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Unionized Google employees across the U.S. signed a petition arguing the company needs to do more to protect workers’ abortion access.Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)More than 650 members of the Alphabet Workers Union, the recently-established minority union made up mostly of Google engineering folks, demanded in a letter to company execs that their company change its broad policies in the wake of the end of Roe v. Wade.In a release sent to Gizmodo, the union made three main points. First, unionized employees said…

Another Jurassic era has ended with Jurassic World Dominion, which remains a colossal hit among 2022’s movie releases. However, you haven’t seen all of what the movie has to offer. There is now an extended version of Dominion available to purchase, and director Colin Trevorrow has a clear stance on which version of the movie he prefers. The theatrical version of Jurassic World Dominion was 2 hours and 27 minutes long and became a global blockbuster despite audiences and critics disagreeing quite a bit on the quality of…

This story contains some spoilers for Netflix’s Darlings.Alia Bhatt’s new Bollywood film Darlings has sparked a debate on domestic violence in India. The film stars Bhatt as the protagonist Badru alongside Vijay Varma as Hamza, Shefali Shah as Bhatt’s mother Shamsu, and Roshan Mathew as Zulfi. It revolves around Badru, who hopes her volatile husband will reform if he stops drinking.However, when his rage goes too far, she and her mother boldly, albeit clumsily, seek revenge.Darlings was released on Netflix on Friday (5…

Screengrab via Disney Plus If there is one thing Star Wars fans love, it is a good debate. Star Wars fan spaces are always full of fascinating discussions, and these discussions have only got more interesting with the release of Obi-Wan Kenobi. And right now, fans are discussing who wields the franchise’s signature weapon, the lightsaber, the best.  This discussion started on Reddit’s Star Wars subreddit when user GOTGMUSIC posted a thread titled “Change my mind: This is the best stance in all Star Wars movies.”…

How does one “defeat the spam bots” on Twitter, as Elon Musk claims to want to do? Well, one way is by expanding authentication. But how far will Twitter run with that strategy while Musk is in charge? That remains to be seen, but the Tesla CEO did drop a hint regarding his stance on authentication in a reply tweet posted on Sunday. Authentication is important, but so is anonymity for many. A balance must be struck. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 1, 2022 On April 30, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tweeted…