Barking Points Memo

Why can't they let the green M&M be sexy when she demands children buy her bambi on ps2 and spray dangerous pesticides on the cacao trees on her plantations because she has their passports? BARKING POINT: What event would you like to interrupt with broadcast pornography? LINKS! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL Original letter: https://www.cs...

Good news! We survived the holiday gauntlet and are back! Also good news! Labor has done some organizing and succeeded! Also Chile! Unfortunately we also have to report on cryptobullshit and its effect on Final Fantasy XIV: a key driver of the indecipherable tweet economy.   BARKING POINT: Design your own oddly-specific scented candle!   SPONSORS: Ahundred, Aode (Lion), Aylor, bimpeh, Chris, Delta...

Steve has returned! Kellogg's is still on strike and they're trying to hire scabs! Supervillain steals ancient relics and has to return them but he's real and this actually happened, again! THE GAME AWARDS HAPPENED!   BARKING POINT: What is the mysterious cube on the moon?   Thanksgivingafuck: https://mobile.twitter.com/wordglass/status/1058599583884959744   This Week's Barking Pointers: https://t...

We check in with the labor report where Image Comics workers decide to form a union! Yay! CVS wants to make it legal to harm people with disabilities by institutionalizing benign neglect! Boo! But then there's a Popluck so it's not all newsy. BARKING POINT: Inspired by ABBA's return, what band, long inactive, would you like to see a new surprise album from? SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Wolfinator,...

Axel and Sahoni talk about all the labor activism that is happening lately, almost like some kind of consciousness is struggling to be born.   BARKING POINT: Write the environmental storytelling logs left behind on Carnival Cruise's Serenade of the Sea nine-month voyage of intestinal distress.   SPONSORS: Graith Ilesanmi, Drífa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, Aode (...

True Crime Pods vs. The American Justice System, WHO approves the first malaria vaccine, & Netflix doubles down on Dave Chapelle's tired bit.   BARKING POINT: Extremely poorly-conceived sequels and prequels.   LINKS https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zodiac-killer-identified/ https://www.lareviewofbooks.org/article/true-crimes-deceits-the-genrefication-of-tragedy/ https://www.predatorpeestore.com/H...

Marvel sues to keep its characters from being credited to their actual creators, iphones might finally charge like the rest of 'em, and Berlin votes on socializing housing. Also Autumn Popluck! BARKING POINT: Let's create some Very Special Episodes of sitcoms that are extremely ill-equipped to handle the topics. SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Wolfinator, Varulf, Torsten Pihl and a goat asks Wouldst...

A WHIRLWIND OF STORIES! You can buy Oreos again, but not from Instacart, California changes its zoning laws, and Instagram for Kids: the child zoo for advertisers. BARKING POINT: Design the next right-wing tech scam! SPONSORS: Garglestone, Gabe Fox, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, Aode (Lion), & Ahundred THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/flodoe...

Starbucks workers in Buffalo try to unionize, OSHA kind of covers workers getting vaccinated, somehow both Epic and Apple lose at the same time, and Copyright is now ruining music instead of just books, tv, and film. BARKING POINT: The next animal to join the Raccoon-Capybara Alliance to Take Back Civilization SPONSORS: scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, PhillyPu, newdarkcloud, Midori Swit...

We're back again, and we hit the ground running with Afghanistan, Texas, Line 3, and also the release of Psychonauts 2! BARKING POINT: Create the new joyless future meal plans that will make soylent look decadent. SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Wolfinator, wijn, Varulf, Torsten Pihl and a goat asks Wouldst thou like to live deliciously, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, SixArmed Sweater, & sensual ka...

Ding Dong Rumsfeld is Dead, Get Out Your Dancing Shoes! The Olympics are Still Terrible! And Racist! Britney Spears and Conservatorships BARKING POINT: Ikea takes pride to the whole store, what are the results? LINKS: https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/campaigns/loveseats-pub6f2e1660 https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-rumsfeld-killer-of-400000-people-dies-peacefully BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com...

Right to Repair, Juneteenth, and E3! Quite a variety this week, folks! BARKING POINT: What other activities do Heroes simply not do? BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/newdarkcloud/status/1404584021288488960?s=21 https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1405578448005861380?s=21 SPONSORS: MadMonk, Midori Switch Hound, newdarkcloud, Nik!, Nuzzley-Fuzzily Torsten Pihl of The Satanic Temple, PhillyPu, Re...

It's a two-host episode as we cover the latest in NFL racism, the closing of the Keystone XL pipeline and the continuing fight with Line 3, and a horrifying number of childrens' bodies are unearthed at one of the many schools that native children were imprisoned in, something that the US shares. BARKING POINT: Doomed E3 presentations! This Week's Barking Pointers https://twitter.com/newdarkcloud/s...

