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Activists simulate ICE raids in FortNite

Activists simulate ICE raids in FortNite.

The “special event” held on November 20, where players took on different roles that reflect real-life ICE raids, was the first initiative by New Save Collective, a baker’s dozen of gamers with backgrounds in activism and organizing, whose goal is to educate gamers and teach people about their rights when dealing with ICE in real-world situations. On November 21, at 7:30 pm ET, gamers will gather in Epic’s massively popular battle royale, Fortnite, to hold a closed scavenger hunt that will serve as a more casual educational opportunity. The group is working with several immigration advocacy groups, as well as collaborating with content creators, to spread their message online.

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  • Activists simulate ICE raids in FortNite

    Activists simulate ICE raids in FortNite. The “special event” held on November 20, where players took on different roles that reflect real-life ICE raids, was the first initiative by New Save Collective, a baker’s dozen of gamers with backgrounds in activism and organizing, whose goal is to educate gamers and teach people about their rights…

  • What it’s like being a popstar

    Charli XCX candidly writes about what it’s like being a popstar. Sometimes being a pop star can be really embarrassing, especially when you’re around old friends of family members who have known you since before you could talk. The discrepancy in lifestyles becomes more and more drastic the more successful and paranoid you become. As…

  • AI Agents and the DoorDash problem

    If you are a business owner, what happens when your customer tells the robot to buy something for you based on only set parameters, and ignores everything else such as discounts, loyalty, rewards, or upsells? That’s the possible future with AI agents performing tasks such as ordering a sandwich, or the DoorDash problem. But if…

  • Would you high five a whale?

    Absolutely amazing under water video in Bora Bora of a an encounter with a whale traveling a pod of dolphins.

  • Worldwide music dashboard

    If you like music and dashboards, charts, and numbers, here is a very detailed dashboard of the music throughout the world.

  • Shepard Fairey retroperspective

    In Los Angeles, there is a retrospective of Shephard Fairey’s 30 year career as a poster and street artist.

  • Teens develop affordable housing portal

    Two teens created an affordable housing portal for New York City. First, he taught himself to code. “I basically spent the first two months of summer in my room, learning from YouTube and A.I.,” said Beckett, 17. “Those are my teachers.” In July, after countless bleary-eyed hours on bedroom computers, he and Derrick Webster Jr.,…

  • Tiktok baby formula experiment

    A Tiktoker ran an informal experiment, calling various churches, asking for baby formula as if they were a single mother in need. Most churches were not helpful. “People online often react strongly because we expect faith institutions to embody their values in every interaction. When someone calls a church and hears ‘we can’t help,’ it…

  • Amazing color picker

    If you have ever programmed anything for the web, you’ll know that trying to find the right color and then coding it can be one of those annoying, trivial tasks. Different prefer have different trade-offs. The Internet offers plenty of different color pickers, however, here’s a very cool all in one with different approaches for…

  • Sarah Jessica Parker shares her experience as a Booker Prize judge

    Sarah Jessica Parker shares her experience as a Booker Prize judge. As someone who reads a lot, this part is validating. For me as a reader, the idea of not finishing a book, I just really, really struggle with. But with the Booker, you sort of have to adopt a brutality, because if you’re on…