Our current age of comics is one in which comics can be consumed through global digital platforms like Marvel Unlimited, Webtoons, Shonen Jump and so on, all without readers and fans ever purchasing a paper copy. - The Conversation
The few jobs today that are tangibly useful—say, social workers and science teachers—pay far less than the mass of uninspiring administrative and middle-management roles that prop them up. As a result, many opt for the paycheck, even if that means resigning oneself to working a job that doesn’t really need to be done. - The Point
“‘It has to resonate and feel authentic to the time,’ says one expert. ‘This generation really sees stereotypes pretty quickly … they’ll see inappropriate behavior quickly, and they will call it out.’” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
But “the Basque government, headed by Imanol Pradales of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), has made the transfer of Picasso’s painting a matter of regional pride." - El País English ...
“Is the Online Streaming Act worth all the hassle it's getting from the United States? CBC's The House spoke to experts about why this bill has generated so much controversy and whether Canada should stay firm in the face of U.S. pressure.” - CBC
“Each time I tune in—which is every day now—it feels as if someone cooler than me is handing me a mixtape made with care, exactly how finding new music should feel. I’m pleasantly surprised by what I’m listening to instead of frustrated and bored.” - Slate
“It is good that we know what to avoid, but we don’t really know what to do either. We’re uncomfortable, and so what we tend to do is decorously fade to black, and rejoin our characters when they are finished. The next day, if possible.” - The Guardian (UK)
Tech bros “are a class that shuns human interaction, with its serendipities, annoyances and joys. It represents friction. Learning to make art is also friction. Never mind the fact that friction is the basis of all pleasure.” - The Guardian (UK)
“The many awards for Paddington were perhaps unsurprising given that the show earned rave reviews when it opened and has played to sellout crowds ever since.” - The New York Times
“The vastness of space is humbling to behold. But it can undoubtedly make even the most sober-minded astronauts go a little stir crazy.” - The Atlantic
Helen DeWitt’s life was simply too busy, and intense, for her to do what the $175,000 Windham-Campbell Writing Prize required, she says. - The New York Times
“Museums are educating visitors to a more accurate telling of Western history by showcasing the role Black people played in everyday life across territories that would later become states.” - The New York Times
“For power users, this sort of thing can’t help but read as needling, even petty platform quirks. For Apple and Netflix, it’s business as usual.” - Vulture