The ongoing attempts to silence the BDS movement finally hit a roadblock with the first amendment, the politics of Belarus and Eurovision! Barking Point: Disney attempts to give hagiographic origin stories of whatever they can find some scrap of reference for, what have they created? CHECK OUT STEVE'S NEW ALBUM! SPONSORS: MadMonk, Midori Switch Hound, newdarkcloud, Nik!, Nuzzley-Fuzzily Torsten Pi...

A MEGASODE! Israel continues its long-standing pattern of aggression against Palestinians with US support, College athletes can not get sponsor deals but with huge strings attached, and Epic Games vs Apple drags in Itch.io, then we have a large helping of some POPLUCK! Barking Point: Create an UNSPEAKABLE* GAME (*no bigotry, we're looking for satire here) This Week's Barking Pointers: https://twit...

Derek Chauvin verdict and the readiness of liberals to call it justice, DC Statehood gets tanked by Joe Manchin, Unmasking is a necessary labor, Olympics gonna Olympics, Pokémon Card Crisis Core, & How Does This Keep Happening to Conservatives - Matt Gaetz and Josh Duggar vs human decency and law. BARKING POINT: Imagine someone trapped on a reality show. BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/newda...

This just in: all cops, still bad! At least New Mexico is ending their qualified immunity, though. Discord has a case of "OH MY GOD YOU CAN SEE HER ANKLES IN THAT SKIRT!" and decides to Tumblr its way to a buyout. BARKING POINT: What company will follow in Capcom's footsteps and cynically 'embrace' its audience's projections upon it? (Reference Material: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1i-XRlsg2Q...

Axel can't remember which state has what's happening where, but there's Amazon garbage, anti-trans bullshit, and voting rights violations going on and we're going to tell you about it! BARKING POINT: Tell us your TOTALLY AND TRULY VERY SUPER-REAL anti-drug stories. LINKS: https://web.archive.org/web/20140124201848/https://www.pfaw.org/sites/default/files/ALECminoritygroup.pdf https://www.aup.nl/en...

We cover the racist killings in Atlanta and the history of anti-Asian and Pacific Islander activity in the USA long before this, a suspicious land development plan in Savannah, GA, and Diamond Comics Distributors is finally dead! BARKING POINT: Create Your Own Extremely Online, Extremely Sad Family Moments Inspiration: https://twitter.com/JennyENicholson/status/1373202086939095042?s=20 LINKS https...

JUST SAY ' N o F ucking T hanks' TO NFTs, IT'S A POP-CULTURE POTLUCK! BARKING POINT: What is your favorite 'comfort food' media? LINKS REFERENCED: https://emergencemagazine.org/story/the-channel-coyotes/ http://twitpic.com/3aqqa0 https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1370189135747555331 https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-starbase-city-spacex-texas-launch-site-2021-3 (Axel is also including this...

Deb Haaland's confirmation battle, lateral violence, Six Days in Fallujah's empty spectacle, and ResetEra snuffs out the next Harry Potter game. BARKING POINT: Create your own fun historical conspiracy theory. THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTER: https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1363935969460834306?s=21 https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1365003081071624195?s=21 LINKS! https://www.polygo...

Texas learns an unpleasant lesson about deregulating and privatizing its energy market, everything about the Euphoria app is the worst thing about it, and can we just not with Cruella? BARKING POINT: Upcoming Scandals of President Biden's Dog This Week's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1361426880834936834?s=21 https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1361444115611803654?s=21 LINK...

WE CAN'T HELP OURSELVES WITH THESE MEGASODES! Internet consolidation, GameStop Stocks and Blockchain currencies are not praxis, and uuuuugh Joss Whedon. BARKING POINT: Pitch some projects from the new Gina Carano-Daily Wire short-lived tantrum project. This Week's Barking Pointers https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1359242225050292225?s=21 https://twitter.com/crownedrat/status/1358383239275110400?...

WE'RE BACK WITH A MEGASODE! We talk Sophie, COVID vaccines and how they work, Jan 6th, the starting of the Biden administration, a furry update, and new developments at Neom. BARKING POINT: Imagine that The Dark Carnival has been sold to Cirque du Soliel, what are the acts? Article about THE LINE: https://malekafzali.substack.com/p/neom-the-line-to-oblivion This Week's Barking Pointers: https://tw...

Antitrust charges are finally being levied against Facebook, and a long GAMES UPDATE. Barking Point: Pitch an episode of a CW-ified reboot of a franchise. This week's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1332744983456133120?s=21 https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1333521673220481024?s=21 SPONSORS: Adept Omega, Ahundred, Aode (lion), ArcFoxAJ, Aylor, Deltanova, Dissonant...