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I hope every pride parade leads with a diff on which companies suddenly couldn't make it this year after being proud supporters for so long.
Here is the map of CCTV camera locations. The ones we're being told about, at least.
It also lists camera models. The one on 7th Ave S and S King Street is listed as an Axis Q6100-E/Q6135-LE. To give you an idea of what these things are capable of, have a look at this product spec video.
One of the Academy Award nominees for best live action short film this year was a fictional depiction of something exactly like this. It's horrifying.
"A Lien" – Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz
I'm watching the subtitled version and don't speak Japanese, but I get the sense that the rapid-fire dialogue may be serving some fun comedic timing that doesn't translate via subtitles. The first episode had a frenetic energy that seemed to jive with that kind of tone.
But this second episode, oof. The charm wore off fast, and the entire purpose seemed to just be a dumping ground for Azu to treat everyone like a gigantic turd while the entire cast absorbed it and never reacted. That's a lot of lost opportunities for character moments.
I will give the show at least one more episode purely to see where they're going with this Azu plot twist.
Anime Feminist right now: 😬
This is one of the main reasons that I started the trailers community. There absolutely are unique, original films being released all the time, they just rarely get noticed. I hope that surfacing their trailers right along side the big boys will help get them in front of curious audiences.
Biscoff bandoleer.
I wrote that as a former movie theater usher. I literally did that job. You regularly clean up giant messes. Kids matinees were always the messiest. That is the job. When you aren’t cleaning auditoriums, you’re cleaning toilets, the lobby, polishing the brass on the stanchions, etc. There’s literally no idle time being stolen by this work.
It’s fine.
This Minecraft business is fine. It's no different than any afternoon kids movie matinee (ie: Paw Patrol; something that only kids are interested in). The mess that ends up on the floor is sold at a 99% profit margin and anyone who understands the finances of running a theater gives zero fucks about that product getting wasted. I can't imagine any upset patron getting stiffed on a free screening to compensate for it, either.
At this stage, theater owners are hungry for literally anything that sells tickets and puts butts in seats. Fuck it; let the kids have fun at the movies.
It'll admit that it's a very low-content teaser, not a trailer. Just a bunch of background and reference art to whet the appetite. The series is still a long long way off.
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I believe there can be a place for cops and corps at Pride, but I want to insist that their presence be on the queer community's terms (not event organizers).
The organizations that throw Pride events in major cities are run by people who measure success by the size and scope of their events, not based on squishy ideas like building community or organizing to achieve political results. This has happened gradually over time, as always, through financial influence.
It does cost money to organize big events, and if companies are willing to throw money at Pride, the draw to accept it is very enticing, not to mention persistent in the face of rejection and ever-hungry for more influence.
At the same time, company employees are encouraged to align themselves with Employee Resource Groups within the company, allowing the company to lean on the justification that they're supporting their own employees. However, most ERGs that I've been involved with are there primarily to tow the company line and be inoffensive; to organize cupcake parties featuring rainbow sprinkles during Pride, not pressure the HR team to remove "sex" designations from their job application processes or define standards for gender-inclusive corporate language.
I'd like to see universal guidelines that designate how "ally" organizations can contribute and participate in queer-aligned events in productive and meaningful ways. I'd like those guidelines to be written and maintained NOT by the organizers of major Pride events, but by a coalition of community members aligned with community support and advocacy (ie: the little volunteer org tables at Pride events who are there to provide resources and don't have mountains of free swag to give away).
And cops? That's a harder one. Blanket exclusion should be reserved for organizations that hold foundational animus towards queer people. That argument can certainly be made about police, but I would strongly advocate against any rule that insisted that cops can't participate. Off-duty, plain-clothes participation only (no rainbow colored police cars)? I dunno, but there's middle ground to be found somewhere.
It's wise to offer paths of redemption to people and groups who are redeemable, and if those paths are going to exist, it's up to us to map those paths out. We need more people on our side, and they're not going to find the way back to us themselves.