Barking Points Memo

EDITING DELAYED BY HURRICANES BUT THEY CANNOT STOP US Looks like we have to talk about the election, I guess. UGH. There was a debate, Kamala still has issues to work out, but it's best to vote for the opposition you're fighting against than the alternative. Also we talk Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, and Societal Memory Problems Around Fame as Abuse. BARKING POINT: Chick-fil-a programming pitches. SP...

WE'RE BACK AGAIN! Adobe craters user trust and also falls under investigation by the government for its awful cancellation policies, and said government finally forces Chiquita to pay for some of its crimes. Also featuring a section I like to call Star Wars: Disney's Evermore Park. BARKING POINT: Extremely bad theme restaurant ideas. Genuinely bad ones, nothing cute-clever. Just genuinely bad idea...

It's a Luno-Axel Tag Team Episode! HOLY SHIT BOEING IS A DISASTER OF A COMPANY and also a symbol of how enshittification runs across all industries equally. More Fake-AI News, this time about Fake Fake-AI which isn't a double-negative in their favor. Barking Point: Extremely specific competitions SPONSORS: Aode (lion), blimpeh, Chris, Dissonant Dragon, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Graith Ilesanmi, knightly,...

Back after some technical delay with good tidings such as Henry Kissinger finally dying like he should have in the crib! Also we might get some high speed rail in this country (also pipelines). Might Elon finally be facing some consequences for his managerial incompetence? Maybe! All this and more. BARKING POINT: What is the next extremely niche community/industry to unionize? SPONSORS: Xurnami, W...

This episode was recorded in October, and after some delay with the editing process, is finally in releasable form! Palestine and the ongoing occupation/genocide by the Israeli government, the Writers Strike ends with a victory, while other related industries are ongoing or need to act as well, and the FTC finally hits Amazon. BARKING POINT: Conservative Bluey episode pitches.

HUGE LABOR UPDATES Video games are probably the next to join the overall entertainment industry strike, as VFX workers unionize. Also MASK THE HELL UP. BARKING POINT: What other weird kinds of data are devices tracking from us? SPONSORS: Aode (Lion), Aylor, blimpeh, Chris, Deltanova, Dissonant Dragon, Drífa Jónsdóttir, Graith Ilesanmi, knightly, Kokiteno, Lance Leoghauni, Mewyabby, Midori Switch H...

Supreme Court sure is corrupt, but sometimes it accidentally lands on a ruling that isn't absolute garbage! Barking Point: If Jordan Peterson's fake-ass Ralston College was actually a campus, what kind of fun activities could students partake in? SPONSORS: Aode (lion), Aylor, blimpeh, Chris, Deltanova, Dissonant Dragon, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Graith Ilesanmi, knightly, Kokiteno, Lance Leoghauni, Mewyab...

FLORIDA IS CURRENTLY HELL, also we might have a historic entertainment industry strike on our hands with the Writer's Guild currently picketing, with a vote from SAG-AFTRA on the way. The cause? All that fake AI bullshit that is being inflicted on us! BARKING POINT: With Street Fighter's Ken becoming a cryptocurrency doofus, let's look at other extremely modern downfalls of classic video game char...

The Supreme Court is a fukken mess, and the Vatican finally ends Doctrine of Discovery, something that should never have existed in the first place. BARKING POINT: WHY DOES THE MOON FOLLOW THE CAR?! And other scientific mysteries that TikTok stumbles to understand. SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Varulf, Torsten 'non compos mentis wolfies' Pihl, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensuall kazoo, scuttl...

The one good use of the internet is about to get strangled by publishing companies against the will of many of the authors they claim to represent, Chipotle has to pay for its union-busting, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, and a look into one of the many reasons silicon valley is deranged. Barking Point: Let's gameify reality! SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Varulf, Torsten 'non compos mentis wolfies'...

Scott Adams' idiot mouth finally gets his dumb scribbles cleaned out from the nation's newspapers, The NYT can't stop obsessing over trans people existing, and AI art just sucks okay it's just terrible. BARKING POINTS are temporarily on hold until we establish a reliable place for people to post them. However, BARKING BITS are still available for any and all to submit via our Patreon, even without...

Titmouse Animation gets unionized! Union Busters are afraid of the consequences of their actions: rising class consciousness. A Sprigatito acquires and publishes the TSA's no-fly list. Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro make a possibly fatal mistake in their mishandling of the D&D license. BARKING POINTS are temporarily on hold until we establish a reliable place for people to post them. However, BARKING...

