Barking Points Memo

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.com/NativeOrganizer   SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Varulf, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensual kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, phillypu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Linearscrew, LF, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, knightly, Graith Ilesanmi, Garglestone, Drífa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, Aode (Lion), Ahundred "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "N

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 POINTERS: https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1490486619908055042?s=21 https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1490554513228369922?s=21 SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Wolfinator, Varulf, Torsten 'Two Sheds & Two Wolfies' Pihl, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensual kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, PhillyPu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Linearscrew, LF, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, knightly, Graith, Ilesanmi, Garglestone, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, Aode (Lion), & Ahundred "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportuni

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 https://twitter.com/megawavecannyan/status/1485842843755241474?s=21 SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Wolfinator, Varulf, Torsten 'Two Sheds & Two Wolfies' Pihl, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensual kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, PhillyPu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Linearscrew, LF, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, knightly, Graith, Ilesanmi, Garglestone, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, Aode (Lion), & Ahundred "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Ba

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.csuchico.edu/iege/_assets/documents/susi-letter-from-birmingham-jail.pdf As read by Dr. King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di05SvJ8utI THE OTHER AMERICA Transcript: https://www.inman.com/2022/01/17/read-mlks-the-other-america-housing-speech-as-it-turns-55/ Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOWDtDUKz-U THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/whatiscosplay/status/1481098175041929220?s=21https://twitter.com/roguecnidarian/status/1481501037085085699?s=21https://twitter.com/flodoesnyah/status/1482173172862660621?s=21 SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Wolfinator, Varulf, Torsten 'Two Sheds & Two

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, Deltanova, Dissonant Dragon, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Garglestone, Graith Ilesanmi, knightly, Kokiteno, Lance Leoghauni, LF, Linearscrew, Midori Switch Hound, newdarkcloud, PhillyPu, Rei Moonwuff, saul mondriaan, scuttlefuzz, sensual kazoo, TailStrike, Takel, Tillen Shark, Torsten 'Two Sheds & Two Wolfies' Pihl, Varulf, Wolfinator, WrenYena, & Xurnami THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/flodoesnyah/status/1469927400381288450?s=21 https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1470244768601067526?s=21 https://twitter.com/midori_hound/status/1470449804698288128?s=21 "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "

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://twitter.com/crownedrat/status/1458428127630217221?s=21 https://twitter.com/20reverbsatonce/status/1458551263591813125?s=21 https://twitter.com/flodoesnyah/status/1459682297561628673?s=21   SPONSORS: Ahundred, Aode (Lion), Aylor, blimpeh, Chris, Deltanova, Dissonant Dragon, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Garglestone, Graith Ilesanmi, knightly, Kokiteno, Lance Leoghauni, & LF "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGo

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, Varulf, Torsten Pihl and a goat asks Wouldst thou like to live deliciously, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, SixArmedSweater, sensual kazoo, & scuttlefuzz "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGoodLayabout" "Hep Cats" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

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 (Lion), & Ahundred   THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTER: https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1449050630388125702?s=21 "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGoodLayabout" "Hep Cats" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

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/How-Do-We-Collect-The-Pee-.html   LAST WEEK'S BARKING POINT: Very Inappropriate Episodes of Television   https://twitter.com/newdarkcloud/status/1445040151453999110?s=21 https://twitter.com/crownedrat/status/1445057503260184580?s=21 https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1445470972241276928?s=21 https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1445484665930874889?s=21 https://twitter.com/anselisacat/status/1446125181215199239?s=21 SPONSORS: saul mondriaan, Satorui, Rei Moonwuff, PhillyPu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Linearscrew, LF, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, knightly, & Garglestone "Bossa Antigua

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 thou like to live deliciously, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, SixArmedSweater, sensual kazoo, & scuttlefuzz THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/crownedrat/status/1440636920929783810?s=21 https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1441823453275901953?s=21 "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGoodLayabout" "Hep Cats" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommo

