI provides is a chatbot tool for the image and likeness of famous celebrities with different names attached and is responsive to a specific setting for the user. I might seem innocuous, but I am worried, and you should be, too. AI Chat has the potential …