[Link] Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your phones: how tech and shock jocks hacked Julius Caesar

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The new Sydney Theatre Company production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a “mad ride”, according to Guardian Australia reviewer Steve Dow – a production fizzing with viral imagery, TikTok rightwing conspiracy theorists, smartphone tech, Instagram wellness gurus and the unpredictable energ

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[Link] Sorry, Ridley Scott, we just don’t think it’s safe to go back into the cinema

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

His latest, House of Gucci, out now, has divided critics so sharply that seeing it has become a matter of urgency: is it “boring”, “audacious”, “so bad it’s bad” or “stylish”? Is anything better than Lady Gaga in the trailer, saying: “Father, son and house of Gucci”, a line tha

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[Link] The Economy Is Leaving Young People Behind

Read: 21/10/2021 jacobinmag.com

Why do young people have a favorable view of socialism? Because the economic system has utterly failed them. When the Great Recession hit, wiping out trillions of dollars in middle-class wealth, young people weren’t spared.

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[Link] Millennials are creating housing communes with friends because it's too expensive to buy a home as a single person

Read: 17/10/2021 www.businessinsider.com

First-time homebuying millennials are finding a loophole in today's housing crisis: buying a home with their friends.

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