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#criticism — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #criticism, aggregated by home.social.

  1. #Satire #Humor #Trump #EricTrump #Iran #Criticism #alt

    BOROWITZ REPORT 7/20/26 SATIRE
    BLISTERING TAKE DOWN OF IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER BY ERIC TRUMP

  2. #Ubisoft defends $85 day-one #DLC after AC Black Flag Resynced gets review-bombed

    source: techspot.com/news/113069-ubiso…

    But the flip side is that $85 worth of DLC, more expensive than the game itself, arriving at launch does seem excessive – and it's not like Ubisoft has a good #reputation to start with. Maybe if there had been fewer items at launch and the rest had been added over time, people wouldn't have been as angry.

    #news #entertainment #game #gamer #gaming #videogame #fail #money #finance #customer #shitstorm #fail #problem #economy #business #microtransactions #capitalism #software #angry #criticism #company

  3. #Ubisoft defends $85 day-one #DLC after AC Black Flag Resynced gets review-bombed

    source: techspot.com/news/113069-ubiso…

    But the flip side is that $85 worth of DLC, more expensive than the game itself, arriving at launch does seem excessive – and it's not like Ubisoft has a good #reputation to start with. Maybe if there had been fewer items at launch and the rest had been added over time, people wouldn't have been as angry.

    #news #entertainment #game #gamer #gaming #videogame #fail #money #finance #customer #shitstorm #fail #problem #economy #business #microtransactions #capitalism #software #angry #criticism #company

  4. #Ubisoft defends $85 day-one #DLC after AC Black Flag Resynced gets review-bombed

    source: techspot.com/news/113069-ubiso…

    But the flip side is that $85 worth of DLC, more expensive than the game itself, arriving at launch does seem excessive – and it's not like Ubisoft has a good #reputation to start with. Maybe if there had been fewer items at launch and the rest had been added over time, people wouldn't have been as angry.

    #news #entertainment #game #gamer #gaming #videogame #fail #money #finance #customer #shitstorm #fail #problem #economy #business #microtransactions #capitalism #software #angry #criticism #company

  5. SPD foreign policy experts have sharply criticized Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (CDU) regarding Germany's block on potential EU measures against Israeli set... news.osna.fm/?p=55230 | #news #blockade #criticism #eu #foreign

  6. Iran condemns Turkish FM’s ‘astonishing’ comparison with Israel

    Iran’s Foreign Ministry has rejected Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s comparison of Tehran’s regional policy with Israel’s actions,…
    #EuropeSays #Turkiye #Türkiye #baghaei #condemnation #criticism #HakanFidan #Iran #Israel #Turkish
    europesays.com/turkiye/29326/

  7. #Meta has suspended its #AIimagegeneration feature that allowed users to create images using public #Instagram accounts. The feature faced #backlash due to its #optoutpolicy, requiring users to disable it to exclude their images. Meta has removed the feature following #criticism from talent agencies and unions. variety.com/2026/biz/news/meta #tech #media #news

  8. #Meta has suspended its #AIimagegeneration feature that allowed users to create images using public #Instagram accounts. The feature faced #backlash due to its #optoutpolicy, requiring users to disable it to exclude their images. Meta has removed the feature following #criticism from talent agencies and unions. variety.com/2026/biz/news/meta #tech #media #news

  9. Imprinted Image: I’m Going Live Today at 2 Central

    Comics Link Roundup July 12

    Last week I asked and you answered. I now have more than 50 subscribers on YouTube, the requirement before you can go live. So, to celebrate, I’m doing a livestream today at 2 PM Central time. You can watch by clicking the video embedded below.

    https://www.youtube.com/live/hKSD-jnWpaY?si=e1gSFJH0izDeoM0p

    Anyways.

    Welcome to Imprinted Image, my comics newsletter. If this is your first time, welcome! This is the best way to keep up with my comics blog. After links to my most recent writing, I’ll provide a roundup of comics industry links. This can be news, media, criticism, or anything that I personally found interesting.

    Please don’t forget about the resources tab on this website. It’s a collection of reading guides, tutorials, and free legal resources like public domain image archives. I want this to be as useful as possible, so if you have any additions please send them my way.

    I made a comic! It’s a two-page mini-zine, and you can read it for free here. But! If you would like a cool print version mailed you, there are two ways you can do that. Either support me on Patreon to get this and any future physical media I do, or buy it on Ko-fi for as low as $ 1.