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/flodoesnyah/status/1438169537631956998?s=21 https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1438310950789009411?s=21 https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1438536753506398216?s=21 "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGoodLayabout" "Hep Cats" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

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 Switch Hound, Linearscrew, LF, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, & knightly THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/flodoesnyah/status/1434534625850925057?s=21 https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1434939577182023680?s=21 https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1435649996183965698?s=21 "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGoodLayabout" "Hep Cats" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY

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 kazoo "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGoodLayabout" "Hep Cats" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

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/crownedrat/status/1406623859781083140?s=21 https://twitter.com/echowave_nyah/status/1406691090510585860?s=21 https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1407026555797348358?s=21 https://twitter.com/newdarkcloud/status/1407112279695450113?s=21 https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1407928821119062018?s=21 SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Wolfinator, wijn, Varulf, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, SixArmedSweater, sensual kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, PhillyPu, & Nuzzley-Fuzzily Torsten Pihl of The Satanic Temple "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks"

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, Rei Moonwuff, saul mondriaan, & scuttlefuzz "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "AcidJazz" "Poppers and Prosecco" "NoGoodLayabout" "Hep Cats" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

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/status/1399769686297006082?s=21 https://twitter.com/echowave_nyah/status/1399777987646705670?s=21 https://twitter.com/madmonksmash/status/1401220708416491522?s=21 https://twitter.com/crownedrat/status/1402358749013098510?s=21 SPONSORS: Ahundred, Aode (Lion), Aylor, Deltanova, Dissonant Dragon, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Fenrix Altieris, Gabe Fox, Garglestone, jay jorts, knightly, Kokiteno, Lance Leoghauni, LF, & Linearscrew CHECK OUT STEVE'S NEW ALBUM!

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 Pihl of the Satanic Temple, PhillyPu, Rei Moonwuff, saul mondriaan, scuttlefuzz, sensual kazoo, SixArmedSweater, TailStrike, Takel, Tillen Shark, Varulf, wijn, Wolfinator, WrenYena, & Xurnami THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1394692026218782720?s=21 https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1395066750996209667?s=21 LINKS https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57219860 https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/palestinian-requests-to-convert-to-judaism-rejected-automatically-449987

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://twitter.com/echowave_nyah/status/1388931726387335170?s=21 https://twitter.com/_rewhan/status/1389274512793866240?s=21 https://twitter.com/kobi_lacroix/status/1389489380998344706?s=21 LINKS https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.676303/full https://electronicintifada.net/content/envisioning-post-colonial-palestine/32596 https://www.wpr.org/survey-nearly-quarter-division-i-athletes-face-food-insecurity https://www.wpr.org/shows/survey-shows-some-college-athletes-facing-homelessness-food-insecurity https://bearistotle.substack.com/p/twitter-is-a-mmorpg https://jewishcurrents.org/the-nakba-demands-

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/newdarkcloud/status/1383856161603026952?s=21https://twitter.com/echowave_nyah/status/1383952745137274890?s=21https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1384576578735132675?s=21https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1384589861982638085?s=21https://twitter.com/roguecnidarian/status/1384678690341081089?s=21https://twitter.com/roguecnidarian/status/1384679513150267392?s=21 LINKS: via @Knightly9999 on Twitter: https://retroshare.cc/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kv9a9/pokemon-cards-psa-cgc-bgs-turnaround-times https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/antifa-far-right-doxing-identities/2021/01/10/41721de0-4dd7-1

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) ARTICLE MENTIONED: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/04/the-george-floyd-act-wouldnt-have-saved-george-floyds-life-thats-says-it-all THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1379118029926236172?s=21 https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1380616895230054406?s=21 SPONSORS: Kokiteno, Lance Leoghauni, LF, Linearscrew, MadMonk, Midori Switch Hound, newdarkcloud, Nik!, Nuzzley-Fuzzily Storsten Pihl of the Satanic Temple, PhillyPu, Rei Moonwuff, & Satorui "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spr