In 2017, writer and artist Sina Grace had a historically significant run on Iceman, a book we covered as it came out, in which the powerful mutant struggled as much with superheroic shenanigans as he did with the lived experience of life as a gay man, work for which he was nominated for a GLAAD award. According to its…Read more…Source: https://io9.gizmodo.com/comics-writer-sina-grace-talks-the-lack-of-support-he-r-1835973365…
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Startup ‘ObEN’ Is Betting the Future On Personal AI Avatars
merbs shares an excerpt from a Gizmodo report: In January 2019, when China Central Television, the largest broadcast network in the most populous nation in the world, aired a special to celebrate the Lunar New Year, the hosts welcomed four life-sized “personal artificial intelligences” to share the stage with them. Called PAIs, they were three-dimensional holographic replicas of the presenters that…
‘Don’t Unionize, Buy Video Games,’ Delta Airlines Employees Are Told
dryriver shares a report from the BBC: Delta Airlines is facing significant criticism after posters discouraging its staff from joining a union were widely shared online. “Union dues cost around $700 a year,” one of the posters states. “A new video game system with the latest hits sounds like fun. Put your money towards that instead of paying dues to the…
How Queer Is Star Trek?
Star Trek is not just one of the longest-running sci-fi franchises ever, it is also the most hopeful. The Federation represents the pinnacle of humanity: the idea that we can and will make a better life for each other. Yet, despite Trek’s message of a better future for all, LGBTQ+ characters are few and far between,…Read more…Source: https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-queer-is-star-trek-1834241022…