    I also have a behind the scenes video previewing the physical mini-comic, as well as some behind-the-scenes information on my inspiration.

    https://youtu.be/C1938iMGzOc

    Divining Comics is sponsored by readers like you

    I have a Patreon! For as little as $3 a month, you can keep the lights on at this blog and get your name at the bottom of every article. At higher tiers, you can vote in monthly Patreon polls and more! Anything you can offer means the world to me, and I cherish all my supporters.

    Support Divining Comics on Patreon

    Comics Challenge YouTube

    I designed and am participating in a comics challenge this year, alongside some friends in the My Marvelous Year community. I have picked 52 comics from 52 categories, shown below. I’d love for you to participate and comment along as you are reading! Note that on this list, categories that match with episodes from the Extra Issues podcast.

    Comic Challenge Extra Issues Edition 2026Download

    I decided to create a YouTube documenting my reading journey!

    This week, I read the incredible LIFE AND TIMES OF SCROOGE MCDUCK. Who knew that Disney tie-in comics could look so good?

    https://youtu.be/XmH4DUhoxps?si=nWj_TY4tXOYoV_Xw

    Next week, in honor of Bastille Day, French month begins with THE SMURFS

    I’ve also been doing little shorts where I poorly read a scene I liked from these comics. I guess shortform video gets juiced in the algorithm because they have been blowing up. You can check out the playlist of them here.

    It would mean the world to me if, in addition to watching this video, you subscribed to my channel and gave the video a like. No one knows exactly how the black box of social media algorithms work, but I do know that if you interact with the video in different ways, YouTube might show it to more people who would be interested. The other easy way you can help is by sharing this video with a comic fan in your life!

    Link Roundup

    News:

    Variant Covers are continuing to be hot, but not without controversy. Due to claims by fans that comic shops are creating artificial scarcity with their custom variant cover drop schedules, DC comics has made a list of rules for their variant covers to prevent price gouging, and violators can be banned from purchasing DC comics going forward.

    There’s a new sales record for a piece of original comic art. No, it isn’t from Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Jerry Siegel or Bob Kane. It’s a piece by Don Heck, one of the first page drawings of Iron Man.

    The digital comics market is still in flux. Image takes their titles away from GlobalComix, meaning the only way to buy them now is on the Kindle, Apple, or Google Book store, or if you have access to the SweetShop beta, the only comics-focused reader with Image titles.

    Comix Wellspsring, a print service popular with independent comics, is suspending operations. This is after they recently announced a deal with GlobalComix to bring their digital first comics to print.

    Comic Book Yeti has a list of crowdfunding projects you may way to back

    Buy a bundle of digital comics for cheap over on Humble Bundle. They have a bunch of Sonic the Hedgehog comics.

    Other News Roundups:

    Comics Beat’s biweekly Digest: 7/7. 7/10.
    SKTCHD’s Comics Disassembled: 7/10.
    The Comics Journal’s This Week’s Links: 7/10.

    Stats:

    PranaDM’s Top 400 Comics sold: 7/10.
    Bleeding Cool’s Top Weekly Bestseller List: 7/11.
    Bleeding Cool’s Most Anticipated Comics: 7/5. 7/11.
    Bleeding Cool’s Hottest Comics: 7/7.
    ICv2 Top Graphic Novels – Superhero, Author, and Manga:
    Image Top 10 Comics: June 2026.

    Writing:

    Comic Book Herald published a TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE LAST RONIN reading order.

    SKTCHD posted a retrospective on Nick Dragotta‘s career and how he became one of the hottest artists of the moment.

    Shelfust has an article on ultraviolence in SIEGE # 2.

    The Comics Journal posted a career retrospective on Gerry Conway and a reconsideration of Jim Shooter‘s legacy.

    My favorite video and podcasts:

    Podcasts:

    OFF PANEL had on Ed Brubaker to talk the CRIMINAL TV show and his upcoming UNFINISHED TALES and Iman Vellani to talk her debut comic writing in CHACHU.

    LET’S TALK COMICS also interviewed Iman Vellani about CHACHU.

    MY MARVELOUS YEAR posted 2014 Variant Cover F, talking X-MEN ’97 season 2. Their sister podcast, EXTRA ISSUES, published part 6 of their Osamu Tezuka series, talking PHOENIX and LETTERS TO ADOLPH. On patreon, you can get early access to their first episode on HELLBOY.

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