Between The Ongoing Chaos Since Elon Musk Bought Twitter, As Well As Trump Allowed To Return To The Service,

The reason given for these actions is cost-cutting: a tax break available in mergers for writing off incomplete projects (like Batgirl), and savings on residual payments for the cast and creators of series. God forbid the artists make a few crumbs! Meanwhile, the CEO’s compensation package in 2021 alone was valued at $241 million. This is capitalism at its most absurdly cannibalistic, of profits based on destruction.

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Warner Bros. Discovery launches FAST channels on Tubi, Roku | Diverse Tech Geek

Warner Bros. Discovery is launching several FAST channels on Tubi and the Roku Channel. While it's a good idea, WB's streaming state is still in chaos.

Warner Bros. Discovery is launching several FAST channels on Tubi and the Roku Channel. While it's a good idea, WB's streaming state is still in chaos.

Welcome

Hi, welcome to my new Tumblr page. Given Facebook throttles business pages' visibility, I thought I'd try setting up a Tumblr page as an alternative. It also gives me a possible alternative to Twitter, given its current changes.

As the headline says, my main site focuses on media and technology topics, as well as diversity issues in both. I split it into two semi-separate sections, Diverse Tech Geek (for technology) and Diverse Media Notes (for media). I'll be posting links to my blog posts here; new posts usually go up Tuesdays and Fridays.

So, we'll see how this goes. Thanks for reading!

Hmm... well, Tumblr *is* supposed to be adding ActivityPub support, which would let it work with the Twitter-like Mastodon. So however it's implemented, that might be Twitter-like enough? Plus it'd be a big boon for Mastodon/ActivityPub/the "fediverse", as it'd be easier to get into it via just using Tumblr?

I keep saying: If Tumblr added a Twitter-like sidebar they would render every other social media platform not supported as a loss-leader for Nazis extinct in a month.

Diverse Tech Geek 2022 year in review | Diverse Tech Geek

My look at how Diverse Tech Geek fared in my 2022 year in review, including the 10 most popular media and technology posts.

Happy New Year’s, everyone! Time to look back over my blog for 2022.

Cartoon review: “Velma” | Diverse Tech Geek

I give a review of the new HBO Max series "Velma," supposedly an adult-oriented "Scooby-Doo" prequel. Unfortunately, it doesn't do its source material or adult focus well.

Overall, “Velma” didn’t leave me irate, just mildly annoyed at how banal and adolescent its “adult” humor felt, while lacking much else of interest. While I’m glad we finally got a racially diverse version of Mystery, Inc., I just wish it was for a more traditional take on the gang. Otherwise, this show is pretty much “‘Scooby-Doo’ in name only.”

Do you like my monthly comics picks posts?

(Copied and pasted from a Mastodon thread...)

Lately, I've wondering if it's worth continuing my monthly graphic novel picks/news blog posts, or if I should end the series.

It's a series I've been running since the blog launched, originally just for single-issue comics, and separate posts for each publisher. Since then, they've dwindled to DC/Marvel/indie book posts; then, a single monthly post for comics; and a few years ago, I switched to graphic novels instead of single issues (since I mostly read those now/as more evergreen posts).

However, I notice lately the posts have been sparse in actual recommendations. I've been down to just *one* graphic novel or trade paperback in recent months.

And even trying to pad out the "news" part with comic thoughts isn't helping. Today's post for December still seems short.

Some of it might also be my own shifts in comic reading. Most of it lately has been webcomics; my graphic novel reading lately seems to have slacked off, going by my TBR list in Hoopla. My interest in mainstream DC and Marvel has also largely waned, on top of that. Those just looking for canonical/mainstream Marvel Universe/DCU books wouldn't find them in said posts?

Again, the monthly comic/graphic novel picks have been a mainstay of my blog since it launched; I figured having a regular blog feature would be a good thing. But if I'm struggling to think of material for it, I wonder how useful it really is to others, or if I should end it.

What do you all think? Do you find the comic picks posts interesting? Or would you be OK with me writing about something else? (And if so, what?)

My thoughts and concerns about ChatGPT and chatbots | Diverse Tech Geek

With ChatGPT and chatbot tech becoming the next hot thing, I raise a few concerns about this technology becoming more widespread.

While ChatGPT and chatbots are all the rage, I have some doubts about its widespread use, especially after the CNET incident.

Recommended RSS readers | Diverse Tech Geek

Thoughts on my favorite RSS reader apps, from the Apple-based NetNewsWire to the broad-platform Feedly.

Yes, RSS readers still exist. I look at some of my favorites.