📽 Abuse of Visual Effects Artists Is Ruining the Movies.

Plus: Serena Williams to retire from tennis sometime after the U.S. Open, CreatorDAO raises $20 million in 'ambitious bet' on creator economy, and more…

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Abuse of Visual Effects Artists Is Ruining the Movies. There's a joke in the visual effects industry that goes like this: Someone hears you work on films, so they ask you, “What movie made you cry?” The artist will respond, “In theaters or in the office?” The VFX industry is… (Linda Codega / Gizmodo)

linda codega, fabulous hair, by the way @lincodega

Across a series of phone interviews with anonymous VFX insiders and artists, I did an investigation into the industry. The first question I asked… “Is Marvel really the worst company to work for?” The answer is… complicated—🧵

io9 @io9

Abuse of VFX Artists Is Ruining the Movies https://t.co/zJiyTCuoBH https://t.co/KP0TjO9dcH

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Serena Williams Says Farewell to Tennis On Her Own Terms-And In Her Own Words. This morning, my daughter, Olympia, who turns five this month, and I were on our way to get her a new passport before a trip to Europe. We're in my car, and she's holding my phone, using an interactive educational app she likes. This robot voice… (Serena Williams / Vogue)

Serena Williams @serenawilliams

A must read.

Vogue Magazine @voguemagazine

In Vogue’s September issue, @serenawilliams prepares to say farewell to tennis on her own terms and in her own words. “It’s the hardest thing that I could ever imagine,” she says. “I don’t want it to be over, but at the same time I’m ready for what’s next” https://t.co/6Zr0UXVTH1 https://t.co/YtGtcc18a9

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CreatorDAO raises $20 million in 'ambitious bet' on creator economy, a16z and Paris Hilton among backers. Over the last year, DAOs, or decentralized autonomous organizations, have gotten a lot of buzz. But most people outside of the crypto still have a fuzzy idea at best of what DAOs actually do. In theory, DAOs are blockchain-based entities governed… (Taylor Locke / Fortune)

Michael Ma @MichaelandMa

1/ GM, I’m so excited to be a founder again, working with @ManVsWald on @joincreatordao. We're finally coming out of stealth and announcing our $20MM round led by @a16z and @Initialized. creatordao.com

fortune.comCreatorDAO raises $20 million in ‘ambitious bet’ on creator economy; a16z and Paris Hilton among backersTo Michael Ma, founder and CEO of the CreatorDAO, the future of the creator economy is all about Web3 and ownership.

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Big Takeaways From the FBI's Mar-a-Lago Raid. Very few people are ever on the receiving end of the FBI search warrant—even fewer end up escaping criminal charges. The fact that a former president of the United States now ranks among the former provides the strongest indication yet that… (Garrett M. Graff / WIRED)

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg

My analysis of what we know and don’t know about the Trump search—ironically, the 2016 campaign scandals, both Hillary’s emails and the Carter Page FISA likely made the burden of proof even higher for the Mar-a-Lago search:

wired.comBig Takeaways From the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago RaidThe fact that a search of Donald Trump’s Florida home was even necessary says a lot.

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You Don't Want a World Without Manual Transmission. I drive a stick shift. It's a pain, sometimes. Clutching and shifting in bumper-to-bumper traffic wears you out. My wife can't drive my car, which limits our transit options. And when I'm at the wheel, I can't hold a cold, delicious slushie in one… (Ian Bogost / The Atlantic)

Ian Bogost @ibogost

Okay, I wrote about the manual transmission, which is now fully doomed to extinction. The ride I’m asking you to take with me goes here: As a real and symbolic lever of learned, embodied agency, the stick is special, and losing it is a real loss.

theatlantic.comThe End of Manual TransmissionStick shifts are dying. When they go, something bigger than driving will be lost.

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