“They were expecting the job to be physically demanding, but didn’t realise how psychologically demanding it would be,” the director says. “Then, when they get home, they are too tired to build a life outside work. … People find the horizon a little darker.” - The Guardian (UK)
Everything hobbyists love - from graphic novels to BluRays to vinyl to, yes, yarn - is in a constant state of flux and higher prices thanks to the U.S. president’s "tariff bonanza.” - Slate
“All of Hazelight’s games are cooperative endeavors, played best with two people sitting near each other on the couch. The studio tries to balance its desire for challenging gameplay with its concern of causing too much strife.” - The New York Times
“It’s the end of a 58-year-old partnership, which has brought writers from all over the world” - including later Nobel Prize winners like Han Kang - “to be in residence at the university.” - Iowa Public Radio
is this … is this real? His playlist in honor of Commonwealth Day “features a diverse range of artists across various genres, including Bob Marley, Grace Jones, Minogue, and RAYE.” - NPR
A prominent human rights lawyer warns that “when a political leader tries to ‘capture culture' it's something ... typical of an authoritarian. ‘Right by the playbook.’” - CBC
Manuel Sandoval “had been part of the 1932 founding class at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Fellowship in Wisconsin. … The young man had been interested in studying architecture, but Wright — renowned for exploiting the labor of his apprentices — preferred to keep him in the woodshop.” - Hyperallergic
A new documentary “draws heavily from Mekas’s visual diaries, which Davison said seemed to reflect the rootlessness he experienced as a refugee during World War II and his enduring search for moments of beauty or calm.” - The New York Times
Not to mention women older than, oh, 29, who aren’t playing sex workers? Yeah. A win for Demi Moore. However: “Since the birth of the Academy Awards nearly 100 years ago, the voting members have always treated genre films with disdain.” - HuffPost
“The news is mixed, however. While artists may now apply for funding without attesting to the new ‘gender ideology’ requirement, the NEA has not agreed to remove its new eligibility criteria” - but the ACLU lawsuit continues. - American Theatre
The German artist said “stays abreast of current events, and said that recently he has felt a physical sense of threat by the rise of right-wing authoritarian leadership, both in Germany and in the United States.” - The New York Times
"Both the Juno Awards and the Polaris Music Prize announced Friday they were rescinding the honours Sainte-Marie had received over the years, after the 84-year-old musician returned her Order of Canada earlier this week” since, as it turns out, she was never Canadian. - CBC
The sudden “reorganization” happens (coincidentally!) to result in openings for non-union security guards. A union organizer said, “It is appalling to see AKG take a page from Elon Musk’s playbook — undermining its own employees and our hard-won rights.” - Hyperallergic
