Tag Archives: strikes

How Bad Can Hollywood Get?

March 9, 2024That's Entertainment!backlash, Blackrock, entertainment, feminism, get woke, go broke, Hollywood, IATSE, Nerdrotic, Paramount, strikes, Walt Disnay, Warner Brothers, wokeCall Me Stormy

It’s the end of Peak Woke Hollywood and 2024 is the year of consequences. Streaming couldn’t save the industry, and attacking the audience didn’t help, either. Now, few of the studios can even make movies any longer, and certainly not great movies. Here’s more from Nerdrotic.

ChatGPT On The Darknet?

October 2, 2023That's Entertainment!AFTRA, AI, American Federation of Television and Radio Actors, artificial intelligence, Ben Chasteen, CHatGPT, Darknet, data centers, Edge of Wonder, Hollywood, Microsoft Cloud, Rob Counts, robots, SAG, Screen Actors Guild, strikes, WGA, Writers Guild of AmericaCall Me Stormy

Could ChatGPT and other chatbots be used on the “darknet”? Hackers say so. How are artificial intelligence-programmed robots being used to talk, act, and think like humans?

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) saw the writing on the wall about where this tech could be headed, and they tried to safeguard their jobs with a strike that lasted nearly 150 days. Finally, their Hollywood strike appears to be ending after a stalemate between the writers and their production studios, which are focused on bottom lines. Will the SAG-AFTRA actors’ strike also end, with performers’ likenesses and earnings protected?

In other tech news, why is Microsoft Cloud looking to use more modular reactors to power its AI and data centers? Join Ben Chasteen and Rob Counts from Edge of Wonder to hear all about it.

Organized Unemployed

August 10, 2020Economizingcommunist movement, Jamie Dlux, New York City, strikesCall Me Stormy

How deeply is the Communist Party involved in organizing mass strikes and protests by unemployed workers in cities across the United States? At least in New York City, the Communists appear to be at the forefront. More from Jamie Dlux.

The Impending Disaster

May 13, 2020Sounding Off!BlazeTV, COVID-19 pandemic, credit cards, debt bomb, famine, Glenn Beck, rents, strikes, working classCall Me Stormy

As the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, what happens next? Glenn Beck says it won’t be pretty. Expect an increase in strikes among the working class, credit card limits, a rent crisis and food shortages, and possible famine, not to mention the potential debt bomb. Beck discusses the consequences in this episode of Blaze TV.

So They’re Mexico Bound

September 18, 2019Breaking NewsGeneral Motors, Mark Dice, Mexico, strikesCall Me Stormy

No wonder they are moving to Mexico. GM workers have gone on strike, angered over their wages averaging some $60+ per hour, including retirement fees. Mark Dice examines their treacherous plight!