Labor Report continues with Nickelodeon workers getting support from IATSE in their unionization effort, & Paramount gives up the ghost in trying to buy up Penguin. We end up talking about the amazing youtube series coming out, such as Jenny Nicholson's report on Evermore. That park is an endless chasm of impossible possibilities and misplaced efforts. BARKING POINT: Gamer Poppers   THIS WEEK'S BA...

Kanye can't even get a meeting with Sketchers, The With From Mercury is worth watching, and the University of California educators are going on strike. SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Varulf, Torsten 'non compos mentis wolfies' Pihl, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensual kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, phillypu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Mewyabby, LF, Lance Leoghauni, Ko...

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! There's actual good news this time! I know it's really weird but sometimes this happens. Support your favorite voice over artists as they are currently locked in a battle against Sony! Alex Jones has to pay almost a billion dollars, y'all! BARKING POINT: Create the Next Lovably-Evil Horror Villain THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1569367200682...

Publishing is weird right now, y'all. On the plus side, Condé-Nast has a union now! On the other hand, Random House is arguing in favor of its own managerial and strategic incompetence so they can be given more responsibility over publishing. This is a statement that makes sense. BARKING POINT: Extremely Unfortunately-Designed Memorabilia, The Kind that Makes Minnie Mouse Drip With 'Excitement'. T...

Topless Dancers file for union representation, California advances legislation for restaurant workers to unionize, John Deere gets jailbroken, & Vic Mignogna loses again! Yay! BARKING POINT: Poorly-conceived mascots for psa campaigns! This Week's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/thorgolucky/status/1558306205277122560 https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1559025700035629056 SPONSORS: Xurnami, Wr...

WE'RE BACK! Car crashes, furcons, diseases, and moves across the country temporarily took our attention away from the news but the good times couldn't last forever, could they? LABOR REPORT is back in action as it is still this show's thesis that organizing unions and guilds are the only way towards a general strike. Also things are not going well for Alex Jones and his lawyer. Luno brings us some...

WE GOT A SPECIAL GUEST! APOLLO! You might have seen them online as the adorable mascott of a Starbucks unionization effort, and they're here to talk about their experiences and generally just hang as we talk labor and Activizion-Blizzard's asinine diversity tokenization tool.   BARKING POINT: Let's improve that diversity tool by finding better, funnier ways to implement it.   SPONSORS: Xurnami, Wr...

Labor action is currently where we are seeing the most… action. Also Disney feels the dumb ire of Republicans because they turned the money-faucet off over how bad it now looks to be giving that party money. BARKING POINT: Now that Barbie is getting a movie, pitch your own, any genre, go fukken nuts! This Week's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/realizationnews/status/1511717821364981762?s=21&...

IT'S A POPLUCK EPISODE! Also we talk about the successful formation of an Amazon union. BARKING POINT: So what is E3 going to even put on now that it is going to have neither an online or live show?   LINKS https://www.thenation.com/article/society/uber-theranos-wework-tv/ https://youtu.be/78Y-1plYJuQ trickystoop.bandcamp.com   This Week's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/whatiscosplay/status...

Disney is up to some shit in Florida, and we're just asking FWA and other conventions to maybe consider paying their performers or at least comp their registration I mean come on seriously what is up with that.   BARKING POINT: Let's filter important and possibly inappropriate human events through cutesy meme accounts! LINKS: https://twitter.com/oahuwp https://twitter.com/MAJICREC/status/150491054...

Animation workers unite for better conditions and pay, the Supreme Court is about to hear a case that affects the rights of native people, and middleschool kids get traumatized at a sleepover. BARKING POINT: Three. Concept. Platform.   LINKS: Animation Worker's Petition https://lakotalaw.org/news/2021-09-17/icwa-sovereignty https://itch.io/b/1308/ttrpgs-for-trans-rights-in-texas https://twitter.co...

GOD DAMMIT YOU'RE MAKING US TALK ABOUT NFTS AGAIN BARKING POINT: Create Your Own Doomed Sentai Series LINKS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g https://antsstyle.medium.com/why-nfts-are-bad-the-long-version-2c16dae145e2#1c9f https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hitpiece-nft-song-controversy-1294027/ https://twitter.com/thehumanfly_/status/1488899958044516353 THIS WEEK'S BARKING PO...

We wildly meander and eventually get around to talking about stories such as furries funding libraries, and the further failures of tesla, then we even bring back the good ol' Popluck. BARKING POINT: Let's REALLY make Build-A-Bear go After Dark. THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS! https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1485382206205960202?s=21 https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1485509372574765057?s=21 h...