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Games Features

The Pyro Enthusiast Who Built Their Own Professional Fireworks Simulator
How 'FWSim' brings the reveals the craft and beauty of fireworks displays to a surprisingly wide audience.
Patrick Klepek
2.19.21
Sexting

Sexting Is Complicating Plans to Scan Private Messages for Child Sexual Abuse
While child victim organizations are calling for quick action, privacy groups are pointing the dangers of mass surveillance.
Gabriel Geiger
2.19.21
FRANCE

If You Thought the Culture War in the US and UK Was Dumb, Check Out France’s
French politicians are proudly using a new term – originally coined by the far-right – to paint left-wing academics as sympathetic to Islamist terrorists.
Peter Yeung
2.19.21
JAMAICA

Jamaica Is Trampling All Over LGTBQ Rights, Says International Court
But activists believe a recent ruling could be the beginning of the end of living in fear for gay and transgender Jamaicans.
Lillian Perlmutter
2.19.21
Games News

A Guided Meditation Game Is a Headliner at a Virtualized Art and Music Fest
Berlin's renowned CTM festival has reinvented itself for the pandemic, and given rise to unexpected, affecting pieces.
Lewis Gordon
2.19.21
qanon

QAnon Thinks Biden Helped China Create the Texas Energy Crisis
As if Texans didn’t have enough to deal with right now.
David Gilbert
2.19.21
Far right

A White Supremacist Podcast Got Taken Offline, for All of 2 Seconds
A podcast hosted by a Russian neo-Nazi and an American white supremacist was removed following a story by VICE World News. It was almost immediately re-uploaded on another platform known for hosting far-right content.
Tim Hume
2.19.21
china

Gay Vloggers Push Back Against Chinese Censorship, and Succeed
Bilibili, China’s YouTube, has reversed a decision to ban a gay couple from using the term “husband and husband” in video titles.
Viola Zhou
2.19.21
cuba

A New Revolution is Forming in Cuba. This Time the Weapon is Art
Where political discourse at a public level is controlled by the government, art has become a primary stage for opposition. Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara is in the spotlight.
Lisette Poole
2.19.21
shopping-wellness

The Black Surfing Association Is Making NYC’s Waves More Inclusive
We catch up with founder Lou Harris on the importance of mentorship, the future of BSA, and what gear he relies on to hit the waves.
Mary Frances "Francky" Knapp
2.19.21
LGBTQ

YouTubers Start ‘Kiss Challenge’ After South Korean TV Network Cut Gay Kissing Scenes From ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
The “Bohemian Kiss Challenge” is about showing that all kisses are equal.
Hyeong Yun
2.19.21
uber

Uber Drivers Are Workers, Says UK’s Highest Court
Uber drivers in the UK are entitled to to holiday pay, minimum wage and protection against discrimination, the Supreme Court said in a landmark ruling for gig economy workers.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
2.19.21
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